Whatever holiday you celebrate, spark it up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration. Shop for unique and affordable gifts created by over 70 Bay Area artisans, and experience the excitement of our 56,000 sq. ft. studio, where furnaces roar and sparks fly… …

Art Works Downtown Holiday Open Studios & Art Bazaar – December 12 & 13, 2009 11am – 5pm
Featuring over 40 artists who welcome you to their studios for the 13th Annual Art Works Downtown Open Studios
A special Holiday Art Bazaar will feature affordable art + …

The 3rd Annual Holiday Festival & Market at the Bayview Opera House features live music from local choirs and performers,  an all-day food and holiday gift market, a free ice skating rink, goodie bags for the first 500 families and free toy give-away for children …

Cafe Gratitude in Berkeley recently hosted a free vegan Thanksgiving dinner. So now it’s Ice Cream Social Time!
On Saturday December 12th, attend a vegan ice cream party and book signing with Ruby Roth, author and illustrator of the ridiculously cute and politically astute book “That’s …

The 2nd annual Toys for Tots Football Bowl game will played between the Pacifica Islanders and the South Bay Stallions of the NCFL, Minor League Football.
When: December 12, 2009 – 2pm
Where: Jefferson High School, 6996 Mission Street, Daly City
Admission $10 at the gate or Free …

Bay Area writers from the Association of Iranian American Writers (AIAW) will share their literary work at a reading at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium on Saturday, December 12th from 2-4pm. The event will bear witness to the extraordinary courage of the Iranian …

Discover how pastry chef Marisa Churchill creates rich, irresistible desserts while dialing down the calories and dares you to taste the difference at this one-day-only class at Macy’s in Union Square entitled “The Inside Scoop.”
Touted by food critic Michael Bauer as “one of the city’s …

1AM Gallery’s current exhibit,  “Tabi Tabi Po”, is an art benefit for the Filipino victims of the devastating typhoons that hit the Philippines back in September.  The show is dedicated to the exploration of Filipino folklore creatures. “Tabi Tabi Po” is a respectful way to …

The Electric Rose Gallery, Healdsburg’s inspiration based art gallery, will be holding a special celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe called the Love Cafe.
We are featuring over ten Northern California women artists with images of lovers, Madonnas, mermaids, Saints, divas, horses, hearts, hand …

The Philharmonic Orchestra, the premiere ensemble of the San Jose Youth Symphony, presents the Annual Holiday Concert, with all of the favorite Holiday Classics. Led by Music Director and Conductor Yair Samet, former Associate Conductor of the San Jose Symphony Orchestra, this concert is a …

The “Lil Ole Opry” is an old fashioned country music variety show, with the Black Crown Stringband, Misisipi Rider, the Henriettas, the Knuckle Knockers, Jeanie & Chuck’s Country Roundup, and those sweethearts of girly twangness – Chickwagon.
It’s gonna be a whole lot of music and …

Author K.M. Soehnlein and students from the University of San Francisco’s MFA in Writing Program are putting on a special reading event: a presentation of their short story cycle, Lost and Found: 13 Pieces of San Francisco, a collection of thirteen original, interconnected short stories …

This is not your mothers holiday sale, although she might really like it. Some of the Bay Area’s finest local artisans and emerging artists are coming together for a one night only sale.
Items for sale include unique drawings, paintings & photographs, handmade jewelry, fairtrade …

For elves who wanna keep on rockin’ around that Christmas tree after Santacon, Bootie (a twice-a-month dance party with bootlegs and mashups) will let you in for free if you wear a full-on Santa suit. And Santas who arrive early will also get a free …