All Events - KQED Events Calendar

Sat, July 4 - Botanical Garden Tours in Tilden Regional Park

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Regional Parks Botanic Garden is a naturally beautiful and tranquil living museum of California native plants. Located within Tilden Park in the hills above Berkeley, California, this enchanting 10-acre garden is a sanctuary for many of the state's rare and endangered plants and a place for visitors to wander among trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses from plant communities throughout the state.

Sat, July 4 - Edible Expeditions at the Conservatory of Flowers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Take a tasty trip to the Conservatory of Flowers and its edible exhibit. Visitors will discover plants from all over the world that are fit to admire as well as eat. Edible Expeditions highlights the many delicious products that we enjoy from tropical countries like chocolate, vanilla, coffee, and rice. Interactive teaching helps guests understand how their food goes from vine to dine. Children will enjoy the activities where they can explore tropical roots, fruits, leaves and seeds with their senses.

Sat, July 4 - Educator Exhibit: Putting Marine Science on the Map

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

QUEST Education and Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures co-present this full day Google Maps/Explorations workshop at the National Marine Educators Association Conference. Come explore Asilomar State Beach and learn about this fascinating coastal ecosystem. Then, put your new knowledge online for all to enjoy by creating a media-rich interactive map using free Google tools.

Sat, July 4 - KQED KTEH Family Fun Adventures at Chabot Space & Science Center

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Five, four, three, two, one: blastoff! Get a glimpse into the life of an astronaut and experience the mixture of exhilaration, adventure, and confinement that is living and working in space. Located just minutes from downtown Oakland, Chabot Space & Science Center invites you to their newest exhibit Beyond Blastoff: Surviving in Space. See how astronauts cope with challenges of space; take a photo of yourself in a weightless environment, and much more. Stay Close and Go Far at Chabot Space & Science Center.

Show your KQED and KTEH MemberCard for 1 free child admission with paying adult.

Sat, July 4 - Horse Drawn Carriage Rides at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A visit to Ardenwood is a journey back to the time of the Patterson Ranch -- a prosperous, 19th-century country estate including a beautiful mansion and its elaborate Victorian Gardens. Today the Historic Farm exhibits agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present, demonstrating the transition from horse-powered to horsepower.

Horse Drawn Carriage rides take place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Sat, July 4 - Independence Day Celebration at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Celebrate July 4th at Ardenwood in 1900-style with rousing patriotic music from a brass band on the lawn and fiddle music in the farmyard. There will be games, contests and races for everyone all day long. Test your skill at nail-driving, egg toss and watermelon seed spitting or join a bucket brigade, pie-eating or tug-o-war contest. Help make ice cream, bring a picnic and spend the day the old-fashioned way!

Sat, July 4 - Fillmore Jazz Festival

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The West Coast's largest free jazz festival celebrates the Fillmor's rich musical history with three stages and over 20 acts including 'the Queen of Classic Jazz' Lavay Smith.

Sat, July 4 - Visit the Hazel Atlas Sand Mine Tours in Antioch

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

From the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s, the Hazel-Atlas Mine produced silica sand to make jars, bottles, and other glass items. Tour participants can take a 800-foot walk into the mine to see mine workings, ore chutes, the shifter's office and ancient geological features. Visitors will take a guided tour, with a limit of 15 persons per tour. Tours are offered at 11am, 1pm, and 2pm on weekends.

For advance-reservation tours, call 1-888-EBPARKS

Sat, July 4 - SF Mime Troupe- To Big to Fail

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrates 50 years with a variety of performances. They kick things off with a tale of the 'magical spell of Credit.'

Sat, July 4 - Brian Copeland's Not A Genuine Black Man

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

After smash runs Off Broadway and in L.A., Not A Genuine Black Man returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary in San Francisco where it became the longest running solo show in the city's history. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian Copeland explores how surroundings make us who we are. Note: No one under 14 years old will be admitted.

Sat, July 4 - San Francisco Symphony 4th of July Celebration

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The San Francisco Symphony presents a cosmic take on holiday fireworks. Special guest: George Takei, a.k.a. Mr. Sulu of Star Trek.

Sat, July 4 - 5 Years of SF Chronicle's All Over Coffee

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Spark featured artist, Paul Madonna's solo show '5 Years of All Over Coffee' celebrates half a decade of 'All Over Coffee' in the San Francisco Chronicle. This exhibition features original pen and ink drawings, as well as displays of how the artistic process has evolved from sketches and first drafts of written copy to finished drawings and final verse.

Sat, July 4 - Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

See the 3,000-year-old 'boy king' Tutankhamun along with over 100 artifacts from his tomb and ancient Egypt in this traveling exhibit.

Sat, July 4 - At Home at the Zoo

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

From American master Edward Albee comes a new spellbinder that's a meticulously calibrated and brutal look at the lives of three New Yorkers.  Show runs June 5 through July 5, check the ACT web site for dates, tickets, and times.

Sat, July 4 - SF Opera Summer Seduction

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The summer season runs June 2 through July 5 and features such works as Tosca, Porgy and Bess and La Traviata. Also, there's free opera at the ballpark on Friday, June 5.

Sat, July 4 - The Cannery's Family Festival

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Take the family out to The Cannery's courtyard for food, music and face-painting by Janelle the Clown.

Sat, July 4 - Marin County Fair

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Along with standard rides and fair attractions check out natural wonders around the world in 3-D, the 39th Annual International Short Film and Video Festival, and a performance by Los Lobos.

Sat, July 4 - Alameda County Fair

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Who needs Bay Meadows when you have the All-Alaskan Pig Races and Kids Pedal Tractor Pulls?

Sat, July 4 - Spamalot

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

An adaptation of the wildly hilarious film Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- this has been a smash hit on Broadway and across the world.

Tue, July 7 - A Moveable Feast: Twelve Chefs Celebrate Six Farmers: AZIZA

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Each month, two top chefs will create a multi-course dinner together to highlight their individual talents as well as showcase food grown by a featured farmer. Spring dinners may feature asparagus, fava beans and green garlic, while late summer will offer corn, tomatillos and squash. Each course will also include a wine pairing.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Location: AZIZA
Chefs: Mourad Lahlou, Aziza, and James Syhabout, Commis Mourad Lahlou is a StarChefs 'Rising Star Chef.' James Syhabout, formerly Chef de Cuisine of Manresa, is a San Francisco Chronicle 'Rising Star Chef' and will open Commis in the Spring of 2009.

Farmer: Jesse Kuhn, Marin Roots Farm San Francisco native Jesse Kuhn had no farming experience growing up and instead was inspired by agriculture classes in college. He is one of the youngest farmers at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.