Summer Solstice Twilight Walk & Wine in the Redwoods

Friday, June 21, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Strybing Arboretum, Golden Gate Park Celebrate the longest day of the year, sipping California wines, nibbling local cheeses, and strolling throug... Read More

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GigaOM Structure

Wed–Thu, June 19–20 Mission Bay Conference Center, UCSF (1675 Owens St.) Learn more about “Infrastructure at the Edge: Will ‘Data Center’ Be the New Oxymoron?... Read More

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World Oceans Day

Sat–Sun, June 8–9 Beach cleanup: 9 a.m.–noon Activities: 11:15–5:15 p.m. Aquatic Park & Aquarium of the Bay Celebrate with a beach cleanup and fun, informative activiti... Read More

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The Future is Electric: Plug In and Get There

Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. S.F. Main Library This workshop/street fair highlights the latest advancements in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and will feature presentati... Read More

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Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen

Tuesday, June 4, 6:30 p.m. Hotel Nikko (222 Mason St.) Google’s executive chairman, Schmidt, and the director of Google Ideas, Cohen, explore the new digital world of the nex... Read More

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S.F. MusicTech Summit XIII

Tuesday, May 28, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Hotel Kabuki (1625 Post St.) Meet and mingle with the entrepreneurs, developers, investors, musicians, and journalists who deal with the conver... Read More

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Chat with an Academy Scientist

Saturday, May 11, 2 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Artists and conservationists Judith and Richard Lang discuss using plastic debris found on their local beach to create Built... Read More

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46th Annual Spring Plant Sale

Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. S.F. Botanical Garden Society, Golden Gate Park Select from thousands of native, rare and unusual plants, many exclusive to the Garden Society... Read More

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Microchips in Electronics

Tuesday, April 23, 6 p.m. Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) Chenming Hu, a UC Berkeley professor of microelectronics, will look into what happens next in technology. Will the pace... Read More

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Earth Day Beach Cleanup

Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m.–noon Ocean Beach Warm your soul with free Peet’s coffee while doing some good for our planet’s oceans. Free, 415-561-3000, www.parksconser... Read More

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Annual California Native Plant Bloom

Daily, April 1–May 15, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. S.F. Botanical Garden (Golden Gate Park) Don’t miss this spectacular seasonal flowering as the Garden of California Native Plants bla... Read More

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Chat with an Academy Scientist

Saturday, Mar 23, 11:30 a.m. California Academy of Sciences Learn more about our rainforests from assistant curator Kristen Natoli, who will discuss her work in the Academy’s... Read More

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The Power of Language with Lera Boroditsky

Wed, Mar 20, 7:30 p.m. Herbst Theatre (401 Van Ness Ave.) Stanford University’s Lera Boroditsky, a professor of psychology, neuroscience and symbolic systems, draws upon exte... Read More

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25th Annual Pi Day

Thu, Mar 14, 1–3 p.m. Exploratorium (in front of Pier 15) Take an afternoon to delve into the never-ending number pi. The Exploratorium will feature actual slices of pie, a p... Read More

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GreenBiz Forum 13

Tue–Thu, Feb. 26–28 UCSF Mission Bay (1675 Owens St.) This three-day conference is full of programs, including the release of the 2013 State of Green Business report. S... Read More

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