COYOTE Calendar: October 22-October 28

Welcome to the COYOTE Calendar. Here are this week's hand-picked events, just for you. (This week, Reo's on vacation, so Soleil is taking over!)

The rapid ramp-up to Halloween is coming! Do you feel it in the air? ‘Til then, we’ve got Walktober, a citywide walking fest in San Francisco, if you need practice for the big trick or treat trek. In Monterey, the California Seaweed Festival on Oct. 24 will include music, dance, lectures, and cooking demos all about our ocean’s greenery. Litquake continues to take over the Bay Area — at least until Oct. 24. Meanwhile, the Bay Area Musical Improv Festival will be running at Oakland’s All Out Comedy Theater until Oct. 25. And the North Bay is now teeming with pumpkin patches and corn mazes, all running until Oct. 31. One of my aspirations in life is to make it down to the Winchester Mystery House for Festival Fright Nights; maybe this year’s the year!

By the way, COYOTE is hosting a LitCrawl event in San Francisco on Oct. 24! (Scroll down for more details.) See you there?

This week we also have a broth bar buffet, a backwards reading of the U.S. Constitution, rice porridge for dogs, and more. We'll post new events each Wednesday. Go forth and enjoy!

• Three Stone Hearth 20th Anniversary 〰️ To celebrate 20 years of tasty takeaway cuisine, Three Stone Hearth is throwing a big ol’ party featuring speeches from local electeds, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and an all-you-can-sip broth bar. 〰️ 10am–5pm 〰️ Three Stone Hearth, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Freakyoke at Grocery Outlet 〰️ This is the year of people partying at grocery stores, and GrossOut is no exception. Freakyoke is hosting an unofficial karaoke party in the parking lot of the new Grocery Outlet in Eastlake. 〰️ 4pm 〰️ Grocery Outlet on East 18th, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Carved in Silence Screening 〰️ Felicia Lowe, an Angel Island detainee descendant and filmmaker, will be talking about the Angel Island Immigration Station, where Chinese immigrants were detained during the Chinese Exclusion Era. 〰️ 4–5pm 〰️ Corte Madera Library 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• hej hej Pop-up 〰️ Swing by for Swedish hotdogs, candy, and wine! Though I don’t think the wine will be Swedish. Which is a good thing. 〰️ 5–8pm 〰️ Rampant Wine, San Francisco 〰️ more info
• The Philosophy of Huey Newton: Delio Vásquez in Conversation with East Bay Yesterday 〰️ As the Black Panther Party turns 60 this year, multiple organizations plan to look back at their legacy. Here, Delio Vásquez will discuss his new book, Huey P. Newton: I Am We, an intellectual history that makes the case for the Black Panther Party co-founder as a true philosopher, in conversation with East Bay Yesterday host Liam O'Donoghue. 〰️ 6–7:30pm 〰️ Local Economy, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• NightLife: Día de los Muertos 〰️ Cal Academy's fourth annual Día de los Muertos celebration will feature an alebrije honoring Claude the alligator (RIP), calavera face painting, live music and dance, lotería, crafts, and stargazing. 〰️ 6pm 〰️ California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 〰️ $26 〰️ more info
• Let The Land Breathe: The History of East Bay Shellmounds 〰️ Did you know that there used to be 425 shellmounds in the East Bay? Learn more shellmound facts and history with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, which will present on the history of the East Bay shellmounds, the humanmade structures that used to proliferate here. 〰️ 6–7:30pm 〰️ Berkeley Public Library - West Branch 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• 1for1 Opening Reception 〰️ 1for1 is a new Tenderloin cultural and political education space next to the Compton's Cafeteria Riot site. The opening party will include a short screening and hang time. 😷 COVID SAFE: masks required and provided. 〰️ 6–8pm 〰️ 1for1, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• everything computer 〰️ The central provocation of this new exhibition is, What even is a computer? Can we think more broadly about what a computer could be when it’s divorced from capitalism and efficiency? Come check out the playful, tactile and experimental computers made by artists, designers and technologists, with drinks, light bites and hands-on installations. 〰️ 7–9pm 〰️ tiat (the intersection of art & technology), San Francisco 〰️ $10 〰️ more info

• Introduction to Tools Workshop 〰️ Perhaps, like me, you see event listings for birdhouse-making and welding workshops and feel intimidated because you barely know how to work a drill. This is for you! Swing by to have pros teach you how to use basic tools for woodworking. 18+; financial aid available. 〰️ 11am–3pm 〰️ Ace Makerspace, Oakland 〰️ $100 〰️ more info
• Halloween Market 〰️ This combination Halloween market and Berkeley Humane Society fundraiser features 19 artists and makers, tarot, live music, food vendors and poetry readings. 〰️ 5–9pm 〰️ Donkey & Goat Winery, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Ovinloven @ Tessier Winery 〰️ You’ll find some truly inspiring portable pies at this potluck, which promises some spooky-themed treats on this week’s menu. 〰️ 5–9pm 〰️ Tessier Winery, Berkeley 〰️ more info
• Hella Good Night 〰️ Love to see a big blowout Bruce Wayne-ass benefit concert! This party, a benefit for Arts of Oakland Kids, will be headlined by Jwalt — also known as original COYOTE co-founder Alan Chazaro’s former student. 〰️ 6–9pm 〰️ Fluid510, Oakland 〰️ $30+ 〰️ more info
• Fuchsia Dunlop Author Talk 〰️ Chinese cookbook author Fuchsia Dunlop is coming to San Francisco to show off her new book, The Five Tastes, which includes 120 recipes for dishes that showcase the unique flavors of Chinese cuisine. She’ll be in conversation with iconic food-science author Harold McGee. 〰️ 6:30pm 〰️ Omnivore Books, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• MACLA Presents: Diana Gameros in Concert Featuring Magik*Magik 〰️ Diana Gameros performs “Volver a la Luz,” a musical journey through memory, migration and love, with her band and the Magik*Magik String Quartet, which we wrote about last month. 〰️ 7:30pm 〰️ MACLA, San Jose 〰️ $12+ 〰️ more info
• First Contact: An Extraterrestrial Disco 〰️ If seeing E.T. in that wig gave you uncomfortable thoughts, this intergalactic disco night would be a great way to process them. Get down to cosmic house, hi-NRG and space soundtracks. “Ceremonial attire from your home planet encouraged.” Don’t be a smartass and dress like an Earthling, OK? 〰️ 9pm 〰️ Public Works, San Francisco 〰️ $16+ 〰️ more info

• Traditional Chinese Watercolor with JunJun 〰️ Pair a morning in the North Bay’s most beautiful teahouse with a slow-paced painting session. Artist JunJun Li will show you how to paint cranes in traditional Chinese watercolor, plus calligraphy, with free-flow tea and snacks. If you can’t make it this time, this happens every 4th Saturday. 〰️ 9–11am 〰️ Two Trees Tea House, Occidental 〰️ $40+ 〰️ more info
• Deadlift and Drag 〰️ We love to see queers with barbells! This QTBIPOC-centered deadlift meet includes the customary feats of strength as well as drag costumes and performances. Sliding-scale registration, open to all levels. 〰️ 10am–3pm 〰️ Radically Fit, Oakland 〰️ $75-200 sliding scale to compete, NOTAFLOF, attendance tickets cheaper 〰️ more info
• Reptile Realms: San Jose Reptile Show 〰️ Did you watch You Can See Everything and think, ‘I’d also love to have a random lizard roam around my house’? Then swing by the reptile show to shop live reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, plants and supplies. Also runs Oct. 25. 〰️ 10am–5pm 〰️ Santa Clara Fairgrounds, San Jose 〰️ $15 〰️ more info
• Alemany Farm Harvest Festival 〰️ It’s been 21 years of the coolest farm in San Francisco, and they’ll commemorate the occasion with garlic painting, a pig roast, screen printing, and lots more fun stuff. 〰️ 11am–3pm 〰️ Alemany Farm, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Cider Circus 〰️ Sample low intervention ciders, co-ferments, and liqueurs both local and imported. There’ll also be apple bobbing, cider press demos, lawn games, and snacks galore. And yes, there will be clowns. I guess that’s the circus part. 〰️ 12–5pm 〰️ Steamer Landing Park, Petaluma 〰️ $75 〰️ more info
• Sneaker Fest Bike Ride 〰️ As part of Oakland’s Love Life Week, the Scraper Bike Team is hosting a community bike ride to Sneaker Fest at the Black Cultural Zone's Sole of the Town. Meet in front of the Arroyo Rec Center. 〰️ 12pm 〰️ Arroyo, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• IndigeQueer Medicine: Traditional Knowledge & Generational Healing 〰️ “What is IndigeQueer medicine? What do we bring to our culture, our people, our artforms, and how do we as IndigeQueer culture bearers affect change in our communities through our medicina?” Practitioners will discuss what IndigeQueer medicine is, with songs by Wakan Wiya Two Spirit Drum and an ancestor altar. 〰️ 1–4pm 〰️ UC Gill Tract Community Farm, Albany 〰️ FREE but donate if you can 〰️ more info
• A Reading of the NOITUTITSNOC 〰️ To refresh our understanding of what it actually means, artist Christy Chan will read the U.S. Constitution backwards, followed by a panel moderated by Jeff Chang with experts on law and ethnic studies. “In a time when the fundamental liberties of immigrant communities and BIPOC Americans are once again under siege, Chan invites us to ask: ‘To whom do these historic words, and by extension, our human and constitutional rights, get to belong?’” 〰️ 1–2:45pm 〰️ Berkeley Public Library - Central Branch 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Tarantula Trek 〰️ Go forth with the Youth Science Institute to spot male tarantulas as they journey through Alum Rock Park in search of love. At the time of this writing, there are only eight tickets left! 〰️ 3–4:30pm 〰️ Alum Rock, San Jose 〰️ FREE but RSVP required 〰️ more info
• DEAD SERIOUS 〰️ “DEAD SERIOUS brings together artworks that make us laugh, smile, squirm, groan, do a double take, or wonder whether we should be laughing at all.” Today’s the opening, but the show will run until Dec. 12. 〰️ 4–8pm 〰️ 120710, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Haunted Mare Island 〰️ The site of the first naval shipyard on the West Coast, Mare Island is mostly associated with ruin of the industrial kind. But according to ghost hunters, it’s also a hotbed of paranormal activity. Join paranormal investigator and author Jeffrey Dwyer, Ph.D. as he regales with crowd with tales of Mare Island’s phantoms. 〰️ 4pm 〰️ St. Peter's Chapel, Vallejo 〰️ $15adv/$20door 〰️ more info
• FAHM Fest 〰️ A celebration of Pinoy power and creativity featuring a fashion show, Filipino mahjong lounge, pop-up tattoos, local vendors, and DJs. The party becomes 21+ after 9pm. 〰️ 5pm–12am 〰️ 7th West, Oakland 〰️ $13.33 〰️ more info
• Harakat at Jerusalem Coffee House 〰️ After temporarily closing during their fight against the Justice Department, Jerusalem Coffee House is BACK with a Harakat car culture meetup. Harakat, which means “movement” in both Arabic and Pashto, is a celebration of custom cars in the SWANA community. 〰️ 6–10pm 〰️ Jerusalem Coffee House, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• 2nd Annual Hoochie Heauxdown 〰️ Line dancing, meet hoochie culture. Come on down and do-si-do while wearing your hoochiest fit. There will be prizes at stake, including “cutest cowboy” and “most on-theme outfit.” 〰️ 7pm 〰️ We Heal Different, El Sobrante 〰️ $20+ 〰️ more info
• The Little Shop of Horrors Screening 〰️ The original Roger Corman version of the legendary plant-based horror story, paired with a live orchestra. 〰️ 7pm 〰️ Orinda Theatre, Orinda 〰️ $45 〰️ more info
• COYOTE LitCrawl Event ☼ 〰️ Is cereal soup? Are people in SF or Oakland more fashionable? Does Charlie XCX sound like Taylor Swift with vocal effects? What's your funniest, hottest, or most polarizing take? COYOTE Media Collective rounds up local journalists to kick objectivity to the curb and share their most extreme opinions. 〰️ 8–9pm 〰️ Fingersnaps Media Arts, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Hot Goth Night: Halloween 〰️ Hot Goth GF presents a seasonally appropriate goth night with DJ sets by Skoto and HGGF, live performances. and a costume contest at 11:30pm. Category is: SICKENING! 21+. 〰️ 9pm 〰️ Thee Stork Club, Oakland 〰️ $15/$20 door 〰️ more info
• GLOSS: A Punk Horror Drag Show 〰️ Get your freak on at this trans and queer Halloween punk rock extravaganza featuring a vinyl set by DJ Meat Sweats and a slate of horror-themed drag performances. Costumes encouraged; doors at 9. 〰️ 10pm 〰️ El Rio, San Francisco 〰️ more info

• Ladies Under the Hood 〰️ Brakes sounding weird, but you don’t always want to rely on someone else to tell you why? Take this women’s class on brake maintenance and how to identify the squeaks and creaks. 〰️ 10am 〰️ GaragePass, Oakland 〰️ $20 〰️ more info
• Bike-a-Thon 〰️ Help fund Cycles of Change’s transit justice and youth empowerment programs in the East Bay and have a glorious ride at the same time. Proceeds from Cycles’ seventh annual fundraiser will go to the Bikery, an Oakland shop that primarily serves a working class and predominantly BIPOC clientele. 〰️ 10am–2pm 〰️ Albany Beach, Albany 〰️ more info
• Astranda Bakery @ Village 〰️ The best cinnamon rolls in the Bay Area will be available at Vallejo’s premiere vinyl cafe and bar this weekend! Skip the line and ensure you don’t miss the sale with a $12 preorder (roll plus drip coffee or tea). 〰️ 10am 〰️ Village, Vallejo 〰️ more info
• The Jook-Off: A Cook-Off for Pups & People 〰️ The chillier weather has come just in time for the Jook-Off: a friendly competition where the nuances of rice porridge take center stage. This time, the contestants are the Asian Women's Shelter's executive director, Orchid Pusey and Vets in Vans founder Dr. Tracy Huang. There will be jook for both humans and dogs. I guess there’s no reason why you couldn’t try both. 〰️ 11am–1pm 〰️ Muttville, San Francisco 〰️ $35 〰️ more info
• Likha Lane 〰️ In honor of Filipino American History Month, MOMENT is assembling 20+ artists, makers, performers, and small businesses in a sweet little outdoor market. 〰️ 12–5pm 〰️ MOMENT San Pedro Square, San Jose 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Hallowbean Bean-up 〰️ All hail the bean-up! Join fellow bean lovers at this potluck in a park. It’s actually quite exciting to see how folks try to push the boundaries of the legume arts. Costumes encouraged. 〰️ 1–3pm 〰️ Willard Park, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Kulintang Music Concert 〰️ This Filipino American History Month, why not get a little pre-colonial with it? There’s no better way than to listen to some ancient Filipino percussive music by Kulintang Dialect, a group that embraces both traditional instrumentation and the radical politics of the Bay Area. 〰️ 2pm 〰️ Civic Center Library, Livermore 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Full Moon Hike 〰️ Watch the moon rise over the Macayamas with a crew of fellow hikers. This 4.2-mile hike is rated “moderate-to-strenuous,” but the view’s totally worth the work. Bring a flashlight, and leave kids under 7 at home. 〰️ 4:30–7:30pm 〰️ Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Kenwood 〰️ $5-$10 〰️ more info
• Frede Pop-up 〰️ Chef Gaby Maeda and Blake Cole, formerly of the beloved Friends and Family, are popping up at 18 Reasons with a slate of Hawaii-meets-Bay Area dishes. Their new concept, Frede, is currently a pop-up, but keep an eye out for when they finally find a spot to call home. 〰️ 5pm and 7:30pm 〰️ 18 Reasons, San Francisco 〰️ $120 〰️ more info

• Salon Hala with special guest Dean Spade 〰️ Activist and author Dean Spade is leading a workshop that’ll be well worth the time for anyone hoping to organize amid the many shitty things that are stressing everybody out. Sometimes those shitty things make us kind of bad at showing up and working through the little conflicts — and that’s where this workshop comes in. There’ll also be performances! ASL interpretation available. 😷 COVID SAFE: masks required and provided. 〰️ 6pm 〰️ The Lab, San Francisco 〰️ $26.50 NOTAFLOF 〰️ more info
• The Bad Art Mask-querade 〰️ Stumped on a Halloween costume? Bad Art Club is coming to the rescue with a bunch of crafty stuff that you’ll be inspired to slam together to make some kind of thing to wear on your face. 〰️ 6–9pm 〰️ The Faight Collective, San Francisco 〰️ $17+ 〰️ more info
• Wrapt: “Compression” - An AfterDark Rope Jam 〰️ If you like to be squished but don’t know how to make it happen, this is the workshop for you. Loaner ropes provided. 〰️ 6:30pm 〰️ Stopgap, San Francisco 〰️ $38+ 〰️ more info

• Name and Gender Change Clinic 〰️ Let’s be honest, navigating the bureaucracy behind ID name and gender changes is a huge pain in the ass. If you want your ID to reflect your real name, do yourself a favor and check out this super helpful drop-in clinic, which will guide you through the BS paperwork and answer any questions you may have. 〰️ 3–6pm 〰️ Transgender District Office, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Fatimah Asghar and Hieu Minh Nguyen on Daughter of the Mountains 〰️ Fatimah Asghar discusses the poetry collection Daughter of the Mountains in conversation with Hieu Minh Nguyen. The book “grapples with multiple facets of fulfillment, betrayal, love, loss, and longing, illustrating how place, lineage, and environment inform the practice of spirituality and vice versa.” 〰️ 6–7:30pm 〰️ Local Economy, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• They Told Me Back Home Would Be Beautiful Book Release 〰️ Elena Dudum grew up in West Portal in SF, raised in a Christian Palestinian family. In her memoir, she tells the tale of a family trip to Palestine, where the harsh reality and painful family history left its mark. In her book, she blends cultural critique with memory and family history. At her book release party, she’s joined in conversation with historian Ussama Makdisi and writer Theresa Padden. 〰️ 7–8pm 〰️ Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Wonderfest: Popular Myths of Astronomy 〰️ What do you mean, parsecs are real?? If you also didn’t know that, this talk with Prof. Thomas Targett is for you. In this lecture, he’ll dig through all the things Hollywood gets right and wrong about outer space. 〰️ 7–8:30pm 〰️ Hopmonk Tavern, Novato 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info

• Walk with a Naturalist 〰️ Tour the exhibit a small ocean swallowed, which explores human’s relationship with water, with fiber artist Shelby Hendricks. Hendricks’s background in biology and anthropology means she’s particularly qualified to guide visitors through big questions, such as the role water plays in human interconnectivity. 〰️ 12:30–1:30pm 〰️ San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose 〰️ FREE with admission 〰️ more info
• Beyond the Frame: Amplifying Disability Stories 〰️ This screening includes a short film, Audio Description followed by a feature length film, The Rebound: A Wheelchair Basketball Story. The panel that follows includes filmmakers from both films, a UC Berkeley staff member with an extensive sporting background, and a paralympic two time gold medalist and Emmy award winner. 〰️ 2pm 〰️ UC Berkeley, Berkeley 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Bay Area Queer Writers Presents: Bump In The Night 〰️ So much contemporary horror is written by queer folks these days, and it’s changing the landscape of gothic narratives, folk tales, body horror, and thrillers (we see you, fans of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma). Support your local queer storytellers, win a costume contest, eat Halloween treats and support Openhouse SF at the same time. 〰️ 7pm 〰️ Nomadic Bookshop, Oakland 〰️ FREE 〰️ more info
• Lauren Oraange and the Cuties 〰️ Treat yourself to an indie rock night with Lauren Oraange and the Cuties and Little Oil. 〰️ 7pm 〰️ Ivy Room, Albany 〰️ $12adv/$15door 〰️ more info
• Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha 〰️ In this talk, activist and icon Angela Davis reflects on Nina Simone’s iconic song “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” one of the great anthems of the mid-20th-century Black liberation movement. 〰️ 7:30pm 〰️ UC Berkeley, Berkeley 〰️ $28 〰️ more info
• Oh, Rocky! 〰️ Rocky Horror Picture Show fans, this is totally your night. Party with character performers, get a tarot reading, compete in the costume contest, and help raise money for a new indie theater company. 〰️ 8pm–12am 〰️ El Rio, San Francisco 〰️ $15 〰️ more info

You can see all of COYOTE's past calendar picks here. If you have an event you'd like to see on a future COYOTE Calendar, email us at calendar@coyotemedia.org. If you attended and enjoyed any of these events, we'd love to hear about it in the comments!

*NOTAFLOF = No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds

☼ = This event is put on by an organization that has sponsored COYOTE or purchased ad space. Calendar events are selected irrespective of sponsorship decisions elsewhere on the site.