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Friday, October 12

California Academy of Sciences | Free Day for Richmond Dist. Residents
Friday, October 12 – All Day | Cost: FREE*
*Proof of neighborhood residency required
| California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences | Free Day for Richmond Dist. Residents

October 12, 13, 14
Neighborhoods: Richmond, Seacliff, Presidio, Western Addition, Chinatown, Russian Hill, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, North Beach, Marina
Zip Codes: 94108, 94109, 94115, 94118, 94121, 94123, 94129, 94133

Dos Equis Free Food Truck Day | Justin Herman Plaza
Friday, October 12 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Justin Herman Plaza
Dos Equis Free Food Truck Day | Justin Herman Plaza

October 12: Don Chee Way (near Justin Herman Plaza/Ferry Bldg.; 11am-3pm)
Please note that locations and times are subject to change.

Peet’s Coffee Grand Opening Week: 2-for-1 Coffee | SF
Friday, October 12 – All Day | Cost: 2-for-1*
*2-for-1 deal is only valid with a coupon and does not include juices or bottled drinks.
| Peet's (Lakeshore Plaza)
Peet's Coffee Grand Opening Week: 2-for-1 Coffee | SF

A new Peet’s Coffee & Tea just opened up in at 1509 Sloat Boulevard in Lakeshore Plaza and they’re celebrating their grand opening this week with a 2-for-1 coffee deal.
Bring the Grand Opening coupon and buy one and get one free at Peet’s new Sloat. …

Friday Nights at the de Young: SF Ballet “Inspiration” | Golden Gate Park Friday Nights at the de Young: SF Ballet

“Inspiration,” a night of multidisciplinary performances and talks organized and directed by Tiit Helimets, principal dancer of the San Francisco Ballet.

CalGames 2012: Robot Battle | Woodside
Friday, October 12 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Woodside High School
CalGames 2012: Robot Battle | Woodside

Friday 6pm to 8pm: Qualifying Matches

Win Tix: Día de los Muertos 2012: Art, Music & Frida Kahlo Performances | SoMa
Friday, October 12 – 6:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $7-10 sliding scale
| SOMArts Cultural Center
Día de los Muertos 2012: Art, Music & Frida Kahlo Performances | SoMa

Enjoy the opening reception of SOMArts Cultural Center’s 13th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future on October 12, 2012 featuring live music and painting, interactive installations, Frida Kahlo themed performances and an artists market.
Intricate, traditional altars and complex art …

Win Tix: Yoga Rave 2012: Live Music, Yoga & Dance Festival | Fort Mason
Friday, October 12 – 7:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Tickets normally $25
| Fort Mason Center
Yoga Rave 2012: Live Music, Yoga & Dance Festival | Fort Mason

Yoga Rave is a party like none other in the world; a new concept in fun where the mind and body respond to a uniquely crafted sequence of high-energy music, movement, yoga & meditation.
Over 100,000 Argentinians enjoyed Yoga Rave last month and it’s coming for …

Litquake 2012: Free Friday 10/12 Events | SF
Friday, October 12 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco
Litquake 2012: Free Friday 10/12 Events | SF

Free Litquake events on Friday, October 12, 2012

7:00 PM: Epic: Fantasy Literature Is the Future
7:00 PM: Teenquake: Not Your Mother’s Book Club™

Spooky Art Opening: From The Darkness Creeps | SF
Friday, October 12 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Big Umbrella Studios
Spooky Art Opening: From The Darkness Creeps | SF

Big Umbrella Studios cordially invites you to gather your courage and bring a comrade in arms as we explore the fears, desires, creatures, and people who exist in the darkness. Are you brave enough?
•Live music: doOmfield feat. Laurie Amat
•Special hand-crafted beverages
•Limited edition serigraphs for the …

Win Tix: The Smashing Pumpkins | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Friday, October 12 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $52.50 + $11.25 fee
| Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
The Smashing Pumpkins | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

The Smashing Pumpkins will perform at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent project was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of “The Wall.”
Look for the band to perform their critically acclaimed album Oceania in full …

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Free Concert | Berkeley
Friday, October 12 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | First Congregational Church (Berkeley)
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra Free Concert | Berkeley The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra opens their 2012–2013 season with a musical journey to France, featuring Mozart’s “Paris” Symphony (No. 31) and works by Françaix, Couperin, and Ravel. Friday through Sunday, October 12 through 14, Conductor Benjamin Simon brings the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra to ...
“The Shining” Renegade Drive-In Movie Night | North Bay
Friday, October 12 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP on Meetup and donations are accepted.
| Old Hamilton Theater Building

THE SHINING
A Film by Stanley Kubrick
1980 – Rated ‘R’ – running time 142 min.
Referred to by many as the ‘ultimate horror film’, this most chilling work from masterful director Stanley Kubrick combines psychological and supernatural horror in a way that makes the top of many …

Win Tix: Litquake: An Evening with Chris Elliot | SF
Friday, October 12 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $12 advance/$15 at door
| Z Space
Litquake: An Evening with Chris Elliot | SF

Litquake proudly welcomes actor-comedian-author Chris Elliott in an exclusive Bay Area appearance to celebrate his newest book The Guy Under the Sheets: The Unauthorized Autobiography.
Best known for his hilarious appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, he has appeared in countless TV shows and films, …

SF Beer Olympics: Fun, Games & $1 Beer | SF
Friday, October 12 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to play, but bring cash for drinks (they'll be cheap!)
| Horizon
SF Beer Olympics: Fun, Games & $1 Beer | SF Join the San Francisco Beer Olympics every Friday night for free entry and free games all night and the drinks are cheap to boot.  Win prizes by playing games including Flip Cup, Beer Pong and Relays and you can get 5 beers for $10, plus they have a ...
Win Tix: The Sensations: Indie Rock Super-Group | Cafe du Nord
Friday, October 12 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $10 in advance, $15 at the door
| Cafe Du Nord
The Sensations: Indie Rock Super-Group | Cafe du Nord

KC Turner presents a rock & folk showcase headlined by The Sensations – a sorta super rock band with members from The Mother Hips, The Slip and ALO.
Also on the bill are folk rocker Jerry Hannan (who has recorded with Eddie Vedder) and new …

Win Tix: OohLaLa! Tour: French Electro Pop | Rickshaw Stop
Friday, October 12 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $15
| Rickshaw Stop
OohLaLa! Tour: French Electro Pop | Rickshaw Stop

Tomorrow’s World is comprised of Jean-Benoit Dunckel, half of the duo Air – unmistakably one of the most respected electro-pop bands in the world.
Housse de Racket embody the most essential artistic skills: very specific and genuine song-writing enveloped in exquisite pop-electro tunes.

Blackbird Blackbird (live) + Baron Von Luxxury DJ Night | SF
Friday, October 12 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free Before 10pm // $5 after
| Underground SF
Blackbird Blackbird (live) + Baron Von Luxxury DJ Night | SF

A free night of live music and DJs handpicked by epicsauce. Free before 10pm with RSVP.
Push The Feeling:
Blackbird Blackbird (live) + James & Evander (live) + YR SKULL + Baron Von Luxxury + epicsauce DJs
Friday, October 12th
Underground SF • 9 p.m. – 2 a.m. • …

Win Tix: DJ Party: Sh*t Robot & Jacques Renault | Public Works
Friday, October 12 – 9:30 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $10-$15
| Public Works
DJ Party: Sh*t Robot & Jacques Renault | Public Works

Marcus Lambkin (Sh*t Robot) began DJing in 1992 after moving to NYC from Dublin where he got together with some friends to play dance music.
Jacques Renault was a post-punk Washington, D.C. native who moved to Chicago in 1997 to continue his studies of viola, but …

F!#&ing Free Fridays: Improv Comedy Night | Mission Dist.
Friday, October 12 – 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 …

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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