This week’s Curator: Annetta Black of Odd Salon
This week: Get out in the sun for books and Civil War living history, gigantic plastic marvels, vintage scooter rides, and midwinter music.
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COMING UP THIS WEEK:
Speechless Live: SCIENCE
A public speaking challenge not for the faint of heart: This month’s improv-only Powerpoint presentation challenge brings speakers to the stage to present on science themes with only their wits for preparation. The open mic round from 6:30-7 will determine the final participant.
THURS AUG 15, 6:30 PM; Public Works, SF; $15-17
Chronicle Books Annual Summer Warehouse Sale
The perfect opportunity to stock up on this local publisher’s beautifully illustrated books. Runs for three days, starting Thursday 9AM-7PM, Friday 9AM-7PM & Saturday 10AM-3PM.
THURS AUG 15-SAT AUG 17, 6:00 PM; 680 2nd Street!, SF; FREE
The San Francisco Classic Scooter Rally
Drag your vintage Vespa or old school Lambretta out of the garage and join up with the Black Sheep Scooter Club for one of San francisco’s longest standing scooter rallies. Rides on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, and a show at Bottom of the Hill Saturday night.
FRI AUG 16-SUN AUG 18, 6:00 PM; Various locations, SF; Joining rides and scooter appreciation FREE, show is $15
Reclaiming the Future: a Long Conversation
The Long Now Foundation joins Stochastic Labs for a day of one-on-one conversations between a variety of speakers and thinkers, exploring the question of what is at stake for the human animal in this critical moment in our evolution
SAT AUG 17, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM; Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, SF; $20
Fort Point Civil War Days Living History Day
The 20th Maine Company G crew of Civil War re-enactors take over the historic Civil-War era Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge for a day of historical interpretation, infantry and artillery demonstrations, music and dance. Park elsewhere, it’s a parking disaster down there.
SAT AUG 17, 10:00 AM; Fort Point National Historic Site, SF; FREE
Bell Plastics Annual Open House
Come out for a peek behind the scenes at Hayward’s fabrication shop where they have been creating oversized sculptural oddities since 1979.
SUN AUG 18, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Bell Plastics, Hayward; FREE
Night Tour at the historic Mechanics’ Institute
If you have not yet explored San Francisco’s charming, purpose built library and chess rooms hidden away downtown, you should immediately remedy that situation with a night tour introduction to the space and the history of the west coast’s oldest library, going all the way back to 1854.
MON AUG 19, 6:00 PM; Mechanics’ Institute Building, SF; FREE
Brittany Cox on Antique Clockworks at the Interval
Ahoy clock nerds! The Interval at the Long Now Foundation presents a salon talk featuring antiquarian horologist Brittany Cox on the history of clockworks and automata of the past and present.
TUES AUG 20, 6:30 PM; The Interval at Fort Mason Center, SF; $25
Nerd Nite SF #111: Butterflies, Vowels, and Milk!
Brought to you by the Anglerfish’s own Bart Bernhardt, this edition of drinking and talking nerdy features talks on the science of the color of butterfly wings, the mathematics of accents, and a little local history about San Francisco’s past as a bonafide cow-town.
WED AUG 21, 7:00 PM; Rickshaw Stop, SF; $10
Music of the 1894 Midwinter Fair
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the Midwinter Exposition in San Francisco, the Mechanics’ Institute and the San Francisco Historical Society are presenting an evening of live music and a little history of the city’s first fair.
WED AUG 21, 6:00 PM; Mechanics’ Institute, SF; $25-$30