What’s Happening : Night Life

Big Book Sale

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library's annual big book sale has nearly half a million books & media of all kinds

Sep 18th through Sep 23rd
Festival Pavilion

Blue Bear School of Music: Summer II 2012

Private & group instruction in rock, jazz, blues, reggae & other popular musical styles. Instrument & voice, all ages & levels, day & evening programs

Aug 6th through Oct 4th
Blue Bear School of Music, Bldg D

On The Commons -- The Occupy Movement: One Year Later

The Occupy Movement -- One Year Later: A Photographic Retrospective by Vance T. Petrunoff

Sep 18th
Bldg B, Room B-301

BATS Improv: Improvised Shakespeare

A full-length play in the style of the Bard

Sep 14th through Sep 21st
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B

BATS Improv Special Guests: 3 For All

The wildly popular trio is known for their unique blend of intensely dramatic & outrageously funny, completely improvised scenes based on audience suggestions

Sep 28th through Sep 30th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B

Peru Pisco: Taste the History!

Enjoy the art, culture & history experience at Tradicion Peruana Cultural Center's Peru Pisco Conference

Sep 29th
Fort Mason Center

Deep Democracy Institute: Deep Democracy Solutions

Designing process-oriented interventions & strategies for whole & vibrant outcomes -- a leadership & development seminar for organizations, teams & individuals

Sep 21st through Sep 23rd
Bldg C, Room C-362

BATS Improv Hosts the Applied Improvisation Network 2012 World Conference

This initially sold-out conference & performance series (September 20-23) has been expanded & space is also still available in some pre- & post-conference improv workshops

Sep 16th through Sep 26th
Fort Mason Center

California Lawyers For the Arts -- Photographers: Protect Your Work Online & How to Self-Publish Your Book

Two useful seminars on intellectual property for photographers & self-publishing in the age of eBooks

Sep 19th through Sep 26th
California Lawyers for the Arts, Bldg C

A Tall Ship for San Francisco Bay

Alan Olson, executive director of Educational Tall Ships, discusses the nonprofit group’s plans to build a brigantine for educational sailing programs on San Francisco Bay & along the coast

Sep 25th
SF Maritime National Historical Park / J. Porter Shaw Library, Bldg E

Bay Area Producers Conference

An event where emerging producers, artists, writers, engineers & DJs can network & learn

Sep 29th
Fort Mason Center

SF Children's Art Center: Friday Night Art Studio

Parents, ready for a night out? Leave the childcare to us! Every Friday through November 16, our evening drop-off program takes place during Off the Grid food truck rallies! Children spend time painting, drawing, sculpting & more

Sep 7th through Sep 28th
Children's Art Center, Bldg C

Museo ItaloAmericano -- Inside San Francisco Baseball: From the Playgrounds of North Beach to the Broadcasting Booth

Lecture by Ken Dito, long time Bay Area sportscaster & native San Franciscan

Sep 13th
Museo ItaloAmericano, Bldg C

Thursdays At Readers Poetry Series

Readers Bookstore is the place to be to hear poetry's top names -- on September 27, listen to Sharon Doubiago & Gail Mitchell

Sep 13th through Sep 27th
Readers Bookstore, Bldg C

Long Now Seminar: Tim O'Reilly -- Birth of the Global Mind

Founder & CEO of the O'Reilly Media technology publishing empire, Tim O'Reilly shares his insights about emerging technology and social trends

Sep 5th
Cowell Theater

Ceramics Annual of America 2012: Exhibit & Art Fair

Ceramics Annual of America encourages education & enrichment of the public, promotes awareness of the ceramics community, cultivates a fertile art market & fosters dialog between collectors & contemporary ceramics makers

Sep 13th through Sep 16th
Festival Pavilion

Beyond the Boundaries: Art Show & Fundraiser

Beyond the Boundaries is an art show & fundraiser to support the work of Because Justice Matters

Sep 14th
Fleet Room, Bldg D

BATS Improv: Summer Improv Festival 2012

Join BATS Improv players & special guests for a month-long festival of tasty improv treats

Aug 2nd through Sep 8th
Bayfront Theater, Bldg B

A Soldier's Play

Colors of Vision Entertainment (C.O.V.E) & GO Productions present the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning play that inspired the 1984 film, A Soldier's Story

Sep 28th through Oct 21st
Southside Theater, Bldg D

Magic Theatre: The Other Place

Extended until October 14! Brilliant scientist Juliana Smithton unravels a personal, 15-year-old mystery that leads her back to a Cape Cod cottage where a revelation awaits her.

Sep 12th through Oct 14th
Magic Theatre, Bldg D