Remember recess? You go out and play in the yard after you eat? If you’re a Zipcar member, head down to their offices in SOMA where the Creme Brulee Guy will be handing out free samples from Noon – 2pm and they’ll also be paying …

Diego’s Umbrella is an original Spanish-Surf -Mexican-Gypsy-Pirate-Pop Band straight out of San Francisco.  Together for over seven years, the band creates music that will make you smile, weep, ponder, and dance.  Maybe all at the same time.
About Jewels in the Square:
The Jewels in …

BART has teamed up with the Oakland A’s to offer $2 tickets and $1 hot dogs on “BART Double Play Wednesdays.” $2 tickets are available in Plaza Level, Plaza Outfield and Plaza Reserved sections for every Wednesday games. $1 hot dogs are available at the …

Have a beer with friends amongst the fiendish and fabulous carnivorous plants in the Conservatory of Flowers’ special exhibition Chomp 2! Return of the Carnivorous Plants. San Francisco’s very own jungle under glass is staying open for the 21 and older crowd on Wednesday, September …

September 22nd is the final Lindy in the Square event for 2010. The Swing Dancers will turn back the clock and infect the Square with dance fever the fourth Wednesday of every month from May through September. Introductory dance lessons will be followed by an …

Celebrate the relationship between architecture and celluloid through these documentary films, which spotlight the built environment, the architectural profession and the ever-mythical architect’s ego. Every Wednesday in September at 6:00 pm at the Main Library; Free, registration required.

A Necessary Ruin and Other Architectural Shorts
September 22, …

The Swing Dancers will turn back the clock and infect the Square with dance fever the fourth Wednesday of every month from May through September. Introductory dance lessons will be followed by an open dance floor. Bring a partner or come and meet new people!
About …

The legendary crime writer gives us a raw, brutally candid memoir—as high intensity and as riveting as any of his novels—about his obsessive search for “atonement in women.”
The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her …

Workspace and Thinkwalks present this urban geek-out evening. Join historians and creek, water and sewer experts for a Q&A that will plumb the depths of our underground history to look at how we got up this creek and where there might be paddles.
The SF Bicycle …

Watch Gregory Peck and Orson Welles in the the John Huston classic “Moby Dick” aboard a historic ship overlooking Alcatraz, the Fisherman’s Wharf fishing fleet and the SF Bay.
Come board the landmark ships of the San Francisco Maritime Nat’l Historical Park for an after …

Round two in our dramatic reading series will be a back-to-school special! Join us at Pegasus on Solano for performances of three stories that reveal some of the inadvertent lessons we receive while being educated:

“The School” by Donald Barthelme.
“The Lesson’ by Toni Cade …

Behind the bar for one night only at Cantina, San Francisco welcomes two of the best bartenders in Portland, Ore., Dave Shenaut and Ricky Gomez of Teardrop Cocktail Lounge located in the heart of the Rose City’s Pearl District.
This event is part …

Elixir’s Charity Guest Bartending program welcomes professional bartending friends near and far for one very special night: Tony Devencenzi (Bourbon and Branch), Dominic Venegas (Smuggler’s Cove), and Sean Kenyon (Steuben’s in Denver, Colo.) join Elixir’s H. Joseph Ehrmann and Ben Cavara.
Tips go to The Bartender …