PASSIONATE STRUGGLE: WALKING TOUR OF THE CASTRO

Passionate Struggle is a walking tour of the Castro, San Francisco's historic gay district, sponsored by the GLBT Historical Society. June is GLBT Pride month, so why not head off the tourists at the pass and check this out now?

You can download the audio for the tour and get a map for FREE and make it a DIY tour at your own pace. So, like they used to say back in the day, "Out of the bars and into the streets!" Follow in the courageous footsteps of Harvey Milk and ground zero for GLBT rights.

MISSION ARTISTS UNITED - SPRING STUDIO STROLL

San Francisco is spring'ing into art this weekend -- everywhere you look seems to be another art walk or group show. And they're all FREE. Check this one out. The Mission Artists United - Spring Studio Stroll is going on right now, 'til 6 pm.

Come see the work of more than 100 -- yep, that's 1-0-0 -- artists for FREE at 6 studios in la Mission. Click here for studio addresses and a map.

What do you mean you can't go today!? Well, there's good news. The Spring Studio Stroll is on tomorrow, too -- from 11 am 'til 6 pm.

VALENCIA STREET WALL

Take a cheap and easy walk on the wild side through the Mission and snap some photos of the always changing Valencia Street Wall, on Valencia btwn. 23rd and 24th.

Yeah, this week there's been some advertising slapped up -- but said ads do feature Lou Reed -- so worth a check out.

The Valencia Street wall goes deep and has been written up in the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (we kid you not). Click here for that, or check out the Mission Mission blog for a more lowbrow take. (Photo by KT Drasky)

AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY LANDMARKS

Take yourself for a long walk and check out a number of African-American history landmarks identified by local historian John William Templeton. This is a great FREE and DYI way to commemorate Black History Month.

Click here and follow the details in the SGFate.com story ("Some S.F. African-American History Landmarks"). Some of the sights you'll see include the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church (2125 Sutter St.), the first African-American bank in the United States (now the Merchants Exchange Building at 465 California St.) and the Madame C.J. Walker Home for Girls (2066 Pine St.)