Alameda, California
[8/12] 2nd Friday Artwalk at Studio 23, 7:30 PM

[8/12-8/14] Tomorrow Youth Rep’s Fiddler on the Roof at Kofman Auditorium [Tickets]

[8/15] Self Care Craft Camp #2 – Let’s Make Coconut Sugar Scrub!, 10 AM – 11:45 AM [Tickets]

[9/16] TILT! Stand-Up, Storytelling & Pinball at Pacific Pinball Museum

[11/5] The 23rd Annual Le Bal des Vampires at Alameda Elks Lodge [Tickets]

Austin, Texas
[8/12] Landry’s Austin, TX Solo Gallery Show, 7 PM to 10 PM Thanks, Piph!

[9/3] Austin Stories Reunion Show at Spiderhouse Ballroom, 10 PM

Black Rock City, Nevada
[8/28-9/5] Burning Man 2016 See you there?

Eau Claire, Wisconsin
[9/30] Old Fashioned: The Story of the Wisconsin Supper Club screening 6 PM [Tickets] Thanks, Heather!

Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150]  HIGHLY recommended!

Los Angeles
[Until 9/4] “Portrayals And Perceptions Of Gays In Hollywood” at The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building

[Until 10/2] The Tension Experience: Ascension, “more than immersive theatre, more than a haunted house, more than anything you could imagine.  It is a journey into darkness with the possibility of being reborn in the light” [Tickets]

[Until 11/27] Guillermo del Toro exhibit at LACMA

[8/13] Midnight Double Feature: Edward Scissorhands & Cry Baby at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Tickets]

[8/14] BrunchCon LA at The Reef, 9 AM to 3 PM Thanks, Josh!

[8/20] Black velvet painting class at Velveteria: the Black Velvet Museum, all levels, 2 PM to 4 PM, $15 total

[Begins 9/13] 8-week long Neon workshop at Lili Lakich Studio, 6 pm to 9 PM

[9/17] Horton’s Hayride in San Pedro, CA, 1 PM [Tickets]

[10/1] Dolly Parton at Hollywood Bowl [Tickets]

[10/8-10/9] David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption at Ace Hotel via

[11/6] Krampus mask-masking workshop, 1 PM to 5 PM

[12/5-12/8] Henry Rollins at Largo

Mountain View
[9/24] Dolly Parton at Shoreline, 8 PM [Tickets]

New York City
Quirky NYC by Oriana Leckert:
:: “From Bumper Cars to Torah Taxidermy: A Guide to 25 of Brooklyn’s Most Unusual Museums”
:: “From Elevators to Outsider Art: A Guide to 16 Under-the-Radar Museums in Queens”

[Ongoing] Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel
[Ongoing] Jungle-Ized by Sound Collective, Free
[Ongoing] The Ferry Play on the Staten Island Ferry, $1.99
[Ongoing] More NYC events
[Ongoing] Madame Tussauds New York hyper-reality Ghostbusters Experience

[9/17] Atlas Obscura: Printed Rivals

[9/22] Shep Gordon in Conversation with Anthony Bourdain at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 7 PM

[10/26] Opening night for Wilderness, a “multimedia, documentary theatre experience that illuminates the quest for connection within the 21st century American family”

[11/10] Allee Willis is performing in New York City [More details as I get them]

Oakland
[1st 3 Saturdays in August] Neon soldering party at Cool Neon

[Until 8/14] Opera at the Station, at Oakland’s abandoned station

[Until 9/9] Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Concerts, Fridays, 12 PM to 1 PM, Free Thanks, Jewelz!

[Until 9/25] Altered State: Marijuana in California at OMCA

[8/13] Full Spectrum guided studio tour at American Steel Studios, 2 PM to 4 PM

[8/18] Adventure Design Group, featuring Epic Immersive at the The Go Game HQ, 6:30 PM

[8/27] Puppeteer Tony Urbano at Children’s Fairyland, 2 PM

[8/27] Forbidden Puppet Cabaret at Children’s Fairyland, 21+ [Tickets]

[8/19] Summertime Cuddle Party, Kensington, CA, 7 PM [Tickets]

[8/19] The Lying Party, “an unpredictable evening of LIES,” 7 PM to 10 PM [Tickets]

[8/20] Learn Letterpress Basics at Compound Gallery, $125

[8/21] Flash Mob Short Play Festival

[8/31] Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) performs a Living Room show, $35

[9/10] Exploring Public Art Practices Symposium at Oakland Museum, 1 PM to 6 PM

[9/23] Chronicle Movie Night at Children’s Fairyland [VOTE]

Paris, France
[Until 8/29] Habiter le Campement, Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine au Palais de Chaillot

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
[10/22] El Vez, the Mexican Elvis at The Warhol Museum

Portland, Oregon
[8/11-8/15] World Domination Summit [Tickets]

[9/8-9/11] XOXO 2016 at the Revolution Hall [Register]

San Diego
[8/18-8/21] Tiki Oasis: “Monster Island”

San Francisco
:: “Best storytelling events in the Bay Area”
:: Upscale vs. Frugal SF
[Ongoing] Elsewhere Philatelic Society
[Ongoing] More SF events

[Through Sept] Midwayville, a mixed reality popup carnival at SoMa StrEat Food, 7 PM to 12 AM

[Through Oct] San Francisco Neon Survivors and Icons From the Archives, SF Library, Main Branch, 4th floor

[Until 10/30] Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum (highly recommended!)

[8/10] Fireside Storytelling: “Nerve” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM

[8/11] Freq.Fest.SF [Tickets]

[8/12] Double Feature of The Goonies (7) and The Lost Boys (9:10) at the Castro Theatre

[8/12] “Connection,” Secession Art & Design’s 9th anniversary show

[8/12-10/1] The Speakeasy: illicit bar, crooked casino, immersive theatrical experience at a discreet location near you [Tickets]

[8/12-8/14] Wes Ander-thon Weekend at Roxie Theater, [Tickets]

[8/13] Daylong Retreat with Michael Taft, 10 AM to 4 PM

[8/13] 35th anniversary screening of The Great Muppet Caper at the Castro Theatre, 10:30 AM

[8/14] Chinatown Neon Walking Tour, $15

[8/15] Cherry’s Cheeky Tiki Bang Gang: The Case of the Creepy Christian Camp book launch at Chez Poulet, 7 PM

[8/16] Cocktail Icons: The Martini class at The Interval at Long Now, 7 PM [Tickets]

[8/21] The New Pornographer’s at Stern Grove Festival, Free

[8/27] Tender Nob Neon Walking Tour, $15

[8/28] The Cannaisseur Series: Summertime Wake-n-Bake Brunch at 12 PM [Tickets: FRAULEINCHEF420]

[9/14] Fireside Storytelling: “Storyteller’s Choice” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM

[9/16] Bona Fide (7:30)  and Bawdy Storytelling (10:30) at Verdi Club

[9/7] 7th Annual SuperHero Street Fair 2016, 1 PM to 11 PM [Tickets]

[9/21-9/22] Dent: Space at Innovation Hangar

[9/29] Bobby Bare Sr. + Bobby Bare Jr. at Doc’s Lab, 8 PM [Tickets]

[9/29-10/2] Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park, Free (but super crowded)

[10/1] Descent Into Madness, the release party for Chicken John’s The Book of the Un at 111 Minna, $20 admission (includes book price)

[10/12] Fireside Storytelling: “Games People Play” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM

[10/13] Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary, 8 PM [Tickets]

[10/15-10/23] The Natives Are Restless: “From overthrow to uprising, an epic tale of Hawaiian resilience” at The Palace of Fine Arts [Info]

[11/9] Fireside Storytelling: “Caught in the Act” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM

[11/19] The Artumnal Gathering, 5:45 PM to 2 AM

[12/14] Fireside Storytelling: “Hot!” at Chez Poulet, 8 PM

[10/2017] 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love

San Jose, California
[9/24] Art Party 2016 — An Occasional and Irrational San Jose Arts Fest, 6 PM

[10/4-10/7] Big Ideas Fest, “designing the future of education”

[10/14, 10/15 & 10/16] One-Day Taxidermy Workshop Series [Sign up]

SF Bay Area
[Ongoing] Best swimming holes in the SF Bay Area

[10/7-10/9] Art Car Fest [Crowdfund]

Santa Fe, New Mexico
[Ongoing] Meow Wolf [Read this] [Tickets]

[9/2] The 92nd Annual Zozobra

Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”

Somerville, Massachusetts
[9/24] What the Fluff? Fluff Festival

Sonoma County, California
[8/12-9/25] We Players presents Romeo and Juliet, “ a site-responsive staging of the classic” in Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park, “a historic old California rancho” Thanks, Albert!

Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/19/2017-3/22/2017] Dent 2017, a creative retreat for people who want to “put a dent in the universe,” as Steve Jobs once said. (Highly recommended!)

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