Events for August 14, 2010
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SF Chefs 2010: Free Cooking Demos | RN74, flour+water, Gary Danko
SF Chefs 2010 is a week-long food/wine/spirits festival in San Francisco from August 9-15, 2010. As they call themselves a “premiere” event, tickets are pretty spendy (ranging from $20 to $120 per event) but fortunately they’ve also put on a series of cooking demonstrations with ...
Victorian Days | Angel Island
Angel Island’s living history program “brings to life” the soldiers who were stationed at Angel Island’s Camp Reynolds. Established to support coast artillery covering the entrance to the San Francisco bay in 1864, it was an active U.S. Army post until the end of WWII. ...
Pistahan Parade & Festival | Yerba Buena Gardens
The only major Filipino parade in the West Coast, it is a display of community pride along San Francisco’s main street – Market Street – from the Embarcadero to the Yerba Buena Gardens, the crown jewel of SF’s cultural district. Colorful floats, historical themes and ...
Bus Tour of San Francisco’s Landmark Trees
Join Friends of the Urban Forest for a free biodiesel bus tour of San Francisco’s “Landmark Trees,” which are special due to rareness, size, age, extraordinary structure, or ecological, historical, or cultural importance. Tour leader Mei Ling Hui is the Urban Forest Coordinator at San ...
HORACE-SCOPE plays hard-bop @ Amoeba | Haight
HORACE-SCOPE is San Francisco’s premier hard-bop sextet primarily inspired by the innovative musical works of the great Horace Silver. Reminiscent of those hard swingin’ 1950-60’s Blue Note albums, HORACE-SCOPE is instrumental in continuing to lead the legacy of jazz with their every performance.
Bay Area “Glee” Singing Competition | Serramonte
Serramonte Center and Wild 94.9 are looking for the next best singer or singing group from the Bay Area and the winner will receive a $1,000 shopping spree to Serramonte Center.
The singing competition is 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 10 groups will be ...
Tomato Cooking Contest | Noe Valley
Cook up a fabulous dish using August’s fabulous tomato bounty, making it as inventive and delicious as you can, and you’ll walk home with cash in your pocket! Please cut your dish into many pieces so as many judges as possible can sample. Free to ...
Color en el Barrio: Muralling of San Francisco | Mission
Join the MCCLA, the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) and the Department of Public Works (DPW) for a panel discussion on the history of public mural art in San Francisco. Featuring celebrated urban artists Francisco “Twick” Aquino, Jonathan Brumfield, Jet Martinez and Marina “Mincho” Perez-Wong, ...
The hilarious Carl Hiaasen talks about Star Island | Marina
The career of singer Cheryl Bunterman (aka Cherry Pye), who debuted with Jailbait Records at age 15, is foundering due to her lack of talent and indiscriminate appetite for drugs, booze, and sex in this outrageous, offbeat novel from Hiaasen (Nature Girl). ...
Artists reception: classic Hipgnosis album cover art | Union Square
Meet the masterminds behind Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin album covers as Storm Thorgerson presents 50 works of art including rare originals at his August show.
Storm Thorgerson, album cover artist for Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, is presenting 20 never before seen pieces of art ...
| 7:00 pm | Sideshow Happening Performance Extravaganza | Root Division | $5* *$5 to $20 Sliding scale suggested donation
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Film Night in the Park 2010: “Mamma Mia” Sing-along | San Anselmo
On the idyllic Greek isle of Kalokairi, single mom Donna Sheridan (Meryl Streep) goes into a tizzy when her bride-to-be daughter (Amanda Seyfried), in a bid to learn her father’s identity, invites three of Donna’s ex-lovers to the wedding. Buoyed by the tunes of ABBA, ...
Tommy Guerrero Live SF/LA Print Project | Levi’s Workshops
Tommy Guerrero and Natas Kaupas, both pioneers from the early Dogtown days at the dawn of the skateboarding era, will collaborate on a print project named “SF/LA”. This project reflects on the differences and similarities between the two great cities of California.
Using ...
DIYbca: A Big Idea Night | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents its latest Big Idea Night incarnation, DIYbca. This quarterly, free party will run from 9pm-2am, and will feature electronic music by local favorites LoveTechSF and Kwisp, in addition to numerous homegrown, do-it-yourself activities inspired by the ...
Every Saturday
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday.
Free Community Yoga Class
Every Saturday | 10 am
Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA
FREE
Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome.
Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
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 foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form.
You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong.
Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
