7 pm ET: Lawrence Brownlee presents
The Sitdown with LB. The tenor’s Facebook Live series returns with an unfiltered and honest look inside the opera industry. This week: Management, featuring Matthew Horner (IMG Artists) and Alex Fletcher (Fletcher Artist Management). View here. LIVE 7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Donizetti’s
Don Pasquale. Starring Beverly Sills, Alfredo Kraus, Håkan Hagegård, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Nicola Rescigno. Production by John Dexter. From January 11, 1979. View here and for 24 hours.
7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents
Jewish Diaspora. Recorder virtuoso Daphna Mor explores Sephardic song and Jewish liturgical poetry while viola da gamba player Elizabeth Weinfield highlights the contributions of 17th-century converso composer Leonora Duarte. Additional guests to be announced. View here.
Music@Menlo continues to make the most of virtual performances with its Explorer Series, which offers performances and artist discussions. The latest installment features the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet.
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Along with the many stories of terrible suffering experienced by the Jewish people during World War II, a largely unknown testimony of God’s amazing grace emerged from the very place where justice was carried out upon some of the Holocaust’s leading perpetrators.
A paean of praise to the limitless mercy of God toward penitent sinners, it is bound to shock and offend in equal measure. Which is why, unnerved by the potential backlash from a populace not yet deemed ready for such sensation, the U.S. government censored news of the event for five years.
South Bay Clean Creeks and Trash Punx Cleanup at Coyote Creek
Help to reclaim, restore and revitalize a local watershed by spending the day before Valentine’s Day giving some love to a section of Coyote Creek. Please bring water and gloves and wear a mask.
8:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Free. 1505 Schallenberger Road, San Jose. sbcleancreeks.com
Valentine’s cookie decorating for kids
Napa Valley residents are invited to gather their little ones for a sweet Valentine’s Day treat making activity. A professional pastry team will supply the toppings. After the cookies are finished, participants can take home their tasty creations.
Chronicle Staff February 8, 2021Updated: February 12, 2021, 7:08 am
D’Arcy Drollinger (left), Matthew Martin, Holotta Tymes and Heklina in “The Golden Girls Live! The Christmas Episodes.” Photo: Ashlynn Danielsen
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Oasis TV brings the S.F. drag club’s best shows to your home
If you’re missing your favorite queens from San Francisco nightclub and cabaret Oasis, the drag goddesses have smiled on you. Fans can now stream popular stage productions and new original shows from the SoMa venue on Oasis TV, a subscription service featuring D’Arcy Drollinger, Heklina, LeMay, Lady Bear, Matthew Martin, Holotta Tymes, Patty from HR, Snaxx and more queens.