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Earth Hour 2013
By - posted 3/23/2013
City Insight

Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles. Dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country, as well as cities like Mill Valley, Albany and Martinez, will be turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30pm on more...

Corn Dog Day 2013
By - posted 3/23/2013
Fairs & Festivals

March 23rd is National Corn Dog Day for 2013!! Get ready for a full day event presented by Funcheap with SF’s best food truck corn dogs, plus tater tots and beer specials. Corn Dog Day always coincides with the first weekend of March Madness, there’s about 7-8 hours of NCAA Tournament action more...

Cal Football Spring Game
By - posted 3/22/2013
Get Out: Events

Who doesn’t love free football games? Sports fans of all ages are invited to newly renovated California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on Saturday, March 23, 2013 for the annual Cal Bears Football Spring Game. Cal Football 2013 Spring Game Saturday, March 23, 2013 3pm Cal Memorial Stadium, Berkeley FREE Doors to the stadium open at more...

Off the Grid Returns
By - posted 3/21/2013
Eat & Drink

Over 32 food trucks and street food carts in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center. In 2013, they are focusing on the more...

Powder Fight 2013
By - posted 3/21/2013
Fairs & Festivals

The colorful, ancient spring festival of Holi will be celebrated at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon on March 22, 2013. Primarily a Hindu festival observed India and Nepal, this is the Bay Area’s chance to throw brightly-colored powdered pigments on each other as a way to commemorate the vibrant, abundant colors of springtime more...

Sweet & Savory Cupcake Grand Opening
By - posted 3/19/2013
Eat & Drink

Elvia Buendia of La Cocina’s Incubator Program will be opening La Luna, San Francisco’s first sweet and savory cupcake shop on Friday, March 21, 2013. There will be complimentary samples, special treats, refreshments and a lot of fun. La Luna Cupcakes Grand Opening Thursday, March 21, 2013 (4pm) Crocker Galleria, 50 Post Street, SF FREE On more...

The Future of Weed in SF
By - posted 3/19/2013
Only in San Francisco

Join a state-of-the-city discussion about the marijuana business and the impact of proposed legislative reforms on Thursday, March 21, 2013. California has been on the cutting edge of legal reform regarding the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana beginning with 1996’s Compassionate Use Act regarding the sale and use of medical marijuana. This more...

“Wonder Women” Film Night
By - posted 3/17/2013
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Community Cinema SF and Eileen Fisher are hosting a free screening of the award-winning documentary “Wonder Women!: The Untold Story of American Superheroines” and then they’ll host a conversation with the Director and famed San Franciscan cartoonist Trina Robbins. Wonder Women Movie Night & Costume Showcase Tuesday, March 19, 2013 (5:45p) Main Library, 100 Larkin, SF FREE, more...

Tony La Russa Book Reading
By - posted 3/17/2013
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See legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa at Book Passage in the Ferry Building promoting his latest book, One Last Strike. Speaking candidly, the third-winningest manager in baseball history talks about his World Championship season with the St. Louis Cardinals, his lifetime spent studying the game, his famously intense style, and his decision more...

Anarchist Book Fair
By - posted 3/16/2013
Only in San Francisco

Anarchists, socialists, card-carrying members of the ACLU, radicals and assorted ne’erdowells will descend on the The Armory Community Center, in the Mission for the 18th Annual Anarchist Book Fair. Each year, the book fair brings together over 75 radical booksellers, distributors, independent presses, and political groups from around the world, and more...

Shamrock StrEat Party
By - posted 3/15/2013
Fairs & Festivals

Get ready for a big two-day St. Patrick’s Day weekend outdoor party presented by Funcheap with Irish food truck specials, giveaways, cheap Guinness, beer pong battles, free green beads, free beer tastings and  live music all day. Funcheap’s St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Bash | 2013 Sat. March 16 (11a-Mid) Sun. March 17 (11a-10p) – SoMa more...

St. Patrick’s Day 2013
By - posted 3/14/2013
Fairs & Festivals

San Francisco knows how to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (and the Friday before) with a good and cheap variety of block parties, pub crawls, festivals and parades . Here’s a few of our favorite 2013 St. Patrick’s Day themed events in San Francisco and the Bay Area. So wear plenty of more...

Brides of March 2013
By - posted 3/14/2013
Only in San Francisco

Grab a wedding dress and join the brides as more than a hundred people in wedding dress (men, women and in-betweeners) parade through the heart of San Francisco, strolling through Union Square, shopping at fancy stores and drinking in local bars. All you need for this event is a white wedding more...

50¢ Dance Class Day
By - posted 3/13/2013
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Join a community dance day, “The 50¢ Tabernacle” with local and international masters of physical theatre — take up to five classes for only 50¢. Take advantage of mixed-level instruction, super-supportive environment and a ridiculously inexpensive bargain for high-quality dance. The 50 Cent Tabernacle transforms the YBCA Forum into a creative, more...

“Pi” Day 2013
By - posted 3/13/2013
Geeks

Any day can be a holiday, so why not look to math for some inspiration. Pi day (March 14th…  3/14… 3.14) seeks to celebrate π with some geeky events that celebrate science and some that celebrate puns. Here’s our listing of 2013 Pi day events which range from quiz nights, science more...