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Earth Day San Francisco
By - posted 4/17/2011
Fairs & Festivals

With its community gardens, mandatory composting rules, aggressive recycling policies, bike lanes, green business incentives and liberal ethics, San Francisco is among the most Earth-friendly and sustainable large cities in the U.S. True to form, the Bay Area is celebrating Earth Day with a slew of events on or around April more...

St. Patrick’s Day 2011
By - posted 3/14/2011
Fairs & Festivals

You probably have no idea who Saint Patrick was but it hardly matters, does it? His celebration is now about Irish culture more than anything and, luckily, the Irish are a sociable, lively bunch with a knack for drinking. And that always makes for a good party. Here’s a few of more...

Best of SF Beer Week 2011
By - posted 2/15/2011
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Beer Week in San Francisco is a bit like that garlic festival in Gilroy: if they can pair the stuff with anything at all, they’ll do it. Luckily for us, Beer Ice Cream Floats and Beer Cocktails are way better than garlic wine and garlic ice cream (trust me on more...

Kwanzaa in San Francisco
By - posted 12/26/2010
Fairs & Festivals

The Village Project presents San Francisco’s 10th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration, with seven days of community events striving to unite and strengthen the family, community and nation, by highlighting each of the seven principles of Kwanzaa (the Nguzo Saba). 2015 San Francisco Kwanzaa Celebration December 26, 2015 through January 1, 2015 All Over San Francisco FREE There will be more...

Final Weekend of 2010 SF Open Studios
By - posted 10/26/2010
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During four weekends in October, hundreds of local artists and studios fling open their doors to give you a rare chance to see where they work and their latest projects during SF Open Studios 2010 – the largest and first open studios tour in the country. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary more...

Fall 2010 Open Studios
By - posted 10/7/2010
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During four weekends in October, hundreds of local artists and studios fling open their doors to give you a rare chance to see where they work and their latest projects during SF Open Studios 2010 – the largest and first open studios tour in the country. Now celebrating its 35th anniversary more...

Litquake 2010
By - posted 10/1/2010
Fairs & Festivals

Litquake, San Francisco’s annual (mostly free) literature festival, runs October 1-9, 2010 with over 500 authors participating in events focused in San Francisco and all over the Bay Area. The festival is made up of over 100 events of readings, storytelling, performances, panels, and workshops in venues all more...

Hardly The Only Festival
By - posted 10/1/2010
Fairs & Festivals

Don’t get us wrong; the huge and free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival taking place this weekend in Golden Gate Park is cool and everything, but getting to and from the festival by car or transit can be a nightmare, and maybe you don’t want to spend your entire weekend more...