free shit
The title says all that really matters (free margaritas, hello), but here's the complete low-down:
Get down with your fellow riders and celebrate life on the bus!
*Jam to 90s hip hop courtesy of DJ SMA of DEBASER.
* Free el Jimador margaritas!
* Look sharp and hop into the Orange Photography photo booth.
* Munch on free 4505 Meats chicharrones while supplies last.
* All attendees are entered to win prizes from Good Vibrations and Timbuk2
* The Chairman Bao truck will be parked in front of the Make-Out Room! Can you say pork belly?
Well, that sounds like a fine way to start off Saturday night. 6-9pm @ Make-Out Room. Happy blog bday, Muni Diaries!
It's Mission Open Studios time again, meaning hundreds of neighborhood artists will be opening their studio and gallery doors to the general public, giving us a weekend-long art walk of sorts. And while many of the names and venues participating this round will be familiar to Open Studios veterans, Elliott C Nathan's (who you might remember from yesterday's tax comic or unlucky pennies) temp space at the corner of 24th and Bartlett will be a one-time deal this month and this month only.
Elliott fills us in:
I am taking over 24th and Bartlett for this weekend only; it's a pop-up open studio happening Friday evening, then Saturday and Sunday 10am - 6pm. Outside my regular work, I am also building an interactive piece that people will be able to draw all over. I will also be featuring my line of Sunken Monkey mini skateboards. Here's a time lapse video showing the creation of the boards:
Whoa. Sick rooftop view of the city, Elliott. (And sick boards, too)
Anyway, if you haven't already, get familiar with the Mission Open Studios calendar for this weekend and make a note to swing by Elliott's pop-up studio.
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You've always wanted to check out the view from the top of the U.S. Bank building (you know the one--at 22nd and Mission), and now you finally have a chance.
The occupants of the top floor office (some company called TypeKit, which apparently sells paradigm shifting scalable font cloud hosting mobile instagram whatever) were purchased by Adobe and moving in with their new bosses in Soma. So, of course, they're throwing a free goodbye boozefest next Thursday at 7pm.
From the event invite:
Come celebrate with us one last time as we move out of our Mission St office with a bang. Join us for drinks, food, and music on Thursday, March 29th, at 7:00pm. As we say farewell, we’ll also welcome the new tenant—our friends at True Ventures.
You gotta RSVP to attend, so be sure to go and do that.
[Photos by Ryan Carver]
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Should you want to taste test some pink lemonade/watermellon soda/unicorn urine and chance death, get over to The Free Shelf on 20th and Capp.
This Friday, our favorite neighborhood theater, The Roxie, 21st Amendment and CellSpace are hosting "the best roller disco movie party of the summer." The Roxie will be showing the Scott Baio (just ask anyone born before the Cobain assassination who he is) feature, "Skatetown, U.S.A.," pouring cheap 21st Amendment beer for the crowd, and then sending everyone over to CellSpace for their infamous roller disco party.
If you're unfamiliar with the film, the trailer says it all: terrible music, a bad haircut on wheels discharging a firearm, a man wearing a top hat with beard covered in cocaine, tits, and Patrick Swayze. From the trailer's YouTube description:
The third installment in the devil's unholy trilogy of godawful Eighties roller disco flicks meant to destroy mankind's collective sense of good taste once and for all. Naturally, I could not possibly recommend this movie any more highly.
Patrick Swayze’s big screen debut! Two hunks are pitted against one another in a skate competition at a roller disco. At stake? A thousand bucks and a moped. Ninety-eight minutes of non-stop music, roller skating and comedy. According to her autobiography, former Brady Bunch starlet Maureen McCormick fell into severe cocaine addiction on the set of this movie. FREE TUBE SOCKS! BEER!
If you want to take part of this drunken, cocaine-fueled evening for free, tell us your best 4-wheeled, tube sock, or cocaine story in the comments, and if we like it, we'll hook you up with a pair of tickets. Otherwise, you can go score yourself some tickets for $10 over at the Roxie's website.
After reading our generally positive early review of Colt 45's new sugar booze/Four Loko clone Blast by Colt 45, Colt 45 hit us up about cohosting the new drink's launch party at 111 Minna. Initially we were skeptical about signing on for such an event, but after they told us they'd be providing an open bar for 4 hours, we got on board. So check it: if you're interested in getting drunk for free from 5pm-9pm tomorrow, swing over to Minna and slam as much boozy Kool-aid down your throat as possible. Rumor has it there'll also be some DJs on the scene, so be aware of that.
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Blek le Rat, one of the early pioneers of stencil graffiti, is giving a free two-hour lecture at 2pm today as part of Free University at Viracocha (21st and Valencia):
The Free University Art School is very fortunate, and proud to present the very prolific street artist Blek le Rat on his journey around the world. He stops here with us for an extensive two hour presentation, sharing his masterful stencil art with the people of The Free University of San Francisco. Blek will tell his story, share his insurgent spirit, show his work and may even create some stencil art live in person.
Hot shit! Find out more info over at White Walls Gallery's blog.
[Sorry for the late notice, I only just found out about this myself.]
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Dynamo Donut launches their newest donut flavor – a fusion of Project Open Hand’s homemade peanut butter with a banana honey glaze.
To celebrate, Dynamo will give away FREE donuts and FREE Stiegl Goldbrau beer while supplies last. Guests are also invited to name the new donut to win a gift certificate for a dozen donuts.
I'm trying to think of good names, but everything that comes to mind involves dogs licking peanut butter off of phallic objects. Anyway, tt goes down from 4-6pm today, so brave the rain, hail, and afternoon tornado warnings to get yourself some fresh donut action.
Noise Pop is bringing the Culture Club to Public Works next weekend, which provides us San Franciscans with a rare opportunity to interact with creative legends and doodle while Kid Koala DJs, and we have some tickets to throw at the broke and hopeless:
The Culture Club brings together creative individuals from the community and beyond to participate in a series of exciting presentations on independent culture in its many forms. In addition to the talks there are plenty of hands on experiences and opportunities for participants to delve into their personal creativity. Pop ‘n’ Shop, our local designer fair, will also be a part of this very special weekend.
Confirmed Speakers and organizations include:
Kid Koala, No Age, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), DJ Nickodemus, John Wesley Harding, Flavorpill, Isotope Comics, Cinemasports, The Masses, Rebar, Jason Jagel, Yak Films, Turf Feinz and many more.
To score a ticket for you and your buddy, let us know in the comments why you deserve the pair. Or you can just buy yourself a ticket for Saturday (Sunday is free!).
I know we're a little late on this news, but Valencia Street mainstay Pauline's Pizza is celebrating their 25th birthday tonight. So, if you RSVP [call (415) 552-2050] in the next hour or so, you'll be able to, for one night, relive those glory days in college in which you subsisted off of free pizza you scored at club meetings and events. Go get it.
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