The Big Game is Saturday and to get the troops all riled up the Stanford Marching Band heads up to San Francisco for a free lunchtime concert and pep rally for Stanford alumni, students and curious financial district onlookers. Expect to see the dancing tree …

Drink under a real Muni bus stop at the Muni Diaries Happy Hours, in conjunction with I Live Here:SF and SOMArts, and bring your Muni story or memory for the Muni Diaries story tent
Tell Your Muni Stories
For one night, SOMArts will become a space for …

And you thought the Rio Grande was a source of conflict?
The new movie “River of Renewal” chronicles the long conflict over the 10-million-acre Klamath River Basin, which spans the Oregon-California border. 
Competing demands for water, food, and energy have pitted farmers, American Indians, and commercial fishermen …

Chronicle Books and Zinc Details invite you to join us in celebrating the opening of Comfort and Joy, a holiday pop-up store from Chronicle Books. Complimentary wine provided by Hannah Wineries.
FREE but RSVP Required – R.S.V.P to rsvp@ZincDetails.com by November 15th.

What really caused Dan White to assassinate George Moscone and Harvey Milk?  You might think you know, but Edgar Award-winning author and journalist Mike Weiss will surprise you with hidden facts about these San Francisco politicians, uncovered by his updated book, Double …

Join PopSugar’s FreshGuide, FabSugar editors, and Saks Fifth Avenue for a Girls’ Night Out on November 17, 2010 from 6pm to 10pm in San Francisco.
Enjoy 15 percent off, free makeovers and chair massages, Sugar-inspired snacks, giveaways, and refreshments.
Free but RSVP required
(please be aware that they …

Scoutmob is a deals & culture website that recently came to SF and they’re throwing a pretty fun launch party in SoMa. Adult drink specials will be flowing like a river, and don’t miss the free Taste of Happiness cupcakes and mustache prizes.
Free Wonton Chips …

Join us for a rare opportunity to meet Mountain Travel Sobek’s Patagonia guide Sergio “TC” Bahamondez in the Bay Area. With two events—one in Palo Alto and one at MTS headquarters in Emeryville—we’re bringing the world of Patagonia to you.
Imagine cruising past the sharply chiseled …

Roy is a lover of adventure movies, a budding writer, and a young man slowly coming of age without the benefit of a father. Surrounding him—whether to support him or to drag him under—is the adult world of postwar Chicago, a city …

“Who are we really? What is really the meaning of Life? How can we attain lasting happiness in the face of our seemingly endless troubles? These questions are basic to our lives, and it is from these questions that the practice of Zen has its …

Oddly entertaining comedian Danny Dechi hosts a free comedy night on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Bazaar Cafe in the Richmond District.
This month’s headline is the self-proclaimed “Earth’s Premier Science Comedian” Brian Malow who makes science videos for Time Magazine’s website, …

Come to Macy’s in Union Square to watch a special screening of the season finale of Bravo’s Top Chef Just Desserts and get a free Macy’s gift card as well as get a free taste of Top Chef contestant Yigit Pura’s homemade macaroons or walnut …

Journey with local artist Marlene Aron as she follows the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, from the compassionate chronicler of peasants and laborers, to the student of Impressionism in his newly-discovered world of light and color in the City of …

Join us for the private screening/fundraiser of our short film West Middle at the Oasis Café. West Middle is a short film about a young boy who has moved to a new school and becomes caught in a conflict between a janitor-sheriff and some bad …

One of the emerging zeitgeists of our era is the rediscovery of the water beneath our cities, and redefining the places we are in through awareness of our watersheds. Derek Hitchcock of the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), Joel Pomerantz, a San Francisco water …

“Sicko” (2007) This is a straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and often cruel U.S. health care system, told from the vantage point of everyday people faced with extraordinary and bizarre challenges in their quest for basic health coverage. By Michael Moore.
Come enjoy a potluck with …

Come join us at 111 Minna to celebrate the release of Wrenched. The pocket-sized, lowbrow, travel guide to all things of importance in San Francisco. Featuring art and photography by Mike Giant, Gabe Morford, Michael Martin and Merkley

Solo set of jams by Tommy …

Broke Ass Stuart is throwing a party to “celebrate” the crappy state of the economy and he’s got PBR to foot most of the bill. Starting at 9:30pm get $1 PBR for the rest of night, listen to soul music and play silly games …