A Weekend Affair

San Francisco has always been known for its eccentric quirkiness and artsy vibes, what with the rise of burgeoning street art and amount of art galleries popping up all over the financial district.

Asian Art Museum

Showing “Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” exhibition that examines the expansion of culture and change in economy through the use of trade routes traversing Mesopotamia and the Greco-Romans.  Objects excavated from over 10 archaeological sites spread through Arabia stand as evidence of the commercial dealings among which statues, glass work and jewelry can be found.

• Civic Center

          200 Larkin St

Legion of Honor

“Masters of Fire: Copper Age in the Holy Land” and exhibition on display through Jan. 4 In yet another exhibition about the Middle East where over 400 copper objects found by Israeli archaeologists in 1961 will be on display.

“This is the first United States exhibition devoted to the art and culture of the Chalcolithic period (Copper-Stone Age, ca. 5500–3500 BC) in the Southern Levant (modern-day Israel and surrounding lands) ” -Ancient Art Council

• Lincoln Park
  100 34th Avenue
  San Francisco, CA 94121

  Sea Cliff

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

“Room for Big Ideas: Emergent Atlas”

Multi-media artists Amy Ho, Dimitra Skandali with collaborators Heejin Jang and David Janesko, Reuben Telushkin, and Ben Valentine in collaboration with An Xiao Mina. The show examines urban aesthetic of the internet memes and how their development can alter the reality of mass culture.

• 701 Mission St
  San Francisco, CA 94103

  b/t 3rd St & Opera Aly in Financial District, SoMa

SOMArts Cultural Center

“Place/Displaced” exhibition through Dec. 13

• 934 Brannan St
  San Francisco, CA 94103

  b/t 8th St & James Lick Fwy in SoMa

After getting an eyeful of these exhibitions continue the day with a good laugh either at Cobbs comedy center or indulging in the nightlife hte various pockets of the city has to offer.

Punch Line

Sf Comedy Showcase @ 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14

Robert Duchaine 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11- Saturday, Dec. 13

• 444 Battery St
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  b/t Merchant St & Washington St in Financial District

Monarch SF

Ugly Sweater Party Saturday, ($20) Dec. 13 @ 10 p.m.

• 101 6th St
  San Francisco, CA 94103

  b/t Minna St & Mission St in SoMa

Rickshaw Stop

Friday, Dec. 12 @ 9 p.m.: College and Sea Traffic for only $15-$17

• 155 Fell St
  San Francisco, CA 94102

  b/t United States Highway 101 & Franklin St in Civic Center, Hayes Valley

The Masonic

Presenting Alice in Winterland with Ed Sheeran, Train and Christina Perri

Time: 7:30 p.m. ($100-$150.50)

• 1111 California St
  San Francisco, CA 94108

  b/t Jones St & Taylor St in Nob Hill

The Make-out Room

Jon Sindell: The Roadkill Collection- Wednesday, Dec 10 @ 7 p.m.

Dub Riot- Thursday, Dec. 11 @ 6 p.m.

*The above events are FREE

Writers with Drinks- Saturday, Dec. 13 @ 6:30 p.m.($5-$20)

• 3225 22nd St
  San Francisco, CA 94110

  b/t Bartlett St & Mission St in Mission