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Events for December 18, 2010

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Saturday, December 18

Alameda Pet Parade
Saturday, December 18 – 9:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Pet owners are invited to bring their pet, dressed in their best holiday outfit, and walk in the Winter Island Pet Parade. As each pet (and their owner) strut their stuff, judges will be on hand to find the most festive pet in the crowd. Awards ...
Bike Share Technology Showcase | Civic Center
Saturday, December 18 – 10:00 am - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Sure, there’s bike-sharing in Paris and Montreal, but did you know there’s also programs in Washington D.C., Denver and Chicago? Mayor Newsom and city officials will be showing off San Francisco’s own bike sharing program, thanks to a $7.9 Million pilot program. Come see the future ...

11:00 amGolden Gate Park Hike Day | SF  FREE
11:00 amGourd-carving Workshop | Alameda  FREE*
*Free, donations welcome
11:00 amArtisans Holiday Open Studios: Final Weekend | Berkeley  FREE
11:00 amDeepwater Horizon Oil Spill – How Resilient is Mother Nature? | UC Berkeley  FREE
11:00 am27th Annual Telegraph Ave Holiday Street Fair | Berkeley  FREE
12:00 pmItalian Cooking Demo with Gianni | North Beach  FREE*
*FREE w/ RSVP
Santa Comedy Day with Will Durst & Toy Drive | Flax Art & Design
Saturday, December 18 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Flax Art & Design We pays tribute to fired Macy’s Santa Claus John Toomey, a San Francisco legend, and salute San Francisco’s own Lefty O’doul’s Restaurant and Lounge at 333 Geary for their support of free speech and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Toy Drive Help ...
1:00 pmSF City Chorus Concert | Berkeley  FREE
Golden Voice Karaoke Contest : $500 1st Prize | Japantown
Saturday, December 18 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:30 pm | Cost: FREE
Join us for a fun and free afternoon in Japantown Peace Plaza for the first Golden Voice Karaoke Contest hosted by the Merchants of the JapanCenter Mall and in partnership with the Center for Asian American Media.  All contestants are welcome. Our ...
Top Chef Cooking Demo: Holiday Treats with Yigit Pura | SF Join us for a holiday treats cooking demonstration with Executive Pastry Chef Yigit Pura from San Francisco catering company, Taste Catering & Event Planning. We know that Yigit, winner of the premier season of BRAVO’s “Top Chef Just Desserts”, will rise to our challenge to create ...
Santa Tells Offensive Jokes with Will Franken | Green Apple Books
Saturday, December 18 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Bring an unwrapped new toy for a kid (or donate $5 or more)
Did you hear about Macy’s firing Santa for a barely, almost, kind of, sort of vaguely off-color joke? Here’s the story. But Green Apple–and a few other locally owned independent businesses–still has a sense of humor. Inspired by Flax Art and Design (who are hosting Will ...
4:00 pmHoliday Concert by San Francisco Forest Choir | SF  FREE
5:00 pmWinter Solstice Night Walk | Presidio  FREE*
*RSVP required (415) 561-4323
7:00 pmCLUSTER F@#K: A Group Show Featuring Hellafine Art | Mission  FREE
7:00 pmTodd Rundgren Reading & Acoustic Tribute Night | SF  FREE
Unsilent Night 2010: Boombox Christmas Parade | SF
Saturday, December 18 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE
“Unsilent Night” is artist Phil Kline’s free outdoor participatory sound sculpture played through a roving swarm of hundreds of boomboxes carried through the Mission District creating a 44-minute ambient roving electronic Christmas carol of chimes and bells. Hundreds of people bring their own boomboxes and drift ...
9:00 pmPublic Works’ Company Holiday Party | Mission  FREE*
*$15; FREE before 10pm if you RSVP by email to rsvp@xlr8r.com
9:30 pmThe Four Teardrops harmony quartet | Novato  FREE
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