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Saturday, January 16

Mission Blue Butterfly Restoration | Sausalito
Saturday, January 16 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP: babethsemail@yahoo.com
Mission Blue Butterfly Restoration | Sausalito

Enjoy stunning vistas and work-off those holiday calories while removing invasive French Broom from Mission blue butterfly habitat in the Marin Headlands. Join Price Sheppy of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy at Alta Avenue, set atop a ridgeline above Sausalito and Marin City.
This event …

Bill Fontana: Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate | SFMOMA
Saturday, January 16 – 11:00 am | Cost: Free
Bill Fontana: Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate | SFMOMA

San Francisco-based sound artist Bill Fontana revisits a piece originally commissioned by SFMOMA in 1987. The composition brings together various environmental sounds captured across the San Francisco Bay.

SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Celebration | Free Admission Weekend
Saturday, January 16 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE
SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Celebration | Free Admission Weekend

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is having a 75th Anniversary Celebration with a free weekend of special programs
Free admission
Saturday, January 16, 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday and Monday, January 17 and 18, 11:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
SFMOMA’s anniversary year kicks off with …

Anniversary of Sea Lion’s Arrival to Pier 39 | Fisherman’s Wharf
Saturday, January 16 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE
Anniversary of Sea Lion's Arrival to Pier 39 | Fisherman's Wharf

Today was intended to be a big party to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Sea Lions coming to Pier 39, but, alas, migration has taken its toll and most of the 1,701 sea lions that called Pier 39 home just a few short months …

Matmos live: SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, January 16 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Matmos live: SFMOMA 75th Anniversary Celebration

The Haas Atrium comes alive after dark with live performances by avant cellist Zoe Keating and cello/vocals duo Loop!Station. Electronic collage artists Matmos headline. A cash bar adds to the anniversary revelry.
Performances by Zoe Keating at 7 p.m.,
Loop!Station at 8 p.m., Matmos at 9:30 p.m.
Evelyn …

Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon | Noe Valley
Saturday, January 16 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Zingerman's Guide to Better Bacon | Noe Valley

Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon. Ari Weinzweig of the famed Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor will ham it up with us, and give us great ideas for using bacon in every way possible.
Take a trip to Camp Bacon with James Beard award-winner Ari Weinzweig as he …

Rust Belt: Beautiful Photo Exhibit of Decaying Buildings | SOMA
Saturday, January 16 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Rust Belt: Beautiful Photo Exhibit of Decaying Buildings | SOMA

In a 2008 exhibit in S.F., photographer Katherine Westerhout featured large-scale pictures of a smattering of Detroit’s famed abandoned buildings — an aquarium, a boat club, a few theaters. It was strong stuff, freighted with meaning; the buildings were beautiful in their last days, old …

Hot Queer Porn Party | Good Vibrations
Saturday, January 16 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Hot Queer Porn Party | Good Vibrations

Meet the remarkable mavens of hot queer porn at this special signing event! Reel Queer Productions documents authentic, edgy, queer sex and culture with relevant, intelligent films inclusive of the many sexualities that identify as queer. Pick your favorite and have them sign …

Every Saturday

The Free Book Store | East Bay
Every Saturday – All Day | Cost: FREE | Bay Area Free Book Exchange
The Free Book Store | East Bay

Visit the Bay Area Free Book Exchange (open every Saturday and Sunday 9am to 6pm in El Cerrito) and take home up to 100 books for free.
Yes, all the books on all the shelves are available to the public free of charge. It is like …

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