SF City Guides
Art Hidden in Plain Sight Though the SFMOMA may be closed until 2016, there’s no shortage of art stashed away throughout the city to keep you inspired. You just need to know where to look. Funcheap.com has partnered with our friends at Sosh.com to uncover six secret (and free!) masterpieces right in more...
Help keep San Francisco’s stretch of the coastline clean at the 2013 California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 21, 2013 – the third Saturday of September. Cleanup and restoration activities will be happening at Crissy Field, Ocean Beach, Baker Beach, Lands End as well as creeks, beaches, marshes and rivers all more...
An annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good, Rebar’s PARK(ing) Day is coming back to the city on Friday, September 20, 2013. These city-wide pop-up mini-parks can be used as performance spaces, reading lounges or just resting places by passerbys, more...
On October 26, 2013 the brand new non-profit, the 2013 ULUV Music Festival, will take place at 111 Minna Gallery and on Minna Street. The event will feature three stages with DJs and live music from over 40 local artists (including Bayonics, Non-Stop Bhangra, Luce, Cello Joe and more), and celebrate local art, more...
Scallywags and sailors alike unite every year on September 19, 2013, to don their seafaring finest and to lend their conversation some swagger in honor of International “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” Although there are no “official” events planned, check out an international map on the Pirate Day website for any more...
Tennessee Comedian Jasper Redd got his comedy start in San Francisco and has since appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Conan O’Brien and had his own special on Comedy Central. Known for his unique timing and sly social commentary, Redd has also been seen on Lopez Tonight, Last Call with Carson Daly and as the opening act on more...
Amoeba Music and New Belgium’s Tour de Fat bring you a one-of-a-kind in-store with Beats Antique. Beats Antique fueses genres as disparate as flamenco, Afro-beat, and French Gypsy jazz and have recently elevated their electronica/worldfusion hybrid beyond the sonic realm and create a multimedia extravaganza that’s part odyssey, part genre-warping rock opera. Beats more...
In the Re-Do Sessions you can make new stuff out of old stuff. It’s good for the environment and your wallet. This week, make your old tee shirts into undies. This is a sewing class for beginners and intermediates. You do not have to have sewing experience although some intermediate techniques more...
See indie-pop songstress Charlotte Sometimes perform for Acoustic Bistro on Monday, September 16, 2013 in a show put together by local concert impresario, KC Turner. Her deep and sultry sound reminds us of Adele and Blake Shelton, her coach on NBC’s The Voice recently put it, “She’s a true artist and true more...
The Board of Supervisors recently voted 11-0 to approve the building of a new home of the Mexican Museum at 701 Mission Street. Although the building won’t likely open until 2017, join Mayor Ed Lee in celebrating the approval of the project with Danzantes (indiginous Aztec indians blessing the ground for more...
Celebrate the grand opening of The Melt on Howard Street (btwn 1st and 2nd) with a free grilled cheese melt and a side from 11 am to 4 pm on Monday, September 16, 2013. Free Grilled Cheese Day Monday, September 16, 2013 (11a-4p) The Melt, 557 Howard (btwn 1st and 2nd), SoMa, SF FREE – But must more...
OK, this is an odd one, but they may just be on to something. “Free Money Day” is a decentralized global “event” on September 15, 2013 in which people hand out their own money to complete strangers (either two coins or two bills at a time), asking recipients to pass half more...
From vanilla beans to caramel fillings, indulge in it all at the 18th Annual Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival on September 14-15, 2013 And while it’s a little expensive to actually sample some chocolate ($20 for 15 chocolate samples, which you can purchase in advance), there are also plenty of free events to more...
Join Taverna Aventine in celebrating their fifth anniversary with a indoor/outdoor block party (actually it’s an “alley” party) starting at 4 pm on Friday, September 13, 2013 with live music, DJs, food trucks, and drink specials in Hotaling Alley. Swaggering rock ‘n’ rollers The Soft White Sixties, one of our favorite more...
Get ready to cover yourself in glow paint and embark on an unforgettable flow at an evening filled with yoga, music, gratitude, and giving back at Yoga & Glow from 6-10 pm on Friday, September 13, 2013. Flow & Glow Blacklight Yoga Party Friday, September 13, 2013 – 6p San Francisco Design Center | more...
