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| Sunday, May 11
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| 10:00 am | 2008 Stanford Spring Faire - art/music/dance (Stanford) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Guided Hike & History Lecture: Shipwrecks at the Golden Gate @ Lands End (Outer Richmond) | FREE* |
| 11:00 am | 37th Stanford Powwow: Native American Dance & Music (Palo Alto) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Meet Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez/Jello Biafra @ 540 Club (Inner Richmond) | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | Free admission 2nd Sundays @ Oakland Museum of California (Oakland) | FREE |
| 12:30 pm | LGBT Family Day: Music/Magic/Martial Arts & Gold Panning (Oakland) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Bike To Work Day Film Fest @ Parkway Speakeasy (Oakland) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Food 2.0: Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google @ Ferry Bldg. (Embarcadero) | FREE |
| all day | Free coffee for moms on mother's day @ Farleys Coffe (Potrero Hill | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Live Jazz: Uptime Jazz Quartet @ Cafe Royale (Tenderloin) | FREE |
| 9:00 pm | Grateful Dead tribute band "August West" (North Beach) | FREE |
Monday, May 12
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| 5:30 pm | Science Lecture Series: Capturing Solar Energy for Energy Fuel (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Savage folk rockers "The Dodos" live @ Amoeba (Haight) | Free |
| 7:30 pm | Author event: Augusten Burroughs & A Wolf at the Table @ Books Inc. (Castro) | FREE |
| 8:00 pm | Ideolexicon Poetry Series: Readings & Live Music @ Cafe Royale (Tenderloin) | FREE |
Tuesday, May 13
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| 6:00 pm | Psychedelic indie folk: Vetiver live @ Amoeba (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Opening Gala (w/ free cocktail) for SF Cocktail Week @ Starlight Room (Union Sq.) | FREE |
| 8:00 pm | Sweet Indie Pop "Goegrapher" @ Red Devil Lounge (Polk Gulch) | $5 |
Wednesday, May 14
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| 6:00 pm | A Secret History of The City: Vegan Dinner/Punk Rock/Readings @ Counterpulse (SOMA) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Catorce de Mayo - Free beer thanks to The Onion @ Elixir (Mission Dist.) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Park Ranger Movie/Discussion: The Thin Green Line @ Bay Model Visitor Center (Sausalito) | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Robot Art Project w/ LED pulsing strobe lights @ Studio 2881 (Potrero Hill) | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | US of Asian America Festival: The Location of Identity panel | FREE |
Thursday, May 15
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| all day | Bike to Work Day: Free goodie bags & coffee for cyclists (San Francisco) | FREE |
| 5:00 pm | Indie Folk Port O'Brien live instore concert @ Rasputin's (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | SF Bicycle Coalition's "Annual Bike Away From Work" Party @ Rickshaw Stop (Hayes Valley) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | '60s Motown-style pop: The Carrots live @ Amoeba (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 6:30 pm | Book signing and reading with Simone de Corday (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 6:30 pm | The Search for a World Like Our Own: Imagine Earth 2.0 (North Beach) | FREE* |
| 8:00 pm | Free Preview of Opera: Wagner's The Flying Dutchman (Palo Alto) | FREE |
| 9:00 pm | Poets, musicians, MC's, comedians: Outdoor, mic-less open mic (16th & Mission) | FREE |
Friday, May 16
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| 10:00 am | Oakland Greek Festival @ Greek Orthodox Cathedral Of The Ascension (Oakland) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | 2008 ING Greater Body Expo - Bay to Breakers fitness trade show @ Bill Graham Civic | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Detroit rawk 'n' roll heroes The Dirtbombs live @ Amoeba (Haight) | FREE |
| 6:30 pm | Dr. Carol Queen on Sexual Communication for Couples (Berkeley) | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | James Frey: Bright Shiny Morning - multiple author readings @ Slims (SOMA) | FREE |
Saturday, May 17
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| 9:00 am | Artists Guild (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - SOMA) | FREE |
| 9:00 am | 2008 ING Greater Body Expo - Bay to Breakers fitness trade show @ Bill Graham Civic | FREE |
| 10:00 am | Mission Bazaar: 200 artisans, 40,000 sq feet shopping w/ music & dance (Mission Dist.) | $5 |
| 10:00 am | West Valley Presbyterian Church presents: Teddy Bear Fair (Cupertino) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Annual Multicultural Heritage Faire @ San Leandro Main Library (San Leandro) | FREE |
| 1:00 pm | Unbound Chinatown with Jon Jang Seven featuring Min Xiao Fen (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - SOMA) | FREE |
Sunday, May 18
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| 8:00 am | 2008 Bay to Breakers wacky costumed footrace across SF (Embarcadero) | FREE* |
| 9:30 am | Footstock: Post Bay-to-Breakers concert & costume contest (GG Park) | FREE |
| 10:00 am | Mission Bazaar: 200 artisans, 40,000 sq feet shopping w/ music & dance (Mission Dist.) | $5 |
| 10:00 am | Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style @ Books Inc. (Laurel Heights) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Poet David Hallstrom @ Bird & Beckett Books & Records (Glen Park) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Human Rights Film & Forum "From a Silk Cocoon" @ Speakeasy Theater (El Cerrito) | FREE |
| 4:00 pm | "Taking Flight" - Oakland Civic Orchestra free concert at Lake Merritt Methodist Church (Oakland) | FREE |
| 5:00 pm | Marin Music Chest presents annual “Young Artists Concert” (Mill Valley) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Oakland Greek Festival @ Greek Orthodox Cathedral Of The Ascension (Oakland) | FREE |
Monday, May 19
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| 7:00 pm | Berkeley Rep hosts Page to Stage: Figaro (Berkeley) | FREE |
Tuesday, May 20
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| 6:00 pm | Raashan Ahmad (Crown City Rockers) @ Amoeba (Haight) | FREE |
Wednesday, May 21
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| 6:00 pm | UK hip-hop mixer Dizzee Rascal with El P live @ Amoeba (Haight) | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Filmmaker John Reily and musician Lars Hidde @ Bird & Beckett Books & Records (Glen Park) | FREE |
Thursday, May 22
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| 6:30 pm | Ask the Doctors: Masturbation (Mission) | FREE |
Saturday, May 24
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| 1:00 pm | Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - SOMA) | FREE |
Tuesday, May 27
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| 8:15 pm | Swing Central / Swing Dance Open House (Redwood City) | FREE |
Thursday, May 29
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| 12:30 pm | Mo’Rockin Project (Yerba Buena Gardens Festival - SOMA) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Art Opening with Terry Furry (Polk Gulch) | FREE |
| 6:00 pm | Cool Music Software: Native Instruments Kore Tour 2008 @ robotspeak (Lower Haight) | FREE |
Friday, May 30
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| 6:00 pm | Ethiopian-Israeli hip-hop "Strong Black Coffee" live @ Amoeba (Haight) | FREE |
| 7:00 pm | Strip Tease 101 (Polk Gulch) | FREE |
Saturday, May 31
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| 3:00 pm | Jeremy Fisher “Barry the Beaver” Vibrator Launch Party (Mission) | FREE |
Sunday, June 1
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| 9:30 am | General John Abizaid: The State of Iraq @ Grace Cathedral (Nob Hill) | FREE |
| 10:00 am | Target First Free Sundays @ Asian Art Museum (Civic Center) | FREE |
Tuesday, June 3
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| 9:30 am | Free admission to Legion of Honor: First Tuesdays (Richmond Dist.) | FREE |
| 9:30 am | Free admission to de Young museum: First Tuesdays (Golden Gate Park) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Free admission SF Museum of Modern Art: First Tuesdays (SOMA) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Cartoon Art Museum first tuesday of month (SOMA) | FREE* |
| 12:00 pm | Free admission Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery: 1st Tuesdays (SOMA) | FREE |
Wednesday, June 4
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| 10:00 am | Free admission to "Exploratorium" science museum: First Wednesdays (Marina) | FREE |
| 8:00 pm | 12-piece Potingue latin-flamenco ensemble concert (Mission Dist.) | FREE |
Thursday, June 5
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| 10:00 am | First Thursday Free Admission to Pez Museum (Burlingame) | FREE |
| 5:00 pm | Free admission SF Museum of Craft+Design: First Thursdays (Union Sq.) | FREE |
| 5:30 pm | Free admission Berkeley Art Museum & Free films at Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley) | FREE |
Saturday, June 7
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| 11:00 am | Genealogy for Beginners Class @ Calif Genealogical Library (Oakland) | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | 2008 Berkeley World Music Festival - dozens of bands all along Telegraph | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Cambodian psychedelic rock: Dengue Fever live @ Amoeba (Berkeley) | FREE |
Sunday, June 8
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| 11:00 am | 31st Haight-Ashbury Street Fair (Haight) | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | Free admission 2nd Sundays @ Oakland Museum of California (Oakland) | FREE |
Wednesday, June 11
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| 7:00 pm | Ask a Scientist: Birds, Bees, and Boids, Craig Reynolds; Senior Researcher at Sony Computer Entertainment US R&D @ Axis Cafe (SOMA) | FREE |
Saturday, June 14
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| 10:00 am | Dia de Portugal Festival (San Jose) | FREE |
Sunday, June 15
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| 2:00 pm | Opening Day: Stern Grove Concert Series: R&B legend Booker T. (Parkside) | FREE |
Tuesday, June 17
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| 2:00 pm | Streetside Productions Youth Media Showcase @ Parkway Speakeasy (Oakland) | FREE |
Sunday, June 22
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| 2:00 pm | Nigeria’s prince of Afrobeat, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 @ Stern Grove (Parkside) | FREE |
| 2:30 pm | Poet Dan Liberthson @ Bird & Beckett Books & Records (Glen Park) | FREE |
Thursday, June 26
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| 1:00 pm | Apple Final Cut Studio 2: half-day video production workshop @ Westin (SOMA) | FREE* |
Saturday, June 28
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| 2:00 pm | Pee-wee's Playhouse production designer Gary Panter live @ Amoeba (Berkeley) | FREE |
Sunday, June 29
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| 2:00 pm | San Francisco Symphony free concert in Stern Grove park (Parkside) | FREE |
Tuesday, July 1
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| 11:00 am | Free admission SF Museum of Modern Art: First Tuesdays (SOMA) | FREE |
Saturday, July 5
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| 10:00 am | Fillmore Jazz Festival 2008 (Fillmore District) | FREE |
| 11:00 am | Genealogy for Beginners Class @ Calif Genealogical Library (Oakland) | FREE |
Sunday, July 6
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| 10:00 am | Target First Free Sundays @ Asian Art Museum (Civic Center) | FREE |
| 10:00 am | Fillmore Jazz Festival 2008 (Fillmore District) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | New Orleans pianist & Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint @ Stern Grove (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, July 13
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| 2:00 pm | Rachid Taha: French-Algerian rai music @ Stern Grove Festival (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, July 20
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| 2:00 pm | Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet "The Moroccan Project" @ Stern Grove (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, July 27
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| 2:00 pm | Voices of Latin Rock w/ Jorge Santana @ Stern Grove (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, August 3
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| 10:00 am | Target First Free Sundays @ Asian Art Museum (Civic Center) | FREE |
| 2:00 pm | Argentine/Uruguayan "Bojofondo" & latin-electronica "Si*Sé" @ Stern Grove (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, August 10
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| 2:00 pm | Hawai'ian all-star band "Na Lo" @ Stern Grove Festival (Parkside) | FREE |
Sunday, August 17
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| 2:00 pm | San Francisco Opera @ Closing Day of Stern Grove Festival (Parkside) | FREE |
Friday, October 3
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| all day | 2008 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (Golden Gate Park) | FREE |
Saturday, October 4
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| all day | 2008 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (Golden Gate Park) | FREE |
Sunday, October 5
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| all day | 2008 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (Golden Gate Park) | FREE |
