Looking to get in a little nature but are on a budget? How about visiting one of our nation’s national parks absolutely free. To make it easier to experience America’s Great Outdoors, the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees (and even car fees), so …

Do the earth a solid and volunteer to help clean up the coast. Cleanups will be held throughout California along bays, creeks, rivers, highways, and the coast on Saturday, September 25th. Select the area that you would like to help clean and then recruit your …

Be Green & Shop Local! The Beehive Market is a green lifestyle market Saturdays from 10am to 2pm in West Berkeley at 1701 San Pablo Ave (the parking lot at the Berkeley Adult School).
Buy locally made sustainable sun screen, snack on raw vegan bars with …

Celebrate the Fogfest’s 25th Anniversary with music, art, food, marching bands, the Fogfest Photo Contest and The 2nd Annual Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest (contest begins Saturday at 10am).
The Fog Fest is a two-day music and arts & crafts event, with …

Off the Grid (OtG) a “roaming” mobile food extravaganza takes on its fourth location by setting up shop in the Mission District (well, sorta – it’s in between Mission and SoM and christened”McCoppin Hub”) for an all day grub-fest from 11am to 10pm with vendors …

 
The 2011 Martinez Italian Street Painting Festival will celebrate its 8th year in downtown Martinez on September 24 and 25. The street painting festival will feature street chalk artists in the plaza, arts and crafts booths, a “Little Italy” vendor area, Italian entertainment, food, beer, …

Oakland Communtiy Farmer’s Market will be transformed into an International BBQ Day. Complete with multiple BBQ’s, music, a kid zone, various vendors, food & garden demonstrations and more…

The Expo for Independent Arts is the Bay Area’s only grassroots connection fair for local arts, music and culture, and for its eleventh anniversary returns to its birthplace at CELLspace in San Francisco’s Mission District.
The Expo provide Resources, Skills and Community for local artists, musicians, …

The Festa Coloniale Italiana celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations and along Stockton St. between Union and Filbert Sts., there will be continuous live Italian music, pizza-toss demonstration, costumed dancers, mouth-watering calamari, sausages and peppers, cannoli, …

The historic Public Health Service District, where compassionate care was once offered to mariners from around the world, has been re-imagined as the Presidio’s first “green” neighborhood.n Be among the first to tour newly revitalized historic buildings; enjoy local food, art, live music and kid-friendly …

Cafes, businesses, studios, and galleries along Columbus Avenue, Grant Avenue, and many neighboring streets from Washington to Bay Streets.
Jumping off point is Live Worms Gallery, 1345 Grant Avenue, where you can get a map and a stamp for validated parking at Golden Gateway Garage.
More information, …

The annual Sunset Community Festival brings together hundreds of residents from the Sunset District to celebrate the community. With live entertainment from local martial arts groups, dance studios, bands, prizes, exhibits and a food court featuring food from the neighborhood, the festival has a long …

On Saturday, September 25 the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club welcomes the Bay Area to North Beach for the 2010 Festa Coloniale Italiana.
The Festa Coloniale Italiana celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations and along Stockton St. …

Join one of San Francisco’s bartending legends, Dominic Venegas, as he takes you on a personal walking and drinking tour of his favorite historical establishments in San Francisco on September 25, 2010 from 11am until the early evening.
You can join any time, and Dominic will …

Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks. Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways and quakes.
Meet at the main entrance, near the stairs to the …

Salsa means both dancing and dining at the 3rd Annual Salsa Festival in Redwood City which features three stages with Latin, Salsa and DJ Salsa music, plus a Family stage for kids and adults, will fire up the city with music and dancing (including free …

Jonah Mossberg, of the Edible School Yard, will be bringing out some hens to the market and speaking about the ease of backyard egg production in the urban setting.

Get a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Distillery No. 209.
Join head Ginerator, Arne Hillesland, at Pier 50 in San Francisco (just south of AT&T Park), who will take you the basics of distillation and demonstrate what makes 209 a modern gin with distinct balance of citrus …

Kristi Holohan will go over basic sewing techniques with a machine and then help you create a simple stuffed animal pattern from one of your original sketches or the pattern provided.
Then sew it together and BAM! A nifty gift or snuggle toy for yourself. Easier …

“Movie Night in the Park” comes to Duboce Triangle with the first outdoor movie ever show in Duboce Park. Projected on a 26-foot high screen on the upper lawn (near the Rec Center and playground) see the rags-to-riches 2006 Will Smith film “The Pursuit of …

The exhibition marks 40 years after Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970, and will celebrate the fact that his musical genius is still touching lives across the globe. The stellar list of participating photographers includes Ed Caraeff, Karl Ferris, Bruce Fleming, Eddie Kramer, Elliott …

The Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” is a genial, shambling comedy about a human train wreck, and should come with a warning like the one Mark Twain attached to “Huckleberry Finn”: “Persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” It’s about a …

KML co-founder Paul Charney returns to the group to conceive and direct this full-length sketch comedy show all about food. A buffet of funny, KML Holds the Mayo pokes fun at locavores, omnivores, and everything in between – all the personalities and peculiarities of our …