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 …