Janewary

Go to a new venue. Create a new event. Read something new. Listen to new bands. Go to SeaweedSway for a detailed list of local shows.

Bad news: this death penalty article tells us why the practice is no good and a money waster. Here's another disheartening but needs attention issue: rape in Haiti.

Here are the worstest companies to work for: seems Dole isn't that delicious. Hexane/petroleum is in your Gardenburger. Cell phones are probably bad for your brains. Good news: My new favorite term is Frugavore: being green, local, organic, and DIY due to economic strain. This eco-logical/-nomical laundry ball has a great write up. And SF Sketchfest rules the city Jan 13 - Feb 5 (Johnny FunCheap gives you discounted tix!)

Thurs, Jan 27:

• Rent Is Too Damn High party benefit for Housing Rights Committee 6-8.30pm Latin American Club 22nd/Valencia $5-50 sliding scale. Politicos, cheap drinks, live music, auction, grub
• Vegan Drinks meets up 6-8pm Martuni's Market/Valencia. Buy a drink, mingle with meatlessers, eat some vegan hot dogs and popcorn!
• Tacos and Fire! street food and concert 9pm Amnesia 853 Valencia/20th $5

Fri, Jan 28:

• Art happy hour party 6.30-9.30pm Secession Art & Design 3361 Mission/30th. Bring a jar for wine. 20% off everything!
• Pop Up Empire show 7-10pm Granny's Empire of Art 701 Vermont/19th. Music, installation art, house tours. RSVP

Sat, Jan 29:

• Land's End shipwreck hunt-hike 1-2.30pm. RSVP for this free adventure
• A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish screens 2pm Main Library Larkin/Grove
• Good Vibrations new store grand opening 6-9pm 899 Mission/5th. Sips, snacks, salaciousness
• Artists' Television Access 26th anniversary benefit auction and concert 5pm doors 9pm music by Puce Moment and Grass Widow ATA 992 Valencia/21st $6-10
• Free All Three art auction 7pm SomArts 934 Brannan/8th. Benefit for hikers imprisoned in Iran. Food and drink for sale, plus live performances, maybe a door cover
• East Bay Free Skool benefit concert 7pm Revolution Cafe 1610 7th St Oakland by West Oakland BART $3-5. Support this kickass org!
• The Salon group show 8pm Studio Gracia 19 Heron/8th/Harrison $10. "drink.see.nibble.dance"

Sun, Jan 30:

• Hotties for Homo Healthcare benefit dance party 7-10pm El Rio 3158 Mission/Precita $5-20 sliding scale donation to keep Lyon Martin Health Services open. DJs and sexy giveaways
• The Blow + Sonny Smith 8pm show Great American Music Hall O'Farrell/Polk $15

Mon, Jan 31:

• Josh Silver of FreePress speaks on reforming media policy to protect public interest 5.30 reception 6pm speech Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd free/$7/$20
• Social Network 7.30pm doors 8pm screening Independent 628 Divis/Hayes. 21+ free w/ "2 drink minimum"

Tues, Feb 1:

• Hella museums around town be free
• Green Drinks: treelovers 5.30-9pm 111 Minna/2nd. Free mingling, $6 for speed dating/networking and a drink!
• Clift Sessions present: MEN (JD Samson of Le Tigre) 9pm Clift Hotel 495 Geary/Taylor free. Gotta RSVP

Wed, Feb 2 (hello Puxatawny Phil!):

• Exploratorium be free
• Bernal-made films Automorphosis and A Perfect Place screen 6pm doors Bernal Library 500 Cortland/Andover free
• Neighborhood Parks Council benefit party 6-8pm Sports Basement 1590 Bryant/15th. Snacks, drinks, sale
• INFORUM presents: Smart Venture Capital 6.30pm Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd $12/$20. Hear from PayPal people

Thurs, Feb 3:

• Gallery crawl downtown. See FecalFace link at right for listings
• Craftbar with Etsy Labs 6-8pm Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane/3rd/Mission free. Beer, cardmaking with SF Center for the Book, live music, and celebration of Sister Corita
• Spacecraft 7-9pm Cellspace 2050 Bryant/19th featuring music by Panic is Perfect and Steve Taylor. Free before 9pm, then $10 for IndieFest opening party with more bands

Fri, Feb 4:

• Clift Sessions present a cool free show 9pm Clift Hotel 495 Geary/Taylor free. Gotta RSVP

Sat, Feb 5:

• Underground Market 11am-4pm take-home-ables and workshops 6pm-2am hot food and music SomArts 934 Brannan/8th $5. Gotta become a member

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wed, Jan 19:

• Chris Rock's Good Hair screens 5pm Main Library Grove/Larkin
• Despicable Me and Futurama Movie benefit screenings 6pm doors 7pm film Hobart Bldg 582 Market/2nd$5 suggested donation, $1 raffle, cash bar
• Rally to restore KUSF 7pm USF
• 20 Under 40: Stories from The New Yorker writers 7-11pm City Lights 261 Columbus/Broadway
• Before and After the Car: Shaping SF's Transit History 7.30pm CounterPulse 1310 Mission/9th free
• Nerd Nite: Space, Advertising, Zombies 7.30pm Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness $8
• Young Prisms + Melted Toys and more 8.30pm doors Bottom of the Hill 17th/Missouri $10

Thurs, Jan 20:

• Open Show 7-9pm Rayko Photo Center 428 3rd St/Harrison7.30pm free, bring snack/drink to share
• BYOCraft night 7-9.30pm Urban Bazaar 1391 9th/Irving. BYOProjects/Drinks, and snack whilst creating
• INFORUM's I Heart SF party 7-11pm $15 members $25 non-members (or join now for free entry. Email me for a $5 discount). Come for a showcase of the best stuff in the city, a free drink, wine tastings, dancing, etc

Fri, Jan 21:

• Timebank Posse Party: potluck orientation swapmeet skillshare event 6pm Blacklight Ventures 1543 Mission/12th 3rd Fl. Awesome org
• "Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985 - 2008" opening 6-8pm SF Center for the Book 900 De Haro/16th
• Ra Ra Riot + Givers 9pm show Great American Music Hall O'Farrell/Polk $18

Sat, Jan 22:

• Guerrero Park greening workday 10am-2pm Guerrero/28th. Coffee to fuel your flowering!
• Rally for Pro-Choice 11am Market/Embarcadero
• SOMANIA: artists gone wild reception 7-10pm Arc Studios 1246 Folsom/9th. Preview party for April Open Studios

Sun, Jan 23:

• Cal Science & Engineering Festival 11am-3pm UC Berkeley. Brains! Paleontology! Earthquakes! Genes! Unicycles!
• Brunch and art show 12-6pm Carolyn Quan Gallery 470 3rd/Bryant. Bubbly, bites, and buttocks

Tues, Jan 25:

• For Once In My Life screens 5.45pm Main Library Grove/Larkin. Doc about differently able musicians
• Novella Carpenter and Joan Gussow speak on "Growing Food and Wisdom" 5.30pm doors 6pm program Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd $7/$8/$20
• Seaweed Sway presents Sonya Cotton + Ever Isles + Honeycomb 8pm Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness $10

Wed, Jan 26:

• A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish screens 6pm Main Library Larkin/Grove
• I Heart the Cart: Underground Food 6.30pm Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd $12/$20. Delicious reception at Minna afterwards
• Environmental History of Golden Gate Park talk 7.30pm CounterPulse 1310 Mission/9th free

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mon, Jan 10:

• Monthly Rumpus 7pm Makeout Room 3225 22nd/Mission $10. Usual cast of effervescent local literati, plus Amber Tamblyn
• Toshio Hirano 8.30pm Amnesia 853 Valencia/20th. Free and endearing

Tues, Jan 11:

• Farm to Table panel discussion with local foodie big-wigs 6-7.30pm Main Library Larkin/Grove
• Pecha Kucha variety infotainment art 7pm doors, 8.20pm show 330 Ritch/3rd/Brannan $5

Wed, Jan 12:

• Lost Landscapes of Detroit screens 7.30pm CounterPulse 1310 Mission/9th free. Short films of urban ruins

Thurs, Jan 13:

• Grand opening reception of GLBT History Museum 7-9pm 4127 18th/Castro
• Free the Hikers benefit concert with Lia Rose + Devotionals 9.30pm show Roxie Theatre 16th/Valencia $12

Fri, Jan 14:

• Still Flyin' + Social Studies and more 8.30pm Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell/Van Ness $10
• California Honeydrops 8pm Red Poppy Art House 23rd/Folsom $15

Sat, Jan 15:

• Good Food Awards Marketplace 8am-2pm Ferry Bldg. Samples early!
• Member for a day: get into lots of other museums free if you belong to one of them
• Underground Market and then dance party 11am-4pm take-home-ables 6pm-2am hot food and music $5. At 11pm, DJs take over til 2am $10. Gotta become a member
• New Taste Marketplace 12-5pm St. Greg's 500 DeHaro/Mariposa. Lots of local food vendors sell you delicious things
• SFBC's architecture ride 1.30pm 995 Market/6th free members/$5 non-members. Pedal around the city learnin''bout buildings
• Shaolin Soccer screens 7pm Peace Plaza Post/Buchanan free

Sun, Jan 16:

• Big work day and 1-year celebration 10am-4pm Free Farm Gough/Eddy. Bring something vegan to share for lunch!
• Bluegrass Brunch 12-3pm Hotel Utah 500 4th St/Brannan. Music free, food cheap
• SeaweedSway Showcase 7.30pm Makeout Room 3225 22nd/Mission $7. Kelly McFarling + Sandy's + Backlit plus Sea of Bees Chasing the Moon podcast premier. Plus antics by MC Jeremy Dalmas

Mon, Jan 17:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Action. Volunteer events all over, plus Museum of African Diaspora and Jewish Contemporary Museum are free
• 826 Volunteer 5 minute reading series 7pm Amnesia 853 Valencia/20th. Free
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 7.30pm doors 8pm screening Independent 628 Divis/Hayes. 21+ free w/ "2 drink minimum"

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sun, Jan 2:

• Asian Art Museum be free 10am-5pm Larkin/McAllister
• Kally Price + Emperor Norton's Jazz Band swing in the new year 9pm Amnesia 853 Valencia/20th $5

Tues, Jan 4:

• Hella museums around town be free
• Green Drinks 5.30-9.30pm 111 Minna/2nd. Eco networking. Bring something for the food drive and get a free drink

Wed, Jan 5:

• Exploratorium be free

Thurs, Jan 6:

• Gallery crawl downtown. See FecalFace link at right
• Craftbar with Etsy Labs 6-9pm Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane/3rd/Mission $5 gets you snacks and materials
• INFORUM presents: Tim Ferriss and the 4 hour Workweek 6.30pm Commonwealth Club 595 Market/2nd $7/12/20. Yay, pretirement!
• "Black and White and Read All Over" group opening 7pm Creativity Explored 3245 16th/Guerrero. Always awesome
• Little Wings + Prairie Dog + Rustangs 9pm Amnesia 853 Valencia/20th $5

Fri, Jan 7:

• "Universal Remote" opening 7-9pm Southern Exposure 3030 20th/Alabama. King of Pop art
• Bike Party Ride 7.30pm meet 8pm ride Giants Stadium Willie Mayes Plaza. Uncritical mass
• Velveteen + Silian Rail + Low Five 10pm Bottom of the Hill 17th/Missouri $10/$12

Sat, Jan 8:

• Alemany Farm workday 12-5pm. Dig it
• Writers with Drinks 6.30pm doors, 7.30pm show Makeout Room 3225 22nd/Mission $5-10

Sun, Jan 9:

• Help plan the Free University of SF with some cool politicos 10am Viracocha 998 Valencia/21st
• No Pants BART Ride 12-6pm. Beware, be bare