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 …

San Francisco residents once again can visit the California Academy of Sciences free of charge during the fall of 2010 during the academy’s “Neighborhood Free Days” each spring and fall. Each neighborhood, defined by zip codes, will have opportunities to visit the Academy for free …

Join us for a tour of landmark trees in the Forest Hill neighborhood led by Mike Sullivan, long-time tree tour leader, former FUF Board Chair, and author of The Trees of San Francisco. Forest Hill is one of San Francisco’s “best-treed” neighborhoods, and this will …

Bring the kids for safe trick or treating with the merchants on Webster Street. Merchants will be handing out candy to children ages 12 and under.
Enjoy coloring and costume contests, carnival festivities, and pumpkin giveaways!

Mac Cosmetics is showcasing their latest Tartan inspired collection at Bloomingdales this weekend. Come get glamorous with a complimentary makeover while enjoying live performances of your favorite holiday fairytales.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday – October 29-31, 2010
Noon
Free, but RSVP required: 415.856.5300 ext 5622
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In 1931 a couple of native San Franciscan music lovers created the SF Civic Symphony, as a place where amateur musicians can practice and play for an audience. It’s now the oldest community orchestra on the West Coast.
Today their mission continues. The SFCS is …

From trick or treating to celebrating, there’s inexpensive Halloween fun to be found in the Bay Area.
This October 31st you’ll find plenty of free or low cost Halloween activities in the Bay Area that offer a kid-friendly good time. Hauntmistress, of hauntedbay.com has curated a …

Mad City Chickens is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From experts and authors, to a rescued landfill chicken or an inexperienced family that takes the poultry plunge—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the …

Dull, furtive windows in old tottering brick
Peered at me oddly as I hastened by,
And thinking what they sheltered, I grew sick
For a redeeming glimpse of clean blue sky.
- H. P. Lovecraft
There are plenty more spooky little verses like that at BOO-etry, a spoken word event …

It’s Halloween Time–which means Scraper Bike Day !!!
Meet up at Eastmont Town Center with your scrapers and there’ll be a short video and photoshoot, followed by the Scraper Bike Halloween Street Take-Over!
Scraper Bikes are creatively colored, customized bicycles with tricked-out rims, popularized by the song, “Scraper Bikes.” …

The Friends of Joe DiMaggio Playground invite you to their FREE 3rd Annual Halloween Extravaganza.
FEATURING:

Halloween arts and crafts
super fun bouncy house
a spooky fortune teller
a terrific hay bale maze
a show by the Bubble Lady
Trick-or-Trunk for treats!

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Monteverdi’s Vespers with a free choral performance by the Pacific Collegium with The Whole Noyse at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
For details call 510-473-7736.

Halloween bells invoke sleeping spirits and ghosts in an atmosphere of spooky sights and sounds — a church being renovated. Perfect for preparing kids and adults for trick-or-treating. On Sunday, Halloween itself, traditional trick-or-treating follows on Belvedere Street.
Oct 29, 7pm to 8:30pm, and Oct …

Wanting to create a kid-friendly and safe halloween experience, Bethel Christian Church is holding its Harvest Festival between 4:30 and 7:30pm at 1325 Valencia Street. Rain is no problem because the proceedings take place in their covered garage. And it is free
For children …

The Halloween “SPOOK”tacular for Trick or Treating at the Hillsdale Shopping Center is an event for kids (mostly, okay only those 12 and under).
Come get your treats without even having to go for tricks like pushing over display stands or throwing stink bombs in …

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on Halloween (October 31st) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call (800) 222-4357 (AAA-HELP) …

Join a ranger- and docent-led tour and learn about the mysteries and unexplained events of the Presidio’s 200-year history. Dress warmly, wear comfortable shoes and bring a flashlight. Meet Ranger Rik Penn and a docent at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Funston Avenue for …

Essential advice for surviving the zombie plague. come in costume to hear Bodhipaksa, author of Living Like A River, offer meditation teachings designed to empower you to save yourself from the zombie apocalypse. …

ShadowLight Theatre presents a special Halloween night performance of “The Metamorphosis of Karaghiozis:” Greek Shadow Theatre performed by Leonidas Kassapides with live music in in Hallidie Plaza in San Francisco (Market and 5th)
Award-winning shadow artist Leonidas Kassapides joins live musicians to perform the traditional Greek …

If you want the Halloween dancing fun without the headache consider the Barefoot Boogie’s Halloween Dance Party.
It’ll be a great night of dancing in a smoke-free, alcohol-free, scent-free, creative community space. We promise you some tricks and treats as well as a great mix …

The Condor Club in North Beach is hosting a “Superhero Strippers” Halloween Party – free entry if you come in costume (no word on what the cover charge is otherwise).

Costume contest takes place at 11pm with $150 cash prize for first place.
$5 Jagerbombs, $5 drink …