@ Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley Marina. Competitions, demonstrations and family-friendly activities. 10am-6pm. Also on 7/30. berkeleykitefestival.com

@ Strawberry Hill, Golden Gate Park and Kennedy Grove, El Sobrante. An erotic comedy of consent, cruelty and control, the play is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream adapted and directed by Ava Roy and presented by We Players. Also on July 28-30. weplayers.org

@ The Little Store Restaurant, 3340 Woodside Road, Woodside. Karen Soo Hoo, Steve Weigant & Karen Mullally present an evening of music with special guest Carl Grantham. 6-8:30pm. soohoo94401@yahoo.com

@ Laurel Bookstore, 1423 Broadway @ 14th Street, Oakland. Presented by Bay Area Lesbian Archives. The author will discuss her latest novel, A Thin Bright Line. 7pm.  laurelbookstore.com

@ GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street. Greg Pennington, curator of the new South of Market: San Francisco’s Leather Scene display, will facilitate a discussion by prominent leather community members, authors and scholars, including Race Bannon, Rajat Dutta, Jordy Tackitt-Jones and Gayle Rubin. 7-9pm discussion; social hour at 9pm. glbthitory.org

@ ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street. Premiers by KT Nelson and Kimi Okads plus Format II by Brenda Way and a new work by ODC’s Kimi Okada. 8pm. Also on 7/28 & 29. odcdance.org  

@ Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy Street. An all female cast is featured in the new play constructed of original work and classical text from Shakespeare and other canonical verse. 8pm. Through August 19. breadboxtheatre.org

@ Cornerstone, 2367 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley. Live rock music featuring the current iteration of the iconic 60s band Jefferson Airplane. 8:30pm. cornerstoneberkeley.com