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Fortunately rising ocean levels are not minimizing Ocean Beach. And from this Sunday to March 31 you can legally revel in this windswept sandy expanse by lighting bonfires from 6am to 9:30pm. There are 15 fire rings available for you to use between stairwells 15 and 20. You only need a permit if you are […]

The next two months are prime times for anyone devoted to local science fiction. The San Francisco Public Library will be hosting 30 programs of Bay Area focused sci-fi including author talks, live dramas, lectures, a costume contest, showings of rare books and magazines and screenings of films like “THX 1138”. The whole shebang is […]

Baseball, as it was played in 1886, will be revived this Sunday at noon at Big Rec Field in Golden Gate Park. It’s the Opening Day of Vintage Baseball where the pitchers (called “hurlers” back then) throw from a box 50 feet from home plate. The local league, making everything as historically accurate as possible, […]

If just the thought of swimming in the Bay induces hyperthermia anxieties, you’ll probably chose to be a spectator at the wildly costumed 5k and 10K race plus polar plunge at Aquatic Park this Saturday from 10:30 to 1:30. You can watch for free or participate for a $125 donation which gets you an event […]

Northern Elephant Seals are massive – from 800 to 5,000 pounds. They once abandoned the Northern California coast but returned in the 80’s and hang out now, among other places, at Point Reyes. These colonies keep growing. Cetaceans like this live approximately 9 years. On February 25 at the Bay Model in San Francisco you […]

SF borrows shamelessly from global cultures. This Saturday starting at 1:30 at the Northstar Cafe in North Beach you can join in with other ambling, dancing marchers following the North Beach Brass Band around Washington Square for a raucous Line Dance celebrating Mardi Gras. Get your free beads and head out, ending up at Tupelo […]

Shining revenge headlines the massive Tribal and Textile Art Show at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this weekend. An 11-ton apartheid era military vehicle has been adorned with 70 million wildly colorful beads by African artisans. This is in addition to the hundreds of arrestingly original rugs, garments, jewelry, pottery, stone and wood carvings resourced […]

Boston Clam Chowder versus Manhattan Clam Chowder. You be the judge this coming Saturday and Sunday at the world’s largest and longest running competition on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Admission is free, but you can be a judge by paying $10 to spoon up to 6 different chowders courtesy of  both professional and amateur chefs. […]