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Friday, March 7

All DayFree Admission Day | Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History  FREE
Free Balinese Dance Show: Gamelan Sekar Jaya 35th Anniversary | City Hall
Friday, March 7 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco City Hall
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of the acclaimed Balinese music and dance ensemble, Gamelan Sekar Jaya. Their angklung and dance ensembles will perform a selection of works that draw upon the sweet and gentle tones of angklung with pieces that span the wide spectrum of Balinese angklung ...
Janelle Monáe Free Outdoor Lunchtime Concert | Justin Herman Plaza
Friday, March 7 – 12:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Embarcadero Plaza
Futuristic R&B star and probable goddess Janelle Monáe is performing a free outdoor lunchtime concert at Justin Herman Plaza on Friday, March 7, 2014 at 12:30 pm. And you can thank Mark Benioff, founder of local tech giant Salesforce, who’s bringing in the singer to do her ...

Street Art Demos: Celebrating Women Artists | SF Main Library
Friday, March 7 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library

In celebration of women artists of San Francisco, local street artists will be creating art, live and in person, from 1-3 pm every Friday in the Main Library’s 4th floor Music Center throughout the month of March 2014. Photographs and information featuring original Art in ...

1:00 pmFree Classical Chamber Music by the Bay | SF  FREE
New BART Driverless OAK Airport Shuttle | Final Public Opinion Event
Friday, March 7 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Oakland Coliseum BART

After 44 years of studies and planning, BART is finally going all the way to Oakland Airport in the fall of 2014. In the meantime, you are invited you to a series of outreach events to learn more about the Oakland Airport Connector extension to Oakland ...

Art on BART Party: Live Painting, Music & Artist Q&A | Public Works
Friday, March 7 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Public Works
WanderArt invites you to a party celebrating Art on BART featuring live painting, live music, plus a talk and Q&A session with the six Art on BART artists. There will be a pop-up gallery and a silent auction featuring original paintings, prints and sculptures by some very talented ...
5:00 pmFriday Nights at OMCA: Night Market & Off the Grid | Oakland  $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults, ages 18 and under are free. Admission for Members is always free. Cash bar. Prices vary for Off the Grid food trucks.
North Beach First Fridays Art Crawl | SF
Friday, March 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | North Beach

On the first Friday of every month, over a dozen North Beach galleries, museums, bars, and restaurants stay open late for a self-guided First Fridays Art Crawl with special events to showcase the ever-growing collections of art and entertainment that diversify North Beach. First Fridays Art Crawl ...Monthly

First Friday Follies: Burlesque & Creepy Puppet Show | Oakland
Friday, March 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations for the artists are awesome.
| Stork Club

As Oakland Art Murmur winds down on your Friday night, find your way to the Stork Club on 23rd and Telegraph around 9 pm for the perfectly strange after-party, The First Friday Follies burlesque show, a monthly free event featuring dancing girls, sometimes a creepy little ...Monthly

Oakland Art Murmur | First Fridays Art Walk
Friday, March 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Broadway/Telegraph

Over 30 Oakland Art Murmur affiliate venues have coordinated openings on the first Friday of every month. Oakland Art Murmur presents a free monthly evening art walk, known as the ‘Art Murmur.” Every first Friday of the month, affiliate venues are open to the public from 6-9 ...Monthly

6:00 pmTemescal First Fridays | Oakland  FREE*
*Free admission, but bring cash for shopping, food, and drinks.
6:00 pmFirst Friday Shorts | The New Parkway  FREE
2014 San Francisco Women’s Short Film Festival | The New Parkway Theater
Friday, March 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but tickets are required
| The New Parkway
Women’s Film Institute presents the annual San Francisco International Women’s Film Festival (SFIWFF) showcasing the best short films directed by women to commemorate Women’s History Month. This compelling lineup of short films is crafted by local San Francisco Bay Area female filmmakers who will be in attendance ...
6:00 pm“Stop Telling Women To Smile” Acclaimed Brooklyn Street Art Project | SF  FREE
Win Tix: DogGone History: DJs, Drinks & Doggies | The Old Mint
Friday, March 7 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost, $10 each with code FUNCHEAP (otherwise it's $12)
| The Historic San Francisco Mint
Grab your favorite pooch and join FlipSide at the Historic 1874 Old Mint for an evening of dogs, drinks, dancing, and history. Enter to win a pair of tickets, or get $10 tix (save $2) when you enter promo code: FUNCHEAP. Otherwise, tickets are $12. Canines and their people ...
6:30 pmGirl Rise-A-Thon Screening: International Women’s Day | SF  FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
South First Fridays Art Walk | San Jose
Friday, March 7 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | SoFA District (San Jose)

Join an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA district (and beyond) every first Friday of the month. Please note that South First Fridays is typically canceled in July and January due to the holidays. South First Fridays hours depend on ...Monthly

7:00 pmRoller Derby Skate Shop 6 Year Anniversary & Art Show | Berkeley  FREE
Pixar’s 3rd Annual 100 Foot Tall Animation Showcase | The Great Wall of Oakland
Friday, March 7 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 11:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Great Wall of Oakland
For the third year in a row, The Great Wall will present a curated screening of the personal animated works of Pixar Animation Studio employees on the 100’x100’ urban canvas. Pixar’s 3rd Annual 100-Foot-Tall Animation Showcase Friday, March 7, 2014 – 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm The Great ...
The Bay Lights 1st Anniversary Bike Ride | SF
Friday, March 7 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Cupid's Span
Celebrate the first year of The Bay Lights, San Francisco’s monumental light sculpture with the SF Bike Party, Illuminate the Arts, Black Rock Arts Foundation and the SF Bicycle Coalition on Friday, March 7, 2014. The evening will kick off at Cupid’s Span at 7:30 pm with ...
7:30 pm50th Issue Release Party: Readings, Free Letterpress Books & Snacks | SF  $7*
*$7-10 sliding scale, nobody turned away for lack of funds.
The Bay Lights: San Francisco Bike Party | First Friday
Friday, March 7 – 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Cupid's Span

At 8 pm as SF Bike Party volunteers lead the group on a fun and safe ride through the city with stops to dance and socialize along the way. If ever a time to light up your bike, this is it. Get there early at 7 ...Monthly

“Risk Is This” Free Experimental Theater: Ondine | SF What is the relationship between matter and form? Body and soul? Trapped together on a bare stage, two lovers, Ondine and Hildebrand, begin to tell themselves, and each other, a story. The narrative they frame comes to life until layers of reality and time collapse ...
NYC Old School DJs, Open Bar & Fresh Sneakers Contest | Mighty
Friday, March 7 – 9:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 am | Cost: FREE*
*Free before 10 pm with an RSVP.
| The Great Northern
Come out to Mighty for a concert and celebration for the 10th anniversary of “Where’d You Get Those? New York City’s Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987,” the landmark book written by Bobbito Garcia, along with DJs spinning old school sets. There’s even an open bar from 9-10 pm. Free ...
9:00 pmFirst Friday Monthly Car Meet | Fremont  FREE
Win Tix: The Greening: Cascading Vocal Harmonies & Punk Energy | Slim’s
Friday, March 7 – 9:00 pm | Cost: WIN*
*Win a pair of tickets. Regular cost: $14. All ages 6+.
| Slim's
Combining hooks, strong melodies, and cascading vocal harmonies, The Greening create instantly memorable songs. However, the radio friendly nature of the songwriting disguises its underlying complexity. Surprise bridges, unexpected arrangements and time signatures evolve from an appreciation of the psychedelic movement, forgotten ’70s art rock, classic ’60s ...
9:00 pm“Wrapped in Plastic” Jazz Quartet | The Royale  FREE
First Friday Concert: Shoegaze & Post Punk Pop | Oakland
Friday, March 7 – 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Uptown Nightclub
San Francisco’s Vela Eyes blends indie, shoegaze and post punk with a touch of psych to create lush, timeless pop music that strongly evokes images of the city’s bohemian past. Lyrically, they are inspired by fantasies of love, and the beauty of empowerment. Also on the lineup ...
9:30 pmAll-Star Mash Up Comedy Night | SF  FREE
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