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N OV E M B E R 1 6 HOLIDAY HARMONY Pier 39, 415-705-5500, www.pier39.com A multicultural celebration, Holiday Harmony features Bay Area groups performing seasonal favorites from around the world. Pier 39’s majestic tree, adorned with 400 glistening ornaments and 2,000 twinkling lights, will be lit at 5:30pm in the Entrance Plaza. N OV E M B E R 2 1 EMBARCADERO CENTER BUILDING LIGHTING CEREMONY Justin Herman Plaza, Embarcadero Center, 800-733-6318, www.embarcaderocenter.com Bring the family to stroll through a holiday fair, enjoy live entertainment and witness the lighting of the Embarcadero Center’s dramatic office towers, which illuminate the San Francisco skyline with 17,000 lights throughout the season. N OV E M B E R 2 1 – 2 3 SAN FRANCISCO HIP-HOP DANCE FESTIVAL Palace of Fine Arts, 415-392-4400, www.sfhiphopdancefest.com Micaya, local teacher, choreographer and producer, presents hip-hop dance companies from around the world at this award-winning, multicultural dance festival. N OV E M B E R 2 2 – 2 9 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW Moscone Center, 415-331-4406, www.sfautoshow.com More than 40 of the world’s major car manufacturers display 2009model cars, trucks and vans, plus special displays. N OV E M B E R 2 8 GHIRARDELLI SQUARE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY Ghirardelli Square, 415-7755500, www.ghirardellisq.com Ghirardelli’s magical square comes alive with colorful performers, music, Mr. and Mrs. Claus and a 50-foot Christmas tree lighting up the night. N OV E M B E R 2 8 – DECEMBER 21 ( W E E K E N D S O N LY ) THE GREAT DICKENS CHRISTMAS FAIR Cow Palace, 415-897-4555, www.dickensfair.com The Dickens Christmas Fair revives the tradition of an Old English Victorian Christmas with theaters, a music hall, dance parties, taverns, shops, stalls, food, street vendors and period costumes. N OV E M B E R 2 9 – 3 0 THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO CRYSTAL FAIR Fort Mason Center, 415-3837837, www.crystalfair.com More than 40 exhibitors celebrating earth and spirit with a wide variety of gems and minerals (quartz, amethyst, tourmaline, etc.), jewelry, metaphysics, healing tools and the mystical arts. N OV E M B E R 2 9 – 3 0 , D E C E M B E R 6 –7 CELEBRATION OF CRAFTSWOMEN Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, 415-431-1180, www.celebrationof craftswomen.org Visit the 30th annual celebration of the nation’s largest women’s craft fair featuring fine quality crafts from 300 artists working in glass, fiber, ceramics, jewelry, leather, paper, sculpture, wood and other fine arts. N OV E M B E R 3 0 RUN WILD 5K AND 10K Golden Gate Park, 415-7592690, www.rhodyco.com The California Academy of Sciences sponsors this 10K run and 5K run/walk, where participants often dress in wild costumes. DECEMBER 6 UNION STREET FANTASY OF LIGHTS Union St. between Van Ness and Steiner, Fillmore St. from Union to Steiner, 800-310-6563, www.sresproductions.com The parade on Saturday, December 6, launches a monthlong celebration of happenings along this famous street in San Francisco. D E C E M B E R 1 1 –2 8 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET NUTCRACKER War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., 415-865-2000 (tickets), www.sfballet.org “Nutcracker” performed by America’s oldest ballet company presents Tchaikovsky’s beloved family classic every year. DECEMBER 13 PAROL LANTERN FESTIVAL & PARADE Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St., 415-348-8042, www.bayanihancc.org The Bay Area Filipino community gathers for the fifth annual celebration of holiday spirit, hope, unity and pride to the glow of hundreds of lights from colorful handcrafted parol lanterns. Parade begins at 5pm from the center and goes through Yerba Buena Gardens. DECEMBER 27 EMERALD BOWL AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, 415-947-BOWL (2695), www.emeraldbowl.org Enjoy the color and excitement of high-impact college football as two of the country’s top teams clash at the Emerald Bowl on the eve of the new year. EVENTS onlyinsanfrancisco.com 23 http://www.pier39.com http://www.rhodyco.com http://www.ghirardellisq.com http://www.sresproductions.com http://www.dickensfair.com http://www.embarcaderocenter.com http://www.sfballet.org http://www.crystalfair.com http://www.sfhiphopdancefest.com http://www.bayanihancc.org http://www.celebrationofcraftswomen.org http://www.sfautoshow.com http://www.emeraldbowl.org http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com

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