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Debate Watching Parties
By - posted 10/13/2015
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Barbie Mutilation Night
By - posted 10/13/2015
Artsy Fartsy

Play out your demented fantasies in the name of charity. Barbara Millicent Roberts, aka Barbie, is looking for a new look this Halloween, so let your inner ‘plastic’ surgeon shine. Doc’s Clock presents Barbie Mutilation Night 2015. 2015 Barbie Mutilation Night: Halloween Edition Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 7:30-10:30 pm Doc’s Clock, 2575 Mission St, more...

The Kickstarter Film Festival
By - posted 10/11/2015
Free Movie Screenings

For one night only, 31 theaters across the country and Canada — some of them funded with Kickstarter — will be screening and hosting their biggest festival yet. In San Francisco, the fest will be screened at Roxie Theater in the Mission District from 7-9 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2015. Kickstarter Film more...

9 Free Guided Walking Tours on Columbus Day
By - posted 10/11/2015
City Discoveries

Got the day off? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, 2015. The SF City Guides walking tours are free, but donations are greatly appreciated. 2015 Columbus Day Walking Tours 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden 10:00 am – Chinatown 11:00 more...

The Final Day of Fleet Week Free Ship Tours
By - posted 10/11/2015
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Throughout Fleet Week, thousands of visitors climb aboard amphibious carriers, destroyers and cruisers docked along the waterfront to get a glimpse into the day-to-day lives of the sailors serving in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Navy. All ship tours are free of charge, but everyone is subject to search and more...

$5 “All You Can Dance” Day
By - posted 10/11/2015
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Enjoy bite-sized 30-minute sampler classes for just $5 at Alonzo King Lines Ballet from 11:30 am to 5 pm on Sunday, October 11, 2015. Never tried a ballet class? Want to get a taste of tango? How about a Middle Eastern dance class? There are nearly 30 dance classes scheduled including ballet, jazz, hip more...

Free Exploratorium Sunday
By - posted 10/11/2015
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The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering free admission for all.

147th Italian Heritage Parade
By - posted 10/10/2015
Fairs & Festivals

Come to one of the city’s oldest celebrations of heritage and the longest-running Italian-American parade in the nation – a bright and colorful San Francisco institution since it was established in 1868. The parade is part of the Columbus Day celebration in North Beach which also includes the long-running Columbus Day Bazaar. 2015 Italian more...

Sunrise Guided Tour of Muir Woods
By - posted 10/10/2015
City Discoveries

Attend a sunrise guided tour through Muir Woods National Monument. While the early hour may seem uncivilized, if not down-right obscene, sunrise is a particularly beautiful time to visit an old-growth redwood forest. You’ll learn about the local plant and animal residents (more likely seen in early morning), all of whom more...

Ocean Beach Music & Art Festival
By - posted 10/10/2015
Fairs & Festivals

The world-renowned Noriega Street will be home to the 2nd Annual Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival (formerly Outer Noriega Street Fair) featuring six stages, over 10 food vendors, two beer gardens, over 20 live music acts, live art installations, a kids zone, a mobile petting zoo, and a pumpkin patch.  2015 Ocean Beach more...

Corgi Con at Ocean Beach
By - posted 10/10/2015
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The NorCal Corgi Con is a wonderfully bizarre beach day event for dogs (and their pawrents) bringing together thousands of enthusiastic Corgis, their owners and wannabes too on Ocean Beach directly across from the Beach Chalet from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 10, 2015. The day will be back with more...

Funcheap Night: LIZZIE The Musical
By - posted 10/8/2015
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Use secret code FUNCHEAP to get $15 tickets to Ray of Light’s new musical “LIZZIE” along with a complimentary beer. Exclusive for Funcheapers America’s favorite axe-wielding double-murderess comes to the Ray of Light stage for a rocking Bay Area premiere. LIZZIE (September 25 – October 17) imagines the story behind the legendary murderess more...

San Francisco Mayor Battle
By - posted 10/8/2015
City Insight

Can Broke Ass Stuart fix San Francisco? Will Mayor Ed Lee retain his mayoral post? Find out for yourself as the League of Women Voters San Francisco hosts a comprehensive candidate forum for the San Francisco Mayoral election. The candidates will answer questions from the League of Women Voters of San Francisco and the more...

The $6 Roller Disco
By - posted 10/4/2015
Fun & Games

Come skate, drink, and mingle with Coffee Meets Bagel (a new dating app) at the Church of 8 Wheels. They’re throwing their first ever roller disco, right here in SF on Tuesday, October 6 from 8-10pm. Coffee Meets Disco Roller Disco Tuesday, October 6, 2015 | 8pm to 10pm Church of 8 Wheels, 554 Fillmore more...

Free Exploratorium Day
By - posted 10/3/2015
Freebies

The Exploratorium is a twenty-first-century learning laboratory, an eye-opening, always-changing, playful place to explore and tinker featuring hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits. While they don’t have monthly free days, they do host several special events throughout the year offering free admission for all.