Multi-day events and exhibits:
November 5-6 and 11-12, 10 am - 4pm. Historic Peterson House Holiday Emporium and house tour. Highway 1 at Higgins-Purisma Rd., Half Moon Bay. Info: http://johnstonhouse.org.
November 11-12, 10 am - 4 pm. 40 Years of Amtrak Traveling Exhibit Train. 245 Second St., Oakland. Info: amtrak40th.com.
Houdini: Art and Magic exhibit on display Oct. 2 - Jan. 16, 2012. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., San Francisco. Info: thecjm.org.
Centennial of California Woman Suffrage and Locating Latino San Francisco exhibits on display through Dec. 31. San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Info: sfpl.org.
Presentations:
Friday, November 4, 9 am. Walk to the top of Sweeney Ridge, where Portola first glimpsed the San Francisco Bay. Meet at the trailhead at the very western end of Sneath Lane, San Bruno. Info: historysmc.org.
Wednesday, November 9, 6:30 pm. “The Sixth Star: Women's Suffrage and the Fight for Civil Rights in the Golden Gate”, presented by Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi. Bernal Heights Library, 500 Cortland Ave., San Francisco. Info: sfpl.org.
Saturday, November 12, 10 am - 12 pm. “Early Community Service Centers of West Berkeley”, presented by Steve Finacom. Berkeley Historical Society, 1931 Center St., Berkeley. Info: berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org.
Wednesday, November 16, 6 pm. “Music of the Barbary Coast and Beyond: San Francisco’s Musical Origins,” presneted by James Keller and Leta Miller. Koret Auditorium at San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco. Info: sfpl.org.
Wednesday, November 16, 7 pm. Bonda Lewis presents a one-woman show as suffragist Sara Bard Field. San Francisco Excelsior Branch Library, 4400 Mission St., San Francisco. Info: sfpl.org.
Thursday, November 17, 7 pm. Michael Corbett discusses the creation of the Port of San Francisco. Sponsored by the Presidio Trust. Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop, San Francisco. Info: presidio.gov.
Saturday, November 19, 1 pm. Anthropologist Mark Hylkema tells the story of the Ohlone people, original inhabitants of the Bay Area. San Mateo County Historical Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Info: historysmc.org.
Thursday, November 29, 7 pm. Bill Yenne discusses the history of Noe Valley. St. Philip’s Church, 725 Diamond St., San Francisco. Info: sanfranciscohistory.org.
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