[House] eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- May 26, 2021

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Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks  Save the Date: India Basin Groundbreaking Event on June 17 Mark your calendars! A groundbreaking event marking the beginning of remediation work on the India Basin project is scheduled for Thursday, June 17 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at India Basin Shoreline Park (Hunters Point Boulevard and Hawes Street). Join us for this momentous first step in the creation of Bayview-Hunters Point's next great park. For more information about the project, click the link below. India Basin Waterfront Parks Shoreview Park Reopening Celebration on June 7 Join us for a reopening celebration for Shoreview Park (1 Lillian Court at Rosie Lee Lane) on Monday, June 7 beginning at 11:30 a.m. Help us celebrate the recently completed renovation, which includes a new playground, picnic area, workout equipment and more! The event will feature a ribbon cutting, park activities and giveaways! For more information about the project, click the link below. Shoreview Park Renovation Project Stern Grove Festival Returns with 2021 Dates Mayor London N. Breed last week announced Stern Grove Festival, the longest-running free outdoor music festival in the Bay Area, will return to Sigmund Stern Grove for its 84th season this summer beginning June 20, 2021. The multi-genre music festival will run through August 29 with a full slate of in-person concerts featuring today’s most sought-after artists and local established and up and coming performers. It will remain free, but organizers will limit audience capacity according to health orders through an online ticket reservation system at sterngrove.org. Guidelines will be adjusted over time, with limited seating expected for at least the first few concerts. Initial reservation options include pods of either four or six people. Ticketing will open online before each concert and will be issued on a first-come, first served basis. For more information, click the link below. Stern Grove Festival Returns Great Highway Joint Hearing on June 10 Tune in on Thursday, June 10 at 1 p.m. for a special joint hearing with the SF Recreation and Park Commission and the SFMTA Board to discuss the future of the Great Highway.    Since April 2020, the Great Highway coastal promenade has allowed for safe and accessible recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic and has also impacted traffic patterns in the area. At this joint hearing, Commissioners and Board members will discuss the D4 Mobility survey and study findings from the Transportation Authority, consider public feedback and develop elements of a pilot project before recommending next steps for the future of the Great Highway.   Members of the public are encouraged to call in during the hearing or provide feedback via email: SF Recreation and Park Commission: recpark.commission at sfgov.org SFMTA Board: mtaboard at sfmta.com   Your input and experience of this scenic thoroughfare are valuable and we look forward to hearing from you! For information on how to participate in the joint hearing, click the link below. Joint Hearing Information KABOOM!: Kids Shape the Future of Heron’s Head Park Thank you to everyone who provided feedback for the planned Nature Exploration Area at Heron's Head Park, including those that joined us for in person design jams! For more information about the project, photos from the design jams, and some of the design feedback we have received, click the summary below courtesy of KABOOM! KABOOM! Article AAPI Month in our Parks: Golden Gate Pavilion 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 looking at our parks and their features that are named after prominent AAPI people or hold significance in the AAPI community.   During the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976, Taipei’s Mayor Lee Teng-hui visited San Francisco and made an announcement: he intended to bestow a gift upon Taipei’s sister city. This gift was the Golden Gate Pavilion, which sits at the edge of placid Stow Lake near Huntington Falls in Golden Gate Park. The gift confirmed the friendship and cultural exchange between San Francisco and the capitol of the Republic of China on Taiwan. It also commemorated the struggle and contributions of early Chinese settlers in California, the largest settlement of Chinese outside of China. After five years of public process, the Pavillion was finally dedicated in 1981. Be sure to take a stroll around Stow Lake and visit this elegant and peaceful structure to close out May and AAPI heritage month. AAPI Month in our Parks Summer Together Book Unpacking Volunteer Events Volunteer in the coming weeks with TogetherSF and the SF Public Library to unpack and organize 500,000 books to distribute to our city's youth! Help every San Francisco Unified School District student receive 10 free books this summer. For more information and to volunteer for these upcoming book unpacking events at the Palace of Fine Arts (3601 Lyon Street), click the link below. Summer Together Book Unpacking Volunteer Sign Up We Players Presents PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park 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 through June 27! For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below. (Photo Credit: Lauren Matley/We Players) PSYCHOPOMP in McLaren Park Next Pool Registration on May 28 with Balboa and Hamilton Pools Registration for 60-minute lap swim times and drowning prevention classes will open on Friday, May 28 at 8 a.m. for the next two week session beginning on Tuesday, June 1. We're excited to share that both Balboa and Hamilton pools will be reopening with this next swim session. Balboa Pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 1 while Hamilton Pool will reopen on Monday, June 7. We anticipate that all pools will reopen by mid-June. For more information and to register Friday, click the link below. Aquatics Registration My Park Moment Photo Contest Deadline May 28 Join Presidio Tunnel Tops for its My Park Moment photo contest ahead of its anticipated spring 2022 opening. The contest is an opportunity for anyone to share a photo of their favorite outdoor park experience—whether that’s a family picnic in Golden Gate Park, a trip to Yosemite, or anything else they love to do in their favorite park. This fall, 400 photos will be selected for a free, family-friendly photo show in the Presidio with awards to be given to some. The last day to enter is this Friday, May 28, 2021. Presidio Tunnel Tops Summer Learn to Swim Registration Opens on June 7 Our summer Learn to Swim drowning prevention class registration opens on Monday, June 7 beginning at 10 a.m. Parents can sign their child up for up to two sessions of our 2-week, Tuesday to Friday lessons lasting 30 minutes, or once per week lessons for eight weeks. View the summer Learn to Swim schedule beginning on Friday, May 28 at the link below. Aquatics Registration Monumental Reckoning in Golden Gate Park Our Video of the Week highlights Monumental Reckoning, the planned public art installation in Golden Gate Park by sculptor Dana King. The installation will honor the first Africans stolen from their homeland and sold into chattel slavery in the New World. The piece 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. Learn more by watching the video or clicking the link to the installation's webpage below.  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