The Path to Peace: Manage Stress & Cultivate Resilience

Learn how to identify and maintain the optimal level of stress to live your best with practical techniques to practice at home that alter your brain waves, nervous system, hormones... Read More

Child's Play

MLK Day Children’s Programs

Young celebrants can participate in a fun and engaging quests about Dr. King throughout Yerba Buena. Interactive events at the Black Comix Arts Festival will give kids the opportun... Read More

Child's Play

Raffi: 40 Years of Singable Songs

The singer, songwriter, producer, author, lecturer, and tireless advocate for children is is best known for his work as a children’s entertainer whose string of gold and plat... Read More

Child's Play

Creative Family Fun: Ice Age Animal Masks

Before humans came to the Presidio, large mammals like saber-tooth cats, Columbian mammoths, and dire wolves lived there. Drop in and make your own Ice Age animal mask. Free, regis... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Good Food Mercantile & Marketplace

Taste and buy items from more than 80 Good Food Award winners from across the country in 14 culinary categories and enjoy being part of a culinary community. $35 (Mercantile), $5�... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Celebrating Chinese New Year Cooking Class

Celebrate the Year of the Rooster in delicious style with this hands-on class, where you will learn to create an authentic Chinese New Year feast with dishes that represent luck, h... Read More

Science & Environment

Doubt, Deny or Defend: Republicans on Climate Change

Former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis and former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister discuss the tensions and challenges between climate science, America’s energy needs, and the Republ... Read More

Film & Lectures

Saturday Cinema: Kino Kinetics

In conjunction with the temporary exhibition Curious Contraptions, this whimsical program of expressive short films explores both kinetic and cinematic realms of tinkering. Include... Read More

Film & Lectures

Noir City

The moody, thrilling film festival devoted to film noir returns with 24 films ranging from the mid-20th century to new movies drawn from all around the globe. $120 (all-access pass... Read More

Film & Lectures

Carole Bayer Sager: A Star-Studded Musical Journey

The Grammy- and Oscar-winning songwriter whose hits include “Nobody Does It Better,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” the theme from Arthur, and more, talks with... Read More

Nightlife

Kathy Griffin

The no-holds-barred comedian returns to San Francisco for a night of sharp-edged comedy just one day after the new president is inaugurated. Think she’ll have something to sa... Read More

Nightlife

Fresh Voices of Stand-up

The folks at Audible have pulled together a lineup of up-and-comers who are making waves on the stand-up scene. $15, sfsketchfest.com Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m. Doc’s Lab (... Read More

Music

Lucinda Williams with Aaron Lee Tasjan

Williams gives listeners a vivid look at how Interstate 20, a 1500-mile swath from South Carolina to Texas, has been a literal and figurative backdrop throughout her life in her 14... Read More

Music

The Bad Plus

Encompassing jazz, pop, blues, folk, and classics, this group bridges genres and techniques to create “intelligent music for the masses.” $30–$60, 415-392-2545, sfper... Read More

Music

Itzhak Perlman at Davies

One of the greatest violinist virtuosos of our time performs a program of classical works. $79–$205, 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org Monday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. Davies Symphony Hall ... Read More

Events