SF City Guides
Does size really matter? In the realm of skyscraper architecture, perhaps. Although there was initially some confusion as to when exactly this happened, ABC7 News says the Salesforce Tower is now SF’s tallest building, having finally surpassed the height of the Transamerica Pyramid, which stands at a static 853 feet. This makes more...
If there is something that San Francisco needs more of, it’s not tourists and food– okay, new restaurants won’t be bad — but liquor, liquor, and more liquor! While there’s lots of beer/wine licenses in The City, new full “liquor” licenses have on hold since 1939, scarcer and hard to find more...
The Fleet of the Future is closer than ever to becoming a reality for BART riders. Your chance to get an up close look at a test train for the new fleet is coming. BART will hold a series of free open house events in October. The first 200 visitors each day will more...
Funny or Die and NextGen Climate bring you the Jokes for Votes Tour headlined by Demetri Martin (The Daily Show / Comedy Central). It’s a free comedy show and voter registration drive at the Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State. You do not need to be a student to more...
Sunday Streets (April – November 2016) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yogis, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. Plus there’s an opening more...
Each year, Epiphany Productions transforms the city’s streets into stages through San Francisco Trolley Dances, a series of free contemporary dance performances along a Muni line. For the price of a Muni ticket, you’ll get a “hop-on, hop-off” Muni tour to experience an extraordinary lineup of Bay Area dance luminaries performing 8- more...
The 12th annual Lit Crawl will span over three hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor, featuring dozens of literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station. It’s 99 events, more...
A storytelling event perfect for a police station: Comedians tell real-life tales of how they got arrested. #HellaFunny’s Comedians with Criminal Records is a unique comedy showcase of established comedians who’ve had trouble with the law in the past. This may be the only show in America where if you don’t more...
Northern California’s largest sandcastle building event, the 34th annual Leap Sandcastle Contest is a spirited competition between teams of architects, engineers, contractors, designers and local elementary school students at Ocean Beach (just below the Cliff House). There’s also a community castle for everyone to join in to build. Leap’s 34th Annual Sandcastle Contest Saturday, October 15, more...
Seriously, what better month to find a new haunted room? Just in time for the season of screams and scares, a long-lost room has been discovered in the all-time eerie Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. The 161st Room The new “room” is an attic space that had been boarded up and was more...
San Francisco comes alive with art this October and November as ArtSpan presents the 41st Anniversary of SF Open Studios – the oldest and largest event of its kind in the country, featuring 800 artists. It’s an unrivaled opportunity for art patrons, collectors, and admirers to connect one-on-one with artists, get more...
Kick off the holiday season in Oakland with a new monthly rooftop night market: Town Social. Every second Thursday they’ll have a rotating group of food, craft, and arts vendors while local Bay Area DJs spin at their tiki bar. Town Social: Rooftop Night Market Every Second Thursday beginning October 2016 – 6 to 10pm The more...
The Golden State Warriors are getting ready for the fall season and invite you to an open practice so you can have sneak peek behind the scenes at a real practice game at Oracle Arena at 6 pm on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. > Tickets are $5 (benefiting the Warriors Community Foundation). Parking more...
The Giants have won 10 straight games when facing elimination, so after an epic 13-inning win it’s time to tie this series and send it back to Chicago. Win or Go Home: Giants vs. Cubs Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | First pitch at 5:30 pm SoMa StrEat Food Park, 428 11th Street, SF >> FREE with Facebook more...
Candidates Jane Kim and Scott Wiener debate a wide array of issues facing San Francisco in their campaign to represent the city in District 11 in the California State Senate. This event will be moderated by James Taylor, politics professor and chair of the African American Studies Dept at USF. State more...
