Events for May 22, 2011
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Explore the Tenderloin: Part I | Guided Historic Walking Tour
Explore the Tenderloin’s isolated rural village beginnings and its years as a quiet residential and small business neighborhood. Find out how it morphed into San Francisco’s hotel and silk stocking entertainment and vice district, how it became part of the mean streets in the last ...
DooF-a-Palooza Children’s Food Festival | Jack London Square
The 3rd annual DooF-a-Palooza, a free admission food and famiy festival for children of all ages and adults takes place at beautiful Jack London Square in Oakland.
DooF-a-Palooza (it’s food backwards) table-to-source, food educational experience, includes contests, games, entertainment and fun hands-on activities with growers, chefs, ...
| 10:00 am | 5th Annual A La Carte & Art Festival | Mountain View | FREE |
$1 Horse Racing Day at Golden Gate Fields | Berkeley
If you want to try something new, there’s the old-fashioned fun of horse racing going on real close by—and real cheap too. Every Sunday from now through June 12, nearly every costs just a single buck at Golden Gate Fields in North Berkeley.
Check out out ...
| All Day | Short Film Screenings in Shipping Container | Justin Herman Plaza | FREE* *First come, first serve. Theatre seats 18 people, new films shown every 5-15 mintues
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| 10:00 am | Boogie on the Bayou 2011 | Campbell | FREE |
TCHO Chocolate Free Factory Tour & Tasting | SF
Ghirardelli gets all the hype but there’s a new(ish) chocolate maker in San Francisco that’s also making waves. And now TCHO is inviting you for daily tours of their factory, free for a limited time.
Take the TCHO tour: 7 days a week. One-hour tours at ...
$2 Organic Ice Cream Cone Day | Three Twins Ice Cream
Deuces are wild as Three Twins Organic Ice Cream celebrates its 2nd birthday in the Lower Haight by selling $2 scoops on May 22nd. You’ll also get a chance to win two free pints in a free tote bag.
Three Twins: San Francisco
254 Fillmore Street (@ ...
| 12:00 pm | AmeriCorps Volunteer Fair | Sports Basement | FREE |
| 12:00 pm | Pop-Up Indian Fashion Expo | SF | FREE |
Win Tickets: The Lagunitas Beer Circus | May 22nd
Come One, Come All to Petaluma. See death-defying aerialists and amazing acts to dazzle the mind. Be amazed, be thrilled as these human
marvels perambulate and perform right before your very eyes at the Laguanitas Beer Circus.
Featuring: Vau de Vire Society, Roller Girls, Burlesque Acts, Trapeze ...
Wall Ball: Innovative & Unique Dance Performance | SF
Flying Balls, Ropes, Hula Hoops with dancers suspended on the school yard walls…
Wall Ball will premiere at Sunnyside’s 2011 Spring Festival, and then continue with several performances, free and intended for the general public.
May 21-26, 2011 at various times:
Saturday, May 21 @ 11 am and ...
SF City Guide Walking Tour: Gold Rush City
Relive the early history of an instant city. Learn about the Vigilance Committee and a fleet of abandoned ships. Who was Emperor Norton? Walk the streets of Yerba Buena Cove, the haunts of the original 49ers. Tour given by Carl Lambert.
This free San Francisco City ...
“Tramp Camp” Learn to Act Like Charlie Chaplin | Fremont
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is hosting a “Tramp Camp” for those of you with aspirations of becoming one of the world’s greatest silent film stars: Charlie Chaplin.
Learn how to impersonate Charlie by watching film clips, learning how to dress and use body language ...
Legendary Author/Filmaker John Sayles Reading @ Tosca
Green Apple Books returns to Tosca Cafe on Sunday, May 22nd from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, to offer you a rare opportunity to meet a living legend of both print and film: John Sayles.
Most mortals would feel complete after having directed nearly twenty feature films, acting ...