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ORCHIDFEST
| Website: |
http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org |
| Begin
Date: |
09/26/2009 |
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Date: |
09/27/2009 |
| Time: |
10am-5pm |
| Price: |
$3; $2 seniors/disabled; 12 and under free with adult |
| Location: |
Hall of Flower
County Fair Building
9th Avenue & Lincoln Way
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-665-2468 |
The San Francisco Orchid Society hosts its annual OrchidFest. Orchid growers and nurseries present displays and sales of these exotic plants.
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COPERNICUS, GALILEO, AND KEPLER: REDEFINING OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
| Website: |
http://www.humanitieswest.org |
| Begin
Date: |
10/02/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/03/2009 |
| Time: |
Friday 8-10:15pm; Saturday 10am-12noon and 1:30-4pm |
| Price: |
$20-$100 |
| Location: |
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-392-4400 |
Humanities West opens its 25th Anniversary Season with Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler: Redefining our Place in the Universe, a two-day program of lectures, discussions, music, and dance presentations celebrating the International Year of Astronomy in honor of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first use of the telescope in 1609. Alexander Zwissler (Executive Director, Chabot Space & Science Center) moderates Friday night. Presenters include Roger Hahn (UC Berkeley), Kip Cranna (SF Opera), Kathryn Roszak’s Danse Lumiere (SF), Bethany Cobb (UC Berkeley), Paula Findlen (Stanford University), Geoff Marcy (UC Berkeley), George Hammond (SF attorney and author), and Alex Filippenko (UC Berkeley).
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LOVEFEST LOVEVOLUTION PARADE & FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://www.sflovevolution.org |
| Begin
Date: |
10/03/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/03/2009 |
| Time: |
Music starts at 11:30am; parade at noon |
| Price: |
Donation at Festival Gate |
| Location: |
Parade starts 2nd & Market Streets
Festival at Civic Center Plaza
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-820-1423 |
The nation's largest free dance music festival and parade starts at 2nd & Market Streets with music and floats to the festival at Civic Center plaza.
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MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
| Website: |
http://www.mvff.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/08/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/18/2009 |
| Time: |
TBA |
| Price: |
$12.50 (CFI Members, $10) unless otherwise noted and are available for purchase on September 24 |
| Location: |
CinéArts@Sequoia
25 Throckmorton Avenue
Mill Valley
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael
and other venues throughout the Bay Area |
| Phone: |
877.874.MVFF |
The internationally acclaimed Mill Valley Film Festival, greatly anticipated by film fans and film industry veterans alike, offers a high-profile, prestigious, noncompetitive environment that is perfect for celebrating the best of independent and world cinema. Considered by many to be a launching pad for the Oscar® campaign, this year's film festival promises to be no exception. One of the two Opening Night films to screen on Thursday, October 8th at the 32nd Mill Valley Film Festival is Scott Hicks (Shine, MVFF 1996) The Boys are Back. Based on a true story, The Boys are Back is a moving tale of fatherhood that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe winner Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife's tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: “just says yes.” Raising two boys - a curious six year-old (Nicholas McAnulty) and a rebel teen (George MacKay) from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless . . . and on the constant verge of disaster. The film's star, Clive Owen, will be honored at a special MVFF Spotlight event where he will receive the Mill Valley Film Festival Award for his work in cinema. The Opening Night Gala will again take place this year at the Mill Valley Community Center, featuring a variety of gourmet dishes and live music. The Mill Valley Film Festival's rich heritage of showcasing the Bay Area's world-renowned filmmaking community continues this year with a plethora of films either shot in the Bay Area or from locally based filmmakers; check their website for complete schedule.
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LITQUAKE
| Website: |
http://www.litquake.org/ |
| Begin
Date: |
10/09/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/17/2009 |
| Time: |
Visit their website for schedules |
| Price: |
See website |
| Location: |
Various, see their website for details |
| Phone: |
415) 750-1497 |
Litquake is a San Francisco literary festival with heart, guts and a taste for the wilder side of the literary world. Litquake represents a lively overview of San Francisco’s thriving literary scene. The live events embrace the Bay Area writing community, and give fans the opportunity to hear quality literature straight from the author’s mouth. This year's event will present close to 500 authors in a variety of venues including theaters, bars, bookstores, galleries and museums, and features panels, cross-media events, and hundreds of readings.
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FLEET WEEK
| Website: |
http://fleetweek.us/fleetweek |
| Begin
Date: |
10/10/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/11/2009 |
| Time: |
Noon-7pm |
| Price: |
Free
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| Location: |
The Waterfront
Viewing from PIER 39 and Marina Green
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
415-705-5500 |
Fleet Week is the Bay Area's opportunity to pay tribute to the men and women of our nation's armed forces. This spectacular event features a parade of ships, ship tours, band performances, military displays, the Blue Angels Air Show, and more. Watch the Parade of Ships 11:30am Saturday. Air Shows take place Saturday & Sunday starting at 1pm. After the air show, PIER 39 hosts musical entertainment in the Entrance Plaza from 4-7pm.
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STANFORD LIVELY ARTS 2009–10 SEASON
| Website: |
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Date: |
10/10/2009 |
| End
Date: |
05/05/2010 |
| Time: |
Various; check their website for performance schedule |
| Price: |
For a copy of the season brochure, e-mail livelyarts@stanford.edu |
| Location: |
All performances are presented by Stanford Lively Arts on the Stanford University campus. Parking is free of charge after 4:00 pm and on weekends at all times. Interactive campus maps are available at http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/maps.html. |
| Phone: |
650-725-ARTS (2787) |
Stanford Lively Arts presents its 40th season inspired throughout by “Art + Invention,” an over-arching theme anchored by a yearlong campus project involving the jazz trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and the innovative filmmaker Bill Morrison. Other highlights include new works from Laurie Anderson (in a co-commission with Cal Performances), Steve Reich (performed by Sō Percussion), the Kronos Quartet, and L.A. Theatre Works; a multiday tribute to the composer Sergei Prokofiev; the Bay Area debut of Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses dance company (in a co-presentation with San Francisco Performances and UC Davis’s Mondavi Center); and a collaboration between the trumpeter Terence Blanchard and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra. Visit their website for complete schedule.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PUMPKIN WEIGH-OFF
| Website: |
http://www.miramarevents.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/12/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/12/2009 |
| Time: |
7am-11am |
| Price: |
Free |
| Location: |
IDES Grounds
735 Main Street
Half Moon Bay |
| Phone: |
650-726-9652 |
The World's Greatest Gourd Growers and their titanic, super-sized beasts gather for the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off --- in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, California. A host of accomplished, veteran growers from throughout the west will be contending for the coveted title and a share of about $20,000 in prize money. In a pay-by-the-pound system, the winner will take home $6 per pound for the champion pumpkin. Thad Starr's titanic 1,528-pound Atlantic Giant squashed the previous Half Moon Bay record and handily defeated the field of seventy heavyweight growers in 2008, taking home $9,168 in prize money. Beauty will share center stage with brawn -- a special $500 prize will be awarded to the "most beautiful pumpkin" as judged by the audience based on color, shape and size. The grand champion gourd (along with the top five overall) will be on display at the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, October 17-18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street.
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DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS PRINCESS CLASSICS
| Website: |
http://www.disneyonice.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/14/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/25/2009 |
| Time: |
Wednesday and Thursday 7:30pm; Friday 10:30am & 7:30pm; Saturday 11am, 3 & 7pm; Sunday 10:30am & 5pm |
| Price: |
$16-$70 |
| Location: |
October 14-18 at ORACLE Arena, I-880 at 66th Ave, Oakland
October 21-25 at HP Pavilion at San Jose, 525 West Santa Clara Street, San Jose |
| Phone: |
1-800-745-3000 |
Disney On Ice presents Princess Classics is an amazing journey to the magical lands of Disney’s classic fairy tales. From a kingdom under the sea to an enchanted French castle, an Arabian palace and more, audiences can enter the worlds of their favorite Disney princesses – Cinderella, Jasmine, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Mulan and Snow White – and see their dreams come true in this royal skating extravaganza.
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DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (DOCFEST)
| Website: |
http://www.sfindie.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/16/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/28/2009 |
| Time: |
Call or check website |
| Price: |
General Admission tickets $11; DocPass, admission for all films at the festival including Opening Night Party $180 |
| Location: |
Roxie Cinemas
3117 Sixteenth Street
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
800-838-3006 |
With over 60 films from around the world, the eighth annual Documentary Film Festival (DocFest) is a two-week extravaganza of unconventional and highly engaging non-fiction films and videos.
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TARGET FREE MUSEUM FAMILY DAY
| Website: |
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Date: |
10/18/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/18/2009 |
| Time: |
11am-4pm |
| Price: |
Free |
| Location: |
SFMOMA, Contemporary Jewish Museum, MoAD, Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum and Yerba Buena Gardens
San Franciso |
| Phone: |
415-614-3216 |
Downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena arts district is transformed into a
huge free family block party as SFMOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum,
MoAD, Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum and Yerba Buena Gardens
Festival team up with Target for a non-stop day of free family fun. Explore a sculpture garden, ride a carousel, make an animated film, enjoyi a live circus, create your own screen print, and see Maurice Sendak’s original drawings for books like Where The Wild Things Are – all in one day and all for free! Five of San Francisco’s top cultural destinations including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival welcome families with a non-stop day of free admission, hands-on art making activities and special family-friendly performances thanks to the generous support of Target. Each venue offers families a huge array of opportunities to see and make art. At the Contemporary Jewish Museum, visitors celebrate the power of the book as they take in the exhibition There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak, create their very own book accessories to take home, try their hand at a variety of traditional pen and ink traditions and enjoy live performances inspired by Sendak’s famous stories. At SFMOMA, the new Rooftop Garden is a great place to look up, down and all around at three-dimensional art and then make your own sculptural works including Alexander Calder-inspired stabiles and more. Down the block at MoAD, visitors can take their inspiration from artist Richard Mayhew’s abstract landscape paintings and work with local artists to make their own screen print or add designs to a huge sidewalk mural. Over at Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum, kids can ride the carousel, create a music video and much, much more. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival offers a lively afternoon under the sun with multiple performances throughout the area including Circus Bella, an open air, one-ring circus featuring clowns, jugglers, trapeze artists and live musicians, Prescott Circus Theatre, Chelle! & Friends, bringing the sounds of the Mardi Gras parade to life, and The Venezuelan Music Project.
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DOWNTOWN ICE
| Website: |
http://www.sjdowntown.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/20/2009 |
| End
Date: |
01/18/2010 |
| Time: |
5-10pm |
| Price: |
$13 for children 12 and younger; $15 for adults |
| Location: |
Circle of Palms
Across the street from Plaza de Cesar Chavez
San Jose |
| Phone: |
408-279-1775 |
Downtown Ice in San Jose, Calif., has been a holiday tradition for 14 years and is one of the best skating experiences in the western United States. This upcoming winter, the stunning rink, produced by the San Jose Downtown Association, will attract more than 40,000 skaters and countless thousands more spectators. Anyone who has been to downtown San Jose during the holiday season witnesses the magical transformation the heart of the city undergoes. This time of year breathes life onto city sidewalks, pouring into art galleries and museums, shops and eateries, creating an atmosphere that is unlike any other city. The tropical palms charm the urban courtyard and glisten with holiday lights, making Downtown Ice one of America s most beautiful outdoor rinks available to the public.
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ORGANIC BEER AND WINE TASTING
| Website: |
http://www.ccof.org/ccoftasting.php |
| Begin
Date: |
10/23/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/23/2009 |
| Time: |
4-8pm |
| Price: |
5 tastes: $15; 10 tastes: $25
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| Location: |
The Ferry Building
Foot of Market Street on the Embarcadero
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
831-423-2263 |
Join CCOF- California Certified Organic Farmers- for its third Organic Beer and Wine Tasting event at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Ferry Building food vendors will pair with visiting CCOF certified vintners and brewers to offer sample snacks and accompaniments, many made with certified organic ingredients. A silent auction and live music add to the fun as attendees taste and sample their way around the Ferry Building.
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INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER FAIR
| Website: |
http://www.posterfair.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/23/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/25/2009 |
| Time: |
Friday 5pm-9pm, Saturday 10am-7pm, Sunday 11am-6pm |
| Price: |
$25 Friday Preview (good all weekend), $15 for 2 days (Saturday and Sunday), or $10 per day |
| Location: |
Fort Mason Center
Conference Center Building A
Buchanan & Marina Boulevard
San Francisco |
| Phone: |
650-548-6700 |
Devoted exclusively to original vintage posters over 20 dealers from 6 countries will be exhibiting their finest inventories. More than 10,000 original posters will be offered for sale including vintage American and European posters depicting consumer products, world events, travel, sports, entertainment, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque, and more.
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EXOTIC EROTIC BALL
| Website: |
http://www.exoticeroticball.com |
| Begin
Date: |
10/24/2009 |
| End
Date: |
10/24/2009 |
| Time: |
8pm-2am |
| Price: |
$59; VIP tickets $125 |
| Location: |
Cow Palace
San Francsico |
| Phone: |
415-567-BALL (2255) |
This large indoor masquerade ball this year is happening the weekend before Halloween at San Francisco's famous and storied arena - The Cow Palace. The event fills six acres of space, with 5 stages of live headline music, top DJs, erotic performers, exotic dancers, and wild circus sideshows, plus visually dazzling sets, fantasy themed halls, BDSM demos, fetish fashions, all sorts of sexy shenanigans, and the tantalizingly offbeat, including a Spiritual Oasis and Human Petting Zoo. The event features many adult stars and celebrity guests, costume contests with over $10,000 in cash and prizes, and over 100 exhibits showcasing the latest in exotic fashion, erotic art, and adult products. Despite all the above, it's the costumes and outfits worn by the 15,000+ attendees - colorful, creative, and captivating - that make the show truly unrivaled. For adults only. An expo takes place Saturday 4-midnight and Sunday noon-6pm. Tickets are $20.
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