City Insight
The good news? The north half of Dolores Park is re-opening after months of construction. The bad news? The south side is getting ready for its makeover and is about to close for 6 months. That means no more suntanning with amazing views of downtown. Get ready as the fences are more...
The Nightlife Summit is an opportunity for nightlife industry professionals and city agencies to collectively address a variety of concerns, brainstorm solutions and create partnerships to make improvements and enhance the SF Nightlife experience. The Nightlife Summit Monday, June 8, 2015 – 1:00 pm San Francisco Main Library | 100 Larkin St, SF Free, more...
Join Supervisor Eric Mar, the Friends of Lincoln Park, the San Francisco Parks Alliance and Rec and Park for a ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration marking the completion of a breathtaking art tile project on the steps leading to Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park Playground and the Legion of Honor. See photos more...
SFMade Week is a week-long celebration of San Francisco’s vibrant manufacturing sector and the companies and people that bring locally produced products to fruition. 2015 SFMade Week Monday-Sunday, May 4-10, 2015 All over San Francisco Many events are free. Factory tours are $5. Workshop fees vary. In it’s fourth year, the festival has more events then ever with over more...
This Saturday (April 11, 2015) was the first fully legal, closed course bike race in the Mission District. Ever. Mission Crit featured two 120 degree turns, so spectating was awesome but a bit harrowing. The rules? No brakes, no levers, no lights, no water bottles (don’t worry, you won’t have time to take a sip anyway) Read more...
If you like all the events we dig up on Funcheap, we’d love to ask you to pretty please take a few minutes and vote for Funcheap as “Best Website” in the SF Weekly‘s annual “Best of the San Francisco” Readers Poll for 2015. The poll is long – over 150 questions – feel more...
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 along with dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country all turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30 more...
What should the New Presidio Parklands site look like? What kinds of programs and experiences should happen there? Find out more about the project and share your opinions at the Women’s Building in the Mission District on Saturday, February 28, 2015. New Presidio Parklands Project Workshop Saturday, February 28, 2015 – 10:00 am more...
Come to Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge to try your hand at Pier Crabbing in the San Francisco Bay on alternating Saturdays from March through October. > UPDATE: All spots are booked through May 2015. More dates for the summer should be announced later in the Spring. In more...
Opening in early March 2015 and open year-round, 7 days per week, The Yard at Mission Rock will activate a small portion of Giants Parking Lot A, at the corner of 3rd St and Terry Francois Blvd. The pop-up village will be constructed out of recycled shipping containers that will house more...
San Francisco’s own indie rock duo The Dodos bring their multifaceted sound to Amoeba SF on the release day of their sixth album, Individ. The Dodos Free Concert Tuesday, January 27, 2015 | 5 pm Amoeba SF, 1855 Haight St, SF FREE Amoeba Music regularly welcomes traveling and local artists for in-store performances at their San more...
Be civically minded and join Modern Times Bookstore Collective for their first panel of the new year in their popular discussion series on gentrification issues, which concern our city’s most vulnerable population: the people who live homeless–or one step away from it–on the streets of San Francisco. 2015 State of the City Forum: Displacement more...
What actually happened to Darling Clementine? Historian Joel Pomerantz explores the California floods of 1862. Learn how this historic storm, which killed thousands and caused a number of San Francisco houses to collapse, can be an example for what a really extreme weather event could be like in our future. SF’s more...
Beware of big BART delays on Friday due to a planned protest at the Montgomery BART station. “No Business As Usual” BART Protest Friday, January 16, 2015 | 7am Montgomery Street Station, SF On BART Friday, they demand: Drop charges and ransom against the Black Friday 14 Disband the BART police Restitution for the people: Low-income ticket more...
Yes, the Golden Gate Bridge is “closing” for the first time in decades so that they can install a strange zipper-like moveable median barrier to make it slightly less frightening facing oncoming traffic. But “closing” doesn’t mean the Bridge is totally out of commission. It’s only personal vehicles that are kicked more...
