Events for May 28, 2011
Saturday, May 28
Downtown Oakland is undergoing a renaissance (let’s not call it gentrification, just to be nice). Local residents and visitors can glimpse both today’s happening scene and landmarks from Oakland’s past during the 2011 Oakland Tours season.
There are eight different tours, each led by a volunteer …
This ‘urban village’ was once a Mexican land grant. Then came land speculators followed by Ligurian and Tuscan truck farmers. And next? Hear the the history and the more recent story.
This free San Francisco City Guides walking tour is offered in May & October only.
May …
From a sleepy ranch owned by Adolph Sutro in 1880, West Portal rapidly grew into a shopping and transit hub after the Twin Peaks tunnel in 1918. See buildings designed by architects who later gained fame for the Golden Gate Bridge and Art Deco apartments …
At 11 am, Absinthe Brasserie and Bar’s Executive Pastry Chef, Bill Corbett comes to the teaching kitchen. Chef Corbett worked in some of the most highly regarded kitchens in the country before landing at Absinthe. Join Chef Corbett for what is sure to be a delicious …
This Saturday, the SF Bicycle Coalition pushes off from downtown for another of its awesome Rec Ride, this time for a the “City Tour of Literary History.”
Push-Off is at 11:15 am in front of the Mechanic’s Institute Library, Post at Montgomery.
Ride through the literary history …
Join the local live music and healing community in celebrating a relaxing combination in the outdoors of San Francisco’s gorgeous Dolores Park Saturday, May 28th 12p-7p.
Acoustic bluegrass and americana music will be performed outside near a designates picnic area. Musicians are from the bands of: …
Walking through the Presidio, explore the extraordinary role of the Army in this extraordinary time, and about the more than 200,000 San Franciscans left suddenly homeless, and their struggle to return to a normal life.
This free San Francisco City Guides walking tour is offered regularly …
With India & Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane, the 16-member ensemble Asian American Orchestra brings a unique multicultural vision to twelve compositions written by and/or associated with John Coltrane. For the last dozen years, percussionist-composer Anthony Brown’s innovative Asian American Orchestra has reinvented classics …
Join Sensei Masato Kawahatsu for a lesson in Shodo Japanese calligraphy.
Sensei Kawahusu’s teaching is guided by a method known as Shin Shin Gaku Do which helps to develop patience, discipline and confidence through activities that nurture the balance between mind, body and spirit.
The workshop will …
On Saturday, May 28, The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents its first Smart Night Out, which will explore the SOAR Big Idea through the concept of quiet in visual art and performance. The latest iteration of the Big Idea Nights, Smart Night Out …
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is showing the feature-length film It (1927) with 1920s sex symbol Clara Bow in her biggest role.
Saturday’s Program:
Accompanied by Bruce Loeb on the piano
The New York Hat (1912, Biograph) short film featuring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore (great-uncle of Drew …
“Chillin’” is an organization which curates events in San Francisco to help promote designers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, DJs and musicians.
To celebrate their 13th anniversary, Chillin’ Productions is throwing one hell of a party:
More than 200 artists
Over 80 fashion designers
Turntablists: DJ Dirtyhertz, DJ Duserock, DJ …
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 …
