Alameda, California
[9/27] The Alameda Legacy Home Tour, a self-guided tour featuring five period homes and a church. $30
[9/27] Forbidden Island 10th Annual Parking Lot Sale
[11/7] Phyllis Diller Day art show and vintage clothing sale at Alameda Museum, hosted by Dames aux Gateaux
Austin, Texas
[3/11-3/15/2016] SXSW Interactive
Berkeley, California
[10/11] 1st Annual 924 Gilman Reunion and Block Party, 12-4 PM
Fairfield, California
[9/26-9/27] Candypalooza at Jelly Belly Factory
Germany
[Until 12/16] The World of Tim Burton at Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR
Lake Iseo, Italy [6/18 to 7/3/2016] Christo’s Floating Piers
Las Vegas
[Ongoing] Akhob, an immersive “Ganzfeld effect” experience by artist James Turrell at Louis Vuitton [by appt only: 702-730-3150] HIGHLY recommended!
London
[Until 9/27] Secret Cinema Presents Star Wars [Tickets]
[July 2016] EVA London 2016
Los Angeles
[9/18-9/20] ALONE | Reflection
[9/19] Opening party for Angelyne’s art show at the Museum of Digital Art in Hollywood (with complimentary pink champagne and cake), win a ride in her PINK Corvette, 7-11 PM [Facebook event page]
[9/20] The Broad contemporary art museums opens! Don’t miss Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room. [Tickets]
[9/21] Clifton’s Cafeteria Official Re-opening, $125 [Tickets]
[9/23] Mortified
[9/26] Back to the Future 1 and 2 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Tickets]
[TBD October] ALONE | Absorbtion
Lowell, Massachusetts
[Until 10/16] E is for Elephants – The Etchings of Edward Gorey Thanks, junkculture!
Lucca, Italy
[10/29-11/1] Lucca Comics & Games 2015
Marble Falls, Texas [10/9-10/12] Camp Grounded
Middletown, California
[10/9-10/11] Kinky Salon. DEEP HEDONISM
New Orleans [10/2-10/3] Ponderosa Stomp [Tickets]
New York City
[9/26-9/27] World Maker Faire New York [Tickets]
[11/4] Screening of Art of the Prank, a film based on ‘media trickster’ Joey Skaggs’ work, 7 PM, SVA Theatre, 333 w.23rd Street [trailer], FREE
Nacogdoches, Texas
[10/3] Freethought Convention 2015 [Tickets] Thx, Allison!
Oakdale, California
[9/17-20] Symbiosis Gathering

Oakland
[9/20] Appetite Obscure: Tea in a Tree (Tea Party) at The Eggtooth 3-6 PM [“ HOT WATER AND MULTI-LEVEL TREEHOUSE PROVIDED”]
[9/25] Drawn Together at Children’s Fairyland, 6 to 9 PM, 21+ [Tickets]
[9/26] Grace Jones at Fox Theater [Tickets]
[10/14] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]
[10/15] Beetlejuice at the New Parkway, 9:30 PM [Tickets]
[10/24] FIGMENT Oakland, a free, inclusive, participatory art event
[10/29] George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at New Parish [Tickets]
[10/30 -10/31] Kinky Salon: THE NEW HAUNT at Mission Control Oakland [Tickets]
[11/12] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]
[11/14] ODDVILLE! A Festival of the Awesomely Strange at American Steel Studios, 7 PM, $20 cash only at the door, 21+
[12/10] Drag Me to Bingo, a bingo night with Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence [Tickets]
Paris
[10/10] Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Pasadena, California
[10/10-10/11] NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Annual Open House
[11/21-11/22] Designercon
Petaluma, California
[9/19] Electronic Ranch & Dental Liquidation Sale, 10 AM to 1 PM
Note: You might remember recently that my friend Justin passed away unexpectedly. His widow is hosting this sale of the eclectic stuff from his business. Please take a look…really cool items.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[9/19] El Vez in the city of Brotherly Love
Provincetown, Massachusetts
[8/13-8/19/2016] Carnival 2016: Back to the 80’s
Riverside, California
[9/18-9/20] Boing Boing’s Weekend of Wonder at Mission Inn
[5/20-5/22/2016] Beyond Brookledge at Mission Inn
Sacramento, California
[9/25-9/27] Broken Strings Music Festival, folk-punk fest and campout
San Francisco
[9/16] Bawdy Storytelling: SapioSexual, An Evening of Smart Sex at Verdi Club [Tickets]
[9/16] Nerd Nite SF #64: Virtual Reality, Invented Languages, and Bra Sizing!
[9/18] Library Fridays at Prelinger Library, hosted by Elsewhere Philatelic Society, 1 to 8 PM
[9/18] Live Sex: Feel the Burn, at PianoFIght [Tickets] promocode: AGoodBurn
[9/19] San Francisco Comedy Competition
[9/19] Kinky Salon: Pussyfest 10 PM – 2:30 AM (last one in SF!)
[9/20] 35th Annual Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park, FREE
[9/23] Tonga Room’s 70th Anniversary “Tiki Chic” Party
[9/27] Folsom Street Fair
[10/2-10/4] Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2015
[10/7] Fireside Storytelling: Saved the Day, 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15
[10/9] RARE West Coast appearance! Bread and Puppet Theater: Fire, at Internet Archive [Tickets]
[10/11-10/12] 16th Annual Burning Man San Francisco DECOMPRESSION, 12 PM to 12 AM
[10/15] Robert Henke’s Lumière II, Two shows at Gray Area Art & Technology Theater [Tickets at the door, $15-$35]
[10/17] Litquake’s Chaos, Cacophony, “Bob†and Sublime Stupidity, 7:15 PM at The Chapel, 777 Valencia
[10/29] TEDxSanFrancisco at Pier 70
[until 10/31] Camille Seaman: The Big Cloud at SFO Museum, Terminal 3
[11/2015] Flying Robot international Film Festival (submissions taken until 9/15)
[11/4] Fireside Storytelling: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15
[11/21] Burning Man Arts Presents The Ninth Annual Artumnal Gathering at Bently Reserve [Tickets]
[12/3] Fireside Storytelling: Mind. Blown., 8 PM, Chez Poulet, $15
[12/15 -12/16] X at The Independent
[12/31] PATTI SMITH & HER BAND perform Horses in its entirety this New Year’s Eve at The Fillmore! [Tickets]
[2/11/16] Monica Lewinsky at JCCSF
San Jose, California
[Oct/Nov] Winchester Mystery House Flashlight Tours
San Leandro, California
[9/27] The debut of Abi Fantastic’s mural at the Unicorn Estate
Seattle
“The Obscure, the Charming and the Odd: Mark Pahlow’s Guide to Seattle”
[9/25] Bawdy Storytelling: “Sapiosexual” at Verdi Club [Tickets]
South Bay (California)
[10/16] Day 1: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015
[10/17] Day 2: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015
[10/18] Day 3: South SF Bay Area Home Tiki Bar Crawl 2015
Sun Valley, Idaho
[3/20-3/23/2016] DENT
Spain
[7/4-7/10/16] Nowhere
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