Picks of the Week: Shakespeare at Zelinsky Park, local author at library

Brandon DiPaola is the titular Julius Caesar in the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival production April 4 at Zelinsky Park. (Neal Ormond)

SF Shakespeare brings free ‘Julius Caesar’ to Tiburon

The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present “Julius Caesar” at 2 p.m. April 4 in Zelinsky Park behind Tiburon Town Hall. The abbreviated version of the classic play is suitable for all ages and will be followed by a talk-back session with the actors. While using Shakespeare’s text, the setting has been updated to the eve of World War I to underline the play’s themes of unconstrained power, nationalism, populism and (literal) political backstabbing. The show will go on rain or shine; in case of adverse weather, it will move to the Belvedere-Tiburon Library next to the park. The event is free, but registration is requested. arkn.ws/caesar.

Author, nonprofit hold panel on homelessness

Tiburon author Brian Barth will be part of a panel discussion on homelessness in the Founders Room of the Belvedere-Tiburon Library at 5:30 p.m. April 2. Also on the panel will be members of the Wood Street Commons collective in Oakland, which was profiled by Barth in his book “Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia,” about encampments in the Bay Area. The panel will be moderated by Mary Carl, CEO of Miracle Messages, a San Francisco nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness reconnect with their family and loved ones. The event is free; registration is required. 415-789-2665 or beltiblibrary.org.