22 Enjoyable Issues to Do This Week (1.12.26)

Time to get impressed.

Find what brings you pleasure with the kickoff of San Francisco Art Week, SF Sketchfest, and the Napa Lighted Art Festival this week. Engage in some artwork of your individual at a mosaic-making class or discover your subsequent favourite factor at classic exhibits this weekend. For a remaining dose of reflection, don’t miss the send-off tribute to Claude on Sunday.

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Jump forward to this week’s prime occasions:

Prepare your laughs for SF Sketchfest.

Experience the immersive theatrical experience Compton’s Cafeteria Riot.

Get inspired during San Francisco Art Week.

Relive someone else’s most embarrassing moment at the 20-year anniversary show of Mortified!

Have one.

Get your final skate in earlier than the downtown ice rink closes till subsequent winter; 10am to 10pm by way of Sunday. // Union Square Holiday Ice Rink, 333 Post St. (Union Square); tickets at unionsquareicerink.com

Try your hand at mosaic-making with Bad Art Club’s no-pressure artistic class; Monday, 6pm to 9pm. // The Faight, 473A Haight St. (Lower Haight); register at heylo.com

Keep up your resolve for Dry January with Dirty Habit’s creative menu of spirit-free mockaritas and fizzes; Mondays by way of Sundays, 4pm to 11pm. // Dirty Habit at Hotel Zelos, 12 4th St. (SoMa); reservations at opentable.com

Explore huge concepts and philosophies at a salon with artist and nonprofit founder Inga Bard; Wednesday, 6pm to 9pm. // SF Moto Shop, 275 eighth St. (SoMa); register at eventbrite.com

Catch a brand new physique of labor from the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project. Five distinctive exhibits over 4 days seize the tales of former incarcerated folks on the finish of their three-year residency on the Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Thursday by way of Sunday. // Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St. (Berkeley); tickets at givebutter.com

Drink to San Francisco historical past at a night with “Emperor Norton.” The historian, journalist, and performer behind Emperor Norton’s Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine involves The Clift for a cocktail-fueled speaker sequence; Thursday, 6pm to 7pm. // The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel, 495 Geary St. (TenderNob); RSVP at eventbrite.com

Have some analog enjoyable with board recreation night time on the Ferry Building. Grab your favourite grub and select from new and traditional video games offered totally free play; Friday, 5pm to 8pm. // Ferry Building, 1 Embarcadero (Embarcadero); particulars at ferrybuildingmarketplace.com

Let Ramy Youssef kick off your weekend throughout his Love Beam 7000 tour cease in San Francisco; Friday at 7pm. // Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon St. (Presidio); tickets at ticketmaster.com

Experience Compton’s Cafeteria Riot. The immersive theatrical expertise from the Tenderloin Museum that particulars a historic act of queer resistance returns for a run of exhibits within the new yr; Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm. // Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Museum, 835 Larkin St. (Tenderloin); tickets at comptonscafeteriariot.com

Try out Yarrow in your subsequent Tahoe weekend. The new restaurant from Bay Area chef Traci Des Jardins serves up trendy seasonal fare atop Donner Summit. // Sugar Bowl Resort, 629 Sugar Bowl Rd. (Norden); reservations at sugarbowl.com

Head into 2026 with a classic glow-up in clothes, dwelling decor, and jewellery, on the The Wardrobe Project Flea market; Saturday, 10am to 5pm. // Rockridge BART, 5660 College Ave. (Oakland); particulars on Instagram

Shop small-batch, regeneratively grown merchandise immediately from farmers at H2hotel’s Farmpreneurs Provisions pop-up. Join Saturday from 2pm to 4pm to satisfy the folks behind the merchandise; by way of January thirtieth. // h2hotel, 219 Healdsburg Ave. (Healdsburg); particulars at h2hotel.com

Try some Louisiana-style gumbo throughout chef Stevonna’s January visitor residency on the India Basin Waterfront Park; Saturdays and Sundays, 11am to 3pm. // The Food Pavilion, India Basin Waterfront Park, 900 Innes Ave. (Bayview); particulars at thefoodpavilionsf.org

Relive another person’s most embarrassing second on the 20-year anniversary present of Mortified!, a present the place adults learn their awkward-but-hilarious teenage diaries, poetry, letters, and extra; Saturday at 6pm and 9pm. // Swedish American Music Hall, 2174 Market St. (Duboce Triangle); tickets at cafedunord.com

See Napa in lights. The Napa Lighted Art Festival returns with its stroll by way of 15 lighted artwork installations round downtown; Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm to 10pm and Sundays by way of Thursdays, 6pm to 9pm by way of February fifteenth. // Details at visitnapavalley.com

Witness the highly effective efficiency of Dance Brigade’s Match Girrl, an edgy fairy story dance-drama about class wrestle in San Francisco; Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 5pm. // Dance Mission Theater, 3316 twenty fourth St. (Mission); tickets at dancemissiontheater.org

Stroll by way of Sonoma’s Winter Wineland. More than 60 wineries are opening as much as have fun 50 years of theWine Road; Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 4pm. // Details at sonomacounty.com

Stock up on one-of-a-kind finds from greater than 70 California exhibitors promoting classic clothes, jewellery, equipment, and textiles, findings, and artwork at Pickwick Vintage; Sunday, 10am to 4pm. // Ferry Building, 1 Embarcadero (Embarcadero); particulars at ferrybuildingmarketplace.com

Give Claude a correct sendoff with a day of reminiscences, music, and mementos honoring the life and legacy of SF’s iconic albino alligator; Sunday, 11am to 5pm. // California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr. and the Golden Gate Bandshell (Golden Gate Park); particulars at calacademy.org

Check out Maz Naba’s tackle Dungeness crab. Try a tostada with brown butter labne or stuffed squash with dungeness crab fried rice on the Rich Table, Mr. Jiu’s, and Nightbird alum’s Sunday night time pop-up Ilna; Sundays, 5pm to 9pm. // Buddy, 3115 twenty second St. (Mission); reservations at ilnasf.com