Anne Schrager May 3, 2021
Singer/songwriter Diana Gameros will be featured in the Exploratorium’s online bilingual Mother’s Day celebration. Photo: Claudio Nalerio, courtesy of the artist
Mother’s Day arrives Sunday, May 9, and there is no shortage of ways to spend quality time with family in honor of the occasion.
Local venues in San Francisco and beyond are preparing parklets and newly constructed performance areas to celebrate the season, as vaccination rates spark a slight relaxation of public health guidelines. Examples include District Six, a SOMA StrEat Food Park-curated outdoor food truck and entertainment area in the city, and Out Front at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, which features a street bar, casual outdoor dining and live music from 6:30-10 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays. The Blue Note Napa is also set for a pivot to outdoor entertainment, with a robust live music series hosted at the Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena starting up later this month; and th
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Ghost tour guide Peter Fielding, dressed in a raven-black top hat and frock coat, leads a band of history enthusiasts to the old âhangingâ jail at Oatlands, a heritage town in the Tasmanian midlands famed for its 138 Georgian sandstone buildings.
Thirty years ago, in the depths of an economic slump and rural drought, this former military barrack a little over an hourâs drive north of Hobart had the air of a ghost town. Today, with a heritage tourism and foodie revival under way, the ghosts need a little conjuring.
âMen were hanged in public. Launched into eternity!â: Ghost tour guide Peter Fielding guides ghost tours in Oatlands, Tasmania.Â