sunday/3
“Generations: Avant-Garde Jewish Poetry.” Beat poets Jake Marmer and David Meltzer perform, followed by Q&A. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 4 p.m. $5. www.paloaltojcc.org
tuesday/5
Get this show on the Jaffa Road. Jaffa Road, a Toronto-based world music band that blends sacred and secular Jewish songs, Arabic and Indian music, jazz and rock, is coming to the Bay Area — and it’s got company. Guests include San Francisco mainstays Lior Ben-Hur and Sol Tevél, plus Zohar readings by Rabbi Aubrey Glazer of Congregation Beth Sholom.
9 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at the Elbo Room, 647 Valencia St., S.F. $18-$20. www.jaffaroad.com
thursday/7
“Unorthodox.” Live recording of Tablet magazine’s Jewish news, culture and politics podcast. At Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15. www.paloaltojcc.org
thursday/14
“The Untamed Stage: Weimar Berlin Kabarett.” Musical revue styled after the German cabarets of the 1920s, with rude comedy and sendups of fascism, gender roles and pseudoscience. Runs through May 24. At the Hypnodrome, 575-10th St., S.F. 8 p.m. $30-$35. www.hypnodrome.org