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Sunday, February 5

Super Bowl Beer, Pizza and Bowling | East Bay
Sunday, February 5 – 9:30 am | Cost: $2.50*
*Prices and deals change throughout the day.
| Albany Bowl
Super Bowl Beer, Pizza and Bowling | East Bay

How about dragging your football crazy friends out to a bowling alley to watch none other than the Super Bowl. Get it? Super Bowl… bowling? Ha.
The big screens will be on and there will be beer specials in the bar, and although Albany Bowl isn’t …

$1 Oysters and $2 Beer: Super Bowl Sunday | Alameda
Sunday, February 5 – 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but you'll probably have to buy some food to hang out.
| Linguini's
$1 Oysters and $2 Beer: Super Bowl Sunday | Alameda

Linguini’s, a local favorite on the far away isle of Alameda, has a fantastic Football Sunday special with $1 raw oysters and $2 Coors beers. Come meet some local characters and grub on some good Italian food while you’re at it.
More specials will be announced this …

Monday, February 6

Free Bicycle Safety Class | Berkeley
Monday, February 6 – 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | UC Berkeley, Sproul Hall Room 37
Free Bicycle Safety Class | Berkeley

This fun and entertaining 2 hour workshop is sponsored by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition and taught by one of their bicycle safety instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists.
Learn basic rules of the road, how to share the road with cars on busy …

Tuesday, February 7

Free Blue Bottle Brazilian Coffee Tasting | Oakland
Tuesday, February 7 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Blue Bottle Coffee Cupping Room
Free Blue Bottle Brazilian Coffee Tasting | Oakland

Join Blue Bottle Coffe Co. at their Oakland Roastery on Tuesday, February 7th at 2pm for a free public cupping led by Felipe Croce of FAF farms, Brazil.
Blue Bottle visited the FAF operation, near the border of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais state, in October …

Free Local Comedy Showcase | Berkeley
Tuesday, February 7 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | BEC's Bar & Bistro
Free Local Comedy Showcase | Berkeley

BEC’s Bar & Bistro presents BEC’s Comedy Showcase, Berkeley’s free stand up comedy showcase will feature comedians from all around the Bay Area.
This week’s featured comedians are:

Shanti Charan (Winner of 2011 Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Competition)
Brendan Lynch (Punchline & Cobbs Comedy Club) and
Shawn Dizzle (Producer …

Saturday, February 11

Free Lecture by “Avatar: The Last Airbender” Author | Berkeley
Saturday, February 11 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Fantastic Comics
Free Lecture by

Author Gene Yang (American Born Chinese, Level Up) gives a free presentation titled “Asian Americans, Airbenders, and Comics” followed by a signing in conjunction with the release of his comic book, “Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise”.

Win Tix: 3rd Annual Chocolate and Beer Festival | East Bay
Saturday, February 11 – 2:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular tickets, $30 adv / $40 door
| Craneway Pavilion
3rd Annual Chocolate and Beer Festival | East Bay

This sweet spot in SF Beer Week pairs suds (including the debut of Rosie the Riveter Ale and selections from Drake’s Brewing, 21st Amendment, Marin Brewing Company, and more) with cacao and confections (provided by TCHO,Coco Delice,Galaxy Desserts,and Bittersweet Cafe).
Your entrance ticket will include four …

Monday, February 13

Beer Week: Beer Bingo | Pyramid Brewery
Monday, February 13 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pyramid Alehouse
Beer Week: Beer Bingo | Pyramid Brewery

Come on down to Pyramid for beer-themed bingo. It is free to play and, of course, there will be fabulous prizes.
Keep your pipes primed to yell out your big win by selecting a $5 sampler rack of our new beer releases from the large BINGO …

Wednesday, February 15

SF Beer Week Trivia Night | Berkeley
Wednesday, February 15 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bobby G's Pizzeria
SF Beer Week Trivia Night | Berkeley

Bobby G’s Pizzeria will be having a very special Trivia Night with a few of the brewers from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. Trivia starts at 8:30pm but the fine folks from the brewery will be there at 7pm. They are also the ones creating the questions, …

Friday, February 17

Paramount Movie Classics: The Sting (1973) | Oakland
Friday, February 17 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $5 | Paramount Theatre
Paramount Movie Classics: The Sting (1973) | Oakland

Experience the great films of Hollywood’s Golden Era in one of America’s finest Art Deco movie palace.
With over 3,000 seats and a meticulously-restored interior, the Paramount offers a true “Movie Palace” experience straight out of the 1930s – with period newsreels, cartoons, previews, live music …

Saturday, February 18

Beer Week: Dodgeball (S)Mashdown | Pyramid Brewery
Saturday, February 18 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Pyramid Alehouse
Beer Week: Dodgeball (S)Mashdown | Pyramid Brewery

Compete in an epic World Dodgeball Society last-person-standing dodgeball game for a chance to suit up in your own brewer’s uniform and add hops, boil and taste alongside Pyramid’s head brewer Simon Pesch.
They’ll have food & beer specials to keep your energy up during the …

Vessel Acoustic Music Festival II | Oakland
Saturday, February 18 – 1:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Suggested donation, $8-10
| Vessel Gallery
Vessel Acoustic Music Festival II | Oakland

Please join Vessel Gallery in welcoming a host of experimental musicians for an entire afternoon of music and art.
This program is designed around showcasing exquisite acoustic music in the gallery’s aurally compelling architectural space.
Performers include:
Philip Greenlief
Joshua Marshall
Andrew Weathers Ensemble
Roger Kim’s 1st Day
others to be announced

Sunday, February 19

Holistic Living Expo | Stockton
Sunday, February 19 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free pass when you join their mailing list
| University Plaza Waterfront Hotel
Holistic Living Expo | Stockton

In keeping with the Holistic Living Expo theme of “living better in every way,” you will find many helpful resources. Their show is organized according to the bagua areas of life from Feng Shui: Wealth, Fame, Love, Family, Health, Creativity, Wisdom, Career, & Travel.
Come listen …

Monday, February 20

International 3D Photography Exhibition | Oakland
Monday, February 20 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Lafayette Veteran's Memorial Building
International 3D Photography Exhibition | Oakland

The Oakland Camera Club invites you to the 57th Annual International 3D Photography Exhibition. Join them for a ninety minute slideshow of spectacular 3D photographs.
Since 1955, the Oakland Camera Club’s International 3D Photography Competition has drawn the world’s finest 3D photographers. Their annual exhibition presents …

Saturday, March 17

St. Patrick’s Day 2012 Festival | Dublin
Saturday, March 17 – 10:00 am | Cost: FREE | Dublin Civic Center
St. Patrick’s Day 2012 Festival | Dublin

Where else but Dublin would you want to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 2012? So why not join Dublin, CA for a free, memorable and authentic Irish experience. The St Patrick’s Day Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday March 17 & 18th from 10am to …