- Two-thousand fine!
- Start the year green by volunteering at Crissy Field Bldg 988 (beach clean up 9am-12pm) or Land's End (trail restoration 1-4pm). Snacks provided. Bring water and wear work clothes
- First Thursday art crawl downtown. Bring a wine jar
Fri, Jan 2:
- New art and mural installation reception and open bar 8pm D-Structure 520 Haight/Fillmore. Free w/ RSVP
- SFBC monthly pothole pointer-outer ride 10am-12pm. Check the site for deets
- Film production of The Living Unborn Dead, Frankenart's freshly written B movie 1-8pm 515 Balboa/5th. "Come help with cheesy special effects, bad acting, and fake gore"
Sun, Jan 4:
- Asian Art Museum Free First Sunday 10am-5pm Larkin/Grove. This month brings you great films, Afghans for Afghans knitting group, yoga, and knowledge
- Mendelssohn by young chamber musicians 12-5pm Main Library Larkin/Grove
- Alemany Farm workday 12-5pm. Dig it
- Free Hot Dog Day - beef or veggie 1-6pm Frankenart Mart 515 Balboa/5th. Also, "Come get your custom map made - examples: Map of lost love, Map of smells, Map of teenage hangouts...you get the idea"
Tues, Jan 6:
- First Tuesday museum crawl. Lots be free, all over town
- Colter Jacobsen does painting from memory and generally just seems cool CA College of the Arts Wattis Institute 1111 8th/Hooper. Talk 7pm, reception afterwards
- OPENRestaurant with Slow Food Nation 7pm YBCA 701 Mission $15/20 for meal, free discussion. Eat, live, and learn urban gardening, foraging, and gleaning
- Exploratorium be free today
- Green Drinks 5.30-8.30pm Varnish 77 Natoma/2nd. Get tipsy, raffle-winny, and networky with other tree hugging professionals
- Sean Hayes and Michael Musika help celebrate Rickshaw Stop's 5th birthday 155 Fell/Van Ness $15 doors 8pm
- The Rumble presents LoveLikeFire...and French Miami..and DJs...8pm Harlot 46 Minna/1st. Free w/RSVP or $5 at the door
- Awesome Africa photos by kids 5pm SF Cameraworks 657 Mission/3rd
- Bike Ed - Day One: Street Skills 5.30-9.30pm SFBC 995 Market/6th. Free, RSVP required
- Lots 'o art shows today. Check Laughing Squid and Fecal Face
- Creativity Explored's reception for new show "Legend: Myth and Memory" 7-9pm 3245 16th/Guerrero
- The American West At Risk: Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery is read by its authors 7pm Books, Inc Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness/Turk
- Gaza Strip film and discussion 7.30pm ATA 992 Valencia/20th $6
- Brent Weinbach and Moshe Kasher 8pm Purple Onion 140 Columbus/Jackson $10. Great local comedians
Fri, Jan 9:
- Fruit and nut tree planting/workshop 10am-3pm Permaculture Garden 18th/Rhode Island. Learn, dig, and discuss over apricot, pluot, fig, and almond saplings
- "The Airport Project" art opening 6-8pm Electric Works 130 8th/Minna-Mission. I'm flyyyyyyiinng!
- Be turned into a living saint via photography 6-9pm Frankenart Mart 515 Balboa/6th. Iconoclast this!
- Pizza and Poetry 7.30pm 333 Bush/Montgomery $5 goes to charity and gives you all you can handle pizza, poetry, salad, and soda
- Viva Cuba screens 7.30-9pm ATA 992 Valencia/21st. 50th year of Cuban revolution. $6, no one turned away for lack of funds
- Let Gaza Live! rally 11am-noon Civic Center Square Larkin/Grove
- Alemany Farm workday 12-5pm. Soil yourself
- Poor Magazine's Pay-2-Paint Fun-Raiser/opening party 12-5pm 2926-2948 16th/Capp. Celebrate the new office with art, food, music, murals, and social justice
- Celebrate the western snowy plover 1-4pm Crissy Field Center 603 Mason. You won't be receiving an Endangered Species Big Year award, but you will eat free food and see cute birds
- "Mads Lynnerup: You Are the Artist, You Figure It Out" opening 4pm Baer Ridgway Exhibitions 172 Minna/3rd. Parody meets public art
- "POP POP! FIZZ FIZZ!" surrealism show opening 7-10pm Femina Potens 2199 Market/Sanchez
- Wholphin selections screen 8pm ATA 992 Valencia/2oth $6
- Family Appreciation Day at lots of arty-touristy places around town 10am. Hurry, procreate!
- Kugleplex Brunch Party with much food and much klezmer 1-3pm Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom/23rd $10-20 suggested donation
- Violin concert 4pm Community Music Center 544 Capp/20th. Free string music
- Rally to close Guantanamo and end torture 1pm Market/Powell. BYO Jumpsuit
- Mark Bittman reads from his new work Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating 6pm Book Passage - Ferry Bldg
- Burn After Reading screens free 7.30pm doors 8pm film The Independent Divis/Hayes. "Two drink min," but you'll be alright. Free popcorn.
- "The Art of Change: Influence of Rock Music and Art on Social Change" opening 5.30-7.30pm City Hall. Coincidentally/full of fate, I wrote a bad paper on this for 1818 History in high school. I didn't have pictures of Bowie, though
- Ask a Scientist: Bigfoot and Other Wild Men of the Forest 7pm Axis Cafe 1201 8th/16th-Wisconsin. What about the Amazons?
- "A Trip Down (False) Memory Lane" reception 7-9pm Lexington Club 3464 19th/Lex-Valencia. This art show pays homage to this infamous bar
- Shuckin' & Jivin' dance party 9pm free Knockout Mission/Valencia. Doowop, stomp, bop, and free fried chicken and bisquets. So basically....heaven?
- SFBC Volunteer Night 5-8pm. Collate, converse, and consume
- About Face meetup and volunteer night 7-9pm Thrive House 1100 Broderick/Eddy. Boo to negative marketing of women, yay to this organization and eating pizza
- Rumpus Raiser features Margaret Cho, other funny local writers, live music, and burlesque 7pm Make-Out Room 3225 22nd/Mission $10-25
- Grassroots Alternative Economics meeting 7.15pm Box Dog Bikes 494 14th/Guerrero. Discuss co-ops, gift economy, better non-profits, etc
- SFBC will pump you up 5-7pm Mission Park Valencia/19th. Free inflation and patch kits
- "Sensuality and Space" art show 6-8pm Good Vibrations 1620 Polk/Sacramento. Food, wine, and hot stuff
- Rohstoff closing party for "Always On" 6-8pm BAVC 2727 Mariposa/Bryant
- *East Bay event! It must be good if I'm listing it. Get ready.....Flight of the Conchords Season 2 Premiere with free food and drink 7-10pm. Gotta RSVP
- The Blacks 8pm $10 Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness. They are a great band
- Jonathon Franzen speaks 'bout writing 6pm CA College of the Arts 1111 8th/16th-Wisconsin
- Thomas Wold shows off his sculpture and furniture 6-8pm Curiosity Shoppe 855 Valencia/19th. He should make a chair called "Rock Your Wold"
- Artist reception "Signs of Change" 7-10pm Varnish Gallery 77 Natoma/2nd
- Big Umbrella Studios show opening 7pm-12am Divis/McAllister
- Great show: Black Bird Raum, Indianna Hale, Stitchcraft, Foxtail Brigade 8pm Caretakers 848 Divis/McAllister. $5 or more donation goes to fund space's solar tubing project. Baked goods and drinks for sale
Sat, Jan 17:
- Celebrate 35 years of hipster recycling Buffalo Exchange anniversary Valencia/23rd
- Annual Scion Exchange 12-3pm UC Mission Center 1855 Folsom/15th. Cuttings, not cars. CA Rare Fruit Growers grafts and roots. $3 donation
- Nate Appleman and Shelley Lindgren demo and discuss their cookbook A16 Food & Wine 3pm Omnivore Books 3885A Cesar Chavez/Church
- Art soiree 6-9pm Axis Cafe 1201 8th/16th-Wisconsin. Beauty, beats, fire, and food provided
- Neighborhood cleanup, incentivized by $8 all you can drink beer 4-8pm 15th/Shotwell. Sponsored by Truck Bar
- Rubik's Cube Competition 10am-4pm Exploratorium. Museum admission required for all you dorks
Mon, Jan 19:
- MLK, Jr. Celebration 9am-5pm Bill Graham Civic Auditorium by City Hall. Music, speeches, films, teach-ins, arts/crafts, etc. Free, I believe, plus transit deals
- Really Really Free Market planning meeting 7pm Cafe La Boheme 24th/Mission by The Attic
- NextArts Inauguration Concert and Party 7am-noon City Hall. Free, and please bring new socks/underwear to donate
- End Bush party under the street sign that says it 9am Presidio/Bush
- Finally. Obama's inauguration celebration and broadcast 9am-12pm Main Library
- Onion Society for Beer Enjoyment 6-8pm Julien's 101 4th/Mission. RSVP sfpromo@theonion.com with subject OBAMA for free suds and snacks
- Party and SF Food Bank Fundraiser 6-10pm Electic Works 13o 8th/Mission $10 for a full heart and mouth
- Inauguration Skater Ball 7-11pm FunkyTown Rink 1720 19th/Wisconsin $10 + $5 skate rental. Roll with revolution
- Raj Patel, amazing author of amazing Stuffed and Starved, speaks 7pm CA College of the Arts 1111 8th/16th-Wisconsin
- League of Young Voters Inaugural Ball 8-11pm El Rio Mission/Valencia-ish $5-more sliding scale. Free baked goods and democracy
- CA Academy of Sciences be free today. Get there early
- Bye Bye Bush rally 4-7pm City Hall. Wear white and join others in supporting immigrant rights, civil liberties, and every other thing the new admin needs to fix
- SFBC Service Station 5-7pm Caltrain 4th/King near Warm Planet Bikes
- New Bar Every Other Wednesday meets 8.30pm Dalva 3121 16th/Valencia. The bar gives $5/person, drinkers or teetotallers. This week benefits People's Legal Center
- My pals' band The Facekicks kicks your face 9.30pm $6 Boom Boom Room Geary/Fillmore
Thurs, Jan 22:
- Dreams from the Monster Factory: author talk and panel about prison reform and cutting recidivism 6-7.30pm Main Library
- "Trying to Deal with Things that Aren't Human" opening reception 6-9pm David Cunningham Projects 1928 Folsom/15th
- Mattress Recycling Design Competition Idea Showcase and Awards Reception 6-9pm 271 9th/Folsom. Free food, drink, innovation, art, and wit: "We should all be grateful for our mattresses; after all, most of us were conceived on one"
- Edward Hasbrouck speaks on his book The Practical Nomad 7-9pm Get Lost Books 1825 Market/Valencia. Cool world travel tips
- Think Outside the Bottle campaign community mtg 7pm Wilderness Society office 655 Montgomery/Washington Suite 1000
- Amy Sedaris converses with Daniel Handler 8pm Herbst Theatre 410 Van Ness/Grove $20. You might wet your pants
- The Ettes and others rock Rickshaw 155 Fell/Van Ness 8pm $10. Email sfpromo@theonion.com with ETTES in the subject line for tix
- Underground restaurant featuring a 6 course vegan meal with wine $30 Caretakers 848 Divis/McAllister 6pm cocktails 7pm meal
- Opening reception for wood drawings/sculpture 6-8pm Four Barrel Roasters 375 Valencia/15th
- Secession art show closing party 6.30-9.30pm Mission/30th across from Safeway. Drinks, DJ, art, food, and pretty people
- Sizzle: Superhero edition 7.30pm Femina Potens Gallery 2199 Market/Sanchez. Monthly reading/open mic with hot words and hot popcorn $10/$5 performers
- Lil Miss Hot Mess dance party 12am The Cinch Polk/Wash-Clay. Free admission and free popcorn
- Rally to support choice, immigrant rights, and civil liberties 10.30am Market/Embarcadero
- Alemany Farm workday 12-5pm. Hoes
- Celebrate the opening of Bhatki Studio with free yoga 12-2pm 2417 Harrison/21st
- Book swap 2pm Ateliette 1994 Union/Buchanan
- Free detox vinyasa yoga 3-4pm Yoga Mayu 2041 Harrison/16th
- "One Off Stimulations and Dirty Thoughts" artist reception 6-9pm Soap Gallery 3180 Mission/Cesar Chavez-Val
- Wet Hot American Summer screens with cast members 12am $12 Clay Theatre
- INFORUM's green job fair and panel 6pm Commonwealth Club Market/2nd. Members free/students $7/others $18
- Wall-E screens free 8pm Independent Divis/Hayes. Free popcorn, loosely enforced 2 drink minimum
- ITVS and KQED present Tulia, Texas, a doc about how nonsensical our war on drugs is 6-7.30pm Main Library
- Homeless Count 7pm-late. Volunteers are needed to survey the number of homeless in order to obtain funds for social services. Support and training provided. Email HomelessCount@sfgov.org or call at 558-2346 for more info
- SFBC Volunteer Night 5-8pm. Collate, converse, and consume
- Drinks by Design 5.30pm Rye 688 Geary/Leavenworth. Network and sip with designers, architects, engineers, etc
- Opening of "School Buildings - The State of Affairs" 6-8.30pm AIA 130 Sutter. Gotta RSVP
- Women and Socialism study group 7pm 110 Capp/16th #202
- Change SF discussion and dance 7pm-12am Temple 540 Howard/2nd $5/10. We'll see if visionaries can shake it
- Heart Shaped Box 90's rock smackdown 9pm Matador 10 6th/Market. Ping pong, chicken & biscuits, cheap drinks, and 6th Street charm
- Club 1964 11pm Edinburgh Castle 950 Geary/Larkin. Free mod/soul dance party
Thurs, Jan 29:
- Cool Hand Luke. Main Library. Noon. Eggs
- Winter Walk'n'Wine Festival 5-8pm Post Tower Apts 737 Post/Jones. Free wine, nibbles, and hoitytoityness
- Concert and happy hour to support Daraja Academy in Kenya 8pm Park Chalet 1000 Great Highway. Acoustic indie and education are a perfect match
- KEXP (Seattle's amazing radio) party 9pm free Makeout Room 3225 22nd/Bartlett-Mission. Good music guaranteed
Fri, Jan 30:
- Hyde Street Gallery opening for John Wood 6-8pm 1987 Hyde/Union
- Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser discuss Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak: By Writers Famous and Obscure 7pm Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness/Turk. "Attendees are also welcome to bring along their own personal 6-word memoirs"
- D-Structure party with screenprinting, music, and open bar 8pm 520 Haight/Fillmore. RSVP to get in fo'sh
- HOTTUB heats up Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness 10pm $10
- Teenage Craze Dance Party 10pm $3 Knockout Mission/Valencia. Awesome doo-wop, twist...and free buttons
Sat, Jan 31:
- Vintage Paper Fair 10am-6pm County Fair Bldg 9th/Lincoln GG Park free. Pretty things
- Alemany Farm workday 12-5pm
- Really Really Free Market 1-5pm Balazo Gallery 2187 Mission/18th. Take stuff, bring stuff, make stuff, share skills, etc. Free
- What's the Big Idea party 9pm-12am YBCA 701 Mission/3rd. Free pizza, dance parties, tea, and crowds. RSVP for 8.30pm admission
- Asian Art Museum is free 9.30-5pm Grove/Larkin. Yoga 2pm, Year of the Ox party 12-4pm
- Vintage Paper Fair 10am-4pm County Fair Bldg 9th/Lincoln GG Park free. Pretty things
- Amy Ray plays 1pm Amoeba Records free Haight/Stanyan
- Frankenart Mart free hot dog (veggie or flesh) 1-6pm 515 Balboa/5th. Cool little art space
- Free figure drawing class 6-8pm Go For A Loop Gallery 1458 San Bruno/25th by the skate park. Bring sketching materials and snacks and drinks and talent to share. They are providing models. Maybe a movie afterwards, and maybe we'll be inspired to figure skate
- Luscious Garage art show reception 6-9pm 459 Clementina/6th Howard-Folsom. "Booze, snacks, art, and company"
- Mind Field skate film 7pm and 9pm free Victoria Theatre 2961 16th/Capp
- Slow Motion Cowboys, Jesse DeNatale, and Conspiracy of Venus 8pm show $7 Makeout Room 3225 22nd/Mission. What better way to spend your post StuporBowl evening?
- Matt and Kim 8pm $10 Cafe Du Nord
- Museums around town be free. Go get learn'd
- Ask a Scientist: Ice Age Bay Area 7pm Axis Cafe 1201 8th/16th-Wisconsin. Frozen hipsters?
Wed, Feb 4:
- Exploratorium is freeum today
- The Rumble 8pm Harlot 47 Minna/1st. Free w/RSVP
- Delta Spirit 9pm $12 Bottom of the Hill
- Bay Bridged 3rd Anniversary Bash with The Heavenly States, Birds & Batteries, and Geographer 8pm $10/12 Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness. Great bands and great local music group
