Whether or not you’re tying one on or sleeping one off — or someplace in between — we’re right here for you with a particular early version of The Weekender stuffed with cool concepts for reveals and films to observe and locations to have enjoyable this vacation weekend. So let’s get to it, lets?
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1. WATCH: The most effective movie of 2024?
Colson Whitehead’s novel about two younger boys surviving a brutal reform faculty has been tailored into maybe the yr’s finest film — and it hits Bay Space theaters this week.
2. PLAY: Greet a brand new yr with new enjoyable
Oakland entrepreneur Shonda Scott says she kick-started her life with a observe she has since branded because the 12 New Issues Initiative — which primarily means attempting one new factor a month. ? Now we have some enjoyable concepts alongside these strains.
3. DINE: Go to the Restaurant of the Yr
Esquire lately named 4 Kings in S.F.’s Chinatown as America’s finest new restaurant for 2024. So naturally we needed to test it out.
4. HEAR: Nice songs from native musicians
It’s been a heck of a yr for excellent music launched by Bay Space jazz and roots musicians; listed here are a few of our favorites.
5. WATCH: A ‘Count’ that measures up
“The Count of Monte Crisco” is a literary basic that has spawned all kinds of movie and TV variations — this new one could also be one of the best but.
6. PLAY & SIP: Go to a comeback group
Coffey Park in Santa Rosa was ravaged by the 2017 Tubbs Fireplace, with some 1,400 properties and companies misplaced to the flames. However the group is again now and completely value a go to — particularly in case you are keen on breweries.
7. WATCH: The most effective TV reveals of the yr
In what was a reasonably distinctive yr for tv, these had been the reveals that stood out.
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