Events for October 17, 2015
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Saturday, October 17
| 9:00 am | The Marin KidCareFair | San Rafael | FREE* *Box lunch will be available for purchase from Mi Pueblo if reserved online. Pay at the event: $8 chicken, $6 veggie.
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de Young 10th Anniversary Celebration & Free Day | SF
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their remodeled home in Golden Gate Park, the entire museum (not just the permanent galleries) will be free from 10am to 10pm.
The de Young hosts 12 hours of live music, performances, art-making and free admission – including our special exhibitions ‘Jewel ...
| 10:00 am | Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour | Outer Sunset | FREE* *Free, but an RSVP is required.
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| All Day | Free PresidiGo Shuttle | Downtown to Presidio | FREE |
SF Open Studios: 40th Anniversary | Hunters Point Shipyard & Islais Creek Studios
SF Open Studios is the oldest and largest open studios program in the country, featuring an annual, month-long, city-wide art event that showcases over 800 emerging and established San Francisco artists in their studios over four weekends in September and October. Each weekend, art patrons, admirers, ...
Sharktoberfest Bash: Shark Art, Films, & Live Music | SF
Enjoy a day of free activities with shark science, shark experts, shark art, shark films, shark conservation, beer, food, and live music.
Come in costume for the Ocean Life Parade and costume contest at 3 pm.
Special Programs
$5/person – Registration required
Sharkitecture: 12:30 pm & 2:30 pm
Anatomy of a ...
| 11:00 am | Drop-In Bike Workshop & Advice | Mountain View | FREE |
2015 “United Nations Day” Ceremony & Parade of 193 Flags | Oakland
Celebrate the spirit of international cooperation and the birthday United Nations with the United Nations Association of the East Bay’s annual United Nations Parade through Jack London Square..
A tradition for over 50 years, the UN Association has hosted this parade of flags from all 193 UN ...
“The Cultural Corridor” Free Arts Festival: SF Jazz & San Francisco Ballet | Hayes Valley
From Fillmore to Hayes Valley, this unique pathway houses San Francisco’s most supreme arts organizations. Yet there has never been a joint performance of these groups within their own neighborhood.
African-American Shakespeare Company brings together AfroSolo, SFJAZZ, SF Ballet, Nitty Dupree Studio of Dance and many ...
| 12:00 pm | “A Day of Play”: Yoga, Kickball, Giant Jenga & Circus Fun | GG Park | FREE* *Free, but an RSVP is requested
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Free Roller Skate & Roller Disco Lesson Day | The Church of 8 Wheels
October is National Roller Skating Month and here in San Francisco, “ROLLIGION” is spreading at the Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco. This former Catholic church is now the scene where people are rediscovering just how much fun shaking your groove thang with wheels on ...
2015 (LAST) Festival: Art Expo & “Engineering the Future” Symposium | Stanford
The LAST (Life Art Science Technology) Festival is a weekend-long interdisciplinary event consisting of the Art Expo featuring a dozen digital interactive art installations, the Saturday-only “Engineering the Future” symposium on the state of the sciences that are shaping the 21st century, and the Sunday-only “Homo Digitalis” symposium with panels and talks ...
Saturday Blues Concert in the Park | McLaren Park
Returning this year on August 25, 2019 at 11am, the (sometimes) annual music & activity festival for children in John McLaren Park. A fun filled day of music, performers, crafts, games, ecology and community resiliency for and by kids.
Free Dodgeball Day in Dolores Park | SF
Ahoy dodgeballers. Come join up for pick-up dodgeball at Dolores Park.
It’s free and open to anyone, not just registered league players. So bring your friends, bring your dodging feet, your catching hands, and maybe some sunscreen.
They’ll be on the multi-purpose court above the tennis courts ...
“Outpost” Nature Art Projects & Performances | Central Market
Saturday, October 17
2:00-5:00 pm
Create with Nature Zone
Curated by the Studio for Urban Projects in collaboration with the Children in Nature Collaborative
Central Market is home to one of San Francisco’s densest neighborhoods, with an estimated 4,000 children and some of the least access to open space. ...
| 2:00 pm | Free Pop/Rock Benefit Concert | Walnut Creek | FREE |
Pyramid Alehouse’s “‘Staches & Steins” Oktoberfest Bash | Walnut Creek
Celebrate Oktoberfest with Pyramid Alehouse’s ‘Staches & Steins party in their beer garden in Walnut Creek on Saturday, October 17, 2015.
Come in your lederhosen and dirndls and you may win a prize.
2015 ‘Staches & Steins Activites:
Live music from The Up and Down
Stein & Beer specials: ...
| 4:00 pm | The Works of Cornelius Volker: Art Exhibit | SF | FREE |
| 4:00 pm | Departure: A Collection of Art Works| SF | FREE |
Beetlejuice Ghoul Movie & Costume Night | SoMa
Come in your Halloween costume as they celebrate Halloween early in SoMa.
At 5:30 pm, they’ll have food (pizza, popcorn, and tricky treats) and Halloween-themed activities, including pumpkin carving, mummy wrapping, and other fun games.
At 6:15pm, they will start their feature of the night, Beetlejuice.
This is a partnership with Friends ...
Funcheap Litquake Event: Naughty Shakesespeare Trivia | Public Works
Long before Hollywood movies, the Bard of Avon knew that when it comes to entertaining the masses, sex sells. At this special Litquake event, we delve into the work of Will and find all the naughty bits with three rounds of trivia (with prizes!) and ...
