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Kings Mountain Art Fair
By - posted 9/2/2017
Outdoorsy

Why pay a fortune to see the art in Sausalito when you can visit the Kings Mountain Art Fair for free? Known for its stunning location among the redwoods and for its unique and varied artists, the Kings Mountain Art Fair celebrates more than 50 years of art and ambiance. It’s more...

Here’s Where to Swim Indoors in San Francisco
By - posted 9/1/2017
Fun & Games

Need to beat the heat, San Francisco? Sure, it’s free to swin in Ocean Beach and Aquatic Park, but here’s all of SF’s public pools plus details on how to get free entry. Through the SF Public Library’s “Discover & Go” pass you can get free entry into almost all of more...

SF’s $6 Water Park with Indoor Slides
By - posted 9/1/2017
Get Out: Events

Hamilton Rec Center is a great place to cool off during a hot week. This public swimming facility features a large, heated pool and is a mini-water park with not one, but two, indoor water slides, the only ones in the city. The water slides are typically only open to the more...

$69 Airfares from SFO to Europe
By - posted 8/29/2017
Deals

If you want the absolute cheapest way to fly to Europe (and don’t mind loads of restrictions) then WOW is probably your best bet. They’re recently lowered their prices to $69 OW to London and Paris from September to December, 2017 (and $99 OW fares Amsterdam and to Reykjavik, Iceland) from more...

SF’s Urban Nerf Gun Spy Game
By - posted 8/27/2017
Fun & Games

Jericho is an urban spy game with Nerf guns played sneaky in public settings all over SF like malls and parks, where everyone assumes the role of a spy like a giant secret game of Capture the Flag. Each team of “agents” will carry out missions where they will need to more...

Michael Jackson Birthday Party
By - posted 8/27/2017
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Join Amoeba on Tuesday, August 29th at 5pm as they wish a very Happy Birthday to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. DJ Jay Midnight provides his one-of-a kind MJ mixes that will knock your socks off from DJ Jay Midnight. Michael Jackson Birthday Tribute Party Tuesday, August 29, 2017 | 4pm Amoeba more...

44¢ Mai Tai Day
By - posted 8/27/2017
Deals

On August 30, 2017, Trader Vic’s Emeryville celebrates National Mai Tai Day. To honor the occasion, your first Mai Tai of the evening will be just 44¢ to commemorate the year the iconic tropical cocktail was created in 1944. Inspired by 17-year old rum from Jamaica, Victor “The Trader” Bergeron fashioned the drink more...

Visit HBO’s “Game of Thrones” Pop-Up in SF
By - posted 8/27/2017
Only in San Francisco

Sit on the Iron Throne, check out actual costumes from the set of Season 7 and immerse yourself in the world of Westeros as HBO’s Game of Thrones Fan Experience takes over AT&T’s Flagship store in San Francisco, Now you can see those amazing Season 7 costumes up close at the more...

2017 San Francisco Origami Festival
By - posted 8/26/2017
Fairs & Festivals

At the annual Origami-Palooza, watch origami experts fold paper into seemingly impossible shapes, and enter your creations into a contest (if you’re an experienced origami artist, of course). Anyone and everyone, from young to old, to beginner to experienced, can learn to create amazing things with paper. Plus there’s a paper airplane more...

Bay Area “Rally Against Hate”
By - posted 8/26/2017
Have Your Voice Heard

In response to the planned Patriot Prayer “Freedom Rally” in Crissy Field (permit was approved, but since canceled) and the planned “No to Marxism” Rally in Berkeley (Denied a permit and canceled), organizers have put together a rally opposing these groups on the Crescent Lawn at UC Berkeley on Sunday, more...

Where to Watch Mayweather vs. McGregor
By - posted 8/26/2017
Get Out: Events

It’s the most hyped fight we’ve seen a long time, but it could be an utter sh*t show with MUFC hero Conor McGregor in his very first boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0). You could pay $99.95 to watch it at home or go to one of the local bars more...

Film Night in the Park: La La Land
By - posted 8/24/2017
Get Out: Events

The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation (SFNTF) produces the popular Film Night in the Park Outdoor Film Series. The 2017 season includes three films in Dolores Park, two in Union Square and one in Washington Square Park. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. more...

Patriot Prayer “Freedom Rally” Canceled?
By - posted 8/24/2017
Have Your Voice Heard

EVENT UPDATE: Patriot Prayer has announced their planned “Freedom Rally” in Crissy Field is canceled and their replacement “Press Conference” in Alamo Square Park has also be cancelled. As of 8/26 at 10am there’s scheduled to be an “indoor press conference” and then they are planning to pop-up at various locations more...

Facebook County Fair 2017
By - posted 8/22/2017
Fairs & Festivals

Join Facebook for a fun day of amusement rides, farm animals, live bands, carnival games, family entertainment & much, much more. Free admission. Free Parking. No tickets required for entry. Rides tickets sold onsite. 100% of ride proceeds will be donated to a local nonprofit. Facebook County Fair Saturday, August 26, 2017 | more...

The Museum of Ice Cream: Tickets On Sale Friday
By - posted 8/22/2017
Artsy Fartsy

Classify this under “worth the splurge.” Get ready to dive into sprinkles… the Museum of Ice Cream is officially coming to San Francisco in September 2017. This pop-up museum has already melted hearts (and Instagram filters) in New York and Los Angeles and soon it will be opening up at 1 Grant Ave. more...