Home » Archive by Author

Articles by

Sunday, October 11

Bay Area’s Oktoberfest 2026 (Crockett)
Sunday, October 11 – 12:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Bay Area's Oktoberfest 2026 Crockett, California
Bay Area's Oktoberfest 2026 (Crockett)

5th Annual Return of the Bay Area’s Oktoberfest 2026!
Live Music • Family Fun • Free Admission
Location:
628 2nd Ave., Crockett, CA
🅿️ Parking:
Street parking available
Additional parking at Carquinez Middle School
️ Admission:
FREE to attend!
Family-friendly • All ages welcome
What to Expect
Celebrate Oktoberfest in true Bavarian style with a full …

Improv(e) Your Dating Life
Sunday, October 11 – 2:00 pm | Cost: $23.18*
*18+
| BATS Bayfront Theater
Improv(e) Your Dating Life

Explore your dating tendencies, expand your dating pool, and live in the moment in this improv-based dating course. This is a single day, 2-hour workshop. Choose from any of the dates below.
Dates:
Sunday Oct 11, 2-4pm
Friday Nov 6, 6:30-8:30pm
Friday Dec 4, 6:30-8:30pm
Requirements: 18 Years +
Location: 2 Marina Blvd, …

“Pitch” Free Outdoor Queer Dance Theater on a Softball Field (Oakland)
Sunday, October 11 – 2:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free
| Mosswood Park
"Pitch" Free Outdoor Queer Dance Theater on a Softball Field (Oakland)

As the pilot performance of The Dyke HERstory Dance Tour, PITCH a new, site-specific dance theater project exploring Bay Area queer history through movement, storytelling, and community engagement. Set on the softball field, five dancers embody Bay Area dyke ancestors reuniting as an all-star “ghost …

Write Letters with Amnesty International (Bayview Library)
Sunday, October 11 – 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE | Bayview Branch Library

Are you concerned about the rise of authoritarianism?  Wondering what you can do as an individual?  Come learn about human rights and write letters in community for Banned Books Week.  Please stop by for a few minutes or an hour … and bring your friends!  We …

Fleet Week Lunch on the California Hornblower
Sunday, October 11 – 2:30 pm | Cost: $151.18*
*Price ranges from Children - Adults
| Pier 3
Fleet Week Lunch on the California Hornblower

The 2026 Fleet Week Air Show comes to San Francisco! Do not miss this opportunity to watch the Blue Angels as they prepare their expert maneuvers for the weekend shows. Enjoy this three-hour cruise on board the California Hornblower with the best views of the …

Saucy Sunday Day Party (SF)
Sunday, October 11 – 3:00 pm | Cost: $25 | Eria Marina
Saucy Sunday Day Party (SF)

A damn good all-indoors day party in the Marina during SF Fleet Week.
Right after the Blue Angels wrap at Marina Green, swing over to ERIA Marina on Chestnut Street (across Little Original Joe’s). We are bringing you an afternoon of sun-drenched Disco, Funky, and Melodic …

San José Wind Symphony Presents, A Novel Concert
Sunday, October 11 – 3:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Students through college age attend free and children 12 and under free with each paying general or senior ticket
| McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center
San José Wind Symphony Presents, A Novel Concert

The San José Wind Symphony is pleased to present its 2026-27 season titled
“Storytellers.” This season explores the many ways music tells stories through
literature, mythology, cultural traditions, film, history, and community.
A Novel Concert,  Sunday ,October 11. Step into the pages of great literature brought to life through …

Free Ado’s “Monstruo” J-Pop Dance Pop-Up + Video Shoot (Salesforce Park) Free Ado’s “Monstruo” J-Pop Dance Pop-Up + Video Shoot (Salesforce Park)

Something legendary is brewing for Halloween…
あど – モンスター (“Monstruo”)
Calling all J-Pop fans, anime music lovers, dancers, and active SF locals!
Join 20-year international fitness veteran Jay Leone (SF Jay Fitness / LUNA Movement) for a high-energy, open-air J-Pop dance pop-up and live video shoot in the …

Melissa King – The Girl Who Became King
Sunday, October 11 – 4:00 pm | Cost: $33 | Book Passage (SF)
Melissa King - The Girl Who Became King

Join us at the Ferry Building for a meet-and-greet celebration of award-winning chef, author, television personality, and activist Melissa King to mark the release of her new memoir, The Girl Who Became King.
This intimate, captivating, and heartfelt memoir explores family, food, and Melissa’s journey to finding …

Actor Michael Douglas in Conversation on New Memoir “One Helluva Ride” (SF)
Sunday, October 11 – 4:00 pm | Cost: $45 | Calvary Presbyterian Church
Actor Michael Douglas in Conversation on New Memoir "One Helluva Ride" (SF)

Don’t miss this extraordinary conversation with Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas celebrating the release of his new memoir, One Helluva Ride. A signed bookplate edition of the book is included with each ticket. 
Beginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his …

Jamie Davis
Sunday, October 11 – 5:00 pm | Cost: $30 | Piedmont Piano Company
Jamie Davis

Grammy-winning baritone, and former lead vocalist with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra, Jamie Davis will be performing music from his highly anticipated new album “Steppin’ Out,” as well as many of your favorites. He has enchanted fans here and internationally, across genres and generations with …

Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums (Rancho Nicasio) Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums (Rancho Nicasio)

Steve Lucky & Miss Carmen Getit & the Rhumba Bums Sunday October 11 Join us for an evening of live music, dancing, and fabulous food & drink. We’ll have our full 6 piece band. Big wooden dance floor, supper club seating in the historic Rancho …

Poetry Night + Interactive Art “Who’s To Say This Isn’t A Garden” (SF)
Sunday, October 11 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $20 | The Secret Alley
Poetry Night + Interactive Art "Who’s To Say This Isn’t A Garden" (SF)

Join us for a night of poetry featuring poets:
Emma Wood
Collyn Cooper
Adrienne Gilliam
Emily Rose Cronan
Holly Juliet Zimbert
We will have an interactive art piece to engage with throughout the night. Please bring something to add to it—absurdity encouraged. Because who’s to say this isn’t a garden.
Hope to …

David Cay Johnston with Ian Masters in Oakland
Sunday, October 11 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $28.50 | The New Parkway Theater
David Cay Johnston with Ian Masters in Oakland

KPFA welcomes investigative reporter and longtime Trump observer for a live event in Oakland, hosted by Ian Masters of Background Briefing

David Cay Johnston, is a best-selling author and investigative journalist who reported for The New York Times for 13 years. Johnston is a specialist in …

Andrea Prichett & Friends
Sunday, October 11 – 7:00 pm | Cost: $20 | The Back Room 
Andrea Prichett & Friends

In an evening with Andrea Prichett and Friends, you can expect to be taken on something of a journey. From tender ballads to raucous political anthems, the performance moves between the personal and the political and sometimes both at the same time.
The rich resonance of Andrea’s voice …

Balkan Sundays: Duygu and Friends + Turkish Music Jam Session
Sunday, October 11 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*No cover & All ages
| Muddy Waters
Balkan Sundays: Duygu and Friends + Turkish Music Jam Session

After a long summer hiatus, Balkan Sundays is back! We’ll be at Muddy Waters on 2nd Sundays and Ashkenaz on 4th Sundays (starting in October). This coming Balkan Sundays on October 11th will feature Duygu and Friends with a Turkish music jam session that the …

Monday, October 12

Bistro Moustache: French Café Music at Scopo Divino
Monday, October 12 – 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Scopo Divino

Bistro Moustache plays French café music live at Scopo Divino: chansons françaises, musette, swing manouche and gypsy jazz, with waltzes, tangos, foxtrots and love songs from Paris to the Bay Area. Monday, October 12, 5 to 8 PM. No cover. Come for the music and …

Profs & Pints San Francisco: The Rise of Vampires
Monday, October 12 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $13.50*
*Advance tickets: $13.50. Door: $17, or $15 w/ student ID
| The Dairy at the Presidio Sports Basement
Profs & Pints San Francisco: The Rise of Vampires

Profs and Pints San Francisco presents: “The Rise of Vampires,” on the folkloric origins and literary evolution of today’s fanged fiends, with Sara Hackenberg, professor of English at San Francisco State University and scholar of Victorian literature and literature’s vampire tradition.
Did you know that vampires …

SalsaCrazy Mondays: Beginner Lessons + Social Dancing (SF)
Monday, October 12 – 6:30 pm | Cost: $10*
*$10 to $40 $10 early dancing; $40 lessons; $20 dancing at door
| Neck of the Woods
SalsaCrazy Mondays: Beginner Lessons + Social Dancing (SF)

Learn to salsa, then dance salsa and bachata at SalsaCrazy Mondays, San Francisco’s legendary Monday dance night for over 20 years. No partner or experience is needed: beginner lessons are taught step by step, and partners rotate so everyone can practice. Come solo, with friends, …

Intro to Personal Safety & Self-Defense Class | Berkeley
Monday, October 12 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free but an RSVP is required.
| Sports Basement (Berkeley)
Intro to Personal Safety & Self-Defense Class | Berkeley
“Motown On Mondays” DJ Night (Madrone Art Bar)
Monday, October 12 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free before 8pm; $5 after
| Madrone Art Bar
"Motown On Mondays" DJ Night (Madrone Art Bar)

Tuesday, October 13

Tapas Tuesday – 10% Off all Spanish Tapas
Tuesday, October 13 – 4:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Mention Tapas Tuesday to Get 10% OFF All Tapas
| Bota Tapas & Paella Bar
Tapas Tuesday - 10% Off all Spanish Tapas

Bota Tapas & Paella Bar near Downtown San Francisco and Union Square is doing “Tapas Tuesdays” and enjoy all of our delicious Spanish Tapas at 10% Off. Just mention “Tapas Tuesday” to our server before ordering to get the discount.
About Bota Tapas and Paella Bar
As …

“Swimming Home” Documentary World Premiere + Q&A

World premiere of Swimming Home, a documentary about Erwan Le Roy’s solo English Channel swim (21 miles, no wetsuit), followed by a live Q&A with Erwan. Doors 5pm, film 5:30pm at Marina Theater on Chestnut Street. Every ticket sale goes 100% to Gustave Roussy cancer …

An Evening with Paula Goldman: Free Book and Networking Reception
Tuesday, October 13 – 5:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP required
| PARC, part of SRI International
An Evening with Paula Goldman: Free Book and Networking Reception

Dr. Paula Goldman is the Chief Ethical & Humane Use Officer at Salesforce and a trained anthropologist. Over the last several years, she focused her research on how AI is being implemented in companies of all sizes and all around the world.
The result is her …

French Movie Night: “Making Of” w/ English Subtitles (SF)
Tuesday, October 13 – 6:00 pm | Cost: $10*
*$10 in regular ticket and $5 for members
| Alliance Française de San Francisco
French Movie Night: “Making Of” w/ English Subtitles (SF)

Have a good time enjoying a thrilling movie, while improving your French! All movies will be screened in French with English subtitles.
Synopsis: Simon, a seasoned director, begins filming a movie about a group of workers fighting to save their factory. But between his producer’s shady dealings, …