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How To Enjoy SF Beer Week In The East Bay

SF Beer Week is a chance to celebrate the amazing breweries and beer-focused bars that the Bay has to offer—and that includes a full slate of East Bay events. Even infrequent beer-drinkers will be enticed to join in the fun, such as sampling the new game cellar in Alameda's Almanac Brewing, attending The Bistro Double IPA Festival in Hayward (celebrating its 24th year), or sampling a cookie and beer pairing flight while attending trivia at Epidemic in Concord.

One such beer-focused bar (also a Brazilian restaurant and café) is Paulista in Glenview. Paulista is not subtle in their love of craft beer—they have 24 beers on tap and around 250 to 260 bottles and cans. So, it's not surprising it has participated in Beer Week every year since it opened in 2017. Jesse Madway, the co-owner of Paulista, says what he loves most about Beer Week is just the chance to highlight the great brewers and breweries in the Bay and beyond.

"I think essentially Beer Week is a chance to hold up these experts in the industry. Sometimes we just take for granted that we can just go next door and pick up Pliny the Elder or just pop over to Wondrous and have one of the best lagers around," Madway said. "This is a chance to highlight these folks and to put their beers out there and really celebrate it."

The events below (listed chronologically) are just a glimpse into some of the eclectic and thirst-quenching events you can attend in the East Bay this Beer Week. 

Armistice — 845 Marina Bay Parkway #1, Richmond, Sat., Feb. 10, 2 p.M.

This self-proclaimed anti-Super Bowl event celebrates queer pride through wrestling and drag shows, with good beer to go along. There's a ring for the wrestling set up in the Armistice parking lot. Full Queer is a pro-wrestling celebration for LGBTQIA+ pro wrestlers and fans. In this one-day tournament, wrestlers face off to be crowned the "Princex of Pride" champion. Tickets cost $20 to see take-downs and piledrivers while sipping your first pints of Beer Week.   

Make dog treats from leftover spent grain at Fieldwork in Berkeley during SF Beer Week. Credit: Fieldwork Fieldwork — 1160 Sixth St., Berkeley, Tues., Feb. 13, 6 p.M.

Even your pup can get in on the action for Beer Week. Head to Fieldwork Brewing for a dog treat-making class taught by Grainbakers. These treats are made from the leftover spent grain from the brewery. Tickets are $39, but high-fiber, high-protein dog treats and quality time with your pooch are priceless. 

21st Amendment Brewery — 2010 Williams St., San Leandro, Wed., Feb. 14, 5 p.M.

All your friends wrapped up in their own Valentine's Day plans? Head to 21st Amendment Brewery in San Leandro to find some beer buddies! The brewery will be hosting a speed mingling session, which is the same thing as speed dating except it's to find new BFFLs instead of a romantic interest. This event will also include cornhole and TCHO chocolate. Tickets are $15, including a gift bag full of TCHO goodies to share with your new friends. 

Shapeshifters — 567 5th St., Oakland, Thur., Feb. 15, 5 p.M.

Make your film loops using old 16mm film snippets, markers, scratching tools, nail polish and other tools at Shapeshifters in Oakland while sipping a beer from its small, on-site brewery. Shapeshifters will have all of the materials you need for this artsy evening and it's just $5 per loop of film that you create. Once your cinematic creation is complete, it will be shown on the projector so you can share your masterpiece with the crowd. 

Trumer Brewery in Berkeley is hosting an event with tastings from 35 different brewers during SF Beer Week. Credit: Tovin Lapan Trumer Brewery — 1404 Fourth St., Berkeley, Sat., Feb. 17, 4 p.M.

This festival celebrates the Greater Bay Area craft beer scene with special releases from SF Beer Week. The tickets are $85 but will include tastings from 35 brewers (in celebration of the California Craft Brewers Association's 35th anniversary), a commemorative glass, and dinner from Talavera Tacos. This event offers a good overview of Beer Week with the opportunity to taste beers from breweries whose events you might've missed. 

Paulista — 4239 Park Blvd., Oakland, Sun., Feb. 18, 10 a.M.

Every year Paulista has participated in Beer Week, they've thrown Michelada Madness. Micheladas are a Mexican drink that mixes beer with tomato juice, lime, chile sauce, and additional spices and sauces such as Worcestershire. Paulista doesn't normally have micheladas on its menu because they're labor-intensive, especially when they're made to order as they do for the annual affair. The drink is traditionally made with a Mexican lager, but at this event, you can choose any beer on tap to make a michelada with or do a flight of them with different beers. Madway added that his "little dirty secret" is that they're fantastic with whichever beer you use. The Paulista classic is the Pliny the Michelada, made with the Bay Area classic Pliny the Elder.

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Cholula Se Llenó De Colores Con La Participación De 3 Mil Danzantes En El Carnaval (VIDEO)

En el carnaval de San Pedro Cholula participación alrededor de 3 mil danzantes, además, contó con la visita de 7 mil personas.

San Pedro Cholula.-  Una persona remitida al Juzgado Calificador por cargar pólvora a granel, así como un lastimado en una mano por mal manejo del mosquetón, fue el saldo del Carnaval celebrado este fin de semana en el centro de la ciudad.

Los dos días de la fiesta transcurrieron sin incidentes de consideración con una visita aproximada de siete mil personas, la mayoría provenientes de las juntas auxiliares y de municipios aledaños.

El director de Protección Civil, Rodolfo Fierro Vega, informó que el sábado una persona del público se sintió mal y otro sufrió una lesión superficial en la mano que no requirió atención mayor. Ambos, fueron atendidos por paramédicos a su cargo y se retiraron por su propio píe.

El incidente más importante fue la detección de una persona que transportaba pólvora sin envasar cuidadosamente, por lo que, de inmediato, fue presentado ante el Juzgado Calificador que tomó sus datos personales y lo dejó en libertad.

Fierro Vega mencionó que algunos enmascarados detonaron mosquetones en la avenida Hidalgo, entre 3 y 9 Norte, a pesar de que esta acción estaba restringida porque hay algunas casas con fachadas en mal estado por falta de mantenimiento. Sin embargo, explicó que se trató de danzantes invitados provenientes de otros municipios porque los locales si respetaron esta disposición.

Por otra parte, el director de Participación Ciudadana, Juan Manuel Reyes Hernández, indicó que la participación de unos 3 mil danzantes y la visita de alrededor de 7 mil personas, muchos de los cuales llegaron de Huejotzingo, donde también hubo carnaval a principios de la semana pasada.

Destacó que los carnavaleros respetaron la ley seca declarada para el centro de la ciudad, sin remisiones por consumo o venta de bebidas embriagantes ante el Juzgado Calificador, ni presentantes ante el Ministerio Público.

Reyes Hernández reiteró que el desfile, el robo de la dama, la queja del jacal y la representación del carnaval transcurrieron de manera normal ante la vigilancia de 160 policías municipales con el apoyo de cuatro células de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública estatal.

Finalmente, mencionó que durante estos dos días, agentes viales mantuvieron un fuerte operativo para regular el tránsito porque en el municipio vecino de San Andrés Cholula también hubo un festival de papalotes que atrajo a muchos visitantes

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