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Free Night of Theater 2011 | Last Day to Sign Up If you think seeing live theater in San Francisco is too expensive (and it sure can be) then the annual “Free Night of Theater 2011” festival just might be the answer to your theatrical prayers. Every year, Free Night of Theater gives away thousands of free theater tickets ...
Central Market Arts Festival Kick-Off Weekend | Mint Plaza
Friday, September 23 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Mint Plaza
Celebrate the start of the annual 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival at Mint Plaza with a weekend of performances by acclaimed local companies on Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25. Featuring dancing, live music and more, come join the party at this kick-off ...

4:00 pmSan Francisco Erotic Art Exhibition: Opening Night | SoMa  FREE
Photographs of SF’s Central Market: Art Opening | City Hall
Friday, September 23 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Come to the opening of an art exhibit showcasing everything from Civic Center to the city streets, as a part of the city’s “Photographs of Central Market” ARTery Project, at a reception hosted by District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim in her office on Friday, September 23. A ...
6:00 pmCanning and Pickling Recipes | Noe Valley  FREE
Ziggy Marley Acoustic Live in-store | Amoeba SF
Friday, September 23 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music
In keeping with the spirit of the Haight, Ziggy Marley will be performing a free mini acoustic show at Amoeba on Friday, September 23rd at 6 p.m. A five-time Grammy-winner, singer, songwriter and humanitarian, Ziggy will be bringing his smooth, rasta tunes to San Francisco for this ...
Litquake’s “Lit Fest” at Eat Real Festival | Oakland
Friday, September 23 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
Kick off  the 2011 Eat Real Festival in Oakland Oakland by getting lit. Litquake is putting together a smörgåsbord of storytelling, with food travel adventures, tales of old-time food fun, and more as Northern California’s best food writers and storytellers gather for a feast of spoken word. ...
Friday Nights at de Young | GG Park
Friday, September 23 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:45 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Programs are free and open to the public, but does not include admission to the museum's galleries
| de Young Museum
Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. On September 23rd listen to live music by Rob Reich’s Circus Bella All Star Band, see a presentation of “Interpreting Art History through 3D and ...
6:30 pmBeers & Bicycles: Pre-Party & Group Ride | SF  FREE*
*The meetup and ride are free but tickets required to the film
Friday Night Mission District Shopping Party | Secession Art & Design
Friday, September 23 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free event, donations requested for food & drinks
| Secession Art & Design
Come and celebrate with snacks, sips and more at Secession Art & Design’s 4th Anniversary Sale this Friday, September 23 just around the corner from Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack in the Mission. In a rare sale (they do this only about once a year) everything is 20% ...
Apple Store Concert Series | The Frail
Friday, September 23 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE
| Apple Store (Powell St.)
Apple is allotting us a break from iTunes and giving us the real thing by presenting us a free mini concert by The Frail on Friday, September 23rd. The Frail, a local electro-indie rock band, have managed to gain a large backing since their Craigslist formation ...
7:00 pmWin Tix: Bicycle Film Festival Screenings  $10*
*Tickets are $10 per program or $35 for a festival pass. Entry to Bikes Rock! is free with BFF ticket stub or $5 general admission. Street party and all after parties are FREE.
Win Tix: Shocktoberfest ‘Fear Over Frisco’
Friday, September 23 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $25*
*$25 open seating, $35 for shock-boxes or turkish lounge seating.
| The Hypnodrome
The blood-thirsty spectacle of the Grand Guignol seeps into the shadowy cinematic world of film noir in “Shocktoberfest 12: Fear Over Frisco,” an annual trio of noir-horror plays culminating with Thrillpeddlers’ famed black-out spook show finale when ghostly apparitions materialize before the audience’s startled eyes. The ...
$5 Classic Film Night: Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960) | Oakland
Friday, September 23 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: $5 | Paramount Theatre
Experience the great films of Hollywood’s Golden Era in one of America’s finest Art Deco movie palace. With over 3,000 seats and a meticulously-restored interior, the Paramount offers a true “Movie Palace” experience straight out of the 1930s – with period newsreels, cartoons, previews, live music ...
Broke Ass Stuart “Broke As Hell” Tour 2011 | SF
Friday, September 23 – 9:00 pm | Cost: $3*
*$3 before 10pm
| The Make Out Room
Come see Broke-Ass Stuart (host of IFC’s “Young, Broke & Beautiful”) before he embarks on his East Coast book tour. Stuart will be reading his wildly popular piece “Living in San Francisco Means…” for the first time in public. Plus excerpts from his new book “Young, Broke ...
9:00 pmWin Tix: Joseph Arthur  $20
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