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Monday, August 8

The Swings: Amazing Interactive Musical Installation | San Jose
Monday, August 8 – All Day | Cost: FREE | Plaza de Cesar Chavez

For two months, The Swings installation will be activated in the heart of downtown San José at Plaza de César Chavez. Created by Montréal-based interaction design studio Daily tous les jours, The Swings is a free interactive art installation in which each swing emits the ...

Dave Eggers Book Signing | Books Inc.
Monday, August 8 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Books Inc. (Opera Plaza)
Meet national bestselling author Dave Eggers at Books Inc. in Opera Plaza for a surprise book signing of his captivating new novel Heroes of the Frontier. A tremendous new novel from the best-selling author of The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier is the darkly comic story ...

Cyberpunk Cinema Night “X-Files Gibson Double Feature” | Mission Dist.
Monday, August 8 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Knockout

X-Files Gibson Double Feature Special “I want to believe” agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully tackle cybercrime, Artificial Intelligence, Lone Gunmen, Virtual Reality and the IRL dangers of video games in two special “monster of the week” episodes of the X-Files.   “Killswitch” and “First Person Shooter” ...Monthly

6:30 pmAcoustic Roots & Blues Live Music | SF  FREE
6:30 pmMeditation & Forgiveness: The Buddhist Perspective | Berkeley  FREE*
*Donations are appreciated.
7:00 pmBiohacking Academy: In Silco Plasmid Design | Oakland  $5*
*No one is turned away for lack of funds.
7:00 pmPerfectly Queer: LGBTQ Reading Series | SF  FREE
7:00 pm“Musical Mondays” Sing-Along At The Edge | Castro  FREE
Free Sneak Preview Movie: “Florence Foster Jenkins” | SF
Monday, August 8 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP Code required; arrive early as admission is not guaranteed.
| CGV Van Ness
Attend an exclusive free sneak preview advanced screening of “Florence Foster Jenkins,” a new film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. Free Film Screening: Florence Foster Jenkins Monday, August 8, 2016 | 7pm AMC Van Ness 14 RSVP code: kbTVx78375 Tickets available through https://www.gofobo.com/rsvp Tickets are free, but subject to availability. Depending on demand, ...
7:30 pmOne-Night Only Screening: The Andy Whitfield Story | SF  $12*
*Only 20 tickets available so an RSVP is required. RSVP to annielam12@yahoo.com
8:00 pmEndgames Improv Presents: Machete Cats Can’t Even Break the Internet | SF  $5
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