Celebrate the relationship between architecture and celluloid through these documentary films, which spotlight the built environment, the architectural profession and the ever-mythical architect’s ego. Every Wednesday in September at 6:00 pm at the Main Library; Free, registration required.
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the …

Local amateur astronomer Douglas Smith will explain basic optics, discuss the different types of telescopes and their components, and demonstrate the process of making those components. He has recently completed FirstLight — a 16.5″ primary mirror Dobsonian truss-tube telescope which will be exhibited at this …

Nick Zinner, supercool guitarist of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be playing his instrument along with pal Stacy Wakefield while their collaborator Zachary Lipez does a reading of a collection of essay called “Please Take Me Off The Guest List.”
Sounds pretty cool, right? As …

Off the Grid (OtG) is roaming mobile food extravaganza that travels to different locations daily to serve delicious food, with a free side of amazing music, craft and soul.
September 10th has 25 different street food carts and vendors including BBQ Kalbi, Happy Dumplings, Kung Fu …

The September 2010 Fillmore Art Walk is an evening of art, fashion, food and libation with over 60 artists and 10 bands in SF’s Fillmore District.
West Bay Conference Center 1290 Fillmore St.
Enjoy Works of 30 different artists, Live Music Performance and DJ. Enjoy Live …

On Saturday, September 11, 2010 musician and human rights worker, Michael Franti presents the 12th Annual Power to the Peaceful Festival (PTTP) at Speedway Meadow in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
This diverse music, arts, action and yoga festival has become …

Amélie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre café. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the …

The Solano Stroll, which takes place Sunday September 12, 2010 from 10am to 6pm. The twin cities of Albany and Berkeley CA along with over five hundred vendors, non-profit organizations, food booths and entertainers pack themselves into 26 blocks of free fun.
The festival kicks off …

More than 30 Bay Area groups, ranging from Baroque string quartets to jazz combos, will play in what’s also a celebration by the Conservatory’s chamber music department, SFFCM’s collaborator for the event, marking 25 years of chamber music education.
The diversity of musical styles covers several …

The San Francisco Opera puts on their annual free concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 12, 2010, at 1:30pm. The concert takes place in Sharon Meadow on the east side of the park just north of Kezar Stadium and just west of Haight …

Grab your camera and join photographer and experienced photowalker Trevor Carpenter for a night time San Francisco photowalk along the Embarcadero and up the coast past Coit Tower to Fisherman’s Wharf.
Rather than being a guided tour, photowalks tend to be more socially geared, and focused …

The California Academy of Sciences is a world-class scientific and cultural institution in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot structure that houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a 4-story rainforest all under one roof.
Normally $24.95 for adults, visit the Academy …

Eye Heart SF is presenting the first annual Summersalt Music Festival on October 9th to coincide with the cities annual ‘Fleet Week’ celebration. The festival features a full lineup of indie rock, dance punk and hip hop including Zion-I, Vito from The Rapture, Butterfly Bones, …

Danny Dechi, one of the oddest comedians in San Francisco (known as the world’s only pencil musician) hosts a monthly free comedy show at the Bazaar Cafe which regularly brings in a talented group of San Francisco funnymen (and woman).
September 15, 2010 …

New People announces one of the nation’s biggest pop culture events of the year with the 2010 J-Pop Summit Festival. This one of a kind, all day event will feature the best in modern Japanese films, fashion, music art, retail design and pop culture this …

Celebrated in Asia for more than 1,000 years, the 20th Annual Autumn Moon Festival will be held in Chinatown on Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, 2010, beginning with an opening ceremony and parade at 11am.
The “Moon Festival”, as it is popularly known, will …

Sunday Streets is a city-wide event that takes place in different neighborhoods on Sundays throughout the Spring and Summer and shuts down city streets to traffic so that residents can take over for a day with all sorts of healthy and family friendly activities.

Sunday …

If you like lounging in the park, laughing your ass off and the distant smell of pot wafting through the air, then the 30th Annual Comedy Day in the Park might be the best way for you top spend a Sunday afternoon.
San Francisco’s professional …

The San Francisco Center for the Book hosts their 7th Annual “Roadworks” Street Fair. They’ll use a steamroller to make prints from large linoleum blocks carved especially for the occasion right on the street. The Roadworks Street Fair also features more than 80 artist vendors, …

Going to see Verdi’s “Aida” opera at the War Memorial Opera House costs, oh, upwards of $200. But, thanks to the Opera at the Ballpark program, you can watch a live simulcast of the very same opera from any seat at AT&T Park totally free. …

Looking to get in a little nature but are on a budget? How about visiting one of our nation’s national parks absolutely free. To make it easier to experience America’s Great Outdoors, the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees (and even car fees), so …

Beer! Music! Insane bicycle contraptions! Who could ask for more?
Follow your biking folly to Lindley Meadow on Sat., Sept. 25th to find a field of tasty New Belgium beer and a full day of cycling fun. The day begins with a Bike Parade …

“Movie Night in the Park” comes to Duboce Triangle with the first outdoor movie ever show in Duboce Park. Projected on a 26-foot high screen on the upper lawn (near the Rec Center and playground) see the rags-to-riches 2006 Will Smith film “The Pursuit of …

The Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” is a genial, shambling comedy about a human train wreck, and should come with a warning like the one Mark Twain attached to “Huckleberry Finn”: “Persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” It’s about a …

The Golden Gate Park Band plays a sunday tribute to Robert Emmet Day with an afternoon of Irish music, costumes, dancing and singing in the the Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park
Celebrating its 128th season, the Golden Gate Park Band has been gracing SF with …