After a full year teeming with talent at Public Works, they close out 2014 with a DJ set by a massive headliner: Grammy-nominated Mayer Hawthorne. In collaboration with Ankh Marketing, they’re stoked to bring out the Michigan-bred and LA-based singer-songwriter-producer to lead the countdown to 2015. Wednesday, December 31, 2014

  Join On Location Tours during this holiday season for the 2nd annual launch of their Holiday Lights & Movie Sites Tour. This guided bus tour highlights how New York City sparkles during the holidays while featuring iconic landmarks as well as some of the city’s hidden gems. See locations from classic holiday

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

  Music by Opulent Temple DJs IN THE RED features a gallery show of over 70 limited edition archival prints on metal, standard framed prints, and stocking stuffer schwag-galore… and, special for this year, 2 custom, FLG built sculptures for auction. Friday, December 12, 2014 @ SOMArts. Tickets are for

  Merrill Garbus has performed as tUnE-yArDs since 2009, and that band name has always been synonymous with forward movement — whether because of her explosive performance style or the always-surprising way in which her songs unfold. Thursday, December 11, 2014 @ 8PM. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

  America’s favorite drunk, high and unemployed Canadians, will return to the stage with a new live show at the Paramount Theatre. Set in a dysfunctional trailer park community in Nova Scotia, Trailer Park Boys became a cult hit with a mockumentary-style TV show that lasted for seven seasons between

Cass McCombs, who’s from Concord, played in countless bands at various DIY spaces in the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest in the 90s, until he relocated to New York. But don’t worry, he relocated to SF in 2011. See him play tracks from his 2013 album, Big Wheel and Others.

  San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green are newfangled Lost Boys, a traveling gang dedicated to seeking wisdom and experience in places both glorious and seedy. In many ways, this quintet is the essence of rock’s adventurous, playfully outlaw spirit, all of which ultimately fuels songs that resonate with classic vibrations,

  Gardens and Villa’s band name is pulled from the location of their house on Villa Street, and the property’s lovely garden to which they tend. The music they make is very much connected to coastal city they call home, Santa Barbara — the stoney bike rides, dance parties, a scene