Culture Groups San Francisco

Happy Hour - Music and Wine with Robson Batinga @ Fat Cat

🎈🎈Language and Cultural Exchange Event! Berkeley! May 23@ El Mono

Welcome! Participate with us on Saturday for a cultural and language exchange. This event will be hosted by native Spanish speakers, however, all languages are welcome! Spend your Saturday afternoon connecting with international friends and fun interactions. Look for the table with the Red balloons 🎈

Caminata y conversación en Español alrededor del lago Merritt

Vamos a una caminata en Domingo por la tarde alrededor del Lago Merritt. Practiquemos Español mientras también hacemos ejercicio disfrutando del atardecer y el aire libre. La distancia no está definida aún, decidimos ese día. Encuentro 3:00PM Caminata 3:20pm- Hasta que el cuerpo aguante. PM Nuestro punto de encuentro será enfrente del restaurante Lake Chalet. Para que nos ubiques tendremos los globos rojos 🎈🎈 ¡Hasta entonces!

Let's try again: Dinner at Um.Ma.

I've really been wanting to try um.ma, the "Korean Seoul food" restaurant in the Inner Sunset, but I've yet to get there, so let's go together! I really wanted to go for "linner" (too late for lunch, but too early for dinner), but they changed their hours for Friday and no longer open all day so we have to settle for just an earlier dinner. I really hope those of you who originally signed up for the cancelled "linner" will sign up for this dinner! We'll gather as soon as they open. We have a reservation in their "Mural Room" if we have at least 8 diners; otherwise, we might just sit in their main dining room. Regardless, your company will make it great! Please, please, please **do not sign up without checking your schedule first**. Note that this will be at 5:00. If you sign up and find you can't attend, please **cancel no later than Tuesday, May 19th**. No shows and late cancellations will cause you to be excluded from any future events. *And please don't sign up just to hold a space until something "better" comes along!* Hope to see you at the table! Forgot to mention: You’ll be responsible for whatever you order plus tax (8.625%), a 20% tip, and maybe a 3 to 8% SF health mandate (your order x 1.33 to 1.39, depending on health mandate charges, rounded up to the nearest dollar for ease in calculating). Please bring cash or be ready to Venmo or Zelle your payment; I will be charging the whole amount on my credit card. From the restaurant: "Um.Ma., which means "mom" in Korean, is to pay homage not to just Korean moms, but to all moms since we all think our mothers have the best home cooking. As for the food, chef Chris will be firing up classic dishes like bubbling bowls of pork belly soon tofu and milky white bowls of ox bone soup with tender slices of brisket. From the open flame grill, the chefs will be grilling prime cuts of 48hr marinated kalbi short ribs and chared gochujang glazed pork belly accompanied with raw sliced apples and Korean miso spread. We also are well aware with any great Korean restaurant, there must be great banchans (Korean side dishes). The Um.Ma. Culinary team is taking great pride in making some of the best and freshest banchans from our daily house made kimchi to our signature soy marinated quail eggs."

Contemporary Filipino Cuisine @ Abaca ($20 Deposit Required)

**Details:** Wrapping up AAPI heritage month with a celebration of island flavors at Abaca. Overview Courtesy of Google AI: "Abacá is a critically acclaimed, family-owned Filipino-Californian restaurant located inside the Kimpton Alton Hotel in San Francisco's Fisherman’s Wharf. Led by Chef Francis Ang and Dian Ang, it offers creative, modern Filipino cuisine, including favorites like pork belly adobo, lumpia, and ube specialties. " For those with more adventurous tastebuds and seeking traditional Filipino street food -inquire about Abaca's Secret Menu rooted from Ang's heritage and family recipes, this is where you may find balut and isaw. **Administrative Trivia:** Limited open RSVP for this event. Deposit of $20 Required to move from Waitlist to "Going" due to reservation policy. Please manage your RSVP before Tuesday, May 26th 10 PM. **Cancellations or no-shows or after this date may be subject to NO REFUND and forfeit $20 deposit due to the restaurant cancellation policy (reservation guaranteed w/my CC).** Dinner pricing averages $50 per person which covers individual meal, tax 8.625%, tip 20%, + mandate. Beverages of course are extra and will increase the total due for the individual. Each diner is fully responsible for the total cost of what they order. Calculate each item then take raw bill x1.36=what you owe the organizer. Please plan on **one singular bill,** your deposit will be applied towards your total balance due, be prepared to pay the organizer by Cash, Venmo, AppleCash, Zelle. **Transportation:** Located at 2700 Jones St within Kimpton Alton Hotel. valet parking for $20 plus tax for 3 hours. Street parking Jones and Beach. Muni bus 30 (Caltrain Line) F-Trolley Line @ Jones & Beach

Eurovision Watch Party

[Sign up here for updates](https://luma.com/iu6q07or) You are all welcome to join OPEN AUSTRIA for a festive public viewing of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in San Francisco! 🎤✨ ​ As Austria hosts this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, they are bringing the excitement, music, and Eurovision magic to the Bay Area together with co-hosts at [The Crossing at East Cut](https://www.theeastcut.org/the-crossing/?utm_source=luma) - the perfect location in downtown San Francisco! ​Expect unforgettable performances, outrageous outfits, international flair, and plenty of cheering as Europe’s biggest live music event takes over the big screen. Whether you are a lifelong Eurovision fan or simply Eurovision-curious, everybody is welcome. ​This family friendly event is open to the public and brings together Austrians, Europeans, friends of Eurovision, and the wider Bay Area community for an afternoon of fun, music, and celebration. Join to watch the drama, the votes, the performances, and all the iconic Eurovision moments unfold live together. ​ Experience Eurovision Bay Area style!

Round Table Book Discussion May Meeting

Join us for an in-person, open discussion on the fiction or non-fiction book or podcast/movie/news article/cultural event that most engaged you. Give a brief summary of a book or article that interested you, and we will discuss it, along with the issues other participants select. Or just come to check it out. Find us by the Roundtable sign on the table. Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 6:30 pm **We are at our warm-weather location:** [Caffe Strada](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.869286%2C%20-122.254616), 2300 College Avenue · Berkeley, CA

Bollywood Nights - Salesforce Park - Free

**Bollywood Nights at Salesforce Park 🎉** Join Rang De Bollywood for some high-energy, outdoor, bollywood fun! This event is sure to leave you feeling loved, lighter, and delighted in excitement after every session. 🌈 Open to all ages, all levels, all backgrounds. ✨ Come casual or dressed, no pressure! 🎁 Free to attend – just bring your joy, your people, and your dancing feet! 🚶🏼‍♂️‍➡️Register for free so we can prepare at rang.eventbrite.com 🕔 5:30 – 7:00 PM – we’ll start with a beginner friendly dance lesson, followed by an open dance party! 💫 This is a repeating event, happening every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, May through October and you can register for as many dates as you like. Register now: [rang.eventbrite.com](http://rang.eventbrite.com) **About Rang De Bollywood** Hailing from the dream dance city of Mumbai and Amritsar, which is also home to Bollywood and Holy Vibes, our energetic, charismatic, and fun dance instructors-performers-entertainers, Manpreet (Certified in Indian Folk by India's Best and also an author) and Amit (percussionist, actor, dancer), have spread Indian dance music and moves across the length and breadth of India, USA, and Europe. Their recent performances were at National Center of Performing Arts in Mumbai and Herbst Theater in San Francisco. **Important Notes:** * Enter through transit center building and take the elevator to rooftop. We will be close to the elevator. * No solicitors allowed. * Classes might be video taped for marketing purposes. * All choreographies are Copyrighted and Original Works of Manpreet Komal/Rang De Bollywood. *"I recently had the pleasure of attending Manpreet’s Bollywood dance class, and I must say, it was an absolute blast! Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced dancer, this class caters to everyone's skill level. The highlight of the class was undoubtedly her teaching style. With a knack for breaking down complex steps into manageable chunks, even the most intricate routines felt attainable. The pacing was just right, ensuring that beginners didn't feel overwhelmed while keeping experts engaged. Highly recommend!" — Kavneet Bindra* **We can't wait to dance together, see you soon!**

Korean for Everyone - Intermediate Level : Free Class & Cultural Meetup

**Welcome to the Intermediate Korean Class!** 🎉 We’re so glad to have you join our **Intermediate Level Korean group**! This class is designed for learners who already know the basics and want to build confidence in speaking and expressing themselves more naturally. During our sessions, we focus on: 🗣️ Practicing conversation and fluency ✍️ Strengthening grammar and sentence structure 🌸 Learning about Korean culture and expressions **This week’s focus:** We’ll be practicing speaking! Please prepare a short story (about 2–3 minutes) about your week to share and discuss with your peers and teacher. 📍 **Location:** 1911 Hayes Street 🕔 **Time:** 2:30pm Let’s have fun learning and connecting through Korean together! 💫

Bollywood Festive Nights at Union Square

Join us for an unforgettable **Bollywood Night** in the heart of San Francisco at Union Square – rhythm, fun, community. **5:00 – 6:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **6:00 – 7:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **7:00 – 8:00 PM** – *Dance Party* — We turn up the music and light up the floor with a 1-hour open dance party. 🌈 Open to all ages, all levels, all backgrounds. ✨ Come casual or dressed, no pressure! Bring your friends, learn some moves, find your groove, find your friends, be a part of a magical community once a month at Union Square. Previous class in 2025 summary joy v[ideo: ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHSENixJaVA&list=RDnHSENixJaVA&start_radio=1) Free class every month on 4th Friday of the Month except in August it will be on August 14th Classes go till end of September Park in garage, Uber over, or take Powell exit on Bart Do come say hello to us so we can welcome you in our La Dolce Vita :)

Korean for Everyone - Beginners: Free Class & Cultural Meetup

**Come hang out with us at the San Francisco Korean Culture and Language Meetup Group!** This Meetup is for **beginner-level Korean learners**. If you already have a basic understanding of Korean and want to focus more on **speaking fluently and improving expression**, please sign up for the **Intermediate Level** class instead. In our last session, we learned how to form the past tense in Korean. For your review, here is a simple summary of the past tense forms. In Korean, the past tense is usually made by adding: –았어요 (used when the last vowel of the verb stem is 아 or 오) –었어요 (used with all other verb stems) –했어요 (used with all verbs that end in 하다) Examples: 저는 집에 갔어요. → I went home. 저는 커피를 마셨어요. → I drank coffee. 저는 어제 공부를 했어요. → I studied yesterday. Vowel Sounds 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/cNpBn5vFmas?si=_4iMeM01Tv0CMfRZ Combined Vowel Sounds 👉https://youtube.com/shorts/bFM4dQIEzfE?si=LMeRs1OPMoncUQWY Consonant sounds 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/5huk-375qTM?si=HKLK-h-aeLyeV_dX Combination of vowel and consonant chart 👉 https://youtu.be/ihtB9EVOfpg?si=AYfyYVJPyIJ0fY-l **For the Intermediate Level, please RSVP separately for that class. We have opened another Intermediate Korean class on Meetup.** Address: 1911 Hayes Street Time: 2:30pm (Intermediate Level) See you all!

Bollywood Nights at Union Square

Join us for an unforgettable **Bollywood Night** in the heart of San Francisco at Union Square – rhythm, fun, community. **5:00 – 6:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **6:00 – 7:00 PM** – *30 minute Bollywood* *Dance Lesson* + *Party* — we’ll teach you the steps, the flair, and the fun; then we dance it out together! **7:00 – 8:00 PM** – *Dance Party* — We turn up the music and light up the floor with a 1-hour open dance party. 🌈 Open to all ages, all levels, all backgrounds. ✨ Come casual or dressed, no pressure! Bring your friends, learn some moves, find your groove, find your friends, be a part of a magical community once a month at Union Square. Previous class in 2025 summary joy v[ideo:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHSENixJaVA&list=RDnHSENixJaVA&start_radio=1) Free class every month on 4th Friday of the Month except in August it will be on August 14th Classes go till end of September Park in garage, Uber over, or take Powell exit on Bart Do come say hello to us so we can welcome you in our La Dolce Vita :)