Events for September 18, 2011
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Sunday, September 18
The 1st San Francisco Citywide Ping Pong Tournament
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the China-US “Ping Pong” Diplomacy which eased tensions between the two countries. Come watch teams of San Franciscans battle it out in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square for cash prizes and to be crowned the Ping Pong Kings of SF.
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| 9:00 am | National Orienteering Day: On-Foot Park Discovery Challenge | Presidio | $3* *$3 per person for families for the 2 easiest courses
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Golden Gateway & Levi’s Plaza Expert Tour | SF
Learn more about everything from an urban alpine meadow to impressive Italian-inspired plazas at the What’s Out There Weekend’s Golden Gateway and Levi’s Plaza tour on Sunday, September 18.
The tour starts at gorgeous Levi’s Plaza and continues on to sites like Sydney G. Walton Square, the Golden ...
| 10:00 am | Bicycle Rodeo and Children’s Fair | Livermore | FREE |
Capsule Design Festival | Hayes Valley
Capsule Design Festival is a free outdoor festival celebrating Bay Area fashion, accessory and housewares designers. Get ready for 130 independent designers pimping their wares. This ain’t no hippy craft fair or brand-name discount flea market. It’s truly the best of the best in local artisans ...
| 11:00 am | Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival | SF | FREE |
Kerouac Alley Street Fair | North Beach
Rejoice freely on the roads of Kerouac Alley with “A Fair to Remember” art and music festival on Sunday, September 18. Live music and and activities will stretch from Fresno Alley, upper Grant Avenue to Telegraphy Hill Blvd. to Pioneer Park.
The fair is part of ...
Bicycle Tour: Trees of the Mission
Friends of the Urban Forest invites you to a free two-hour bicycle tour of the trees of the Mission neighborhood. Tour leader Ellyn Shea is an ISA Certified Arborist.
The route will cover several miles of flat paved terrain. Bring your bicycle and meet at 11:00 ...
Sunday Streets | North Beach & Chinatown
Sunday Streets creates miles of car free roads so people can get out and get active in diverse San Francisco neighborhoods.
This month’s Sunday Streets on September 18 goes through the North Beach and Chinatown neighborhoods, along Grant Avenue from the Chinatown Gates to Coit Tower, and ...
Lucha Libre and Jalapeño Eating Contest | East Bay
During the daytime is when this Drive In Movie Theater comes alive. Celebrate “Fiestas Patrias” on Sunday September 18th at Concord’s West Wind Drive In during their daytime Solano Public Market.
In addition to face painting, kids games, musical chairs and pinatas, there’s also a Jalapeño ...
Madonna 1983 “Holiday” Dance Class | SF
“Jump” around and “Get Into the Groove” at the Bay Area Flash Mob’s Madonna dance classes and a big Madonna flash mob
Learn everything from “Music” to “Don’t Tell Me” at these free dance workshops, which run from Thursday, September 8 till Friday, October 7, and ...
| 12:00 pm | Plant Sale & Culinary Herbs Presentation | Oakland | FREE |
Irish Symphony Concert in the Park | Golden Gate Park
There’s a lot of free live music in San Francisco but the Golden Gate Park Band has been doing it for possibly longer than anyone else.
In its 129th season, the 30-member orchestra, all clad in their bright red suits, are giving free concerts in ...
SpaceCraft Plushie Workshop | Ingleside
Make your very own cuddly Mars creature at a SpaceCraft Mini Plushie Workshop on Sunday, September 18 at the SF Library’s Ingleside Branch.
Learn how to hand-sew a space-themed mini felt astronaut, retro rocket ship, planet or alien at this all-levels workshop where you can craft a ...
| 2:00 pm | Rare Kabuki Film Screening | Oakland | FREE |
| 3:00 pm | Play Cafe Comedy Showcase | Berkeley | FREE |
FOLD {Live}: Odd Laundry-Folding Public Art Performance | SoMa
FOLD {Live} is an on-going project by Surabhi Saraf – a series of site-specific public performances where performers (volunteers) fold laundry per a choreographed routine. FOLD {Live} celebrates the mundane by taking a private, solitary activity and presenting it, multiplied, in a public space.
The performance on September 18th ...
| 5:00 pm | Forum Magazine Pre-Print Party | Mission | FREE |
The History of MAD Magazine & Censorship | Mill Valley
On Sunday, September 18th, the Mill Valley Public Library will open its doors after hours for MAD Magazine Senior Editor Joe Raiola’s nationally acclaimed one-man show “The Joy of Censorship” which uses insight and humor to reflect on the day’s most hotly debated first amendment issues.
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