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 …

Presenting the new, open-air marketplace for local arts and culture. The San Francisco Arts Market debuts on Thursday, August 19, in UN Plaza, and will run every Thursday thereafter from noon to 8:00 p.m. throughout this summer & fall.
Visit 1182 Market St between Grove and …

Fall is coming – time to put away that tee shirt you’ve been living in all summer. Why not revamp it? This September, Craft Bar goes green with a night of tee shirt recycling! Bring an old tee shirt (or use one of ours which …

Experience a night out on Divisadero for the monthly Divisadero Corridor Art Walk through lower haight, NoPa and Western Addition on Thursday September 2nd, 2010. From Haight to Geary, enjoy a night of art openings, live music, drinking and dining specials all along the corridor.
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A downtown tradition since 1993, on the first Thursday of every month many of our member galleries are open late for a casual open house and many serve wine beer and snacks. If you are making a special trip to visit a specific gallery, we …

Whisky specialist Mark Cassidy is in demand throughout the year for his private Scotch whisky tastings. Mark will introduce a few of his favorite bottles; discuss the six distilling regions in Scotland and the growing trend towards Organic Scotch (which you’ll taste)!
Thurs. Sept. 2 • …

The traditional Opening Night and Preview Party of the Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Festival comes to Cortland Avenue. The studios of Kingmond Young Photography will open its doors for the Opening of the 7th annual Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema screenings. It’s a party, a performance, …

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 …

epicsauce.com presents Reporter, Wampire Summer Blondes Party Effects (closing set).The Milk Bar is located at 1840 Haight Street in San Francisco across from Amoeba Records and at the entrance to Golden Gate Park. The …

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 …

Off the Grid (OtG) is roaming mobile food extravaganza that travels to different locations daily to serve delicious food, with a free side of amazing music, craft and soul. September 3rd has 25 of the usual suspects including Venga Paella, Happy Dumplings and Curry Up …

The de Young Museum hosts a yearlong series celebrating Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, a 2009 book celebrating street art in the Mission District. Tonight features a Mission Muralismo Film Series with rare and cutting edge, old-school and new-school Mission filmmaking shadowing and illuminating …

Start the Bernal Heights Film Crawl from one end of Cortland Avenue to the other for a roving cinema experience. Evening begins at Inclusions Gallery for Meet-the-Filmmakers reception and music at 6:30p. Films will be shown at multiple venues: Succulence/Four Star Video, the Bernal Branch …

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 …

At September’s Artist-Xchange monthly art exhibit reception, Hilary Williams will be performing a demonstration in the printmaking technique of screen printing. The demonstrations will be taking place at 7:45pm and 8:45pm during the opening reception. She will be creating a small neighborhood …

Come join D-Structure this Friday for the opening night of Magnetic Fields, the works and installations of Sean Chapman. First 100 people get a free glass of wine
The show revolves around the artist’s romantic fascination with space. Ideas developed include weightlessness, beauty, solitude and unfamiliar …

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 …

Want to learn about beekeeping and making honey in Oakland? Khaled Almaghafi, 4th generation bee keeper, and owner of Queen Sheba Farms is a successful urban bay area bee keeper. He will be bringing a small colony for a live demo.
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Come see the World Premiere of two YBGF-commissioned pieces from The Nice Guy Trio + Strings on Saturday, September 4 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm, free, at Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. The YBGF commissioned pieces are trumpeter Darren Johnston’s “Waking Music” and …

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe closes its 51st season with Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker. A small U.S. factory is shutting down. All of the workers are losing their jobs and the bosses mistakenly think that the workers have staged a sit-in …

Enjoy film and the stunning view from the top of the Hill in Bernal Heights Park. The gates will be open to pedestrians, joggers and our impromptu audience as Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema returns to set up on the northwest corner of Bernal Hill where …

Think of this like those outdoor movies in Dolores Park but in daytime and with a classic play. Bring your friends, dates, a blanket and a picnic (don’t forget a bottle of wine) to enjoy free professional theater in the Presidio’s beautiful Main Post Lawn.
Returning …

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian Art, with a collection of over 17,000 artworks spanning 6,000 years of history. The museum is a public institution whose mission is to lead …

SF Zine Fest is a free annual two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast, and while the focus is on zines, all walks of DIY life are represented — comics, arts and crafts, literary presses, and more.
San …

Tiis weekend brings the 8th annual “Doin’ It In the Park” Free Labor Day Weekend BBQ with a full day of DJs from noon to sunset.  This family-friendly all day festival features free hotdogs burgers and veggie burgers (while supplies last), games, kids activities and …