holiday

If you wanted to learn the art of gift wrapping, wouldn’t you want someone Japanese to teach you ? Paper Tree, the origami store in Japan Town, is offering a 1-hour class this Saturday at 9:30. $40. While you’ve got a few hours reprieve from the US Postal Service why not make your own cards? Here’s an […]

It seems like every square inch of the Bay Area is lit up this holiday, including some of the least likely places. Who would have expected a dazzling light show in a cemetery but that it exactly what is happening now in Piedmont. The historic Mountain View Cemetery turns on its 10th annual Circle of […]

Every town around has its giant Christmas tree and well-stuffed sleigh. The next three weekends promise a very San Francisco display of holiday illumination. There will be lighted boat, yacht, barge parades in the East Bay’s Mariner Village on the 3rd, in Sausalito on the 10th (with fireworks) and Fisherman’s Wharf on the 16th. Check their […]

No, not Channukah. This festival runs through New Year’s. It’s five free tours, one on bikes,that visit various dazzling light exhibits across the City. In galleries like Trillian+ Dodi in Hayes Valley and Anima in Mission Bay and public spaces like Yerba Buena, SFO and the Civic Center, there are well over a dozen of these […]

Suddenly feeling crafty? Knit a cozy hat in 2 sessions at Imaginit.$49 for two- 2-hour sessions. This Sunday there’s a Foraged Wreath Workshop at Gravel & Gold in SF for $75. Make unique wood wick soy candles the night of December 8 at the Museum of Craft & Design. Work with a glassblower and make your own […]

Bay seniors seeking a break from “Jingle Bells” are encouraged to check out the exotic Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble celebrating the winter solstice on December 18 at St.Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakland. This 9-woman choral group has been singing folk and sacred music from Eastern Europe in the Bay Area since 1979. Their harmonics are […]