Events for October 3, 2012
Wednesday, October 3
Wednesday October 3, 2012 – Match Race Qualifiers
10:00 America’s Cup Village opens
11:00 America’s Cup Morning Show (repeats at 13:00)
15:00 Team introductions / commentary
16:00 >> Match Racing Qualifiers with live race commentary (until 18:00) – Bleachers are ticketed, but free viewing from Marina
18:15 America’s Cup …
Leading Saxophonist/Composer Michael Zilber is hailed by Grammy-winning NEA Jazz Master David Liebman as “one of the best players and composers around anywhere – period!” For this performance, Zilber will be joined by keyboard wizard Peter Horvath and top bass-drum team John Shifflett and Jason …
Can you pay just $2 to get tickets to see a major league baseball game? It’s true!
For 2012 every A’s Wednesday home game is a “$2 Wednesday” thanks to BART. Tickets are good for the sorta crappy seats in the Plaza Outfield and Plaza Reserved …
USS MAKIN ISLAND sails into Bay approx. time under GGB 1:30
The world’s first “Hybrid” warship the USS Makin Island is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a new “green” gas turbine-electric hybrid propulsions system. At a length of 844 feet and displacing 42,833 tons with …
Join Tech4Obama for the Presidential Debate Watch Parties at Temple, SF’s Green nightclub (540 Howard Street, SF CA 94101). Look for an Eventbrite invitations for each event to be posted with each event and get ready to bring your friends and enjoy watching these historic ... 
In gratitude for voting Cafe Flore “Best Cafe” for the 4th year in a row, join them for a Patio Beach Party during the Castro Farmers’ Market on Wed., Oct. 3, 5-8pm.
Amid surf boards & beach balls, the tiki patio stage will feature the music …
Meet your candidates for State Senate at the League of Women Voters candidate forums for State Senate district 11 at 5:30pm and State Senate district 19 at 6:30pm. Hear where your candidates stand on all the latest issues.
7×7 is joining the Maker’s Mark Cocktail Party – and celebrating by throwing a series of awesome events at six bars around town: 111 Minna, Osha Thai Embarcadero, Reed & Greenough, Wreck Room, Pete’s Tavern, and Pier 23.
At each event, the first round will be …
Visualizing San Francisco: Exploring Signage and Public Spaces
A Lecture by Stacy Asher
Wednesday, October 3, 6 pm
Signage competes for attention, conveys content, and merges into identity. “Visualizing San Francisco: Exploring Signage and Public Spaces” is an interdisciplinary seminar for new students at the University of San …
Join Mutiny Radio as they open up their microphones to the public and rebut the Master Debaters, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Mutiny Radio contends that both of these politicians are renowned liars, who sit in denial of the voice of the people. Get live ... 
Headliner Maureen Langan has appeared on The Joy Behar Show, Comics Unleashed, and HBO. She’s a regular at Carolines on Broadway in New York City.
Also appearing Marga Gomez (proudly Latina, openly gay, 2008/2009 Best Comedian – SF Bay Guardian, 2012 Best Comedian – SF Weekly, HBO, LOGO, Comedy Central), Sean …
Check out slide guitar blues band HowellDevine for free when you buy dinner at Yoshi’s at their Fan Appreciation Night. If you grub somewhere else, you can still see the show for $5.
HowellDevine is the kind of blues you don’t hear anymore. The raw slide …
Cafe Royale hosts a night of free comedy on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 starring Casey Ley who was voted best local comedian by SF Weekly.
Hosted by local funyman/badass/heartthrob Nick Palm, the show features a lineup of Bay Area’s comedic talent including:
Justin Scales
Kate Willet
William Head
Stroy Moyd
Dash …
Try your hand (literally) at the Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl starting in North Beach. Get lubricated on $3.50 drink specials, win prizes (like best athletic wear… ’cause you need great threads to show your RPS moves) and the tournament champ wins a $50 bar tab ... 
No Duh, tribute to No Doubt & Gwen Stefani, performs all eras of No Doubt music. Their favorite is the “old school” a la Beacon St. & Tragic, but they play all the way thru Gwen’s solo stuff to Stand & Deliver with the energy …
Every Wednesday
From April – October in 2012, the San Francisco Public Library host weekly Wednesday Steps Sales, located at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library.
All books and media are just $1 or less each and all proceeds from Steps Sales benefit the San Francisco …
Ghirardelli may get all the hype from tourists, but there’s another chocolate maker in San Francisco that’s also making waves. And TCHO is inviting you for daily tours of their factory for free.
Take the TCHO tour: 7 days a week
One-hour tours at 10:30 am and …
Want to impress your dates or friends the next time you’re around a campfire?
Join Joergen and Marco of the San Francisco Free School for a 90-minute guitar class of training for beginner and intermediate guitar players and aspiring “troubadours.”
The songs change every week, but expect to learn …
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 …
The Business is one of the best alternative comedy shows in SF and features comedians from Comedy Central, SXSW, and the Comedians of Comedy tour.
This weekly Wednesday night comedy gig features a rotating cast of comedians, but most often features their main headliners Alex Koll, Sean …
