Events for April 20, 2011
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Wednesday, April 20
Virgin America’s $59 Flight Sale | SFO
April 20th is a last day to get cheapo airfares from SFO for travel over the next few months including $59 one way tickets for San Diego, Seattle and LAX. Travel is good through May 21st. Tickets must be booked by 11:59pm PST on April ...
| All Day | Spring Break Concerts & Fun (April 20-22) | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk | FREE* *Free admission to the boardwalk, the concerts and meet & greets. Rides cost extra
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| 12:00 pm | Free Lunch & Ecofriendly Clothing Tips | Crocker Galleria | FREE* *Please RSVP in advance to event@greenzebra.org.
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| 5:00 pm | Sierra Club Biking in SF Workshop | SoMa | $10* *Students/Asia Society members pay $5, Non-members pay $10
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| 6:00 pm | Cooking With Ginger | Noe Valley | FREE |
Win Tickets: Wicked Plants After Dark | Conservatory of Flowers
Meet the plant that poisoned Socrates, the weed that killed Lincoln’s mother and other evils lurking in the garden at a special after-hours event “Plants Behind Bars” celebrating the new exhibition, Wicked Plants: Botanical Rogues and Assassins, at the Conservatory of Flowers.
Enjoy hemp ale from Pacific ...
Free Live Salsa Concert & Dance Lessons | Union Square
Salsa in the Square brings you one of the Bay Area’s best salsa acts Avance, live in a free outdoor concert.
Plus, there’s free Introductory Dance Lessons prior to the performance at 6 pm. This way, once the band takes the stage you and your dancing ...
Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Flash Mob | Bill Graham
Janet Jackson (or “Ms. Jackson” as I call here) will be in San Francisco for two big shows at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. And both nights the Bay Area Flash Mob will be there to greet her with a choreographed flash mob dance outside ...
Susie Bright Reads From Her Memoir | City Lights
One of the country’s foremost sex educators, activists, and writers, Susie Bright is an outspoken advocate of sexual equality and freedom. She came of age during a time in our country’s history when sex and politics began to collide. In Big Sex Little Death, Bright ...
Turner Classic Movies’ Free ’60s Movie Night: “Elmer Gantry” | Castro Theatre
Turner Classic Movies brings their “Road to Hollywood” roadshow to the Castro Theater on Wednesday, April 20th for a free screening of the 1960 classic “Elmer Gantry” starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones.
Live Q&A with Academy Award Winner Shirley Jones: This screening will ...
Every Wednesday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Outdoor Workout: Alta Vista Park | SF
Every Wednesday morning at 6:30 am, gather at Alta Plaza Park for a free badass workout and a chance to meet fellow fitness enthusiasts in your city.
The half hour workouts are different each week, but consist of boot camp style workouts like running hills, core work, ...
“Heart of the City” Wednesday Farmers Market | UN Plaza
Heart of the City Farmers Market is a uniquely independent, farmer-operated, nonprofit farmers market located year round on Sundays and Wednesdays in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza, rain or shine. Nearly 30 local farmers and artisan food vendors provide a wide selection of fresh local produce, ...
CANCELED – Autodesk Design Gallery & Free Guided Tour | Embarcadero
This event series is canceled.
The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates the design process that takes a great idea and turns it into a reality.
With more than 20 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk customers, the ...
SF Public Library’s $1 Book Sale | Civic Center
Starting in April, the San Francisco Public Library hosts weekly Wednesday Steps Sales, located at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library.
All books and media are just $1 or less each and all proceeds from Steps Sales benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
SF Public ...
Stitch In: Come By, Meet People & Stitch | SF
These free events give you the opportunity to stitch in an inspiring environment with fellow enthusiasts. Bring along your projects, embroidery, knitting or even darning, and enjoy the company of others and their vast needlework library at your leisure.
Free Stitch Ins meet every Wednesday from ...
“Karma Cinema”: Pay-What-You-Wish Movie Night | The New Parkway
Time to get generous; The New Parkway Theater is letting you pay-what-you-wish for a movie ticket every Wednesday night.
Theater doors open at 6 pm every Wednesday and every movie (albeit a few exceptions like private events) will be offered on a sliding scale of a penny (if ...
Dandelion Chocolate: Factory Tour & Guided Tasting | SF
Mmmm… chocolate! Four days a week, Dandelion Chocolates offer $15 factory tours (with tastings.)
These tours can book up months in advance (especially for the Saturday tours), so we recommend trying to book as early as possible and aim for a Wednesday or Thursday.
On the tour, ...
“Musical Wednesdays” Sing-Along At The Edge | Castro
Start your week singing with Musical Mondays or get over the hump with Musical Wednesdays at The Edge in the Castro, where they play all of your favorite musicals to sing and drink along with a different theme each week from 7 pm to 2 am every ...
Liquid Wednesdays Latin Jam Nights | Peninsula
The Historic 7 Mile House will be hosts a weekly Wednesday Latin night and will feature the Bay Area’s best Latin bands on a rotating schedule.
Liquid Wednesdays Latin Jam Nights
Every Wednesday at 7 pm
7 Mile Sports Bar & Grill, 2800 Bayshore Blvd, Brisbane, CA
FREE (No Cover. Reservations ...
Free Live Jazz & Latin Jazz Nights | Cigar Bar
Join the Cigar Bar & Grill every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Jazz show (both traditional jazz and latin jazz) by local Bay Area musicians.
Shows start at 8pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & Jazz. For complete line-up and more information please visit their website.
Live ...
Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl | SF
Try your hand (literally) at the Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl starting in North Beach.
Get lubricated on $3 – $3.50 drink specials, and compete in Rock Paper Scissors tournament qualifying rounds while moving from bar to bar. The tournament champ wins a bar tab. Meet new people while earning points to ...
F Bomb’s “Laugh w/ Dignity” Free Comedy Show | SF
Come see real, live, up close, and uncaged comedians in an intimate environment at one of North Beach’s favorite watering holes, La Rocca’s corner. 21+ only.
The show is free, the drinks are cheap with Happy Hour pricing all night, and the laughs are plenty. Hang with ...
“Housepitality” DJ Party & Free Champagne | SoMa
Housepitality SF gives you a reason to come out dancing every Wednesday night with world-class artists and free champagne.
Enjoy free champagne from 9-10 pm and $5 Jameson (with mention of Housepitality discount). The RSVP list closes at 6 pm on the day of the show.
Housepitality DJ Night
Every Wednesday ...