Sports Challenge and Charity: How to Spend a Weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area (Feb 5-7)

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What: Virtual Job Fair

When: Friday, February 5, from 11:00

Where: Online

More: Regardless of whether you are an experienced senior or just starting your career, this event will help you to get a huge amount of valuable contacts with employers.

At this job fair you will have the opportunity to have an interview with representatives of both small local organizations and large companies.

Cost: Free options

What: Sports challenge in the park

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When: Saturday, February 6, from 09:00

Where: San Francisco Presidio 3101 Lyon St. San Francisco, CA 94123

More: If you prefer an active holiday, then this event is for you. To take part in the sports challenge, you will need to go through several points and complete the task. This will become not only fun, but also beneficial for your body rest.

Cost: $5

What: Mare Island Cemetery Tour

When: Saturday, February 6, from 12:00

Where: Mare Island Preserve 167 O'Hara Court Vallejo, CA 94592

More: The Mare Island Naval Cemetery is the oldest naval burial site on the West Coast and is undergoing complete restoration in accordance with the Department of Defense National Shrines.

Burials began on this hillside in 1856 and continued until 1921. Although this cemetery is not famous for loud burials, there are several memorable stories among the gravestones. Among the approximately 900 dead here are the daughter of Francis Scott Key, the murderer Lucy Lawson, and six Russian sailors buried during the Civil War.

Cost: Free options

What: Farmer's Market

When: Saturday, February 6, from 14:00

Where: Santa Clara Farmers Market 950 Jackson Street Santa Clara, CA 95050

More: This farmers' market offers an abundance of fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, fresh cut flowers and locally sourced pastries. This is a great place to have a fun weekend, stock up on healthy and fresh food.

Cost: $15

What: Screening of the film "Argument"

When: Saturday, February 6, from 19:00

Where: Fort Mason Center 2 Marina Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94109

More: Terrorists attack the opera house in Kiev. A group of mercenaries, whose goal is to capture a certain "passenger" and cargo, acts together with the terrorists and, under the guise of an anti-terrorist special forces detachment, penetrates the building. An agent of the CIA Protagonist introduced to them, heads a special operation to rescue the cargo (plutonium) and the agent, and also prevents the hostages from being blown up by mercenaries. The CIA transfers the plutonium from the scene of the attack to the Security Service of Ukraine, and it redirects it to Tallinn for storage.

In Kiev, the hero first encounters the phenomenon of temporary inversion from the stranger who saved him. The mercenaries, immediately discovering the substitution of a “passenger” by a dummy operative, realizes that they were deceived, and torture the Protagonist for several hours, but he, seizing the moment, at the suggestion of a colleague, swallows a capsule in which it was supposed to contain poison. When the Protagonist comes to his senses, he is recruited into the Argument organization, whose goal is to prevent the Third World War. He is given a new task, and also called a special gesture and the code word "argument", which "will open many doors." In Scandinavia, he learns about technology from the future that reverses the entropy of objects, which causes them to move back in time.

Cost: From $ 23

What: Charitable action "Do good"

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When: Sunday, February 7, from 10:00

Where: St. Michaels Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 345 7th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

More: The charity event is aimed at helping children who lost their parents in the war, as well as poor large families in Ukraine.

Necessary items: new or easy-to-use children's things (clothes, shoes), care products, school supplies (backpacks, pens, felt-tip pens, pencils), games and soft toys, delicious gifts.

Clothing size: from birth to adolescence (also small size adult clothing).

Cost: Free options

Dear readers! Please note that due to the epidemic of coronavirus infection, some activities may be canceled or rescheduled for other dates. Therefore, before visiting, we recommend checking the information on the sites of the organizers.

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In addition, look for interesting events for every day of the week in our calendar... Come in, find out, share with your friends. Before visiting, check the organizers' websites for details and locations of events, as they may change.

Keep us informed about what is happening in your city. Send information about events for the Russian-speaking diaspora by mail [email protected].

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