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MLK Day of Celebration & Volunteering
By - posted 1/13/2016
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“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Come out on your day off to hear live music, visit a museum for free, watch a film festival, hear special lectures, or take a day ON and volunteer in your community to address issues of poverty, hunger, more...

A San Francisco Farewell to David Bowie
By - posted 1/13/2016
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David Bowie’s art and music inspired many across the globe, and few places on earth can boast the number of freaks, space oddities, gender-benders and hot tramps than San Francisco. In true SF fa-fa-fa-fashion, we bid farewell to our favorite Starman with DJ parties, screenings of his films and cocktails named in his honor. Let’s dance and more...

How to Volunteer in San Francisco
By - posted 1/12/2016
City Insight

Every year, we start out feeling bold and excited, when in actuality we should be realistic and probably lower our self-expectations. We start out saying ridiculous things to ourselves like, “I’m going to lose weight,” “I will eat healthier,” “I will read more books,” etc., etc., you get the idea. more...

2016 Oakland Restaurant Week
By - posted 1/11/2016
Eat & Drink

Oakland Restaurant Week, is your opportunity to experience the trendy culinary scene everyone is talking about from January 14—24, 2016. For 10 days, top Oakland restaurants will offer special prix-fixe lunch and/or dinner menus at $20, $30, $40, and $50 price points. That’s two weekends of awesome deals to feed your inner foodie. 2016 more...

The “Internet Cat Video Festival” is Real… And it’s Coming to SF
By - posted 1/10/2016
Artsy Fartsy

The internet was created for two things that both happen to start with the letter P; pussycat videos and, you know, the other p word that happens when two or more people and a camera really love each other. Enjoy a day full of one of these Ps (the first one) more...

Sneak Peek of the New Mission Dolores Park
By - posted 1/8/2016
City Insight

On any given Saturday (provided the weather is above 50 degrees), you can either expect to feel your hair turn grey or feel energized when stepping into the craziness of Mission Dolores park. Between 5,000-10,000 people spend their weekends here, enjoying the sun, glorious views, and company of their friends. more...

2016 SF Tape Music Festival
By - posted 1/7/2016
Artsy Fartsy

America’s only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features four distinct concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 32 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, more...

Crazy Massive Art Pieces Coming to SF
By - posted 1/7/2016
Artsy Fartsy

Got an idea for a crazy, massive art project you think would look just terrible awesome in some super prominent public plaza in SF? If you act quickly, you might be able to get up to $50,000 to make your insane art dream come true. There may no longer be any empty public more...

2016 Fungus Fair
By - posted 1/6/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Did you know that without fungus, we’d have no bread, cheese, beer, or wine? Or that anti-cholesterol medicine was developed from mushrooms? Come to the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair to learn all there is to know about the fascinating world of mushrooms. The three-day event features hundreds of species of local more...

2016 Bay Area Pet Expo
By - posted 1/6/2016
Fun & Games

Bring your pet (yes, pets are allowed) to the Bay Area Pet Expo with pet friendly exhibitors and rescue groups, and more. Bring your dog, bird or even lizard – just make sure you have proof of current immunizations (if applicable) and have your canines on a non-retractable lead. 2016 Bay Area Pet Expo – Saturday, January more...

What to Do on a Rainy Day in SF
By - posted 1/6/2016
City Insight

You could curl up with a book on your couch on a rainy day. You could just lounge in your PJs all day with drinks in hand. But we’ve got some better ideas. See what kind of awesome (and cheap) shenanigans you can get yourself into on a rainy day in San Francisco. more...

$5 Dance Class Week
By - posted 1/5/2016
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Ditch running in place on the treadmill and learn some new dance moves with $5 absolute beginners’ dance classes! Try Hip Hop, Vogue & Tone, Salsa Rueda, and more. ODC’s $5 Dance Class Week January 5-10, 2016 ODC Dance Commons, 351 Shotwell St., SF $5 per class, with an RSVP required for each one. No previous more...

Is “Karl the Fog” Trying to Kill Us?
By - posted 1/5/2016
City Insight

Yet another reason why we long for sunny days. Was Karl so upset over this summer’s record breaking heat wave that he is seeking revenge by poisoning San Franciscans? Photo credit: Ryan Lum No. Well, maybe… Scientists studying the fog along the California coast have discovered monomethyl mercury, a neurotoxin released partly from burning coal more...

SF’s Goats Chow Down Your Leftover Christmas Tree
By - posted 1/3/2016
City Discoveries

Local Goats “Pine” “Fir” Post Holiday Feast Instead of leaving your old Xmas tree out on the curb, or burned on the beach, bring them to a place where they’ll be devoured by goats, the adorable garbage disposals of the animal kingdom. City Grazing, a company that specializes in bringing goats more...

Free de Young Museum Day
By - posted 1/3/2016
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Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum is a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. The museum was designed by the renowned Swiss architecture more...