Eating Food: Osteria Coppa, run by chef Chanan Kamen in San Mateo, servies the most delicious pasta dishes, and the rest of the menu is mighty fine, too. It’s great food, rewarding and accessible for everyone, at nice prices. DrinkingMeet Your Mixologist: Matthew Dondanville, bar manager at Paragon, an eatery and watering hole near AT&T Park, is getting ready for baseball season by adding a new drink, the Fleur Loco, to the cocktail menu.
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Who’s in town Gloria Steinem — the feminist, journalist and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center — appears in conversation with young feminist leaders. The evening is a benefit for the center. [6 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]Lectures Food memoirists: Bay Area authors Dayna Macy, Kate Moses and Romney Steele share their journeys in writing and eating. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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Who’s in town Performance artist Karen Finley performs excerpts from her newest book, “The Reality Shows,” and converses with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Executive Director Ken Foster. [7 p.m., YBCA, 701 Mission St., S.F.]Lectures Egypt uprising: Joel Beinin, a professor of Middle Eastern history at Stanford University, discusses the uprising in Egypt and how it was born. [7 p.m., Los Altos Youth Center, 1 South San Antonio Road, Los Altos]
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Who’s in townJennifer Shahade, a two-time U.S. women’s chess champion, speaks and signs copies of her latest book, “Play Like a Girl! Tactics by 9 Queens.” It’s the first book with combinations all executed by female chess champions. [5:15 p.m., Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post St., S.F.]LecturesJoshua Foer: The science journalist, memory champion and author of “Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything” speaks. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]
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Who’s in town Michio Kaku: The host of “Science Fantastic,” professor of physics at City College of New York, and author of “Physics of the Future,” gives a sold-out talk at Cubberley Theatre in Palo Alto.LecturesUnfriendly skies: Speakers discuss how man-made elements in our skies may have more to do with global climate change than we know. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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FRIDAY NIGHT EatingFood: Delicious flavors from Mexico’s Yucatan are on the nicely priced menu at Haltun, an easygoing new spot in the Mission. DrinkingMeet Your Mixologist: For more than three decades, Ron Minolli has been a fixture in North Beach at Gino and Carlo, an unpretentious Italian bar founded in 1942.
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WHO’S IN TOWNJazz vocalist Jane Monheit appears in concert. SFJAZZ presents the evening. [7:30 p.m., San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., S.F.]DINING OUTBocadillos: Chef Bob Petzold recommends a pair of dishes that feature springtime crops and flavors. First up is a vegetable side dish. Ingredients include baby carrots, snap peas, pea leaves and ginger. Also look for a shaved-asparagus salad with poached tuna belly and lemon miso vinaigrette. [710 Montgomery St., S.F., (415) 982-2622]LECTURES
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Who’s in townDavid Brooks, The New York Times columnist and the author of “The Social Animal,” appears in an onstage conversation with author Michael Lewis. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]Lectures Dayna and Robert Baer: The former CIA agents discuss their lives as spies and as a married couple. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]Kate Rutter: The senior practitioner at Adaptive Path discusses how to create a workplace culture that embraces creativity. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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Who’s in town Actor and environmentalist Ted Danson discusses his journey from joining a local protest to founding the world’s largest organization focused solely on ocean conservation. [Noon, Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]Lectures Peter Calthorpe: The architect and author of “Sustainable Communities and Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change” discusses the aspects of a livable city. [7 p.m., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F.; RSVP: (800) 794-7576]
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Violinist Regina Carter, recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant, performs at Yoshi’s. Her latest recording, “Reverse Thread,” contains African folk melodies infused with jazz. [8 p.m., 1330 Fillmore St., S.F.]
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Isabel Wilkerson: The Pulitzer-winning journalist, whose first book is “The Warmth of Other Suns,” discusses the 55-year migration of 6 million black Americans across their own country. [8 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]
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