Events for December 14, 2012
Friday, December 14
Need some last minute gifts but don’t want to pay outrageous last minute shipping costs? Stock up on holiday gifts and save 80% off hundreds of selected titles at the Chronicle Books Warehouse Sale on December 12-14, 2012. Choose from cookbooks, children’s books, lifestyle + ... 
Holiday shoppers to the Telegraph business district will be treated to an abundance of good cheer, great music, fine food, and unique and unusual handcrafts by some of Northern California’s finest artists.
This fair offers the rare opportunity to buy fine art originals and inexpensive gift …
Celebrate Chanukah 2012 with the 38th annual lighting of the 25 foot tall mahogany Bill Graham Menorah in Union Square. Lighting ceremonies take place from December 8-15, 2012 at approximately 5pm on most days (Fridays are at 3pm and Saturdays at 7pm). This San Francisco tradition was ... 
Taste your way throughout the store and help support the community at the Holiday Vendor Faire at Whole Foods Market in San Mateo on Friday, December 14, 2012.
Sample the best foods of the season from many vendors during the Holiday Vendor Faire.
Holiday Vendor Faire samples include:
Mary’s …
Bring an appetite and a batch of your famous cookies for the annual Holiday Cookie Swap party at Seesaw on Friday, December 14, 2012.
You’ll enjoy festive holiday music, and sip on complimentary hot chocolate, coffee and tea as you swap delicious decadent cookies.
It’s $5 per …
Join Heartworks Gallery in Campbell for a festive evening of complimentary food, wine and of course art and holiday cheer on December 14, 2012.
Free, but RSVP is required.
They’re celebrating their anniversary and will have complimentary drinks and treats provided by The Hot Pink Box – Dessert Caterer, Reynolds …
More than 100 boats, each festooned with lights and holiday decorations, will parade along the San Francisco Bay waterfront on Friday, December 14, 2012 starting at 6:00pm.
A holiday tradition since 1994, the 2012 parade will include members of the St. Francis Yacht Club, Fisherman’s Wharf …
Our good friends at UpOut are throwing their first holiday party on December 14, 2012 – a “Holipalooza” with remixed xmas music, food carts and specialty drinks (both for purchase), local artists decorating xmas trees and even promising us one bad-ass break dancing santa.
Cost: $5 …
Join swap/meet SF and Free Utopian Projects for their final event of the year: Free Gift Shop on December 14, 2012.
FoodLab will be transformed into a free store full of a variety of second hand goods, decorator and kitchen items, thriving plants, art, crafts and …
Pamper your way into the 2012 holidays with complimentary chocolates, sparkling apple cider and sweet deals on select evenings at all Good Vibrations locations in case you need some sexy stocking stuffers. Plus get gift tips from Good Vibes’ personal shoppers who will listen to your deepest, darkest ... 
Come party with Mediate and Intersection for the Arts as they celebrate the artists, volunteers, audiences, partners and supporters who have made their efforts, such as the surreal Soundwave Music Festival, possible.
Complimentary drinks are sponsored by Lagunitas Brewing Company to satisfy your holiday thirst, with hors d’oeuvres …
‘Rockin’ Around the Big Top‘ is a free, family-oriented showcase presented by students, alumni, and community members from the training programs at Circus Center in San Francisco on December 14-16, 2012. Free, but RSVP is required. The show features aerial acts, ground acts, clowns, and ... 
Dress up in semi-formal attire because you’re invited to celebrate the coming of age, 13 years, of Late Shabbat at Congregation Emanu-El on Friday, December 14, 2012.
In honor of the Late Shabbat’s 13th anniversary, several young adults in their 20s and 30s will celebrate their Bar and Bat Mitzvah, led …
Enjoy some comedy from Lydia Popovich, Yuri Kagan, RonVigh, Trevor Hill and Yayne Abebalocal, who have been on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, have performed all over the country and are regulars at the San Francisco Punchline.
Come for the comedy and stick around for the improv show afterwards.
Zehut Young Adults presents Shabbat Cocktails & Dinner on the 7th night of light of Chanukah with vodkas & latkes so come schmooze and booze with other young Jews in the Bay Area on December 14, 2012.
Free for the first 50 RSVPs. $18 after.
Friday night services …
Dress up in your boldest animal threads and get wild on the dance floor for The Animal Party at Harlot in San Francisco.
Get down to music by Traviswild, Girls n Boomboxes, and Fingers Crossed.
The Animal Party | December 14, 2012 | Line-up:
Traviswild: The King of the Jungle–Traviswild recently …
Poor Moon is a side project of Fleet Foxes’ Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott with SF’s Ian and Peter Murray (The Christmas Cards) and began long distance with demos sent back and forth while Wargo and Wescott were touring with Fleet Foxes.
Keyboard and guitar duo, …
Push the Feeling is back this Friday, December 14th with Elephant & Castle (Live • Plug Research) and Natural Curves (Live • Chromavision) + residents YR SKULL and epicsauce DJs.
Every Friday
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
