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Free $40 BART Tickets | BART 40th Anniversary Giveaway
On Friday, 9/21 BART volunteers will pass out stickers between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. at the Embarcadero, Montgomery, 12th Street, Downtown Berkeley, El Cerrito del Norte and Fruitvale BART stations. Boxes of stickers will be available both days at all BART stations for riders who ...
Tony Robbins “Dreamforce” Free Seminar | Moscone Center
Join Tony Robbins, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Larry Brilliant, and Marc Benioff for a day of breakthrough transformations. Gain powerful insights to improve your life and the lives of those around you. Connect with the people, the passion and the environment that will make it ...
Space Shuttle Endeavor “Victory Lap” Flyover | San Francisco Bay Area
Friday, September 21 9:30 am |
Cost: FREE | All Over San Francisco
NASA is giving Space Shuttle Endeavor a “victory lap” of sorts as the space shuttle era ends with a low-flying flyover in the Bay Area on Friday morning September 21, 2012 on its way to being displayed at a museum in Los Angeles.
>> Keep your ...
Dreamforce ’12 Music Festival: Friday | SoMa
Friday, September 21:
Live music outdoors on Howard Street in front of Moscone Center – Strong Like Bull hipster rock (10a), Release the Sunbird beautiful harmony pop (1pm)
48th Annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason | Friday
Friday, September 21 10:00 am - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Fort Mason Center
Every year Friends of the San Francisco Public Library fills up the Festival Pavilion Pier at Fort Mason for the Big Book Sale, an iconic San Francisco tradition. This family-friendly event features over 500,000 books, CDs, DVDs and vinyl. Children’s books, board books, music books, ...
San Francisco Erotic Art Exhibition 2012 | Friday
Friday, September 21 4:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: $5 | Gallery 4N5
Latex Fetish Fashion Show by Blacklickorish Latex, Fri: 7:30pm
Rope Bondage Demonstration by TomFoolery, Fri.
Live Performance Art by Coralee Lynn Rose & Patrick Andraste, Fri.
Chinatown/ North Beach CCSF Campus Grand Opening | SF
Friday, September 21 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | CCSF Chinatown/North Beach
After years of planning and five years of construction, the new Chinatown/ North Beach (CNB) campus will celebrate its completion at an Open House on September 21, 2012 from 5-7 pm.
Mayor Lee will join Project Principal, Grace Kang, Project Manager, Allen Nudel and Project Engineer, Lindsey ...
From Pavement to Parklet: 2012 Architecture and the City Festival | SF
Friday, September 21 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Devil’s Teeth Baking Company
Come meet the team of designers and builders of a new space for sitting, eating, playing, and parking bicycles that replaced 3 existing diagonal parking spaces in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District.
Friday Nights at the de Young: “Off the Walls” Aerial | Golden Gate Park
WILSEY COURT | 6:00–8:30 p.m.
Off the Walls world premiere (7:00 p.m.), performed in the museum entrance, Wilsey Court, and Koret Auditorium (tickets required for Koret Auditorium)
Moulin Rouge with Henna Garden Events & Entertainment
Hands-on art making for everyone
Every Friday
Underground Comic & Small Press Festival 2012 | Berkeley
Friday, September 21 5:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Escapist Comic Bookstore
Friday Night’s cartoonists are:
JASON MARTIN (Runner Runner, Papercuts 17)
GEOFF VASILE (Trackrabbits)
FOURTH WAY COMICS (We Are the 99%, Dragonfly)
KANE LYNCH (The Relics, Laika)
JON MACY (Fearful Hunter)
JUSTIN HALL (Glamazonia, No Straight Lines)
RICK WORLEY (A Waste of Time, Douchbag of Comics)
AARON KANESHIRO (Vaccum Horror)
FRED NOLAND (Infallible, Teats On ...
Free San Francisco Symphony Concert | Justin Herman Plaza
Friday, September 21 5:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza
Join the San Francisco Symphony for an afternoon of music across from the Ferry Building at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco’s financial district.
Enjoy a program of popular works while relaxing by the bay.
September 21, 2012 Program
Berlioz – Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Ravel – Boléro
Conducted by Michael ...
California & the Civil War: Panel Discussion | SF
Join the California Historical Society for a panel discussion of the fascinating topic of the role of California in the Civil War featuring Al Camarillo, Michael Magliari, Glenna Matthews, Ruthanne Lum McCunn, James Tejani, and Michael Green, moderated by Robert Cherny.
Please RSVP to attend.
For many, the words ...
Revolt! Re-imagine! Occupy! Politics & Art Panel Discussion | SoMa
Friday, September 21 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Revolt! Re-imagine! Occupy! Representation in Politics & Art is a panel discussion in conjunction with YBCA’s Occupy Bay Area exhibition.
This event will be both a panel discussion and forum, intended to ensure dialogue and audience participation, led by writer and art historian Robert Atkins. Discussions will ...
Win Tix: “Bay for the Bayou” Benefit Concert | SF
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy nominee Allen Toussaint teams up with soulful Bay Area favorites, The California Honeydrops, and melodic folk string ensemble, The Shots for a Bay for the Bayou, a benefit concert for the Louisiana coastal wetlands.
Win Tix: Wilco | The Greek Theatre
Wilco‘s latest album, Whole Love, is a veritable sonic stew, showcasing the band’s far-reaching musical prowess (multiple guitars, keyboards, synthesizers and percussion plus Mellotron, strings, loops and more) perfectly accompanying Jeff Tweedy’s provocative and insightful lyrics.
San Francisco Beer Olympics: Fun, Games & $1 Beer | SF
Join the San Francisco Beer Olympics every Friday night for free games all night. Win prizes by playing games including Flip Cup, Beer Pong, and relays. Everyone’s placed on a team (to make it easy to meet people). Teams compete at Flip Cup, relays, and Beer Pong. ...
Win Tix: Holograms: Swedish Existential Punk Rock | Rickshaw Stop
Sweden’s Holograms synthesize the drudgery of dismal existence with a lust for something better echoing both the violent abandonment of punk as well as some of the electronic gloss of early 80s new wave.
San Francisco’s Maus Haus sounds like a confection of Kraftwerk, the Beach ...
Win Tix: “Thrillah”: Dub Reggae Tribute to Michael Jackson’s Thriller | Slim’s
The Easy Star All-Stars deconstruct classic albums and rebuild them as reggae. This time it’s Michael Jackson’s Thriller, turning “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” into an Afro-Beat anthem and slowing down “Beat It” into a powerfully emotional roots song resulting in “The Thrillah Tour” which comes ...