eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- October 18, 2023

[SF Recreation and Parks]

Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks   Highlights, News & Announcements   Community Innovation Lab Opens at India Basin Fall Fest The Community Innovation Lab, a tech, sports and recreational programming hub for the Bayview-Hunters Point community, opened this past Sunday amid celebration at the India Basin Waterfront Park project’s Fall Festival at India Basin Shoreline Park. The celebration included a ribbon cutting by the India Basin Waterfront Park project partners, local organizations, and community members. The Fall Festival featured free kayaking, a pumpkin patch, local vendors, and a visit from Mayor London Breed. Thank you Mayor Breed for stopping by and celebrating with the community! The Lab is an expansion of the park's Tech Hub, which has offered free Wi-Fi access, laptop and tablet lending and technical support, and a variety of community services to neighborhood residents since 2021. It now offers a range of new services including free rentals of sports and activity equipment; space for community organizations to host their programming, workshops, networking events, and more; as well as free Wi-Fi access, laptop and tablet lending, technical support, and community services. The expansion of the Tech Hub into the Lab was outlined in the project's Equitable Development Plan, a first for San Francisco, which ensures that the waterfront park will benefit current Bayview-Hunters Point residents while preserving the culture and identity of the historic neighborhood. It provides a blueprint for delivering a park designed by and for the community while improving economic opportunity and environmental health for its residents. The Fall Festival also featured a special concert organized by Hip Hop for Change, celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. It featured a number of workshops including hip-hop fashion, breakdancing, airbrush art and more. The day served as a preview for the Hip Hop in the Park Initiative, a program supported by a grant from the San Francisco Foundation, in partnership with the California Arts Council. This initiative will organize a number of workshops and activations at India Basin Shoreline Park beginning in January 2024 that will be based out of the lab. Illuminate, which curated music for the Fall Festival, recently debuted the Sounds of the Street music series at the park in partnership with the Bayview Opera House, and will now run at the Lab. The series brings music to the park on select Saturdays through November, featuring musicians and artists, including those from or connected to the Bayview-Hunters Point, representing a variety of genres. The India Basin Waterfront Park project is a partnership between Rec and Park, Trust for Public Land, San Francisco Parks Alliance, A. Philip Randolph Institute, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community. For more information, click the link below. Community Innovation Lab   Halloween Events in our Parks Starting October 21 Happy spooky season! Mark your calendars for a number of Halloween events in our parks this month, including the Randall Museum's Family Halloween, Nightmare on Elk Street at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center, and the return of Scaregrove to Stern Grove on Friday, October 27. For more information, click the link below. For accommodations, please contact us at rpdaccess at sfgov.org or (415) 831-6834. Making your request at least 72 hours before the event will help ensure availability. Want to Volunteer for Scaregrove? If you're interested in volunteering for this event, there are two shifts from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. that will support set up/breakdown and activities at Scaregrove. For more information and to sign up, click this link. Halloween Events   Portsmouth Square Community Meeting on October 19 Join us for a community meeting for the Portsmouth Square Improvement Project to review art and interpretive programming at the park, as well as to analyze existing plaques and monuments. It will take place on Thursday, October 19 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the City College of San Francisco's Chinatown/North Beach campus (808 Kearny Street). Come by and help shape the future of this park. For more information, click the link below. Portsmouth Square Project   Closing Weekend for JFK Promenade's Pop-Up Beer and Wine Garden Swing by Golden Gate Park for the closing weekend of the pop-up beer and wine garden on the JFK Promenade. It will be open from noon to 7 p.m. at the 14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on October 21 and 22. Swing by for drinks, music, food trucks, art, and help us close out the 2023 season. For more information, click the link below. Golden Mile Project   Pickleball Coming to Jackson Playground on October 21 We are excited to announce that lines for two pickleball courts will be added to the tennis court at Jackson Playground. The tennis court will be closed on Friday, October 20 to complete striping work, with the courts opening for play on Saturday, October 21. For more information and to reserve the courts, click the link below. Court Reservations   Junior Warriors Registration Begins November 1 Plans for the upcoming 2024 Jr. Warriors season are heating up! Going on 25 years, interest in the recreational youth basketball league continues to grow. In 2024, San Francisco Recreation and Parks will accommodate 188 teams citywide, an all-time high. Jr. Warriors basketball provides boys and girls, grades K-8, with opportunities to learn the fundamentals of the game in a team environment, emphasizing sportsmanship, collaboration, and hard work. In 2024, more than 2,250 budding athletes will participate in the league. League play begins January 9, 2024, and runs through March 2, 2024. Registration for Jr. Warriors will begin November 1. Priority registration for scholarship families will begin October 30. Click this link for individual sign-ups for Rec and Park teams. In addition, there is a lottery for independent team registration. Coaches can sign up for the lottery at this link. Want to volunteer? The success of the league depends on the generosity of hundreds of volunteers each season. Coaches, referees and scorekeepers are needed to help the league run smoothly. Those interested in volunteering for Jr. Warriors can fill out an interest form at this link. For more information about the league, click the link below. Junior Warriors   Register for a Play Pass to Enhance Your Recreational Experience Sign up for Rec and Park’s free Play Pass, a card that allows for easier access to drop-in programming and equipment at our recreation facilities. Registration is open and pass users will be entered into monthly raffle drawings to win gift cards, Rec and Park swag and program discounts, event tickets, and more. If you haven’t taken any programs with us, you will need to set up a free account at sfrecpark.org/register to get a Play Pass. Once an account is made, you can sign up for the Play Pass online under “Passes and Memberships” or at any of our recreation centers. For more information, click the link below. Passes & Membership   Upcoming Events   Sogetsu Ikebana Demonstration in Golden Gate Park on October 20 Ikebana International's San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is hosting a Sogetsu Ikebana demonstration with San Jose South Bay Chapter on Friday, October 20 at noon in the County Fair Building (1199 9th Avenue) in Golden Gate Park. Ikebana, or Japanese flower arrangement, is an ancient Asian art vibrantly practiced in contemporary interpretations by this organization's members. Sogetsu is a school of Ikebana. Come see three talented Sogetsu Ikebana artists demonstrate the spirit of the flower. For more information, click the link below. Ikebana International   Illuminate Live at the Golden Gate Bandshell October 20, 22 and 25 Visit the Golden Gate Bandshell this October (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) for free concerts from Illuminate Live. Swing by Friday Happy Hour for a special Oktoberfest Dance Concert featruing Der Brasswerks on October 20 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. On October 22, we have Reggae Sunday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. with Irie Dole, DJ Guid8nce and Special Guest DJ Polo Reign. Next week, we have Singer/Songwriter Wednesday on October 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. featuring M Joy, Simon Melrose Band, and Hither For more information, click the link below. Golden Gate Bandshell   Sundown Cinema at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on October 20 Join the San Francisco Parks Alliance, Alamo Drafthouse and DoTheBay for a spooky season finale for Sundown Cinema, the free film screenings series in San Francisco's parks. It will take place on Friday, October 20 at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (40 John F. Shelley Drive) featuring the 1984 classic Ghostbusters. Beginning at 5 p.m., there will also be a pre-movie Halloween costume contest where contestants can win free flights from Alaska Airlines. For more information, click the link below. Sundown Cinema: Ghostbusters   Community Social Doubles at Joe DiMaggio Playground on October 20 San Francisco tennis players, advanced beginners through intermediate, are invited to play in the Tennis Coalition of San Francisco's Friday evening social doubles series. Meet other players at your level for round-robin sets in an organized and fun environment! For more information and to register for the social on October 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joe DiMaggio Playground (651 Lombard Street), click the link below. Community Social Doubles   Randall Family Halloween on October 21 Swing by the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way) on Saturday, October 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for its family Halloween day. This free event will feature creepy crafts, a squared pumpkin patch, live music and more. For more information, click the link below. Randall Family Halloween   Alemany Farm Harvest Festival on October 21 Join the Friends of Alemany Farm (700 Alemany Boulevard) for its annual harvest festival on Saturday, October 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature a garlic planting, free food, farm tours, kids' activities, live music and more. For more information, click the link below. Harvest Festival   Sounds of the Street at India Basin Shoreline Park on October 21 Join the India Basin Waterfront Park project partners, Illuminate, and the Bayview Opera House for the Sounds of the Street music series at India Basin Shoreline Park's (Hunters Point Boulevard and Hawes Street) Community Innovation Lab on Saturday, October 21 from noon to 4 p.m. There will be a free poetry workshop and showcase led by San Francisco native and the city's Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, as well as Darius Simpson, Ladi Rev, Tyson Amir, and Allie Jones. This program is an initiative of the project's Equitable Development Plan, following the strategies to use the physical spaces and park programming to build community cohesion and social capital and to ensure that park programming is equitable and responsive to community needs and desires. For more information, click the link below. Sounds of the Street   Nightmare on Elk Street at Glen Canyon Recreation Center on October 21 Nightmare on Elk Street returns to Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street) on Saturday, October 21 from 4 to 9 p.m. This free event will feature a haunted house, food trucks, and our own DJ G Reader who will be providing music and karaoke. The event is recommended for ages 13 and up. For more information, click the link below. Nightmare on Elk Street   Free Girls Rugby Clinic in Golden Gate Park on October 22 San Francisco Golden Gate Youth Rugby will host free youth rugby clinics for girls, ages 5 to 14, at the Polo Field (1232 JFK Drive) in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, October 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. No prior experience is necessary as participants will learn the basics of the game. To register, click the link below. Girls Rugby Clinic   First Responder Career Pathways Fair on October 22 Are you interested in becoming an first responder? Come to a career fair on Sunday, October 22 from noon to 5 p.m. at City Hall (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place) to learn more about this broad field, which includes nurses, EMTs, firefighters, and paramedics. More than 25 organizations will be present to share information on a variety of first responder careers. For more information and to register for this free event, click the link below. First Responder Fair   Glen Park Movie Night on October 24 Join our staff at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street) for classic movie nights this fall! The next movie night takes place on Tuesday, October 24, beginning at 6 p.m. and will feature the 1941 film, "Spooks Run Wild." Come out to meet your neighbors and to enjoy these vintage films. For more information, contact the center at (415) 239-4007.   Bay Beats Launch Party at Fulton Plaza on October 28 Join the San Francisco Public Library for its Bay Beats launch party on Saturday, October 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fulton Plaza by the Main Library. Bay Beats, a new free music streaming platform featuring more than 100 Bay Area musicians and bands, will be going live that day. Celebrate with six of the Bay Beat artists performing live, and indulge in food and Halloween fun. For more information, click the link below. Bay Beats   Come As You Are: A Psychedelic Halloween Music Festival on October 28 Local arts nonprofit Big Leap Collective and psych-rockers Analog Dog are joining forces with Illuminate Live, Rec and Park, and Friends of The Amp for a special free community concert at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (40 John F. Shelley Drive) on Saturday, October 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come As You Are: A Psychedelic San Francisco Halloween Music Festival, will feature some of the city’s premiere independent music acts, in addition to live drag performances, a costume contest with fun prizes, local art activations and more. For more information and to RSVP, click the link below. Come as You Are   SF Model Yacht Club 125th Anniversary Celebration on October 29 Join the San Francisco Model Yacht Club (36th Avenue and Fulton Street) in Golden Gate Park for its 125th anniversary celebration on Sunday, October 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The club is the oldest continually operating model yacht club in the United States, and is devoted to the building and sailing of model yachts, both power and sail. The event will feature boat displays, San Francisco Sailing Science Center exhibits, a regatta, opportunities to take the helm, and more. For more information, click the link below. SFMYC   Halloween Movie Night at Jose Coronado Playground on October 30 Swing by Jose Coronado Playground (2502 Folsom Street) on Monday, October 30 from 7 to 9 p.m. for a free movie night. Bring your own blanket and help yourself to complimentary popcorn and refreshments. For more information, click the link below. Jose Coronado Movie Night   Programming   Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League Registration Now Open Registration for the 25th season of the Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League is now open. This historic 5-on-5 Indoor Soccer (Futsal) league returns for youth ages 5 to 18 with recreational, intermediate and advanced teams available. Individuals looking for a team will be able to register as free agents. All games are on Sundays with the season going from January 7 to March 3, 2024. For more information, including registration details, click the link below. Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League   Mobile Rec at Gilman Playground on October 21 Mobile Rec comes to Gilman Playground (903 Gilman Avenue) this Saturday, October 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free BMX biking, skateboarding and more. Equipment is provided. Grind rails and catch some air this Saturday! For more information, click the link below. Mobile Rec   Adaptive Bikes Serving People with Disabilities in our Parks San Francisco's free Adaptive Bike Program in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, October 21. In partnership with the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, we're providing free reservations for adaptive bikes at these two locations during the summer and fall months, with the program serving people with disabilities. The 2023 season runs through the end of October. The Golden Gate Park program will take place at the Music Concourse behind the Bandshell (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) and next to the new accessible parking lot on the first and third Saturdays of the month. The Great Highway program will take place at the end of Judah Street on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Reservations are required to participate. To reserve a bike, contact BORP Cycling Center at (510) 848-2930 or email cycling at borp.org by 5 p.m. on the Thursday before each program date. For more information, click the link below. BORP   Sundays at the Beach on the Great Highway: Mat Yoga on October 22 Join the Friends of Great Highway Park for its Sundays at the Beach programming. These free activities from live music to Tai Chi, will be hosted weekly! The next event will be mat yoga on Sunday, October 22, at Judah Street and the Great Highway beginning at noon. For more information, click the link below. Great Highway Park   Girls Hoop Summit at Hamilton Recreation Center on November 18 Register today for the Girls Play Sports Hoop Summit on Saturday, November 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hamilton Recreation Center (1900 Geary Boulevard). The event is for girls ages 5 to 12, and will feature drills, pick up games and a special guest speaker. For more information and to register, click the link below.  Girls Play Sports Hoop Summit   Soccer Fridays at Tenderloin Recreation Center through December 15 Join Street Soccer USA, the Tenderloin Community Benefit District and Rec and Park for Soccer Fridays at Tenderloin Recreation Center (570 Ellis Street) from 5 to 8 p.m. through December 15. This drop-in program is for middle and high school players to work on their game ahead of the 23/24 soccer season and to meet other players in their community. Note that the outdoor court will have coed soccer, while the indoor gym will be reserved for Girls Night Fridays, featuring a number of recreational activities, including soccer. For more information, call the center at (415) 292-2162.   Community Innovation Lab Ribbon Cutting Our Video of the Week comes from India Basin Fall Fest when project partners cut the ribbon on the Community Innovation Lab at India Basin Shoreline Park. The lab now offers a range of new services including free rentals of sports and activity equipment; space for community organizations to host their programming, workshops, networking events, and more; as well as free Wi-Fi access, laptop and tablet lending, technical support, and community services. For more information, click the link below. 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