Healthy Parks, Healthy People: Family Boot Camp

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2–4 p.m. Presidio Main Post Meet: Visitor Center (105 Montgomery St.) Learn basic soldier drills and about Presidio military life while getting fit at this fun ... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Essential French Cooking

Sunday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m. Sur la Table (2224 Union St.) Learn easy, traditional French techniques and prepare a complete menu of simple-yet-sophisticated classics with ease in thi... Read More

Potables & Edibles

2014 Good Food Awards

Marketplace: Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Ferry Building Meet the Good Food Award winners from across the country who are redefining good food and taste and buy the best prod... Read More

Potables & Edibles

13th Annual Dine About Town

Daily, Jan. 15–31 Various S.F. restaurants Dine at over 100 of your favorite restaurants offering prix-fixe two- or three-course lunches for $18.95 and/or three-course dinners fo... Read More

Potables & Edibles

Pinot Noir Tasting

Saturday, Jan. 11, noon–3 p.m. K&L Wine Merchants (638 Fourth St.) You won’t want to miss tasting these new releases from California and Oregon. Free, 415-896-1734 ... Read More

Film & Lectures

18th Annual Berlin and Beyond Film Festival

Daily, Jan. 15–21 Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) & Goethe Institut (530 Bush St.) About 10,000 people are expected to attend this festival featuring films from Germany, Aus... Read More

Film & Lectures

Christina Romer & Keith Hennessey: Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon

Friday, Jan. 31, 11:45 a.m. Julia Morgan Ballroom (465 California St.) Are the federal budget battles over? Is the economy at last picking up steam? Two economic experts — both f... Read More

Film & Lectures

Giants of Jazz on Film: Treasures from the Archive

Saturday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. JCCSF (3200 California St.) Some of the finest jazz performers are highlighted in film clips, ranging from Count Basie and Buddy Rich to Thelonious Monk a... Read More

Film & Lectures

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (not) Redo

Friday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m. New People Cinema (1746 Post St.) Anime audiences around the world were fascinated (and frequently mystified) by Neon Genesis Evangelion. Now, in the third ... Read More

Science & Environment

Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: The Science of Making Color

Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. Exploratorium (Pier 15) Learn how color is made and changes, from neon signs to rainbows, and take home materials to build your own spectroscope. Free wit... Read More

Science & Environment

Beyond Plastic

Thursday, Jan. 30, 6 p.m. The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St.) As city leaders debate banning certain bottled waters, come learn about how plastics impact the environment and wha... Read More

Science & Environment

Our Mathematical Universe

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6 p.m. JCCSF (3200 California St.) You don’t get to be called a cosmologist if you don’t think big, and cosmologist Max Tegmark presents his “ul... Read More

Science & Environment

Annual Magnolia Bloom

Daily, Jan. 15–Mar. 31, 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. (Jan.) S.F. Botanical Garden View over 100 rare and historic magnolias at this floral spectacle as dazzling pink and white flowers burs... Read More

Nightlife

Ryan Hemsworth

Friday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m. The Independent (628 Divisadero St.) Come hear the software-oriented hip-hop and R&B beats of the Canadian-born Hemsworth. $15–$17, www.theindependen... Read More

Nightlife

The English Beat

Saturday, Jan. 25, 9 p.m. Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) The English Beat started in 1979, and they’re still around playing their hits plus those of General Publ... Read More

Events