Events for August 7, 2014
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Thursday, August 7
Free Food & Smoothie Day | SF
Phone case company OtterBox is coming out to San Francisco on August 7, 2014 with their “OtterBox #RechargeYourDay” Truck.
They’ll be making three different stops throughout the day and will have coffee, smoothies, snacks and more. They’ll be offering discount cards and free food and the event is ...
| 10:00 am | Pez Museum: Free Admission Day | Burlingame | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | Free First Thursdays | Chinese Historical Society | FREE |
Win: Lonely Planet’s “Great Adventures” Photography Book
Ancient trails. Underwater chasms. Ice-clad peaks. Lonely Planet’s gorgeous, photo-filled Great Adventures is a showcase of the world’s most thrilling adventures that takes you by boot, pedal or paddle to awe-inspiring natural spectacles and on adrenalin-charged feats of endeavour.
Enter to win a free copy of Great Adventures ...
| 12:00 pm | Lunchtime Concert Series | Palo Alto | FREE |
Sneak Peak at New Central Subway Chinatown Station Artwork | SF
Meet artist Tomie Arai and provide input as she develops her artwork for the new Chinatown Central Subway Station at the corner of Stockton and Washington.
Thursday, August 7th, 4 – 5 pm
Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny Street, Third Floor, San Francisco, CA
New York-based artist Tomie ...
“My Gorgeous Fetish” Night: Asian Art Museum $5 Thursdays | SF
Get tied up exploring the meanings and possibilities of the word “fetish” in Evoco, a performance artwork by Midori.
Evoco will erode and generate boundaries in equal measure, combining flowers, Japanese rope bondage, flesh (yes, there may be a bit of nudity) and sumi ink to ...
Pre-Burning Man DJ Party & Night Market | SoMa
Kick back on a special Thursday night, SOMA StrEat Food Park welcomes SOMA SOundMAtters – a resident DJ collective spinning Deep House with a pre-Burning Man DJ party. Trying to create the atmosphere of a Paris or Berlin night market, there will be several vendors, a ...Every Thursday
Win Tix: Glowing Plants, Flight Simulation & Robot History | Exploratorium After Dark
Enter the alternate worlds of science fiction and encounter scientific realities converging with our own at Exploartorium’s After Dark.
August 7, 2014 Highlights:
Explore racially inclusive futurisms with Jamaican-born novelist Nalo Hopkinson, and join an irreverent tour of robot history with robotics engineer Dave Grossman
Soar with Birdly, ...
| 6:00 pm | Chicago Tribute Concert | San Mateo | FREE |
“Illuminate” NightLife Live | California Academy of Sciences
Live performance by Typhoon & Yesway presented by Outside Lands! Art exhibited by Ardent Heavy Industries. DJ set by Push the Feeling.
Schedule
7:00-10:00 pm: Step outside of reality and into a Glow Cathedral, a dreamy, inflatable forest, by O Yeah Toys
Experience the Lightmobile, a Volkswagen beetle covered ...
Free Community Veggie Dinner: Fresh Garden & Farmers Market Meal | SF
Do you love fresh, organic, homemade food? Please come out and celebrate with other veggie lovers and enjoy some great food with amazing company. All are welcome to a free community-created dinner gleaned from the USF Garden and neighborhood farmers’ markets, and prepared by students ...
Upper TL Art Walk | Trendyloin
Here’s what’s happening on 8/7: INFINITUM at ATAK Gallery SF – 1038 Larkin Street (at Sutter St.) As a Painter, Illustrator, & Tattooist Thomas Hooper aims to mix orthodox / unorthodox drawing & painting techniques, organic textures, computer-enhanced patterns, accidental stains, & geometrical entities to further intertwine the ...Monthly
| 6:00 pm | Free Rock Wall Climbing Class | Lombardi Sports | FREE* *Free, but RSVP is required to climb@outdooradventureclub.com
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Win Tix: Conversation on Art & War: “Conflict/Combat/Craft” | Museum of Craft & Design
How can the act of making inform our understanding of the consequences of conflict and war? Potter Ehren Tool and papermaker Drew Cameron, each a veteran of the US Armed Services, use their wartime experience to inform their participatory art practices.
Tool has made and given ...
SF Mime Troupe: Free Lake Merritt Performance | Oakland
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe returns for its 2025 season with free and lively performances in park settings around the Bay Area. San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2025 Free political theater & music in parks around the Bay Area Various dates: July 4 ...
Book & Art Talk w/ Betsy & Tom Franco (James Franco’s Mom & Bro) | South Bay
Enjoy a multimedia presentation by author Betsy Franco and artist Tom Franco. Betsy will talk about her first adult novel, Naked, which her son Tom illustrated.
Betsy Franco has written over eighty books for children, young adults, and adults. She is the recipient of a number of ...
Free Mohawk Haircut Night | Lower Polk
On the first Thursday of each month, in conjunction with the Lower Polk / TL Art Walk, Salana Salon offers free haircuts to gentlemen, as long as they are okay with it being Barber’s Choice. They’re planning on having a different theme cut every month, ...Monthly
Win Tix: Circus Vargas: Big Top Daredevil Artistry | Newark
Get ready for the ultimate entertainment extravaganza for all ages. Come see where the magic begins and the heart-pounding, death-defying action takes place under the Circus Vargas big top in Hayward.
It’s a brand new production for 2014 called, “Magikaria Extreme,” filled with daredevil acts, illusionists, ...
Win Tix: Irish Folk-Rock Glen Hansard Live in Concert | Fox Theater
Drive All Night, the latest recording from acclaimed singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, was released December 3 on Anti- Records.
Following the release of his first ever solo album, Rhythm and Repose, the four-song EP includes three original tracks and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s classic song “Drive ...
Win Tix: Queer Ladies Lube Wrestling: VIP Ringside Seats | Supperclub
Supperclub is hosting Red Hots Burlesque SF’s Go Deep, an insane all-girl lube wrestling party.
Plus, they’ll have the ladies of Red Hots Burlesque with a circus sideshow, striptease, singing, dancing, drag and debauchery, as DJ Ruby White spins bubble gum, garage rock, girl groups and more.
Enter below ...
Every Thursday
Trivia Thursday: Pub Quiz in a Movie Theater | The New Parkway
Thursday Night at The New Parkway is Trivia Night.
This is a chance for you and your friends to compete and win prizes (like free beer and movie passes) if you can answer questions correctly about a range of topics that often include movie history, famous ...
Free Live Salsa & Jazz Music From Local Artists | SF
Join them every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Salsa and Jazz show by local Bay Area musicians.
Shows start at 8 pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & live music night. For complete line-up and more information please visit their Facebook page.
Free Live Salsa & Jazz ...
Haight Ashbury Comedy Night | Milk Bar
Come out to Haight Ashbury Comedy Night every Thursday at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Upper Haight to see some of SF’s best comedians.
The lineup changes every week, but expect to see comics that have performed at Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, the Punchline ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
Nob Hill Free Comedy Night | SF
Nob Hill Comedy Night brings you the top local and touring comedians every Thursday at 8 pm in Nob Hill’s newest beer & wine bar, Hops & Barrel.
Comedians you’ve seen at Nob Hill Comedy Night have been featured on HBO, Netflix, Conan, The Late Late ...
“Level Up Thursdays”: Free Video DJ Dance Party | SF
Every Thursday night, Raven Bar & Lounge hosts a free dance party with DJ Mark Andrus who will play your favorite throwback jams.
Drink Specials All Night
$10 Mixed Cocktails
$6 Beer
$6 Seltzer
Video DJ Mark Andrus
Level Up Thursday:
Every Thursday at 9 pm
Raven Bar & Lounge, 1151 Folsom St., SF
FREE
Updated ...
“Class of ’84” Dance Party & Cheap Drinks | SoMa
Every Thursday from 9 pm to 2 am at the Cat Club, it’s the best of the ’80s in two rooms with the coolest music and the best crowd in town. DJs Damon and Mr Washington spin ’80s pop, rock, and one hit wonders in the ...
SF’s Epic Karaoke Dance Party w/ Sax, Lasers + Fog | The Mission
Most students drop out of Stanford to create tech companies but DJ Purple dropped out to pursue music en route to becoming San Francisco’s DJ of the year in 2011 and one of America’s greatest karaoke KJ’s (Karaoke DJ).
Get ready for an upbeat night (no ...
$1 Well Shots on Thursday Nights | SF
Would you Believe Bar is bringing back $1 Well Shots and College Night Specials on Thursdays from 10 pm to Midnight for a limited time only.
Thursdays $1 Shots
Every Thursday | 10 pm to Midnight
Would You Believe Bar, 652 Geary Blvd., SF
$1- Must be 21 and over
Must 21 and ...
