Brain Teasers San Francisco

Puzzle Night at Gilman Brewing

This Meetup is to attend Puzzle Night at Gilman Brewing on November 18th 6-9pm. There will be free casual puzzling tables, a puzzle swap and a speed puzzling competition. If you want to compete in speed puzzling you do need to [register](https://assemblepuzzlery.com/collections/puzzle-night-at-gilman-brewing-11-18-26)[ ](https://assemblepuzzlery.com/pages/events)at Assemble Puzzlery who puts on the event. Hope to see you all there to puzzle together!

🍁 Autumn Easy Sunday Trail Run 🌲

Thursday Night Trivia at the Starry Plough

Trivia Night. The team who scores the highest wins!

East Bay Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group Meetup

**About us:** The Bay Area Chronic Pain & Illness Peer Support Group is a friendly, unstructured, in-person peer support group for anybody 18+ who lives with chronic pain, illness(es), invisible disabilities, and any type of mental health experiences. The group is a casual, safe space to hang out, talk about our lives, share coping strategies, form friendships, create community, and get support. **Location:** 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Look for a corner gallery in a residential neighborhood! **Accessibility Info:** * The meeting space is in a wheelchair accessible gallery. * There are bathrooms accessible via ramp within the gallery. * The lighting is relatively gentle, though of course feel free to bring hats and sunglasses to adjust! * Seating provided by the gallery is wooden, fold-out chairs. If a metal foldout chair would be preferable, let me know, and I'll try to procure some! * Feel free to bring heating pads, yoga mats, and cooling pads to make yourself as comfortable as possible! \*\*\*Please refrain from wearing anything scented, including lotion, dry-cleaned clothes, etc. This is to ensure that the group is safe for people with chemical sensitivities.\*\*\* **Scheduling Info: While this group runs every other week, there are a few dates when the space will not be available. Those dates are: 4/7, 5/5, 6/2, and 11/3! To play it safe, check the Meetup page to be sure that we are meeting!** **COVID Safety:** * We are asking folks to mask!

Monday Night Trivia at The Sycamore

Come out for a night of fun and prizes! Feel free to bring your trivia team or organize one here. Please coordinate in the event notes if you want to form a trivia team, teams of up to six are allowed. If you come solo introduce yourself and I’ll direct you to the “pick up” team. I’m the quizmaster and it should be obvious who I am. San Francisco is currently back to an indoor mask mandate whether you are vaccinated or not. Bring a mask!

Letter Writing & Tea @ Teance Fine Teas - Sunday Nov 22nd

Slow down and handwrite a letter, work on journaling, or just hang out with us over a cozy pot of tea! Free stationery, stamps, stickers, and envelopes will be provided, just show up and say hi! Feel free to bring your own supplies to share/destash as well. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month from 3-5PM at [Teance Fine Teas](https://www.teance.com/letter-writing-club-tea.html), a wonderful tea shop with a wide handcrafted selection of high quality teas. Guided tea tastings are available, or share a pot with a friend! Address: 1036 Grayson St, Berkeley, CA 94710 RSVPing is optional, feel free to just show up! :) Don't worry if the RSVP limit on meetup is reached, we'll make space for everyone!

Wednesday Night Trivia at The Willows

Come out for a night of fun and prizes! Feel free to bring your trivia team or organize one here. Please coordinate in the event notes if you want to form a trivia team, teams of up to six are allowed. If you come solo introduce yourself and I’ll direct you to the “pick up” team. I’m the quizmaster and it should be obvious who I am. San Francisco is currently back to an indoor mask mandate whether you are vaccinated or not. Bring a mask!

Werewolf Potluck

New players always welcome, we are friendly and can teach you [how to play](https://docs.google.com/document/d/10hhAtoAWkwjAOFjkcYgia2Dm0Im1M3Vr2DwvC7hu9uE/edit?tab=t.0) including our [7 house rules](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-W7kjNNWEmFptS6uz3jQAKLP_ZZJ1ntYECg0GTdAXCo/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawMPQONleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlNks3Y3ZCNTU2R0p2OVBFAR4O3SLi5Cqapu5FIQxkyu2XCRfVQWRL96uix08e3hbapt7ZBAUCGDOdFLXAIQ_aem_27HEyDvk1X1alLK8co7hLw&tab=t.0) that make it such a fun and unique experience that you will love! Adults only. Bring your friends, but RSVP required for each guest. **Please bring some food or drink to share so you can stay and play all day!** Arrive anytime and join the next village. We run games in two rooms, so the dead can join whichever game starts next. We host at our home in Brisbane. We have a dog who will be in daycare and a cat who will be in your lap if you let her. Keep shoes on inside. ***Join our Facebook group where members host unofficial events*** (https://www.facebook.com/groups/werewolfsf/) **Village Guidelines:** • No insults, No criticism after game, Share the floor • Don't make it personal, don't take it personal **Moderator Guidelines:** • Enforce rules but be light-hearted. • Use our house rules (and play with us before moderating) • Get pre-approval on any experimental roles ***Please update your RSVP (including wait list) if you can't make it.*** *Late cancels, no shows, and crashers without RSVP take spots away from others, so repeat offenders will be removed from our group*

Alameda Tongue Twisters, a Toastmasters Club

Every Tuesday we meet! Do you want to level up your public speaking? Maybe you’re working on job skills, running a meeting, or feeling comfortable talking to groups. Maybe you just want something to do on Tuesdays! We are a safe and welcoming place to explore your skills. There is no fee until you decide to become a full member, and you can be a guest as many times as you want. Come check us out and see if it’s right for you. We'd love to meet ya. :)

Profs & Pints San Francisco: The World Mount Vesuvius Buried

[Profs and Pints San Francisco](https://www.profsandpints.com/sfbayarea) presents: **“The World Mount Vesuvius Buried,”** on what we’re learning by the uncovering of ancient Roman towns buried in volcanic ash, with Michael Anderson, a professor of Classical archaeology at San Francisco State University who has spent nearly 30 years studying and excavating Pompeii. [Tickets must be purchased online, at [https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/presidio-vesuvius](https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/profsandpints/presidio-vesuvius) .] The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE entombed towns, farms, and villas in ash and debris, dooming those around at the time but preserving for future generations a unique and invaluable window onto Roman and Pre-Roman daily life. Learn about the fascinating finds of archeologists at work there with Michael Anderson, director of the Via Consolare Project excavations of ancient Pompeii, author of *Space, Movement and Visibility in Pompeian Houses*, and co-author of *House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: Excavations in the Casa del Chirurgo.* He’ll discuss how what Vesuvius buried was lost and largely forgotten for centuries, and how the discovery and early excavation of these sites in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries would transform forever the disciplines of art history and archaeology. It also greatly enriched our understanding of ancient Roman daily life, a process that continues to this day, making Pompeii the longest continuously excavated site in the world. Evidence from these sites has provided some of the clearest answers to questions about what life was really like for both the rich and the poor in ancient Italy in Roman times. Dr. Anderson will discuss what we’ve learned through the unearthing of houses and wall paintings, as well as the remains of graffiti, bakeries, clothes cleaners, and taverns and of evidence of politics, elections, and graffiti. What was it like to experience a cataclysmic volcanic eruption? Did anyone escape? We’ll explore the impact of the eruption on the nearby settlements of Pompeii and Herculaneum using evidence from Pliny the Younger’s eyewitness account combined with scientific study of the bodies of those who perished and the traces left by those who may have escaped. Finally, we’ll look at what is still being excavated and why. We will examine recent—and, in some cases, still unpublished—discoveries from active and on-going excavations. You’ll learn how these sites continue to enrich our understanding of ancient life nearly two thousand years ago, not only during the sites’ final years and hours but throughout the sites’ long histories from foundation to destruction. The event takes place at a great community space and new Profs and Pints venue, The Dairy at the Sports Basement Presidio. (Advance tickets: $13.50 plus processing fees. Door price: $17, or $15 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. The talk starts 30 minutes later.) Image: A cast of a corpse of a Mt. Vesuvius eruption victim at Pompeii’s “Garden of the Fugitives” archaeological site. (Photo by Daniele Florio / Wikimedia Commons.)

Event 2: Peel 🍌✨

Trivia Wednesday at Pier 23 | Sunset Trivia

Looking for **Trivia Nights** in San Francisco? Join us every Wednesday at 6 PM for Sunset Trivia at **Pier 23!** 🧠🍻 Bring your smartest friends, come solo and find a team, or recruit that one person who knows a suspicious amount of random facts. Expect questions covering everything from pop culture and music to sports, history, and general knowledge. It’s free to play, hosted live, played right from your phone, and there are prizes for the top teams. Grab a table and get ready to Think. Drink. Win.! 🏆