Events for December 8, 2012
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“Help Portrait” Free Professional Portrait Day | SF & Berkeley
Help-Portrait is an annual global event during which photographers, videographers, makeup artists and other professionals worldwide work with nonprofits and community organizations to photograph individuals and families who wouldn’t normally have access to professional family photos and print them out so they have something to ...
Amoeba Music’s “Super Saturday” | 10% Off Everything
Shop “Super Saturday” at any Amoeba Music location for a special one-day sale on Saturday, December 8, 2012.
“Super Saturday” One Day Sale Discounts:
20% off all turntables (plus get a $10 coupon and goodie bag with your turntable purchase)
20% off all t-shirts
20% off all headphones
Save big at ...
| 10:00 am | San Francisco Park Volunteer Day | Pacific Heights | FREE |
Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals, Free Play & Art Show | Burlingame
The 25th Anniversary celebration of Street Fighter will culminate at the Grand Finals event at the Hyatt Regency SFO in Burlingame on Saturday, December 8th from 10am to 9pm.
Admission is free, and the first 1,000 guests will receive goodie bags filled with exclusive Street Fighter collectibles.
Fans ...
Mobile Park Day: Rockclimbing, BMX, Skateboarding | SF
Mobile Rec is coming to a park near you with free rock climbing, BMX Biking and skateboarding for youth. Tips, tricks and equipment will be provided by San Francisco Rec and Park, but participants may bring their own. Helmets will be required for actions sports ...
The New Parkway Theater’s Soft Grand Opening | Oakland
The New Parkway is finally re-opening in Oakland!
It’s a DIY movie theater that’s been built out of a warehouse with two screens, $6 movie tickets, strange films and tons of interesting seating like mid-century modern couches and coffee tables, sofas, office chairs, even old-school beauty ...
| 11:00 am | Seasonal Cooking Demos & Tastings | Ferry Plaza | FREE |
2012 Holiday Indie Mart: Shopping, Food Trucks & DIY | Speakeasy Brewery
The Holiday Indie Mart returns for the 5th year to bring you the perfect event to get all your holiday shopping and to get festive on December 8, 2012 at Speakeasy Brewery for the first time.
Gifts, food, music, brews and 45 vendors & trucks will be ...
Mundo Maya: Maize Celebration & Food Sampling | Mission Dist.
Maize Celebration: Saturday, December 8, 2012 – 12 noon – 6:00 p.m.
Join a festival celebrating Mayan food, particularly Maya foods made from corn: Tamales, Pupusas, Nacatamales, Quesadillas, Chica, Tortillas, Pan Dulce, Empanadas, Tacos, Gorditas, Bunuelos, Atole, Chamurrado, Albodigas in collaboration with La Cocina, Accion Latina, ...
Black Tie Chess Tournament: Free Food, Martinelli’s & Ties | Berkeley
Dress in your finest black tie attire and join this all-ages free chess tournament on December 8 starting at noon to celebrate the defeat of Bezerkeley’s Sit-Lie Law.
Free to attend, but if you want to play, please RSVP by commenting with your name and skill level to ...
San Funkcisco: Affordable Art & Music Fest | SF
Join the first Annual San Funkcisco: Affordable Art & Music Fest on December 8, 2012.
This is a special event open to family & friends to enjoy local musical talent, buy local artwork, & support funding for The Charlotte Maxwell Complimentary Clinic, which provides free alternative medical ...
SCRAP Art Party: Creative Reuse DIY | SF
SCRAP Party with hands-on creative reuse activities
Sat, Dec 8th, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Wild Oakland Walk: Bird Identification | Lake Merritt
Bring raingear/umbrella and binoculars and a birding field guide if possible, and come learn about all the winter birds migrating to Lake Merritt. The waterbirds you will be concentrating on are usually very easy to see even without binoculars.
Meet at 2pm at the main entrance of the ...
Closing Art Party & Free Libations | Oakland
The Tarot Woman vintage boutique in Berkeley will hold a closing party for their latest art installation Spectrum of Spirits by April Rose.
Complimentary mimosas and white wine will be served and you can check out this quirky boutique run by an artist/musician/Tarot reader, Janina.
Slapocalypse: Sticker Art Show, Live Music & DIY Stickers
Slapocalypse is celebrating Sticker Culture with thousands of slaps from artists all over the world at Chopsticks, an urban art space in Oakland.
There will be sticker slapping, sticker trading, blackbook krushing and slap packs. They have blank slaps for days so bring your own markers and ...
Unique Graffiti Art Exhibit with Used Spray Cans | Blackbird
Can the can be a canvas? Check out this unique graffiti art exhibit where the art is spray painted on the discarded spray cans. How meta…
Rob Sakovich Graffiti Art Exhibit
Opening at Blackbird: Saturday, December 8, 2012, 6-8pm
Secession Art & Design heads to the Blackbird to ...
Dashing Bicycle Show & Gin Party | SF
Dress in your ‘guv’nor best’ and cruise over to Huckleberry Bicycles for the premiere of the Dashing Bicycle Show, a traveling exhibition of the finest bicycles and accessories, brought to you by Brooks England, on Saturday, December 8, 2012.
Hendrick’s Gin will be pouring drinks for the opening party. Grant ...
Shmaltz Brewery’s 2012 Hanukkah Beer Party | Beer Revolution
Shmaltz Brewery makes He’brew gourmet Kosher beer and their bringing their whole lineup to Beer Revolution for their Bay Area “Super Sweet 16” party just in time for Hanukkah to celebrate the brewery’s 16th birthday.
Although there’s no discount prices on the beer (we were told by the promoter “sorry, ...
$10 Tix: Ugly Sweater Christmas Party | Mr. Smiths, SF
Ho Ho Ho… Come over Mr. Smith’s for a raging holiday party with the ugliest of sweaters. There’s DJs rocking around the Christmas tree, prizes for best sweaters, a free photo booth and free drinks for the first 100 people.
Early birds get a free drink ...
| 8:00 pm | Win Tix: KC Turner’s 30th Birthday Bash: Megan Slankard & Steve Poltz | SF | WIN* *Regular cost, $18 adv, $25 door.
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Quote Unquote Free Comedy Show | SF
Quote Unquote is an alternative comedy show based around what we all hated to write in school: essays. The writers are given a quote, and they all create their own piece based on that quote. Hilarity ensues. Quote Unquote is headed back to the city by the ...
Every Saturday
Free Community Yoga Class | Berkeley
Grab your yoga mat and come to Sports Basement Berkeley for some relaxing weekend yoga. Community classes take place every Saturday.
Free Community Yoga Class
Every Saturday | 10 am
Sports Basement, 2727 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA
FREE
Please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mat) and water bottle. All levels are welcome.
Updated 1/28/2020 ...
Historic Ferry Building Tour | SF
Enjoy an hour-long walk on the rise, tragic fall, and modern rebirth of one of San Francisco’s most renowned historic landmarks.
Visit a contemporary swirl of shops and learn the history of ferries, freeways, and quakes. Meet at the foot of the stairs at the front ...
Free Outdoor Yoga Day | Golden Gate Park
Take yourself outside and into the beauty of this city’s heart and soul. Practice yoga under the trees and let the ocean air sooth and invigorate you. This class expertly blends breathing and movement, strength and grace, imagination and form.
You will gain a personal understanding ...
“The Setup” Underground Comedy Show | SF
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it’s a comedy show that features established comedians from around the ...
“Critical Hit” Comedy Show | Oakland
Critical Hit is hosted by Erik Krasner, Hayden Greif-Neill and Jim McVeigh at It’s Your Move Games & Hobbies in Temescal for over 4 years and still going strong.
Every week, some of our favorite comedians are invited to perform. Along with the producers, you can ...
