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Friday, September 3

Film Night in the Park 2010: “Sixteen Candles” | San Anselmo
Friday, September 3 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Creek Park

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 …

Saturday, September 4

Film Night in the Park 2010: “Up” | San Anselmo
Saturday, September 4 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Creek Park

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 …

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 …

Free Screening of Hitchcock’s Classic “North by Northwest” | San Rafael
Sunday, September 5 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Smith Rafael Film Center

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 …

Film Night in the Park 2010: “Avatar” | San Anselmo
Sunday, September 5 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Creek Park

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 …

Monday, September 6

Labor Day Free Fishing Day | San Francisco Bay Area
Monday, September 6 – All Day | Cost: FREE |
Labor Day Free Fishing Day | San Francisco Bay Area

On Free Fishing day (Labor Day, September 6th, 2010), Californians can fish any freshwater lakes without a fishing license. All other regulations apply. The Department of Fish and Game offers two Free Fishing Days each year. On these days, you can fish without having to …

AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Labor Day 2010
Monday, September 6 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Win
AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Labor Day 2010

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on Labor Day (Monday 9/6) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call (800) 222-4357 …

Friday, September 24

Film Night in the Park 2010: “Wall-E” | San Geronimo
Friday, September 24 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Geronimo Valley Community Center

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Friday September 24, 2010 – 8pm/Dusk
San Geronimo Valley Community Center,
6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. San Geronimo, CA 94963
FREE
Films are free of charge in …

Saturday, September 25

Free Admission to Muir Woods and Over 100 National Parks & Monuments
Saturday, September 25 – 8:00 am | Cost: FREE | Muir Woods

Looking to get in a little nature but are on a budget? How about visiting one of our nation’s national parks absolutely free. To make it easier to experience America’s Great Outdoors, the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees (and even car fees), so …

Sunday, October 31

AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Halloween 2010
Sunday, October 31 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Win
AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Halloween 2010

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on Halloween (October 31st) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call (800) 222-4357 (AAA-HELP) …

Thursday, November 11

Free Admission to Muir Woods and Over 100 National Parks & Monuments
Thursday, November 11 – 8:00 am | Cost: FREE | Muir Woods
Free Admission to Muir Woods and Over 100 National Parks & Monuments

Looking to get in a little nature but are on a budget? How about visiting one of our nation’s national parks absolutely free. To make it easier to experience America’s Great Outdoors, the National Park Service is waiving entrance fees (and even car fees), so …

Friday, November 26

AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Thanksgiving 2010
Friday, November 26 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Win
AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Thanksgiving 2010

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on Thanksgiving (November 26, 2010) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call (800) 222-4357 …

Friday, December 24

AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Christmas Eve 2010
Friday, December 24 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Win
AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | Christmas Eve 2010

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2010) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call (800) …

Friday, December 31

AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | New Year’s Eve 2010
Friday, December 31 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Win
AAA Tipsy Tow: Free Car Tow Home | New Year’s Eve 2010

AAA’s Tipsy Tow Program offers a free tow for drinking drivers in Northern California – members and non-members – from 6pm on New Year’s Eve (December 31, 2010) until 6am the next morning, in Northern California, Nevada and Utah.
For Tipsy Tow, call …