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Whitney Houston Flash Mob Dance
By - posted 3/21/2012
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You say you wanna dance with somebody? Here is your chance to show your love for Whitney Houston and show San Francisco your moves. Whitney Houston Flash Mob Day Friday, March 23, 2012 Market & Castro, SF – Show up: 6:15p – Performance: 6:30p Want to Participate?: 1) Watch the awkward instructional video and learn the dance. Don’t worry, more...

Nail or Fail: Bartender Showdown
By - posted 3/18/2012
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Join Drambuie Liqueur – a blended Scotch whisky libation of herbs and heather honey – for an epic clash of the cocktails at a bar near you, as local master mixologists compete to see whose Rusty Nail remix reigns supreme. Try cocktails from top bartenders and compete in bar games. In more...

Yoshi’s Free Jazz Month
By - posted 3/18/2012
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Yoshi’s San Francisco may have the big out-of-town headliners in their main room, but for a peek at some of the Bay Area’s best local jazz talent, they’ve opened up their jazz lounge for free live music seven nights a week (usually 6:30p to 11p) as part of Yoshi’s Local more...

Brides of March 2012
By - posted 3/18/2012
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...

The Creators Project: Final Day
By - posted 3/18/2012
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The Creators Project will transform Fort Mason into a colossal two-day indoor art and technology festival featuring towering multimedia art installations, film screenings, and panels.  Although there’s no live music on Sunday, there’s still tons to do with artworks on display all weekend, and over the course of the festival we’ll be screening films and hosting more...

St. Patrick’s Day 2012
By - posted 3/15/2012
Fairs & Festivals

Rain or shine, 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 2012 St. Patrick’s Day themed events in San Francisco and the Bay Area. more...

National Corn Dog Day 2012
By - posted 3/15/2012
Eat & Drink

Watch NCAA March Madness all day while trying to eat 10 corn dogs 100 tater tots and down 10 PBR in one sitting – what better way to spend the Saturday before you get admitted to the ER! What is National Corn Dog Day? National Corndog Day (actually sponsored by Foster Farms, more...

SXSW in SF: Music, Food Trucks & Cocktails
By - posted 3/15/2012
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Stuck in SF when all the fun is happening in Austin? Sub Pop records will be at Monarch in SoMa on Friday, March 16, 2012 livestreaming their SXSW Records showcase from Austin on the big screen featuring Niki & the Dove, Spoek Mathambo and THEESatisfaction with Claude VonStroke in house in SF to keep more...

SF’s Free Artist & Hacker Warehouse
By - posted 3/13/2012
City Discoveries

If you’re a hacker or an artist, you will discover what seems to be a wonderland. NoiseBridge is a nonprofit warehouse in the Mission that sparks creativity, learning and sharing, and it is entirely free to the public and open 24/7. The warehouse’s rent and expenses are paid entirely through donations more...

Blue Bottle Coffee “Free Cuppings”
By - posted 3/11/2012
Eat & Drink

Out-of-towners like to visit Napa Valley for a bit of wine tasting. But what about visiting Oakland for a bit of coffee tasting? Every Tuesday and Sunday at 2:00pm, the Webster Street Blue Bottle Coffee in Oakland offers free public cuppings. That’s what they call tastings when it’s with coffee. You know all more...

Yoga on the Labyrinth
By - posted 3/11/2012
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Too many yoga classes are like slow forms of Pilate: meant only as physical exercise. If you want something far more contemplative, closer to yoga’s original spiritual nature, come to Yoga on the Labyrinth Tuesday nights inside Grace Cathedral. Yoga teacher Darren Main incorporates live music into the practice, adding more...

The Creators Project: Win VIP Tix
By - posted 3/9/2012
Win Stuff

The Creators Project will transform Fort Mason into a colossal two-day art and technology festival featuring towering multimedia art installations, live music performances, film screenings, and panels.  Saturday, March 17, 2012 is a 14-hour art, food truck and music bash with headliners Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Most people have to enter a ticket lottery to more...

Free Beer Block Party: St. Patrick’s Day
By - posted 3/8/2012
Freebies

Aventine hosts their fourth annual St. Patrick’s Day Alley block party in the financial district on Friday, March 16, 2012. Expect to get a good buzz on with about 1,500 people in the alley a DJ, live music,  four remote bars (serving Guinness, Harp, Jameson shots and more) and  wash down more...

World Naked Bike Ride
By - posted 3/7/2012
Only in San Francisco

All around the globe tens of thousands of bike riders are riding naked in protest to our dependency on oil. The San Francisco edition of  2012 World Naked Bike Ride Day will meet at the east side of the fountain in Justin Herman Plaza on March 10th. Meet at 11:00am  for body painting (Bring body more...

Chronicle Books Grand (Re)Opening
By - posted 3/7/2012
Deals

Chronicle Books are re-opening in the Metreon, and they’ve got a weekend full of events and discounts planned. From 6-9pm on March 8, customers can mingle and enjoy delicious treats in store. Stop by all day to see the new space and browse our variety of art, craft, illustrated children’s titles, gift more...