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Saturday, March 20

San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: $5 | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
San Jose Super Toy, Comic Book & Collectible Show

Featuring 200+ toy, comic book and collectible vendors selling new and vintage items…huge variety of Hot Wheels, GI Joes, LEGO, Godzilla, dolls, Transformers, Star Wars, Disney, model kits, robots, trading cards, records: rock n roll, jazz, surf, pop, hip hop, blues… Marvel, DC and small press comic books, posters, little bit of jewelry and original art…

Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center
Saturday, March 20 – 11:00 am | Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza
Anti-War March & Rally (Pick Your Protest) | Civic Center

On March 20, 2010 – the 7th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq – there will be a massive march and rally in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza (as well as in Washington D.C. and in Los Angeles) to demand the withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. Expect a march, lots of signs, speeches and calls …

Sunday, March 21

5th Annual Meatout Celebration | SF
Sunday, March 21 – 12:15 pm | Cost: $5* | Unitarian Center
5th Annual Meatout Celebration | SF

The San Francisco Vegetarian Society (SFVS) and Unitarian Universalists will sponsor their 5th Annual Meatout Celebration with a delicious lunch, and inspirational talks featuring Dr. Will Tuttle, author World Peace Diet, and Bob Linden, talk show host of Go Vegan Radio (on GREEN 960 AM every Saturday morning at 9 am).

12:15 pm Hors d’oeuvres,
12:30 pm LUNCH,
2 pm Bob Linden Speaks out for the Animals,
2:15 …

Monday, March 22

Ferry Building Asparagus Festvial | SF
Monday, March 22 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Ferry Building
Ferry Building Asparagus Festvial | SF

The CUESA kitchen team will sell open-faced grilled asparagus sandwiches with fresh goat cheese on Acme bread for a $1 donation. While you are in the kitchen visit the Asparagus Education Booth to learn all about how asparagus is grown and pick up CUESA’s favorite asparagus recipes from cooking demos past.

11:00 Seasonal Cooking Demonstration | Peter Rudolph, Madera Restaurant at the Rosewood Sandhill

Sunday, April 4

19th Annual Spring Celebration & Easter Parade
Sunday, April 4 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Union Street - San Francisco
19th Annual Spring Celebration & Easter Parade

San Francisco’s 19th Annual Spring Celebration & Easter Parade (April 4, 2010) celebrates and showcases the diverse community of San Francisco and features some of Union Street’s best restaurants serving attendees in an outdoor bistro setting. The event (with runs along Union Street from Gough to Fillmore) also features a quirky Easter parade with everything from roller-blading cows and creative self-propelled mini-floats to garden areas, …

Saturday, April 10

2nd Annual International Lao New Year Festival | Civic Center
Saturday, April 10 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Civic Center Plaza
2nd Annual International Lao New Year Festival | Civic Center

In celebration of the International Lao New Year Festival, celebrating the new year 2553, a big community festival will be held San Francisco Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, April 10, 2010 in San Francisco
The Thai, Cambodian, Burmese, and Lue (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan Province of China) also share the same New Year and will join the festival as we celebrate our …

Sunday, May 16

Bay to Breakers 2010 | SF
Sunday, May 16 – 8:00 am | Cost: FREE* | Starting Line: Howard Street
Bay to Breakers 2010 | SF

Bring your tortillas (stale preferred), your costumed, your naked and your beer (shhh.. hide it this year) and participate in one of the largest races in America, and also one of the most strange and “San Francentric.”
The third Sunday in May sees the 99th edition of “Bay to Breakers” the crown jewel of SF events with over 70,000 race/walk/stroll 7.46 …