Crab Feeds; Lighted Art Festival; FRESH Festival​: NorCal Weekend

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA — Don't sit inside this weekend! Patch has rounded up fun, interesting and entertaining events throughout Northern California – from the beaches of Santa Cruz, through the South Bay, East Bay and the Peninsula, to the uppermost points of North Bay and Wine Country.

Some are free. Some have a fee.

Whether you opt for an activity close to home or a mini day trip, see what's slated this weekend from Saturday, Jan. 11 to Sunday, Jan. 12.

Double-check with event organizers to confirm dates, times and locations in case activities have been updated since posted on Patch.

EAST BAY:

Contra Costa County Historical Society Presents "The Life Story of Olympian Eddie Hart": Alamo Women's Club, Alamo

King Tides Bird Walk: Cerrito Creek, Albany

"Fool La La: Once Upon a Mind": The Marsh Berkeley, Berkeley

"She Kills Monsters": La Val's Pizza, Berkeley

"The Mammaries of Tiresias": Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley

Crab & Tri-Tip Feed: Centre Concord, Concord

Historic Home Tour: Todos Santos Plaza, Concord

Caliban Trio: Mission Coffee Roasting Company, Fremont

Chuckwagon Dinner with Jewels Hanson & Sin Wagon: Elks Lodge Fremont, Fremont

Documentary Screening: "Circles": Niles Discovery Church, Fremont

Free Concert: The Quitters: Livermore Public Library, Livermore

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra's "The Music of Shakespeare": Bankhead Theater, Livermore

Pooch Parade Dog Walk: Sunrise Mountain Sports, Livermore

Crab Feed Fundraiser: Swiss Park, Newark

Crab Feed: Pinole Senior Center, Pinole

California Watercolor Association's 50th National Exhibition: Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton

Craft Bazaar: Characterz Cafe, Pleasanton

Grand Opening: Code Ninjas, Pleasanton

Piano Recital: Minna Fu: St. Clare's Episcopal Church, Pleasanton

Author Event: Margalit Fox and "Conan Doyle for the Defense": Congregation B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek

"Great Wave" Opening Reception: Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek

NORTH BAY/WINE COUNTRY:

River to Ridge Conservation Day: Newell Open Space Preserve, American Canyon

Contemporary African Artists: Gallerie Renee Marie, Benicia

Dixon Moose Lodge Crab & Prawn Feed: Dixon Moose Lodge, Dixon

Kiwanis Fairfield/Solano Satellite Crab Feed: Fairfield Community Center, Fairfield

Lighted Art Historic Walking Tour: Napa County Historical Society, Napa

Napa Lighted Art Festival: The CIA at Copia, Napa

"Beneath the Surface" Opening Reception: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato

Danny Click & the Hell Yeahs! 9th Anniversary Show: HopMonk Tavern Novato, Novato

International Wine Tasting Party: 51-50 Foundation, Novato

Movie Night: "No Place on Earth": Chabad Jewish Center of Novato, Novato

Italian Night Benefit Dinner: Penngrove Community Clubhouse, Penngrove

Rohnert Park Peace Officer's Association Sports Federation Crab Feed: Rohnert Park

Sketchbook Drawing Workshop: Interior Spaces: San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo

"Facing Immigrants, Facing Ourselves": Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael

Post-Holiday Book Sale: Friends Books Store, San Rafael

Salsa Party with Orquesta Borinquen: Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael

La Fayette Lodge Crab Feed: Sebastopol Masonic Center, Sebastopol

THE PENINSULA:

Scavenger Hunt: Palo Alto

Ragazzi Boys Chorus' "SingFest": St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Redwood City

Crab Feed: San Bruno Senior Center, San Bruno

Cymbidium Orchid Auction: San Mateo Garden Center, San Mateo

Comedian Saranne Rothberg's "Find Your Funny": Sunnyvale Senior Center, Sunnyvale

SAN FRANCISCO:

Allstate Hot Chocolate 15K/5K San Francisco: Music Concourse, San Francisco

"Border People": The Marsh San Francisco, San Francisco

Carolina Lugo's & Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco: Peña Pachamama, San Francisco

CMC Sundays: Free Community Music Day: Community Music Center, San Francisco

Drop-In Art Studio: Dreaming in Clay: Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

FRESH Festival: Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco

Intro to Caricature Workshop: Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco

Pianist and Composer Eric Tran: The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco

"PolySHAMory": The Marsh San Francisco, San Francisco

"Reflections on Exile" Opening Reception: Root Division, San Francisco

San Francisco Youth Chorus: First United Presbyterian Church, San Francisco

SF Sketchfest: Cartoon Network's ""We Bare Bears" Go to the Movies!": Marines' Memorial Theatre, San Francisco

Teen Workshop: Ceramic Workshop with Maria Paz: Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY/BEACHES

Harp Festival: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Scotts Valley

SOUTH BAY:

Firebird Youth Chinese Orchestra's "Lunar New Year Concert": Cupertino Community Hall, Cupertino

Tunes on the Terrace: Clos LaChance Winery, San Martin

Heading to Southern California? Then See:

• Bricks LA; Hello Kitty Truck; Winter Snow Fest: SoCal Weekend

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