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Saturday, August 29
Shakespeare’s “King Lear”: Theatre in the Park | Berkeley
Saturday, August 29 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 6:15 pm |
Cost: FREE | John Hinkel Park
Actors Ensemble with Berkeley’s Inferno Theatre present William Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” Adapted and directed by Giulio Cesare Perrone, this ensemble production condenses and intensifies this seminal family tragedy with striking visuals, physicality and live music. 2015 Performance Dates All performances start at 4 pm Saturday and Sunday, August 22nd ...
Free Outdoor Movie & Popcorn Night | Hunters Point
Saturday, August 29 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 10:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Jennings & Cargo (Hunters Point)
Bring your blankets, bring your chairs and come watch the indie hit movie Dope outdoors with NOW Hunters Point.
They’ll have free popcorn, free t-shirts, and pizza available for purchase from Fist of Flour. The doors open at 7 pm, so come and get a seat. The movie ...
10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: Music & Spoken Word Showcase | Oakland
Movement Generation presents Make it Fresh, a summer performance showcase using music, spoken word, and culture to honor the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and to lift up the social and ecological justice issues that the storm laid bare so violently: institutional racism, displacement, climate change, migration, ...
Paradigm Rhymes: Visual Art Gallery & Spoken Word Poetry | SF
The Urban Center and Lyrical Opposition present Paradigm Rhymes, a visual art gallery and poetry event that showcases various artistic mediums. The theme of the event is based on paintings from each visual artist and matched with a spoken word poet to perform storytelling of ...
“Supermoon” Night Over San Francisco
Saturday, August 29 – 7:44 pm - Ends at 7:41 am |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Bay Area
Thanks to an optical illusion in the sky, the moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal in the San Francisco Bay Area in the night, during what astronomers call a “supermoon.” Because the sun is about 50,000 miles closer to the earth than at ...
Win Tix: Circus Vargas “ArleQuin!” | East Bay
Saturday, August 29 – 8:00 pm |
Cost: WIN | Circus Vargas - Southland Mall
Spectacular! Spectacular! No words in the vernacular can describe this great event, but I’ll try anyway. Step right up to the magnificent, the awe inspiring, the full of friendly-and-not-evil clowns, Circus Vargas for ArleQuin, a night of big topped entertainment.
Will the trapeze artists slip out ...
“Engineers of Illumination” After-Dark Light Art Installation | California Historical Society
Saturday, August 29 – 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | California Historical Society
Engineers of Illumination is a series of artist-based, projected-light installations honoring the stunning achievements of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). During CHS’s exhibition City Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair (Feb. 22, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016), six light-based artists from the ...
Free Theatre: “Breaking the Code: The Alan Turing Story” | SF
Breaking The Code by Hugh Whitemore is a gripping drama about homosexual scientist Alan Turing, inventor of the computer; see it live when it comes to the stage at the Eureka Theatre. How to Get Free Tickets Funcheap readers can get unlimited free tickets to all shows from August 26-29, 2015. ...
Outdoor “Jaws” Movie Night, Free Popcorn & Haagen Dazs | The Yard
Saturday, August 29 – 8:00 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | The Yard at Mission Rock
Bring the family or a date for an outdoor movie night featuring the classic, Jaws, along with free popcorn and free Haagen Dazs ice cream samples at The Yard at Mission Rock (right across McCovey Cove from AT&T Park) from 8-10:30 pm on Saturday, August 29, ...
Renegade Drive-In Movie Night: The Dark Crystal | North Bay
Saturday, August 29 – 8:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Old Hamilton Theater Building
A lavish fantasy world of animatronics and puppetry as only Henson and crew could make, with designs by master of fantastic art Brian Froud and haunting soundtrack by Trevor Jones. Come with Jen and Kira, the last of their Gelfling kind, as they journey to ...
