Family Movie Night: Big Hero 6

6–9 p.m. Back lawn, Presidio Performing Arts Center (386 Arguello Blvd.) Grab your blankets, low-backed chairs, and a picnic or feast on options from Off the Grid’s food tr... Read More

Sports & Health

Integrative Restoration Yoga/Meditation

1–2:30 p.m. Presidio YMCA (63 Funston Ave.) An adaptation of Yoga Nidra, a form of meditative self-inquiry, this deep relaxation can help overcome stress, insomnia, anxiety, and ... Read More

Sports & Health

Living Gluten Free

5–6:30 p.m. Enright Room, CPMC (2333 Buchanan St.) This class will provide you with invaluable information about the gluten-free diet. Topics include symptoms, diagnosis and foll... Read More

Science & Environment

Fifth Annual Bay Area Science Festival

Daily, Oct. 22–Nov. 7 (except Oct. 28 & Nov. 5) Various Bay Area venues This fifth iteration of a celebration of the Bay Area’s scientific wonders, resources, and o... Read More

Film & Lectures

Arab Film Festival

Various Bay Area venues The Arab Film Festival is considered one of the most important showcases of Arab cinema outside the Arab world. Catch the best contemporary films that provi... Read More

Film & Lectures

Wild Child

The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) Austin’s own indie-pop rockers perform their joyful blend of pop, gypsy and folk. $18–$20, 415-771-1421, theindependentsf.com ... Read More

Performances

Kanakolu: 30 Years of Hula

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Dancers share the stage in Nā Lei Hulu hula school’s fall hula spectacular, which includes Hula for Families on Sunday. $15–$45, 415-392-4400, ... Read More

Performances

Michael Feinstein

Wednesday, Oct. 7 & Fri.–Sun, Oct. 9–11 Feinstein’s at the Nikko (222 Mason St.) The two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated performer returns with his brand-new... Read More

Performances

We Players: HeroMonster

Thu.–Sun., Oct. 15–Nov. 1, Sunset The Chapel, Fort Mason Center Beowulf serves as the source text for this new experimental play that engages the audience to form a new story t... Read More

Performances

S.F. Playhouse: Dogfight

Tue.–Sat. through Nov. 7 450 Post St. (in the Kensington Park Hotel) Three marines set out to tease and taunt on their last night before shipping out. Eddie’s victim, Rose,... Read More

Galas & Benefits

TNDC’s 23rd Annual Celebrity Pool Toss

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6–9:30 p.m. Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St.) Celebrity hosts will introduce the celebrated toss-ees, while partygoers bid on the opportunity to toss their favorite... Read More

Community Corner

Neighborhood Free Days

Fri–Sun, Oct. 16–18, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Here’s a reason to like a big-box chain store: Thanks to a grant from Target, residents... Read More

Major Events

Fleet Week

Various S.F. venues Love it or hate it, the celebration of U.S.’s military might returns with afternoons full of jets in the sky. Other events include ship tours and military... Read More

Major Events

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 13

Golden Gate Park Over 100 bands including Joe Jackson, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Boz Skaggs, T Bone Burnett, Emmylou Harris, Indigo Girls, and T... Read More

Just for Fun

Vintage Fashion Expo

Sat.–Sun., Sept. 19–20 Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park (1199 9th Ave.) Find clothing, jewelry, and accessories from the late 18th century to the 1990s offered by over 50 pres... Read More

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