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Annie Liebovitz’s New Photo Tour Comes to SF
By - posted 3/22/2016
Artsy Fartsy

The Presidio is proud to host the only west coast appearance of Annie Leibovitz’s latest internationally touring exhibition. Women: New Portraits continues a project that began more than fifteen years ago by the world-renowned photographer, and it remains her most enduringly popular series of photographs. The new portraits, commissioned by UBS, reflect more...

“Bootylicious” Beyonce Dance Class
By - posted 3/22/2016
Get Out: Events

Grab your fierce squad and prepare to slay in this all-levels Beyonce-themed class to “Formation” with choreography inspired by Bey’s signature movement and one-of-a-kind show-womanship. This class is a fierce 60 minutes of pure Diva. Are you ready for this jelly? Bootylicious Dance Class Thursday, March 24, 2016 – 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Lorna more...

Bay Area Free Tech & Design Festival 2016
By - posted 3/21/2016
Geeks

Embrace your curiosity and experience something new during the first-ever Bay Area #OffCampus festival, as General Assembly opens up some of SF’s most engaging spaces for week’s worth of interactive tech and design workshops, panels, and tastings. #OffCampus Tech & Design Fest March 21-25, 2016 General Assembly & Other Venues, SF FREE, but an RSVP is required for more...

SF Theater Pub’s Short Play Festival
By - posted 3/21/2016
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35 artists, one tenacious prompt, six diverging plays and four glorious performances. SF Theater Pub presents On The Spot 2016. Six playwrights, six directors, and twenty-five actors gathered on March 12th to begin the process of creating six original plays, on the spot. Artists were randomly grouped into teams, and given a super secret prompt. Then the playwrights more...

2016 Macy’s Flower Show
By - posted 3/20/2016
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The annual Macy’s Flower Show is a stunning celebration of flowers, food, art and music at Macy’s Union Square. 2016 Macy’s Flower Show March 20 – April 3, 2016 Macy’s Union Square, San Francisco FREE (An RSVP may be required for special events. Please check individual events for more info.) > 2016 Flower Show Event Schedule The 2016 show theme more...

Sunday Skate Jam Under the Freeway
By - posted 3/20/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Come Skate with the HUF Team, Sunday, March 20 2016, stop by SOMA Skatepark for a DLXSF X Huf Skate Jam celebrating the release of Brad Cromer’s new pro model shoe from 2-5pm. There will be free food and giveaways while supplies last. DLXSF X HUF Skate Jam Sunday, March 2016, 2016 | 2pm more...

Massive Spring Equinox Dance Party
By - posted 3/19/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Drawing from the spirit of the Jamaican sound system culture, Sunset Sound System has produced over 150 free outdoor dance parties from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and they’re celebrating 22 years of epic parties at the annual Season Opener at Stafford Lake in Novato. Sunset Sound System  | 22nd more...

The Golden Gate’s Bridge’s Lights Go Out Tonight
By - posted 3/19/2016
City Discoveries

Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles, or simply enjoy the dark of the night. The Golden Gate Bridge and dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country all turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30 more...

Golden Park Park Roller Disco Party
By - posted 3/19/2016
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There is a place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that is heaven for Bay Area inline skaters and roller skaters who like to boogie to the funky beat on wheels. The Godfather of Skate brings his mobile DJ unit and plays groovy tunes for you to skate to. On most more...

Corn Dog Day 2016
By - posted 3/18/2016
Fairs & Festivals

March 19th is National Corn Dog Day for 2016. Are you ready? At the biggest “Corn Dog Day” festival in the country for 2016, Funcheap brings you SF’s best food truck corn dogs plus PBR specials. Corn Dog Day always coincides with the first weekend of March Madness; there’s about 7-8 hours of NCAA Tournament more...

Spankings Against Banking
By - posted 3/18/2016
Only in San Francisco

Explore your kink and feel the Bern. Bring a donation of any amount and get spanked by Professional Dominatrix. All proceeds will benefit Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. Spankings Against Banking Saturday, March 19, 2016 | 1pm to 5pm Praxis, 3047 24th St., San Francisco Donations go to Bernie for President Praxis is a worker-owned community workshop more...

BART: Heated & Tweeted
By - posted 3/18/2016
City Insight

A major disruption during Wednesday night’s BART service prompted an epically frank dialogue between social media manager Taylor Huckaby and angry 140 character wielding passengers. The exchange began when one commuter tweeted how rush-hour train delays on BART have become the new normal. Surprisingly for Chappel and @SFBART’s followers, Huckaby (as more...

Blue Bottle Coffee “Cold Brew” Launch Party
By - posted 3/17/2016
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Blue Bottle Coffee’s ready-to-drink Cold Brew is landing in Oakland and you’re invited to their exclusive launch party to celebrate its arrival. Blue Bottle Coffee “Cold Brew” Launch Party Friday, March 18, 2016 | 2pm Blue Bottle W.C. Morse Cafe, 4270 Broadway, Oakland FREE The event will kick off with opening remarks from CEO James Freeman. more...

St. Paddy’s Day Block Parties
By - posted 3/14/2016
Celebrations

Chalk it up to the luck of the Irish, but the sunshine is back in SF just in time for St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Put on your finest green duds and follow the rainbow to find your pot of gold pint of beer at one of San Francisco’s annual St. more...

SF’s Very First “Beer Shuttle”
By - posted 3/13/2016
City Discoveries

San Francisco is about to make drinking beer that much easier and better with its hop on, hop off FREE “Drink SF” beer shuttle throughout the city. The San Francisco Brewers Guild – a bunch of peeps who get to drink a bunch of beer then call themselves an association – more...