ARTS & CULTURE
Outer Richmond

The 4 Star Theater has been closed for nearly three whole years, but the scrappy little theater at Clement Street and 23rd Avenue will rise again this week, with movies plus pizza and bagels provided by nearby neighbor The Laundromat.

Not even a chilly fog could dampen spirits as the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Festival made its return to Golden Gate Park over the weekend after a pandemic-driven hiatus.

Roughly $180,000 in saved Cliff House memorabilia is coming home, as auctioned historical items will return in a pop-up museum at the former Cliff House gift shop.

A three-day Godzillafest welcomes audiences back into the Balboa Theater on Friday, May 14, but only at 50% capacity.

Vintage Sutro Baths bathing suits are already fetching more than $1,000, and the autographed movie star photos go on sale Friday.

Now a legacy business, the music school — which has been at the same address for nearly a century — plans to double in size.