Things to do this weekend Oct 20-21, 2012

** The Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival
Oct 20 - Nov 18, Palo Alto, Campbell, San Jose
http://svjff.org/filmfest2012.shtml

** Sandcastle Contest
Oct 20, 10AM-4PM; Ocean Beach, SF
http://www.leaparts.org/

** Sidewalk Arts and Crafts Fall Festival
Oct 20-21, 10AM-5PM; Menlo Park
http://www.facebook.com/events/478457812186150/

** Family Matinee Series: Thelonious Monk
Oct 20, 11AM; Herbst Theatre, SF
http://www.sfjazz.org/events/f12/matinee-2-thelonious-monk

** Family Science and Astronomy Festival
Oct 20, 2PM - 11PM; San Mateo
http://www.smcas.com/events/family_science_and_astronomy_festival/

** Festival of Chariots
Oct 21, 11AM-6:30PM; People's Park, Berkeley
http://calendar.insidebayarea.com/.../ratha-yatra-festival-of-chariots

** Fort Ross Harvest Festival
Oct 20, 10AM-4:30PM; Fort Ross
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152143696530181

** Potrero Hill Festival
Oct 20, 11AM-4PM; SF
http://potrerofestival.com/

** Fiesta on the Hill
Oct 21, 10AM-6PM; Bernal Heights, SF
http://sresproductions.com/fiestaonthehill.html

** Drop-in Science: Chromatography
Oct 20, 10:30AM; Randall Museum, SF
http://www.randallmuseum.org/Drop-InScience.aspx

** Drop-in Art Making: Photographic Creations
Oct 21, 1PM-3PM; Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF
http://www.thecjm.org/programs/for-families/...

** Dogtoberfest
Oct 20, 11AM-2PM; Upper Douglass Dog Park, SF
http://dogtrekker.com/Event.aspx?id=1650

Things to do this weekend of Oct 12-14, 2012

** Science Safari: Make a Mummy
Oct 12, 7PM-8:30PM; YSI, Vasona County Park, Los Gatos
http://www.ysi-ca.org/

** Diwali Festival of Lights
Oct 13, 10AM-5PM; Memorial Park, Cupertino
http://cupertino-chamber.org/irmevents.aspx?id=41&event=Y

** Cupertino Carnival
Oct 12-14; St Joseph of Cupertino School and Parish
http://www.sjcschool.org/carnival/index.php

** Octoberfest
Oct 13-14; 10AM-6/5PM; Downtown Campbell
http://www.campbellchamber.net/oktoberfest.html

** "The Man Who Planted Trees"
Oct 14, Noon, Villa Montalvo
http://montalvoarts.org/events/man_who_planted/

** Zoppe - an Italian Family Circus
Oct 12-21; Downtown Redwood City
http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/zoppe.html

** Pumpkins in the Park
Oct 13, 10AM-4PM; Guadalupe River Park, SJ
http://www.grpg.org/archives/calendar/pumpkins-in-the-park

** Take flight for Kids festival (without flights)
Oct 13, 9AM-5PM; SJ Reid Hillview Airport
http://www.takeflightforkids.com/

** Horse Fair
Oct 13, 10AM-2:30PM; Woodside
http://www.whoa94062.org/index.php/day-of-the-horse/the-horse-fair
http://www.whoa94062.org/images/WHOA-Docs/DOTH-flyer-2012.pdf

** Happy Halloween and Harvest Fair
Oct 13-14; Roaring Camp, Felton
http://roaringcamp.com/events#harvest_Fair

** Harvest Festival
Oct 13-14, 10AM-5PM; Ardenwood Farm, Fremont
http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/Events/Ardenwood+Harvest+Festival+-+Flyer+2012.pdf

** Art & Pumpkin Festival
Oct 13-14, 9AM-5PM; Half Moon Bay
http://www.miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest/about_show.html

** Chinatown Street Scramble - Urban Adventure Hunt
Oct 13, SF
http://getlostxx.com/Chinatown/Street_Scramble/2012-+

** Music Festival
Oct 13-14; Music starts at Noon; Treasure Island, SF
http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/2012/festival-info/

** Autumn Lights Festival
Oct 13, 6PM-10PM; Gardens at Lake Merritt, Oakland
http://www.anotherbullwinkelshow.com/autumn-lights/

** Penguins+Pajamas Sleepover
Oct 12th, CA Academy of Sciences, SF
https://www.calacademy.org/events/sleepovers/index.php

** Storytelling Festival
Oct 13, 1PM-5PM; Berkwood Hedge School, Berkeley
http://www.berkwood.org/storytelling.html

** Baby Loves Disco event
Oct 13, Noon; San Francisco
http://babylovesdisco.com/events/

** Craft Spirit Carnival
Oct 13-14, 2PM-5PM; San Francisco
http://www.craftspiritscarnival.com/

** Vikingfest
Oct 13, 10AM-3PM; Santa Rosa
http://www.freyalodge.org/images/vikingfestflyer2012.pdf

Things to do this weekend Oct 5-7, 2012

** Fleet Week
Oct 4-9; San Francisco
http://www.fleetweek.us/page_events.html

** Fall Festival
Oct 6-7, 10AM-5PM; Los Altos
http://www.losaltoschamber.org/fall_festival.html

** Chocolate Fest
Oct 5-6; Belmont
http://www.uccbelmont.org/events.html

** Walk and Wag
Oct 6, 9AM-1PM; Kelly Park, SJ
http://hssv.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1120&pg=entry

** Harvest Fair and Expo
Oct 6, 10AM-4PM; Prusch Farm, SJ
http://www.pruschfarmpark.org/harvest-festival/

** Port Fest
Oct 6, 8AM-5PM; Redwood City, Seaport Court
http://www.rwcportfest.org/

** Праздник Урожая/Осенняя Ярмарка - Russian Harvest/Fall Festival
Oct 7, 1PM-4PM; Baylands Park, Sunnyvale
http://kedry.org/index.php/component/...

** Community Day
Oct 7, 10AM-2PM; Gamble Garden, Palo Alto
http://www.gamblegarden.org/events/events.html

** Art and Wine Faire
Oct 6-7, 10AM-6PM; San Carlos
https://www.sancarloschamber.org/textpages/art_wine.aspx

** Wildlife Festival
Oct 7, 11AM-4PM; YSI, Alum Rock Park, SJ
http://www.ysi-ca.org/Events/Events.html

** Columbus Day Parade
Oct 7, 12:30PM; Fisherman's Wharf, SF
http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/parade/index.html

** Children's Music Series
Oct 6, 10:30AM; Berkeley
http://www.lapena.org/event/2255

** Japan Anime Festival
Oct 7, Noon-4PM; Japan Center, SF
http://www.japancentersf.com/

** World Vegetarian and Vegan Festival
Oct 6-7, 10AM-6:30PM; SF County Fair Bldg
http://www.worldvegfestival.com/

** Art, Jazz & Wine Fest
Oct 6-7, 11AM-9/5PM; Pleasant Hill
http://pleasanthillartjazzandwinefestival.com/