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Thursday, June 14

Stretch and Expose: Screen Printing Exhibit | SF City Hall
Thursday, June 14 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Stretch and Expose: Screen Printing Exhibit | SF City Hall

The San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries Art at City Hall program presents The Stretch and Expose exhibition, which will be dedicated to celebrating the rich history of screen printing and the artistic minds that chose to manipulate this media to embody and expose their vision.
It …

SoundWaves: Live Music at the Waterfront | Jack London Sq.
Thursday, June 14 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
SoundWaves: Live Music at the Waterfront | Jack London Sq.

Jack London Square invites you to its 2nd annual outdoor music series, SoundWaves. The series offers free live music by some of the Bay Area’s top performers on five consecutive Thursdays in May and June.
The SoundWaves spring lineup includes a range of local talent including …

SFJazz Summerfest: Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums | Stanford
Thursday, June 14 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Stanford Shopping Center
SFJazz Summerfest: Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums | Stanford

Local music fans are gearing up for warm weather and smooth sounds with the arrival of SFJazz Summerfest at the Stanford Shopping Center.
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums - June 14

The “summertime blues” can only be a good thing when this Bay Area boogie woogie icon …

Turtle Power NightLife | California Academy of Sciences
Thursday, June 14 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $12 | California Academy of Sciences
Turtle Power NightLife | California Academy of Sciences

They’re slow and steady, but are turtles actually winning the race? Find out during a NightLife dedicated to these charismatic shelled creatures which have been around for more than 200 million years.
Hear from Assemblyman Paul Fong, sponsor of leatherback bill, and then see renowned dance …

Win Tix: Commonwealth Club: The Next Wave of Ecommerce | SF
Thursday, June 14 – 6:30 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular general admission, $7-$25
| The Commonwealth Club (SF)
Commonwealth Club: The Next Wave of Ecommerce | SF

Join us for a conversation with Fab.com founder and CEO Jason Goldberg on the rise of curated content, social shopping and the next phase of ecommerce. Goldberg will be in conversation with Sarah Lacy, Founder, PandoDaily. 
Recently soaring to 4.8 million members and scooping up a high-profile partnership with …

Meet the Author: SF Chronicle Film Critic Mick LaSalle | Green Apple Books
Thursday, June 14 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Green Apple Books
Meet the Author: SF Chronicle Film Critic Mick LaSalle | Green Apple Books

Green Apple Books welcomes film critic and writer Mick LaSalle for a discussion of his newest book, The Beauty of the Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses, which intelligently argues that French cinema allows its female characters to be more complex, older, …

Free Beer & Food Truck Happy Hour | Elbo Room
Thursday, June 14 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP for free beer and food
| Elbo Room
Free Beer & Food Truck Happy Hour | Elbo Room

Head to Elbo Room on Thursday, June 14 from 7-9pm and team up with arts nonprofit Root Division and Southern Sandwich Co. for a Food Truck Happy Hour, and that’s exactly how you’ll be getting your grub on (i.e. free food!).
Grub on sandwiches like eastern …

Free Electro Synth Pop Concert: Loquat | Monarch
Thursday, June 14 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP
| Monarch
Free Electro Synth Pop Concert: Loquat | Monarch

Come see popular longtime SF electronic/pop band Loquat, plus Halsted, an emerging local rock-pop group at Monarch from 8pm-11pm on Thursday, 6/14. This is one of the first live music events (vs DJ) at the Monarch, and will showcase the venue’s new, state-of-the-art sound system.
This series features …

Free Downstairs Comedy Show | Murphy’s Pub
Thursday, June 14 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Murphy's Pub
Free Downstairs Comedy Show | Murphy's Pub

On June 14th, 1947, an unidentified flying object crashes in Roswell, New Mexico. On that same day sixty-five years later five comedians meet in the basement of an Irish Pub for an event that is guaranteed to inspire the same level of obsession.
Draft beers are …

Win Tix: Noise Pop & Hard French: Big Freedia | Public Works
Thursday, June 14 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*$14 adv / $16 day of show
| Public Works
Noise Pop & Hard French: Big Freedia | Public Works

Born Freddie Ross and raised in New Orleans, Big Freedia is a 6-foot-plus phenom powered by brash sexual energy and raw, self-made talent. Freedia’s rise from post-Katrina club culture and into the greater indie club scene–in 2011 alone, she played packed showcases at SXSW, released …

Every Thursday

SoundWaves: Live Music at the Waterfront | Jack London Sq.
Every Thursday – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
SoundWaves: Live Music at the Waterfront | Jack London Sq.

Jack London Square invites you to its 2nd annual outdoor music series, SoundWaves. The series offers free live music by some of the Bay Area’s top performers on five consecutive Thursdays in May and June.
The SoundWaves spring lineup includes a range of local talent including …

“So You Think You Can Paint?” Art Party | SoMa
Every Thursday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Club Six

So You Think You Can Paint has been cancelled. The last party took place on November 1, 2012.
Self-billed as “The World’s Most Creative Happy Hour,” bring a friend, paint a masterpiece at “So You Think You Can Paint?” at Club Six which opens up their …

Cafe Royale Zip Code Thursdays | 2-for-1 Beer
Every Thursday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*No cover. Buy 1 beer, get a 2nd free.
| Cafe Royale
Cafe Royale Zip Code Thursdays | 2-for-1 Beer

If you happen to live in the 94102, 94108, or 94109 zip codes (that’s basically Russian Hill, Nob Hill and Tenderloin), you’ll get more than a cup of tea from your neighbors.
If you buy a drink, then you’ll receive a free drink ticket (on select beers …

Pre-Party with Kitsch House: Free Drinks & Bar Hop | SoMa
Every Thursday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP on http://kitschhouse.eventbrite.com/
| SOMArts Cultural Center
Pre-Party with Kitsch House: Free Drinks & Bar Hop | SoMa

Join Kitsch House, an artistic collaboration between local artists Pete Hickok and Jeffrey Augustine Songco, for dancing, mingling, music, mirrors, mood lighting, costumes and libations before a night out on the town.
RSVP before each event and join the pre-party. Bring friends or bring yourself and meet new …

Thursday Night Belly Dance Class | SF Free School
Every Thursday – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations accepted - RSVP Required.
| The Happiness Institute
Thursday Night Belly Dance Class | SF Free School

Learn the basics of the art of belly dance with movements that are core fundamentals of all styles of belly dance around the world. This class is geared for beginners to intermediate students who want to learn and have fun. Music in the class is a wide …

“Enron 2012″: Strange Puppet Show & Play | SF

Enron combines the jaw-dropping expose of a documentary with absurdist excess and puppets in a multifaceted and dynamic look at the greatest corporate scandal of our time.
>> Sorry! All of the $5 tickets have been claimed.
Tickets are normally $25, but Funcheapers can get the first 100 Tickets for …

’90s Night: Dance Party & 90¢ Beer Night | SF
Every Thursday – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Hi-Fi Lounge
 '90s Night: Dance Party & 90¢ Beer Night | SF

On Haitus: Unfortunately 90s Night is on hiatus beginning January 2013.
All that she wants… is to relive the ’90s at the Hi-Fi Lounge every Thursday with 90 cent drinks for 90 minutes (8:30-10pm).

This ’90s dance party jams with DJ ILLBorn spinning “classics” from Montell Jordan,Vanilla Ice, Ace …

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