Your guide to the best happenings in the Bay Area this weekend.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Silicon Valley Auto Show

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Jose McEnery Convention Center (map)

Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the new automotive world. Experience the future of what you drive and how you drive at the Silicon Valley Auto Show.

2019 Concerts For Kids - Designed For Grades K-5

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Davies Symphony Hall (map)

Special weekday concerts for school groups provide an unforgettable learning experience for students in grades

The Star Speaker Series: Social Relationships

6:30 PM 8:00 PM
Star Academy Building Two (map)

There are important implications for both academic pathways and it is imperative the parents have a full understanding of these implications.

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Body Back Preview Class Free

Saturday, March 9, 2019
7:45 AM 8:45 AM
Athleta (map)

Body Back is an 8 week journey designed to help you reach your full physical potential through results based workouts, nutrition coaching and support.

The Novato Spring Classic

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Novato Gymnastics Centre (map)

This is the only gymnastics meet of the season in Marin County and teams will be visiting from all over California.

Introduction To Birding

8:00 AM 10:00 AM
China Camp State Park (map)

If you’ve always loved birds but need help getting started, join our beginning bird class with naturalist Jerry Coe!

Family Access Day

9:00 AM 2:00 PM
The Walt Disney Family Museum (map)

On Family Access Day, The Walt Disney Family Museum invites children with disabilities and children with special health care needs to enjoy the museum's galleries, free-of-charge, with their friends and families.

Fitness Hike

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Indian Tree Preserve (map)

Join Ranger Luke Bishop for a morning exercise hike. The emphasis of the hike is to get your heart pumping and burn calories!

Fun Family Fitness Class

9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Mill Valley Recreation (map)

Join Coach Tilda for a fun workout for the entire family!

First Act: Hansel And Gretel's Adventure

9:30 AM 11:00 AM
Bryan Education Studio at the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera (map)

Journey through Engelbert Humperdinck’s delightful children’s opera Hansel and Greteland meet new characters, learn music and play games along the way.

Toddler Days

9:30 AM 12:00 PM
Slide Ranch (map)

Enjoy milking a goat, holding a warm, freshly-laid chicken egg, and hearing the baa of our sheep, as we use all of our senses to explore the farm during this family-friendly farm day.

Silicon Valley Auto Show

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Jose McEnery Convention Center (map)

Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the new automotive world. Experience the future of what you drive and how you drive at the Silicon Valley Auto Show.

Good Night, Gorilla

10:00 AM & 11:15 AM
Children's Creativity Museum Annex (map)

The Zoo is closed for the night and it's time for the animals to go to bed, but just as the Zookeeper bids them one last "Good night," the Gorilla steals his keys and, after letting all the other animals out of their enclosures, follows him home to sleep!

She Persisted, The Musical

10:30 AM, 1:30 PM & 4:00 PM
Children's Creativity Museum (map)

This new musical, inspired by Chelsea Clinton’s best-selling book, She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, tells the story of Emani and Peter, whose third-grade trip to the museum turns into an adventure in time travel during which they meet inspirational women overcoming barriers and making history.

Spring Into March With Special Performances At BADM!

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Bay Area Discovery Museum (map)

Kids can sing along to favorite tunes, learn something new during a live puppet show, and groove to the beat at a family-friendly performance.

Gold: The Midas Musical

11:00 AM, 2:00 PM & 4:30 PM
BACT Berkeley Cente (map)

A modern musical re-telling of the Greek legend of King Midas who learns a valuable lesson about family when the gods grant him the power to turn everything into gold.

Family Art Making

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
de Young museum (map)

Family Art Making offers a free, drop-in art project led by professional teaching artists.

Hands-On History, Food Of The Mission Era

11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Sonoma State Historic Park (map)

Learn about the food people ate at the missions, the crops they grew, and how grains were measured.

Opera In An Hour Film Screening: The Elixir Of Love

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Wilsey Center for Opera Veterans Building (map)

Enjoy the magic of opera with our FREE Opera in an Hour film screening of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love.

Alice In Wonderland Tea Party

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fairfax Women’s Club (map)

Make a Sunday afternoon date for tea with Alice, the March Hare, Door Mouse and Mad Hatter at a decidedly unique tea party complete with delicious tea sandwiches, a selection of organic teas, hot chocolate for kids and yummy desserts for all.

Music For Families: Once Upon An Orchestra

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Davies Symphony Hall (map)

Share the excitement of live classical music with the entire family at this engaging concert series with members of the San Francisco Symphony.

Karen Benke - Rip ALL The Pages!

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Book Passage (map)

Aimed at third graders and up, Rip ALL the Pages will get you writing, ripping, playing on and off the page.

Tiburon Summer Camp Fair

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Ranch (map)

Tiburon Summer Camp Fair

Circus Panopticon

4:00 PM & 8:00 PM
Kinetic Arts Center (map)

Kinetic Arts Center's troupe of pre-professional performers, CIRCUS SPIRE, is reaching new heights of achievement in the art of circus and physical theatre with their 2019 production of CIRCUS PANOPTICON.

Novato Live

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
City Hall (map)

Gather your friends and family and Join Novato Parks & Recreation for this FREE indoor concert series held inside City Hall, 901 Sherman Ave. every Second and Fourth Saturday of February, March and April. We hope you can join us for these wonderful live musical performances.

Sunday, March 10, 2019, Daylight Savings

The Novato Spring Classic

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Novato Gymnastics Centre (map)

This is the only gymnastics meet of the season in Marin County and teams will be visiting from all over California.

SFMOMA Free Family Day

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SFMOMA (map)

Enjoy a fabulous day of art and family fun at SFMOMA.

Nature For Kids: Wet Weather Wonders

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
College of Marin Indian Valley Campus (map)

We’ll start the day learning about the frogs, toads, salamanders, and insects that live in the ponds at the upper end of the valley, and then we’ll walk up to the waterfall, which is a perfect place to enjoy lunch.

Silicon Valley Auto Show

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
San Jose McEnery Convention Center (map)

Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the new automotive world. Experience the future of what you drive and how you drive at the Silicon Valley Auto Show.

BABY RAVE Oakland

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
3903 Broadway Third FloorOakland, CA, 94611United States (map)

BABY RAVE Oakland is a new kid-friendly dance party that is sure to get you and your little one moving and shaking to the music together!

Junior Ranger Program

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
China Camp State Park (map)

If you’ve always loved birds but need help getting started, join our beginning bird class with naturalist Jerry Coe!

Marine Science Sundays For 2019

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Marine Mammal Center (map)

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month for Marine Science Sunday - a FREE engaging ocean-inspired classroom series from our education experts. These interactive classroom programs are great for all ages!

Good Night, Gorilla

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Children's Creativity Museum Annex (map)

The Zoo is closed for the night and it's time for the animals to go to bed, but just as the Zookeeper bids them one last "Good night," the Gorilla steals his keys and, after letting all the other animals out of their enclosures, follows him home to sleep!

She Persisted, The Musical

Sunday, March 10, 2019
10:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Children's Creativity Museum (map)

This new musical, inspired by Chelsea Clinton’s best-selling book, She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, tells the story of Emani and Peter, whose third-grade trip to the museum turns into an adventure in time travel during which they meet inspirational women overcoming barriers and making history.

Spring Into March With Special Performances At BADM!

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Bay Area Discovery Museum (map)

Kids can sing along to favorite tunes, learn something new during a live puppet show, and groove to the beat at a family-friendly performance.

Banana Slug String Band Duet

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Osher Marin JCC (map)

Please join us for this family friendly, interactive, incredibly fun, inspiring, music & science experience.

Gold: The Midas Musical

11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Cente (map)

A modern musical re-telling of the Greek legend of King Midas who learns a valuable lesson about family when the gods grant him the power to turn everything into gold.

Drop-In Art Studio: Me In The Mirror

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)

On first and second Sundays and select holidays, drop by to create, play, and experiment with a teaching artist.

Sunday Streets: Mission

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Duboce AvenueSan Francisco, CAUnited States(map)

Join the international open streets movement to reclaim open space for public use!

Circus Panopticon

1:00 PM & 5:00 PM
Kinetic Arts Center (map)

Kinetic Arts Center's troupe of pre-professional performers, CIRCUS SPIRE, is reaching new heights of achievement in the art of circus and physical theatre with their 2019 production of CIRCUS PANOPTICON.

Gold: The Midas Musical

2:00 PM 3:00 PM
BACT Berkeley Cente (map)

A modern musical re-telling of the Greek legend of King Midas who learns a valuable lesson about family when the gods grant him the power to turn everything into gold.

Merriam Saunders - My Whirling Twirling Motor

4:00 PM 5:00 PM
Book Passage (map)

In My Whirling Twirling Motor, Charlie feels like he has a whirling, twirling motor running inside him all the time and sometimes he just can't settle. When his mom wants to talk to him, he figures he's in trouble...but she has a surprise for him instead Includes a Note to Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers with more information on ADHD, behavior management, and helping children focus on the positives.

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