Events for May 13, 2012
Sunday, May 13
The California Department of Fish and Game hosts a series of free “Learn to fish” clinics and parks throughout the bay area.
These 45 minute clinics offer instruction in the basics of fishing including knots, casting, rigging, safety, ethics and urban runoff. All equipment and tackle …
Honor the past, celebrate the present and empower the future with a ride to encourage women in cycling. Friends, women, mothers, children, sisters, dads, brothers: everyone is invited!
Rickshaw Bags is partnering with Girl Bike Love to present the SF edition of CycloFemme. Join them at 9am at the Rickshaw …
For the weekend of May 11-13, 2012, the California Academy of Sciences offers free admission to residents of neighborhoods like the Richmond, Nob Hill, Marina, North Beach and more thanks to the Academy’s bi-annual Neighborhood Free Days program.
Each neighborhood, defined by zip codes, will have opportunities to visit …
The district’s rich history goes back to the 19th century and includes robbers’ roosts and racetracks, squatters and roadhouses, a saloon district and a red light district, as well as charming Victorian row houses and beautiful Craftsmans, the 1902 and 1903 Big Games, an earthquake …
Get geared up for Mother’s Day and meet at Jack London’s Cabin (Webster & Water) for this month’s Geared 4 Kids ride brought to you by the East Bay Bike Party.
This month’s route will be about 3.5 miles long and take us on and off …
The biggest cycling race in the world—Le Tour de France—is in July but there’s a few races before that give us an insight on who the best riders are: the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a Espana… the Amgen Tour of California?
In 2012, the first day …
The 2012 How Weird Street Faire takes over 13 blocks of SoMa and turns it into a giant block party filled with electronic music, bringing world-class DJs spinning Live Electronica, Dubstep, Electro, Breaks, Trance, House, Techno, Drum & Bass, World Beat, and too many sub-genres to name.
The …
Billed as the “World’s First Ever Interactive Balloon Immersion” Balloonacy is a 10-hour dance party with floor-to-ceiling balloons during a strange and wonder event funded by the “Awesome Foundation.“
Thousands of LED filled, motion-sensitive balloons will be filling the vast Million Fishes art space Saturday …
How does the shifting landscape affect the moving body? How do the continuous and fluid movements of an active body create pathways in the landscape?
Playing with light and shadow and drawing source material from Authentic Movement practice and the benign, repetitive gestures of everyday life …
The folks at Cello Bazaar are hosing a Mothers Day Special coming up next Sunday evening, May 13. Come listen to some talented little cellists open the evening as our Cello Bazaar Junior performers.
Free admission (donations welcome), family friendly, food and drink available.
Also performing will …
Join Jazz Mafia as they play hits from James Brown and Stevie Wonder. It’s a birthday celebration for these two music legends both born in the month of May.
$7 pre-sale.
The Berkeley Underground Film Society is a club for collectors, researchers, and film enthusiasts in the East Bay and San Francisco Area.
Every Sunday they reach into their archives for a selective film history of unseen, rarely projected, or otherwise obscure 8mm, 9.5mm, and 16mm prints.
Berkeley Underground Film …
Every Sunday
Visit the Bay Area Free Book Exchange (open every Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm in El Cerrito) and take home up to 100 books for free.
Yes, all 10,000+ books on all the shelves are available to the public, free of charge. …
Spend a Football Sunday the way it was meant to be enjoyed – stuffing your face full of free BBQ. Every Sunday football game, Ace’s gives sports fans a free plate of burgers, sausages, and all the gooey fixins that go with it. Enjoy drink …
Free Yoga on Sundays in Dolores Park at 11am, provided by the teachers of the Purusha Yoga community.
Free Yoga Flow in the Park
Come and play outdoors, in nature. Enjoy inverting, reverting and melting into the ground. Join us on weekends for a rejuvinating morning flow …
Get ready to swing in Golden Gate Park every sunny Sunday at “Lindy in the Park,” a weekly free event near the de Young Museum, when the streets of Golden Gate Park are closed to traffic and the dancers take over.
Lindy in the Park | Free Outdoor …
During the first two weekends in June, the 2012 East Bay Open Studios connects the public with over 400 artists in 14 cities in the East Bay. Since 1979, this event remains the largest art event in the region and draws an annual audience over 50,000.
East …
Come learn the basics of Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, at the Jack London Square Farmers’ Market.
This cardio and strength training class includes learning the basic movements and acrobatics of this beautiful art form, as well as getting a chance to play with other …
Take a trip back to the 1930s just by heading to SoMa and visiting the California Historical Society’s A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge – a brand new historical exhibit honoring the bridge’s 75th anniversary.
Experience the story of the …
Check out a an exhibit presented by Ripley’s Believe It or Not including a 13-foot model of the Golden Gate Bridge, constructed out of 30,000 toothpicks and glue in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco.
In addition you can view a 1/3rd scale …
Want free reserved seating, reserved parking and free beverages and snacks during a Stern Grove event this summer? All you have to do is volunteer!
Volunteer positions include ushers, information booth staffers, bike valet, donation collectors, greeters, set up/take down experts and much more.
Sign up to …
Sundays are Dollar Days at Golden Gate Fields. If you haven’t made it out yet, you should check out the thoroughbred action of horse racing. Nearly everything costs just a single buck at Golden Gate Fields in Albany.
Some Sundays there are also free concerts at …
There is a place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that is heaven for Bay Area inline skaters and roller skaters who like to boogie to the funky beat on wheels. The area is is called, “Skatin’ Place”. It is located at 6th Avenue and …
The Milk Bar presents “Bluegrass Sundays,” a free weekly concert with three bands performing 90-minute sets, each playing old-timey bluegrass, Americana, folk, blues, and other sub-genres of acoustic music.
Bluegrass Sundays
Every Sunday | 2 pm-10 pm
Milk Bar | 1840 Haight Street, SF
FREE
Bands generally start at 4 pm, 6 …
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 …
Finish off the weekend at Molotov’s and enjoy an afternoon of free food (usually around 3pm) every Sunday between games of pool, retro pinball, and some serious punk rock ‘tude. While it’s usually burgers and hot dogs, occasionally the bar mixes it up with pizza, …
Since Sundays are the only day of the week that their kitchen’s closed, consider this Bender’s gift to you. Every Sunday from 3pm till 7pm, they’ll treat the public to a free BBQ with burgers, veggie options, or whatever else the bar’s in the mood …
Comstock Saloon, SF’s throwback saloon on the edge of the Financial District hosts Honky Tonk Sundays. In the spirit of the wild west, guests can experience tunes from DJ Blaze Orange’s vinyl collection of 20th century American country music and throwback food from Saloon Chefs Carlos …
As a testament to keep Sunday a Funday, the designers at 5th Stitch Collective are throwing a little party every Sunday in August to launch a new t-shirt design each week.
Mingle with the designers, see our newest designs, and snack up on some free cookies …
San Francisco City Guides offers a free night-time guided walking tour of North Beach.
It’s where food, culture, colorful history, and unexpected views all intersect in an erstwhile Italian ‘urban village’ that was also cradle to San Francisco’s bohemia.
North Beach By Night | 2012
May through October …
