Art Deco Marina Walking Tour

Sunday, May 10, 11 a.m. Meet: Marina Library (1890 Chestnut St.) Admire stylish and elegant buildings while learning to recognize the Art Deco style made popular in the 1920s and 1... Read More

Child's Play

Community Day Celebration

Sunday, May 31 S.F. Botanical Garden (Golden Gate Park) Enjoy a daylong celebration featuring family activities including games; giant puppets and a sing-a-long; a variety of docen... Read More

Child's Play

Date Night at the de Young

Friday, May 29, 6:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m. de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park Bring the entire family: Drop off the kids for an hour of supervised play while you and your partner roam th... Read More

Child's Play

Rock Your Weekend with Justin Roberts

Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. JCCSF (3200 California St.) Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “among the kid-rock royalty,” join the Grammy-nominated performer for a sh... Read More

Child's Play

Mayfair 2015 at Claire Lilienthal

Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Claire Lilienthal Elementary (3630 Divisadero St.) Bring the whole family and enjoy games, food, entertainment, a dunk tank, a rummage sale, a cak... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Plated: Dosa’s Anjan Mitra

Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m.–noon Urban Patio, Two Embarcadero Center This Q. & A. and cooking demonstration with the chef of S.F.’s first South Indian Restaurant features... Read More

Film & Lectures

Renewal

Saturday, May 30, 1–5 p.m. New People (1746 Post St.) In this TEDxPeacePlaza event, speakers explore the theme of renewal, providing bold approaches and reflections of what it me... Read More

Film & Lectures

Silent Film Festival

Daily, May 28–June 1 Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) Shhh! It’s the 20th annual collection of great silent films, including the German classic The Last Laugh, Siegmund Lubi... Read More

Science & Environment

Dr. Sylvia Earle: One Big Ocean

Wednesday, May 27, 6:30 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (555 Post St.) Meet the person who holds the women’s record for the deepest ocean dive and who has led countless undersea e... Read More

Science & Environment

The Science of Sleep

Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Dr. Matthew Walker is the professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley. Did reading that put you to sleep? Fi... Read More

Nightlife

Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat

Wednesday, May 27, 9:15 p.m. Boom Boom Room (1601 Fillmore St.) Thirty-year-old Jake Nielsen hasn’t let being born with cerebral palsy slow him down. From riding in rodeos to... Read More

Nightlife

The Dear Hunter and Northern Faces

Sunday, May 24, 8 p.m. The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) The Dear Hunter’s new album, Migrant, expounds with sounds on the glorious return to home. Ages 21+, $20, 415-771-... Read More

Nightlife

Tainted Love and Lef Deppard

Saturday, May 23, 9 p.m. Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) Return to the 1980s with Tainted Love’s party music, and then catch Lef Deppard’s Def Leppard tribu... Read More

Performances

Celtic Woman

Wednesday, May 27, 7 p.m. Marin Center (10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael) The group will perform traditional Irish tunes, timeless pop anthems, and inspirational songs including th... Read More

Performances

Lavay Smith

Thu.–Sun., May 21–24, 7 p.m. Joe Henderson Lab, SFJazz (201 Franklin St.) S.F.’s own chanteuse performs a different program each night: Ladies of Song; Men of Blue; Nola;... Read More

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