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Saturday, March 20

Crissy Field Cleanup Day | SF
Saturday, March 20 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE
Crissy Field Cleanup Day | SF

Bring dogs, friends, and family to this monthly event and help keep Crissy Field clean of litter and dog waste. Bring gloves; trash bags are provided.
Cleanup areas include the east and central beaches and the promenade area. Volunteers meet the third Saturday of the month …

Free Car Wash Day | Outer Richmond
Saturday, March 20 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE
Free Car Wash Day | Outer Richmond

Start your spring cleaning with a free car wash provided by to do-gooder George Washington High School students at the Faculty parking lot on 30th Avenue between Anza and Geary Blvd.
For more information contact: gwhseaglepride@gmail.com

Free e-Waste Electronic Recycling Event | Ocean Beach
Saturday, March 20 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE
Free e-Waste Electronic Recycling Event | Ocean Beach

The San Francisco Clean City Coalition hosts a free electronic recycling event on Sunday March 2010 at the Ocean Beach Parking Lot (across the street from the Beach Chalet)
Drop off free of charge any of the following items:
• TVs and Monitors
• Computers and Laptops
• Scanners …

Ferry Building Asparagus Festvial | SF
Saturday, March 20 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE
Ferry Building Asparagus Festvial | SF

Please note this event took place on March 20, 2010, not March 22nd as we originally listed – The CUESA kitchen team will sell open-faced grilled asparagus sandwiches with fresh goat cheese on Acme bread for a $1 donation. While you are in the …

San Francisco ‘Sense of Place’ Treasure Hunt | Golden Gate Park San Francisco 'Sense of Place' Treasure Hunt | Golden Gate Park

Celebrate the First Day of Spring with URBIA Adventure League. Get your active family time outdoors on a treasure hunt with URBIA’s newest adventure booklet: “Seeking California in a World of Plants”. Your family will form a team on a quest for botanical bounty at …

Free Tax Assistance at Oakland Libraries
Saturday, March 20 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE
Free Tax Assistance at Oakland Libraries

If you’re struggling getting your taxes done for 2010, the Oakland Library will come to the rescue. Through April 15th, trained volunteers will offer free tax assistance at several of the branch libraries.
Some branches (like the Main Library) offer walk-in appointments, but call the library …

Obscura Day: Grand Tour of Natural Curiosities | Berkeley
Saturday, March 20 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP at eventbrite.com required
Obscura Day: Grand Tour of Natural Curiosities | Berkeley

Join Atlas Obscura at The Bone Room for a show-and-tell tour with the owner and founder, Ron Cauble. Explore the wonders of Berkeley’s venerable natural history store with the man who knows it best. Hear behind-the scenes stories and get a chance to ask all …

Tour One of the World’s Largest Pneumatic Tube Systems | Palo Alto
Saturday, March 20 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP at eventbrite.com required
Tour One of the World's Largest Pneumatic Tube Systems | Palo Alto

As part of the 2010 Atlas Obscura Day, Join Stanford University Hospital chief engineer Leander Robinson on a tour of one of the largest pneumatic tube networks in the world. Snaking through the medical center’s walls are four miles of tubes that shuttle specimens and …

Win Tix: 2010 San Francisco Int’l Chocolate Salon | Fort Mason Win Tix: 2010 San Francisco Int'l Chocolate Salon | Fort Mason

Chocolate lovers, en garde! The largest chocolate show in the West takes place at the 4th Annual San Francisco International Chocolate on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Fort Mason Center. Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, …

San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: $5*
*$5.00, $2.50 kids under 12
San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show

Featuring 200+ toy, comic book and collectible vendors selling new and vintage items…huge variety of Hot Wheels, GI Joes, LEGO, Godzilla, dolls, Transformers, Star Wars, Disney, model kits, robots, trading cards, records: rock n roll, jazz, surf, pop, hip hop, blues… Marvel, DC and small …

Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE
Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center

On March 20, 2010 – the 7th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq – there will be a massive march and rally in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza (as well as in Washington D.C. and in Los Angeles) to demand the …

“Learn to Be A Pilot” Day | Hayward Airport
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE

Tour aircraft inside and out, meet real life pilots, learn what it takes to become a pilot and enjoy free snacks as the Hayward Flight School is hosting their free Spring Welcome Event at the Hayward Airport.
In addition to airplane tours, the flight school will …

National Corn Dog Day 2010
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free for Oakland but RSVP required, $5 for Clayton
National Corn Dog Day 2010

Watch NCAA March Madness all day while trying to eat 10 corn dogs 100 tater tots and down 10 PBR in one sitting – what better way to spend the Saturday before you get admitted to the ER!
What is National Corn Dog Day: National Corndog …

Obscura Day SF: Field Trip to Musee Mecanique & Tombstones of Aquatic Park
Saturday, March 20 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP at eventbrite.com required
Obscura Day SF: Field Trip to Musee Mecanique & Tombstones of Aquatic Park

Join Atlas Obscura for an afternoon excursion to the amazing Musee Mecanique for an afternoon of creepy wind-up fortune tellers, prisoner-made toothpick automata, and naughty peep shows of yesteryear. Proprietor Dan Zelinsky will be on hand to tell stories and answer questions about the contraptions.
When …

Obscura Day: The Difference Engine – A Victorian “Computer” | Berkeley
Saturday, March 20 – 1:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP at eventbrite.com required
Obscura Day: The Difference Engine - A Victorian

Join us at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View for a demonstration of their amazing Victorian Computer, the Difference Engine #2. Regarded by many as the first example of a mechanical computer, the Difference Engine was only one of many inventions by the mathematician …

The Cheap Bastard Show – Folk Singer “Marara” | West Portal
Saturday, March 20 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE
The Cheap Bastard Show - Folk Singer

The Music Store, a fine little independent record store just steps from the West Portal muni station hosts a Saturday “Cheap Bastard Show” – a free instore concert with Marara (NY) a folk/singer songwriter.
The Music Store
66 West Portal, SF. 415-664-2044
2-4pm / free / all ages

Olive Oil Cooking Demo with Stone Edge Farm’s John McReynolds | Marina Dist.
Saturday, March 20 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Olive Oil Cooking Demo with Stone Edge Farm's John McReynolds | Marina Dist.

Executive Culinary Director John McReynolds of Stone Edge Farms of Sonoma Valley will be in-store on Saturday, March 20th. John will lead customers through two cooking demos using Stone Edge’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil at 2pm and 3:30pm.

Learn to Cook Traditional Irish Soups | Macy’s SF
Saturday, March 20 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Learn to Cook Traditional Irish Soups | Macy's SF

In honor of Irish Heritage Month, Heather D’Eliso Gordon, RD, CSSD will cook up a healthier version of a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish, inspired by her recent trip to Ireland: pureed vegetable soup w/traditional Irish brown bread. As a Nutrition Health Coach for Kaiser …

Trina Turk Shopping Event with Drinks & Sweets | Macy’s SF Trina Turk Shopping Event with Drinks & Sweets | Macy's SF

Join us for a special afternoon hosted by designer Trina Turk. Be the first to shop exclusive items from Trina Turk’s Spring 2010 collection including her new line of handbags and statement jewelry — available only at the event.
Indulge in sips and sweets while you …

Obscura Day SF: 10,000 Year Clock and Rosetta Project | Fort Mason
Saturday, March 20 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP at eventbrite.com required
Obscura Day SF: 10,000 Year Clock and Rosetta Project | Fort Mason

Please join us for a reception at The Long Now Foundation Museum & Store from 5-7pm on March 20th for Atlas Obscura Day.
Several of the engineers and project staff working on the 10,000 Year Clock and Rosetta Project will be on hand to give explanations …

Persepolis II: Persian New Year Gala | Bayview
Saturday, March 20 – 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free entry before 10:30pm, $20 after
Persepolis II: Persian New Year Gala | Bayview

Situated on a beautiful Waterfront over looking the San Francisco Bay on Pier 33, Butterfly Restaurant and Lounge offers dramatic views of San Francisco’s bay. Come dance to the best Persian Gherri, Bandari, Arabic and Sexy International house Music. Cover charge is $20, but everyone …

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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