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Friday, September 21

Free $40 BART Tickets | BART 40th Anniversary Giveaway Free $40 BART Tickets | BART 40th Anniversary Giveaway

On Friday, 9/21 BART volunteers will pass out stickers between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. at the Embarcadero, Montgomery, 12th Street, Downtown Berkeley, El Cerrito del Norte and Fruitvale BART stations. Boxes of stickers will be available both days at all BART stations for riders who …

Tony Robbins “Dreamforce” Free Seminar | Moscone Center
Friday, September 21 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP is required.
| Moscone Center
Tony Robbins

Join Tony Robbins, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Larry Brilliant, and Marc Benioff for a day of breakthrough transformations. Gain powerful insights to improve your life and the lives of those around you. Connect with the people, the passion and the environment that will make it …

Friends of the Urban Forest: Sidewalk Gardens Installation | SF
Friday, September 21 – 9:30 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP to fiona@fuf.net
| Inner Sunset (6th & Kirkham)
Friends of the Urban Forest: Sidewalk Gardens Installation | SF

Join the Friends of the Urban Forest this Friday 9/21 in the Inner Sunset as they install sidewalk gardens from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
Transform boring sidewalks into gorgeous gardens under the guidance of FUF staff. No experience needed. Bring water and sun protection.
Contact fiona@fuf.net to RSVP.

Friends of the Urban Forest: Sidewalk Gardens Installation | SF
Friday, September 21 – 9:30 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP.
| Inner Sunset (6th & Kirkham)
Friends of the Urban Forest: Sidewalk Gardens Installation | SF

Join the Friends of the Urban Forest this Thursday 9/20 or Friday 9/21 in the Inner Sunset as they install sidewalk gardens from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
Transform boring sidewalks into gorgeous gardens under the guidance of FUF staff. No experience needed. Bring water and sun protection.
Contact …

Space Shuttle Endeavor “Victory Lap” Flyover | San Francisco Bay Area
Friday, September 21 – 9:30 am | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
Space Shuttle Endeavor

NASA is giving Space Shuttle Endeavor a “victory lap” of sorts as the space shuttle era ends with a low-flying flyover in the Bay Area on Friday morning September 21, 2012 on its way to being displayed at a museum in Los Angeles.
>> Keep your …

PARK(ing) Day 2012 | SF
Friday, September 21 – All Day | Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
PARK(ing) Day 2012 | SF

An annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good, Rebar’s PARK(ing) Day is coming back to the city for 2012 on Friday, September 21.
These city-wide mini-parks can be used as performance spaces, reading lounges or …

48th Annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason | Friday
Friday, September 21 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Fort Mason Center
48th Annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason | Friday Held at Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion on September 19-23, 2012, the Big Book Sale features over 500,000 books, DVDs, CDs, books on tape, vinyl and other forms of media, 10,000 boxes of materials, 50+ categories and over 400 volunteers. Everything is $3 or less, kids ...
Dreamforce ’12 Music Festival: Friday | SoMa
Friday, September 21 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free with free keynote and expo pass
| Moscone Center
Dreamforce '12 Music Festival: Friday | SoMa

Friday, September 21:
Live music outdoors on Howard Street in front of Moscone Center - Strong Like Bull hipster rock (10a), Release the Sunbird beautiful harmony pop (1pm)

Morphic Braid Bar | SF Parking Day Parklet
Friday, September 21 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Mission St. Parklet
Morphic Braid Bar | SF Parking Day Parklet

Join Mishi and the rest of the Morphic crew for the second annual PARK(ing) Day Parklet on September 21, 2012.
They are staging a hair intervention at the Morphic parklet by quickly transforming everyday hairstyles into a braided work of art at the Morphic Braid Bar. …

2012 Greek Food Festival | SF
Friday, September 21 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission with coupon. Otherwise $5.
| Annunciation Cathedral
2012 Greek Food Festival | SF

Friday Night Live Music by Agapi Mou

“Eat Real” Street Food Festival 2012: Friday | Oakland
Friday, September 21 – 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free admission, but food and drink available for purchase (cash only)
| Jack London Square

Main Stage
4:30pm Dirty Cello
6:00pm DJ GSTAR
7:00pm The Seshen
Food Craft Stage
5:00pm DJ Uni
6:00pm Master Brewer’s Panel: What is Local?
8:00pm Master Brewer’s Panel: How Do the Pros Get Started?
Community Oven
2:00pm Lighting of the Bread Oven
6:00pm Pizza Making with Eco-SF
Craft Marketplace
6:30pm Baia Mac ‘n’ Cheese Pop-Up Pairing

San Francisco Erotic Art Exhibition 2012 | Friday
Friday, September 21 – 4:00 pm | Cost: $5 | Gallery 4N5
San Francisco Erotic Art Exhibition 2012 | Friday

Latex Fetish Fashion Show by Blacklickorish Latex, Fri: 7:30pm
Rope Bondage Demonstration by TomFoolery, Fri.
Live Performance Art by Coralee Lynn Rose & Patrick Andraste, Fri.

From Pavement to Parklet: 2012 Architecture and the City Festival | SF
Friday, September 21 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Devil’s Teeth Baking Company
From Pavement to Parklet: 2012 Architecture and the City Festival | SF

Come meet the team of designers and builders of a new space for sitting, eating, playing, and parking bicycles that replaced 3 existing diagonal parking spaces in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District.

Friday Nights at the de Young: “Off the Walls” Aerial | Golden Gate Park Friday Nights at the de Young:

WILSEY COURT | 6:00–8:30 p.m.

Off the Walls world premiere (7:00 p.m.), performed in the museum entrance, Wilsey Court, and Koret Auditorium (tickets required for Koret Auditorium)
Moulin Rouge with Henna Garden Events & Entertainment
Hands-on art making for everyone

Free San Francisco Symphony Concert | Justin Herman Plaza
Friday, September 21 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Justin Herman Plaza
Free San Francisco Symphony Concert | Justin Herman Plaza

Join the San Francisco Symphony for an afternoon of music across from the Ferry Building at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco’s financial district.
Enjoy a program of popular works while relaxing by the bay.
September 21, 2012 Program

Berlioz - Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Ravel - Boléro

Conducted by Michael …

Art at the Dump: Recology’s Recycled Materials Art Exhibition | SF
Friday, September 21 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Recology San Franicsco
Art at the Dump: Recology's Recycled Materials Art Exhibition | SF

Friday, September 21, 2012 & Saturday, September 22, 2012:
Tamara Albaitis
Amy Wilson Faville
Calder Yates

Underground Comic & Small Press Festival 2012 | Berkeley
Friday, September 21 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Escapist Comic Bookstore
Underground Comic & Small Press Festival 2012 | Berkeley

Friday Night’s cartoonists are:
JASON MARTIN (Runner Runner, Papercuts 17)
GEOFF VASILE (Trackrabbits)
FOURTH WAY COMICS (We Are the 99%, Dragonfly)
KANE LYNCH (The Relics, Laika)
JON MACY (Fearful Hunter)
JUSTIN HALL (Glamazonia, No Straight Lines)
RICK WORLEY (A Waste of Time, Douchbag of Comics)
AARON KANESHIRO (Vaccum Horror)
FRED NOLAND (Infallible, Teats On …

Chinatown/ North Beach CCSF Campus Grand Opening | SF
Friday, September 21 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | CCSF Chinatown/North Beach
Chinatown/ North Beach CCSF Campus Grand Opening | SF

After years of planning and five years of construction, the new Chinatown/ North Beach (CNB) campus will celebrate its completion at an Open House on September 21, 2012 from 5-7 pm.
Mayor Lee will join Project Principal, Grace Kang, Project Manager, Allen Nudel and Project Engineer, Lindsey …

2012 Peace Day Meditation & John Lennon Sing-a-long | Union Square
Friday, September 21 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park
2012 Peace Day Meditation & John Lennon Sing-a-long | Union Square

Hundreds of people from every path will join a Flash Mob Meditation in San Francisco’s Union Square for the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2012 as part of over 200+ organized events that will happen the same day across all continents.
Yoga Tree will …

California & the Civil War: Panel Discussion | SF
Friday, September 21 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP on Eventbrite
| California Historical Society
California & the Civil War: Panel Discussion | SF

Join the California Historical Society for a panel discussion of the fascinating topic of the role of California in the Civil War featuring Al Camarillo, Michael Magliari, Glenna Matthews, Ruthanne Lum McCunn, James Tejani, and Michael Green, moderated by Robert Cherny.
Please RSVP to attend.
For many, the words …

Revolt! Re-imagine! Occupy! Politics & Art Panel Discussion | SoMa
Friday, September 21 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Revolt! Re-imagine! Occupy! Politics & Art Panel Discussion | SoMa

Revolt! Re-imagine! Occupy! Representation in Politics & Art is a panel discussion in conjunction with YBCA’s Occupy Bay Area exhibition.
This event will be both a panel discussion and forum, intended to ensure dialogue and audience participation, led by writer and art historian Robert Atkins. Discussions will …

Hijinks: Launch Party for “Yardsale For Obama” | The Knockout
Friday, September 21 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Knockout
Hijinks: Launch Party for

Come join the free official launch party for Yardsale for Obama which is partnering up with Hijinks, a monthly dance party at The Knockout.
Hijinks says…
Hosts/Djs Emdee, DJ Phifernaught & Roll serve up 3 hilariously happy hours of comedy records + other assorted musical weirdness, delicious drink …

7th Annual Middle Eastern & Greek Food Festival | Milpitas 7th Annual Middle Eastern & Greek Food Festival | Milpitas Come and experience Greek & Middle Eastern culture at the 7th Annual Food Festival at the St. James Orthodox Church on September 21-23, 2012. Enjoy your day with a traditional market place, fun games for the kids, arts & craft, live entertainment, folk dancing and most importantly try some of the delicious cuisines. ...
Win Tix: “Bay for the Bayou” Benefit Concert | SF
Friday, September 21 – 7:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $75
| Bimbo's 365 Club

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy nominee Allen Toussaint teams up with soulful Bay Area favorites, The California Honeydrops, and melodic folk string ensemble, The Shots for a Bay for the Bayou, a benefit concert for the Louisiana coastal wetlands.

Win Tix: Wilco | The Greek Theatre
Friday, September 21 – 7:30 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $49.50 + $10.55 fee
| Greek Theatre
Wilco | The Greek Theatre

Wilco‘s latest album, Whole Love, is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing the band’s far-reaching musical prowess (multiple guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and percussion plus Mellotron, strings, loops and more) perfectly accompanying Jeff Tweedy’s provocative and insightful lyrics.

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 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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