[House] eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- May 12, 2021

[SF Recreation and Parks]

Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks  Installation Proposed to Honor Black Lives, History of African Americans Mayor London N. Breed last week announced the City of San Francisco is planning a new public art installation to honor Black lives and the history of African Americans. The installation is planned for Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse next month, in time for Juneteenth. The installation, Monumental Reckoning, by Bay Area sculptor Dana King, honors the first Africans stolen from their homeland and sold into chattel slavery in the New World. The installation consists of 350 sculptures representing the number of Africans initially forced onto the slave ship San Juan Bautista for a journey of death and suffering across the Atlantic. A handful of these original 350 ancestors became America’s first enslaved people. The sculptural figures created in all black steel with vinyl tubing, each standing four feet high, would surround the empty pedestal where a statue of Francis Scott Key once stood. Key, who wrote the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner, was a slave owner and abolition opponent. Protestors toppled the statue on Juneteenth 2020. For more information, click the link below. Monumental Reckoning TPC Harding Park, SF Rec & Park Unveil High-Tech Practice Facility TPC Harding Park, the only city-owned public course managed by the PGA TOUR, announced last week the renovation completion of its practice facility, along with the new addition of Toptracer Range technology. Open to the public seven days a week, the all-new practice facility features top-of-the-line artificial turf, full grass putting green and short game area, new range balls, 20 hitting stalls, nine targets, professional instruction and club fittings, as well as adding Toptracer Range technology. The revolutionary technology allows golfers a virtual component that measures the speed, distance and direction of their shots. Through an app, players can chart their improvement over time or play a multitude of games. Read more about the improved facility and Toptracer Range technology at the link below! TPC Harding Park's High-Tech Practice Facility AAPI Month in our Parks: Sululagi Palega Jr. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage month, where we celebrate the generations of Asians and Pacific Islanders who have contributed to our country and communities. We are taking a looking at our parks and their features, which are named after prominent AAPI people or hold significance in the AAPI community.   In 1996, the Recreation and Park Commission voted unanimously in 1996 to rename Portola Playground and Recreation Center in honor of Sululagi Palega Jr., a Samoan American and local sports legend, who was tragically killed in Modesto two years earlier. Described as a "Gentle Giant," Palega grew up in the Portola District and was a regular visitor to the center, where he learned to play the sports that led him to be a local star at Balboa High School and later at City College of San Francisco. At the time of his death, Palega was in the process of being hired by the Recreation and Park Department as a director. He is remembered today as a community leader and icon for recreation in San Francisco and local sports. AAPI Month in our Parks Next Pool Registration on May 14 with Coffman and North Beach Pools Registration for 60-minute lap swim times and drowning prevention classes will open Friday, May 14 at 8 a.m. for the next two week session beginning on Monday, May 17. We're excited to share that both Coffman and North Beach pools will be reopening with this next swim session. We anticipate that all pools will reopen by mid-June. For more information and to register Friday, click the link below. Aquatics Registration Martin Luther King Jr. Park and Pool Survey The Friends of MLK Jr. Park and Pool invite you to take a quick survey to help guide activities for the Bayview community at this facility for fall 2021 and spring 2022. Help shape future programming at this park by providing input. For additional questions, please email mlkjr.parkpool at gmail.com. MLK Pool & Park Survey Heron's Head Park Nature Exploration Area Design Survey We’re building a new nature exploration area at Heron’s Head Park and need your help! Shape the future of this park by taking our community design survey. Let your children lend their expertise as play experts to help us design this new park feature. For more information and to take the survey, click the link below. Heron's Head Park Nature Exploration Area Junior Giants Registration Now Open Grab your gloves and get out on the diamond this summer with Junior Giants! Registration is open for the summer league starting mid-June for youth ages 5 to 13. For more information and to sign up, click the link below. For additional questions, please contact Gerald Reader at (415) 756-2922. In addition, Junior Giants is looking for volunteers to help run the league. If you're interested, please fill out the volunteer sign up form. Junior Giants Registration Page We Players Presents PYSCHOPOMP in McLaren Park Beginning May 13 We Players presents PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park, an intimate experience in nature, led by mythical creature guides. This curated walk in the park serves as a meditation-in-motion, a celebration of the senses, and as an invitation to develop habits around attention and presence. You will encounter on your journey eight spectacular guides of the spirit realm, from seven different cultural traditions. Experience this from May 13 to June 27! For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below. (Photo Credit: Lauren Matley/We Players) PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park San Francisco Botanical Garden's Garden Feast on May 19 Join the San Francisco Botanical Garden for its virtual Garden Feast fundraiser on Wednesday, May 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The event starts with an immersive exploration of the Garden’s global collections, followed by keynote speaker Abby Meyer, executive director of Botanic Gardens Conservation International-US, who will discuss the critical role botanical gardens play in conserving global biodiversity. This fundraiser will benefit the Garden’s education programs and plant collections, which feature more than 8,000 kinds of plants. With schools closed during the pandemic, the Garden has served as an essential outdoor classroom for thousands of children through Bean Sprouts Family Days, summer camp, and after-school programs. For more information and to register, click the link below. Garden Feast Toptracer at TPC Harding Park Our Video of the Week comes courtesy of Vern Glenn and KPIX 5 and highlights TPC Harding Park's new practice facility and its Toptracer Range technology! This technology allows golfers to measure the speed, distance and direction of their shots! Get some practice drives in and book a tee time here soon at the link below! TPC Harding Park 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 Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by rpdinfo at sfgov.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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