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‘Puppet Wars’ Isn’t Puppets: Indie Pro Wrestling Returns to Alameda on Sept. 12
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‘Puppet Wars’ Isn’t Puppets: Indie Pro Wrestling Returns to Alameda on Sept. 12

The one-month countdown teased on r/SFEvents is real: Puppet Wars, a family-friendly indie pro wrestling night, returns to Almanac…

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Phones Stolen at Outside Lands Are Pinging in L.A. Here's What Actually Protects Your Device.
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Phones Stolen at Outside Lands Are Pinging in L.A. Here's What Actually Protects Your Device.

Attendees who lost phones in the Golden Gate Park crush tracked them down Interstate 5 to a few blocks of downtown Los Angeles.

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Country Boogie Night Puts Two Bands in Gilman Brewing's Courtyard for Two Hours, $20, Aug 23

Not Loud Concerts brings its "not too loud, not too long, not too expensive" summer series to Berkeley on Saturday, Aug.

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Free 'No‑Coding' AI Build Night in SF This Friday — RSVP to Get the Address

Builder Pub's free, beginner-friendly AI workshop runs Friday, Aug.

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Oakland Review of Books Is Curating a Weekly Events Calendar Around a Theme. This Week: Repair.

The East Bay literary publication runs a free weekly community calendar organized around a critical text — right now…

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Three Short Films by Queer Filipino Filmmakers Screen at KALW This Friday

KALW Public Media's Solidarity Cinema brings an hour-long program of queer Filipino short films to its Financial…

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City on the Edge: Jonathan Weber and Charlie Zeitlin Discuss SF's Future at Free KALW Event

Jonathan Weber, author of 'City on the Edge,' joins high school podcast host Charlie Zeitlin at a free KALW live…

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City on the Edge: Jonathan Weber and Charlie Zeitlin Discuss SF's Future at Free KALW Event
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San Francisco's Dahlia Turns 100: Free Show at Golden Gate Park This Weekend

The Dahlia Society of California's free annual show runs August 15–16 at Golden Gate Park's Hall of Flowers, marking…

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You Missed Wednesday's Peak. The Perseids Run Through Sunday.

The Perseid shower peaked Thursday morning, but post-peak rates still hit ~30 meteors per hour tonight under a moonless…

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The Foundry SF Gets New Operators, Books Fall EDM Slate — First Show Already Sold Out

The October 24 Tinzo and Jojo show sold out fast enough that a second date was added.

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Joe Leon's Caterpillar Puppets Play Yerba Buena Gardens This Friday — Free, Twice

An eccentric puppet cast — including a shy artist mouse who needs the crowd to coax him out — performs two free…

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The Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres Are Getting a New Boss. Your Tickets Are Fine.

Live events mogul Ari Emanuel's MARI is buying ATG Entertainment, the company behind SF's Orpheum and Golden Gate…

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The Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres Are Getting a New Boss. Your Tickets Are Fine.
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SF's Weekend Is Stacked: A Carb Festival, Free Dahlias, and Public Enemy at Stern Grove

Skip the eclipse-livestream FOMO — the real payoff lands Aug 15-16, from a carb fest in North Beach to two free Stern…

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Tuesday, August 11

The Perseids Peak Wednesday Night Over a Moonless Bay Area. Here's When to Look Up.

The year's most reliable meteor shower peaks the night of Wednesday, Aug.

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David Byrne Brings the "Who Is the Sky Tour" to the Greek Theatre Aug. 25

David Byrne headlines the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Tuesday, Aug.

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A Pincushion, a Giant Lemon, a Four‑Foot Carrot: Three South Bay Sewing Sundays

Three Sundays of hands-on sewing in San Jose — English paper piecing at Found SJ, then giant citrus and carrot pillows…

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Monday, August 10

Caltrain's Reggaeton Theme Train to Karol G: The One Transfer That Trips Everybody Up

Caltrain is running a reggaeton theme train out of SF at 4:55 p.m.

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Caltrain's Reggaeton Theme Train to Karol G: The One Transfer That Trips Everybody Up
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Sunday, August 9

Bring Your Own Laptop: An Age of Empires II LAN Party Takes Over The Faight Monday Night

A 90s-style BYO-rig LAN party for Age of Empires II lands in Lower Haight on Monday, Aug.

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Saturday, August 8

Tedeschi Trucks Band Plays the Greek Wednesday, With Lukas Nelson Opening

The 12-piece blues-rock outfit headlines Berkeley's open-air Greek Theatre on a Wednesday night, with Lukas Nelson as…

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Pistahan Fills Yerba Buena Gardens This Weekend — and Sunday Is Still Wide Open

The 33rd annual Pistahan Parade and Festival — the West Coast's largest Filipino celebration — runs Saturday and Sunday…

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Geese Played the Most‑Hyped Set at Outside Lands. The "Psyop" Followed Them In.

Geese drew one of the biggest Friday crowds at Outside Lands — trailing a real argument about whether the year's…

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West Edge Opera's 'Turn of the Screw' Has Two Shows Left in Oakland

Britten's spine-chilling ghost opera closes its West Edge run at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center with two…

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West Edge Opera's 'Turn of the Screw' Has Two Shows Left in Oakland
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Free Toddler Mondays at Union Square Run Through September. Here's the Full Schedule.

Imagination Mondays, a free weekly program geared to kids 2-4, runs at Union Square Plaza every Monday at 10 a.m.

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A Haunted Laser Tag Maze Comes to the Mission: 'Laser Quest' Release Party Aug. 19

SF cartoonist Harry Nordlinger is throwing a release party for his horror one-shot "Laser Quest" at Mission Comics &…

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Clear the Shelters: Where Bay Area Adoption Fees Are Actually Free This August

NBC's 12th annual Clear the Shelters runs through August 31, and a long list of Bay Area shelters are waiving or…

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Uber and Lyft Surged Hard Leaving Outside Lands Friday. Here's the Cheaper Way Out Saturday and Sunday.

SFGATE clocked another year of brutal rideshare surges leaving Outside Lands on Friday night.

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Friday, August 7

BART's GM Is Leading a Free Walking Tour of Three Stations on Aug 20. Register Before It Fills.

BART General Manager Bob Powers leads a free, nearly three-hour walking tour of Powell Street, Glen Park, and San Bruno…

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BART's GM Is Leading a Free Walking Tour of Three Stations on Aug 20. Register Before It Fills.
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CSU East Bay's Community Jazz Band Wants You — Any Instrument, No Cost, Rehearsals Start Aug. 18

CSU East Bay's jazz ensemble is opening its Tuesday-night rehearsals to adult community members — free, no college…

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Earth, Wind & Fire's Chase Center Show Is Postponed. Here's What Ticket Holders Should Do.

EWF's co-headline show with Lionel Richie at Chase Center was postponed minutes before showtime after a medical…

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