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Movies, Art & Parties 10/14

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Happy Friday! Here are a few things to do after you're done standing in line for the iphone4s.


SF Documentary Festival
Roxie Theater
3117 16th St., San Francisco
12:30pm - 9:30pm

The 10th SF DocFest kicks off with DIRTY PICTURES, a film about the Bay Area chemist who discovered the effects of MDMA and other psychedelics, and ends with THE STAN LEE STORY, about the most recognized name in comics. In between we meet Egyptian belly dancers; California summer campers; the puppeteer behind Elmo; kids that run off to join the circus or want to become ballerinas; international hip hoppers; Christian card counters; English punk rockers; artists; yoga practitioners; new soldiers; compulsive collectors; stand-up comics; Tetris masters; and animator Bill Plympton. Plus we take a delightful wander around Berlin in the Fall.


2 Blocks of Art Party
Sixth Street & Howard, San Francisco
4pm - 8pm

Urban Solutions’ 2 Blocks of Art takes place on Sixth Street between Market and Howard. The art walk showcases a neighborhood rich in culture and well known for its cutting edge arts community. The event draws a record number of people to the Sixth Street corridor; features, like musicians playing in a Laundromat and a fashion designer exhibiting in an optometry office, make this event truly unique!

2 Blocks of Art is bookended by well-known Luggage Store gallery at one end, and 1st Amendment gallery (1:AM) at the other. Over 50 artists exhibit in 25 locations – all within 2 blocks!


Evolve 2nd Fridays
Era Bar & Lounge
19 Grand Ave, Oakland
9pm - 2am

Over the past few years Oakland has been transforming into a thriving mecca for arts and entertainment. As a part of that transformation Evolve has sprouted up and rapidly became the cornerstone for soulful dance music in the east bay. What you can expect from a night at Evolve is the best DJ's in the bay playing their hearts out, an extremely diverse crowd of literally all walks of life, and a good time
Evolve 2nd Fridays. $10 cover

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