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July
2009
July 2, 9, 16, 23,
30-Sept. 10 — "Movie
Night" FREE Movies at Courthouse Square,
2200 Broadway, Downtown Redwood City.
July 2nd "Apollo" 13 (G), July 9th "School of Rock" (PG-13),
July
16th "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (PG-16),
July 23rd "Kung
Fu Panda" (G), July 30th "Hairspray" (PG-13). Arrive
early for the best seats (limited number of chairs and
tables are available). Outdoor "theater" with 25-ft
inflatable screen. Thursday Night movies begin at sundown,
approximately 8:45pm. July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 — Summer
Jazz Concert Series No. 23, Stanford Shopping Center
(near Palo Alto).
Enjoy a FUN day out with your family and friends — enjoy
everything from Swing to Jazz. Free concerts take place at the
gardens of Stanford Shopping Center's Clock Tower Plaza (Near
Neiman Marcus). July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 — Nightlife
at the Academy, California Academy
of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. Mingle, explore
the museum at night, interact with scientists and other experts,
enjoy DJ music and no-host bar at "Nightlife" at the
Academy. This makes a FUN night out! 6-10pm. Adults ages 21
and over. July 2-24 — San
Francisco "Summer & the Symphony", San
Francisco. For a complete listing of performances and to order
tickets
on-line,
visit
the San
Francisco Symphony's web site. Groups of 10 or more call 415-503-5311
Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. July 3-Oct 1 — S.F.
Giants LIVE at AT&T Park, San Francisco. Don't
miss your chance to see the San Francisco Giants LIVE at
AT&T Park — one of the best stadiums in the nation.
It's worth it for their GREAT Garlic Fries! July 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 — "Music
on the Square" FREE Friday Night Concerts,
New Courthouse Square, Downtown Redwood City. Come and enjoy
Free Friday Night Concerts at Redwood City's New Courthouse
Square featuring Rock & Roll, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Salsa,
Country and more! 6-8pm. This up-and-coming new area also features
the Century Theaters, outdoor dining, cafes, restaurants and
bars. 650-780-7250 July 3, 10, 17 & 24 & 31 — Sausalito
Jazz & Blues by the Bay, downtown Sausalito,
CA. Enjoy Free Friday Night Jazz & Blues Concerts. Breathtaking
views of Angel Island and
San Francisco Bay provide the backdrop for this Friday night
celebration at Gabrielson Park in downtown Sausalito.
6-8:30pm. 415-289-4100 July 3-Aug 30— Fun Cooking & BBQ
Classes in Sonoma Valley, Ramekins Sonoma Valley Culinary
School, Sonoma. Demo Classes, Kids Cooking Classes, Hand-on
Classes, Chef's Tables, Winemaker Dinners, Culinary Tours, Private
Cooking Class Parties and Team-Building Events. 707-933-0450 July 3-31 — "Central
Park Music Series" FREE Concerts in Central Park,
Downtown San Mateo. Central Park open lawn, south of the Central
Park Recreation Center (with more convenient access to public
parking and restrooms). Free admission. 6-8pm. 650-522-7240
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Celebration — Pier 39,
The Cannery, Beach Street, July 4 — 4th of July Celebration
& Teddy Bear Parade, Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic
Estate, Oakland. Enjoy music and games for kids and adults.
Fun watermelon contests and pie-eating contests.
Children's games include
potato-sack
racing, three-legged racing, children's golf, hopscotch, Jacobs
Ladder, ring-toss, croquet.... and more! Bring a blanket for
your picnic — and a teddy bear for your child to participate
in the Teddy Bear Parade. Have your child dress up and decorate
their teddy bears and bring them along in a wagon, basket or
whatever they can dream up! They will parade with their
teddy bears around the Estate with a chance to win "Teddy Bear
Best
of Show" prizes. Teddy Bear Parade begins at 1pm. Mansion will
be open for free self-guided tours. Admission: Adults $5, children
$2, under 5 free, Family price $12 (2 adults and 2 children).
Tour included. July 4-5 — Fillmore Street Jazz
Festival, Fillmore Street, S.F. Enjoy the largest free July 4, 11, 18 & 25 — Robert
Mondavi Winery "40th
Anniversary" Summer Festival,
Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley.
Enjoy Robert Mondavi Winery's 40th Anniversary Summer
Festival "under
the stars" — great music, wine and fun!
888-RMW-JAZZ or 888-769-5299 July 5-Aug 23 — Stern
Grove Midsummer Music Festival,
Stern Grove (19th Ave and Sloat Blvd), S.F. Free Sunday concerts
featuring live entertainment in a beautiful outdoor amphitheater.
Concerts begin at 2 pm. 415-252-6252 July 6, 13, 20 & 27 — "Jazz
on Main" Concerts, Main Street and Broadway,
Redwood City. Enjoy live music Monday evenings 6-8pm. FREE
admission. 650-780-7250 July 6-14 — Running of the Bulls
Festival - Pamplona, Spain Find
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European Cities with One Click July 10-12 — 14th Annual
San Francisco Silent Film Festival,
Castro Theatre, Castro
Street, S.F. San Francisco's three-day
Silent Film marathon is held every July at The Castro Theatre.
The
festival
is the largest Silent Film Festival in the country. July 10-14— Baseball
All Star Game FanFest in Saint Louis, MO July 10, 17, 24, 31 — FREE
Summer Concert Series — "Friday Nights",
Leo J. Ryan Amphitheater, Foster
City (overlooking Foster City
waterfront). Put on your "Dancing Shoes" and enjoy
live music on Friday nights at Leo J. Ryan Amphitheater in
Foster City. Fun family entertainment! Free admission. 7-9pm.
650-286-3380 July 11-Aug. 23 — Lake
Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Sand Harbor State Park, six
miles south of Incline Village on Nevada Hwy 28, Lake
Tahoe.
All shows 7:30pm. 800-747-4697 July 11 — Bastille Day
Weekend Celebration, Santana Row, San Jose. Opera San
José plans a first-ever concert at Santana
Row. Enjoy
a one-hour concert of French arias and duets from composers Bizet and Massenet,
with Larry Hancock... and more! July 11 — "Poodles
on Parade" Bastille Day Weekend Celebration, Santana
Row, San Jose. As part of the Bastille Day Weekend Celebration,
come and see French Poodles and Friends taking part in the "Poodles
on Parade" event. Registration 12 noon-1pm. Parade 1-3pm.
French-Themed Chef Demos, Petanque on the Lawn... and more! 408-551-4611 July 11-12— 30th Annual
Los Altos Art & Wine Festival, Main & State Streets,
downtown Los Altos. The Los Altos Art & Wine Festival is
ranked among the nation’s Top 75 Fine Arts Festivals — it's
our favorite S.F. Peninsula festival. It is also one of the largest
outdoor Arts & Crafts shows in the Bay Area — featuring
over 450 artists. Live entertainment on 3 stages, gourmet foods,
premium wines and microbrews. Children’s entertainment too.
Arrive early to get a parking space — the Festival gets
VERY crowded and temperatures heat up later in the day. There
are some great little coffee shops for breakfast. Sat 10am-8pm,
Sun 10am-6pm. Free admission. July 11-12— 35th Annual
Scottish Highland Games, Dunsmuir-Hellman Historic Estate,
Oakland. Sheep Dog Demos, Children's Glen, Highland
Games and Country Dance, Crafts, Vendor & Food Booths, Whisky-Tasting,
Mansion Tours, Dancing Demos, Pipe Band Competitions and
fun Musical Performances. 10am-5pm. 510-562-0328 July 11-12 — San Jose
Obon Festival, San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin, Japantown
area of San Jose. Fun two-day event features Japanese food, taiko
drummers, carnival games and largest Obon dance in Northern
California (over 500 dancers). Temple tours and talks. Free admission.
12
noon. 408-293-9292 July 12, 13 and 14 — 2009
Baseball All Star Game in Saint Louis, MO July 14 — Bastille Day
Celebration, Santana Row, San Jose. Bastille Day Celebration
festivities include Petanque on the Lawn: Finals Round, French-Themed
Chef Demos, 5pm Processional and "Cirque de la Bastille:
Under the Big Top" July 16-26 — Festival
Mozaic 2009 Summer Festival, San Luis Obispo, CA. Festival
Mozaic is five centuries of the world's greatest music — Mozart,
Beethoven... and more — all on California’s beautiful
Central Coast. 877-881-8899 July 17-Aug 1 — Carmel
Bach Festival, Carmel, CA. This is a fun
event when visiting Carmel or Monterey.
Carmel Bach Festival has grown to a three-week event
with more than 50 performances by
leading Baroque interpreters from Europe and the Americas. Every
summer, German conductor Bruno Weil leads an international
ensemble of music professionals in an exciting 22-day program
of oratorios, ensemble concerts, orchestral and choral masterworks,
chamber music, recitals, and other musical delights. Free lectures,
family
concerts, and other complimentary events. Order tickets by phone:
831-624-2046 or online. Group Tickets and Gift Certificates are
also available. July 17-Aug 8 — Los Gatos
Shakespeare Festival (3 plays), Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos.
Corner of Blossom Hill Rd and University Avenue. Enjoy two
of Shakespeare's plays: July 18-19 — Connoisseur’s
Marketplace 2009, Santa Cruz Avenue, between El Camino
Real and Johnson Street, Menlo Park. Arts & Crafts, Gourmet
Food, Draeger's Cooking Demo's, Premium Wines and Microbrews,
Live Entertainment, Kid's Zone... and more! 10am-6pm. July 18-19 — Lake Tahoe's
8th Annual Art, Wine & Music Festival,
The Village at Squaw Valley, Lake
Tahoe. Fun 2-day event features
arts & crafts, a benefit wine-tasting each afternoon, and
live musical performances on
outdoor summer stages. 866-818-6953 July 18-Aug. 2 — Free
Shakespeare in the Park Festival "The Comedy of Errors" (Pleasanton), Amador
Valley Community (Santa Rita Road and Black Avenue), Pleasanton,
East Bay. Performances at 7:30 pm. July 20-Aug. 9 — International
Cringe Fest '09, Grand Theater at the Producers' Club,
New York City. The Bad Plays and Bad Musicals Festivals have
morphed into International
Cringe Fest
'09, which this year also includes Bad Films. Audiences
vote every night for winners of the Golden Pineapple, Silver
Tomato, & Bronze Banana, plus Jack Lemons for
the actors. For one ticket, you see 4-5 works arranged in theme
evenings. Tickets
$25 at door; $20 in advance (deadline July 1); $15 students with
ID; $15 film matinees. Mon-Sat
8pm, Sun 2pm (films) and 7pm, and late-night Sat at 10:30pm. Reservations
are strongly recommended.
212-242-6036 July 23 — Sounds of the
Shores, Marlin Park (corner of Neptune and Cringle), Redwood
Shores. Enjoy live entertainment on Thursday evenings 6-8pm.
July 23: Madison Blues Band performs Blues. 650-780-7250 July 23-27 — Apollo
11 Anniversary Celebration "Splashdown 2009",
U.S.S. Hornet Museum, Alameda. July 24-26 — Space Exhibits
and Fun Events. Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of man's first
steps on the moon. Meet former astronaut Buzz Aldrin,
the 2nd man to walk on the moon. July 23-Aug 10 — San
Francisco Jewish Film Festival, S.F. and Bay Area locations.
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival — the world’s
first and largest Jewish film festival — takes place in
San Francisco and three other Bay Area cities and draws approximately
30,000 people every year. Enjoy 54 films from 13 countries, shown
in 5 Bay Area venues (over 99 screenings) — exploring the
best in independent Jewish cinema worldwide. July 24-26 — 31st Annual
Gilroy Garlic Festival, Christmas Hill Park, Gilroy. Calling
all Garlic-lovers! Celebrity Chefs, Garlic Cook-Off Contests,
Arts & Crafts, food and beverages, live entertainment. Admission:
Adults $12, Seniors 60+ $6, Children 6-12 $6, Children under
6 free. 10am-7pm. Tickets are sold at the gate. Gates close at
6pm. Free Parking. 408-842-1625 July 25-26 — The Berkeley
Kite Festival, Berkeley. Kite-Making and Kite-Flying Lessons,
Taiko Drummers, food, music and fun hands-on activities. The
Festival takes place at Cesar E. Chavez Park at the Berkeley
Marina, at the end of University Avenue. Free Admission. 11am-5pm. July 26 — Festa Italiana
Street Fair, North "B" Street, Downtown San
Mateo (bet Tilton & Second). Parade, Arts & Crafts, Bocce
Ball, Chalk Art Gallery, Classic Cars, Italian Food and Live
Music. 10am-5pm. No outside alcohol or dogs permitted. NOTE: Festival
of Art & Wine in Duncan Mills has been discontinued. July 30-Aug. 2 — 41st
Annual
International Grand Ball Championships, San Francisco
Airport Marriott Hotel, Burlingame. Professional and amateur
competitions in Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep,
Mambo, Cha-Cha, Samba, Ramba, Paso Doble, Jive, and Salsa.
Attire for Saturday evening is formal; Friday and Sunday evenings are semiformal.
Daytime
attire is dress casual. Tickets are available at the door. Call ahead for last
minute availability information. 650-366-0504 July-August— Squaw
Valley Summer Events,
The Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, North
Lake Tahoe.
Enjoy fun Summer Events and Festivals in beautiful Squaw Valley. July-October — Yerba Buena Gardens Festival,
Esplanade of Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Howard Street, San
Francisco.
Popular and Operatic Music Series, Cultural Festivals, Dance
Performances,
International Music Concerts, Art Exhibits and more. Free admission. July-Ongoing — San Francisco
Opera Summer Season 2009, War Memorial Opera House, 301
Van Ness Avenue at Grove Street, San Francisco. 415-864-3330 July 2009 Season — San
Francisco "Summer & the Symphony, San
Francisco.
For a complete listing of performances and to order tickets on-line,
visit the San Francisco Symphony's web site. Groups of 10 or
more call 415-503-5311 Tues-Sat 10am-6pm. August Calendar of Fun Events — Coming Soon!
We recommend calling ahead to confirm all dates, times and locations. Every care is taken to ensure that all information in Love to Eat and Travel is accurate and up-to-date; however, information is subject to change.
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