So, you’re broke but still want to stay fit, learn new things, and have fun while you’re at it? Good news! San Francisco is packed with free opportunities, from dance and lawn bowling to chess, sketching classes, writing workshops, and career skill-building. Here’s your click-and-go cheat sheet for free fitness,

From Disco Days to the Tech Craze: 50 Years of ArtSpan SF Open Studios

San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Public Library celebrate the art of storytelling with The Opera in You, a free writing and storytelling workshop series inviting the public to discover their own operatic tales. The workshops will be held at public library branches throughout San Francisco from March through May 2024. Free, live online workshops are also offered. The workshops will culminate in a free public storytelling event on June 15 at San Francisco Public Library’s Main Library Koret Auditoriu

COYOTE (Call Off Your Tired Old Ethics) was founded in San Francisco in 1973 by Margo St. James, a sex worker, who also co-founded St. James Infirmary Clinic in the Tenderloin. COYOTE’s main goals were decriminalization (as opposed to legalization) of sex work, pimping, and pandering, as well as the elimination of social stigma concerning sex work as an occupation. Its work is considered part of the larger sex worker movement for legal and human rights.

The SF Public Library Main Branch reopened on May 3 to all manner of cheering, but it was a pretty limited ‘You can just go to the Front desk’ kind of deal. They reopened the upper floors in June, yet there are still just a mere seven of the 27

Tonight, Thursday October 20th, come celebrate the acclaimed artist Chuck Sperry at the the opening reception of his collection “High Volume,” at the SF Public Library from 6-7 p.m. You are free to wander the fourth floor to check out his awesome work, which will be on display from October