A Comprehensive Roadmap to Heart Health

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) Harvard-trained physician Akil Palanisamy will share practical tips on what to eat to maintain lifelong cardiov... Read More

Dance

Maurice Hines

Sunday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m. Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason St.) In this very personal show, Hines taps audiences through his incredible career in a jazzy song-and-dance ... Read More

Film & Lectures

16th Annual S.F. Greek Film Festival

Daily, Oct. 20–26 Multiple S.F. venues The festival will present 23 feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the globe. $15–$50 (individual f... Read More

Museums & Galleries

A Powerful Force: Working to End Homelessness Through Art

Wed.–Mon. through Jan. 6, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Walt Disney Family Museum (104 Montgomery St.) This fourth annual community access exhibition features original artwork created by you... Read More

Dance

16th Annual S.F. Trolley Dances

Sat.–Sun., Oct. 19–20, 11 a.m.–2:45 p.m. Starts: Int’l Art Museum (1023 Market St.) Ends: Bethany United Methodist Church (1270 Sanchez St.) Enjoy artists and ensembles who... Read More

Film & Lectures

Governor Jerry Brown & Miriam Pawel

Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Sydney Goldstein Theater (275 Hayes St.) Join Brown and Pawel in conversation with Lara Bazelon about The Browns of California, a history of California a... Read More

Dance

Smuin Ballet: Dance Series 1

Sat.–Sun., Sept. 28–29 Thursday, Oct. 3 Sat.–Sun. Oct. 5–6 Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center On the bill is James Kudelka’s The Man in Black, set to the music of Johnny ... Read More

Science & Environment

S.F. City Star Party

Sunday, Oct. 6, 7:30–10:30 p.m. Pier 17 (adjacent to the Exploratorium) Join the monthly San Francisco Amateur Astronomers viewing party — SFAA members provide telescopes for y... Read More

Science & Environment

Protecting Wild Salmon Runs of the Pacific Northwest

Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) Learn about the salmon’s fate and campaign to save critical stronghold rivers, from Japan to the wilds of the ... Read More

Major Events

Fleet Week

Daily, Oct. 6–14 Various S.F. venues Air Show: Fri.–Sun., Oct. 11–13, noon–4 p.m. Featuring the Navy’s Blue Angels, also on the bill are the Navy Leap Frogs, the Patriot ... Read More

Nightlife

Petty Theft: 7th Annual Bay Area Tom Petty Birthday Celebration

Friday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m. Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) Six professional Bay Area musicians will perform Petty’s songs true to the originals and in the spirit of his lege... Read More

Potables & Edibles

16th Annual Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting

Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30–8:30 p.m. City View at Metreon (135 Fourth St.) Taste acclaimed wines from the top 100 wineries paired with delicious bites and meet winemakers from some ... Read More

Nightlife

S.F. Decompression 2019: Black Top City

Sat.–Sun., Oct. 19–20, 2 p.m.–2 a.m. Potrero Power Station (420 23rd St.) Black Top City is an urban version of Burning Man’s Black Rock City. Enjoy a microcosm of that sto... Read More

Major Events

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 19

Fri.–Sun., Oct. 4–6 Golden Gate Park Over 100 bands and singers including Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris, Bill Frisell, Kronos Quartet’s Music for Change: Pete Seeger @100, Tan... Read More

Major Events

S.F. Opera Opening Weekend

Fri.–Sun., Sept. 6–8 War Memorial Opera House & Golden Gate Park Celebrate the 97th season with a performance of Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet and the Opera Ball 2019: The Ca... Read More

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