@ Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street. Continuing through October 1. With the role of flowers as emblems of peace during the Summer of Love, the exhibit looks at flowers in Asian art through the symbolism of the lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip and rose. asianart.org

@ SF Public Library Park Branch, 1833 Page Street. An exhibit of then and now photos providing a walk down memory lane of the Haight-Ashbury scene from 1967. Through December 7. sfpl.org

@ Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street. Smuin kicks off its 24th season with Dance Series 01, a program that includes the West Coast premiere of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s critically lauded and transcendent piece “Requiem for a Rose.” Continues through October 7. smuinballet.org

@ Strut, 2nd Floor, 470 Castro. A segment of the city-wide LitQuake Festival will be held at Strut with a team of contributors from the Foglifter Queer Literacy Journal presenting a celebration featuring performances of works from a new anthology. 7:30pm-9pm. strutsf.org

@ San Fransisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Rm 284. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman welcomes artist Jun Yang whose art is currently on display. 4-5pm. mandelmanstaff@sfgov.org

@ Bar Threefiftyfive, 355 19th Street, Oakland. The venue’s monthly fundraiser for September will benefit SPLC. 4-8pm. Bar Threefiftyfive on Facebook.

@ Laurel Bookstore, 1423 Broadway, Oakland. Authors Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi discuss their book for all Americans, especially young ones, about a Japanese American who defied the government’s orders in WWII. 7-8:30pm. laurelbookstore.com