Events for August 12, 2011
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| All Day | Win Tix: 2011 Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival | Aug 12-14 | WIN* *Normally $85 per day or $199.50 for a 3-day pass, we've got one pair of 3-day tickets to give away
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The Great Salsa Taste-Off | San Jose
Taste some tasty tomatillos and pico de gallo at the Great Downtown Salsa Taste Off during the Downtown San Jose Farmers’ Market on Friday, August 12.
Submit your spiciest salsa recipe online or by emailing aanderson@sjdowntown.com by the Monday, August 8 deadline, and potentially have your ...
Lunchtime Salsa Dura Rooftop Concert | Oakland
Literally rock the roof with salsa outfit Orquesta Salsa Dura at the Kaiser Center’s Roof Garden free concert series on Friday, August 12.
A funky salsa band hailing from San Francisco, Orquesta Salsa Dura will literally bring their “hard salsa” music with pounding montunos and Barrio-conscious lyrics ...
Win: Burning Man Survival Kit | Good Vibrations
Good Vibrations encourages revelers to prepare for passion at the blazing Black Rock City with their very own Burning Man Safer Sex Kit.
Specifically designed with the feverish festival in mind, the Burning Man Kit includes a Swiss Navy Lube, Nitrile gloves, condoms, dental dams, ...
| 5:00 pm | Bicycle Art Show: Beautiful Machines | Oakland | FREE |
South American Night | Friday Nights at the de Young
Live South American music by Quijeremá. Quijeremá is a fine-tuned San Francisco–based performing arts ensemble that is recreating the concept of mixtura in world music. The blending of verse, rhythm, texture, and color in Quijeremá’s music is seamless, transparent, and always original. Delighting audiences over the ...
| 7:00 pm | Win Tix: Cinema Speakeasy’s “The Blunder Years” | WIN* *Tickets are normally $15 (advance) $20 (door) , but 2 lucky funcheapers will each win a pair.
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Berlin Style Ping Pong | The Secret Alley
Bring your paddle and fierce backhand for a night of Berlin-style ping pong at the Secret Alley on Friday, August 12.
Check the Germans take on this classic game, though don’t expect your typical one-on-one matches, as this European version of table tennis involves multiple players moving ...
