Bay to Barkers 2010
Sunday, August 1, 8:30am Registration; 10am-1pm Event
North Parking Lot of Golden Gate Fields, Albany
This fun event features a 1-Mile Dog Walk (with views of the Bay), the Lead Dog Contest, Doggy Olympiad games, "Do You Look Like Your Dog?" and other contests, spa time for canines and people, craft activities for kids and dogs, and the Pet Festival with booths hosted by community groups and pet supply companies. More.
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The Salvation Army's 6th Annual Flower Power Luncheon
Thursday, August 5, 11am-1:30pm
The InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco
The Sixth Annual "Flower Power" features a silent auction followed by a luncheon and spectacular floral design show co-hosted by Carolyn Johnson of ABC 7 News. Proceeds from Flower Power benefit The Salvation Army's Back to School and After School Programs in the greater San Francisco area. More.
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Movies on the Square: Ghost
Thursday, August 5, 8:45pm
Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City
Treat that special someone to a FREE movie and experience the outdoor "theater", featuring a 25 foot inflatable screen. This week, enjoy the romantic tale of Sam Wheat who is killed by an assailant on a New York street, but whose ghost remains on earth to protect his beloved Molly. Rated PG-13. More.
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Circus Vargas
July 9-12 at the Great Mall in Milpitas
July 15-19 at NewPark Mall in Newark
July 28-August 2 at Westfield Solano in Fairfield
August 5-9 at Westfield Oakridge in San Jose
The big one is back in the Bay Area! Circus Vargas, America’s Favorite Big Top Circus, presents an all new show! Discount coupons are available at Lucky Supermarkets, FoodMaxx, Save Mart, and Cold Stone Creamery. For tickets and information visit www.circusvargas.org or call 877-GOTFUN1.
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Burlingame Artzfest
Saturday & Sunday, August 7 & 8, 10am-6pm
Burlingame Avenue, Downtown Burlingame
Experience an exciting weekend of entertainment, shopping, food and fun at the Burlingame ArtzFest, happening August 7th and 8th, from 10 am – 6pm on Burlingame Avenue. Sponsored by 96.5 KOIT and hosted by the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce, the Burlingame ArtzFest features hundreds of artists from around the country showcasing original art, vintage prints, sculpture, clothing, jewelry, home accents, specialty foods and more! Stop by the wine pavilion to sample delicious wines, take the kids to play in the children’s area, and enjoy amazing live music performances on two stages, and the best part is it’s free! New name…(formerly the Burlingame Art and Jazz Festival) same Burlingame experience. For more information call (650) 344-1735 or visit burlingamechamber.org.
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Music on the Square: Rumours
Friday, August 13, 6-8pm
Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City
Bring your family, friends, and a picnic dinner to enjoy a FREE concert with Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Rumours! Dust off your big hoop earrings and put on those bell bottoms - it's time to experience the lush rock harmonies Rumours has to offer. Enjoy this third show in a series of free concerts presented by 96.5 KOIT. More.
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Sausalito Film Festival
Friday, August 13 - Sunday, August 15
Cavallo Point, Sausalito
The second annual Sausalito Film Festival is August 13-15, and features 13 Bay Area special premieres! Films that speak to our naturally rebellious nature, our creative soul, our passion for cultural understanding. Features, Shorts, Animation and Documentaries from around the globe, coupled with conversations that will stimulate and provoke the senses. Because this is no mere picture show. Brought to you in part by the Just Dreaming Yacht and Shreve and Company Jewelers: a San Francisco Original. Post and Grant, just off Union Square and in the Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto.
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Movies on the Square: UP
Thursday, August 19, 8:45pm
Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City
Treat the family to a FREE movie and experience the outdoor "theater", featuring a 25 foot inflatable screen. This week, enjoy the story of Carl Fredricksen, who after spending his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe, launches his house into the sky via thousands of balloons with a stowaway in tow. This hilarious journey takes you into a lost world with the least likely duo on Earth. Rated PG. More.
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Barnum's FUNundrum
August 11-15 at ORACLE Arena, Oakland
August 18-22 at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is roaring into town with Barnum’s FUNundrum!, a new jumbo-sized, un-miss-able event celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of legendary P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman on Earth! FREE to all ticket holders: the All Access Pre Show at both venues, beginning 60 minutes prior to the show on the Arena Floor and in Oakland only, the Animal Open House, beginning 90 minutes prior to the show in the Animal Compound. Tickets.
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Movies on the Square: The Music Man
Thursday, September 2, 8:45pm
Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City
Treat the family to a FREE movie and experience the outdoor "theater", featuring a 25 foot inflatable screen. This week, Harold Hill arrives in River City, intending to cheat the community with his scam of offering to equip and train a boys marching band, then skip town with the money. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music. Rated G. More.
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Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay
May 22 - September 6, 2010
de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, SF
The world of Impressionism comes to San Francisco this summer with an exhibition of 100 incomparable Impressionist masterworks drawn from the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Highlighted will be the paintings of 36 artists including Monet, Manet, Renoir, Cézanne and Degas. More.
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The Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival
Saturday, September 11, 11am-6pm
Downtown 4th Street, San Rafael
Celebrate San Rafael and Marin's outstanding heritage of great music, it's world famous musicians and the great American roots of the blues. The music gets the folks up to dance and compliments the barbeque, in all its varied glory. The finest in local brews, wines and other fine beverages fill out the equation for fun. More.
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11th Annual KEEP ABREAST 5K Walk, 5K/10K Run & Expo
Saturday, September 25
7am Check in/Registration; 9am Walk/Run Start
Quarry Lakes East Bay Regional Park, Fremont
Hundreds of breast cancer patients and survivors from all over the Bay Area get together to lace up their sneakers and rally family, friends and neighbors to raise funds to support those who have battled breast cancer. The day starts with a moving opening ceremony, participants “hit the trail” and then return to visit the Community Resource Expo featuring sponsor and community booths. Register as an individual or group today!
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Impressionist Paris: City of Light
June 5 - September 26, 2010
Legion of Honor, SF
Transport yourself to Paris circa 1874 this summer at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. In an exhibition of over 180 prints, photographs, paintings and posters, see how La Ville Lumière – the City of Light – influenced the work of artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Dubreuil, Seurat and Manet. More.
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Music on the Square: Foreverland
Friday, October 8, 6-8pm
Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City
Bring your family, friends, and a picnic dinner to enjoy a FREE concert with Michael Jackson tribute band, Foreverland! Foreverland is a 14-piece tribute to one of the most amazing entertainers in the world. With four lead vocalists, four horns and a six-piece rhythm section, the ensemble is best described as a "Remarkable and Rocking Michael Jackson Revue." Enjoy this final show in a series of free concerts presented by 96.5 KOIT. More.
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Love Songs After Dark
