Presidio Theatre Performing Arts

Flamenco Arts International (FAI) presents the World Premiere of Songs from a Sinking Ship — two performances only, May 23, 2026 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Presidio Theatre.
The production follows a ship's crew as a mysterious siren's warning transforms a routine voyage into a supernatural battle between ego and redemption — all told through flamenco. Thunder, sea, and the supernatural come alive through passionate dance, original music, and immersive performance.
Songs from a Sinking Ship earned a Special Award from the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for outstanding achievement in every aspect of performance, along with Izzie nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Direction or Choreography and Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Company.
Directed by José Maldonado. Featuring Juan José Amador, Eugenio Iglesias, Carlos Menchaca, David Chupete, Marian Fernández, Reyes Martín, Marina Elana, and living legend El Torombo.
Tickets: $49–$93 (fees may apply). Available at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.presidiotheatre.org/fai-songs-from-a-sinking-ship" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://patch.com/california/san-francisco/calendar/event/20260523/3cb97859-9927-44b2-8d01-5904213d3794/songs-from-a-sinking-ship-flamenco-arts-international-world-premiere?edited=1775488937289">patch.com/california/san-francisco/calendar/event/20260523/3cb97859-9927-44b2-8d01-5904213d3794/songs-from-a-sinking-ship-flamenco-arts-international-world-premiere?edited=1775488937289</a>

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Flamenco Arts International (FAI) presents the World Premiere of Songs from a Sinking Ship — two performances only, May 23,...

Songs from a Sinking Ship -- Flamenco Arts International World Premiere

Flamenco Arts International (FAI) presents the World Premiere of Songs from a Sinking Ship — two performances only, May 23, 2026 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Presidio Theatre.
The production follows a ship's crew as a mysterious siren's warning transforms a routine voyage into a supernatural battle between ego and redemption — all told through flamenco. Thunder, sea, and the supernatural come alive through passionate dance, original music, and immersive performance.
Songs from a Sinking Ship earned a Special Award from the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for outstanding achievement in every aspect of performance, along with Izzie nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Direction or Choreography and Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Company.
Directed by José Maldonado. Featuring Juan José Amador, Eugenio Iglesias, Carlos Menchaca, David Chupete, Marian Fernández, Reyes Martín, Marina Elana, and living legend El Torombo.
Tickets: $49–$93 (fees may apply). Available at&nbsp;https://www.presidiotheatre.org/show-details/flamenco-arts-international-songs-from-a-sinking-ship

Local Event: Songs from a Sinking Ship — Flamenco Arts International World Premiere

Songs from a Sinking Ship — Flamenco Arts...

Songs from a Sinking Ship — Flamenco Arts International World Premiere

San Francisco SPCA Adoption Center

For the third annual California Adopt-a-Pet Day, animal shelters across the state will offer fee-waived adoptions, removing adoption barriers for California residents, and opening the doors for more animals and more families.&nbsp;

The event comes as animal shelters nationwide continue to face capacity pressures from staffing shortages, limited pet-friendly housing, and a lack of affordable veterinary care.&nbsp; CALanimals, San Francisco SPCA and ASPCA launched California Adopt-a-Pet Day as a direct response to these challenges, removing cost as a barrier to adoption and drawing attention to the animals most in need of homes.

Animals of all breeds, ages, sizes, and energy levels are available at participating shelters, all of which routinely vaccinate, spay/neuter, and microchip animals before adoption. The California Adopt-a-Pet Day website has an interactive map, making it easy to find nearby participating animal shelters.

 To learn more, please visit <a href="https://caadoptapetday.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">caadoptapetday.org</a> and use #caadoptapetday on social media to see the latest updates.&nbsp;

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California Adopt-a-Pet Day

For the third annual California Adopt-a-Pet Day, animal shelters across the state will offer fee-waived adoptions, removing...

The Pearl

Future of Us today is hosting its inaugural festival, a 10-day citywide event running July 4–12, 2026, across San Francisco, timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary. The festival will feature a signature showcase at The Pearl in Dogpatch, partner-led programming from 20+ collaborating organizations, including SFMOMA, the American Indian Cultural District, and the San Francisco Environment Department, and 50+ events designed and led by 30+ Future Culture Fellows (grassroots civic visionaries drawn from neighborhoods across the city’s Supervisorial and Cultural Districts).

Future of Us Festival will feature:

<ul><li>Signature programming, anchored by a 10-day showcase at The Pearl in Dogpatch (July 4–12), produced by The Plenary, Co. and Nothin But Hits, featuring art exhibitions translating community visions into immersive form, daily programming, and musical performances. There will also be a citywide scavenger hunt exploring local ecosystems and biodiversity, created with Emerging Creatives of Science (ECOS) and an event at Pier 70.</li><li>Fellow-led activations: 50+ events featuring nearly 30 types of activations, designed and led by the inaugural cohort of Future Culture Fellows. Highlights include a pop-up floral labyrinth for civic contemplation, a speculative civic assembly on natural disaster readiness, food storytelling dinners, and themed dance parties. Venue partners include The Faight, Gray Area, and others.</li><li>Partner programming from 20+ collaborating organizations, including a Regenerative Hub led by Bay Area candlemaker Casita Michi, family-friendly activations hosted by Art of San Francisco (presented by Drawbridge) at One Embarcadero, mixers and hack-a-thons hosted by YesSF, and additional programming in partnership with Institute for the Future, SFMOMA and the American Indian Cultural District.</li><li>Neighborhood Pop-Ups, including civic conversation kits distributed by coalition partner Good Neighbor Lab to neighborhood third spaces and neighborhood hubs citywide, supporting decentralized, hyperlocal engagement.</li></ul>

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Jamie Shriner brings a kind of comedy you do not get every night: sharp standup built around original songs, musical precision, and the particular thrill of watching a comic who can land a joke, a lyric, and an emotional left turn in the same breath. Their act is funny, intimate, theatrical, and strange in exactly the right proportions.
Safe Words Queer Comedy Showcase returns to the Eagle for another night of queer comedy, community, and joyful chaos. Come out for a lineup built for loud laughs, sharp perspectives, and a room that knows how to hold both a killer joke and a little bit of tenderness.
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<h3><a href="https://www.jamieshriner.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jamie Shriner</a></h3>
Queer · Bisexual · Pansexual · They/Them
Jamie Shriner is what would happen if Bo Burnham and Jenna Marbles were cryogenically frozen together in a pair of cat lady glasses. A former theatre kid, current queer &amp; hard of hearing divorcé, Jamie uses humorous original songs to discuss her struggles with dating, body image, womanhood, and being queer in Indiana where she grew up. Jamie was named Best of the Fest at Kenan Thompson's Road To New York, Big Pine Comedy Festival, Laughs After Dark Comedy Festival and is a regular feature at Zanies and Laugh Factory Chicago. The host and producer of Chicago Underground Comedy has opened for the likes of Beth Stelling, Randy Feltface, and Chrissy Chlapecka, and is a former Features Contributor for The Onion. Their comedy specials, Corn Baby, Good Grief, and The Nightmare Factory are available to stream on YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, and more.
<a href="https://www.jamieshriner.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Website: jamieshriner.com</a> &nbsp;·&nbsp; <a href="https://instagram.com/jamieshrinersings" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram: @jamieshrinersings</a>
<h3>Justin Lucas</h3>
Gay · He/Him
When Justin Lucas isn't performing stand-up, he's writing sketch comedy or brushing his hair. The Bay Area Reporter dubbed him Best Male Comedian during the same year he discovered that a Vietnam Vet is not a Vietnamese Veterinarian.
<a href="https://instagram.com/justinlucascomedy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram: @justinlucascomedy</a>
<h3>Kavita Singh</h3>
Bisexual · Cisgender · she
Kavita Singh is a stand up comedian based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Her comedy is characterized as a "vagina monologue." You may have seen her in the newspaper for getting third in the Nassau County Spelling Bee, but she also runs a monthly women/queer comedy showcase in Berkeley called Bitchfest and a dope monthly comedy confessional show in Castro called Cake Shop.
<a href="https://instagram.com/kavitasingh200" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram: @kavitasingh200</a>
<h3>Luisa Isbell</h3>
Queer · she,her
Luisa Isbell is a local stand-up comic, improvisor, and storyteller. She produces favorite shows Cheaper Than Therapy (stand-up), About Last Night (storytelling), and Diversity Hires (stand-up), and has been featured in SF Sketchfest and SXSW.
<a href="https://instagram.com/luisaalana" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram: @luisaalana</a>
<h3>Vin Seaman / LOL McFiercen</h3>
Queer · Nonbinary · Gender Queer · Transgender · They/Them
Vin Seaman (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, drag queen (LOL McFiercen) and the director of Diamond Wave. Their work exploring queer identity and drag culture has been presented at The Stud, Brava, Oasis, El Rio, CounterPulse, the de Young, the Salesforce Tower, Frameline, the Tank NYC, the Austin International Drag Festival, SATELLITE ART SHOW Miami, the National Queer Arts Festival, Stockholm's Stolt Scenkonst, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Yale School of the Arts.
<a href="https://instagram.com/femmasculine" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Instagram: @femmasculine</a>
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<h3><a href="https://www.teamwonderdave.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wonder Dave</a></h3>
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Wonder Dave is a comedian, writer and performer from Minneapolis, MN, living in California. He has toured the country performing at comedy clubs, colleges, cabarets, comic and science fiction conventions, burlesque shows, theaters, strip clubs, and bowling alleys. Wonder Dave hosts and produces Safe Words Showcase - Queer Sex Positive Comedy and SMILF - Straight Men I'd Like to Friend with producer Jonah Price, hosts Hysteria: Open Mic for Women and Queers, hosts and produces Mental Health Comedy Hour with comedian Kristee Ono, and co-hosts Ruckus and Rumpus Revival with Jamie DeWolf. He is a frequent commentator for acclaimed independent wrestling show Hoodslam, has been a featured storyteller on the Risk podcast, and was a producer for the podcast Nerd Rage The Great Debates.
<a href="https://www.teamwonderdave.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Website: teamwonderdave.com</a>

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If you are searching for a staffing agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will find no shortage of options ranging from global staffing giants to boutique local firms. The Bay Area job market spans wildly different communities: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Silicon Valley, the East Bay, and the North Bay including Marin County and Sonoma County. Each submarket has its own hiring culture, salary norms, and employer base.
Not every staffing agency serves every Bay Area market equally. Some are national chains with Bay Area offices. Some are San Francisco-focused firms with limited reach across the bridge. A select few are genuinely rooted in specific Bay Area communities. This guide breaks down the top staffing firms across the full Bay Area, compares their strengths and limitations, and helps both employers and job seekers find the right partner for their situation.
Quick comparison: Bay Area staffing agencies at a glance
Bay Area Focus Locally rooted Bay Area firm SF / Bay HQ Bay Area headquartered National National chain, Bay Area office Agency Founded Bay Area Presence Temp Staffing Direct Hire Govt / Nonprofit Perfect Timing Personnel Services	1988	Bay Area Focus	Yes	Yes	Yes Nelson Connects	~1970	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Certified Employment Group	~1980s	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Scion Staffing	2006	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Nonprofit McCall Staffing	~1980s	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Nonprofit Career Group Companies	~1981	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Star Staffing	1995	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Limited	No Robert Half	1948	National	Yes	Yes	No Insight Global	2001	National	Yes	Yes	No 
Agency-by-agency breakdown
Perfect Timing Personnel Services Best for the San Francisco Bay Area, Locally Owned
San Rafael, CA | Founded 1988 | North Bay HQ
Perfect Timing Personnel Services is the only staffing agency headquartered in San Rafael with a primary focus on the broader Bay Area region. It's been recognized as one of the top Bay Area Staffing firms by the Marin Independent Journal for the past 10+ years. Founded in 1988, the firm has operated continuously in the Bay Area for over 35 years, making it one of the most tenured locally owned staffing companies in the entire Bay Area.
Perfect Timing specializes in temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements across administrative support, accounting, finance, healthcare, government, and nonprofit sectors. The firm holds long-standing institutional contracts with some of the region's most respected employers, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (a client since 2011). That kind of deep institutional trust is rare in the staffing industry and speaks directly to the quality and consistency of the firm's placements.
Perfect Timing brings a people-first philosophy to recruiting. Candidates are not treated as transactions. The firm's recruiters build real relationships with both employers and job seekers throughout the Bay Area.
Strengths
<ul><li>35+ years serving Bay Area employers</li><li>Deep government and nonprofit expertise</li><li>Institutional contracts with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</li><li>Community-rooted, boutique firm</li><li>Covers the full Bay Area</li><li>HQ'd in San Rafael</li></ul>
Limitations
<ul><li>Not focused on tech or engineering roles &zwj;</li></ul>
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