City Discoveries
11 Free Guided Walking Tours on President’s Day
City Discoveries Got the day off? Take a guided walk around San Francisco and learn something new about the city you love on President’s Day. 2019 President’s Day Walking Tours Monday, February 18, 2019 All Over San Francisco FREE, but donations are greatly appreciated San Francisco City Guides Schedule 9:30 am – Japanese Tea Garden 10:00 am – Chinatown 10:00 am – A Touch of more...
Aardvark Books Closes After 40 Years
City Discoveries Friday, January 25, 2019 is the final day of Aardvark Books on Church in the Castro. They’ve been open seven days a week since 1978, but sadly are closing. Please come by before then to give Owen a pet, say hello, and pick up some books for you and your loved more...
1930s 1,000 Sqft San Francisco Scale Model
City Discoveries Ever wondered what your neighborhood looked like in the 1930s, or how you can help to reimagine where you live today? Portions of a rediscovered scale model of San Francisco from 1938 with 6,000 city blocks, are coming to a branch near you. Each neighborhood will be on display in its corresponding more...
Free Day at San Francisco Botanical Garden
City Discoveries The San Francisco Botanical Garden is one of the most diverse gardens in the world. A unique urban oasis, the garden is a living museum within Golden Gate Park, offering 55 acres of both landscaped gardens and open spaces, and showcasing over 8,000 different kinds of plants from around the more...
San Francisco City Guides offer free guided walking tours of many different neighborhoods in the city and will be offering a full slate of free tours on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Have friends and relatives in town with nothing to do? Gather up the folks and show off the magnificent more...
Union Square’s Winter Walk will once again make the holidays brighter by transforming Stockton Street between Geary and Ellis, which is adjacent to Union Square Park into 17,000 sqft of open green space and a pedestrian-only holiday pop-up plaza. 2018 Winter Walk SF November 26 – December 31, 2018 | 9am to 9pm Stockton St. more...
One of the most historic films of 1906 San Francisco ever made will get a world premiere free public performance on the giant screen atop the Salesforce Tower on Wednesday night thanks to the Prelinger Library and the Long Now Foundation. “A Trip Down Market Street” (1906) Screening Wednesday, December 5, 2018 more...
The Winter Park at Civic Center will open with a special ceremony on Friday, November 30, 2018, to celebrate the inaugural season of skating and holiday festivities. Modeled after the internationally-famed Wiener Eistraum ice-skating rink in Vienna, Austria, The Winter Park is San Francisco’s first holiday ice rink and track—and the more...
Relatives in town? Show off our beautiful city by taking them on one of San Francisco City Guides free guided walking tours of San Francisco’s greatest neighborhoods. There is a full slate of free tours on Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Tour starting times range from 9:30 am to 2 pm and more...
San Francisco City Guides offers dozens of free guided walking tours, all over the city, throughout the year. But things get special during the months of May and October each year, when the San Francisco weather is particularly pleasant, City Guides add a slate of rare neighborhood explorations to its year more...
The International Indian Treaty Council presents the Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Sunrise Gathering commemorating 526 years of Indigenous resistance, honoring ancestors and future generations. 2018 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering – Monday, October 8, 2018 | 4:15 am – Ferry Ticket $11 – Thursday, November 22, 2018 | 3 am – Ferry Ticket $14 Alcatraz Island, more...
Come out to Transit Week, a celebration of public transportation put on by the San Francisco Transit Riders. It kicks off Monday, Sept. 24th and features lots of transit-oriented programming and activities through Friday, Sept. 28th.
Melbourne’s iconic Bathing Boxes are coming to San Francisco. Stop by Qantas Airways’ pop-up event to experience the best of Melbourne and receive an exclusive Qantas flight offer to Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Pop-Up Experience: Insta-worthy Bathing Boxes Saturday, September 1, 2018 – 9:00 am to 6:00 pm AT&T Park – Lefty O’Doul Plaza more...
Have you ever felt the excitement of watching your bobber suddenly jiggle, then dive out of sight? Or feel the tap-tap-tap of a bass as it tastes the worm on the end of your line? What’s that? You say you never learned to fish? Dept of Fish & Game’s Free Fishing more...
Unfortunately another concert venue and neighborhood dive will be biting the dust. Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St.) is closing having been recently sold and current plans are to demolish the building and build 54-unit mixed-use condominium building in its place. But there’s one final bash left… They will be operating as more...
