Mark Foehringer Dance Project, SF (MFDP|SF) presents an annual, one day,  admission free, outdoor event in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Dancing in the Park SF features 30 dance groups or dance artists including professional dance companies, pre-professional programs and community groups from around the Bay Area. Saturday, April 27, 2019, 1 pm to 4:30 pm, Music Concourse (btwn de Young and Cal Academy of Sciences), Golden Gate Park, FREE

2019 Bay Area Dance Week

Friday, April 26 – Sunday, May 5, 2019, All over the Bay Area
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• Lecture-Demo

Who-What-Where:                                                                 

Hal Lutsky                                                                     ​ 
Vintage Paper Fair
1032 Irving St. Box 604
San Francisco, CA 94122                                                           *for more information
(415) 531-0553
vintagepaperfair@gmail.com

Come and laugh it up to a lineup of Latinx regulars at comedy spots Cobbs, Punchline and SF Sketchfest - plus, a mobile bar with beer and drink specials!

​Palace of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

Friday 5/3 shows - 8 pm and 10 pm shows, Saturday shows -- 7 pm and 9 pm
​All shows 21+ only
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• Early Bird Tickets (limited) - $15
• Advanced Tickets - $17.50
• General Admission Tickets - $20
• Door Tickets - $25
• VIP Reserved Front Row Couch Seating + Free Beer - $4

Friday 5/3 - 8pm and 10pm Shows
- Victor Pacheco (host) - Tommy T's
- Rudy Ortiz - San Jose Improv
- Dro Knows - Punchline, Cobbs
- Ivy Vasquez - SF Sketchfest
- Lusia Isbell - Lady Laughs Comedy Festival

Saturday 5/4 - 7pm and 9pm Shows
- Dro Knows(host) - Punchline, cobbs
- Jeanette Marin - Cobbs, Tommy T’s
- Saul Trujillo - Spotify, Pandora
- Anthony K. - Punchline, San Jose Improv

Drink Specials. TBA soon

purchase tickets here 

Friday, April 12, 2019, 11 am to 4 pm (Contest at Noon)
GrilledCheezGuy, 529 Stevenson St, SF, FREE – Learn More on Facebook

• Free Classic Grilled Cheese Sandwiches from 11 am to 4 pm (with a break during the contest around noon) – One per person.

 

• Grilled Cheese Eating Contest at Noon – The challenge will be to eat every single grilled cheese that the Grilled Cheez Guy makes in order: Classic, Frenchy, Nacho Guyz, Mechanical Turk, etc. 

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• To enter:​ email at grilledcheezguy@gmail.com with the subject line: “Put it in my mouth;” and include your name, age, and a fun fact in your email. The champion gets free grilled cheese for a year (prize includes 1 per day and it’s valid only for the winner; it cannot be passed on).​​

Come to cheer on the competitors, plus there will be prizes, free grilled cheese, and more.

April is National Grilled Cheese Month and SoMa StrEat Food Park will heat up the griddles to celebrate this cheesy, toasty favorite in all its gooey glory!

A special lineup of the Bay Area’s grilled cheese masters will be stacking, stuffing, layering, and building all sorts of variations on this time-honored classic with buttery bread, cheese, and extras like juicy smoked bacon, Dungeness crab, pulled pork, and mac n’ cheese, 12 pm-5 pm. Tickets are $5

Take these stellar, grilled cheese concoctions to new heights with an out-of-this-world pairing – craft beer. Tap into a legendary duo to grace your palette with all you can drink craft beer. Devour your favorite cheesy classic in all its toasty glory alongside live music, 12 pm –4 pm, 21+ ​Tickets $36 (includes entry to Grilled Cheese Fest)

San Francisco Vintners Estates is back in SF with a spring celebration of 100+ top-notch wines. Enjoy 3 hours of unlimited tastings of sipping 95+ point rated wines from Napa, Sonoma, Paso Robles, and beyond.
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– Saturday 4/13 – Get 50% off tix ($50 $100).
– Sunday 4/14 – Get 60% off tix ($40 $100).

Participating shops open their doors from noon to 8 pm to serve a FREE scoop of any flavor ​​of your choice 

National Poetry Month Events at the Main Library
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Poetry in Song Concert
April 2, 6 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room. Singers perform art-song arrangements of poetry from around the world.

World Literature Book Club: Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.
April 4, 6 p.m., Paley Room—3rd Floor.

Celebrating Maya Angelou.
April 9, 6 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room. SF’s Poet Laureate Kim Shuck hosts a program devoted to the iconic poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou.

Poets on Film: Rita Dove & Billy Collins. 
April 11, 3 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room.

Poem Jam.
April 11, 6 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room. Poetry reading with SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, the Lowell Poetry Club and special guests.

Open Mic Poetry. 
April 19, 2 p.m., Talking Books and Braille Center. Call 415-557-4253 to sign up.

Forum Magazine Celebrates National Poetry Month
April 24, 5:30 p.m., LatinoHispanic Room.

Tongo Eisen-Martin: The Price of the Ticket. 
April 25, 6 p.m., Koret Auditorium. Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin and Friends.

Poet Rozalie Hirs: Work in Stuttering.
April 27, 12 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room. Netherlands-based poet and composer Rozalie Hirs presents on poetry and the creative process.

Evening of South Asian-American Poetry. 
April 30, 5:30 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Room. With Athena Kashyap, Tanuja Mehrotra Wakefield and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Geeta Anand.