October is in full swing and Halloween is just around the corner, as the above display from Cliff's Variety shows. If you've had a busy week working on getting your costume together, here's a summary of the stories you might have missed.
The Castro Street Fair lucked out on a beautiful, sunny day this year, and plenty of people were out enjoying the drag shows, vendors, music, and more. Check out our photos from this year's fair.
Have you had a chance to stop by the new, more spacious Philz Coffee that opened up on Castro Street? And did you get to say your goodbyes to the tiny 18th Street location before it closed?
If you're looking for something fun and interesting to do outside while enjoying the beautiful fall weather, check out our interactive map of the Castro's community gardens and hidden green spaces. Visiting them all takes 2-3 hours, and provides a great hike.
A report released yesterday rated the Church & Market St station an 'A+,' naming it both the best Muni and best overall station across all systems. But a lot of our commenters are indifferent about the results and their overall meaning when Muni as a whole still needs major upgrades.
Thursday, October 8th
LGBTQ Tenants' Rights Workshop
6pm-8pm
Host Description: "This workshop will cover a broad range of topics ranging from how to communicate with your landlord, to getting repairs done, to how to handle an eviction notice. Become a better-educated tenant, meet some great organizations working for tenants’ rights in SF, and learn how you can start to organize with other tenants to protect each other." (SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market St.)
Image: Rice Rockettes/Facebook
Rice Rockettes Presents: Midnight Movie Madness
9:30pm-12am
Host Description: "We'll be celebrating Halloween early this year by bringing you a special horror-fest event by bringing you all our favorite slasher-fest, spine-tingling horror movies and reinterpreting them into a terrible drag performance!" (Lookout, 3600 16th St.)
Friday, October 9th
Image: Lookout/Facebook
Lookout's 8th Anniversary Party
3:30pm-2am
Host Description: "In just eight years, Lookout has raised over $800,000 for the community, and we want you to celebrate with us! Free happy-hour buffet from 6-8pm and all-day drink specials." (Lookout, 3600 16th St.)
5:30pm-10pm
Host Description: "Art for AIDS, a juried live and silent auction, is San Francisco’s premier art event benefiting one of the nation’s leading HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ mental health organizations, the UCSF Alliance Health Project. Please join us and support the Alliance Health Project (formerly the AIDS Health Project) with your winning bid!" (City View at Metreon, 135 4th St.)
Saturday, October 10th
10am-1pm
Public-safety canine demos in celebration of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015. Watch and learn about working canines from the US Marines, US Navy, San Francisco Police, San Francisco Sheriff, San Mateo Sheriff, San Francisco Fire Department, US Customs and Border Protection, Canine Companions for Independence, CARDA, and many others. (Duboce Park)
Milk Club Castro Kick-Off For Get Out The Vote
10am-2pm
Host Description: "We're the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club and we're here to recruit you for the November election! We're kicking off our field outreach this Saturday morning at our usual spot -- the corner of 18th & Castro. We'll be teaming up with our endorsed candidate for City College Board, Tom Temprano, to go out in the neighborhood to put up door hangers and drop lit." (18th & Castro)
Live! In The Castro: Art in the Plaza with Mary DeLave
11am
Host Description: "Mary DeLave lives in Stinson Beach overlooking the sea, surrounded by wild critters. Her paintings are inspired by the exquisite energy of these surroundings and are distilled into her paintings. The overall focus of Mary's paintings are about creative interactions of people and critters showing how the psychology of relationships are multifaceted and can form into shared visions." (Jane Warner Plaza)
Video: Kotaku/YouTube
2pm-6pm
Host Description: "It's Killer Queen game time at Brewcade! The interactive bar-arcade will host regular "meet-ups" for teams to play the cult classic video game. This is a 10-player game with five players on each team, perfect for group outings and making friends. Note: Meet-ups will take place on Mondays and Saturdays through Monday, December 14th, and resume after the holiday season in January." (Brewcade, 2200 B Market St.)
3-4pm
While the main viewing area for watching the Blue Angels' Fleet Week air show may be down at the Marina Green and Aquatic Park, you can avoid the crowds and the traffic and still get some great views at peaks around the neighborhood. Head on up to either Corona Heights Park or Tank Hill for some great views of the show.
7pm, Sat. & Sun.
Host Description: "For those of you not yet converted, Sing-Along Mary Poppins is a screening of the classic Walt Disney musical in glorious Technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along! In addition to belting out the tunes, goody bags will be handed out to everyone and audience members can add to the fun by dressing up as a favorite character for the costume contest!" (Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St.)
Sunday, October 11th: National Coming Out Day
7am
Host Description: "Runners, walkers and revelers will put on their best costumes for a morning of rollicking fun, fitness and charity in Golden Gate Park. Participants can select either a 5K or 10K course. Some people run, some people walk. Everyone has fun." (Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell, Golden Gate Park)
Image: Magnet
1pm-3pm
Host Description: "Litquake is one of the nation's top literary festivals, so we at Magnet could not be happier that we're teaming up to put on a literary show! Join some of the most outstanding writers in the LGBT community to listen to them read form their work. Featured writers include: Lynn Breedlove, Belo Cipriani, Katie Gilmartin, Susie Hara, Yuri Kagan and Conner Ke Muo." More Litquake info here. (Magnet, 4122 18th St)
7pm
Host Description: Celebrate Halloween early with DiVanessa at this spooky show, brimming with spellbinding tunes accompanied by the Tom Shaw Trio. Titles to include 'Black Magic Woman', "Witchcraft', 'Bewitched,' 'Autumn Leaves,' 'Old Devil Moon,' 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'Clair De Lune,' 'Masquerade,' 'Monster Mash,' and many more bewitching favorites. (Martuni's, 4 Valencia St.)
Have a great weekend!
