Bill Graham Menorah Lighting

Perry Ferrell appears at Sunday afternoon’s Hanukkah candle lighting in Union Square, and, later, in concert at the Fillmore. (Courtesy Gabriel L'Heureux)

Dec. 2-4: Perry Ferrell, Bill Graham Menorah Lighting, Cappella SF, Thalea String Quartet, Nine Inch Nails, SFFILM Awards Night, World Tree of Hope Tree Lighting, Jake Shimabukuro, David Hogg

SUNDAY, DEC. 2 Perry Ferrell: The Jane’s Addiction rocker and co-founder of…

 

Entry to the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park is free the second Tuesday of every month; the walkway by the Moon Viewing Garden (with blooming Japanese maples) is pictured. (Courtesy Saxon Holt)

Dec. 12-13: SF Botanical Garden free day, Bill Graham Menorah Lighting, CeCe Winans, Edwin Hawkins at SF Symphony Holiday Soul, Eureka Science Comedy, Mike Stern, NVDES, Lockwood Barr

TUESDAY, DEC. 12 S.F. Botanical Garden free day: Fall is a particularly…

 

Grizzly Bear opens a two-night engagement at the Warfield. (Courtesy Tom Hines)

Dec. 11-12: Grizzly Bear, Cindy Wilson, Metz, Elizabeth Cobbs, Holiday Art Mart, Safeway Ice Rink, Bill Graham Menorah Lighting, Mike Stern

MONDAY, DEC. 11 Grizzly Bear: The indie-folk-psychedelic-rock band is on its first…

 

French designer Pierre Hardy’s Powerama is among the cool shoes in “Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture” at the Oakland Museum. (Courtesy Ron Wood/ American Federation of Arts/Bata Shoe Museum)

Dec. 26-27: Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture, Bill Graham Menorah Lighting, JCC Hanukkah Candle Lighting, Exploratorium, Tomás Saraceno, Kevin Camia

MONDAY, DEC. 26 Out of the Box-The Rise of Sneaker Culture: The…

French designer Pierre Hardy’s Powerama is among the cool shoes in “Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture” at the Oakland Museum. (Courtesy Ron Wood/ American Federation of Arts/Bata Shoe Museum)
Nick Cearly and Lauren Molina are The Skivvies, performing stripped-down tunes in their undies, at ACT’s Strand. (Courtesy photo)

Dec. 23-24: The Skivvies: Holiday Roadkill, Bethlehem A.D., Will Bernard, Karen Lovely, Ali Wong, Sarah Tiana, S.F. Gay Men’s Chorus, Bill Graham Menorah Lighting

FRIDAY, DEC. 23 The Skivvies: Holiday Roadkill: Broadway’s Lauren Molina and Nick…

Nick Cearly and Lauren Molina are The Skivvies, performing stripped-down tunes in their undies, at ACT’s Strand. (Courtesy photo)