MAY
May 1 - The Breeders will make an appearance at Amoeba Music, San Francisco.

May 2 - The film Iron Man opens.
May 2 - The (limited) opening of the film Son of Rambow.

May 3-4 – The Maker Faire, San Mateo County Fairgrounds.
May 4 - The Japanese Nikkei Matsuri Festival in Japantown, San Jose.

May 6-7 - Flight of the Conchords play the Town Hall Theatre, NY.

May 9-11 - The 37th annual Stanford Pow-Wow.
May 10 - The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, opens their exhibit of the Babbage Engine.

May 16 - Actor/author/director Henry Winkler speaks at the Menlo Park library. Coool! ‘The Fonz.”

May 17 - The Blogadilla 1 year anniversary!!
May 17-18 - The Super-Con comic book convention/nerd-fest in San Jose, CA.
May 17-18 - The Campbell ‘Boogie on the Bayou’ Festival, Campbell, CA.
May 18 - The San Francisco Bay to Breakers race and lunatic festival.

May 22 - The San Jose Sake Tasting Festival, San Jose, CA.
May 22 - The long-awaited film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens.
May 22 - The Yard Dogs Road Show hobo cabaret plays the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, CA.
May 22-23 - The “Mortified” (live) show in San Francisco.

May 23 - The (limited) opening of the John Cusack film War, Inc..
May 23-26 - The Fanime Japanese Anime cos-play and shut-in convention, San Jose, CA.

May 24-25 - The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, Morgan Hill, CA.

May 25 - The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley.
May 25 - NASA’s Phoenix Lander will land near the north pole of Mars.
May 25 - The Crucible in conjunction with NASA present a Mars-themed show “Fire and Ice,” Oakland, CA.

May 27 - Flight of the Conchords play Hob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco.

May 29 - Flight of the Conchords play Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco.

May 31 - The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Harrah’s, Lake Tahoe.

JUNE
June 1 - Season 3 premier of the Venture Bros on [adult swim].

June 2 - The “Mortified” (live) show in NYC.

June 6 - The Adam Sandler film You Don’t Mess with the Zohan opens.
June 6 - Krispy Kreme is having a Free Doughnut Day!!!
June 6-7 - The “Mortified” (live) show in Portland, OR.

June 13 - The Edward Norton film The Incredible Hulk opens.

June 20 - The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, Petaluma, CA.

June 27 - Ticket for Lebowskifest San Francisco go on sale, 10am PST.

JULY
July 2 - The Will Smith reluctant superhero film Hancock opens.

July 11-12 - The 7th Annual Lebowski Fest in Louisville, KY.

July 18 - The film The Dark Knight opens.

July 20 - M. Ward plays at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL.

July 25 - The film The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens.

July 24-28 - Kaiju Big Battel performing at San Diego Comicon, San Diego, CA.

AUGUST
Aug 1 - The film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opens.
Aug 1-2 - The Neil Diamond cover band SuperDiamond plays Bimbo’s 365, San Francisco.

Aug 24 - M. Ward plays at the Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Aug 25 - Sept 1 - Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, NV.

SEPTEMBER
Sept 5-6 - Lebowskifest San Francisco!

Sept 6 - Oct 12 - The Northern California Renaissance Faire in Hollister, CA.

Sept 22 - Neil Diamond plays the Rose Garden, Portland, OR.

Sept 24 - Neil Diamond plays the Key Arena, Seattle.

Sept 26 - M. Ward plays the Austin City Limits Festival, Austin.

Sept 28 - Neil Diamond plays the HP Pavilion, San Jose.

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER
Nov 21 - The film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens.

DECEMBER