We understand if you want to escape some of Fleet Week San Francisco madness this weekend and have the perfect outing: the 2nd annual Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, taking place Oct. 8-11 at the San Mateo County Event Center.

The world knows that NBA champion Stephen Curry is a helluva basketball player but not everyone knows what a great golfer he is. More people will find out when he, his superstar teammate Andre Iguodala and rock star chef Thomas Keller play in the Johnny Miller Pro-Am during the week of the Frys.com Open next week at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa.

Shanti Project’s Compassion is Universal, one of our favorite fall events in San Francisco, is just around the corner. The 41st anniversary benefit dinner takes place Oct. 14, 2015 at the Palace Hotel and promises to be as spectacular as ever with philanthropist Bahya Oumlil-Murad chairing once again and actor and human rights advocate Omar Sharif Jr. hosting.

The fourth season of Weill Hall at Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center got off to a bang on Oct. 3 when famed pianist Lang Lang showed why the New York Times calls him “the hottest artist on the classical music planet.” The Chinese pianist, who is as much a joy to watch play as he is to listen to, put on a masterful concert—his third time performing at the venue—that garnered several standing ovations and whetted the appetite for the next day’s presentation of 101 Pianists featuring Lang Lang and 100 local piano students.

Whether your favorite John Travolta character is Tony Manero (“Saturday Night Live”) Danny Zuko (“Grease”), Gov. Jack Stanton (“Primary Colors”) or Vincent Vega (“Pulp Fiction”), we know you’ll be excited to learn that that the two-time Oscar nominee will be among the stars honored at the fifth annual Napa Valley Film Festival, which takes place Nov. 11-15, 2015 in beautiful Napa, Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga.

Shhh, we’ve got a secret we want to share with you. We know you love Lake Tahoe in the summer and winter, but fall is an equally ah-mazing time to visit as well. There is no better place to stay than The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, which offers a slew of autumn offerings and activities, beginning with this weekend’s annual Epicurean Weekend.

Patek Philippe collectors were treated to an exclusive look at the dazzling 2015 Patek Philippe Basel collection of timepieces at a private dinner for 80 enthusiasts at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco, where renderings for the Shreve & Co.’s new Union Square store opening in 2016 were also displayed for the first time.

The spectacular setting at Round Hill, Ted and Pamala Deikel’s stunning St. Helena estate that sits high above the Napa Valley floor, could not have been more apropos for Jennifer Raiser to sign copies her beautiful new book, “In the Spirit of Napa Valley.”

National Pasta Month is October, which just happens to be when the Ultimate Italian Dinner takes place in San Francisco. The feast, taking place on Oct. 23 at Bimbo’s 365 Club, is part of the James Beard Foundation’s third annual Taste America: “Local Flavor from Coast To Coast,” a national epicurean tour that visits 10 cities this fall.