Events for October 9, 2010
Saturday, October 9
Get your hands dirty while learning about the greening movement and the benefits of community gardening. Culinary pioneer and community gardening advocate Katy Ourlser will lead sessions during the workshop to teach gardening 101 basics, how to maintain crops and turn bountiful harvests in to …
Mission Dolores hosts its annual Fiesta on October Mission Dolores Fiesta, “The World’s Fair” with games entertainment, food booths and more. Admission is free, but visitors can buy tickets for food and games.
Saturday, October 9th – 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Games
Entertainment
Silent Auction
International Food Booths
Sports Bar
Sunday, October 10th …
Green Drive Expo is the Bay Area’s first consumer expo dedicated to hybrid, plug-in, ev and other high-tech, ecofriendly vehicles. Explore the full range of green alternative transportation from concept cars to purchase-ready vehicles, including electric cars, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, biodiesel, diesel, compressed natural gas …
Every Sunday morning participating Williams Sonoma stores offer complimentary Group Cooking, Technique and Product Demonstration classes with their onsite chefs.
Be sure to call beforehand, as class times vary by location. These workshops fill up, so you’ll also want to reserve your spot in advance.
Participating stores …
Every Wednesday and Saturday in October enjoy free 90-minute walking tours through Oakland’s downtown districts.
Choose from seven different tour itineraries:
City Center
Turn-of-the-century landmarks alongside modern high-rises are the focus of this tour. Explore the upbeat style of the modern City Center Square and discover a thriving …
The Green Drive Expo is an opportunity for automotive companies to talk about and show you hands-on what the future of eco-friendly vehicles shows. Here’s a sampling of the day’s speakers:
12:00 – 12:30: Ed LaRocque (Toyota National Manager of Advanced Technology.) In 1997, Toyota introduced …
In conjunction with the exhibition “Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play” try your hand at traditional Mexican paper cutting, take a tour, and meet our visiting artist. $5 materials fee includes admission and guided tour at 12pm. All ages welcome.
“Make It at MOCFA” invites all …
Condensed minority-culture brush-up! Placate your friends with all the stuff you learned about the Amazon, the women’s rights movement in Iran and more! Come to this free screening of four short documentaries from the National Geographic All Roads Film Festival.
Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration …
Eye Heart SF is presenting the first annual Summersalt Music Festival on October 9th at Fort Mason to coincide with the cities annual ‘Fleet Week’ celebration.
The festival features Off The Grid Food Carts, a great view of the Blue Angels and a full lineup of …
Welcome to the El Cerrito Free Folk Festival a daylong arts and music festival that is free of charge and open to the public. This exciting event features performances and workshops from world renowned and local musicians alike, with open microphone, jam sessions, and much, …
Learn to grow oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds with Alejandro Velez of BTTR (Back to the Roots) of Emeryville. He will also speak about his businees venture BTTR and their social business model of their 100% sustainable urban mushroom farms.
Saturday is the first full official day of the annual Fleet Week airshow. The Blue Angels will perform around 3pm, but there’s much more in store. Prior to the Angles see F-16 Vipers, and F//A-18 Super Hornet, a Patriot Jet demonstration, a 747, free tours …
A bowl of old-time country blues, a serving of rock, a dash of New Orleans, and a teaspoon of pop, all flavored with a unique songwriting sensibility, create the tasty gumbo that is Blind Lemon Pledge.
With influences from Muddy Waters to 20’s jazz to The …
Join Frank DeCaro as he hosts live interviews with special guest performers from the Out Loud Comedy and Arts Festival. Free and open to the public.
El Rio celebrates its 32d anniversary with live music, Tasty CockTails, Scrumptious BBQ, Dangerous Dancing and Scantily Dressed Ladies. Happy Hour is 3-5p with all drinks half price and House BBQ dinner later in the evening
Band Lineup
4p JACK O’ THE CLOCK- American Folk/Experimental
4:45 MARIA …
Join local knitters at the book signing of “Brave New Knits” by Julie Turjoman. Julie has gathered a Who’s Who of the online knitting world–including Knit One One’s very own Cocoknits. In her book, 26 of the knitting lumninaries share their stories and patterns.
There will …
The Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors hosts a free family movie night for the neighborhood. The event features Spanish Storytelling a screening of Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin and Finding Nemo. The event says it’s limited to “50″ but we don’t know if …
ForageSF, the people behind the wildly popular “San Francisco Underground Market” are headed to Oakland on Saturday to throw the second East Bay Underground Market. There will be tons of new East Bay vendors, If you’ve never been to an Underground Market, think a farmers …
More than 300 authors appearing in three hours through the heart of the Mission District? And all for free? Like a pub crawl, except loaded with author readings instead of beer – trawl up and down Valencia Street to visit bookstores, bars, coffee shops, galleries, …
Watch a pre-release outdoor screening at sunset with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background of the new film “Sanctuary in the Sea: A Gulf of the Farallones Experience” with a live concert by the Mermen performing the original soundtrack (6pm to 10pm). Free and open to …
From Boy to No Line On the Horizon, Zoo Station will take you on a musical journey from Dublin to the heart of America and back again. If you’ve ever wondered what it would’ve been like to catch U2 in a bar …
Every Saturday
Come try the 7-minute National Fitness Campaign Workout and see what Core Training, Squatting, Pushing, Lunging, Pulling, Agility and Bending can achieve.
On-site staff will be available every Saturday and Sunday in April, 8am-5pm.
Bootcamps held every 2 hours (8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm), so be on …
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Alamo Square Park at 9:00am as part of the Purusha Seva …
The Golden Gate Bridge is turning 75 in 2012 and every Saturday during the summer, you can join Sports Basement for a guided run through Presidio National Park.
The route will change weekly, but will always feature breathtaking views of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. …
In celebration of the reopening of the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center, the Movement in the Parks Program brings you a limited series of free Zumba classes on Saturdays, November 3 – December 15, 2012 from 10:30am-11:30am.
>> Please note there is no class on November 24th.
RSVP …
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow
and meditation for body, mind, and spirit.
Purusha yogis teach free yoga on Saturday mornings in Golden Gate Park at 11 am, as part of the …
Enjoy meeting complete strangers or bring a partner while engaging in dance styles from the Caribbean.
You will be given an introductory class on Cuban Salsa as well as the romantic Bachata from the Dominican Republic.
No better way to enjoy this dance than outside in the …
Love art, but find the Murmur to be more like a Scream? Then the Saturday Stroll might be just what the artist ordered.
Many of the galleries that participate in Oakland’s highly popular Art Murmur gallery scene are extending their First Friday festivities to include Saturday …
Bring your family, friends, a blanket or low lawn chair, and a picnic to enjoy free professional theatre by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. This year the festival features Henry V, the Bard’s exciting tale about the rise of a young king and the glories and costs …
Thee Parkside hosts “Free Saturday Happy Hour Shows” on most Saturday afternoons – a free concert featuring rock and punk bands from all over the Bay Area. But make sure you check Thee Parkside schedule to confirm for any given week; they sometimes skip weeks.
Free …
Sure, Lucky 13′s always loaded with free popcorn and goldfish – but, if you’re looking for something more sustainable with your rockabilly and punk on the jukebox, be sure to drop by their outdoor patio on Saturdays between 4 pm and 7 pm.
The menu each …
Join a series of free outdoor screenings in downtown Berkeley this summer, as the Pacific Film Archive projects onto the wall on Center Street.
This August, they bring you Cerebral Cinema — some brain-addled beauties from the silver screen. These smart-ass films won’t raise your IQ, …
Come one, come all to a free family or animated movie night in the garden at Saint Leo”s Church on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland.
The movies are shown every Saturday in the month of July in 2012 – July 7, 14, 21 and 28 on the …
