Ever thought about learning to surf but weren't sure how to get started? Take this free class and get all the basics. Award-winning sports journalist and life-long surfer Elliott Almond has spent years searching for the perfect wave along the California and Baja California coastlines. His class will give you an introduction to the world of surfing, … [Read more...]
The theme of the 2009 San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade is the timely "In Order to Form a More Perfect Union." This 39th anniversary event promises to provide over 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors, and more than a dozen community-run stages and venues, making the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade the largest gathering of … [Read more...]
The Berkeley International Food Festival 2009, on June 28, will showcase West Berkeley's International Marketplace restaurants, specialty food markets and import shops in a setting of brightly defined walkways, with its nexus at San Pablo and University Avenues. You can watch cooking demonstrations, sample exotic foods and international dishes, … [Read more...]
Sunday, June 28, check out the free indy film shorts during Cinematic Sunday, an occasional event for people who love film. IndeeTv, Making Of, The Auters, and FutureShorts present the international line up of short films listed below. After the screening, the organizers invite you to stick around, talk with a few filmmakers, make new friends, grab … [Read more...]
This Thursday, the Walnut Creek shopping mall Broadway Plaza presents the next free summer jazz concert in Stanford's parking lot. Featured jazz musician: Paul Jackson Jr. - While majoring in music at USC, Jackson-who got his first guitar at nine, started playing seriously at 12 and decided to be a professional musician at 15-met noted jazz … [Read more...]
The spectacular California Carnaval Street Festival and parade, in San Francisco, is California's Largest Multi-Cultural Celebration, showcasing the best traditions in Latin and Caribbean culture. Of course there will be food involved, along with live music, dance, arts and crafts, including works created by the talented community of Mission … [Read more...]
Uptown Unveiled is a free street fair and fun foodie event on Thursday evening. The fair will feature activities at the Fox Oakland Theater, Oakland School for the Arts, and Oakland Ice Center. Check out the new Fox Square mini-park an the art galleries, restaurants, shops on a weekday night. Go after work or meet-up with the the family and bring … [Read more...]
The Irish Bank Bar and Restaurant, in the heart of downtown San Francisco, invites you to celebrate French Independence Day (Bastille Day) at their annual FREE block party. Dance to the tunes of DJ Pat and party hearty in both alleys like an Irishman (or woman). DEAL: FREE Bastille Day block party. WHEN: July 14, 2010, 5pm onward. WHERE: … [Read more...]
Under the big top -- the Cirque de la Bastille, a Bastille Day circus celebration in San Jose is billed as "a jubilant slice of true French-Parisian life at the Left Bank Brasserie. The French national holiday is as good an excuse as any for a circus. Go for the classic French clowns and jugglers. Stay for the contortionists, fire breathers, … [Read more...]
Cotati Jazz, Blues, and Arts Festival -- Combine local food with jazz, dancing, art, wine tasting, and beer, and you've got a festival. Toss in raffle prizes and you're looking at a lot of free Sonoma County fun for the whole family. The bands: Keith Andrews & Friends; Natasha James; RWH & The Jazz Triad; Jason Bodlovich & … [Read more...]
