Free things to do in Greater San Francisco Bay Area, CA

The Plaza North Shopping Center

The 9th annual Cruisin' North car show benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association returns to the Petaluma Plaza North Shopping Center. Spectating is free to the public, and the even...

Redwood City

“The Power of the Pause” Illuminates the Light Within and Promotes Health and Well-being for Individuals, Communities, and the Planet Experience how contemplative practices stre...

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“The Power of the Pause” Illuminates the Light Within and Promotes Health and Well-being for Individuals, Communities, and the Planet Experience how contemplative practices stre...

Berkeley

Recreation Harvest Festival Venue: Cedar Rose Park Address: 1300 Rose St, Berkeley, CA 94702 Open in map Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 11:00am - 4:00pm Add to Calendar Goog...

Lands End

DogFest Bay Area brings the community to the Presidio of San Francisco for a celebration that supports Canine Companions and its mission to provide highly trained service dogs f...

Redwood City

Even in our quietest moments, the brain is never truly at rest. A set of interconnected regions known as the default mode network (DMN) continuously weaves memory, language, and...

Yerba Buena Gardens

A free outdoor concert brings the sounds of Latin soul to Yerba Buena Gardens as Joe Bataan returns for a third appearance in four years. An early standout on Fania Records, he...

Redwood City

As the name suggests, The Clearing (a Farm & Wilderness summer camp in Vermont) is a clearing in every sense—of physical space, of time, of campers' perceptions of their own lim...

First Congregational Church of Palo Alto

“Stanford Shopping Center Cars & Coffee” will be held at Stanford Shopping Center located at Palo Alto, CA 94304 on October 18, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM This cars and coffe...

Redwood City

Learn from a trained docent as you walk among the diverse collection of outdoor sculpture surrounding the Cantor Art Center. Meet at the entrance to the museum.

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As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into the products and platforms children use every day, policymakers face growing challenges in balancing innovation,...

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Drawing on the main models underlying the dynamic structure of contemplative practices in Tibetan Buddhism, this talk explores how we might reconsider the most pressing needs of...

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Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning), called "SEL 2.0" by Daniel Goleman, is a unique program that integrates contemplative education into SEL alongside system...

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Contemplation is an ancient practice of integrating the mind on deeper levels of consciousness. What happens, however, when the mind is extended into machinic life?

Redwood City

This session offers a gentle introduction to a contemplative practice inspired by Tibetan Buddhist traditions, exploring the movement of the mind and its deeper qualities. Begin...

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Moral attention refers to the ability to focus on the ethical dimension of situations and consider the consequences of one's actions on others and society as a whole. Being mind...

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This interactive workshop moves from theory to embodied practice, exploring how secular ethical frameworks can guide meaningful human action in an AI-saturated world. Participan...

Redwood City

What can Buddhist approaches to being human and maximizing human potential teach humanity as it confronts the unprecedented identity crisis of artificial intelligence? Over the...