Taking a page out of the eclectic Camden Market in London, Mission Casbah is a brand new weekly indoor artisan market opening at Sub-mission Gallery on Mission Street at 18th with clothing designers, jewelry artisans, tarot, DJs, books, recycled arts and more. Grand Opening is …

The Kinetic Arts Center opens in Oakland with grand opening celebration with free circus & fitness classes for everyone on November 7th. The celebration classes (10a to 4p) include: Circus for Kids, Tai Chi, Rope & Tissue, Yoga & Pilates, Trapeze, Clowning, Body Ball Base …

If you’re tired of mass produced gifts, come buy unique and homemade gifts from over 50 crafters at the two-day 31st annual Holiday Boutique in Alameda. All items are homemade and handcrafterd.
Friday, November 6, 2009
12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 …

The Exploratorium hosts a free celebratory weekend for the museum’s 40th Anniversary. Admission is free and open to the public on both Saturday, November 7th and Sunday the 8th.
The Saturday celebration features a variety of unique and interesting events especially for the anniversary like Tom …

The 2nd Annual Fabulous Food Festival invites you to explore and discover new twists on your favorite dishes in this two-day event which takes over the huge indoor space at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SOMA. The festival features a full roster of celebrity chefs …

The seasonal food festivals at the Ferry Building Farmers’ Market continues into November with a day dedicated to the olive. At 11:00 am is a Seasonal Cooking Demonstration with David Bazirgan, Chez Papa. At 11:45 am is another cooking demonstration with James Stolich, Cook with …

Local Native activists speak about the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and international indigenous struggles for rights and preservation of the earth. Medicine Warriors Dance Troupe will perform. Family event, all ages welcome.

Whether you’re a Reid Brothers fan, a Richmond District history hound, or just fancy a nice ride around the neighborhood, come along on this non-athletic, non-academic architecture tour. From the turn of the 20th Century through its first few decades, James and Merritt Reid designed …

Wonderfest 2009, is a two-day free Bay Area Festival of Science which takes place at Stanford and UC Berkeley. This series of free public science dialogues between world class researchers in discussion of provocative scientific questions also features the Bay Area Science Expo where artists …

The Chinese dulcimer (called Yangqin) will be played by Junko Aono with clarinet accompaniment. Yangqin has over 100 strings that are struck with thin bamboo rods. Many types of music from around the world will be played.

No one epitomized the burst of Punk’s creativity and energy better than the band X and their singer and co-lyricist Exene Cervenka. Somewhere Gone, Exene’s first solo album since 1991, is a sometimes dreamy but always intimate, circuitous passage through folk and country; subdued, but …

El Rio, a fun dive bar in the Mission, is hosting a Fundraiser called “Chicharrones” on the patio for Project Commotion on Sat Nov 7, 3pm – 8pm.
Cover charge is $1 and includes DJs spinning pop classico from both sides of the border. Pay an …

Taking a cue from Nick Hornby’s writings about music in High Fidelity, eight San Francisco Bay Area writers are gathering to read new work inspired by songs, bands and mix-tapes.
At this free event, the writers will be relating tales of early obsessions with the boy-band …

At Femina Potens we have always encouraged rituals that rejoice in identity, gender and sexual freedom through art. This November we invite you to pay sacrament to our beautiful and creative customs at our Visual Art Exhibit, ‘Ritual’. Artists Jeeti Singh, Shelley Monahan and Daisy …