September 2009
4 posts
Tell the World, the Vivian Girls are coming! →
Free show at Amoeba Records. Thursday, September 10 @ 6pm
Attention Winos: Two Buck Chuck just got cheaper →
Wine outlet, Spencer and Daniels, is having a huge blowout sale September 3-11.
It’s a Free Country Sunday →
Free Sundays at Thee Parkside: The Bay Area’s best acts playing Country, Western, Bluegrass, Americana & Rockabilly.
Time to DIY →
Magazines like Make and ReadyMade offer cool ideas for projects to fill your time with.
August 2009
2 posts
Fix up, look sharp →
Golden Gate University is promoting their FREE lecture series with a week of FREE shoe shines.
Amoebapalooza. Bad name. Good night. →
$5 for musical genius and performance-based mayhem
Be a DJ. Free lesson. →
Free. DJ. Lessons. Whikky Whikky Wha?
This is a Flaming Serpent →
Come check out the newest flaming piece by the Flaming Lotus Girls before they head out to Burning Man
July 2009
14 posts
Get to know your local library… →
At home in Ye Olde Local Book Shoppe.
At Helltrack… the heat is on. →
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s Bike-in Movie Night presenting the 1986 BMX classic, “Rad.” Wednesday, July 29 at 8pm
Eastbound and Down! →
Doors 7:30 PM | Movie 8 PM
FREE - but with a 2 Drink Minimum
Grab a cardboard tube….now fight! →
Come one, Come all and come packing some cardboard. Sunday, July 19, brings SF’s largest cardboard tube fight. Free entry. Free tubes!
Free “summer” Beer →
Stella Artois and some Hoe’d up Hoegaarden White. Light, refreshing, and most importantly FREE
Poetry and Jazz Bebop →
Poetry & Jazz BeBop Session @ Bird/Beckett (Glen Park)
Joyride (Joy + Ride) →
Check out this visual manifestation of one of the most culturally relevant youth-based movements: the urban bike movement.
Avante-Improv at Amoeba Music (haight st.) →
Wednesday July 15 brings this FREE avant-garde super group featuring some of the top improvisers on the West Coast scene to Amoeba in the upper-Haight
Vive la France →
Tuesday, July 14th: 3rd Annual Bastille Day Party at Casanova Lounge
Hot day. Free Slurpee. Thank heaven for 7…. →
Saturday, June 11 (7/11 get it!?), 711 hands out free Slurpees all day. Millions get “brain freeze”.
The legendary Joan Baez for FREE →
This Sunday, June 12, watch a folk legend perform for FREE amongst the beautiful scenery of Stern Grove Park
Travel On The Cheap →
Couchsurfing.org is connecting travelers to couches across the globe.
June 2009
13 posts
Explore the “Exploratorium” →
First Wednesdays free admission to the “Exploratorium” science museum
“Junebug” showing @ Grace Cathedral in Nob Hill →
A movie straight out of Sundance for free? In a church? On a Thursday? I’m tired of question marks - all answers equal yes.
Free Beer (New Belgium, Sierra Nevada) →
Free beer at Bay Area BevMo locations this Friday, June 26 4pm-7pm
“Unemployed Guy…Making Copies…” →
Office Depot is offering free photo-copies and faxing for resumes of anyone who is unemployed. If you’re reading this it probably applies to you.
Film Night in the Park →
$9 movie tickets no longer in your budget? Check out Film Night In the Park, a free outdoor film festival. This Saturday’s screening in Dolores Park: “Goldfinger”
Get your Fixx in Santa Cruz →
Get your New Wave fix this Friday in Santa Cruz as The Fixx perform a free show on the boardwalk.
Weird Science - free →
It almost seems like they don’t want your money at the California Academy of Science. God bless them.
32nd Haight Ashbury Street Fair →
Let the freak-show commence! This Sunday marks the 32nd Anniversary of the Street Fair you just can’t miss. Come out and get far out!
Free Folk (two words funemployment loves) →
Come check out 2 full days of free music. Scratch that, some of the free’est folkiest music the Bay Area has to offer……dig?
Live in the Castro or the Haight? →
Fri- June 12, Sat- 13, Sun- 14, it’s free admission if you live in the Castro, Noe Valley, Cole Valley or the Haight for the penguintastic California Academy of Science.
Date night can be tough when you’re broke →
For a mere $5 this Friday night you can get two tickets to a fun filled Giant’s game.
Free Movie Tonight at Embarcadero →
The Embarcadero Cinema is hosting a free sneak preview screening on Monday, June 8th at 7pm of a brand new Iranian film, “The Song of Sparrows.”
BOA = Museum Free Day →
Got a BOA card? Than you got yourself free admission to some of SF’s best museums. Did I mention, FO FREE?
March 2009
13 posts
Must Have: A Bicycle →
Now that you’re unemployed, there aren’t many things you should own. Most materials possessions are immaterial in your everyday, unemployed …
Watch March Madness for Free →
Want to catch all of March Madness, but you don’t have cable or a TV? Not a problem. This year …
10 Helpful Websites for the Unemployed →
We found a battery of new sites and services–such as LinkedIn JobsInsider, Recessionwire, and Uberi.com–dedicated to providing the kind of …
Must Have: Student ID →
A student ID is the potato for making your unemployment dollars stretch. As long as you aren’t graying, and comfortable …
Third Wednesdays: Free Academy of Sciences →
This Wednesday, March 18, and every third Wednesday, admission to the California Academy of Sciences is free, which …
Free Coffee! →
Every Monday, from 8 am to 10 am, the excellent Four Barrel Coffee is giving away free cups of coffee. …
Cheap Eats: Pho →
Pho (say like fur without the r), the traditional Vietnamese soup, is a great meal for the unemployed of San Francisco: it’s …
Cheap Eats: Pho →
Pho and cheap places to get it
In the News →
Congratulations, you have 651,000 more people to hang out with: The February unemployment numbers / NYTimes
Know where to loaf …
How To: Get more out of toast →
Toast is the breakfast of the unemployed. It’s cheap, quick, and easy. But, whether you slather it with butter or jelly packets …
Free Movie: Gomorrah →
Thursday, March 5, at 8pm New Nothing Cinema will be showing Gomorrah for free. The 2008 film, directed by Matteo Garrone, takes …
Free Movie: Gomorrah →
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]Thursday, March …
Free Movie: Gomorrah →