SF City Guides
Think everything’s closed on Christmas Day? The Contemporary Jewish Museum is open and free, and it’s a great chance to check out the current exhibits and a few special events during this annual CJM Community Day — an admission-free, fun-for-all extravaganza. Contemporary Jewish Museum Free Admission Day Friday, December 25, 2015 | 11 more...
City Hall gets in the Christmas spirit each year Photo credit: Koji Kawano Grace Cathedral and Huntington Park Photo credit: Nob Hill Association Reach for the dome at Neiman Marcus Photo credit: Lisa Bettany The twinkling Transamerica Pyramid beckons you home Photo credit: Joel Thai The Goddess of Victory looks up to Christmas Union Square. Photo credit: Tony Onorati Time Travel more...
Peet’s will be serving complimentary brewed coffee and tea all day as a way to thank their customers and encourage you to make charitable donations on Christmas Eve. Participating Peet’s locations will be accepting donations and will match up to $750 of customer contributions to a local non-profit organization supporting their communities. Each Peet’s picks more...
In a recently released private collection of over 100,000 historical images of San Francisco from the 1850s-1970s are being seen for the first time in brand new light on OpenSFHistory.org, a program of the Western Neighborhoods Project. Photo Credit: Emiliano Echeverria/Randolph Brandt Collection via OpenHistory.org The collection, which just went online more...
You know who you are, and you probably have accepted your fate by now – you are a gift-getting procrastinator. And you probably have enough shame at this point to not want to face the mobs of stressed out shoppers in the giant mall. An no self-respecting San Franciscan can get a more...
Experience acclaimed media artist Janet Cardiff’s masterwork, an immersive and moving sound installation in its California debut from November 14, 2015–January 18, 2016 The Forty Part Motet is a 40-part choral performance of English composer, Thomas Tallis’s 16th-century composition Spem in Alium, sung by the Salisbury Cathedral Choir. The performance is more...
Say goodbye to race-themed Tiffany’s necklaces and running into the strong arms of firemen at the finish line. Because this year, Nike has decided to “just not do it” when it comes to hosting the 2016 Nike Women’s Half Marathon in San Francisco. For the past 12 years, the popular and inspiring more...
Both Bay Area drive-ins (Concord and San Jose) are showing Star Wars with regular tickets for $7.95 (kids are just $1). Or if you’d looking for the absolute best deal, Tuesdays are just $5 – probably what you might have paid to see Return of the Jedi back in 1983. $5 “Family more...
The New Parkway Theater, a cool community theater in Oakland with couches and quirky seating, a beer and wine license, and a full food menu, is celebrating its anniversary by opening the theater early for $3 movies all afternoon and night. The New Parkway Anniversary Tuesday, December 22, 2015 The New Parkway, 474 24th St, Oakland, CA $3 all movies more...
Celebrate the shortest day of the year with the tallest trees on earth. Come rain or shine, dress warmly, and celebrate the winter solstice at Muir Woods all day. Winter Solstice in Muir Woods Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | 8 am to 5 pm Muir Woods Visitor Center, Marin $7 Programs will be held during the day to more...
Enjoy free live music while you wait for your flight, or just drop by to hear some great local musicians at the annual You Are Hear music festival at SFO Int’l Airport. Different live performers for each session will perform at various locations throughout the airport. You Are Hear SFO Music Festival December 21-23, 2015 San more...
Join the Reclaiming Collective on the Solstice Eve—the longest night of the year—for their annual, traditional ritual and celebration at Ocean Beach on Sunday, December 20, 2015. Gather at 3:30 pm; the ritual will start at 4 pm. There’ll be dancing, singing and drumming. Winter Solstice Eve 2015: Beach Celebration & Plunge Sunday, December 20, more...
In celebration of Super Bowl 50, which will be played on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium, the first of 10 Bay Area 50’s will be installed outside San Francisco’s City Hall on Saturday, Dec. 19, kicking off the official 50-day countdown to The Big Game The Super Bowl. Each more...
If your stolen car gets recovered in San Francisco, SFMTA is now giving you somewhat of a Christmas present (that hopefully you never have to open) – No fees to recover your stolen vehicle! But only if you act quickly…. Photo credit: thesfnews According to KQED, up until last month car owners who had the joy of more...
“Unsilent Night” is artist Phil Kline’s free outdoor participatory sound sculpture played through smartphones and boomboxes where the audience becomes the performer. “Carolers” play one of four tracks of music downloaded to their smart phone, or anything that amplifies music, together comprising “Unsilent Night.” The public ensemble will walk a carefully chosen route more...
