These 249 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 21 & November 28 at 3:30am
San Francisco State University · Parkmerced • Free
Peer through rooftop telescopes and catch up on real astronomy research at this free open night. Talks run in English and Spanish, and the city views alone are worth the trip up Thornton Hall.
November 18 at 6:30pm +4
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.
November 19 at 2:30am +4
Thornton Hall · Parkmerced • Free
A free rooftop escape above the city lights. SF State's student-run observatory opens its huge telescopes for guided peeks at Saturn's rings, lunar craters, and the Andromeda galaxy, with talks in English and Spanish.
November 13 at 6pm
Brava Cabaret · Mission District • $0
Writers LeAnne Howe, Kim Shuck, and Gwendolyn Paradice gather at Brava Cabaret for a free panel and reading hosted in partnership with Aunt Lute Books and Cosecha Collective, focusing on how Indigenous women preserve suppressed histories and shape future literary forms.
November 18 at 6:30pm +4
San Francisco State University · Ingleside Terraces • Free
Saturn's rings, the Moon's craters, and the Andromeda galaxy, all free from a 10th-floor rooftop. Student docents guide you through telescopes at SF State's open observatory nights.
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Fri Nov 13, 5pm
Mechanics' Institute · Union Square
Fri Nov 13, 6pm
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Fri Nov 13, 6:30pm
San Francisco State University · Parkmerced
Free
Fri Nov 13, 6pm
California College of the Arts (CCA) Wattis Institute · Mission Bay
Fri Nov 13, 6:40pm
USF · Lone Mountain
Free
Sat Nov 14, 3:30pm
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Sat Nov 14, 3pm
Presidio Tunnel Tops · Presidio of San Francisco
Free
Sat Nov 14, 10:15am
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Sat Nov 14, 11:30am
Fort Point National Historic Site · Presidio of San Francisco
Free
Sat Nov 14, 1pm
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Sat Nov 14, 11am
Sunset Recreation Center · Outer Sunset
Free
Sat Nov 14, 10:30am
Randall Museum · Castro District
Sat Nov 14, 1pm
Legion of Honor · Outer Richmond
Sat Nov 14, 2pm
Catharine Clark Gallery · Potrero Hill
Sat Nov 14, 10:30am
Asian Art Museum · Civic Center
$35
Sat Nov 14, 2pm
Asian Art Museum · Civic Center
Sat Nov 14, 7:30pm
Sydney Goldstein Theater · Civic Center
Sun Nov 15, 4pm
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · Transbay
Free RSVP — $30 Pay It Forward
Sun Nov 15, 4pm
Frontier Tower 🧑🚀 · Tenderloin
Free
Sun Nov 15, 5pm
PhotoAlliance · Marina District
Sun Nov 15, 12pm
Asian Art Museum · Civic Center
Sun Nov 15, 12pm
Gray Area · Mission District
$10
Sun Nov 15, 5pm
Bhakti SF · Mission District
$15
Sun Nov 15, 10:30am
California Academy of Sciences · Golden Gate Park
Sun Nov 15, 11am
The Alembic · Haight-Ashbury
$$
Sun Nov 15, 2pm
MoAD · Transbay
Free
Sun Nov 15, 6pm
Cobb's Comedy Club · Russian Hill
Sun Nov 15, 1pm
SFMOMA · Transbay
Mon Nov 16, 3pm
The Food Pavilion · India Basin
$
Mon Nov 16, 5:30pm
ZOË · SoMa
Free
Mon Nov 16, 9am
Main Library - San Francisco Public Library · Civic Center
Free
Mon Nov 16, 5:30pm
California College of the Arts · Showplace Square
Mon Nov 16, 4pm
Excelsior Branch Library · Mission Terrace
Tue Nov 17, 7:30pm
Queer Arts Featured · The Castro
Tue Nov 17, 6pm
Queer Arts Featured · The Castro
Tue Nov 17, 11am
Thriving Women in Business Center · Outer Richmond
Free
Tue Nov 17, 6pm
City Lights Booksellers & Publishers · Chinatown
$0
Tue Nov 17, 6pm
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts · Mission District
Wed Nov 18, 6:30pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · Transbay
Free
Wed Nov 18, 1pm
San Francisco AIDS Foundation · SoMa
Wed Nov 18, 5:30pm
DNA Lounge · SoMa
Free
Wed Nov 18, 6:30pm
San Francisco State University Observatory · Ingleside Terraces
Free
Wed Nov 18, 7pm
Randall Museum · Castro District
Free
Wed Nov 18, 7pm
Public Works · Mission District
Free
Wed Nov 18, 7pm
Randall Museum · Castro District
Free
Wed Nov 18, 6pm
Istituto Italiano San Francisco · North Beach
Free
Wed Nov 18, 12pm
Thriving Women in Business Center · Outer Richmond
Wed Nov 18, 12pm
Thriving Women in Business Center · Outer Richmond
Wed Nov 18, 7pm
The SF State Observatory · Parkmerced
Free
Wed Nov 18, 10am
Salesforce Park · Transbay
Thu Nov 19, 6:30pm
The Academy SF · Duboce Triangle
$30
Thu Nov 19, 7:30pm
Bird & Beckett Books & Records · Glen Park
Free
Thu Nov 19, 11am
Thriving Women in Business Center · Outer Richmond
Free
Thu Nov 19, 7:30pm
The SF State Observatory · Ingleside Terraces
Free
New Conservatory Theatre Center is worth checking for intimate productions and queer stories. For an evening built around dancing, look at the programme at Madrone Art Bar. Pick the production or music first; the room is only half the decision.
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