Arts & Entertainment SF Pride Hopes to Have Legal Cannabis Sales and Smoking at Civic Center Plaza Party A highly historic feature could be puffing up at this year’s SF Pride celebration, with Civic Center Plaza planning to host SF Pride’s first-ever legal marijuana sales and consumption area — though the permit has technically not been approved yet.
Arts & Entertainment Crowd of 25,000 Expected In Civic Center Plaza for Fred Again/Skrillex Show Saturday Will it be easy to hang around nearby and listen to the electronic music show Saturday in Civic Center Plaza even if you didn't get a ticket? Maybe! But promoter Another Planet says their equipment will be able to focus the sound pretty well so as not to disturb too may neighbors.
Arts & Entertainment Skrillex and Fred Again to Play Outdoor Show Saturday Night at Civic Center Plaza, Though It’s Already Sold Out Does it matter that the freshly announced Skrillex and Fred Again show this weekend at Civic Center Plaza is already sold out, considering the show will be outdoors, and these gentlemen are not known for being particularly quiet? We’ll find out Saturday.
SF News New Trees Installed in Civic Center Mark Grand Plan to ‘Reintroduce Vegetation on a Grand Scale’ to Plaza A tiny start to a very ambitious project got underway when Rec and Parks installed a few new sycamore trees in Civic Center Plaza, though this lofty landscape design has been stalled for years.
SF Politics Some Joker Is Advertising an SF ‘Doom Loop Walking Tour’ For $30 a Ticket In what seems an elaborate troll job, but managed to get published and promoted on Eventbrite, someone’s offering a chance to “view the open-air drug markets” at Civic Center for $30, which I’m pretty sure you can do for free.
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: The Fuzz A peaceful UN Plaza moment interrupted by SFPD, as seen by Troy Holden.
misc The Truth About 9/11: Cookies Are Delicious "I can't believe no one thought of this before," exclaims Tabitha Russell who snapped this shot at Civic Center Plaza. And it's a great marketing scheme because any (crackpot) theory goes down better
SF News Three-Headed, Six-Armed Buddha Could Call Civic Center Plaza Home Oh fun. A massive Buddha sculpture could comes to Civic Center Plaza -- that is, according to SF Examiner, "if the area’s infrastructure proves strong enough to support the six-armed behemoth." The
SF News Man Reads James Joyce's <i>Finnegans Wake</i> Out Loud at Civic Center Plaza As SF Weekly noted yesterday, Lars Russell, a San Francisco-based writer, starting reading the entirety of Finnegans Wake out loud at Civic Center Plaza near the San Francisco Public Library. The work, Jocye's
misc Homeless Death Memorial We interrupt your holiday frivolity, wild binge drinking, and high stress levels to bring you the following event: Tomorrow night the annual Homeless Death Memorial March takes place. A Day of the Dead,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Can you still remember how to roller skate backwards? How about shoot the duck? For $2 skate rentals, you can give it your best shot at Mighty to the tune of really bad
Arts & Entertainment JK And The Rowlings Okay, let's get the premise of this band over quickly, and with a minimum of references to Hufflepuff badgers and flying Bludger balls -- the band Harry and the Potters is made up
Arts & Entertainment Everybody Loves A Parade So good luck dealing with any state agencies tomorrow -- they'll be shut down in observance of Cesar Chavez Day (though that could all change if the Governator has his way). So if
misc He Had A Dream We're on a lighter posting schedule today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. -- we hope you have the day off to spend at a number of Bay Area celebrations scheduled for