Events for July 28, 2012
Saturday, July 28
Kites aren’t just for kids any more. Experience the artistry of modern kite flying at the 27th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships.
This annual festival for 2012 features giant creature kites as big as houses, high flying kite fights, plus free …
Get fired up to barbecue at CUESA’s 2012 Grill Fest at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Sample locally raised meats, watch seasonal cooking demos by local chefs, and take home grilling tips and recipes.
CUESA Grill Festival
Saturday, July 28, 2012 (10a)
Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA
FREE
On Saturday July 28, 2012, come out for the Second Annual Throw Down for the Town: The Oakland Service Festival. Last year, over 300 people volunteered at 25 service projects throughout Oakland. This event is about our city coming together to transform neighborhoods and help …
Enjoy the summer sun in Alameda while checking out the variety of food and beverages, arts and crafts booths, live music, as well as a petting zoo for kids all at the Park Street Art & Wine Faire.
The Park Street Art & Wine Faire is Alameda’s biggest event …
This is the Big One… Well, the second Big One. Heck, lets just call it the First Annual World Naked Bike Ride – San Francisco 2012 Northern Hemisphere Ride – Part II. So once again, on Saturday, July 28, 2012, it is time to bring your bikes …
Come join EcoSF on July 28, 2012, for a day of preserving the harvest by canning fruits and tomatoes to enjoy through the winter.
Learn everything you need to know about safely canning jam and salsa with a demonstration that you can sample and take home if you’d like …
Join FLAX on Saturday, July 28, 2012, for their annual Kidsfest, a fascinating day of discovery, imagination and learning for children and their parents.
This year’s theme is Superheroes. Bring your little heroes and heroines and enjoy this festive day while your child has a blast …
A squad of comic artists and cartoonists will be drawing complimentary sketches for visitors at The Cartoon Art Museum at 655 Mission Street on Saturday July 28 from noon to 4pm.
At the event you can enter to win passes to attend a free screening of …
Come fill the air with bubbles at high noon in Dolores Park on Saturday, July 28, 2012 anywhere in the park. It happens to be the same day as the opening of the long awaited Dolores Park Playground.
Bubble Day is a flash mob style bubble …
CitySolve is a unique urban adventure that takes a lot of brain, a bit of brawn, and a ton of fun.
Funcheap hookup: Sign up early and get 50% off tickets - $25 per person, regularly $55.
More than a scavenger hunt, but less physical than a 5k-road race, …
From noon to 5pm catch poetry readings by Jack Hirschman, Yahia Lababidi, Marie Silkeberg, Agneta Falk, Matt Sedillo, Sandro Sardella, Bobby Coleman (translator), Sasha Pimentel Chacon, Mark Kockinos (translator), Heinz D. Heisl, Scott Thompson (translator), Carla Badillo Coronado, Jessica Loos (translator) and Amiri Baraka.
Book Sales/Signings at Readers …
Come enjoy the sun, music, flora, and friends in the beautiful National AIDS Memorial Grove and join flow artists, fanners, flaggers and friends for an afternoon of fun, sun and remembrance at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park on July 28, 2012.
Flags …
Join the 2nd annual Oakland Service Festival on July 29, 2012 with over 30 projects confirmed all over Oakland.
The festival is organized by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights whose goal this year is to turn out 500+ volunteers to Throw Down for the …
The Native American Arts celebration is taking place on Saturday, July 28, 2012, and not on Thursday, June 28, 2012 as we originally listed. We apologize for the confusion.
The Oakland Museum of California and Heyday are proud to co-present a history-making community celebration on Saturday, …
Grab your buddies and put together that dream foursome for a rowdy afternoon of pub golf at the Mission District Country Club.
Here’s how it works:
Pull out the plaid pants and skirts, argyle sweaters and goofy hats. There are 9 Holes – each hole …
Make your own ice cream at a Paxton Gate’s free science event on Saturday July 28, 2012 from 1pm till 3pm. Join Paxton Gate to learn the science behind the making of this quintessential summer treat. They’ll be shaking up some ice cream by hand in this fun …
Circus Bella is an open air, one-ring circus featuring contemporary, high-level acts set to an original score performed by live musicians. David Hunt and Abigail Munn created Circus Bella in the spring of 2008 to respond to a shared dream for accessible and high quality …
941 Geary will host a Panel Discussion and Q&A with CanLove at 4pm, Saturday, July 28, 2012, featuring the LA-based artists Paul and DJ, SF graffiti legend Apex, and President of Montana Colors, Neon, to discuss environmental issues involving street art and spray paint.
Join …
The New Taste Marketplace is a once per month gathering of nearly 20 food makers, caterers, carts, and a food truck coming together to help raise money for the local Food Pantry of SF. The event takes place from 2-7PM on Saturday, July 28, 2012 …
If you’re a fan of Moveable Feast, food trucks, Asian food, or just plain old being nocturnal, you have to put the Asian Night Market on your calendar.
From 7pm to midnight on Saturday, July 28, enjoy this weekly outdoor summer celebration of fresh Pan Asian …
ATA and Kunze Productions invite you to a rough cut film screening of #Reconnect and to enjoy free wine and a Q&A with film director Kevin Kunze.
There are 6 billion cell phones worldwide but what do we really know about the effects of this revolutionary technology? #Reconnect …
Loquat tells intricate stories and musically blends the familiar with the uncharted-mixing modern twists of new wave, psychedelic rock, indie electronic, and jangle-y pop.
Through dangerously evocative lyrics and ultra-melodic songs, the San Francisco/Bay Area’s Loquat has captivated fans from as far as Tel Aviv, Hong …
Since they have been blessed to be loaned a David Duran painting of Sylvester, used for “M-1015” on Megatone Records. Since Sylvester is San Francisco. Since Sylvester is disco. Since they’ve never done this before in almost 4 years of BANG!ing… July’s Go BANG! is a Sylvester tribute on July …
Every Saturday
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 …
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 …
