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Events for August 24, 2012

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Friday, August 24

“Heart of the City” Friday Farmers Market | Civic Center
Friday, August 24 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza

Each Friday more than 30 local farmers and artisan food vendors provide a wide selection of fresh local produce, farm products, bakery, pastas, hummus and kettle corn. Gourmet lunch options are available two blocks away at Off the Grid in front of City Hall.
San Francisco’s …

America’s Cup World Series 2012 | Healthy Oceans Day
Friday, August 24 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Food, drinks & bleacher seats available for purchase
| Marina Green
America's Cup World Series 2012 | Healthy Oceans Day

Friday 24 August – Healthy Oceans Day
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 The America’s Cup Morning Show – Focus Healthy Ocean Project
13:00 The America’s Cup Dock-out Show
14:00 Live commentary during racing (also shown on big screen)
14:00 >> Racing (until approximately 16:00)
16:00 Dock in Show (after racing)
18:00 …

$1 Chips & Guacamole Day | Rubio’s
Friday, August 24 – All Day | Cost: $1*
*It's not clear if you are required to buy a main dish or not.
| Rubio's (SF)
$1 Chips & Guacamole Day | Rubio's

August 24, 2012 is $1 Chips & Guacamole Day at all Rubio’s locations. There no coupon needed, so get yourself to the nearest Rubio’s and get some “cheaps” and guac for one buck. 
From the language on their flier “add fresh guacamole and chips to your …

Marina Library 5th Anniversary Party | SF
Friday, August 24 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Marina Branch Library
Marina Library 5th Anniversary Party | SF

The Marina Branch Library will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of reopening. They will have live music, a balloon artist, arts and craft for children, and delicious food, and much more on August 24, 2012.
Join them to celebrate their anniversary. There will be hands-on crafts …

Art & Music on the Square | Redwood City
Friday, August 24 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Courthouse Square
Art & Music on the Square | Redwood City

Art on the Square showcases the best in fine arts and crafts each month between June and September at Courthouse Square in downtown Redwood City.
Discover unique painting, photography, jewelry, glass, ceramics, and more at prices for every budget. There’s exquisite jewelry at every show. Come …

Friday Nights at the de Young: Salsa Dance Party | GG Park Friday Nights at the de Young: Salsa Dance Party | GG Park

Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. Season Eight is every Friday night from March 30 – November 23, 2012.
This weekly after-hours art “happening” changes every week, but typically includes …

Epic 15 Hour Film Screening of Edgar Reitz’ “Heimat” | Castro
Friday, August 24 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Randall Museum
Epic 15 Hour Film Screening of Edgar Reitz'

The fifteenth season of Cine/Club kicks off at Randall Museum Theater with a free screening of Edgar Reitz’ 15-hour epic Heimat I for teenagers and adult film lovers on Friday, August 24, 2012 (5-11pm) and Saturday, August 25, 2012 (1-11pm).
Edgar Reitz’s Heimat I is a …

Love Shack Art Party: Free Golden Boy Pizza, Beer & DJs | North Beach
Friday, August 24 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Make Hang Gallery
Love Shack Art Party: Free Golden Boy Pizza, Beer & DJs | North Beach

Join a 420 friendly party at Make Hang with free Golden Boy pizza, free beer and some amazing poster art. 
Collect the Best is presenting the complete Love Shack Anniversary poster series at Make Hang, 450 Green Street. Legendary artist Stanley Mouse created this unique series …

Santa Cruz Beach Party with Eddie Money | Free Concert Friday
Friday, August 24 – 6:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz Beach Party with Eddie Money | Free Concert Friday

Eddie Money burst onto the music scene with his self-titled debut album in 1977. The album, which went double platinum, featured hits like Baby Hold On, and Two Tickets to Paradise.
Money followed the success of his debut album with a stream of Top 40 hits, Think …

Photobooth One Year Anniversary Party | Mission
Friday, August 24 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Photobooth SF
Photobooth One Year Anniversary Party | Mission

It’s Photobooth’s 1 year anniversary on August 24, 2012. Come help them celebrate. They’ll have a super secret mystery surprise. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details.

Goodbye Summer Sunset Makout Session | Berkeley Marina
Friday, August 24 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cesar Chavez State Park
Goodbye Summer Sunset Makout Session | Berkeley Marina

Say goodbye to Summer on August 24, 2012, with a sunset hangout/make out. Bring friends, hangout, make out, fly a kite, picnic, or just sit on the grass and chill. If you’re single wear flowers in your hair and make out with a stranger if you dare. Although soda-fountains …

Photobooth 1 Year Anniversary Party & Free Drinks | SF
Friday, August 24 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Photobooth SF
Photobooth 1 Year Anniversary Party & Free Drinks | SF

Come help Photobooth celebrate their one year anniversary on August 24, 2012 with free drinks on hand from Saint George Spirits and Speakeasy Brewery.
They’ll be shooting tintype photographs and promise lots of shenanigans and a super secret mystery surprise.

Berlin-Style Ping Pong Party | Lower Haight
Friday, August 24 – 8:30 pm | Cost: $5 | DSF Clothing Company & Art Gallery
Berlin-Style Ping Pong Party | Lower Haight

Come out to D-Structure on August 24, 2012, for American Tripp’s monthly rager in the Lower Haight and play some Berlin-style ping pong.
Jams this time come courtesy of Nihar and Jason P (both of Haçeteria and Warm Leatherette) and they promise positive synth vibes. Come party.
About …

Win Tix: The Mermen’s Surf Rock & Red Meat’s Honky-Tonk | SF
Friday, August 24 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $15
| Great American Music Hall
The Mermen's Surf Rock & Red Meat's Honky-Tonk | SF

The Mermen play an extreme brand of surf music; the trebly turbulent and black minor chord moods of guitarist Jim Thomas are like a rough ride on the icy seas of the mid-Atlantic. -Rolling Stone
Based in SF’s Mission District, Red Meat did the craziest thing: …

Win Tix: Rockabilly Boogie: Jive, Bop, Rock & Burlesque | SF
Friday, August 24 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $10 in advance, $12 at the door
| Cafe Du Nord
Rockabilly Boogie: Jive, Bop, Rock & Burlesque | SF

Celebrate a night of Jive, Bop & Rock and at the Historic Cafe Du Nord – dress your 1950s best at this once notorious speakeasy during the Prohibition era.
The lineup features Texas Steve & The Tornados (CD release party), The Rumble Stripper, Golden West Trio …

Win Tix: San Francisco Rock Music Showcase | SF San Francisco Rock Music Showcase | SF

Bring back the rockstar with some of San Francisco’s best bands including The Frail, New Diplomat, Nova Albion and Young Digerati.
Enter to win a pair of tickets, or buy your advance tickets on Eventbrite for just $9 (regularly $15) with a special FuncheapSF discount code “funcheap9″.
Originally constructed in …

Every Friday

Alisha’s Free Home Cookin’ Fridays | The Riptide Alisha's Free Home Cookin' Fridays | The Riptide

Follow the L until it ends, on Fridays after work and get rewarded with grubbing on free home cookin’ from Alisha.
Each week, she whips up home-style food that ranges from blushin bunnies, chili con carne, chicken pot pie, and, if you’re lucky, even tater tot …

Parol-Marking Workshop: Beautiful Filipino Lanterns | SoMa
Every Friday – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bayanihan Community Center
Parol-Marking Workshop: Beautiful Filipino Lanterns | SoMa

Get ready for the Annual San Francisco Parol Lantern Festival and Parade by making beautiful Filipino lanterns with The Bayanihan Community Center (BCC) every Friday from October 19 – December 7, 2012, excluding November 23, 2012.
The SF Parol Lantern Festival & Parade takes place on December …

Free “Oysters on the Half Shell” Fridays | El Rio Free

El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm tight. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 …

Magic Tricks & Cheap Drinks: Friday Happy Hour Show | Berkeley
Every Friday – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*bring cash for drinks & food
| The Marsh (Berkeley)
Magic Tricks & Cheap Drinks: Friday Happy Hour Show | Berkeley

Magician David Hirata will baffle the audience with spellbinding sleight-of-hand and gravity-defying feats at the Marsh’s free Friday Happy Hour show with with live music by ragtime pianist Larisa Migachyov.
David performs Fridays in through October 26, 2012
Fridays at 6pm $3 Beers • $5 Cocktails Plus …

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

Friday Night Outdoor Dance Party | Oakland Waterfront
Every Friday – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
Friday Night Outdoor Dance Party | Oakland Waterfront

Come out and join Jack London Square and Linden Street Dance, and learn how to move on the dance floor to your favorite dances.
Expert instructors from the Linden Street Dance studio will teach you step by step how to dance at 8:30 PM for …

“Friday Nights at Milk” DJ Party | Haight
Every Friday – 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP, or $5 at the door
| Milk Bar

Milk Bar hosts their Friday night neighborhood dance party with some of SF’s top DJs throwing down hip hop, electro and  80s and 90s flashbacks. Arrive early for the $3 Happy Hour 7 -10 pm.
Friday Nights at Milk
Every Friday at 10 pm
FREE w/ RSVP or $5 …

F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy Night | Mission Dist.
Every Friday – 10:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Stage Werx Theatre
F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy Night | Mission Dist.

Every Friday night at 10:30PM, EndGames Improv brings you a free show: “Your F!#&ed Up Relationship” – an entirely improvised comedy inspired by your ridiculous, real relationships.  You tell us your amazing stories, we show you ours.
Free with RSVP
This event repeats every Friday at 10:30PM …

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