Nightlife & Culture Events - Week of Jan 9th


January 10, 2017  |  By Diego Aguilar-Canabal




Every week, we release an events calendar exclusively for the 21 and up.  Did we somehow miss the new hot basement live music show that only you know about?  Be sure to tell us and gloat about how basic AF we are at .

Listen - we know it’s wet outside.  But think about how romantic the rain is.  Singing in the rain.  Casablanca.  Ryan Gosling in The Notebook.  This is your opportunity to go out and find love.  So go out there, and find love!

TUESDAY JAN 10
Free Admission Day, San Francisco Botanical Garden | SF Botanical Garden, Golden Gate Park; FREE / All Day

Tim Ferriss, Tools of Titans Book Talk | Scribd HQ, 333 Bush St Floor 24, SF; FREE / 5PM

Fireside Chat w/ Robert Scoble on Virtual Reality | General Assembly SF, 225 Bush St, SF; FREE / 6PM

“Shakespeare & Company, Paris” Book Release | City Lights, 261 Columbus St, SF; FREE / 7PM

Void Omnia, Infernal Coil, Cloak, Your Enemy | Golden Bull, 412 14th Street, Oakland; $8 / 21+ / 8pm

Brujeria, the Casualties, Pinata Protest, DJ Chaos | DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street, SF; $27, 7pm

Active Music Series Presents: I Should Have Cut The Eyes Different, Scott Amendola Trio, Fibers + Gargantius Effect | The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland; $5-15, 9pm

Tower of Power | Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero W, Oakland; $189 / 6pm

WEDNESDAY JAN 11
Stuff Everyone Knows Except You in the Software Industry | Hack Reactor, 944 Market St, SF; FREE / 8PM

Seth Cluett, Eric Glick Rieman, Jim Haynes | Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery Street, SF; 8p,

Prince: Opening The Vault - A Ghost Ship Relief Benefit | Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street, SF; $5 / 21+ / $5

Poetry at Small Press Distribution (Claudia La Rocco, Daniel Owen, Kristen Kosmas, Lisa Rogal) | 1341 7th Street, Berkeley; 7pm

THURSDAY JAN 12
Diverse Heroes Coloring Book | SF Main Library, 100 Larkin St, SF; FREE / 6PM

The Fungus Among Us | California Academy of Sciences, SF; $15 / 6PM

Market[s] Source[s] Artist[s]: Performance by Dmitry “Dima” Strakovsky | Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland; 6pm

“Love, H: The Letters of Helene Dorn and Hettie Jones” Book Discussion | City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus St, SF; FREE / 7PM

JH1.FS3 (Puce Mary + Liebestod), Compile, Article Collection + Striations, DJ Skander | RS94109, 835 Larkin Street, SF; 6pm

FRIDAY JAN 13
Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | Sightglass Coffee, 270 7th St, SF; FREE / 3PM

Coming Clean Art Exhibit Opening Reception | 1803 Market St, SF; FREE / 6PM

El Superritmo Oakland: DJ El Cool Kyle, DJ Roger Mas | Starline Social Club, 2236 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland; $5-10 / 21+ / 10pm

Ghost Ship Benefit: Everyone Is Dirty, Lyle Loraine, The Hell Tones | Eli’s Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland; $10 / 21+ / 8pm

B-Side Brujas | Stay Gold  Deli, 2635 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland; 8pm

SF Sketchfest Presents: Night Train with Wyatt Cenac | Cobb’s Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue, SF; $30 / 10:30pm

Conspiracy of Venus: 30-Member Female Vocal Ensemble | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom Street, SF; $10-20 / 7pm

SATURDAY JAN 14
MLK Weekend San Francisco History Walks | San Francisco, All Over; FREE/ All Day

Lunar New Year Lion Dancing Traveling Festival | San Francisco; FREE / All Day

Piano Rain, Petheaven, Beast Nest, Mona Demone, Elan Dia Vital | Luckyduck Bicycle Cafe, 302 12th Street, Oakland; 7pm

Henry Kaiser, Scott Looney, Scott Amendola | Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, SF; $15 / 8pm

Human Be-In 50th Anniversary Celebration | Grey Area Art & Technology, 2665 Mission Street, SF; $20 / 7pm

The Nerv, Blank Spots, The Rinds | Benders Bar & Grill, 806 S Van Ness Avvenue, SF; $5 / 21+ / 9pm

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Buck O Nine, The Porkers | Thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, SF; $12 / 21+ / 9pm

Despise You, Hong Kong F*ck You, ADHDOD, Rapid Decline, Concussive, Bob Plant, Moirai, Drain, Misophonia & more | Oakland Metro Operahouse, 522 2nd Street, Oakland; $10 / 5:30pm

An Afternoon of Performance & F*ck U! Video Screening | Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 9th Street, SF; 1:30pm / 7pm

SUNDAY JAN 15
Peace & Music: Interfaith Service Honoring Dr. MLK Jr. | Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street. SF, FREE / 3PM

Black Comix Art Fest | City View at Metreon, 134 4th Street Suite 4000, SF; 12pm

Kalil Wilson | Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland; $15 / 2pm

Show Banga, DirtyTimeEnt | The Venue, 420 14th Street, Oakland | $20 / 21+ / 8pm

MONDAY JAN 16
MLK Day Of Service 2017 with the Parks | Bay Area; All Day / FREE

Free Day & MLK Jr. Celebration | Museum of African Diaspoara, 685 Mission, SF; All Day / FREE

2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade | Yerba Buena Gardens, SF; 11AM / FREE

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Film Festival | African American Museum and Library, 659 14th Street Oakland; 11am

Dare to DREAM Festival | Richmond District Neighborhood Center, 741 30th Avenue, SF; 11am

Through Our Eyes: Panel of African American Park Rangers | Hyde Street Pier, 2905 Hyde Street, SF; 12:30pm