Events for December 12, 2020
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Saturday, December 12
SF’s Gun Buy-Back Event: $100 for Handguns. No Questions Asked
Mayor London Breed Announces Gun Buy-Back Event
Mayor Breed, San Francisco Police Department, and United Playaz will host a gun buy-back event in SoMa, this Saturday, December 12th from 8:00am until 12:00pm
Mayor London N. Breed, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), United Playaz, George Floyd’s family ...
North Bay “Autism Speaks” Virtual Walk
his year, we’re getting creative and giving you several exciting options to determine how you want to come together as a community (in person or in spirit!), and celebrate how your commitment to raising vital funds for people with autism is making a real difference ...
Makers Market Mill Valley Lumber Yard | Open-Air Marketplace
Come on out y’all! Breathe in the majestic redwoods with Marin’s most stunning view of Mt. Tam in the beautiful Mill Valley Lumber Yard… all while shopping small from your local community!
> Saturday, December 12th
> 10am-6pm
> Mill Valley Lumberyard
WHAT: Local Makers & Artists!
> Outdoor, Open-Air
> ...
“Makers Market Napa” Open-Air Marketplace
MAKERS MARKET – This market was originally schedule for Walnut Creek – Broadway Plaza, but has been MOVED to Napa. Napa is NOT included in the Bay Area shelter in place. So you can shop and dine here!
Come shop our holiday-inspired outdoor Marketplace of 20+ ...
“Family Fun Day” Online Nutcracker Dance Class
For the December holidays, Cal Performances is teaming up with the Mark Morris Dance Group for a Family Fun Day centered around The Hard Nut, choreographer Mark Morris’s witty, lavish, gender-varied homage to Tchaikovsky’s original score, The Nutcracker.
The festive event includes a Dance with the ...
“Dickens Fair at Home” (Dec. 12-13)
Red Barn Productions is pleased to announce Dickens Fair at Home, a free online Christmas compendium that brings home the magic of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party – a beloved Bay Area holiday tradition. Like most other in-person events in 2020, the Great Dickens Christmas ...
4th Annual “Social Justice Children’s Book Holiday Fair” (Livestream)
Our annual Social Justice Children’s Book Holiday Fair returns for our 4th year on December 12th and will feature local Bay Area authors, social justice kid’s books, book readings and so much more.
This year we will be hosted by Story Time with Mr. Limata for ...
SF Chinatown “Walkway Weekends” Saturdays & Sundays (Thru Dec. 27)
San Francisco Chinatown’s iconic Grant Avenue will be closed off to traffic and cars for a pleasant open walkway under vibrant red lanterns every weekend — now through October December 2021. EVENT UPDATE – Walkway Weekends was unexpectedly canceled early on October 31 Enjoy a ...Every Saturday
Urban Farmgirls Holiday Sale
Deck your home with Urban Farmgirls and JOIN US to celebrate the holidays at our last SALE of the year!!! We will have tea, biscuits, music, all our garden products and a very special guest… Tanya Herrera of Organized Raw Creations will be joining us ...
“Holiday Boutique” at United Irish Cultural Center
Shelter in Place Update: Please note that as of 12/10/20 this event appears to still be taking place even during shelter-in-place, although outdoor dining has been shut down. Please check website for updates. Please join us for our second UICC Christmas Boutique on Saturday, December ...
“Coalesce // Facing These Moments” Livestream Dance & Music
Artists in residence Nkechi Njaka and Tauwoo are presenting a choreography/ live music performance in a livestream viewing format at the Saint Joseph’s Arts Society on December 12th 2020.
This site-specific work is titled: Coalesce // Facing These Moments and aims to be both a conversation ...
Queer Street Marketplace
Queer Street Marketplace is a semi-annual event that has become a tradition at the SF LGBT Center that showcases LGBTQIA run small businesses in a community-driven environment.
On the day of the event, small business owners in our community can come to sell their products and ...
Queerness in Writing “If We Were Electric” Talk
3PM Pacific Time
6PM Eastern Time
New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer, icon, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing, queerness, and If We Were Electric.
Join us for a special virtual event – New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer, icon, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ ...
“Chromatherapy” New Art Exhibit (Dec. 12 – Jan. 23)
Exhibition Dates: December 12, 2020 – January 23, 2020
Opening Exhibition: December 12th, 4-9 pm. No more than 20 people at a time. Masks required.
Virtual Panel Discussion: January 14th @5:30 pm PST
Gallery Hours: By Appointment Only
Heron Arts is pleased to announce the two-person exhibition Chromatherapy featuring ...
SF Rock Poster Virtual Show “Classic Rock Posters of the 1960s”
The folk-rock music of mid-1960s San Francisco included an exciting visual counterpoint: the trippy designs used to advertise musical lineups at The Fillmore and other local venues. The posters themselves became a celebrated art form, and the era is remembered not just for its psychedelic ...
“Singing a Path to Dawn” 1940s Era Live Radio Play
Rotterdam, 1940. A city and a people, bustling with life. But the atmosphere is rife with a sinister undercurrent that grips the residents in fear. Who can stand up to a force seemingly too powerful to be reckoned with?
Join us in an exciting “radio play” ...
20% off SF’s “Mela Tandoori” for Bay Area Halal Restaurant Week (Dec. 11-12)
The Bay Area Halal Foodies (BAHF) are preparing their palates for the first-ever Halal Restaurant Week coming this December. For an entire week, restaurants that sell Halal food will be featured in an event coordinated by Halalfest, Inc, and Abbas Mohamed, the founder of the ...
San Francisco International Arts Festival Holiday Fundraiser
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will host its annual holiday fundraiser online this year and it is dedicated to the intriguing theme of Equal Protection Under the First Amendment for the Arts. We invite members of the public to join us for a ...
26th Annual Hob Nob Virtual Gala “Unmasking the Future”
Join The Saint Francis Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides philanthropic support to Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and its community, for the 26th annual virtual Hob Nob Gala. “Unmasking the Future” will celebrate the courage and innovation of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital during this ...
“Family Matters” Virtual Art Reception at Root Division (Dec. 7 – Jan. 4)
Curator:
Bonny Nahmias
Online Exhibition Dates:
December 7, 2020 – January 4, 2021
2nd Saturday Reception (Virtual):
Saturday, December 12, 2020 – 6-7 pm
Gallery Hours: Online Exhibition
Exhibiting Artists:
Nanci Amaka
Megan Atherton
Zack Bent
Lois Bielefeld
Kristen Brown &
Matthew Tedford
Nicole Bull
Jonathan Christensen Caballero
Mark Fleuridor
Deborah Benioff Friedman
Megan Hildebrandt
Chris Ireland
PeiXin Liu
Aida Lizalde
Kija Lucas**
Timothy Manalo
Alicia & Melissa McDaniel*
Ava ...
“wellRED” Exclusive Livestream Stand-up Comedy Show
Exclusive livestream stand-up comedy show and after-party.
Trae Crowder (The Liberal Redneck), Drew Morgan and Corey Forrester have firmly established themselves as three of the most exciting new voices in comedy of their generation. Often compared to Carlin and Hicks, or a modern-twist on the Blue ...
The Stud’s “Drag Alive Online” Every Saturday
This event series was cancelled on March 13, 2021 Thanks to SFist for letting us know that The Stud and Oasis are going virtual with their Drag Shows Online. Not even the global pandemic can stop the Queens! Enjoy a weekly dose of virtual humor, flashy, queer and ...Every Saturday
Online Roast ’90s Christmas Classic Move “Home Alone”
We will be roasting ‘HOME ALONE’ for FREE online and you are invited! The roast will be aired over a Vimeo stream 7 PM PACIFIC/10PM EASTERN
You will be emailed the free link for the show when you submit for a ticket here: https://www.frontrowfilmroast.com/subscribe
Play drinking games ...
“On Being” A Virtual Concert w/ Ninth Planet Music
“On Being is an exploration of the nature of our existence, from the intersection of the physical and spiritual to existence in the present moment” says Jessie Nucho, flutist and core ensemble member, who will be hosting the concert. Echoing the struggle that many performers ...
2020 Dance-Along Nutcracker Livestream: The Nutcracker Express (Dec 12-13)
Disappointed that they can’t travel to visit their favorite uncle for the holidays this year, Clara and Fritz dream up their own adventures on board The Nutcracker Express! Filled with exotic destinations and surprise guests, this will be a show you won’t want to miss!
Enjoy ...
Root Division “Studio Artist Exhibition” Virtual Reception
Exhibition Dates: Dec. 9, 2020 – Jan. 4, 2021
2nd Saturday Reception (Virtual): Saturday, December 12, 2020 – 7-8 pm
Gallery Hours : Online Exhibition
Participating Artists:
De’Ana Brownfield
Rafael Bustillos
Carissa Diaz
Salome El
Hunter Franks
Courtney Griffith
Makiko Harris
Kiana Honarmand
Kacy Jung
Alicia McDaniel
Bonny Nahmias
Laura Sanford
Palija Shrestha
Joshua Solis
Nathalie O’Brien
Angélica Turner
Melissa Wang
Christopher Williams
This year RD Makes ...
Taylor Mac’s “Holiday Sauce… Pandemic!” Livestream Variety Show
HOLIDAY SAUCE … PANDEMIC! blends music, film, burlesque and random acts of fabulousness to reframe the songs you love and the holidays you hate.
Christmas as calamity—2020 Ibsen Award winner and MacArthur Fellow Taylor Mac teams up with long-time collaborators, designer Machine Dazzle, Music Director Matt ...
SF Chamber Music Orchestra Conducted by Edwin Outwater
On tonight’s concert, you’ll hear two works by William Grant Still, who in addition to composing was the first Black American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States. The program also features a performance of Brahms’ Serenade No. 2 in A Major, ...
“Black Laughs Matter” Virtual Comedy Show
//// BLACK LAUGHS MATTER VIRTUAL SHOW IS CANCELED AS OF JUNE 25, 2021 //// After a year of weekly online comedy shows for Black Laughs Matter we finally bid you farewell! We’ve loved hosting this show and seeing everyone every week the community that developed ...Every Saturday
