5 options for stay-at-home fun in SF: Tuesday, April 21

Citywide

The Bay Area's shelter-in-place order has brought countless events usually held as in-person gatherings online. We're aiming to support local businesses in San Francisco and Oakland by highlighting five of these events each day.

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Here's your SF events calendar for Tuesday, April 21. Play "Purple Rain" in remembrance of Prince, learn how to belly-dance or watch a documentary about the Tenderloin’s early queer movements — all from the comfort of your couch.

Purple Rain Around the World

Prince passed away four years ago today. In the musician's honor, Church of 8 Wheels founder David Miles Jr. is hosting "Purple Rain Around the World," inviting those sheltered at home to "to fill the air with the music of Prince." At noon, he'll be playing the song "Purple Rain" from the tower of the church-turned-roller rink at Fell and Fillmore streets, and is encouraging others to do the same from their homes or cars.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 12 p.m.

How to join: Put your speakers in your windows, blast your boombox or turn up the speakers in your car to play Prince's eight-minute song "Purple Rain."

Price: Free

Smart City Cycling online class

With car traffic down and Muni service curtailed, now's the perfect time to get around as urban cyclist in San Francisco. The SF Bicycle Coalition is hosting this webinar for people interested in biking but intimidated by urban traffic, in order to help them learn how to choose a bike, handle intersections and other quirks of biking in city traffic, and avoid collisions.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 5 p.m.

How to join: Via Zoom

Price: Free

Belly dancing for absolute beginners

Belly-dance instructor Jill Parker, who teaches at the Mission's ODC, is bringing her beginner classes online during shelter-in-place. Using body awareness and musicality, the class introduces and progressively covers core belly dance vocabulary and techniques, and is open to people of all ages and genders.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 6 p.m.

How to join: Via ODC's website

Price: $9

Gay San Francisco

The Tenderloin Museum and the Mission's Roxie Theater are teaming up for this live, digital screening of "Gay San Francisco," a documentary that delves into the Tenderloin’s early queer movements of the '60s and '70s, with unique original footage of gay and trans San Franciscans of the era.

The event will feature an introduction by historian and filmmaker Susan Stryker and San Francisco queer history expert Kirk Frederick, who will also host a Q&A after the film.

When: Tuesday, April 21, 6 p.m.

How to join: Via Eventbrite

Price: Free, suggested donation $10

March Virtual Book Club: 'The Ten Thousand Doors of January'

While in-person book clubs are on hold, that doesn't mean that you can't discuss your reading adventures with like-minded literature fans. Join Divisadero gift shop Perdita for its monthly romance book club, where readers will discuss Alix E. Harrow's modern-day fairy tale "The Ten Thousand Doors of January." Haven't read it? Gear up for next week club by grabbing a copy of Jeannie Lin's "Gunpowder Alchemy."

When: Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.

How to join: Via Zoom

Price: Free

Midday break

Need an afternoon pick-me-up? Tour some Frank Lloyd Wright houses via Instagram, or listen to a song performed by Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Lang Lang and John Legend in their respective homes.