Make My Monday

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3M: Scotch Tape
MMM: Make My Monday (apologies to the fans of the Crash Test Dummies)

Ease into the week with a few drinks, live music and real-time art. Fort Mason Center hosts…

How To Do Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

That ain’t fog rolling in…

But, first, a toast to Warren Hellman.

“Barbarian at the Gate” meets Good Samaritan at the Golden Gate: billionaire philanthropist Warren Hellman hosts the 9th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival at Golden Gate Park this weekend. He bankrolls the entire cost of the event…

Hamilton’s Halloween Evening

A Haunted House Helps the Homeless.
Why did the ghost go into the bar? For the boos.
Hamilton’s Halloween Evening, hosted at one of the premiere San Francisco haunts, the Julia Morgan Ballroom, is a scream of a night for Bay Area philanthropic professionals. Recapture the spirit of Halloween…

Open Mics in San Francisco

Unleash Your Inner Shakespeare, Satriani or Sarah Silverman
All the world’s a stage… but do you have the guts to step up to the mic? There’s been a recent renaissance in the local open mic scene expanding past penniless guitarists and urban hipsters. These diverse performances feature …

Michael Pollan and The Botany of Desire

No more sour grapes! Food is back in the limelight as the documentary “The Botany of Desire” premieres at the Herbst Theatre, Wednesday, September 16th featuring a Q&A with Michael Pollan. The film explores the coevolution of domesticated plants and humans tracing how we grow, cultivate, and genetically engineer our food. The main protagonists are…