Mark Your Calendar: A Weekend of Home Shows, Poster Sales, and Antiquing

Three different home- and design-related events are happening at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center this weekend:

* The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show: Festival Pavilion, Thursday, October 25 through Sunday, October 28. The charity event features 70 international dealers hawking antique furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photos. Speakers include James Zemaitis, Sotheby's twentieth-century design expert, and Jared Goss, a modern art curator at New York's Metropolitan Museum. Tickets are $15.

* The second annual Western Interiors Design + Home Show: Herbst Pavilion, Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28. There will be dozens of exhibitors showing and selling furniture, rugs, lighting, accessories, and other home-decor items; free consultations with local design pros; and speakers such as designer and TV host Kenneth Brown and green building expert Eric Corey Freed. Tickets are $15 for one day, or $35 for all three days.

* The International Vintage Poster Fair: Conference Center Building A, Friday October 26 through Sunday, October 28. More than two dozen international dealers will be selling 10,000 authentic vintage posters with prices starting at $500. Tickets are $15.

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