These 1,260 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 21 at 7pm +14
The SF State Observatory · Ingleside Terraces • Free
Peer through serious telescopes atop Thornton Hall while SFSU astronomy students guide you to Saturn's rings, lunar craters, and the Andromeda galaxy. Talks in English and Spanish, then rooftop observing under the real night sky.
October 21 at 7pm +6
The SF State Observatory · Ingleside Terraces • Free
Stargazing on a college rooftop, for free. SFSU's Observatory Open Night pairs family-friendly astronomy talks with research updates, then sends you up to peer through the telescopes yourself.
October 21 at 5pm
University of California Botanical Garden · Panoramic Hill
What if the lone genius artist is a myth worth retiring? Dr. Giovanni Aloi, editor of Antennae journal, reimagines creativity as an ecosystem of collaborators, materials, and more-than-human forces, all inside Berkeley's lush botanical garden.
October 21 at 6pm
San Francisco City Hall · Civic Center • Free
Guggenheim fellow Stephanie Syjuco examines how photography shapes narratives of belonging. This lecture digs into archives and image-making to expose exclusionary citizenship stories through a research-based, politically engaged lens.
October 21 at 8pm
Rickshaw Stop · Civic Center
Spend an evening with three delightfully nerdy talks: decode a crypt full of skeletons, expose a fraudulent science paper, and freedive into the abyss. It is an interactive night of brainy, offbeat fun.
October 21 at 7pm
220 Montgomery St · Financial District • Free
Three writers take the mic for an evening of stories about moving through, and being moved by, the Golden State. Part of Litquake, with readings by Angelica Glass, Irena Smith, and Grant Faulkner. Free.
Browse the Bay Area neighborhood by neighborhood, get ideas just for you, or ask me anything.
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Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Valley Church · Cupertino
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Library Easton Branch · Easton Addition
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
The Punchdown - Wine Bar + Bottle Shop · Downtown Oakland
$25
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
New Life Church · Cupertino
Wed, Oct 21 · 4:00 PM
Barnes & Noble · Centennial
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Thornton Hall · Parkmerced
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 8:15 PM
The Lost Church · North Beach
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
Westmont of Brentwood · Brentwood
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Lowe's Home Improvement · Sunnyvale
$
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Community Alliance Church · Fairmede - Hilltop
Wed, Oct 21 · 4:00 PM
Mechanics' Institute · Union Square
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Mata Amritanandamayi Center · Castro Valley
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Faction Brewing · Alameda
$17
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Valley Research Park · Mountain View
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Far Leaves Tea · West Berkeley
$5-$15
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe · North Beach
$
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
Saint Matthew Lutheran Church · Ygnacio Valley
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
San Francisco State University · Ingleside Terraces
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Community Alliance Church · Fairmede - Hilltop
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Randall Museum · Castro District
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
A Steep In Time · Brentwood
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Pacifica Community Center · Linda Mar
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
Sydney Goldstein Theater · Civic Center
$143-$196
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Telegraph Hill Books · North Beach
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
Book Passage · Financial District
Wed, Oct 21 · 5:30 PM
Solano Cellars · Thousand Oaks
$40
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
Museum of the African Diaspora · Transbay
$0
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:30 PM
San Francisco State University · Parkmerced
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 8:30 PM
The Starry Plough Pub · South Berkeley
$
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Kepler's Books · Menlo Park
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Library Easton Branch · Easton Addition
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
KALW · Portola
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Medicine for Nightmares · Mission District
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Library Easton Branch · Easton Addition
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PM
California College of the Arts (CCA) Wattis Institute · Mission Bay
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:30 PM
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · Transbay
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Burlingame Public Library · Downtown
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Mata Amritanandamayi Center · Castro Valley
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
The SF State Observatory · Parkmerced
Free
Wed, Oct 21 · 6:45 PM
Coastside Lutheran Church · Half Moon Bay
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:30 PM
Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) · Pleasanton
Thu, Oct 22 · 1:00 PM
Belvedere Tiburon Library · Belvedere Tiburon
Thu, Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
Asian Art Museum · Civic Center
Thu, Oct 22 · 10:15 AM
Muir Woods National Monument · Mill Valley
Free
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
The Landing Place (Acts Full Gospel East County) · Antioch
Thu, Oct 22 · 7:00 PM
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers · Chinatown
$0
Thu, Oct 22 · 5:30 PM
McMurtry Building · Stanford
Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM
Millbrae Library · Millbrae
Free
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