Published: September, 2013
Cruise for a Cause
Come celebrate the start of the 34th Annual America’s Cup races on Friday, September 6 aboard the historic USS Potomac, Franklin Roosevelt’s presidential yacht. Enjoy a memorable evening cruise across the San Francisco Bay with a gourmet buffet, libations, live jazz era music, auctions, book signing and more. The event is a fundraiser for YachtAid Global, a humanitarian organization that uses a network of volunteers who coordinate with yacht owners and crew to transport much needed items and aid to schools, medical clinics, cultural centers and other organizations in remote locations like Indonesia, French Polynesia, Vanuatu and more. Featured auction items include a trip to Paris, an African safari, hybrid electric bike and a tour of southeast Asia. The 6-9 p.m. cruise boards at the San Francisco Ferry Building at 5:45 p.m. Tickets are $250 and can be purchased at www.yachtaidglobal.org.
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Sausalito Floating Homes Tour
The 28th Annual Sausalito Floating Homes Tour on Saturday, September 21will feature 14 waterfront homes dating back to the early 20th century as well as present day pleasure palaces open to visitors. The tour will also include photos of the waterfront in times past and history buffs from the community—stationed at key historic spots along the tour route—will share stories about the community’s colorful past and answer questions. Attractions will include a row of arks, which were the forerunners of the floating home lifestyle in the Bay Area. Great food and drinks will be available for purchase. Advance tickets are recommended as the tour regularly sells out. The tour is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online for $35 at www.floatinghomes.org. Tickets on the day of the tour will be $40.
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Yerba Buena Family Day
Downtown San Francisco’s biggest free family block party is back on Sunday, September 15 for its sixth year! Yerba Buena Family Day is a nonstop day of free indoor and outdoor family fun with free admission to local museums for all ages, hands-on art making activities for kids and special family-friendly performances throughout the neighborhood. Visitors get in free that day to the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), and Children’s Creativity Museum, and each venue offers a huge array of free opportunities to see and make art. In addition, SFMOMA On the Go will pop up in the neighborhood to let families roll up their sleeves with creative construction activities, and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival serves up a lively afternoon under the sun with free performances by 2013 Grammy winner Lila Downs, plus other family-friendly performers throughout the gardens. It’s an unprecedented opportunity for kids and their caregivers to experience all that downtown San Francisco’s Yerba Buena arts district has to offer. Yerba Buena Family Day takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations in downtown San Francisco including the CJM at 736 Mission Street, MoAD at 685 Mission Street, Children’s Creativity Museum at 221 Fourth Street, SFMOMA Families on the Go and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival at Mission Street between Third and Fourth. More information and directions are available at www.ybfamilyday.org or by calling (415) 614-3216.
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BayWood Artists Paint Point Reyes
This Labor Day weekend the natural beauty of Point Reyes National Seashore will be painted by BayWood Artists, a group of professional Northern California artists dedicated to helping preserve and protect areas recognized as particularly beautiful and important to future generations. The group features some of the best known landscape artists in California. Point Reyes National Seashore is the treasure we behold in our backyard, one that is vital for our future generations’ appreciation of natural beauty and the great outdoors. Some of the most famous American landscape artists feature some of their best paintings in this art exhibit. The artists have gone to great lengths to capture the light and beauty of landscape and seascape of areas that are not easily accessible in order to create paintings—a window to the world of nature that we all have come to love. Half of the proceeds from this fundraising event will go to Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) to benefit the environmental protection of Point Reyes National Seashore. The exhibit is at the Red Barn at Point Reyes Bear Valley Visitor Center, 1 Bear Valley Road in Point Reyes National Seashore from August 31 thru September 2 noon – 5 p.m. with an artist reception on August 31. Admission is free. For more information, call (415) 663-1200 x309.
Free Shakespeare in the Park Presents Macbeth
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents Macbeth for their 31st season of Free Shakespeare in the Park. Shows will take place August 31-September 15 at the Presidio’s Main Post Parade Ground Lawn (Graham Street between Lincoln Boulevard and Moraga Avenue) on Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day Monday at 2 p.m. New this year are shows at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on September 21 and 22, also at 2 p.m. There is no intermission during the performance, which runs 100 minutes. Most shows will also feature a short Green show, called Witchipedia, 30 minutes prior to curtain where three witches will present a fun and enriching 15-minute orientation to the world of Macbeth. Audience members are invited to bring family, friends, a blanket and a picnic to enjoy professional theater at no charge in a beautiful park setting. For more information, call the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival at (415) 558-0888 or visit www.sfshakes.org.
Spirit & Soul Returns to Richmond
Richmond’s Spirit & Soul Festival and fundraiser will take place on Saturday, September 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. The outdoor festival is held on Macdonald Avenue between 13th Street and Harbour Way. Proceeds from wine, beverage and raffle sales will benefit Richmond Main Street’s mission to support the revitalization of historic downtown Richmond. In addition to great music, Spirit & Soul’s outdoor marketplace will feature handmade jewelry, home goods, accessories, clothing, and more crafted by local artisans and entrepreneurs. Local food vendors will dish up healthy and delicious cuisine and a wine and beverage pavilion will offer refreshments for purchase. Attendees can also enter a raffle of exciting prizes that highlight Richmond’s diverse products and services, donated by local businesses. Admission is free.
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