FRIDAYShake it up: The California Academy of Sciences hosts a 1906-styled premiere bash for its “Earthquake” exhibit. The night includes a quake simulator. [7 p.m. to midnight, 50 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, S.F.]SATURDAYA great bike ride
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Who’s in townViolinist Hilary Hahn, performing Prokofiev’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” appears with the San Francisco Symphony. [2 p.m., Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]Literary eventsRussell Hill: The novelist reads from “Deadly Negatives.” [7 p.m., Green Apple Books, 506 Clement St., S.F.]Lorri Ungaretti: The local historian talks about “Stories in the Sand.” [7 p.m., BookShop West Portal, 80 West Portal Ave., S.F.]
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Who’s in townComedian Nick Griffin performs at the Punch Line. Griffin’s TV credits include appearances with David Letterman and Conan O’Brien and on Comedy Central. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., S.F.]LecturesNational Geographic: Contributors to National Geographic share fieldwork stories and studies. Speakers include authors Cynthia Gorney, Edwin Dobb and Timothy Ferris. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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United States rowing went 3-for-3 on the first day of finals Tuesday at the 2012 Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, qualifying a host of individuals for the London Olympics, including five with Bay Area ties.
The women’s double sculls, lightweight men’s four and men’s eight won their respective finals on the Rotsee race course.
The men’s eight team is stocked with Bay Area connections.
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New Yorker architecture critic and Pulitzer Prize recipient Paul Goldberger talks about the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. [8 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St., S.F.]
Lectures
Paul Krugman: The Nobel laureate economist discusses the global economic situation and how political leaders can achieve recovery. [6 p.m., Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., S.F.; event is sold out; for waiting list, visit www.commonwealthclub.org]
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Menlo School’s Andrew Buchanan came up short in his bid to reach the state championships, finishing in a tie for 23rd at the NorCal Golf Championships at the Butte Creek Country Club in Chico on Monday.
Armijo’s (Fairfield) Aaron Beverly won a playoff to take the individual crown after shooting a 4-under-par 68, while Foothill (Pleasanton) took the team title.
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Who’s in townNovelist and two-time Booker Prize recipient Peter Carey talks about his latest book, “The Chemistry of Tears.” [7 p.m., Kepler’s Books and Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park]Lectures‘Green Myths Busted’: Speakers discuss a new study, by the Union of Concerned Scientists, that debunks many beliefs about ways to achieve sustainable consumption. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event Sunday evening — an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
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Eclipses of some type occur almost every year, but stargazers had not seen an annular one — shaped like a ring — on U.S. soil since 1994, and the next one is not to occur until 2023.
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While Energy Team ruled the waters of Italy, this past week, capturing the Venice leg of the America’s Cup World Series on Sunday, Oracle Racing accomplished exactly what it set out to do.
The San Francisco-based defending America’s Cup champions, skippered by Jimmy Spithill, increased their overall series lead by four points over Emirates Team New Zealand with just one event left in the AC World Series. Artemis Racing is in third overall, 13 points behind Spithill and Co.
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The 16th-ranked Stanford softball team was eliminated from postseason play on Sunday after dropping a 6-2 decision to No. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette as part of the Lafayette Regional.
The Ragin’ Cajuns took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning off Stanford’s Teagan Gerhart, who took the loss, and never looked back.
Stanford scored twice in the sixth inning on singles by Maya Burns, a former St. Ignatius standout, and Danielle Miller to cut the deficit to 5-2, but that’s as close as Stanford (40-19) would get.
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FRIDAY
Dance collaboration: LevyDance and the Foundry present “Low Down,” a world premiere dance collaboration exploring the body’s ability to tell a story. [8 p.m., Z Space at Theater Artaud, 450 Florida St., S.F.]
SATURDAY
A great bike ride
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Events happening this June in The City.
June 2: Black & White Ball
The S.F. Symphony presents Paul Simon, Cindi Lauper and Janelle Monae at the glitzy fund-raiser in Civic Center.
(415) 864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org
June 3: Union Street Eco-Urban Festival
The eco-friendly, two-day event features arts and crafts and live music in its 36th year.
www.unionstreetfestival.com
June 4: Justin Halpern
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Who’s in townNorwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun performs at the Great American Music Hall. “It All Starts With One,” a platinum hit in Norway, is her latest album. [8:30 p.m., 859 O’Farrell St., S.F.]LecturesThomas Mann and Norman Ornstein: The political pundits discuss the nation’s dysfunctional political system and offer ideas for remedying the problem. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]
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The date has been set for professional hockey to officially return to San Francisco.
The San Francisco Bulls, the newest addition to the ECHL, will kick off their season with an exhibition game Oct. 3 at the Cow Palace against Pacific Division foe the Stockton Thunder.
It will mark the first pro hockey game at the Cow Palace since the San Francisco Spiders of the IHL played there in the 1995-96 season.
Tickets for the exhibition game will go on sale Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com or (855) SF-BULLS.
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Who’s in townTony-winning actor Bill Irwin stars in American Conservatory Theater’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist dark comedy “Endgame,” opening today. [8 p.m., ACT, 415 Geary St., S.F.]LecturesJames Fallows: The journalist discusses the five-year plan announced by China to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start the next phase of its aerospace industry. [7 p.m., Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto]
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