- Exploratorium is freeeeee today
- Food Choices and the Environment: What You Eat Makes a Difference panel discussion 12-1.30pm Main Library Grove/Larkin
- Authors read from their favorite banned books at Main Library's Banned Books Rally 12-1.30pm Larkin steps
- Green Drinks 5.30pm Varnish Gallery 77 Natoma/2nd-Mission/Howard. Get there early for a free beverage, and stay for networking. Sponsored by Rumsey Engineers and Bioneers this month
- Local Food, Local Pride: Policies for Sustainable Economies 5.30pm Commonwealth Club 2nd/Market $8-15
- The Guardian's Hellraiser Happy Hour: tunes, prizes, air, snacks, and a ski movie 5.30-8pm Fiddler's Green 1333 Columbus/Beach
- Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer play free 6pm Amoeba Records Haight/Stanyan. Mandolin and bluegrass and such
- Defending and Promoting Sanctuary Cities teach-in 6.30pm-late Women's Bldg 18th/Val-Guer
- The Climate Project slideshow presents an inconvenient truth 7-8pm Mission Library 24th/Bartlett
- New Bar Every Other Wednesday Club blames it on the Bossa Nova 139 8th/Minna 8.30pm. The bar gives $5 for everyone who shows up, whether they are conducting Sober October or not. This week benefits Kopi Cafe and HEALS, Ugandan orgs that work with health, kids, art, and amazingness
- First Thursday art crawl downtown. Check out the Fecalface link at the right. Bring your own wine jar
- Light the Night Walk for Leukemia Lymphoma Society 5pm registration 7pm walk Justin Herman Plaza. Music, munchies, marrow matching
- Noah and the Whale is/are getting much buzz and are giving a free show 6pm Amoeba
- Cheer/Jeer VP Debate party 6-8pm Women's Bldg 18th/Valencia-Guerrero $5+ suggested donation. Try not to choke on the snacks when Palin speaks
- CA Historical Society and Rock the Vote bring you Rock and Register 6-8pm 678 Mission free. DJ, drinks (free?), and democracy
- Golden Gate Hostelling International celebrates turning 50 with free local wines and cheeses 7pm 312 Mason/O'Farrell
- Free movie night Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission 8pm and 10pm respectively: Bandit Queen; 9 T0 5
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Mosey on over to Golden Gate Park for great free concerts
- SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays 7.30-9.30am. Volunteer/stop by for fair trade coffee and snacks. This week, bring your mug to 12th/Market
- SF Symphony performs Justin Herman Plaza/Ferry Bldg free 12pm
- "My Street" exhibit opening and "Anderwelten" performance 6.30-9.30pm SwissNex 730 Montgomery RSVP required
- Poetry and Pizza: all you can eat iambic pentameter and pepperoni 7.30pm $5 suggested donation 333 Bush/Montgomery
- More pizza, with a Polish twist: Folkdance workshop 8-10pm free w/RSVP 3040 22nd St. Really, can you think of a better way to ironically out-hipster your friends on a Friday night?
- Drummond Buckaroo Buckley's Mass Transit photo opening 8-11pm DStructure 520 Haight/Fillmore. Good pics and open bar
- Oldies Night 6 Year Anniversary 10pm $3 The Knockout 3223 Mission/Valencia. Soul-doo wop-rock'n'roll dance party
- World Veg Festival 10am-6pm County Fair Bldg GG Park 9th/Lincoln $6 suggested donation, free before 10.30am
- Litquake with over 70 readers Main Library 11am-5pm Sat and 12.30-4.30pm Sun
- Eco Driving workshop: fuel efficiency, engine conversion, etc 9am Pat's Garage 1090 26th/Army
- Urban Composting workshop 10am-12pm Garden for the Environment 7th/Lawton free
- Sandcastle competition that promotes art in schools 10am-4pm Ocean Beach at Cabrillo
- Free food, sweets, drinks, bags, and quality $3 entrees Lilah Belle's Grand Opening 11am-2pm 3801 18th/Church. Score
- Mission Arts & Performance Project kids stuff 1-4pm
- Be prepared for a surprise 2pm Dolores Park
- Oliver Herring's TASK party 3-9pm Workspace Ltd. 2150 Folsom. Interactive art stuff
- Live painting party 4-8pm Secession 3391 Mission/30th. Murals, Corona, and music
- Respiration photo opening 7-9pm Iceberger Gallery 3150 18th/Treat #109
- Vertigo screens at dusk Union Square free
- Many art openings all close together listed on MyOpenBar. Take your own wine jar
- Mission Arts & Performance Project art stroll 7pm
- Kafana Balkan 9pm Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness $8-25. This raucous group raises money for the Humanitarian Circus Project, traveling to war zones and working with kids
- Debaser 1 Year Anniversary 10pm The Knockout 3223 Mission/Valencia. Wear flannel and get in free before 11pm $5 otherwise for this 90s dance party
- Asian Art Museum be free today 200 Larkin/McCallister
- Castro Street Fair 11am-6pm Castro/Market. Possible best part: all girl Ziggy Stardust tribute band, Diva Bowie. Also free professional couples photos Castro/18-19th by Steven Underhill...Glamour Shots?
- Nude Beach Olympics registration 11.30am-1pm, games 1-4pm, then picnic Baker Beach Lincoln/Bowley free. Official participation limited to the first 50 exhibitionists
- Alemany Farm Workday 12-5pm. Where my hoes at?
- Urban Diversion blood drive 1329 Columbus/Beach 12pm
- SFBC's Mission to Richmond Art Ride 1pm Clarion Alley Valencia/17-18th St
- Drive Thru Hot Dog Day: FrankenArt gives you free veggie or flesh hot dogs 1-6pm 515 Balboa
- ArtSpan Open Studios opening reception 4-7pm SomArts 934 Brannan/8th. They organize all the great neighborhood weekend open studios occurring this month
- Gulf Area/New Orleans Red Cross Mardi Gras Fundraiser 6-11pm White Horse Inn 6551 Telegraph Ave, Oakland $3-300. Really, the Gulf area is f'ed up royally, so might as well enjoy music and food while helping it out
- Fundraiser for Haiti with live Haitian music 7-9.30pm Bissap Baobab 19th/Mission
- Free First Tuesday at most museums around town. Get learned
- Sports Basement 1st Tuesday free bike maintenance clinic 6.30-7.30pm 1590 Bryant/15th
- Evolving Leadership Training 7-9pm Presidio. This week: Energy Use - What Comes After the Peak?
- Relief for Georgian and Chechen refugees film screening of Daimokh 7.30-9.30pm AFSC 65 9th/Market North Door donations accepted
- Mates of State, Santogold, Low vs. Diamond, and Alice Waters play The Fillmore 1805 Geary/Fillmore 8pm $30. It's okay to enjoy music that lots of people like (as long as you buy me a ticket)
- Three cool-seeming speeches Commonwealth Club
- SFBC Volunteer Night 5pm-done. Food and friends and folding
- Cindy Sheehan 8pm and then Classical Revolution strum til 11pm free SoCha Cafe 3235 Mission/Valencia
- Osama screens 12pm Main Library
- Messenger Appreciation Day 5-7pm free spaghetti then 8-11pm poster art opening Benders 19th/S Van Ness
- LitQuake and INFORUM's Battling for the Environment panel 6.30pm Commonwealth Club $12/20
- Bust ED opening reception 7-10pm Femina Potens Gallery 2199 Market/Sanchez. "Bust ED celebrates the lovely and erotic nature of the bosom, while reminding everyone of the way breast cancer affects our lives"
- Free movie night Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission 8pm and 10pm respectively: I Shot Andy Warhol; Foxfire
- Dolores Park Movie Night: The Muppet Movie dusk free. Hot buttery flannel
- Trainwreck Riders and Sean Hayes play The Independent 8.30pm $16 Divis/Hayes
- SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays 7.30-9.30am. Volunteer/stop by for fair trade coffee and snacks. This week, bring your mug to Valencia/17th
- Ethics Conference: "Holding China Accountable?" 9am-3.30pm Berkeley free
- Closing of the portable ice cream stand 5.30-9pm Southern Exposure Gallery 414 14th St
- Curiosity Shoppe art opening 6-8pm 855 Valencia/19th
- Agent Peach's dance and drinks and art 7-10pm Madusalon 300 Divisadero
- Open Studios preview party 7-10pm Workspace Lmtd 2150 Folsom
- First Amendment new show 7-11pm 1000 6th/Howard. Maybe $5 for artmusicdrinkfood
- Monster Art Rally 7pm Gallery 1988 at 1173 Sutter/Polk. This evil is way cuter than Palin
- Bike movie thang 8pm 4th/Brannan
- Teachers for Social Justice 8th Annual Conference: Building Power, Making Change 9am-5pm Mission High School free w/ pre-registration
- Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives discusses creating a grassroots economy, over brunch 9.30am~12.30pm CounterPulse 1310 Mission/9th. Yea for farmers' markets, co-ops, credit unions, and fewer cars
- Memory Walk 9.30am Treasure Island. Help fight Alzheimer's and get your bum in shape
- Workday, in the morning, in a park near you
- Big Blue Bucket Eco Fair 10am-2pm Jerrold/Phelps. Donate old meds, recycle cooking oil, harvest rain, get compost, go solar, and plumb wisely
- YBCAlive! Independent Fashion Festival 12-7pm $10 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission
- Alemany Farm Workday 12-5pm. Gopher it
- Polish Festival 1-4.30pm County Fair Bldg GG Park 9th/Lincoln
- Lit Crawl 6-9.30pm Clarion Alley Valencia/17-18th St
- Food Not Bombs 12pm Hippie Hill GG Park
- IndieMart 12-6pm Thee Parkside 17th/Wisconsin. Local design, music, pumpkin carving, food and drink for sale, cool stuff
- National Day of Action Against Raids and Deportations 1-3pm 24th/Mission. Protest immigration raids and tell Gavin not to weaken our Sanctuary City policies
- Masai cultural program 2-3.30pm Main Library
- Natural Highs event 6-10pm CellSpace 2050 Bryant/20th. Natural food, tango, art, music $5 or volunteer
- INFORUM's Propositions 101 roundtable 6.30-8.30pm Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd free/$5 snacks/wine
- Communities for a Better Environment fundraiser and Tyranny of Oil book launch 8.30pm Dalva 3121 16th/Valencia. Book discussion with author 7.30pm Modern Times 888 Valencia/20th
- Three good Commonwealth Club programs: Prez candidates' international security advisors and INFORUM's Naomi Wolf
- Evolving Leadership Training 7-9pm Presidio. This week: Material Goods - Made in Where?
- Doctors Without Borders educational exhibit "A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City" free 9am-5.30pm Marina/Yacht Harbor Road Marina Green/Crissy Field
- CA Academy of Sciences be free e'rr third Wednesday 9.30am-5pm Golden Gate Park
- Michael Swaine's "Sewing for the People" happens the 15th of every month. You bring your mend-able items, and he mends them 12-5pm Cohen Alley at Ellis/Leavenworth-Hyde
- Seinfeld Campus Tour 12pm USF Campus Golden Gate/Masonic. Because undergrads are too young and hopefully too busy learning/working for change to watch syndicated episodes
- Prez candidate debate 6pm. Go-bama
- From Farm to Feast panel 6pm local tastes reception 7pm discussion Ferry Bldg $15/25
- Rebuilding Afghanistan: Literary, Artistic, and Cultural Endeavors 6.30-7.45pm Main Library
- SFBC's Bike the Vote: Register, talk bikes, etc 7-9pm Fox Plaza Larkin/Market
- Barack 'N Roll 7pm $20 Independent Divis/Hayes. Prizes, voter registration, good bands, no to Palin
- Charlie Wilson's War screens 12pm Main Library
- The Phoenix Project 5-10pm 111 Minna/2nd $20 for food, a drink, auction, and music. All proceeds help victims of Tahoe's Angora fire
- Art Explosion preview party 5-8pm. Three Mission locations
- Victoria Manalo Draves park workday 5.45-6.45pm Folsom/7th
- Divis Art Crawl 5-11pm various locations. Art and people too cool to live in the Mission
- Woodie Guthrie and the Great American Folksong 6-7.30pm Main Library. Tim Holt gives you history and songs
- Sandbox Suites 1st Birthday celebrates with free food, drink, shared working space, prizes, and music 123 10th/Mission 7pm RSVP
- Free movie night Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission 8pm and 10pm respectively: Thelma & Louise; 3 Women
- Screening of In Search of Good Food and Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War 8pm Pirate Cat Radio 21st/York $5
- Man/Miracle rocks Hotel Utah 500 4th St/Brannan 9pm $8
Fri, Oct 17-Sat, Oct 18:
- Huge annual rummage sale 9am-3pm Little Sisters of the Poor 300 Lake/4th. Vintage fresh on the market, and Saturday lets you fill a bag for $5 at 3pm
- SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays 7.30-9.30am. Volunteer/stop by for fair trade coffee and snacks. This week, bring your mug to the Ferry Bldg by Justin Herman Plaza
- My Boudoir Lingerie benefit for breast cancer awareness 6pm 2029 Fillmore/Pine: sips, sales, snacks
- Secession throws a bash with new designs, plus food and wine 6.30-9.30pm 30th/Mission across from Safeway
- Doctors Without Borders panel discussion 7pm Cowell Theatre Fort Mason free
- Big Umbrella Studio's Art for Autumn opening 7pm-midnight Divis/McCallister
- The Extra Mile Adventure benefit auction $5-more 9.30pm El Rio Mission/Valencia
Sat , Oct 18-Sun, Oct 19: 11am-6pm
- Open Studios: Mission, Noe Valley, Bernal, Casto, Duboce, etc. Bring your own wine jar
- Craigslist Non Profit Bootcamp 8am-6pm San Mateo County Event Center $75. It was cool in Berkeley in 2007, but someone paid for me last year
- Workday, in the morning, in a park near you
- Huntington's Disease Walk 9am bfast and registration 10am walk Crissy Field 610 Mason
- Yoga with live music 10am Marina Greens Webster/Marina Blvd near water
- Potrero Hill Festival 10am-5pm
- Some eclectic concert with Mos Def and others 11am-6pm Bandstand in between de Young/CA Academy of Sciences. Print your free voucher
- Free Family Festival downtown: music and free museums and such. Grab a cousin, pretend you are a parent, and have fun 11am-3pm
- Soapbox derby Dolores Park 11am registration and 1pm race. Free, except for being barraged by advertising
- Planting party and picnic 12-4pm Southern Exposure Gallery 414 14th St. RSVP and bring a dish (with food in it) to share
- Doctors Without Borders employment informational 1pm Women's Bldg 18th/Val-Guer
- SOMA theatre crawl 1-4pm starts at Boxcar Theatre 505 Natoma/6th
- Art slideshow and potluck 4pm Art Explosion 2345 Harrison/19th. Bring food and art slides to share
- Launch party 8-10pm Still Life 835 Divis/Fulton. Beer, music, fashion
- Fiesta on the Hill 11am-6pm Cortland/Bocana. Kids, pumpkin patch, lesbians, dunk tanks, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, and dogs
- SFBC's How to Fix a Flat and Ride Anywhere workshop 11am-12.30pm free REI 840 Brannan/7th
- Alemany Farm Harvest Festival and workday 12-5pm. Potluck and music and agriculture
- Knit for Afghanistan 2-4.30pm Main Library. Show and tell and learn
Tues, Oct 21:
- El Rio's Anniversary party with food and music and such 8-10pm Mission/Valencia
- Streetside Stories free breakfest fundraiser 8-9am Westin St. Francis Hotel 335 Powell/Post. Hear from kids who benefit from this great literacy/arts organization. Secession Gallery is presenting their donation
- Autumn Eco-Fair 11am-2pm UCSF Mission Bay Campus 600 16th/Owens-3rd
- SFBC Volunteer Night 5pm-done. Food and friends and folding
- Marmalade Boutique breast cancer benefit 6-9pm 1824 Union/Octavia. Free bubbly and pastries. And maybe pasties
- Party Corps and New Bar Every Other Wednesday benefit Alemany Farm with Brass Liberation Orchestra, bike-powered speakers, Afrolicious, and more Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness 6pm $10 before 10pm and $15 after
- Building a Bay Area Radical Climate Movement 7.30-10pm Pirate Cat Radio 21st/Florida
- Stacey's Bookstore's birthday party 591 Market/2nd all day. Authors and cake
- Apple Festival 11am-3pm Crocker Galeria Post/Montgomery. Sweet
- The Kite Runner screens 12pm Main Library
- Root Division's annual art auction to raise funds for its afterschool program 6.30pm VIP/7.30-10pm $35 and up 3175 17th/S Van Ness. Elixirs and appetizers and art and education and aural pleasures
- Circa's 2 year anniversary party with open bar 9-10pm and appetizers til 2am 2001 Chestnut/Fillmore RSVP
- Free movie night Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission 8pm and 10pm respectively: Born In Flames; Girls Town
- Ferry Bldg Harvest Festival: drinking, demos, tastes, etc. Some free, some not
- SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays 7.30-9.30am. Volunteer/stop by for fair trade coffee and snacks. This week, bring your mug to City Hall at Polk/Grove
- Hearing on Bay Area Superfund Sites 4pm Oakland City Hall. Boo environmental racism
- World Market global food tastings and prizes 4-6pm 2552 Taylor/Bay in the Marina
- SOMA Artist Studios open house reception 6-9pm 689 Bryant/5th
- Mosey south on Bryant for DocFest's Roller Disco Costume Party 9pm CellSpace 2050 Bryant/20th $10/$5 in costume/free with DocFest stub. Music and skates provided
Sat, Oct 25-Sun, Oct 26:
- Open Studios: FiDi, North Beach, Potrero, etc. Bring your own wine jar
- SOMA Artist Studios annual open house 689 Bryant/5th 11am-6pm
- Workday, in the morning, in a park near you
- Zeum's 10th Birthday Bash. Cake and free admission
- SF Environment's compost campaign 10am-2pm Marina Safeway. Knock on doors and say Trick or Compost!
- Noe Valley Harvest Festival 10am-4pm. In the midst of strollers
- Evolving Leadership Training 10.30am-4pm Presidio. This week: Everyday Leadership Training
- Silent painting protest 11am Dolores Park. Monet out your rage
- SF Ocean Film Festival picnic 12-4pm Crissy Field
- Alemany Farm Workday 12-5pm
- Grand opening of Fillmore Center Plaza with Booker T. Jones and others playing 12-6pm free Fillmore/O'Farrell
- Clarion Alley Block Party noonish til late Valencia/17-18th. Bands, black attire, and forties
- Pandora's Trunk Show 2-8pm 135 Dore/9th/Folsom. Free concerts, performances, snacks, and drinks
- Shifted Focus 10 year anniversary Kearny Street Workshop 7-9pm 180 Capp 3rd Floor
- Volunteer at Edgewood's Hope Ball at City Hall. Email me to volunteer
- Dance off party benefit for the New Jersey 4 $5/more donation Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission
- Worlds exhibit closing brunch 11am-4pm Million Fishes Gallery 2501 Bryant/23rd. Bands and bagels
- Food Not Bombs 12pm Hippie Hill GG Park
- Brass Liberation Orchestra plays for Prop B 12-2pm Safeway Church/Market
- SFBC polishes your bike 5-7pm Fell/Masonic
- Summer Heights High premiere and party 7-10pm Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness. Free Australian food and drinks. Vegemite vodka? Gotta RSVP
- Notwist plays Bimbo's 8pm $20
Wed, Oct 29:
- Hand to Hand invitation stuffing all day Project Open Hand 730 Polk/Eddy. Really easy origami. Volunteer 4 hours and indulge in a delish lunch
- Drinks By Design 5.30pm St. Regis Hotel 125 3rd St. Get there early to get a free drink to help you network with other designers
- StreetFilms SF 5.30-7.30pm Main Library. Watch and discuss livable streets and green urban design
- Book Launch of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy 6.30pm reception 7pm talk W Hotel 3rd/Howard
- People from Beach Blanket Babylon run an election themed trivia night with The Onion 8pm The Lookout 3600 16th
- Hand to Hand invitation stuffing all day Project Open Hand 730 Polk/Eddy. Really easy origami. Volunteer 4 hours and indulge in a delish lunch
- The Beauty Academy of Kabul screens 12pm Main Library
- Palin Costumed Protest 5-6pm Rainbow Flag Castro/Market\
- IDEX open house with wine, cheese, and updates/photos about India 5.30pm 827 Valencia
- Uptime Jazz Quartet 6pm Cafe Trieste Market/Gough free
- Ski party 6-8pm Sports Basement 15th/Bryant. Beer, snacks, and door prizes
- McSweeney's authors and other cool folks read 7pm $5 Jewish Contemporary Museum. Part of StoryCorps. RSVP to press@mcsweeneys.net
- Free movie night Station 40 3030B 16th/Mission 8pm and 10pm respectively: Medea; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- SFBC's Gas-Free Fridays 7.30-9.30am. Volunteer/stop by for fair trade coffee and snacks. This week, bring your mug to Folsom/7th
- Stop the Raids Now rally 10am sign making and food Ferry Park Washington/Davis-Drumm 11.30 march to ICE HQ 630 Sansome/Washington 1pm rally in front of ICE
- Tame family Halloween party 4pm-12am Giants Stadium. The city is trying to keep you away from the Castro
- Death of Wall Street Funeral Procession. Bury capitalism on this walk from Ferry Bldg to Castro 6pm
- Bewitched, Bedazzled, and Be Pleasured Good Vibes Halloween party 7-11pm 603 Valencia/17th. Trick or Teet
- D-Structure's new show is up for Halloween 8pm 520 Fillmore/Haight. Open bar and costume contest
- The Blacks and others play Hemlock Polk/Sutter. Concert time
- Jam making and foraging discussion 12pm YBCA 701 Mission/3rd. BYO-fruit, jars, etc. Free, but must get tickets at 415.978.2787. I vote for basil guava jam
- Thank A Farmer Day 1-5pm Mission Pie 25th/Mission. Music, food, mural
- La Calavera Oaxaquena: Mensajes de la lucha social/Messages of social struggle Million Fishes Bryant/23rd $3-5 suggested donation. Flyer says 6-11pm, website says 7pm
- Group show of Alternative Press Expo artists reception 7-10pm Varnish Gallery 77 Natoma/Mission-2nd
- Parts & Labor rock Hemlock Polk/Post 9.30pm $8
- From mi madre:
REMINDER: Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend, officially at 2am Saturday night/Sunday morning. Turn clocks BACK an hour when you go to bed Saturday night = gain one more hour of sleep or partying, or maybe that should be partying, then sleep.
- First Free Sunday 10am-5pm Asian Art Museum Larkin/Grove
- Alemany Farm Workday 12-5pm
- The real SF soapbox derby 1pm Bernal. Bring mimosas and helmets
- Spinto Band performs Amoeba Haight/Stanyan 2pm
- Anniversary and closing party 6pm Spunk Salon 4147 19th/Collingwood
- Day of the Dead procession 7pm Bryant/24th. Conspiracy of Venus choir performs @9pm Garfield Park Treat/24th
- Glowy bright bike ride 6pm Bow/arrow statue at Embarcadero to Gestalt Haus 16th/Valencia
- VOTE before you hit all the free museums around town for First Free Tuesday
- INFORUM's Celebrate/Commiserate party 6pm Cantina 580 Sutter/Mason
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Election Party 6-11pm YBCA 701 Mission/3rd. Election coverage, music, art, cash bar, and free Goat Hill Pizza when the polls close
- Specials and prizes from The Guardian 7-9pm Kilowatt 16th/Valencia
- Celebrate or commiserate the election at the Exploratorium, which is free today
- Climate Change, Water, and the Himalayas panel discussion and film 1 Embarcadero Center 14th Floor 6pm Free, RSVP recommended
- Rumble SF presents free booze 8-9pm and The Blacks and DJs and such Harlot 49 Minna/2nd. Free with RSVP
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