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Explore the heart of the Mission District on this free food, mural, and architecture walking tour of the 24th Street Cultural corridor. Led by longtime Mission residents who know all the most authentic, off-the-beaten path spots, hidden history (with an extensive historical photo archive), and the …
Join in for Frida’s Birthday Celebration with music, tasty food and fabulous Frida art from great local artists and curated by Francisco Franco.
This celebration combines art, food, and music into a culturally relevant event that focuses on community and Frida’s message of healing through art …
Lagunitas Brewery in Petaluma presents a free live concert series featuring some amazing bands ranging in genre from roots to gothic pop in their LaguMiniAmphitheaterette (1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma). Show are free, but tickets are required for each show. You’ll want to grab them quick as these ...
Wind down every Tuesday night during the summer of 2017 with a free wine or spirit tasting and screening of a classic movie. Summer movie nights are back at Top of the Mark featuring a selection of classic comedy, action, and drama flicks from the 1930s ...
The 36th Annual Northern California Book Awards celebrate writers, readers, and publishers of Northern California. Authors will be honored in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, and Children’s Literature, with brief celebratory readings and remarks by the winning authors, a lively reception with book signing follows, all …
Join the 511 Carpool Team for an evening of food, fun, and information at the Wildfox Restaurant. Come out, meet your neighbors, and learn about all the options available for sharing your commute to work.
What to expect:
Carpooling Tips: 511 will guide you through the apps …
Every fourth Tuesday come to the Gallery Cafe to watch classic scary films on a vintage old-timey 16mm projector. The cafe serves beer, wine, coffee and food. The movie is free. Prepare to be scared.
The game you have been waiting for all winter is here. Get ready to silently glide among the tourists and street performers on a mission of excitement, intrigue, and death.
To kick off the summer, they’re hosting their annual Fisherman’s Wharf Jericho game. They’ll run the standard 3 …
Attend an exclusive free sneak preview screening of The Journey, a gripping account of how two men from opposite sides of the political spectrum came together to change the course of history.
The screening takes place at 7 pm on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at a movie theater in San Francisco with …
Get into the Alameda County Fair for free when you donate four non-perishable food items to the Feed The Need Food Drive at the entrance until 5 pm.
All carnival rides will be $1 until 5 pm. Donations benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
Clover Sonoma, the Bay Area’s favorite third-generation family-owned and operated dairy farm, has opened a Milk Tasting Room pop-up in Hayes Valley, which will be open from June 5 through July 21, 2017. Clover Sonoma Milk Tasting Room June 5-July 21, 2017 Clover Sonoma Pop-up, 330 Fell ...
Celebrate the beginning of summer at their 8th annual ice cream social. Join in on making and sampling different homemade ice cream flavors.
This program is free, no registration required, and all ages are welcome.
There’s nothing like watching a classic movie on the beach with the Giant Dipper twinkling overhead and the sound of gentle summer surf in the background. Bring the family and your blanket or low-back beach chair and join the fun every Wednesday at 9 pm. ...
Young, energized and politically conscious, The Jamming Nachos are a hard-charging rock ‘n’ roll band straight outta Oakland. Launched as a family combo in 2011 by the siblings Rioz (vocals/guitar), Messiah (guitar/keyboards) and Rey Aceves (bass), the group took shape when they added powerhouse lead …
Join Senator Scoot Wiener Thursday, June 29 for a special 4:00 pm Public Policy Forum happy hour as he updates you on his legislation, the “Local Act“, which would allow localities to extend alcohol service to as late as 4:00 am. This bill would allow San …
Tune in to surrounding sounds by experimenting with strings and vibrations, and use electromagnets to build a basic speaker. Learn how to listen with your bones, and explore the workings of the inner ear.
Get your late night science fix with a celebration of the best of the Academy and interactive programs around the museum. This month, hear from special guest and science writer of WIRED magazine, Matt Simon.
Explore the fascinating, awe-inspiring, and unsettling ingenuity of evolution as Matt …
Paula Frazer and Tarnation perform live at Amoeba SF on Thursday, June 29th at 6pm in honor of her first new album in ten years, What Is And Was (out June 30th on New High Recordings). Get the album a day before release date and …
In the mid-1970s, San Francisco’s sleepy Sunset District, known for boring row houses and fog sprouted Communiversity, a free school bringing together creative folks with shared interests in fun and learning. Later the San Francisco Suicide Club and then Cacophony Society popped up, creating some …
Lovesick – The Cat Allergy Musical, is a comedic musical romp through the world of online dating. While Serenity, mines the internet looking for her soulmate, Lucky, her cat, does everything in his power to secure his position as the alpha male of the household.
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Arj Barker may be from the good ol’ U.S. of A., but his intense and hilarious comedic chops have made him famous the world over. Seriously, he can’t even walk down the street in most parts of Australia.
> Get Tickets – $20.00
When he’s not killing it …
The roar of motorcycles will take over the streets of Hollister,known as the “Birthplace of the American Biker,” for the annual Hollister Freedom Rally. The Rally has always been and will continue to be a free rally welcoming all bikers and is the largest of its kind ...
In the hands of Ka-Hon, a gentle spring shower, a flamenco troupe, a galloping stallion and a rumba circle. Drawing on a pan-American array of rhythms, the high-energy ensemble displays the astounding versatility of the humble cajón, a simple wooden box usually played by a …
Kick-start your weekend with free general admission, live music, art-making, cocktails, film screenings, panel discussions, lectures and exhibition tours, all in the name of art.
Join this Friday, June 30th, for the ongoing commemoration of the special exhibition, ‘The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and …
Nearly 30 food vendors in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party; it’s also California’s largest weekly street food market. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10 pm at the historic waterfront campus of ...
Every summer, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk casts its net and drags in a host of Top 40 bands from the ’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s to play free concerts right on the beach every Friday night. Friday Night Bands on the Beach Every Friday, June 16 ...
Oakland A’s single game tickets are on sale and there are $5 tickets to select home games available thanks to BARTable. Tickets are good for the sorta crappy seats in the Plaza Outfield and Reserved sections, but hey, ya get what ya pay for. Tickets will be available online ...
Going to see Don Giovanni at the War Memorial Opera House costs, oh, upwards of $200 for good seats. But, thanks to the Opera at the Ballpark program, you can watch a live simulcast of the very same opera on the giant HD screens in …
One of the most subversively hilarious films of the late 20th century, this Coen Brothers production is a comedy of errors, a case of mistaken identity and a riot from start to finish. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), an infinitely loveable aging Los Angeles …
With over 3,000 seats and a meticulously-restored interior, the Paramount offers a true “Movie Palace” experience straight out of the 1930s – with period newsreels, cartoons, previews, live music from the Mighty Wurlitzer organ and the audience participation spinning wheel game of “Dec-O-Win.”
Tonight’s film is …
