Category Archives: Special Events

Theaters and galleries and restaurants sometimes host one-time events, like poetry readings.

A Better Shot for Fathers’ Day

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Looking for something different to do with Dad for Fathers’ Day in San Francisco this weekend?  Try the SF Craft Spirits Carnival for a shot or two of well-crafted alcoholic beverages.
June 15 & 16, 2013
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion

“Come One, Come All! Meet the craft spirit taste makers.
This unique celebration of handcrafted ultra-premium spirits takes the energy of the craft spirits movement and distills it into a two-day Grand Tasting event.”

www.craftspiritscarnival.com

Click here for discounted tickets.

How Weird on Howard

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OMG, there have never been so many tutus on Howard Street!  And dance music and great food.  Get on down to Howard Street and 2nd for the How Weird Street Fair until 8:00 tonight. 

All you young creative types, grab an old Hippie for elbow adornment, because those folks were the original Weird.  Or was it the Beatniks?

Anyway, it’s a grand party in the streets for all of us San Franciscans with a loooooong history of nonconformity.

http://howweird.org/

Oh, and forget about driving in the Financial District until Monday morning.

Flash Dance, Union Square noon TODAY

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Dance LightIt’s the best Flash Dance of the year!  Dancing in the streets today, noon at Union Square.  There’s one section of unison movement that you can learn ahead of time, but you don’t have to do that section.  There’s a giant line dance at the end that’s easy enough for your most klutzy friend. Or just watch and enjoy.
http://vimeo.com/62121100

Lead the Money

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The San Francisco Mime Troupe marries art with politics.

Got priorities for the San Francisco City Budget?  Expand the arts and youth programs?  Increase police protection but cut street cleaning?  Whatever.  We’re always hearing “follow the money” to get the real skinny on a situation; this is your chance to lead the money by speaking up in a series of SF neighborhood Town Hall meetings.

Click to read the plea from the San Francisco Ballet.

Schedule of Budget Town Halls with SF Supervisors:

District 1 & 4 with Supervisors Eric Mar & Katy Tang
Saturday, April 20, 2013 (10:00 – 11:30am)
George Washington High School, 600 32nd Avenue

Districts 10 & 11 with Supervisors Malia Cohen & John Avalos
Monday, April 22, 2013 (6:00 – 7:30pm)
Southeast Community Facility, 1800 Oakdale Avenue

Districts 8 & 9 with Supervisors Scott Wiener & David Campos
Saturday, May 4, 2013 (9:00 – 10:30am)
Cesar Chavez Elementary School, 825 Shotwell Street

Districts 4 & 7 with Supervisors Katy Tang & Norman Yee 
Saturday, May 11, 2013 (10:00 – 11:30am)
Location TBA

Districts 5 & 6 with Supervisors London Breed & Jane Kim
Monday, May 13, 2013 (6:00 – 7:30pm)
Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street

Districts 2 & 3 with Supervisors Mark Farrell & David Chiu
Saturday, May 18, 2013 (10:00 – 11:30am)
Galileo High School, 1150 Francisco Street

Happy Birthday Bay Bridge

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SF Bay BridgeHappy Birthday, San Francisco’s beloved Bay Bridge!  You’re all sparkly and don’t look a day over 75.  Thanks to light sculptor Leo Villareal, San Franciscans got a spectacular opening of the art installation on Tuesday night.  Missed it?  Check out the video and other viewing opportunities on his website. (Cupid’s Span at Rincon Park isn’t a bad viewing location.  Take the #2 bus from Union Square.) And if you’re so inclined, donate what you can to literally keep these stunning but expensive lights on.

http://thebaylights.org/view

Start your Irish Engines

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Let the green beer flow!  San Francisco’s Irish-American Festival begins this weekend, culminating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade from 2nd/Market to the Civic Center on March 16. Wear green or risk fierce pinching, whether you’re Irish or not.

Parade day is a good time to avoid crossing Market Street for anything.  This popular events involves road closures well before its 11:30 start time, and then there are the festival events that continue in the Civic Center plaza until 5:00.

If it’s cryin into yer whiskey or Guinness over the homeland you’ll be wantin, then Monday’s live music nights at Reilly’s is the pub for ya (622 Green, near Sockton/Columbus).

 

History Buff Heaven

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Historic Gem with MoonriseWhat is that dripping-history gem nestled among the skyscrapers?  Who built it, and why exactly did they need a widow’s walk on top?

Feed your inner history buff for free:

San Francisco History Expo  Sunday, March 3, 11:00am-5:00pm at Old Mint (88 5th at Market), FREE

Feast on exhibits and reenactments by eight major organizations (including the San Francisco Historical Society) and several neighborhood preservation groups.  This yearly event is free, fabulous and packed, so get there early.

http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibitions/events_calendar.html

To feed your body on the way to Old Mint, stop at the kinda new location of Dottie’s True Blue Cafe at 28 6th Street.  WHAT?  You’ve never had a Dottie’s meal?  Forget about those fancy brunches at the Mark Hopkins and the Palace.  For quite simply the best breakfast in San Francisco served with a slice of our cross-cultural city civilization, go to Dottie’s True Blue Cafe.

49ers in their City

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The song says, “If you’re going to San Francisco, you better wear some flowers in your hair.”  OK, yeah flowers, especially to the Year of the Snake flower show in Chinatown, but they better be red today.  Go 49ers! If you’re a 49er Faithfulista, get some of that official red while you’re in Chinatown.  Then grab a friend, catch the San Francisco 49ers on a big screen today.  Yelling your head off over a brew is good therapy.

Click for the SF Chronicle’s article on where to watch the Superbowl in San Francisco.

Zen-Out in the City

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Grace Cathedral LabyrinthZen-out tonight at Grace Cathedral’s Labyrinth Walk with Music, 6-8pm atop San Francisco’s Nob Hill.  We’re kinda action junkies in this City – easy to happen with so much going on – but take a break with this ancient meditative practice.  It’s free with a suggested donation.
http://www.gracecathedral.org/calendar/detail.php?cid=17985