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Friday, September 28

Central Market Arts Festival 2012: Festival Kick-Off
Friday, September 28 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Mint Plaza
Friday, September 28th, 2012 kicks off the festival with multiple dynamic performances. The day includes midday live music followed by a multi-block art walk (2 Blocks of Art) jam packed with visual and performance art, then topped off with two innovative urban environment, multimedia installation ...
Father John Misty Freak Folk Concert | Berkeley
Friday, September 28 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | UC Berkeley - Lower Sproul
See Father John Misty, the new personal project by Joshua Tillman, formerly of Fleet Foxes, perform a free show at noon in Lower Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus. Open to the public. The event is presented by UC Berkeley’s SUPERB Productions. >> please note time change – ...

12:30 pmArts in Nomadic Grove: Lunchtime Poetry Session | SoMa  FREE*
*Free, but does not include (or require) museum admission
5:00 pmFeature Fridays: Art & Live Music Public Market | Emeryville  FREE
Banned Books Week 2012: Perks of Being A Wallflower ’90s Party | Benicia
Friday, September 28 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Benicia Public Library
Celebrate your freedom to read one of the best and top banned books of all time, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and come celebrate the movie that came out on September 21, 2012. Join teens at the Benicia Public Library for a 90s Movie Opening ...
5:00 pmBook’toberfest 2012: Book Industry Tradeshow & Craft Beer Tasting | SF  $12*
*Public $12. Members Free.
Friday Nights at the de Young: Rockabilly & Modern Love | Golden Gate Park
Friday, September 28 – 5:00 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

WILSEY COURT | 6:00–8:45 p.m. • Art speed dating, performance art, music, and more. Live Music: Ron Loney & the Phantom Movers Singer/guitarist Roy Loney, who was the front man for the Flamin Groovies during that band’s original rockabilly/R&B-inspired incarnation, continued in a similar vein in his solo career, ...Every Friday

Rock and Roll Photos 1967-80 w/ Live Music & Beer Tasting | Danville
Friday, September 28 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Village Theatre Art Gallery
Rock and roll from the late 60’s through late 70’s will be back for a brief moment in time in the Village Theatre Art Gallery with  James Fortune Photography: A Rock and Roll Portfolio 1967-1980 exhibition which will run September 28 through November 9. The exhibit ...
The Glenlivet Single Malt Scotch Private Tasting | SF
Friday, September 28 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP and signing up to be a Glenlivet Guardian. 21+
| Secret Location (SF)

Join us for a special evening with Guardians of The Glenlivet for “Nights of Passage” to gain a deeper understanding of single malt scotch as you partake in tastings, identify its distinct characteristics, and discover all that it means to drink The Glenlivet. Nights of ...

“Critical Mass” 20th Anniversary Bike Revolution Ride | SF
Friday, September 28 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza
20th Anniversary Interstellar Critical Mass Ride – this is the big ride to celebrate 20 years of Critical Mass – bring your bike, expect large crowds to choke the streets of SoMa. There’s also a “Kidical Mass” ride that’s about an hour and peels off ...
Win: Fright Nights 2012 | Winchester Mystery House
Enter by: Friday, September 28 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: WIN*
*Regular cost, $45.00 + $0.99 fee, tickets are good for any day the House is open
The award-winning Winchester Mystery House attraction “Fright Nights” returns to creep out San Jose for a second year from Friday, September 28 through Saturday, November 3, 2012. This year the world-famous mysterious, rambling and reportedly haunted home of Sarah Winchester has more thrills and exciting ...
6:00 pmWhimsical Illustration Art Opening & Free Snacks | Mission Dist.  FREE
Soundwave DJ & Sound Art Street Party | SoMa
Friday, September 28 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Intersection for the Arts
On Friday, September 28 come by after work for a 6-10p happy hour for a Soundwave Street Party for interactive light graffiti projections, video art and electro-disco dance tunes. Featuring Lumisketch, a multimedia interactive art piece created by UCSC’s OpenLab’s Drew Detweiler & Lyès Belhocine that ...
Win: Dead Time Dreams Haunted House | Sept 28-Oct 30 The Dead Time Dreams Haunted House in San Jose offers you two different haunted houses that are completely redone for 2012 – the “Meat Factory” and “Zombie Attack.” But make sure you arrive early for the Midway of Terror “pre-show” that is bound to stir your ...
8:00 pmMovies in McCoppin: Friday Outdoor Film Night: The Goonies | Sunset Dist.  FREE
Threadless Wall Art Party, DJs & Beer | Lower Haight
Friday, September 28 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | DSF Clothing Company & Art Gallery
Friends and Family, Dudes and Babes, Threadless is coming to hang out and hang some awesome designs on the wall. Check out the brand new Threadless wall canvases featuring some of the most classic Threadless designs. Grab a beer, enjoy some music, and enter to win a ...
8:00 pmSnowboarding Film Festival Opening Night | SF  FREE
Win Tix: Zodiak Death Valley: Moody Psych Rock | Rickshaw Stop
Friday, September 28 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular price, $12
| Rickshaw Stop
“The best thing about the moody debut album from S.F. band Zodiac Death Valley is that it you can’t pin it down. Its standout track, ‘Cincy, OH,’ is a piano crawl heavy on smoky atmosphere and bad feelings, like Tom Waits after a particularly rough ...
$5 Classic Movie Night: “The Breakfast Club” | Paramount Theater
Friday, September 28 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Regular 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 ...
8:00 pmMovie in the Park: Jumanji | Oakland  FREE
Free Aerial Dance Performance & Film: Friday | SF
Friday, September 28 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Renoir Hotel

Catch free 30-minute aerial dance performances and film showings simulating what it’s like to be falling down Niagra Falls. Niagara Falling by Flyaway Productions layers images of the cities of San Francisco and Niagara Falls with live dancers suspended in life jackets and a steel life boat ...

San Francisco Beer Olympics: Fun, Games & $1 Beer | SF
Friday, September 28 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 11:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free to play, but bring cash for drinks (they'll be cheap!)
| Impala

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. ...

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