Film : San Francisco History
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To Win a free letter
send an email with subject line "Playland - Wed 3/17 - 9:15p"
(One winner wins a pair) |
World premiere full-length documentary of one of SF's lost treasures
Wednesday, March 17th, 9:15p - $9.00 adv/ door
This Wednesday! We'll notify winner by 1pm on Wednesday via email. The Balboa Theatre hosts the World Premiere of Tom Wyrsch’s newest film, "Remembering Playland at the Beach" - a full length documentary which tells the story of San Francisco's famous 10-acre Ocean Beach amusement park which was torn down in 1972 to make way for a condominium development.
Gone now for nearly four decades, it remains one of the city's lost treasures. Go back in time to see Laffing Sal, the Fun House, the Carousel, the Big Dipper, Fun-tier Town, and more, all through the eyes of the people who were there. Q&A with director Tom Wyrsch after each screening.
Screenings: Tue 3/16 7p (SOLD OUT), 9:15p (SOLD OUT), Wed 3/17, 7p and 9:15p, Sat 3/20, Noon.
Balboa Theatre - 3630 Balboa Street (@ 38th Ave) - Outer Richmond
(Muni: 18, 31, 38)
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Festival : Chocolate
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "Chocolate Salon - Sat 3/20"
(Three winners win a pair) |
50,000 square feet of Chocolate, Wine and Confections for you to sample
Saturday, March 20th 10a-6p - $25 adv / $30 door
Chocolate lovers, en garde! The largest chocolate show in the West takes place at the 4th Annual San Francisco International Chocolate on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Fort Mason Center. Chocolate aficionados, fanatics, lovers and addicts can taste & experience the finest in artisan, gourmet & premium chocolate from over 80 chocolatiers, confectioners, wineries and other culinary artisans, such as: Amano Artisan Chocolate, Guittard Chocolate Company, Ghirardelli, XOX Truffles, Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur, and many more
Salon highlights feature chocolate tasting, demonstrations, chef & author talks (Elizabeth Falkner and Garry Guittard), wine tasting and more.
Fort Mason Conference Center - Herbst Pavilion (Entrance at Marina and Buchanan St.) - Marina Dist.
(Muni: 10, 22, 28, 30, 47, 49, 82x)
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Comedy : Sketch
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "Killing My Lobster" and either "Thu 3/18 "
(Two winners win a pair) |
Brand new sketch comedy show by SF Weekly's "Best Comedy Group" of 2009
Thursday, March 18th, 8p - $20 adv / door
This March, Killing My Lobster (KML), San Francisco's premiere sketch comedy troupe (think Saturday Night Live, but funny), pontificates the spiritual. Directed by Lobster veteran Paco Romane, "Preaches To The Choir" looks into higher powers {Oprah}, deities {Steve Jobs}, the ultimate truth {Burning Man} and prayer {Please, God, let there be parking!}. Sketch themes range from The Apocalypse, to Jewish Pirates, to A Bitchy Door Guy in Heaven; Preaches To The Choir is sacrilegiously silly in all the right ways.
>> FUNCHEAP Insider Deal: Use ticket promotion code "REJOICE" for $10 tickets to Thursday 3/18!
KML "Preaches To The Choir" runs from March 11th to March 28th - Thursdays & Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 7pm and 10p, and Sundays at 7pm
TJT (The Jewish Theatre) - 470 Florida St.( @ Mariposa) - Potrero Hill
(Muni: 22, 27, 33)
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Free Book
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To win a free copy of the book
send an email with subject line "Green Zebra 2010"
(One winner wins a copy of the book) |
Coupon book, directory and local resource for living a more sustainable life in San Francisco
The 2010 Green Zebra guide makes it fun and easy to explore the best of sustainable living in San Francisco. The guide is an invaluable resource with over 300 exclusive offers that can save you thousands of dollars at San Francisco and Bay Area organic restaurants and markets, eco-friendly retailers, spas, Yoga and Pilates studios, independent bookstores, bike shops, museums and more.
Among the participating businesses in the book are Rainbow Grocery, Whole Foods, Asqew Grill, Philz Coffee, California Academy of Sciences, Books Inc., Mixt Grill, Zip Car Sports Basement and hundreds more.
>> FUNCHEAP Insider Deal: Buy 2 books, save $10 and get free shipping! Use promo code FUNCHEAP Offer expires March 24, 2010.
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Live Music : U2 Tribute
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "U2 Zoo Station - Wed 3/17"
(Two winners win a pair) |
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with SF Weekly & the Guardian's Pick for Best Cover Band
Wednesday, March 17th, 8p - $15 adv / door
Named the "Best Cover Band" in the city by the SF Weekly for both 2007 and 2008, Zoo Station craft a faithful reproduction of a live U2 show and typically whip the crowd into a frenzy singing along to every word. The band pluck from their list of nearly 140 U2 songs to perform note-for-note reproductions from the entire U2 catalog for a special St. Patrick's Day show.
Opening: Stung a tribute to The Police playing hits like Every Breath You Take and Roxanne.
Slims - 333 11th Street (btwn Folsom & Harrison) - South of Market
(Muni: 9, 12, 19, 22, 27, 47)
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Live Music : Indie Roots Rock
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "Jason Collett - Tue 3/23"
(Two winners win a pair) |
Broken Social Scene solo project
Tuesday, March 23rd 8:30p - $15 adv / door
Most singer/songwriters are lonely souls with only a stool, an acoustic guitar and a heart-worn sleeve. Not Jason Collett. Oh sure, the Broken Social Scene guitarist has his instrument and a stack of intimate tales to tell-but his new solo album, Rat a Tat Tat, features Collett digging out of 20 years of the rock 'n' roll trenches highlighted by his track "Rave On Sad Songs" with him doing his best at singing solitary serenades that blossom into an Irish-pub last-call waltz.
Café Du Nord - 2170 Market (btwn Church and Sanchez) - Upper Market / Castro
(Metro: F, J, K, L, M, N - Church St. Station) (Muni: 22, 24, 37)
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Live Music : Old-Timey
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "Pine Box Boys - Sat 3/20"
(Two winners win a pair) |
A bloody night of backwoods mountain music
Saturday, March 20th 8:30p - $15 adv / door
The long-haired death defiers, Pine Box Boys give the Grim Reaper a nipple twist or two with their waggishly pitch-black tales of murder, misery, and mayhem, and we shouldn’t want it any other way. Gallows humor has been around just as long as we as a species have been able to tell our stories, and this raggle-taggle band of bluegrass ne’er-do-wells is a bold keeper of the tradition, knowing exactly how to spin a dark and bloody yarn and still bust a gut while doing it.
Support: The Earl Brothers, The Last Men on Earth, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit.
Slims - 333 11th Street (btwn Folsom & Harrison) - South of Market
(Muni: 9, 12, 19, 22, 27, 47)
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Literature : Storytelling
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To Win free tickets
send an email with subject line "Bawdy Storytelling - Wed 3/17"
(Two winners win a pair) |
An evening of real dirty storytelling by real people
Wednesday, March 17th, 7p - $10 adv/ door
This Wednesday! We'll notify winner by 1pm on Wednesday via email. Bawdy Storytelling is a monthly storytelling event that features real people sharing their bona fide sexual exploits in 10 minutes or less. Storytellers are an eclectic mix of authors, poets, comedians and actors along with a handful of real people just like you who have submitted their stories online and were chosen for their panache and sense of misadventure.
March 2010 Theme: Too Close for Comfort - The Regrets Show. Bawdy’s March storytellers will share some awkwardly sexy moments: tales of boffing the boss, roommate regrets, and other stories of remorseful raunch. It’s an evening of bad ideas that you can appreciate, mainly because *you* didn’t make them..
The Blue Macaw - 2565 Mission Street (btwn 21st and 22nd) - Mission Dist.
(BART: 24th Street)
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Home Concert II: Mandolin Magic with Avi Avital: 
