-- Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur): Birds! We tend to think nothing of them here in the Bay Area - well, as far as the homely and picked upon poor pigeon goes - but birds are exciting creatures. Colors, flying, migrating, the ability to form perfect V-shapes - just see for yourself tonight at 7:15 p.m. and 9:25 at The Red Vic; $6-8.50. -- Mike Stern: The controversial opening of Yoshi's SF won't hinder......

Tonight: at 6:30 there's the reception for the San Jose State University Junior and Senior Industrial Design Show, at the Santana Row Design Within Reach. "The presentation will feature concept projects ranging from product design to interaction design that explore the wide range of possibilities in materials and manufacturing, user analysis, and form development." Saturday; We're singing our little hearts out with the San Francisco Symphony, at one of their sing-along events this weekend.......

It's December! Not only will all your favorite holiday TV specials be playing, but we're giving stuff away over here at club SFist all month! Plus, as you can see below, we've started weekend posts -- so now you've got plenty of reasons to keep coming back to this here site any time of day or night. What else happens in December? Hot stove, hot stove. (and what's good over a hot stove in December? Pizza!) Also: The Nutcracker (in puppet form). But what about that Starbucks gingerbread latte? And oh yeah -- MUNI still blows. ...

Last week we featured some of the more usual holiday fare, but the San Francisco Bay Area is known for its unusual holiday shows as well....