Enjoy discounted evening admission to the California Academy of Sciences with a huge amount of one-night-only activities all included with your admission fee. Learn from a “Science in Action” panel discussion of local climate initiatives. Meet the climate action coordinators for Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, …

The Second Annual Erotic Art Exhibition Tour comes to San Francisco as “ARTundressed,” featuring the winning artists from the Erotic Signature’s 2009 Erotic Art Competition. This 3-day event (November 19-21) will take you in an erogenous journey filled with sexy art, live music, DJs, fashion …

Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame, is a famed model maker and a fanatic in many ways. He will be delivering a free lecture on November 19th on the natural history of the Dodo bird, relating to his having built from scratch an accurate model of …

Join Laurabeth Grieneeks Nelson, docent with the Asian Art Museum, for a slide presentation on this unique collection of stunning 19th century artworks from Siam and Burma. Many of these beautiful art objects are on view for the first time and include gilded ritual …

The 100th anniversary of the founding of Tel Aviv has brought renewed attention to the city’s distinctive character. This installment of the Library’s popular film class will focus on three recent films set in Tel Aviv, and will consider how the city itself is presented. …

Author Stuart E. Weisberg  reads from his latest book “Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman.” Based on interviews with over 150 people, including more than twenty-five hours with Frank himself, this biography reconstructs for the first time his life and …

Author Romney Steele discusses his book “My Nepenthe” at The Booksmith. My Nepenthe weaves together stories and tales about the famous restaurant perched on the majestic cliffs of Big Sur, celebrating the magic and history of place through food and the family who started Nepenthe.