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Valentine’s Day 2012: Top 5 Cheap Date Ideas
By - posted 2/12/2012
Valentine's Day

Here’s our choices for our five favorite free & affordable Valentine’s events for 2012. We here at FuncheapSF wish you the best of luck getting into whomever’s pants you dream about and hope you are able to keep your wallet in your pocket for most of the night. Happy Valentine’s Day! – more...

Asian Art Museum’s Only Full Free Day
By - posted 2/8/2012
Freebies

Come to Asian Art Museum on Sunday, February 12, 2012 for a special free day – including free entry to the special exhibit Maharaja: Splendors of India’s Royal Courts. Explore the life and times of India’s great kings: see Ranjit Singh’s gold throne, Mughal and Rajasthani masterpiece paintings, a diamond belt, a more...

San Francisco’s Dirt Cheap Diners
By - posted 2/8/2012
Eat & Drink

Whatever happened to going out with 20 bucks and spending only as much? We think it can be done and if you can save big on late-night chow, it’s a good start. Here we highlight a few eateries all over San Francisco that offer meals with variety for a measly five more...

Noise Pop at 20
By - posted 2/6/2012
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The Noise Pop Photo Retrospective takes a look back at the past 19 years of Noise Pop Festivals: the artists, the fans and the clubs that have shaped the yearly event from what began as a single, sweaty night in a small club to the sprawling San Francisco institution it more...

SF’s Historic Movie Theaters
By - posted 2/5/2012
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The pictorial Left in the Dark: Portraits of San Francisco Movie Theatres celebrates twentieth century movie theatres and moviegoing through lush full-color fine art photographs and personal essays that offer both scholarly and literary appeal. Julie Lindow, editor of Left in the Dark, will introduce the book. Authors Katherine Petrin and R.A. McBride more...

Blue Bottle Free Coffee Tasting
By - posted 2/5/2012
Eat & Drink

Join Blue Bottle Coffee Co. at their Oakland Roastery on Tuesday, February 7th at 2pm for a free public cupping led by Felipe Croce of FAF farms, Brazil. Blue Bottle visited the FAF operation, near the border of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais state, in October and cupped some excellent micro-lots more...

Free Sneak Preview Movie Night
By - posted 2/5/2012
Free Movie Screenings

Attend an exclusive free sneak preview advanced screening of the brand new action adventure comedy starring The Rock,  “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” based on an 1874 Jules Verne novel that was a sequel to the classic “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.” Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Monday, February 6, 2012 (6:30p) San more...

Super Bowl XLVI: Where to Watch
By - posted 2/5/2012
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The hardcore Patriots and Giants fans probably have already scoped out exactly where they are watching the 2012 Super Bowl and have their faces already. But for most everyone else, it’s about the food, the beer, the games and the commercials. Forget about the usual sports bars, this is all about who more...

Free Day: California Academy of Sciences
By - posted 2/5/2012
Freebies

The California Academy of Sciences is a world-class scientific and cultural institution in Golden Gate Park, a 400,000 square foot structure that houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a 4-story rainforest all under one roof. California Academy of Sciences: Free Sunday For 2012,The Academy is changing its free more...

Giants FanFest 2012
By - posted 1/31/2012
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KNBR’s 19th Giants FanFest takes place at AT&T Park, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The day includes live KNBR broadcasts on the field, player Q&A, free player autographs and places to take photos, a kids zone and more. Here’s your chance to meet players like Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey, Brian Wilson, Matt more...

8 Ballin’ with Pink Mammoth
By - posted 1/30/2012
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On Saturday, February 4th at Mighty, come 8 Ballin’ with Burning Man Camp Pink Mammoth as they celebrate their 8 year anniversary. This epic 6-hour dance party begins with an open bar of PM’s signature sangria from 9pm-10:30pm. Pink Mammoth DJs Derek Hena, Gravity, JDubYa, Markie B, MoeMoe, and RawC will more...

$5 Street Food Treats
By - posted 1/29/2012
Eat & Drink

Rocky Yazzie still makes traditional Navajo frybread the way his grandmother used to. Except instead of a fully-stocked kitchen or a head of gray hair, all he has is a portable cooking stove, the back patio of a dive bar and some of the freshest frybread we’ve had this side more...

Win Tix: Mixology 101 Cocktail Class
By - posted 1/26/2012
Win Stuff

Learn to mix cocktails and the fundamentals of home bartending at The Bold Italic’s Mixology 101 Class –  Tuesday, January 31, 2012 (7p-9p) – The Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts – Mission Street btwn 7th & 8th, SF (SoMa) In this two-hour hands-on class with cocktail connoisseur H. Joseph Ehrmann, learn how to more...

Yoshi’s Free Jazz Month
By - posted 1/24/2012
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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’re opening up their jazz lounge for free live music seven nights a week (usually 6:30p to 11p) as part of Yoshi’s Local more...

Macworld 2012: $10 Expo Hall Passes
By - posted 1/23/2012
Deals

This annual three-day Apple fan event at Moscone Center in San Francisco (now called “Macworld/iWorld”) celebrates recent & soon-to-be released products with demonstrations, exhibits, music & art on January 26-28, 2012 at the Moscone Center in SF. Macworld 2012 Expo Hall Pass Deal: $10 Funcheap has an exclusive code for $10 expo hall more...