Come to Treasure Island’s beautiful, historic, art deco Building One to see a fascinating photo and narrative exhibit portraying the history of San Francisco’s best kept island secret. Built from the mud of the Bay in 1937, the site of an unforgettable world’s fair in …

Meomi, a quirky collective of bubbly graphic artists and illustrators will present their latest manga/anime-inspired children’s book, The Octonauts and the Great Ghost Reef, which is about a team of eight undersea explorers who are always ready for fantastic voyages.
Johnny Funcheap’s Note:
“This is one …

Wonderland is a unique month-long public art experiment which overtook the Tenderloin with 16 art installations all over the tenderloin. The exhibition encompasses 16 ambitious large scale site-inspired projects set throughout the Tenderloin curated by artist Lance Fung and created by 78 artists after having …

Save yourself the $21/$25 admission fee and still eat free gourmet chocolate samples all day long at The San Francisco Holiday Chocolate Show. Volunteer for a light 2 hour shift (working check-in, helping set up, etc… during the hours of 10a to 7p) and …

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Debbie Huey on Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to her about cartooning and view Debbie’s work with the successful …

In this special free cooking demonstration at Macy’s, Chef Cindy Pawlcyn (who appeared as a contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters) will divulge all there is to know about the emerging Slow Food movement and pass around delicious samples of locally grown cuisine. Pawlcyn is …

Clinton Kelly, the less masculine half of TLC’s “What Not To Wear,” is on tour at Macy’s all over the country giving 15 women a full-on makeover and will be hosting a live fashion show. The Bay Area event takes place at Macy’s in Pleasanton …

This gala and screening for the San Francisco Black Film Festival includes drummers, dancing, refreshments, mingling and a few guest speakers and presentations. Film Screenings begin at 5:30pm with Rap Dreams, Pop Foul, Silence and Something is Killing Tate. Includes Q&A sessions with writer and …

This bonfire on the beach is put on by YeaShOre who will provide chocolate, Kosher marshmallows and crackers for S’mores and potatoes and onions for roasting in the Bonfire. There will also be a Jewish Havdalah ritual about an hour after sunset. The ritual lasts …

As a throwback tribute to the Hootenannies thrown by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in New York in the 1940s, the San Francisco Folk Music Club throws a Hootenanny every other month support the local folk/acoustic music scene. Tonight (November 14, 2009) it’s the 8th …

Raise your awareness, lower your inhibitions and celebrate the “State of the Queer Nation” Show off your pink triangle fashions at the “Soapbox Social,” where queer luminaries will each deliver a five-minute State of the Union address followed by cocktails and conversation.

Artist Hilary Williams (whose collage-type art features subjects ranging from classic SF architecture drawings to animals in the city and rural areas) will be showing new paintings, prints & new simple prints as well as dolls & some fabric works in this alluring solo show. …

Celebrate the “State of the Queer Nation” at Big Idea Night, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ (YBCA) free party with live music, DJs, burlesque, a queer activist fair, short films and tasty food samples on Saturday November 14th from 9pm to 2am.