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Wednesday, October 29

10:00 amFree 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
Tamales Making Workshop: Día de los Muertos 2014 | Oakland
Wednesday, October 29 – 10:00 am - Ends at 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required to Ruby at ruby@sparkybeegirl.com. You'll receive the location after you RSVP.
| Secret Location (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
Wednesday, October 29 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Self guided tours are free. Sailing tickets are $43 a head.
| 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
Wednesday, October 29 – 5:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Jack London Square

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
Wednesday, October 29 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Civic Center (SF)
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
Wednesday, October 29 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*FREE for the first 100 fans with RSVP ($5 cover after)
| Monarch Gardens
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
Wednesday, October 29 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but an RSVP is required.
| Glide
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
Wednesday, October 29 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: $4*
*Some events may require an RSVP or have other restrictions.
| 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 ...
6:30 pmWin Tix: “Science, Neat” El Rio’s Backyard Patio Science Party | SF  WIN
Free Sneak Preview Movie: “Before I Go To Sleep” | SF
Wednesday, October 29 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP code required; arrive early as admission is not guaranteed.
| Secret Movie Theater (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 pmMerola Opera Trivia Night with Live Singing Clues | SF  FREE*
*RSVP Required through Eventbrite
Secret Warehouse Arcade Party & DIY Halloween Costume Making | SF
Wednesday, October 29 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $10*
*Use code FUNCHEAPSF for $10 tickets (everyone else pays $15)
| Joey the Cat's Secret Arcade Warehouse
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
Wednesday, October 29 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but bring money for food and drinks.
| Monarch Gardens
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
Wednesday, October 29 – 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Eric Quezada Center
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 pmFree Improv Class & BYOB Wednesday | SF  FREE*
*Free, but there is a suggested donation of $5-$15
$10 Off: Spookeasy Halloween Extravaganza & Haunted Theatre | Chinatown
Wednesday, October 29 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 12:00 am | Cost: $10 Off*
*Exclusive Funcheap Price - Tickets normally $30, but use code FUNCHEAP 1029 and you'll pay only $20. 21+
| Great Star Theater
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 pmWin 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.
Win Tix: “Spookeasy” Haunted Extravaganza | SF
Wednesday, October 29 – 8:00 pm | Cost: WIN | Great Star Theater
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, ...
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