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San Francisco’s Beautiful Foggy Fireworks
By - posted 7/4/2014
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Every year we run a great risk for the fog ruining Fourth of July in San Francisco. But we’re trying really hard to think of the foggy fireworks as big, beautiful colorful blobs of fluff. Here’s where to watch the fireworks in San Francisco and some photos of past foggy fireworks more...

Pink Saturday 2014
By - posted 6/28/2014
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The night before Pride, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence bring the party to the streets of the Castro by closing them to cars and then pumping multiple sound stages with music to create the largest nighttime street party in San Francisco from 5-10:30 pm on Saturday, June 28, 2014. Pink Saturday more...

Harvey Milk Day 2014
By - posted 5/21/2014
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The State of California honors the memory of Harvey Milk by celebrating May 22, Milk’s birthday, as a statewide “day of special significance.” The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco will celebrate Harvey Milk Day by offering free admission on May 22, 2014. Free Admission | Harvey Milk Day 2014 Thursday, May 22, 2014 | 11 am to 7 pm GLBT more...

Bike to Work Day
By - posted 5/6/2014
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On Bike to Work Day, May 8, 2014, the San Francisco, East Bay and Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalitions encourage commuters to leave their cars at home and join tens of thousands of their fellow Bay Area residents in biking to work. Morning and afternoon energizer stations will be set up to more...

Sunday Streets: Tenderloin
By - posted 4/12/2014
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Sunday Streets (March – October 2014) is San Francisco’s official block party – a sorta-monthly roving neighborhood celebration and five hour street party where the streets are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians, roller skaters, bicyclists, yoga classes, and everyone except for cars can take over the streets for an afternoon. Sunday Streets: Tenderloin Sunday, more...

Friday Night Fireworks
By - posted 4/11/2014
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There’s no need to pay to get into AT&T Park just to see the fireworks. As soon as Giants / Rockies game ends at AT&T Park on Friday night, April 11, 2014 (game ends approx. 10:15 pm), enjoy a spectacular fireworks display over the stadium following the game. SF Giants Fireworks Show Friday, more...

St. Stupid’s Day Parade 2014
By - posted 3/31/2014
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The 36th Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade is a celebration of stupidity on April 1, 2014. Wear something silly, bring your solo socks, spare pennies and losing lottery tickets and gather with all the other stupids at the Embarcadero Plaza (foot of Market Street) at noon. 36th Annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade Tuesday, April more...

Earth Hour 2014
By - posted 3/28/2014
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Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles, or simply enjoy the dark of the night. The Golden Gate Bridge and The Bay Lights are going dark along with dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country more...

Free Hugs Day 2014
By - posted 3/18/2014
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Come by and get a free hug in Market Street Plaza from 11 am to 1 pm on UN International Day of Happiness, March 20, 2014. Hugs are proven to release oxytocin, a hormone linked to feeling happy, so a group of happy huggers will be gathering to give free hugs in more...

Pi Day 2014 (3.14)
By - posted 3/12/2014
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Photo credit: Michael Moses Any day can be a holiday, and so for math nerds and pie lovers, March 14th is an extra special mathematical date. Pi (aka π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter which comes out to roughly 3.14. So March 14th has been dubbed “Pi Day”-  a more...

The Bay Lights: 1st Anniversary Relighting
By - posted 3/5/2014
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In honor of The Bay Lights’ First Anniversary, The Ferry Building, MarketBar, KFOG-FM 104.5 and Illuminate the Arts will host a first anniversary celebration with artist Leo Villareal. Don lighted gear or wearable art and make your festive way to any place on the waterfront with a clear view of The more...

Fat Tuesday & Mardi Gras
By - posted 3/3/2014
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1920s Silent Movie Night Bash
By - posted 2/22/2014
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The Outer Richmond’s Balboa Theatre celebrates its 88th Birthday with a silent movie, plus live ragtime and honky tonk music on Sunday, February 23, 2014. $10 admission includes special drinks and birthday cake, plus a full entertainment lineup and a mini classic car show in front of the theater (as long as it doesn’t more...

2014 SF Russian Festival: 2-for-1 Admission Day
By - posted 2/22/2014
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Say “Da” and take a trip to Russia without leaving the Bay Area at the 26th Annual Russian Festival, a celebration of Russian food, dance, music and art. 26th Annual Russian Festival February 21-23, 2014 – Friday: 5-9:30 pm; Dance Party: 9:30 pm to 12:30 am – Saturday: 11 am to 10 pm – Sunday: more...

F*ck Your New Year’s Resolution Party
By - posted 2/5/2014
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Ahhhh…It feels really good to finally have kicked those New Year’s Resolutions to the curb doesn’t it? I’m really glad we were able to help you do that. I mean, I feel like we really shared something, hell maybe we did. The end of the night is a little hazy. Anyways, more...