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Friday, January 16

Music at Mechanics: The Balourdet Quartet
Friday, January 16 – 7:00 pm - Ends at 8:30 pm | Cost: $49.87*
*Members receive a discount
| Mechanics' Institute
Music at Mechanics: The Balourdet Quartet
Music at Mechanics’, in partnership with Music at Kohl Mansion, welcomes the Balourdet Quartet for an evening of classical and contemporary compositions. Featuring Angela Bae and Justin DeFilippis, violins, Benjamin Zannoni, viola, and Russell Houston, cello. Attendees will have the chance to meet the musicians during a ...

Saturday, January 17

$5 Off Tix: Timeless Musical “Into the Woods” Live in SF (Final Performance)
Saturday, January 17 – 8:00 pm | Cost: $47*
*Normally $52. $5 off Tickets w/ secret code FUNCHEAP; fees included
| San Francisco Playhouse
$5 Off Tix: Timeless Musical "Into the Woods" Live in SF (Final Performance)

James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim explore the darker side of happily ever after in the timeless and ever-relevant Into the Woods. Beloved storybook characters collide as this timeless tale weaves together the stories of a childless Baker and his wife, Cinderella’s quest for love, and ...

Monday, January 19

Final Day to Ice Skate at Union Square’s Holiday Ice Rink (2025/26 Winter Season)
Monday, January 19 – All Day | Cost: $22 | Union Square Park
Final Day to Ice Skate at Union Square's Holiday Ice Rink (2025/26 Winter Season)

One of San Francisco’s favorite holiday traditions returns for the 2025-26 holiday season. Since 2008, The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square has delighted children and adults with its holiday-themed ice park located in Union Square. Gather your family and friends for a beloved ...

Thursday, January 29

Journalism in the City by the Bay w/ Heather Knight and Marisa Lagos
Thursday, January 29 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm | Cost: $17.85*
*Members receive a discount
| Mechanics' Institute
Journalism in the City by the Bay w/ Heather Knight and Marisa Lagos
Join Heather Knight, San Francisco bureau chief at the New York Times, in conversation with Marisa Lagos, California Politics and Government Correspondent at KQED, on the wide array of news topics that makes the City by the Bay at the epicenter of change and innovation. From ...