This week in San Francisco…it’s the 105th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake, 4/20 is celebrated Dude style at the Red Vic, and Friends of the Public Library is having a book sale!
Monday, April 18th – Mondays are rough…everybody knows that. This Monday though, is tax day AND the 105th anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake anniversary. Kind of…intense. Businesses know, and they want to help you: there’s free photocopying of your taxes at Office Depot, free workout day at Bally’s Fitness and free mini-cupcakes at Cinnabon. After you rake in all the free stuff, pop over to Cafe Royale for some “Greek” Theater presented by Theater Pub: Get the Deets.
Tuesday, April 19th – Early this morning, the tide gets way down low and shows the coast’s dirty parts…shipwrecks!! There’s a hike happening at 6:30am at Land’s End to check out the wreckage usually not visible to land lubbers. (Source: Johnny Funcheap) Also….PORTAL 2 COMES OUT TODAY! So…I’m excited about that.
Wednesday, April 20th – 4/20. I’m not a pot head so I’m not going to try to make some sort of weed joke/reference but it’s pretty perfect that The Red Vic is having a dude fest and showing The Big Lebowski. Go chill out, man. At 4:20pm they’re having a raffle and a costume contest, too. Later in the evening, the Conservatory of Flowers hosts “Plants Behind Bars” – described as an exhibit dedicated to all the bad boy plants of the world – sip a drink and check out the villains of botany.
Thursday, April 21 – I love books. LOVE them. I sleep with them. I eat with them. I cry on them and laugh at them…I need more books. Friends of the Public Library are my friends too – go to their book sale and buy EVERYTHING. I’m gonna. April 21-24th, 8am-6pm, Festival Pavillion, Fort Mason.
Friday, April 22 – Tonight, Fivepoints Arthouse hosts the SF Launch Party for Looseleaf – a collaborative work that “intends to present images in a physical, livable form, a distinct departure from the online consumption of visual material that pervades our lives”. With contributors such as Jeff Canham, Dave Eggers, Dwight Eschliman, Mark Giglio and WAY more…this sounds unmissable. So, you know, don’t miss it. (Scroll down for deets.)
Saturday, April 23 – Apparently, SF Rec and Parks Commission wants to sell out Dolores Park. Come help say no at 2pm. In the evening, The Songbird Festival and Con Brio present: Music to Freak To, A Monthly Saturday Night Soulstice at Amnesia. Featuring jazz singer Mindi Hayden and a presentation of the 2nd full length record of Eddie Cohn. 8pm, $7-$10 sliding scale.
Sunday, April 24 – Thee Parkside hosts SF JPunk in a rocking benefit for Japan. Bands include Tiger Honey Pot, Ass Baboon of Venus (woah, what a name…), The Thunders SF and The Basements followed by 3 DJs and record sale. Show up at 8pm and give them your money! All of it. This is what it will be like: VIDEO.
Now get out there are have some fun! You crazy kids…
