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Take a trip back to the 1930s just by heading to SoMa and visiting the California Historical Society’s A Wild Flight of the Imagination: the Story of the Golden Gate Bridge – a brand new historical exhibit honoring the bridge’s 75th anniversary. Experience the story of the Bridge through an ambitious exhibition more...
Since 2009, the State of California has honored the memory of Harvey Milk by celebrating May 22, the anniversary of his birth, as a statewide “day of special significance.” The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco will celebrate Harvey Milk Day 2012 by offering free admission on May 22. The museum more...
Bring your tortillas (stale preferred), your costumed, your semi-naked and your beer (try to be discreet) and participate in one of the largest races in America, and also one of the most strange and “San Francentric.” The third Sunday in May (May 20th in 2012) sees the 101st edition of more...
Billed as the “World’s First Ever Interactive Balloon Immersion” Balloonacy is a two-day, 10-hour dance party with floor-to-ceiling balloons during a strange and wonder event funded by the “Awesome Foundation.“ Thousands of LED filled, motion-sensitive balloons will be filling the vast Million Fishes art space Saturday and Sunday, May 12-13. Come rediscover more...
Friday Nights at the de Young offers a variety of interdisciplinary arts programs, including live music, poetry, films, dance, tours, talks and more. Season Eight is every Friday night from March 30 – November 23, 2012. This free weekly after-hours art “happening” changes every week, but typically includes a mix of live more...
From Monday, May 7th to Sunday, May 13th, SFMade presents SFMade Week 2012: a week-long celebration of San Francisco’s vibrant manufacturing sector and the companies and people that bring locally produced products to fruition. Among a variety of events, SFMade Week features factory tours with local manufacturers to heighten awareness of more...
The weird and wonderful history of the vibrator is on fascinating display with the grand opening of Good Vibrations’ Antique Vibrator Museum on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 6-8pm. Showcasing collectibles from the 1800s and onward, this impressive collection tells a fascinating story of history, health, and sexuality. Curator and Staff more...
What’s better than “air guitar?” how about “air sex!” Yup, there’s an actual competition for people who like to fake doing the nasty on stage. See SF’s best air sexers compete on stage at the Elbo Room in the 2012 Air Sex Championships: Preliminary round. It’s all done tongue in cheek, of more...
Grab a wedding dress and join the brides as more than a hundred people in wedding dress (men, women and in-betweeners) parade through the heart of San Francisco, strolling through Union Square, shopping at fancy stores and drinking in local bars. All you need for this event is a white wedding more...
All around the globe tens of thousands of bike riders are riding naked in protest to our dependency on oil. The San Francisco edition of 2012 World Naked Bike Ride Day will meet at the east side of the fountain in Justin Herman Plaza on March 10th. Meet at 11:00am for body painting (Bring body more...
In 2012 the two-day San Francisco History Expo at the Old Mint (in SoMa) showcases 30+ mini-museums set up by local and neighborhood organizations featuring oral histories, artifacts and photographs. There will also be a special exhibition of 42 photographs, “Elegant Pit Stops,” a display of historic garages in the city, plus historic films, special programs and more...
The 11th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride will take place on Sunday, January 8, 2012 in San Francisco. The whole point to is ride BART without any pants (wear interesting undies and colorful socks) but to act completely normal. 2012 No Pants BART Ride Day Sunday, January 8, 2012 (1p-4p) – FREE (but BART more...
“Santarchy” is an annual city-wide Santas-only pub crawl. This flash mob-type event brings together hundreds of slightly sober people dressed in Santa costumes parading around the city, visiting landmarks (like walking down Lombard Street) drinking at bars and causing general mayhem. And just so you know, wearing a santa hat isn’t more...
Join the city for a night of remembrance of the lives and untimely deaths of supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone on the anniversary of their 1978 assassinations and commemorating the spontaneous candlelight march the night of the shootings. Milk & Moscone Annual Candlelight Vigil & March Sunday, November 27, 2011 (6-8p) Castro more...
To town, Santa Yoda is coming! Watch master LEGO builders construct a gigantic Xmas-themed Star Wars Lego statue in Union Square all weekend beginning Friday, November 18th at Noon. A 12-foot-tall (and a rather pudgy 10-foot-wide) statue of Yoda in a Santa costume is being erected over three days somehow in support of more...
