Posted on January 17, 2025 by vcontreras
The Richmond District’s First-Ever Lunar New Year Parade
Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the Richmond’s first-ever Lunar New Year Parade! Schools, community groups, businesses, and artists are invited to participate in this historic celebration by showcasing their creativity and spirit. Join us on Balboa Street and let the audience’s cheers decide the winners. Prizes will be awarded for Best Thematic Float, Most Entertaining Performance, and Best Community Spirit.
For more information please visit the links below:
https://sf.funcheap.com/lunar-year-good-luck-parade-sf/
https://richmondsf.org/event/richmondlunarnewyear/
Posted on January 16, 2025 by jeffgarcia
The Napa Lighted Art Festival is a celebration of creative arts, technology and lights, and supports innovative techniques using light and light technologies as a growing art medium. This walkable outdoor experience is FREE in Downtown Napa featuring 11 lighted art sculptures for five weeks and projection artwork on three iconic downtown buildings for the first nine nights of the festival. Bring the family and experience the magic of lighted art at the 2025 Napa Lighted Art Festival!
Napa Lighted Art Festival
January 18 – February 16, 2025
Friday-Saturday 6-10pm | Sunday-Thursday 6-9pm
Downtown Napa
FREE
January 18th – February 16th projection artwork is back and will be displayed on 3 iconic downtown buildings for the first 9 nights of the festival.
Meet the Artist
Learn more about the artists and their artwork in person! Several of our artists will be visiting the festival and will be available for a more intimate perspective into their background, artistic process, story behind their installation and any other question you may have for them.
This event is FREE for the community
4:30pm – 6pm Saturday, January 18th
Aerena Gallery
600 Main Street, Napa, CA 94559
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Youth Storytime
5:00-6:00pm Saturday, February 1st
1151 Pearl Street
Join us for a Storytime with Napa Bookmine at the Napa Lighted Art Festival! Our friends at Napa Bookmine will be reading short stories and selling books at this year’s installation Down the Rabbit Hole. This is a FREE community event, and everyone is welcome! Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by a responsible caregiver at all times.
Glow Party
6:00-8:00pm Saturday, February 8th
1151 Pearl Street
Get your glow on at the Napa Lighted Art Festival! Come boogie with the disco bunny at Down the Rabbit Hole, an installation by Colorado-based artists Darrell E Ansted and Katie D’Arcangelo. The Glow Party, sponsored by the Children Museum of Napa Valley and Napa Parks & Recreation Foundation, is a family-friendly “art after dark” experience at the Napa Lighted Art Festival. Feel free to dress up and bring your favorite light up items. This is a FREE community event so come enjoy the music and let glow!
For more information please visit the links below
https://donapa.com/event/napa-lighted-art-festival-2025/
https://sf.funcheap.com/2025-napa-lighted-art-festival-jan-18-feb-16/
Posted on January 16, 2025 by vcontreras
Alcatraz City Cruises is offering a “Buy One, Get One Free” (BOGO) ticket promotion to all California residents for the Alcatraz Day Tours! This special “Buy One, Get One Free” ticket promotion is available only to California residents on select 2024 – 2025 dates.
Alcatraz City Cruises
The BOGO promotion only applies to the following dates:
December 3-5, 10-12
January 6-8, 14-16, 21-23, 28-30
February 4-6, 11, 13, 18-20, 25-27
March 4-6
Includes:
Round-trip ferry ride to Alcatraz Island
Award-winning Cellhouse audio tour on Alcatraz Island
Daily optional programs and exhibits
Admission to a new permanent exhibit “The Big Lockup: Mass Incarceration in the United States.”
Depart Alcatraz on any returning ferry, see schedule here.
Dress Code
The weather on Alcatraz is unpredictable and subject to change unexpectedly, so be sure to dress in layers. Follow this link for more information.
Where to Meet
Alcatraz Landing
Pier 33, San Francisco, CA 94133
Cellhouse Audio Tour Included
Tour the Cellhouse at your own pace with the award-winning audio presentation “Doing Time: The Alcatraz Cellhouse Tour”. Stop to picture yourself in a dark solitary confinement cell, hear the stories of life inside from former inmates, and feel the intensity of a prison breakout from correctional officers who lived and worked on the Island.
No one can tell the Alcatraz tale quite like the men who lived it. Hear both sides of life in the Island prison including such famous events as escape attempts, “The Battle of ’46”, “Food Riots”, and “Surviving Solitary Confinement”.
The Cellhouse audio tour is available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Please note: Audio tour refunds are available for Alcatraz Day Tours only. There are no audio tour refunds available for Alcatraz Night Tours. If you prefer not to take the Cellhouse audio tour, we will be happy to refund the audio program portion of the Alcatraz tour ticket price. Please inquire with a supervisor at the entrance to the Cellhouse for refund amount. Audio tour refunds are not given through the Alcatraz City Cruises Ticketbooth or the central reservations office.
For more information pleas visit the links below:
https://sf.funcheap.com/alcatraz-day-tour-limited-buy-one-ticket-get-one-ticket-free-dec-3-mar-6-11/
https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/bogo
