Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks. Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways and quakes.
Meet at the main entrance, near the stairs to the …

San Francisco design store and gallery Rare Device is proud to present: Spin – A New Twist on Vintage Board Games: Work by Jennifer Judd-McGee and Mati McDonough. The work will occupy the Rare Device gallery through September 28, 2010. A reception for the show …

Bringing you free live music during Happy Hour (5-9), Shownuff is happy to present London Street, laying down a smooth mix of neosoul, R&B and funk for your boogie-get-down enjoyment.
Mostly influenced by old school R&B and influenced by groups like Earth, Wind and Fire, Prince …

Join us for the month of September as we display work based on Printmaking. The gallery will display artwork representative or symbolic of the following techniques of printmaking including (Woodcut, Engraving, Etching, Mezzotint, Aquatint, Drypoint, Lithography, Screen-printing, Digital prints, “Giclée” prints, Foil imaging).
Free admission, hors …

This funny, unpretentious film marked writer John Hughes’s first time out as a director. The premise is ordinary, but the film is distinguished by funny gags and excellent performances by Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. Samantha (Ringwald) is a high-school sophomore about to turn …

Come and explore a neighborhood that you only thought you knew. You will walk through the area taking in the sights and sounds of the lively and ever-changing Castro/Eureka Valley neighborhood. What was once dairy farms and dirt roads is now one of the city’s …

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years …

Staying close to home this Labor Day weekend? With people looking for more affordable, local leisure options, the Bay Area’s always popular free-admission festival circuit is more appealing than ever.
For some sun-splashed, Mardi Gras-style fun and a great entertainment value this Labor Day weekend, head …

The Rafael continues its quarterly series Everybody’s Classics, featuring big-screen presentations of classic films offered free to the public and made possible through the support of the Koret Foundation.
One of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most exhilarating entertainments, this scenic comedy-thriller propels advertising executive Cary Grant from …

When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s intentions of driving off the native humanoid “Na’vi” in order …

Explore colorful alleys and side streets–the essence of Chinatown–home for family associations, sewing shops, community organizations, and churches. See shops selling Chinese medicinal herbs, gold jewelry, and vegetables.
Meet at flagpole just outside of the elevator building at Portsmouth Square park, nearest cross street: Washington/Walter Lum …

The Museum of Craft and Folk Art provides innovative exhibitions and educational programs that are designed to connect with and inspire diverse communities. As the only folk art museum in Northern California, the museum is known for a rich offering of focused and unique exhibitions …

America’s primary international enemy—Islamic radicalism—insists on government by theocracy, curtails civil liberties, embraces torture, represses women, wants to eradicate homosexuals from society, and insists on the use of force over diplomacy. Remind you of a certain American political party? In American Taliban, Markos Moulitsas pulls …

Future Sounds, Noise Pop and Owl Mag Present “Rumble 33″ – a free indie rock music night at Milk Bar in the Upper Haight. Live music from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Oona and Taxes.
Free with RSVP
————
Taxes combine songs about loss, love and/or the lack thereof …

Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. …

Amélie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre café. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the …

Since 1974, The Merchants, Restaurants, and Professionals, as well as the twin cities of Albany and Berkeley CA, have hosted the Solano Avenue Stroll, the East Bay’s largest street festival! The Solano Avenue Merchants Association invites you to come and see what makes Solano Avenue …

It’s where food, culture, colorful history, and unexpected views all intersect in an erstwhile Italian ‘urban village’ that was also cradle to San Francisco’s bohemia. Weather can be chilly, dress accordingly.
Offered Periodically
Schedule:
All Sundays of the month at 7:00 PM
All Mondays of the month at 7:00 PM
Not offered …

A visitor or a local? See a side of Fisherman’s Wharf most never see. Learn about swimmers who survived (or didn’t) the treacherous bay, the baseball great whose dad wanted him to be a fisherman, how Ghirardelli got here from Peru, what is underneath Aquatic …

Come and explore a neighborhood that you only thought you knew. You will walk through the area taking in the sights and sounds of the lively and ever-changing Castro/Eureka Valley neighborhood. What was once dairy farms and dirt roads is now one of the city’s …

Discover hidden parks, rooftop gardens, and other delights while experiencing some of the colorful history and distinctive architecture of San Francisco’s financial district.
Meet at the Native Sons Monument, Montgomery at Market. Public transportation: MUNI/BART Montgomery Station; all Market Street buses & streetcars.
Offered All Year
Schedule:
All Fridays …

New People announces one of the nation’s biggest pop culture events of the year with the 2010 J-Pop Summit Festival. This one of a kind, all day event will feature the best in modern Japanese films, fashion, music art, retail design and pop culture this …

Come and explore a neighborhood that you only thought you knew. You will walk through the area taking in the sights and sounds of the lively and ever-changing Castro/Eureka Valley neighborhood. What was once dairy farms and dirt roads is now one of the city’s …

Boy in the Bubble plays acoustic as part of the Yoshi’s unplugged series in their cafe in SF.  Their new record is called “The King.”
“It’s an expansive album, in terms of both mood and texture…When Seidenfeld sings about love, he slurs and stretches out the …

The legendary crime writer gives us a raw, brutally candid memoir—as high intensity and as riveting as any of his novels—about his obsessive search for “atonement in women.”
The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her …