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Thanksgiving Parking: How Not to Get a Ticket
By - posted 11/20/2011
City Insight

If you’ve got better things to do than be with your family on Thanksgiving Day 2011 and need a car to run those errands you’ll pretty much have free reign while parking anywhere in the city. Although parking hazardously is always ticketable and towable –  as is parking in more...

Black Friday 2011 | The Big Boxes
By - posted 11/19/2011
Cheap Tips

The words “Black Friday” either send thrills or chills down your spine. Here at FunCheap we’re hoping for thrills. Read on below for a list of Black Friday deal meccas at the Big Box stores that you can either attack at midnight in the blistery cold or from the warm more...

Giant Lego Santa Yoda Building Party
By - posted 11/16/2011
Only in San Francisco

To town, Santa Yoda is coming! Watch master LEGO builders construct a gigantic Xmas-themed Star Wars Lego statue in Union Square all weekend beginning Friday, November 18th at Noon. A 12-foot-tall (and a rather pudgy 10-foot-wide) statue of Yoda in a Santa costume is being erected over three days somehow in support of more...

Harry Potter Movie Marathon
By - posted 11/15/2011
Worth the Splurge

A mammoth weekend at the historic Castro Theater chronicling the adventures of J. K. Rowling’s adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. See these students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on their quest to overcome the evil dark wizard Lord Voldemort at more...

49ers Tix: 50% Off Deal
By - posted 11/13/2011
Deals

We haven’t seen this since the days of Montana and Young… After beating the New York Giants last weekend, the 49ers (8-1) are in first place with a five game cushion and have two big home games coming up and looking to pack Candlestick. So here’s your chance to get up to more...

Green Festival 2011
By - posted 11/12/2011
Get Out: Events

Green Festival, the nation’s largest green living event celebrates its 10 year milestone in San Francisco November 12-13. Annual two-day festival at the Concourse Exhibition Center in SF with 7 stages and pavilions with over 125 speakers & lectures, DIY workshops, Eco-fashion, Green job fair, Live Music Shopping, Organic beer and more...

Scounger’s Reusable Art Parts
By - posted 11/9/2011
Cheap Tips

Similar to a pirate squandering for his booty, SCRAPS, Scrounger’s Center for Reusable Art Parts, is a non profit warehouse in Bayview that is a source for creatives to reuse otherwise wasted items. The aisles are filled with an assortment of quality resusable materials such as fabrics, buttons, papers, office supplies, plastics and more. Since more...

Free “Happy Feet Two” Advance Screening
By - posted 11/7/2011
Free Movie Screenings

Attend an exclusive free sneak preview screening of the new super penguin animated film “Happy Feet Two” a few days before the film opens. The screening takes place at 10am on SATURDAY, November 12, 2011 in San Francisco at a theater easily accessible by BART. “Happy Feet Two” Free Sneak Preview SATURDAY, November more...

Free Crappy Movie Night: Jack and Jill
By - posted 11/7/2011
Free Movie Screenings

Attend an exclusive free sneak preview screening of the new Adam Sandler/Katie Holmes comedy “Jack and Jill” a few days before the film opens. The screening takes place at 7pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 in San Francisco at a theater easily accessible by BART. “Jack and Jill” Free Sneak Preview Wednesday, November more...

How to Find Affordable Health Care in SF
By - posted 11/5/2011
City Insight

Everyone gets a little sick sometimes and that’s been known to happen at the worse of time, when you’re in between paychecks or, adding insult to injury, just after you plunked down a wad of dough to get new tires. FunCheap is here to help you out with a few more...

2011 Election Night Parties
By - posted 11/3/2011
Get Out: Events

Whether you’re practically a political pundit or pretty apathetic about it all, there’s an event for you on San Francisco FYI net, a calendar of city-run events in the area, which covers everything from discussions on ballot measures to free breakfasts with public figures. And today, they post their big list more...

Come Out And Play 2011
By - posted 11/2/2011
Get Out: Events

Fortunately for your inner child, a series of free games for adults will be played throughout the Mission on the weekend of November 5-6 with Field Frogger, Charge of the Rubber Ball Brigade, Cardboard Tube Fighting League and more as part of the 2011 Come Out & Play Festival in San more...

Rip Curl Pro Search
By - posted 10/31/2011
Get Out: Events

Ocean Beach gets ready to host the best surfers in the world as the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Search comes to San Francisco for the ASP World Tour. The event runs for a 12-day waiting period (November 1-12, 2011) during which the organizers will wait for the best surf and weather more...

Dia de Los Muertos 2011
By - posted 10/30/2011
Get Out: Events

The Dia de los Muertos Procession and Festival of Altars on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7pm at 22nd & Bryant Streets, in the Mission District of San Francisco. Please bring candles, pictures and mementos to place on our community altars. The annual procession including  traditional Aztec dancers and the various creatures more...

Bay Area Science Festival 2011
By - posted 10/30/2011
Get Out: Events

Unleash your inner scientist at the Bay Area Science Festival The first annual Bay Area Science Festival ( October 29-November 6, 2011) ‑ brings together an unprecedented brain trust of the region’s scientific and educational partners to produce one of the largest science-based events ever held in the United States. Featuring more than 100 fun more...