Today
Eating
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana: Tony Gemignani built no less than four different pizza ovens in his new pizza parlor in North Beach. It produces four distinctly different pizza crusts. [1570 Stockton St., S.F.; (415) 835-9888]
Drinking
Bix: The bar is credited with launching the trend that’s brought the classic cocktail back into everyone’s consciousness, under the philosophy that “everything old is new again.” [56 Gold St., S.F.; (415) 433-6300, www.bixrestaurant.com]
African musician: Sekouba Bambino Diabate, a music superstar and griot from Guinea, performs at the Independent. [9 p.m., 628 Divisadero St., S.F.]
Darwin symposium: “Darwin and the Galapagos,” a two-day Darwin bicentennial event featuring speakers from the United States and England, begins. [9 a.m. to 5 p.m., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F.]
SATURDAY
Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Market top produce picks
Cippolini onions
Gypsy peppers
Pink brandywine tomatoes
Guanciale
Bronx grapes
Cauliflower
Gravenstein apples
Sunflowers
Elephant garlic
Mint
Take a hike
Butano backcountry: Snagging a good campsite among Bay Area redwoods is about as easy as getting a parking spot in North Beach. But head to Butano State Park and, with a little help from a hike, the odds swing heavily in your favor. Butano is a park less traveled, and a 5.5-mile hike-in leads to a sweet reward: a tranquil trail camp among redwood trees. Make your way by heading up lush Jackson Flats Trail and exposed Canyon Trail. It’s a bit of a climb, but the effort is worth the huff and puff. Butano’s Trail Camp was just cleaned spic-and-span by Boy Scouts (they even added log tables to most of the sites). The majority of sites are the size of a studio apartment, but No. 8 is more like a two bedroom! Camping under a thick redwood canopy limits big vistas, but only half a mile away there’s an abandoned landing field with clear views all the way to the ocean. Bring a blanket and flashlight and watch the sunset from 1,700 feet before returning to your tranquil, tree-roofed retreat in the woods.
For directions and more information on camping in the Bay Area, visit www.weekendsherpa.com. Subscribe to their free weekly e-mail about hiking in the Bay Area.
Theater
Gritty city: Songwriters Don Seaver and Sean Owens, with singer Shannon Day, present “Lady of the ’Loin,” a stories-in-song salute to San Francisco’s racy, raunchy Tenderloin neighborhood. [9 p.m., Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy St., S.F.]
Park production: The San Francisco Mime Troupe brings its 2009 summer-in-the-park show, “Too Big to Fail,” to Washington Square. The bank crisis is the subject of the musical satire. [2 p.m., Union Street and Columbus Avenue, S.F.]
Overnight events
Cancer relay: American Cancer Society’s San Francisco Marina Relay for Life begins. Teams walk around the clock during this fundraiser, which also includes camping. [10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday, Crissy Field, S.F.; www.relayforlife.org]
Zoo sleepover: The San Francisco Zoo hosts “A Wild Summer Overnight.” The event includes keeper meetings, tours and camping. [6 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday, 1 Zoo Road, S.F.; info/RSVP: (415) 753-8135 or www.sfzoo.org]
Comedy
Two comics: Brian Posehn, seen on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me” and HBO’s “Mr. Show,” and Charlyne Yi, seen in the film “Paper Heart,” perform at Cobb’s Comedy Club. [8 and 10:15 p.m., 915 Columbus Ave., S.F.]
Music
Alternative music: Tanya Tagaq, known for her experimentation involving traditional Inuit throat singing, performs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The Kihnoua ensemble shares the bill. [8 p.m., 701 Mission St., S.F.]
Movies
Scary movie: “House of Wax” (1953), the 3-D horror film starring Vincent Price, screens at the Castro Theatre. “Spooks,” a Three Stooges short, follows. [2, 4:30 and 9:30 p.m., 429 Castro St., S.F.]
Peninsula
County fair: The 2009 San Mateo County Fair opens. Look for concerts, contests, carnivals, exhibits, opening-night fireworks and more. [Noon to 11 p.m., San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo]
SUNDAY
A great bike ride
Start: Stanyan and Page streets
Route: Ride east away from Golden Gate Park on Page, left on Baker, right on Fulton, right on Octavia (stay in right-side lane), right on Market, right on 17th St., fork left onto Corbett (just past Douglas), follow Corbett onto Portola, right on Laguna Honda, which becomes Seventh Avenue, follow Seventh, right onto Hugo, left on Third Avenue, across Lincoln onto Kezar’s multiuse path (wide sidewalk), to Waller bicycle training area (car-free pavement).
Bike network: 95 percent (new bike lanes coming soon to Portola, Laguna Honda, Seventh)
Complete for bikes: 50 percent
Stop and check out: Vistas from Alamo Square (City Hall), Corbett, Portola (pull over and look back)
Time: 45 to 60 minutes, climbing and swooping
— San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, www.sfbike.org
A city walk
Theater in San Francisco: Find out about 150 years of theater as it evolved in San Francisco from 1849 to the present. The tour includes current theaters and those that fell or burned in the 1906 earthquake, prominent actors and trends that occurred through the years. Meet at 10 a.m. at Yerba Buena Gardens, Mission Street between Third and Fourth streets, by the outdoor stage.
San Francisco City Guides, a 30-year-old nonprofit organization conducting free walking tours spotlighting San Francisco history, architecture, legends and lore, is a program of the San Francisco Public Library. Tours are offered seven days a week year-round. Visit www.sfcityguides.org or call (415) 557-4266 for more information.
Exhibitions
Crafts show: The American Craft Council presents its 2009 show. The juried exhibition features 250 artisans showing and selling handmade crafts. [10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Herbst and Festival pavilions, Fort Mason Center, S.F.]
Music
Dark dames: Cafe Du Nord hosts “Divas of the Dark.” Loop!Station, Jill Tracy and Nicki Jaine provide music. [8 p.m., 2170 Market St., S.F.]
Film and music: Gojogo, a world-music quartet, performs a children’s matinee of compositions set to films from the compilation “Masters of Russian Animation.” [4 p.m., Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., S.F.]
Museums
Japanese martial arts: The “Lords of the Samurai” exhibit continues at the Asian Art Museum. Today’s related events include a demonstration of Japanese kyudo archery (noon to 4 p.m.). [10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 200 Larkin St., S.F.]
Comedy
Offbeat humor: Colin Mahan, Harmon Leon, Mike Spiegelman and Les Milton perform with audio, video and laundry-basket technology in “4 Ever Laughing,” a comedy show. [8:30 p.m., SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter St., S.F.]
Dance
Ballet in the grove: The San Francisco Ballet performs in Stern Grove. The concert includes “On a Theme of Paganini,” “Swan Lake, Act II” and “Stravinsky Violin Concerto.” [2 p.m., Sloat Boulevard and 19th Avenue, S.F.]
Peninsula
Guitar showcase: The Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Summit comes to the Little Fox. Three virtuosos from diverse corners of the finger-style guitar universe perform. [7 p.m., 2215 Broadway, Redwood City]
