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Free Seasonal Cooking Demo & Tasting | Jack London Square
Sunday, October 8 – |
Cost: FREE | Jack London Square
Seasonal Market Tasting: Tomatoes
Join us at CUESA’s Jack London Square Farmers Market in Oakland for a market tasting featuring the seasonal bounty of the Jack London Square Farmers Market. We are so lucky that tomato season extends well into the autumn. Join us for a ...Every Sunday
October Sunrise Tour of Muir Woods | North Bay
Attend a sunrise guided tour through Muir Woods National Monument. While the early hour may seem uncivilized, if not down-right obscene, sunrise is a particularly beautiful time to visit an old-growth redwood forest. You’ll learn about the local plant and animal residents which are more ...
Bird Watching: Find the Rare Birds of SF | Heron’s Head
On Sunday, Oct 8 from 10 AM to 1 PM in Heron’s Head Park, you are invited to see the Rare Birds of San Francisco.
Come and experience the Wild Life as you explore the park and try to find the unique, beautiful and entertaining Rare ...
Inner Richmond Walking Tour Part II | SF City Guide
The district’s rich history goes back to the 19th century and includes robbers’ roosts and racetracks, squatters and roadhouses, a saloon district and a red light district, as well as charming Victorian row houses and beautiful Craftsmans, the 1902 and 1903 Big Games, an earthquake ...
Bank of America Free Museum Weekend
Holders of Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, or U. S. Trust cardholders (credit cards and debit cards) get free admission to eight Bay Area museums, two Sacramento museums and to more than 225 cultural institutions nationwide, for the first full weekend each month including the de ...Monthly
EV Week 2017: Electric Vehicle Festival & Expo | SF
Sunday, October 8 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Pier 27
Join for an exciting showcase and ride and drive on Saturday at Pier 27 (with an enclosed loop for test-drives) and a micro-mobility workshop for ebikes, electric scooters, skateboards and more. EV Week 2019 October 12, 2019 | 10 am to 4 pm Pier 27 ...
98th Annual Columbus Day Bazaar | North Beach
Sunday, October 8 – All Day |
Cost: FREE | Filbert & Powell St.
The annual Columbus Day Bazaar is a lively and fun North Beach tradition hosted annually during San Francisco’s Fleet Week. The weekend event celebrates the neighborhood’s heritage featuring iconic American, Italian, and Asian foods; an abundance of games and activities; plus great entertainment and community engagement. Head ...
“Presidio Picnic” 2017 Finale & Fleet Week Viewing Party | SF
Presidio Picnic is going out with a bang for their final event of the season. Take in Fleet Week festivities from the comfort of the Presidio’s breathtaking Main Parade Ground, including the spectacular Fleet Week Air Show from 12-4 pm over Marina Green making this ...Every Sunday
Litquake 2017: Barbary Coast Prostitute Walking Tour | SF
Sunday, October 8 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Historic Offices of San Francisco Bulletin
Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus, authors of the California Historical Society Book Award-winning Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute, walk and talk you through the vice districts of 20th century San Francisco, just before the closure of the infamous Barbary Coast.
Enjoy discussions of S.F. ...
One Mountain OneTam: 100 Paintings for Mt. Tamalpais | Ross
Sunday, October 8 – 12:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Marin Art & Garden Center
The BayWood Artists are excited to be celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. They’re delighted to be partnering with One Tam for the second year in a row, exhibiting over 100 original oil and water color paintings by 10 artists. This year they will have ...
Awesöme Orchestra Collective: BAMPFA Film Music | Berkeley
Join Awesöme Orchestra as a musician or a listener for their next musical adventure: Open Session 54—film music at BAMPFA.
1:00–2:00 p.m. – Nino Rota – “The Godfather” Suite
2:00–3:00 p.m. – Bernard Herrmann – “Vertigo” Suite
3:00–3:30 p.m. – Max Steiner – “Tara’s Theme” from “Gone with ...
BAMFest 2017 Closing Celebration & Mural Bike Tour | East Bay
Sunday, October 8 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Richmond Art Center
Come out to celebrate the completion of 10 new murals in Richmond, CA at the Bay Area Mural Festival Closing Celebration at Richmond Art Center on Sunday, October 8th from 1-6 pm.
The BAMFest Celebration features:
Community painting
Kids activities
Bike tours of the new murals
Live musical performances by:
Mistica ...
¡Batey Boricua! Fundraiser for Puerto Rico | Berkeley
You are invited to a very special Puerto Rican community Bombazo jam session in honor of the people in Puerto Rico. As Hurricane Maria has devastated the island at catastrophic levels, the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop community will be singing, dancing and playing ...
Litquake 2017: How a Mountain Was Made | SF
In the tradition of Calvino’s Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris (Grand Avenue) turns his attention to his ancestral homeland, Northern California’s Sonoma Mountain.
In the 16 interconnected stories of How a Mountain Was Made, the twin crows Question Woman and Answer Woman take us through a world ...
Litquake 2017: Vibrator Nation | SF
Sunday, October 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Center for Sex and Culture
In the 1970s, a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched sex-toy stores like Eve’s Garden, Good Vibrations, and Babeland, as both commercial enterprises and hubs for educational and community resources.
“Vibrator Nation” author Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, ...
Litquake 2017: Sand, Surf, & Sartre | SF
Sunday, October 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Mollusk Surf Shop
The wide open skies, the saltwater on your face, the rush of the drop-in, dolphins cavorting next to you… some find in surfing a path to enlightenment, or at the very least a reason to explore the philosophies of living.
Journalist Jaimal Yogis and U.C. Irvine ...
“Return of the Cypher” Hip-Hop & Beatbox Jam | Boom Boom Room
Sunday, October 8 – 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Boom Boom Room
Return of the Cypher (ROTC) is free live Hip-Hop show every Sunday at the Boom Boom Room that features an ever-changing lineup of artists and improvised sessions (know as “cyphers”) where beatboxers, emcees, and musicians collaborate in a spontaneous combustion of soulful skill. Every week, The ...Every Sunday
