6th Annual Valentine Broadside Printing Event

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2–4 p.m. S.F. History Center, S.F. Main Library Come experience letterpress printing on the library’s 1909 Albion hand press and take home a unique keepsa... Read More

Major Events

31st Annual Tribal & Textile Arts Show

Fri.–Sun., Feb. 10–12, 11 a.m. Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center More than 70 international dealers and galleries will showcase rare historical and contemporary art by triba... Read More

Music, Nightlife

MASQUERADE BALL: Festa di Carnevale

Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Museo Italo Americano (Bldg. C, Fort Mason Center) The Museo Italo Americano presents an evening of costumes, music, dancing, and fun: music by D.J. Peter... Read More

Film & Lectures

Berlin & Beyond Film Festival

Daily, Feb. 3–8 Various Bay Area venues It’s the 21st year for this popular festival that showcases films from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. $10 (individual films), $1... Read More

Film & Lectures

S.F. Indie Fest

Daily, Feb. 2–16 Various S.F. venues The 19th San Francisco Independent Film Festival presents 50 films of all types showing the creativity and quality of the independent film sc... Read More

Nightlife

S.F. Beer Week Nightlife

Thursday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Taste your way through the Bay Area’s master brewers and distillers to learn all you can about the tastiest microbrew... Read More

Nightlife

Because Techno

Friday, Feb. 10, 9 p.m.–3 a.m. Public Works (161 Erie St.) Because there’s plenty of house music. Because not all techno is nosebleed. Because people want to dance! Do you ... Read More

Performances

The Speakeasy

Thu.–Sun. in February, 8 p.m. (5 p.m. on Sundays) A discreet S.F. location The Speakeasy recreates an authentic Prohibi- tion-era club, complete with illicit bar, crooked casino,... Read More

Performances

Marcus Shelby Orchestra

Saturday, Feb. 25, 11 a.m. SFJazz In honor of Black History Month, the orchestra celebrates the musical stories of the Underground Railroad, and honors the memory of one of history... Read More

Performances

25th Annual Noise Pop Music & Arts Festival

Daily, Feb. 17–27 Various S.F. & Oakland locations S.F.’s favorite indie music, arts, and film festival that explores the intersection of music and art, returns with ar... Read More

Performances

Dianne Reeves

Thu.–Sun., Feb. 16–19, 7:30 p.m. Miner Auditorium, SFJazz The multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist returns for her signature intimate concerts. $30–$185, 888-920-5299,... Read More

Performances

Lang Lang in Recital

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall The international piano phenomenon brings his trademark showmanship and heartfelt artistry to Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor, co... Read More

Performances

S.F. Ballet: Frankenstein

Various days, Feb. 17– 26 War Memorial Opera House Liam Scarlett, the youngest choreographer ever to have a full-length ballet commissioned by The Royal Ballet, helms this darkly... Read More

Performances

SHN: Rent

Tue.–Sun., Feb. 7–19 SHN Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning reimagining of Puccini’s La Bohème returns to the stage in a vibra... Read More

Performances

BATS Improv: Improvised Shakespeare

Saturdays through Feb. 12, 8–9:45 p.m. Bayfront Theater, Fort Mason Center Audiences supply the title and the BATS thespi- ans turn it into Elizabethan magic, complete with flowe... Read More

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