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Bay seniors drawn to the power and authenticity of ethnic arts can indulge themselves all weekend at the Tribal and Textile Arts Fair in the Fort Mason Center, More than 80 high-end galleries are displaying sculptures, masks, ceramics, weapons and jewelry from almost everywhere – Native American, Latin American, African, Asian and Oceanic. Most are […]

Bay seniors ready for a break from all the season’s caroling might want to check out the evening of holiday flamenco at Pena Pachamama on Powell Street in the city. Castanets will starting snapping at 6:30 on December 28. Seniors $18. Come to think of it, this slow, sensuous style of dancing is perfect for […]

Bay seniors still bitter that they are too young to have witnessed the risque antics of the Barbary Coast in its heyday, have a chance to revisit our tawdry past this weekend when the Vau de Vire vaudeville troupe presents Soiled Dove, which they tout as “lascivious and circus-infused” in the Mission with music by the […]

Bay seniors looking for a variation on Christmas traditions might want to see how it is done in Scandinavia. On Saturday December from 9 to 4 at Saint Mary’s on Gough Street there will be a Swedish Christmas Fair with imported crafts, pastries, meatballs and generous servings of glögg ( hot mulled wine with cinnamon, […]

Bay seniors eager to join the walking dead are invited to paint their faces white, insert fangs in their mouths and meet at 2pm this Saturday at 17th and Market. The annual Zombie Walk covers a big chunk of Castro and the Mission and, though free, is an awareness builder for the SF and Marin […]

Bay seniors who don’t believe that the next big thing in skin art is animated tattoos are encouraged to check out the Body Art Expo at the Cow Palace September 5 to 7. This is billed as the world’s largest of such affairs with 300 artists demonstrating their piercing and tattooing skills. $20. You already […]

Bay seniors curious about what it is going to take to make drinking tea the new coffee, might cast a glance at the new Samovar teahouse on (of course) Valencia Street. Forget sad and soggy tea bags. Samovar has crucible urns as sleek and pristine as anything you would find in an OR. In a […]

Bay seniors who’ve been working their way through Ottolenghi cookbooks as obsessively as  they once did with Julia Child are hereby alerted to the arrival of the Great One this coming October 24 at the JCC in San Francisco. $30. It is definitely not too early to get your tickets for Yotam Ottolenghi’s lecture. In […]