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Events for August 27, 2014

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Wednesday, August 27

10:00 amOakland Chinatown: Free Guided Walking Tours | Summer 2014  FREE*
*Reservations are recommended by leaving a message on the Tours’ 24-hour hotline at (510) 238-3234 or via email to aallen@oaklandnet.com
12:00 pmFree Lunchtime Urban Jazz Concert | Oakland  FREE
Pop Punk Concert: Joyce Manor | Amoeba SF
Wednesday, August 27 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Amoeba Music (SF)
LA’s South Bay pop-punkers Joyce Manor play a live set at Amoeba SF in celebration of their latest album Never Hungover Again (out now on Epitaph Records, available on LP & CD). Joyce Manor is also playing a sold out show at the Fox in Oakland ...
Swing In The Square: Rockabilly Concert & Dance Lessons | Union Square
Wednesday, August 27 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Union Square Park

Take some classic rockabilly, mix in a dose of surf with a touch of psychobilly, chase it with a strong tiki cocktail — and you’ve got The Rumble Strippers. They may be the newest band to hit the Bay Area rockabilly scene, but vocalist Johanna Sorentino, ...Monthly

SF Green Film Fest: “Mondo Banana”: Shadow Puppetry, Exorcisms & Dragon Dancing | SF
Wednesday, August 27 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Catch a free screening of Mondo Banana, an audience favorite from this year’s San Francisco Green Film Festival, and journey to the world of bananas. A delicious blend of video art and ethnographic film, Mondo Banana is a wild medley of shadow puppetry, culinary demonstrations, exorcisms, ...
6:00 pmMovie Night on the Green: “Horton Hears a Who” | Marin  FREE
6:00 pmCruise-In: Hot Rods, Bikes, Bands & Booze | Thee Parkside  FREE
6:30 pmItalian Film Night: Organized Crime in ’70s Rome | SF  FREE
6:30 pmJessica Battilana’s “Corn” Cookbook | Omnivore Books  FREE
6:30 pmHumpday Happy Hour Workshop: “My First Vibe” | Good Vibrations  FREE
7:30 pmFree Improv Class & BYOB Wednesday | SF  FREE*
*Free, but there is a suggested donation of $5-$15
8:00 pmFree Comedy: Senseless Bureau Improv | Oakland  FREE*
*Free, but you should probably buy food or drinks
8:00 pmDon’t Watch This Show, Live: Sketch Comedy w/ Jules Posner | SF  $1*
*$1-$10 sliding scale at door
Movie Night in the Sculpture Garden: ’50s Trashy Commie Spy Flick | Berkeley
Wednesday, August 27 – 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive
Head to Berkeley for a movie night under the stars in the sculpture garden for the ’50s commie spy flick, Shack Out On 101. Who would have thought a burger joint could be a command center for commie spies? I’ll have that medium rare with a side ...
The Adult Comedy Shop Launch w/ Kaseem Bentley | Oakland
Wednesday, August 27 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Feelmore510
In August, they will be featuring Iris Benson, Arthur Ballesteros, Trevor Hill, Loren Krout, Shanti Charan and the hilarious headliner, named SF Weekly’s Best of Award Winner for “Racial Humor You Don’t Feel Guilty Laughing At,” Kaseem Bentley.
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