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The Bay Lights Returns
By - posted 1/25/2016
Only in San Francisco

The Bay Lights will be re-lit on January 30, 2016 in time to shine for Super Bowl 50 and beyond, thanks to generous private donors and an agreement between the non-profit Illuminate the Arts.  Photography Lucas Saugen Leo Villareal’s masterwork of public art of 25,000 lights LED attached to the bridge’s 300 more...

Six Great Ways to Do SF Beer Week
By - posted 1/22/2016
Fairs & Festivals

What’s better than getting drunk during the work week? Probably nothing. That’s why SF Beer Week is the place to be, so strap on your beer goggles ladies and gents, because it’s about to be a long and dangerously hungover ride. Check out Funcheap’s full SF Beer Week coverage. Beer Week is more...

$19 Flights from SFO
By - posted 1/20/2016
Deals

This the cheapest fares we’ve seen in probably 10 years of checking from SFO. Frontier is flying $38 round trip from SFO to both Las Vegas and to Phoenix. And you can buy one-way fares for just $19! There’s a lot of restrictions and caveats, of course. You must travel by February 13 more...

Bridging SF and Oakland by Bike… Finally!
By - posted 1/20/2016
City Insight

You can bring your bike on BART, on the ferry or on AC Transit, but there’s nothing quite like making the journey between San Francisco and Oakland by bike out in the fresh air.  The public is invited to attend the first community meeting, hosted by the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA), more...

22 Photos of Ocean Beach That Will Make You Want to Surf – NOW!
By - posted 1/19/2016
City Discoveries

The folks at Surfing Magazine spent 36 hours surfing these awesome waves at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. Their glorious photos capture the magnitude of these breaks which are the main reason surfers are addicted to the ocean. Check out Surfing Magazine’s 22 awesome photos of Ocean Beach There persists an underground surfing culture you wouldn’t expect in more...

Lunar New Year Lion Dancing Traveling Festival
By - posted 1/19/2016
Celebrations

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with a mini traveling festival of free lion dancing performances at several San Francisco Public Library branches. 2016 Lunar New Year Lion Dancer Celebrations Saturday, January 16, 2016 10:15 – 10:45 am:  Chinatown/Him Mark Lai 11:15 – 11:45 am: North Beach 12:15 – 1 pm: Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial 1:15 – 1:45 pm: Presidio 2:00 – 2:30 pm:  Anza Library 3:00 more...

Free Super Bowl 50 Concerts & Fireworks Shows
By - posted 1/17/2016
Celebrations

Super Bowl 50 is set to take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, February 7, 2016. For the first time in Super Bowl history, the game will be branded with the Arabic numeral 50 instead of the Roman Numeral ‘L’. Of more...

MLK Jr. Day All-Day Festival & Celebration
By - posted 1/17/2016
Celebrations

Every year on the third Monday in January, over 15,000 attendees come to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Gardens to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Monday, January 18, 2016 | 11 am to 5 pm YBCA, 701 Mission St., San more...

MLK Jr. Day Bridge March
By - posted 1/17/2016
Celebrations

Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an MLK Day festival, march and parade around Yerba Buena Gardens, held annually on the third Monday in January. Attend a full day of free and exciting events, festivals and programs, as well as a march and parade from Caltrain to Yerba more...

Why the Golden Gate Bridge isn’t Boring Gray
By - posted 1/17/2016
City Insight

Come celebrate the publication of two California-centric books, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray, an all ages picture book about the Golden Gate Bridge, written by Dave Eggers and illustrated by Tucker Nichols. Plus this night will celebrate Some Recollections of a Busy Life, a reissue of Dave Eggers’s great great more...

SF Beer Week
By - posted 1/15/2016
Fairs & Festivals

SF Beer Week is a ten day celebration that showcases the Bay Area’s brewing heritage and contemporary craft beer scene. Have a pint… or a few… at over 600 events in San Francisco and the Bay Area from January 22-31, 2016. There are beer dinners, food and beer pairing events, trivia nights, beer tastings, more...

Free Yoga Weekend
By - posted 1/15/2016
Get Out: Events

Yoga Journal Conference San Francisco is back for three days of classes and workshops, many of which are special free events open to the public. Be sure to also stop by the Yoga Marketplace products and services for healthy, balanced living, plus demos, acoustic music, community classes, AcroYoga flying sessions, and much more. 2016 Yoga more...

SF’s Annual Sea Lion Celebration
By - posted 1/15/2016
Only in San Francisco

Become sea lion savvy and learn more about California sea lions, marine life, and bay conservation on the annual “Sea Lion Encounter,” in celebration of the anniversary of their arrival to Pier 39. The boisterous barking pinnipeds began arriving in droves shortly after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit San Francisco in October more...

The History of Bowie in the Bay
By - posted 1/14/2016
City Insight

Since the passing of the perpetually dilated, ground control technician-ing, androgynous British songster born David Robert Jones, aka David Bowie, aka Ziggy Stardust, aka Sacred Silversexual, aka guy surrounded by puppets in Labyrinth, earlier this week, Bay Area fans, and the entire internet, have come together to celebrate, remember, and more...

MLK Day of Celebration & Volunteering
By - posted 1/13/2016
Get Out: Events

“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...