Congratulations! We’ll just assume if you’re reading this, you survived Tax Day and are ready to celebrate with a weekend full of fun and deliciousness. If so, you have come to the right place; we have all kinds of cool ideas.
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1 SEE & HEAR: Great shows are all over
From Brian Copeland’s iconic show about San Leandro to the return of Cirque du Soleil and a wealth of cool concerts, there is a lot to see and hear in the Bay Area this weekend.
Micah Siva’s new book offers plant-based recipes for Jewish cuisine. Hannah Lozano Photography/courtesy of Micah Siva)
2 COOK & EAT: A plant-based Passover?
The holiday arrives April 22, and if you’re looking for recipes that bring 21st-century tastes to the table, famed S.F. chef Micah Siva is out with just the cookbook you need.
3 WATCH: Creepy ‘Abigail’
Oakland native Matt Bettinelli-Olpin used to be an East Bay punk rocker. Now he’s the director of the scariest new movie from Hollywood.
4 SEE & HEAR: A gospel great comes to town
CeCe Winans, who performs in San Jose on Friday, told us recently about a career milestone she was finally able to reach.
A band of British World War II soldiers set out to cripple Hitler’s prized U-boats in Guy Ritchie’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” Lionsgate
5 WATCH: Guy Ritchie’s new thriller
The director’s new film about a secret British plot to sink the Nazi’s prized U-boats is a good old-fashioned wartime nail-biter. It tops our roundup of new shows and movies you should know about.
6 DINE: Check out Fitoor
Bay Area restaurateurs Anu and Vikram Bhambri have opened their latest foray into contemporary Indian cuisine. We stopped by the swanky place recently, and here are our impressions, including what to order.
7 WATCH: Fall in with ‘Fallout’
Lots of films and TV shows are being adapted from video games these days. “Fallout,” the new series on Amazon Prime, is one that gets it right.
