Whether you're tying one up or sleeping one off – or somewhere in between – we've got you covered with a special early edition of The Weekender stuffed with cool ideas for shows and films to observe and places to go on this one Have fun on the vacation weekend. So let's start, we could?
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1. WATCH: The best movie of 2024?
Colson Whitehead's novel about two young boys who survive a brutal reform school has been adapted into perhaps the perfect film of the yr – and is hitting Bay Area theaters this week.
2. PLAY: Welcome a brand new yr with recent fun
Oakland entrepreneur Shonda Scott says she began life with a practice she's since dubbed the “12 New Things Initiative” — which essentially means trying one recent thing every month. Interested? We have some fun ideas along these lines.
3. FOOD: Visit the restaurant of the yr
Esquire recently named Four Kings in SF's Chinatown America's Best New Restaurant for 2024. So after all we had to ascertain it out.
4. LISTEN: Great songs from local musicians
It's been a hell of a yr for nice music released by Bay Area jazz and roots musicians. Here are a few of our favorites.
5. WATCH: A “count” that may sustain
The Count of Monte Crisco is a literary classic that has spawned quite a lot of film and tv adaptations – this recent one would be the best yet.
6. PLAY & SIP: Visit a comeback community
Coffey Park in Santa Rosa was devastated by the Tubbs Fire in 2017, with roughly 1,400 homes and businesses lost to the flames. But the community is now back and definitely value a visit – especially when you like breweries.
7. WATCH: The best TV shows of the yr
In a unprecedented yr for television, it was these shows that stood out.
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