Events for October 17, 2012
Wednesday, October 17
Chef Kevin Gillespie, exec. chef at Atlanta’s Woodfire Grill and Fan Favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef, is proud to release a new cookbook Fire in My Belly. Meet Gillespie at an upcoming book signing at Omnivore Books on 10/17 at 6 p.m.
Written with whimsy and quirky …
October 17, 2012 tastings take place at 6:30pm, and at 8:30pm.
Each election year, SFPA hosts supervisorial candidate forums that focus specifically on public space.
RSVP is required.
They will be partnering up with Walk San Francisco and Friends of the Urban Forest in hosting these forums. The goal is to give you the opportunity to learn more about …
Frankenart Mart brings you a flute performance by Orlando Cela, and this ain’t your mama’s flute.
The Frankenartists insist that this is seriously fantastic flute – from old school hits to contemporary weirdness. Youtube that man and then come check him out yourself.
Admission is free, plus, …
Bob Dylan‘s career has lasted the better part of fifty years and has remained not only active, but controversial, always pushing his work ahead. He is as great an artist as America has produced.
A true American legend, Bob Dylan and his band will tour with special …
Join Risa Wechsler (Stanford University) for a presentation on Galaxy Formation in a Dark Universe. Wechsler will discuss our current understanding of how galaxies form, and how these observations can be used to shed light on the physics of the Universe.
Recent cosmological measurements indicate that …
Wed. Oct. 17, 7:30
Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle
Longtime radical feminst Silvia Federici talks about the international restructuring of reproductive work and its effects on the sexual division of labor, the globalization of care work and sex work, the crisis of elder …
Where else but NNSF do you get the sexiest, freakiest, most explosively drunken lectures around? They’ll have a chemist talking about blowing things up, a biologist who lives to help sea creatures get it on, and a physician/scientist taking us beyond the sideshow and deep …
Come share some free laughs with The Senseless Bureau’s at Mama’s Vietnamese in downtown Oakland.The skilled comedy improv troupe uses audience suggestions to spontaneously create complex narratives and touching relationships that are occasionally sacrificed for big laughs.
The Personnel: Bryan Bucci, William Dimaculangan, D Gregg Doyle, …
This month’s show feature Casey Ley. Casey Ley’s comedy has been seen in festivals such as SFSketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, OR and the Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin, TX. He is the host and creator of the popular monthly stand-up show “This Feels …
Housepitality SF is proud to continue showcasing the artists on the forefront of the new house sound from Barcelona, with Sishi Rosch (Get Physical, Digital Delight, Mr. Nice Guy | Spain).
RSVP before 6pm for free entry before 11pm otherwise $5 before 11pm, $10 after
As always there will …
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 …
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 …
