Events for October 29, 2014
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Wednesday, October 29
| 10:00 am | Free Oakland Summer Walking Tours | Old Oakland | 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
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Tamales Making Workshop: Día de los Muertos 2014 | Oakland
Celebrate your beloved dead and the autumn time when the veil grows thin by creating altars and an earth mandala, joining in on a procession and dinner, and enjoying live music in North Oakland’s Dover Park. 2014 North Oakland Day of the Dead Saturday, November 1, ...
Pirates of the Caribbean Ship Tours, Period Costumes & Stories | Pier 40
The Tall Ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain, official ambassadors of Washington State, will visit Redwood City and offer exciting Adventure Sails, Battle Sails and Vessel Tours from the dock. Vessel Tours open the ships to the public for a suggested donation of $5 per ...
Final Paws on the Square: Doggie Musical Chairs & Puppy Pampering | Oakland
Pet owners and their pups are invited to enjoy festive, four-legged fun at Jack London Square’s Paws on the Square every Wednesday in October 2014. This month-long series will fill the Oakland waterfront with free tips, tricks and puppy pampering on Wednesday evenings including doggy ...
Free Jumbotron Screening: 2014 World Series Game 7 | Civic Center
Confirmed for 2014 Game 7!
Watch the 2014 World Series surrounded by thousands of orange people as the city is hosting a FREE public jumbotron broadcast of Game 7 in Civic Center Plaza on Tuesday evening. Celebrate with the city!
The screen will be set up in ...
World Series Game 7: Giants vs. Royals Game Watch Party
This is for all the marbles.
Come to SoMa StrEat Food Park for a huge game watch – game seven of the World Series. Come on out Wednesday night to get food truck grub, enjoy the beer garden and be part of the awesome playoff atmosphere at ...
CNN Crossfire’s Van Jones Talks Politics & Activism | SF
Glide is proud to continue its thought leaders’ series when CNN Crossfire host Van Jones joins NationBuilder CEO Jim Gilliam in conversation in Glide’s Sanctuary on Wednesday, October 29. This discussion between two respected thinkers will touch on national politics, activism, technology and Jones’ vision of ...
“Science, Neat” Nerdy Hands-On Happy Hour | El Rio
Science, Neat is a monthly happy hour that pairs short talks with live demos on the back patio of the El Rio bar in the Mission.
Step into the “Living Room” and meet 5 scientists who will share their research and how science has shaped them ...
Free Sneak Preview Movie: “Before I Go To Sleep” | SF
Attend an exclusive free sneak preview advanced screening of “Before I Go To Sleep,” a taut thriller based on the worldwide best-selling novel.
Free Film Screening: Before I Go To Sleep
October 29, 2014 | 7 pm
Secret Movie Theater Location in San Francisco
RSVP Code: FUNSF1314
Tickets available through GoFoBo.com/rsvp
Tickets ...
| 7:00 pm | Merola Opera Trivia Night with Live Singing Clues | SF | FREE* *RSVP Required through Eventbrite
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Secret Warehouse Arcade Party & DIY Halloween Costume Making | SF
What happens when you combine arcade games, booze & DIY costumes? The best costume-making halloween party ever. (duh.)
Costume supplies and materials provided, free hard cider from 7 to 8pm, unlimited arcade gameplay (skeeball, whack a mole, bubble hockey and more) and costume contest prizes (bragging ...
2014 Bay Area Science Fest: Trivia Night | SoMa
Please note this event is still taking place (even though it’s during the World Series Game 7)
When you get to the gates of SoMa StrEat Food Park, let them know you’re here for Ask a Scientist and they’ll direct you to the school bus ...
Shaping San Francisco Lecture: Housing Wars 2014 | SF
Decades of displacement and eviction have reached another crescendo during 2013-14. Key activists from the 1990s to the present will share tactics and strategies as the war enters its latest stages.
With James Tracy with his new book Dispatches Against Displacement, Erin McElroy of the Anti-Eviction ...
| 7:30 pm | Free Improv Class & BYOB Wednesday | SF | FREE* *Free, but there is a suggested donation of $5-$15
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$10 Off: Spookeasy Halloween Extravaganza & Haunted Theatre | Chinatown
The first-ever San Francisco Spookeasy Halloween Extravaganza is a daring, bold and sophisticated multi-evening experiential destination party, with full main stage show, that transforms Chinatown’s Great Star Theatre into a decadently opulent haunted 1930s Prohibition-era Speakeasy.
This scintillating circus-like, madcap soiree features dancers, musicians, glittery showgirls, ...
| 8:00 pm | Win Tix: Brent Weinbach (HBO Comedy Festival) Comedy Night | Punch Line | WIN* *All shows are 18 & over and there is a two drink minimum per person.
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Win Tix: “Spookeasy” Haunted Extravaganza | SF
A circus-like, madcap 1930s style soiree with dancers, showgirls and strange performances.
Witness a circus-like, madcap soiree features dancers, musicians, glittery showgirls, and larger-than-life cartoon puppets rollicking red hot era of 1930s Burlesque and Barbary Coast Vaudeville in a ‘ToonTown’ parallel universe.
Gala Preview Night – Wednesday, ...
Every Wednesday
Free Bad-Ass Morning Outdoor Workout: Alta Vista Park | SF
Every Wednesday morning at 6:30 am, gather at Alta Plaza Park for a free badass workout and a chance to meet fellow fitness enthusiasts in your city.
The half hour workouts are different each week, but consist of boot camp style workouts like running hills, core work, ...
“Heart of the City” Wednesday Farmers Market | UN Plaza
Heart of the City Farmers Market is a uniquely independent, farmer-operated, nonprofit farmers market located year round on Sundays and Wednesdays in San Francisco’s United Nations Plaza, rain or shine. Nearly 30 local farmers and artisan food vendors provide a wide selection of fresh local produce, ...
CANCELED – Autodesk Design Gallery & Free Guided Tour | Embarcadero
This event series is canceled.
The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco celebrates the design process that takes a great idea and turns it into a reality.
With more than 20 different exhibits regularly on display that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk customers, the ...
SF Public Library’s $1 Book Sale | Civic Center
Starting in April, the San Francisco Public Library hosts weekly Wednesday Steps Sales, located at the Larkin Street entrance to the Main Library.
All books and media are just $1 or less each and all proceeds from Steps Sales benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
SF Public ...
Stitch In: Come By, Meet People & Stitch | SF
These free events give you the opportunity to stitch in an inspiring environment with fellow enthusiasts. Bring along your projects, embroidery, knitting or even darning, and enjoy the company of others and their vast needlework library at your leisure.
Free Stitch Ins meet every Wednesday from ...
“Karma Cinema”: Pay-What-You-Wish Movie Night | The New Parkway
Time to get generous; The New Parkway Theater is letting you pay-what-you-wish for a movie ticket every Wednesday night.
Theater doors open at 6 pm every Wednesday and every movie (albeit a few exceptions like private events) will be offered on a sliding scale of a penny (if ...
Dandelion Chocolate: Factory Tour & Guided Tasting | SF
Mmmm… chocolate! Four days a week, Dandelion Chocolates offer $15 factory tours (with tastings.)
These tours can book up months in advance (especially for the Saturday tours), so we recommend trying to book as early as possible and aim for a Wednesday or Thursday.
On the tour, ...
“Musical Wednesdays” Sing-Along At The Edge | Castro
Start your week singing with Musical Mondays or get over the hump with Musical Wednesdays at The Edge in the Castro, where they play all of your favorite musicals to sing and drink along with a different theme each week from 7 pm to 2 am every ...
Liquid Wednesdays Latin Jam Nights | Peninsula
The Historic 7 Mile House will be hosts a weekly Wednesday Latin night and will feature the Bay Area’s best Latin bands on a rotating schedule.
Liquid Wednesdays Latin Jam Nights
Every Wednesday at 7 pm
7 Mile Sports Bar & Grill, 2800 Bayshore Blvd, Brisbane, CA
FREE (No Cover. Reservations ...
Free Live Jazz & Latin Jazz Nights | Cigar Bar
Join the Cigar Bar & Grill every Wednesday & Thursday evening for a free Jazz show (both traditional jazz and latin jazz) by local Bay Area musicians.
Shows start at 8pm. Enjoy great food, drinks & Jazz. For complete line-up and more information please visit their website.
Live ...
Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl | SF
Try your hand (literally) at the Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Pub Crawl starting in North Beach.
Get lubricated on $3 – $3.50 drink specials, and compete in Rock Paper Scissors tournament qualifying rounds while moving from bar to bar. The tournament champ wins a bar tab. Meet new people while earning points to ...
F Bomb’s “Laugh w/ Dignity” Free Comedy Show | SF
Come see real, live, up close, and uncaged comedians in an intimate environment at one of North Beach’s favorite watering holes, La Rocca’s corner. 21+ only.
The show is free, the drinks are cheap with Happy Hour pricing all night, and the laughs are plenty. Hang with ...
“Housepitality” DJ Party & Free Champagne | SoMa
Housepitality SF gives you a reason to come out dancing every Wednesday night with world-class artists and free champagne.
Enjoy free champagne from 9-10 pm and $5 Jameson (with mention of Housepitality discount). The RSVP list closes at 6 pm on the day of the show.
Housepitality DJ Night
Every Wednesday ...
