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Fourth of July Fireworks Trip City Kayak	Sat., July 4, 2:00pm	Potrero Hill	Fourth of July Sports - Participatory
Tonight, if history is any judge, we’ll get multicolored fog. It’ll be beautiful, really, especially if you ignore what’s happening inside of it and how many tens of thousands of dollars' worth of explosions are occurring within the drizzly mass. We suggest a kayak trip in the... More >>

"Sunset Independance" Jelly's	Sat., July 4, 4:00pm	South of Market	Fourth of July Music
Octave One has crafted soul-stirring, booty-shaking techno and supported like-minded artists on its 430 West label for nearly 20 years. In a genre firmly focused on the new, there remains real interest in the back catalog created by brothers Lenny and Lawrence Burden. Singles “I... More >>

"Get Famous" The Room Ultra Lounge	Sat., July 4, 7:00pm	South of Market	Music Nightlife
Though based in Atlanta, Ozone Magazine and its supplemental publication, Ozone West, give more coverage to West Coast rap artists than almost any other magazines. Publisher Julia Beverly is continuing her birthday tour around the country by cosponsoring “I Wanna Get Famous,” a... More >>

Fillmore Jazz Festival Fillmore and Eddy streets	Daily from Sat., July 4 until Sun., July 5, 10:00am	Haight/ Fillmore	Festivals Music
The Fillmore District plays a legendary, controversial, and ongoing part in the history of San Francisco. When Japanese residents were sent to internment camps during World War II, lots of African-Americans moved in. Nightclubs popped up, hosting jazz and blues giants of the era: Fitzgerald,... More >>

Sixteenth Street Mission Mural Tour Mission Street BART Station	First Saturday of every month from Sat., July 4 until Sat., December 5, 11:00am	South of Market	Art - Ongoings Family Events Tours
The Mission District is known for its superior weather, a plethora of taquerias, and the proliferation of V-necked hipsters, for starters. It’s also rich with art and culture, so much that one can be overwhelmed to the point of complacency. Muralists have been cutting a swath of color... More >>

“1939: The Golden Year of Cinema” Castro Theatre	Daily from Wed., July 1 until Thu., July 9	Castro/ Noe Valley	Festivals Film
Some people can’t get enough of old movies. We salute those people! For one thing, old films were shot to be viewed on a big screen, full of screen-edge detail and lush, meaningful textures. Interestingly enough, like the very newest Pixar products, pictures made in 1939 often don’t... More >>

The Girl From Monaco Clay	Daily from Fri., July 3 until Thu., July 9	Japantown/ Pacific Heights	Film
There’s not much to this thin, sun-drenched concoction about a straight-arrow Paris lawyer (Fabrice Luchini) who descends on the titular Côte d’Azur resort to defend an accused murderess (Chabrol muse Stéphane Audran), only to find himself distracted by the tawdry charms... More >>

International QueerTango Festival Multiple San Francisco locations	Daily from Wed., July 1 until Sun., July 5	Union Square/ Financial District	Dance Festivals LGBT Events
If you have an inner (or outer) gay man, you may think this is funny: A YouTube commenter says of "Gay Argentinean Tango Augusto and Miguel," an adorable clip of two guys going at it, not unskillfully, "espero que Dios los perdone, no por lo gay sino por la mierda de tango que bailan." ("I hope... More >>

Surveillance Lumiere Theatre	Daily from Fri., July 3 until Thu., July 9	Hayes Valley/ Tenderloin	Film
Jennifer Lynch has been tarred with the unfounded claim that her films get made only because of who her father is. David Lynch serves as executive producer of Surveillance, Jennifer’s first film since the near-stoning she received after 1993’s Boxing Helena, and traces of his oeuvre... More >>

Eldorado Sundance Kabuki Cinemas	Daily from Fri., July 3 until Thu., July 9	Japantown/ Pacific Heights	Film - Art House Film - Events
The title of Bouli Lanners’s modest yet surprisingly affecting road-trip/buddy movie, which refers to an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity, isn’t necessarily ironic: The writer-director-actor has a profound love for the flat expanses of the film’s southern Belgium... More >>

Presidio Park Stewards Multiple San Francisco locations	Every week Wednesday, Saturday, 9:00am	Union Square/ Financial District	Outdoors Volunteer Opportunities
Sometimes it seems like we have it so good around here. Even our volunteer work is relatively glamorous -- no cleaning up the local toxic dump or working with corny religious charities for us! (Even our religious charities are cool, as in Glide Church.) Instead, we can hoof it out to the... More >>

Sex Positive Roxie Theater	Daily from Sat., July 4 until Sun., July 5, 2:00pm more dates/times	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Film Film - Art House
First-time filmmaker Daryl Wein wasn’t even born when AIDS was first recognized by the CDC in 1981, but his documentary on Richard Berkowitz, one of the initial advocates of safe sex, does a good job of capturing (though, dizzyingly, not always with a tripod) the internecine struggles... More >>

Too Big to Fail Dolores Park	Daily from Sat., July 4 until Sun., July 5, 2:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Free Events Theater
The San Francisco Mime Troupe always needs a villain — it does political theater — and for the past eight years it’s been able to skewer the low-hanging fruit of the Bush administration. This year, with Obama’s dice still rolling madly and the Republicans satirizing... More >>

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AIDS/HIV/Hepatitis C Nightline Multiple San Francisco locations	Daily	Union Square/ Financial District	Volunteer Opportunities

"In a New Light: The Asian Art Museum Collection" Asian Art Museum	Daily	Hayes Valley/ Tenderloin	Museum Exhibits & Events

Permanent Exhibit Cable Car Museum	Daily	North Beach/ Chinatown	Museum Exhibits & Events

"Mars Encounter" Chabot Space & Science Center	Daily	East Oakland	Museum Exhibits & Events

"One Giant Leap: A Moon Odyssey" Chabot Space & Science Center	Daily	East Oakland	Museum Exhibits & Events

"Astronomy in California 1850-1950: Telescope Makers, Telescopes, and Artifacts" Chabot Space & Science Center	Daily	East Oakland	Museum Exhibits & Events

"Skywise -- Astronomy Cartoon Exhibit" Chabot Space & Science Center	Daily	East Oakland	Museum Exhibits & Events

Crissy Field Maintenance Crissy Field Center	Daily	The Presidio	Outdoors Volunteer Opportunities

Family Story Times Multiple San Francisco locations	Daily	Union Square/ Financial District	Children's Events Book Events

"Forces That Shape the Bay" Lawrence Hall of Science	Daily	Downtown Berkeley	Children's Events Museum Exhibits & Events

"NanoZone" Lawrence Hall of Science	Daily	Downtown Berkeley	Children's Events

"Prove It -- A ChemMystery" Lawrence Hall of Science	Daily	Downtown Berkeley	Museum Exhibits & Events