@ Harvey Milk Plaza, Castro & Market Streets. A public art exhibit presented by Illuminate, the team that created the Bay Lights and the Conservatory of Flowers’s Summer of Love light show. 6pm. Also on Nov 17 & 18. illuminate.org

@ Blackbird, 2124 Market Street. A party featuring prizes, food and a custom cocktail to benefit Pink Triangle Park and Castro Cares, and to celebrate the volunteers who keep the Castro neighborhood safe. 6-8pm. castrocbd.org

@ The Raven, 1151 Folsom Street. Hosted by Berkeley and Princeton BTGALA, the monthly mixer welcomes all alumni and friends. 6:30–9pm. btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu

@ Landmark Theaters Piedmont, 4186 Piedmont Ave, Oakland. A Frameline encore free screening of the documentary about Pakistan’s female squash player Maria Toorpakai who has been a target of Taliban death threats since the age of sixteen. 7pm. frameline.org

@ Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway Street, Redwood City. Authored by Avenue Q playwright Jeff Whitty, the comedy presents Hedda of the Ibsen classic who finds herself in an adventure with child-murdering Medea and Mammy (from Gone With the Wind). 8pm. Continues Thursdays-Sundays through November 19. dragonproductions.net 

@ Walker Creek Ranch, Petaluma. A weekend event (Nov 17-19). The gathering, with the theme “Rise” for 2017, will honor Founding Mother Mary “Midgett” and include workshops, vendors performances and more. niacollective.org

@ Zellerbach Hall, #4800 Berkeley. Cal Performances presents The Joffrey Ballet’s program featuring two West Coast Premieres and other recent works by choreographers Justin Peck, Nicolas Blanc, Alexander Ekman and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Nov 17, 18 & 19.  calperformances.org 

@ Berkeley Rep, 2025 Addition Street, Berkeley. Written in 1941, the play is a timely examination of moral obligation, sacrifice and what it means to be American. 8pm through Dec 31. berkeleyrep.org