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Thursday, September 2

Pez Museum: First Thursday Free Admission Day
Thursday, September 2 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia

The first Thursday of every month is free admission to the Pez Museum in Burlingame, where you can find over 500 pez dispensers from the past 80 years, including the world’s largest pez dispenser and a rare Pez, worth about $5,000, a Mr Potato Head …

SPIN: A New Twist on Vintage Board Games | Duboce Triangle
Thursday, September 2 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Rare Device

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 …

Saturday, September 4

58th Annual Capitola Begonia Festival & Beach Party | (Sept-3-6)
Saturday, September 4 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Capitola

Capitola (near Santa Cruz) hosts their 58th Annual Begonia Festival on Labor Day weekend, September 3-6, 2010 that we think is worth the drive if you’re looking for a quick weekend getaway. The free four-day festival features a Sand Sculpture Contest, Horseshoe Tournament on the …

40th Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Saturday, September 4 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Downtown Millbrae

Huge crowds transform downtown Millbrae into the “Big Easy” with a Mardi Gras-style feast featuring two sun-splashed days of live music with headliners The Cheeseballs and Lovefool, a juried show with 250 professional artists and craftmakers showing their latest handcrafted wares, festive food and drink, …

Sunday, September 5

29th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest | Pt. Reyes
Sunday, September 5 – 9:00 am | Cost: FREE | Drakes Beach

Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to the 29th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Drakes Beach on the tip of the California coast in between Bolinas and Tomales Bay.
Prizes awarded in each of several age and group categories. Free to participants and spectators.

Registration begins at …

7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival | Berkeley
Sunday, September 5 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park

The 7th Annual Ethiopian New Year Festival known as “Enkutatash” includes traditional dishes, national costumes, poetry, music, children’s programs, Reggae Band Selamta, West African Highlife Band, Ethiopian Musicians Haileye Tadesse, Neway Afardew, and much more.
Sun, September 5, 2010
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. …

Sunday, September 19

Sunday Streets VIII: Car-Free Street Festival | Western Addition
Sunday, September 19 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Golden Gate Park
Sunday Streets VIII: Car-Free Street Festival | Western Addition

Sunday Streets is a city-wide event that takes place in different neighborhoods on Sundays throughout the Spring and Summer and shuts down city streets to traffic so that residents can take over for a day with all sorts of healthy and family friendly activities.

Sunday …

Sunday, October 24

The Final “Sunday Streets” Festival of 2010 | Civic Center
Sunday, October 24 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza
The Final “Sunday Streets” Festival of 2010 | Civic Center

Sunday Streets is a city-wide event that takes place in different neighborhoods on Sundays throughout the Spring and Summer and shuts down city streets to traffic so that residents can take over for a day with all sorts of healthy and family friendly activities.

Sunday …