[House] eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- December 16, 2020

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Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks  Entwined Opens as a part of Holiday Lights in Golden Gate Park Entwined, the highly anticipated outdoor public art installation in Golden Gate Park, is now open! No tickets or reservations are required to visit. What we’re doing to keep you safe: Ambassadors will be onsite after sundown to ensure social distancing. Lights will turn off at 8:30 p.m. to ensure compliance with the 10 p.m. curfew. Rangers will conduct outreach as necessary. Entwined may periodically go dark for short periods to prevent crowding. Entwined is outdoors and spread out over an acre of open space. However, consider employing one of these strategies while San Francisco remains in the purple tier: Delay your visit: Entwined will be in Golden Gate Park at least through February and will remain free. Consider visiting when the Covid-19 surge has subsided. If it’s crowded, come back later: Entwined is just one stop in an illuminated journey along JFK Drive. Golden Gate Park is now more illuminated than ever with new and old for the holidays. At the entrance to the park and along John F. Kennedy Drive, find two festive installations in addition to Entwined: San Francisco’s “official” holiday tree in front of McLaren Lodge, lit for the 90th year; and the kinetic light show on the Conservatory of Flowers’s iconic visage. From there, stroll to the Music Concourse to view the twinkling lights of the 150-foot-high Observation Wheel and the illuminated Spreckels Temple of Music and Bandshell. For more information or to experience virtually at home, click the link below. Holiday Lights in Golden Gate Park William Hammond Hall Awards Celebrates 12 Awardees In partnership with the Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 261, we virtually hosted the 12th Annual William Hammond Hall Awards yesterday. The awards recognize the top tradespeople in our Department. William Hammond Hall was a civil engineer and visionary who designed Golden Gate Park and became the city's first park superintendent in the 1870s. We named this award after Hall because of his vision for public parks and his understanding of how parks improve our health, happiness, and sense of community, something that is more important than ever during this pandemic. Today, our staff carry on Hall's legacy, implementing his vision of gardens and greenways across San Francisco. Congratulations to this year's 12 winners and thank you for all of your work ensure that our parks are available and safe for all to use during these challenging times. Thank you as well to Mayor London Breed and State Senator Scott Wiener for helping to recognize these awardees. To learn about the awardees and their work, watch the full awards ceremony at the link below! William Hammond Hall Awards Ceremony Winter Class Registration is now Open! Registration for winter virtual recreation classes is now open! We're offering a number of virtual, online recreation programs for youth and adults this winter, including programming with the Randall Museum, Harvey Milk Photo Center, Sharon Art Studio, Golden Gate Park Senior Center, and Young People's Teen Musical Theater Company. Click the link below for more information and to register. Register Here Tenderloin People's Virtual Holiday Tree Lighting on December 17 Join the Tenderloin People's Congress for its third annual Boeddeker Park holiday tree lighting beginning on Thursday, December 17 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The virtual event will feature Mayor London Breed, State Senator Scott Wiener, District 6 Supervisor Matthew Haney, live performances, and Santa! To join the day of, click the Zoom link below. Holiday Tree Lighting Zoom Link Vivian Maier & Fred Lyon Virtual Gallery Unveiling on December 19 Join the Harvey Milk Photo Center for the second gallery unveiling of the works of Fred Lyon and Vivian Maier this Saturday, December 19. The first portion of this virtual gallery was unveiled last Saturday, December 12. For more information and to view the unveiled photos, click the link below. Harvey Milk Photo Center Holidays at Home in San Francisco This holiday season, our choices matter. San Francisco is experiencing a major surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. While this is a time to celebrate with loved ones, it is not a normal holiday season. Our choices have a direct impact on how many people will get sick from COVID-19 this winter. Do your part this year, so we can come together next year. San Francisco will recover from this pandemic, but what that recovery looks like and how fast it comes is on all of us. Our individual actions to control the spread of the virus, to support our small businesses and to help our neighbors in need is the key to our City emerging from the pandemic. By confronting this challenge together, we will protect and build back the City we love. For more information on how to celebrate the holidays safely, support small businesses and help our neighbors, click the link below. Holidays at Home Great Highway Text Survey The San Francisco County Transportation Authority has released a survey to help guide the future of the Great Highway. Be sure to participate and provide feedback to share your vision for the western edge of San Francisco. The survey is via text:   For English: Text “Great Highway” to 415-358-0017  For Spanish: Text “Gran Carretera” to 415-358-0017  For Simplified Chinese: Text “伟大公路” to 415-358-0017  For Filipino: Text “Mahusay na Highway” to 415-358-0017 For more information, visit the project page below. Great Highway & Outer Sunset Traffic Management Project Page #GGP150 Birthday Celebration and Merchandise Pick up brand new official #GGP150 merchandise featuring Sesqui, the bison named for the Park's 150th anniversary for the holidays! Stop by the Pop-Up Welcome Center across from the Conservatory of Flowers on JFK Drive or order yours now online at GoldenGatePark150.com. Other merchandise includes baby onesies, t-shirts, and face masks featuring the adorable gal proudly sporting her crown of dahlias. Shop for yourself or others, knowing that a percentage of every sale goes to the Golden Gate Park 150 Fund. We continue to celebrate Golden Gate Park's 150th Birthday this year, which brings the iconic park's nature, art, history and music to park lovers regardless of location. Free content from park partners and supporters includes: Exclusive concerts from artists who have performed in Golden Gate Park over the years Podcasts and playlists with audio stories about the park and favorite music selections Free books to download and digital newspaper archives about Golden Gate Park Photo albums, webcams and videos for visitors to explore and discover the park Online learning activities for kids and adults The ability to share personal stories, memories and special moments from the park Visit GoldenGatePark150.com Happy Holidays from your Recreation and Park Department Though the holidays look a bit different this year without our traditional holiday tree lighting, Golden Gate Park is more illuminated than ever from McLaren Lodge to the Spreckels Temple of Music Bandshell. Our Video of the Week takes you on this lighted journey through Golden Gate Park in its 150th year. Celebrate the holidays in Golden Gate Park virtually or in person, where you can stroll down car-free roads with members of your household, where otherworldly wonders await and light and beauty are everywhere. No tickets required--just masks. May your season be safe, happy and bright! San Francisco Recreation and Parks | sfrecpark.org ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ SF Recreation and Parks | McLaren Lodge-Golden Gate Park, 501 Stanyan Street, San Francisco , CA 94117 Unsubscribe house at digitalkingdom.org About our service provider Sent by rpdinfo at sfgov.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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