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Wednesday, February 15

Green Connections: Pedestrians, Bikes and Critters | SF
Wednesday, February 15 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | LGBT Community Center, Rainbow Room
Green Connections: Pedestrians, Bikes and Critters | SF

Join the Planning Department and their partners at the kick-off event to help improve the paths to the City’s parks.
Green Connections will increase pedestrian and bicycle access to parks, open space and the waterfront, by re-envisioning City streets and paths as ‘green connectors’ that can …

Win Tix: In The Can: A Craft Beer Tasting | SF Beer Week
Wednesday, February 15 – 6:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $10
| The Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts
In The Can: A Craft Beer Tasting | SF Beer Week

Join the Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts for a SF Beer Week event that celebrates beer in a can.
A slew of craft breweries have been invited to come sample their best canned beers along with a light beer snack in order to show …

Noise Pop Don Cornelius Tribute | Lower Haight
Wednesday, February 15 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Admission is free, but tickets are recommended.
| Noise Pop-Up Shop
Noise Pop Don Cornelius Tribute | Lower Haight

Don Cornelius, creator and host of “Soul Train,” a milestone in television programming that introduced generations of viewers to new music and dance trends emerging from black America, recently passed on February 1, 2012.
Freddy Anzures, Art Director for Wax Poetics, a magazine celebrating ten years …

Valentine’s Day Hangover | SoMa
Wednesday, February 15 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Arc Studios & Gallery
Valentine's Day Hangover | SoMa

Come join us for a Valentine’s Day Decompression reading and chapbook trading post Presented by Kearny Street Workshop. The reading is a culmination of Debbie Yee’s chapbook-making class and will feature crafty workshoppers and guest reader.
 Buy the chapbook of an emerging writer, and get a copy …

Kickstarter Artists Showcase | Mission
Wednesday, February 15 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Requested
| Southern Exposure
Kickstarter Artists Showcase | Mission

SoEx hosts Kickstarter’s Director of Art Programs Stephanie Pereira and a panel of artists, who have successfully funded projects through Kickstarter. Stephanie will begin by sharing her insights on how to structure a project, what kind of rewards work best, and other helpful tips and …

Good Vibe’s Boudoir & Fantasy Workshop: Free Vibrators | SoMa
Wednesday, February 15 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Good Vibrations (Oakland)
Good Vibe's Boudoir & Fantasy Workshop: Free Vibrators | SoMa

Now that you’ve seduced the right partner on Valentine’s Day, it’s time to get in the mood for love with an exploration of romance and fun foreplay in Good Vibration’s boudoir accessories section.
Learn to play with fantasy, role-play and make-believe, with or without costumes. From …

Bazaar Free Stand-Up Comedy Night | Richmond Dist.
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bazaar Cafe
Bazaar Free Stand-Up Comedy Night | Richmond Dist.

Need some mid-week laughs? Come to the free stand-up comedy showcase at the Bazaar Café. Hosted by Danny Dechi – comedian and world’s only pencil musician.
The February 15 lineup includes:
Headliner: Mr. MysticAllen
Mathis
Griffin Daley
John Hoogasian
Kenny Altman
Mike Spiegelman
Mark Zhang
Rolly Moe
Sandra Risser

Free Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Dance Class | SF
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but donations accepted to cover costs of renting the dance studio
| Studio Garcia
Free Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Dance Class | SF

Screw Thriller…  here’s your chance to learn sister Janet’s moves and then perform it flash mob style all over SF.
Come celebrate Janet Jackson by joining Bay Area Flash Mob and learn the choreography for the dances from the classic ’80s video “Rhythm Nation.”

The free classes take …

SF Beer Week Trivia Night | Berkeley
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bobby G's Pizzeria
SF Beer Week Trivia Night | Berkeley

Bobby G’s Pizzeria will be having a very special Trivia Night with a few of the brewers from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. Trivia starts at 8:30pm but the fine folks from the brewery will be there at 7pm. They are also the ones creating the questions, …

Shaping SF Public Talk: “Corporate Personhood” | SoMa
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | CounterPULSE
Shaping SF Public Talk: “Corporate Personhood” | SoMa

“Corporate Personhood” is being widely discussed after a couple of decades of slowly growing awareness of the creeping expansion of corporate legal rights expanded since the late 19th century.
The first precedents were set on behalf of Southern Pacific railroad in the late 19th century. Chris …

Artgasm: Community Drink n’ Draw | NoPa
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Big Umbrella Studios
Artgasm: Community Drink n’ Draw | NoPa

If you like art, and like to make it, then you’ll probably love Big Umbrella’s bi-weekly “Artgasm” – a community drink n’ draw night
Basically, artists of all skill levels (we get a range of professional artists to students to complete beginners) who come by and bring …

The Clift Sessions: AraabMUZIK | SF
Wednesday, February 15 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Required.
| Clift Hotel
The Clift Sessions: AraabMUZIK | SF

IAMSOUND Records returns with another round of free shows in the swanky Velvet Room and Redwood Room of San Francisco’s Clift Hotel this Fall.
February 15: AraabMUZIK
Abraham Orellana, better known as AraabMuzik is a Sri Lankan hip hop record producer of Dominican and Guatemalan descent. From Providence, Rhode Island, he first …

Open Bar & Free Dance Party | North Beach
Wednesday, February 15 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Monroe
Open Bar & Free Dance Party | North Beach

Come out to one of San Francisco’s newest clubs featuring four rooms of soul thumping music by DJ Jerry Ross, an outdoor heated patio, and two floors.
They’ll be serving up an open bar of Oxley Gin from 10pm till 10:30pm plus $5 Classic Kir Royales …

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The Compost Giveaway 2012 | SF
Every Wednesday – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free while supplies last. For San Francisco residents only.
| Garden For the Environment
The Compost Giveaway 2012 | SF

The Compost Giveaway is a pilot program running from January to March of 2012 (or until the compost runs out) offering San Francisco residents free compost up to 5-gallons at a time.
The compost is offered in partnership with Garden For the Environment, SF Environment, REcology …

$1 Book Sale | SF Main Library
Every Wednesday – 11:00 am | Cost: $1*
*$1 for books & media. Free entrance.
| San Francisco Main Library
$1 Book Sale | SF Main Library

From April – October in 2012, the San Francisco Public Library host weekly Wednesday Steps Sales, located at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library.
All books and media are just $1 or less each and all proceeds from Steps Sales benefit the San Francisco …

Free TCHO Chocolate Factory Tour & Tastings | SF
Every Wednesday – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required
| TCHO Chocolate Factory
Free TCHO Chocolate Factory Tour & Tastings | SF

Ghirardelli may get all the hype from tourists, but there’s another chocolate maker in San Francisco that’s also making waves. And TCHO is inviting you for daily tours of their factory for free.
Take the TCHO tour: 7 days a week
One-hour tours at 10:30 am and …

Learn Campfire Guitar Songs | SF Free School
Every Wednesday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations accepted - RSVP Required. Bring a guitar.
| The Happiness Institute
Learn Campfire Guitar Songs | SF Free School

Want to impress your dates or friends the next time you’re around a campfire?
Join Joergen and Marco of the San Francisco Free School for a 90-minute guitar class of training for beginner and intermediate guitar players and aspiring “troubadours.”
The songs change every week, but expect to learn …

Lady Gaga Flash Mob Dance Class | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*donations accepted
| Studio Gracia
Lady Gaga Flash Mob Dance Class | Mission Dist.

Come celebrate Lady Gaga’s World Tour 2012 by joining Bay Area Flash Mob and learn the choreography to a Lady Gaga medley including her most famous hits: Bad Romance, Telephone, Poker Face, Born This Way and Judas
The free dance classes (donations suggested) take place twice …

Red Hots Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 7:30 pm | Cost: $5*
*$5-10 sliding scale
| El Rio
Red Hots Burlesque Show | Mission Dist.

It’s saucy dancing with a sense of humor at the Red Hots Burlesque show on Wednesdays and Fridays at El Rio, where you can see some of the bawdiest burlesque babes in the Bay,  for a sliding scale price starting at $5
Come with your sense of humor …

The Business: $5 Alternative Comedy Night | Mission Dist.
Every Wednesday – 8:00 pm | Cost: $2.50*
*$5 admission, but $2.50 per person with 2-for-1 coupon
| The Dark Room
The Business: $5 Alternative Comedy Night | Mission Dist.

The Business is one of the best alternative comedy shows in SF and features comedians from Comedy Central, SXSW, and the Comedians of Comedy tour.
This weekly Wednesday night comedy gig features a rotating cast of comedians, but most often features their main headliners Alex Koll, Sean …

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