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| Book Talk & Signing with Nancy Pelosi California Historical Society Museum | Thu., December 4, 6:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
Last week in an Arkansas Sam's Club, Mike Huckabee, taking a break from his new, unwatchable FOX show, signed more than 800 copies of his book in a line that stretched beyond Lawn and Garden. Gotta give it to him the minister has a talent for extending the brand. George Bush, no... More >> |
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| Day Without a Gay Multiple Bay Area locations | Wed., December 10, 9:00am | Union Square/Financial District | |
Hopefully you've seen the viral video "Prop. 8: The Musical," starring Jack Black, Margaret Cho, Alison Janney, Neil Patrick Harris, and lots of other smart pro-gays by now. If so, wouldn't you like to be cool like them? All you have to do is call in gay to work today. A Day Without a Gay is a... More >> |
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| J. Gary Gwilliam: Learning from Losing Commonwealth Club | Wed., December 10, 6:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
J. Gary Gwilliam is the author of Getting a Winning Verdict in My Personal Life: a Trial Lawyer Finds His Soul, and this evening he presents a talk called Learning from Losing. Apparently, when you're a lawyer, you lose a lot, but people tell you you're not supposed to lose, ever, and this can... More >> |
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| Peter Greenberg: What the Airlines, Hotels and Cruise Lines Won't Tell You Commonwealth Club | Tue., December 9, 12:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
Travel porn stops being fun the minute you need to go somewhere. Then you want facts, not some boosterism bullshit written by journalists put to pasture or freebie-grabbing freelancers trying to carve out a second career after the wine bar failed. Enter Peter Greenberg. True, travel writing is... More >> |
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| "Fluke" Baer Ridgway Exhibitions | Daily from Sat., November 22 until Sat., January 3 | Union Square/Financial District | |
Artists who trade in found items often get lucky: An old photographic slide can decompose just so, producing a beautifully decayed image when printed. Berlin-based artist Wolfgang Ganter doesnt leave it up to the elements. As a student working with recycled materials, he often came across... More >> |
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| Passing on the Pen Museum of GLBT History | Daily from Tue., March 25 until Wed., December 10 | Union Square/Financial District | |
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| "The Beatles in India: Creativity and Inner Peace" San Francisco Art Exchange | Daily from Sat., November 22 until Sat., December 20 | Union Square/Financial District | |
Paul Salzman's photos of the Beatles in Hrishikesh, India in 1968 are reeeeeally interesting. At first glance, they're the snapshots of a nosy fan: Paul McCartney's practically picking his nose, everyone's squinting like regular people do in sunlight, and John Lennon looks directly at the... More >> |
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| "Slow-Gin" John Colins | Second Thursday of every month, 9:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
Sloe gin is a liqueur made from gin, sloe berries, sugar, almond extract, and cloves. Slow-Gin, on the other hand, is one of San Franciscos most chill DJ nights. Like its namesake, the event has a complex and subtle flavor; its composed of extracts from Blue Note classics, 70s... More >> |
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| "Moving Pictures" Varnish Fine Art | Last Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
At this month's episode of one of our favorite art galleries' "Experimental Film & Video Art Series," audiences are treated to screenings of new work by Bay Area women filmmakers. Terrie Samundra, known for her short film A Short Tale of Xuan (see pic); dreamy, glowing, impressionistic work by... More >> |
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| "Vehicles of Emancipation" Varnish Fine Art | Daily from Thu., December 4 until Sat., January 10 | Union Square/Financial District | |
The only thing more fun to fantasize about than the circus is pirates, so a show that promises art inspired by both is irresistible. The San Francisco artists known as the Oyster Pirate Collective take their name from the down-and-dirty 19th-century practice of pilfering from oyster farms, back... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| AIDS/HIV/Hepatitis C Nightline Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Beyond Union Street: A Walk Through Cow Hollow Multiple San Francisco locations | Third Saturday of every month, 1:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| City Beautiful to Civic Center Tour Multiple San Francisco locations | First Saturday of every month, 1:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Critical Mass Justin Herman Plaza | Fourth Friday of every month, 6:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Family Story Times Multiple San Francisco locations | Daily | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Foot! Walking Tours Multiple San Francisco locations |
Daily, 1:00pm more dates/times |
Union Square/Financial District | |
| Pacific Heights Walking Tour Multiple San Francisco locations | Every week Sunday, 12:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Parkwide: Site Stewardship Program Multiple San Francisco locations |
Every week Saturday, 9:00am more dates/times |
Union Square/Financial District | |
| Pig and Whistle Cricket Team Multiple San Francisco locations | Every week Saturday, Sunday | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Preschool Films Multiple San Francisco locations | First Tuesday of every month | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Rodeo Valley Stewards Multiple San Francisco locations | Every week Wednesday, 9:00am | Union Square/Financial District | |
| Sex in the City Tours Multiple San Francisco locations | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| SF Dodgeball Classic Multiple San Francisco locations | Every week Thursday, 6:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| A Walk Along Broadway Multiple San Francisco locations | Second Saturday of every month, 1:30pm | Union Square/Financial District | |
| "The 75th Anniversary of Prohibition Repeal Day" 111 Minna Gallery | Fri., December 5, 9:00pm | Union Square/Financial District | |