Events for October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 30
Perhaps you see the wisdom in Jon Stewart’s call-to-reasonableness but just can’t find the time to make it up to DC for the Rally to Restore Sanity. Or maybe Stephen Colbert’s grim warnings have struck sheer terror into your heart but you’re too frightened of …
Can’t make it to Washington D.C. for the Rally to Restore Sanity on October 30th? Too lazy to go to Civic Center Plaza for the San Francisco DIY Satellite Rally to Restore Sanity? Then get up early and head down to Ez5 Bar in …
Can’t make it to Washington D.C. for the Comedy Central “Rally To Restore Sanity / March to Restore Fear” hosted by The Daily Show’s John Stewart and The Colbert Reports’ Stephen Colbert?
Pretend that you’re there by going to San Francisco’s Civic Center at …
Join us for a day of family-friendly, non-scary, low-sugar, inexpensive Halloween fun! Put on your costume and join the revels.
Don’t miss:
Ghoulish Games
Live entertainment
Creepy Crafts
The …
Your Christmas shopping can officially begin at Chronicle Books as they are having one of their gigantic book sales this weekend.
Hundreds of titles and thousands of books are on sale for 65% off… not “up to” 65% off – they’re all 65% off! And although …
The Ferry Building Marketplace celebrates its eight annual Harvest Festival October 29th – 31st, 2010, with a range of free events including varietal Honey Tasting, Live Music, Face Painting and a Barnyard by the Bay.
Sat Oct 30
10 am Breakfast with Nigel Walker of Eatwell Farm
…
This wonderwell of a kid’s store is holding a FREE Halloween Party this year. Paxton Gate’s Curiosities For Kids is celebrating with a costume parade, games, and a workshop where we’ll make “shrunken heads” out of apples.
Come show off your finery and share in some spooky fun! …
Join us for the 4th Annual Taraval Street Fair this October 30th, a Saturday, from 11- 6. The focus is on the Sunset this year, and the Taraval Parkside Merchants Association has been working diligently to involve more Taraval and Parkside merchants in this …
The San Jose Museum of Art will celebrate El Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a free community day. The popular annual family event features a variety of hands-on art activities, demonstrations, and performances that reflect the traditions associated with this …
The Sunnyvale Downtown Association and the City of Sunnyvale present the 2010 Sunnyvale Howl’oween Pet Parade & Faire, in Downtown Sunnyvale.
PARADE HOURS: 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
PET FAIRE HOURS: 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Parade and Faire Highlights:
* Best Pet Costume
* Best Human Costume
* Best Combo …
Celebrate El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) at this family event with hands-on art activities, demonstrations, and performances that reflect the ever-evolving communal traditions associated with this lively holiday. SJMA’s annual inter-cultural, modernized festivities for El Día de los Muertos have …
Christopher Shein, Bay Area Permaculturist, Merrit Hort. Instructor, and BASIL co-founder will be doing a fall seed saving workshop. Learn to save your money and diversity by saving your seeds
How are you spending Halloween? How about a free 24 Hour Horror Movie Marathon?
As the director of Hostel and Cabin Fever, Eli Roth knows a thing or two about horror flicks. Well, behold ELI ROTH’S MIDNIGHT MOVIE MARATHON, a fundraiser event for CELLspace, the non-profit collaborative art …
Never been here? Well, it’s something else: motorcycle shop + tattoo parlor + breakfast cafe + full bar = GODSPEED!
It’s a place that’s been known as much as a Gearhead Speed Parlour and a hangout for the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club as a breakfast …
Come celebrate fresh food and community in West Oakland with the grand opening of the newest community market farm at Fitzgerald and Union Plaza Park. Come and check out the new site and enjoy music, food, and family-friendly activities!
The Twentieth Annual Farley’s Pet Parade and Costume Contest. Parade starts at 1pm
Each year the parade and contest grows in size and grandeur. Come and participate and celebrate. The parade begins at 18th and Arkansas and ends at Texas St. There the Captain Casual Blues …
Street closure in Santa Rosa. Machines are taking over!
Come see a special performance as man-made mechanical wonders from local SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES wield their power in the street in this FREE public event.
Founder Mark Pauline describes the event as, “In an explosion of ungovernable rage, …
Dr. Martens invites you to a Rocky Horror Picture Show experience presented by the cast of Barely Legal See scenes from the movie performed live, sing along to the Time Warp and finish off your last minute Halloween shopping.Yes, Rocky Horror Picture …
Journey to the End of the Night is a FREE street game of epic proportion. Players race through the haunted cityscape of San Francisco to a series of checkpoints, while avoiding being caught by chasers.
Last year over 600 participants showed up at …
The Japan Center Mall and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) have partnered to bring you a very special series of free events in Japantown Peace Plaza to include four film screenings and two karaoke contests, from October 2010 – January 2011.
Death Note
Saturday, October …
Teen improv group Creatures of Impulse, directed by Mark Duncanson, opens its season with chills, thrills, teenage screams.
“Nightmare” is unpredictable long-form improv in a show designed to present a uniquely scary Halloween experience. This is the final night of a three-day showcase.
YOU SHAPE …
Come find out what lurks in the woods after dark at “Fear Oaks” a haunted house with 800 sq ft of terror for adults and older children. Animated and static props and live actors bring our darkest night fears to life to multiple “woods” settings.
Admission: …
Join us for an evening of gender-bending, vice-blending performance; challenged cliches and sabotaged song lyrics. Tributes to Joe Tex, twists on James Brown: No one is as they appear.
The enigmatic JUBA Kalamka on-board to be a featured performer, as resident VJ/DJ, Dandy Dixon, drops the …
The Irish Times (formerly Norton’s Vault) is hosting a Halloween Party on Saturday, October 30th. Come in costume and get a free drink. One drink per person and the free drinks are only given out from 8pm to 8:30pm
What better way to kick off the official start to Halloween with a midnight showing of Michael Jackson’s (oc)cult classic video “Thriller” in 3D! Yes, 3D glasses will be handed out at the door at the Madrone Art Bar in advance of a special midnight …
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 …
