SUNDAY, MAY 14
San Francisco Dungeon: Promoters of the fun Fisherman’s Wharf attraction — a live-action, 60-minute journey through San Francisco’s past from the Gold Rush to Alcatraz — warn moms to stay away on Mother’s Day, or they might find themselves publicly shamed in court, forced to imbibe nasty cocktails, or facing the plague. [11 a.m. to 7 p.m., 145 Jefferson St., S.F.}
Pablo Estigarribia: The Argentinian virtuoso tango pianist, arranger and composer briefly lectures on the history of tango and illustrates its components in compositions by himself and others. [7 p.m., Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Ave., S.F.]
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area: The benefit for the nonprofit that inspires young girls to be healthy and confident is a family-friendly 5K fun run with DJ music, Zumba warm-up, photo booth and face painting. [9 a.m., Lake Merced Sunset Parking Lot, Sunset and Lake Merced boulevards, S.F.]
Avedis Chamber Music Series: Pianist Robin Sutherland and the Stanford Woodwind Quintet play a Mother’s Day program of works by Jean-Michel Damase, Louise Farrenc, Vincent d’Indy and Leos Janáček. [2 p.m., Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave., S.F.]
Unitarian Universalist Sunday Forum: Sam Dodge, former director of the The City’s mayor’s office of housing opportunity, partnerships and engagement speaks on “Tent encampments and continuing challenges for San Francisco homeless.” [9:30 a.m., First Unitarian Universalist Society, 1187 Franklin St., S.F.]
Sanchez Art Center Open Studios: Artists demonstrate their work in painting, collage, printmaking, dye-making from plants, metal working and more.[11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica]
Amy Goodman: The award-winning journalist and producer of the independent news program “Democracy Now!” speaks about her book “Democracy Now!: Covering the Movements Changing America.” [7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St., Berkeley]
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: The punk group is famed for its covers of everybody from Bob Dylan to Barbra Streisand. [8 p.m., UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley]
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: Christian Reif conducts the group in Beethoven’s “Leonore” Overture, Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. [2 p.m., Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]
MONDAY, MAY 15
Earplay: The new music group’s third and final concert of the home season “Water” includes a string duet by John Liberatore, a piano trio by Toru Takemitsu, ensemble works with percussion by Kyle Bruckmann and Cindy Cox, and songs by Eric Moe for chamber ensemble with soprano Christine Brandes. [7:30 p.m., ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., S.F.]
Pete Yorn: The great alt-folk rocker’s latest album is 2016’s “Arranging Time.” [8 p.m., Independent, 628 Divisadero St., S.F.]
Dana Cree: The James Beard-award winning pastry chef is promoting her new book “Hello, My Name is Ice Cream: The Art and Science of the Scoop.” [6:30 p.m., Omnivore Books on Food, 3885 Cesar Chavez St., S.F.]
Hala Alyan: The Palestinian-American poet reads from her debut novel “Salt Houses,” which follows a Palestinian family dealing with the ramifications of being displaced by war. [7:30 p.m., Booksmith, 1644 Haight St., S.F.]
Jessica Zitter: The doctor, who appeared in the Oscar-nominated documentary set in an intensive care unit at Oakland’s Highland Hospital, speaks about sensitive issues in her book, “Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life.” [7 p.m., Institute on Aging, 3575 Geary Blvd., S.F.]
Marty Stuart: The five-time Grammy winner and country legend headlines a sold-out show with opener Sean McConnell. [8 p.m., Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley]
Acoustic-4-A-Cure IV: Sammy Hagar and James Hetfield’s $150 per ticket benefit for pediatric cancer research features Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Don Felder, Mick Fleetwood, Dave Grohl, Sammy Hagar, Vic Johnson, Sarah McLachlan, Steve Vai and Bob Weir. [8 p.m., Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F.]
Who’s Your Jenny? How to Identify Your Target Market: Communications experts Maureen Futtner and Ken Stram offer tips for small business owners on how to get a specific picture of their ideal customer in the talk, part of the San Francisco Small Business Week Conference. [12:30 p.m., S.F. Small Business Administration, 455 Market St., S.F.]Amy GoodmanAvedis Chamber MusicCalendarCharitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory ChurchearplayGirls On the Run Fun RunPablo EstigarribiaSanchez Art CenterSF Symphony Youth Orchestra
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