Hike and Meditation in Presidio Forest

Sat.–Sun., Dec. 12–13 & 19–20, 11:30 a.m. Meet: Yoda fountain, Letterman Complex After an easy 15-minute hike, experience a 30-minute meditation to remove yourself from d... Read More

Potables & Edibles

The JCM | Make Latkes!

Thursday, Dec. 10, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Online Join lifestyle and food bloggers Gabi Moskowitz (BrokeAss Gourmet) and Kristin Posner (Nourish Co.) to learn new twists on latkes, includ... Read More

Health & Wellness

S.F. Zen Center | Meditation Session

Saturday, Dec. 19, 10:30 a.m. Online This virtual session for beginners will introduce you to the benefits of meditation, which can help settle the body and mind amid the swirl of ... Read More

Film & Lectures

Fort Mason Flix Drive-in Movie Festival

Tue.–Sun. through Dec. 31, 6 p.m. & 9 p.m. 2 Marina Blvd. Don’t miss your last chance to view family favorites, classics, and arthouse cinema as this popular festival concl... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Asian Art | At the Table: Studio ATAO with Chef Jenny Dorsey

Thursday Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m. Livestream At this virtual At the Table event, chef Jenny Dorsey and mixologist Matt Dorsey demonstrate recipes that ask larger questions about worth an... Read More

Child's Play

Dickens Fair at Home

Sat.–Sun. through Dec. 28, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Online With new content available each weekend, guests will have access to videos from fair favorites like Charles Dickens reading of ... Read More

Film & Lectures

Jewish Community Center | Peter Frampton

Sunday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. Livestream Join the Bookfest in Your Living Room series for an author talk and Q. and A. as Frampton discuss his memoir, Do You Feel Like I Do?, named afte... Read More

Just for Fun

Holiday Marketplace

Sat.–Sun., Dec. 12–13, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Ferry Building Find gifts for everyone on your list from handmade ceramics, to locally sourced vintage clothing, jewelry, home decor, g... Read More

Child's Play

California Academy of Sciences | ’Tis the Season for Science

Daily through Jan. 3 California Academy of Sciences Frolic under outdoor snow flurries, enjoy dazzling decorations, and meet Peppermint and Cookie, two impressively antlered reinde... Read More

Dance

S.F. Ballet | The Nutcracker

Various days through Dec. 31 Livestream Join the adventures of the Nutcracker, the Mouse King, and Clara livestreamed in HD, tour the (virtual) opera house full of fun activities, ... Read More

Film & Lectures

S.F. Brewing Co. | ‘Elf’

Thursday, Dec. 17, 5:15–7:15 p.m. 3150 Polk Street. This socially distanced screening of the holiday favorite starring Will Farrell includes snacks, pizza, hot drinks, snacks and... Read More

Child's Play

SFPL | Storytime: Sweet Stories for Families

Tuesday, Dec. 8, 11–11:15 a.m. Livestream on Facebook Tune in for books, songs, rhymes, and fun for children of all ages. Free, [email protected], sfpl.org ... Read More

Holiday Happenings

Gift guide

A few suggestions for your holiday celebrations in 2020

By Lynette Majer

Some readers may recall our now-defunct sister publication, Northside San Francisco. One year we did an enormous gift guide, such a massive undertaking that not only was it our fi... Read More

Museums & Galleries

Contemporary Jewish Museum – Levi Strauss: A History of American Style

Thu.–Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. 736 Mission St. This exhibition features garments, advertisements, photographs, and ephemera in celebration of the birth of the blue jean and its evolu... Read More

Theater

S.F. Playhouse | Art

Daily, through Nov. 7 Livestream When an upcoming election is showing how our nation has become divided into opposing camps, this comedy explores how we turn on each other and addr... Read More

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