Fold Origami, Dance To Daft Punk, Celebrate Ice Cream, And More To Do In SoMa This Weekend

Fold Origami, Dance To Daft Punk, Celebrate Ice Cream, And More To Do In SoMa This WeekendPhoto: Origami Piece One Peace/Facebook
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Published on August 18, 2017

The weekend is here, and there's plenty to do if you're sticking in and around SoMa, from origami to ice cream to dance parties celebrating Daft Punk and The Smiths.

Want the lowdown on what to do? Read on for our roundup of SoMa events coming up this weekend.

Friday, August 18th

UNDISCOVERED Creative Night Market Festival, 6pm-midnight
The Old Mint, 88 5th St. 

Inspired by the vibrant night markets of Asia, UNDISCOVERED is a curated collection of emerging artists and merchants that celebrate the Bay Area's creative spirit and the rich cultural heritage of SF's New SOMA Pilipinas Cultural District

A Major Minority, 7pm-10pm
Mirus Gallery, 540 Howard S.

A Major Minority is an international exhibition consisting of urban artists from around the world. The concept and title of the show were developed by graffiti artist, Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti art forms. This will be the 3rd installment of A Major Minority and a much more intimate exhibition than previous ones, which incorporated hundreds of works of art. 

Saturday, August 19th

The San Francisco Ice Cream Festival, 11am-4pm
Spark Social SF, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North ($5)

Celebrate America's favorite dessert at the San Francisco Ice Cream Festival! Head to the GIANT astroturf field for sweet treats and summer festivities for the whole family! Get ready for fun in the sun with cornhole, giant connect 4, giant jenga, giant chess, lawn games, and mountains of the Bay's best ice cream – soooo much ICE CREAM!!! 

Origami Piece One Peace, 1pm-6pm
TOTO Washlet San Francisco, 190 King St.

This is FREE Origami workshop for everyone. We want to introduce Japan’s art of origami to children in San Francisco, and advocate for peace. Our goal is to send messages and donation towards children suffering from illness and injuries. We plan to fold our feelings and prayers for an earlier, peaceful resolution to war into 1,000 origami cranes. The large origami crane will become a vessel, carrying heartfelt, hand-written messages for peace.

Free Movie Screening: Baby Steps, 3pm-5pm
Airbnb HQ, 888 Brannan St.

Synopsis: Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, longs to have a baby with his American boyfriend Tate, but their attempts at international surrogacy are complicated by Danny’s meddling mom, who wants to control every aspect of the process -- all the way from Taipei.

Soul Time! 60’s & 70’s Rare Soul Dance Party, 8pm-2am
The Willows, 1582 Folsom St. ($5 donation)

In 2010, Rose City Luke was targeted by neo-nazis and shot outside of a punk show in downtown Portland. As a result of the attack, Luke was left paralyzed from the waist down. He's raising funds in order to get surgery to help him walk again... let's all pull together and help him out! 

One More Time at Mezzanine Presented by Crossroads, 9pm-2am
MEZZANINE, 444 Jessie St. ($30)

One More Time: A Tribute to Daft Punk is the first and only realistic tribute of their kind. They don replica chromed helmets and FULL SCALE pyramid stage to create the perfect Daft Punk inspired vibe and perform an awe-inspiring encore in electro-luminescent suits, reminiscent of the “Alive 2007” tour.

New Wave City "The Smiths Night", 9pm-3am
Cat Club, 1190 Folsom St. ($7-$10)

Back Room: The Smiths Night. Dance to the history of The Smiths in music & videos plus the rest of the best of New Wave with DJ Shindog and guest DJ Moonshine. Front Room: “New Wave & Beyond v.2” More New Wave plus other ​alternative dance genres beyond the decade of the 80s with DJ Andy T & guest DJ Tomas Diablo (Strangelove) 

Sunday, August 20th

Inside The War On Drugs | New Filipino Cinema 2017, 1pm-3pm
YBCA, 701 Mission St. ($10)

Raffy Lerma is a photojournalist based in Manila. For twelve years he worked as a staff photographer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, covering the daily news beat in metro Manila. He recently shifted into working independently to focus on documenting the government’s “war on drugs,” which he has covered since the beginning of the Duterte presidency. Lerma shot the photo that went viral and came to be known as “The Pieta,” and he was featured in the 2017 New York Times documentary When a President Says, “I’ll Kill You.” Lerma joins us in person to present his recent work and discuss the situation on the ground.