eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- August 21, 2024

[SF Recreation and Parks]

Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks   Highlights, News & Announcements Portugal. The Man Coming to Civic Center Plaza on September 20 Another Planet Entertainment (APE) has announced that Portugal. The Man, will be headlining the second of three free music events coming to downtown on Friday, September 20 at Civic Center Plaza, beginning at 6 p.m. Over the past decade, Portugal. The Man has established itself as one of rock’s most popular bands and live phenomena, with over 1,600 shows under its belt and a storied reputation as festival favorites. They will be joined on September 20 by soul, funk, alternative band SNACKTIME. This series of concerts, produced by APE, is expected to create hundreds of local jobs and contribute greatly to the City’s economy. Transforming downtown into a leading arts, culture, and nightlife destination is one of the strategies of Mayor Breed’s Roadmap to Downtown San Francisco’s Future, aiming for a stronger, resilient downtown that is an economic and global destination. Last September, the City’s Board of Supervisors approved a plan for APE to host a series of ticketed concerts in Golden Gate Park following Outside Lands Music Festival and three Downtown locations, starting this year for the next three years. For more information and to RSVP for free tickets, click the link below. Portugal. The Man at Civic Center   Free Shakespeare in the Park Comes to Sue Bierman Park for First Time The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, in partnership with Rec and Park, announced that its Free Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Tempest" will perform at Sue Bierman Park (Drumm and Washington streets), just north of Embarcadero Plaza across from the Ferry Building. Performances will take place Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. on September 14, 15, 21 and 22. The free production is the latest in a diverse array of weekend and evening events bringing new energy and excitement to the Embarcadero under Mayor London Breed’s Roadmap to San Francisco’s Future. The performances at Sue Bierman Park are in addition to those scheduled at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park from from August 31 to September 8. The production is directed by Rotimi Agbabiaka and has been acclaimed for its joyfulness. Actor Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe plays the role of Prospero. Thought to be Shakespeare’s last solo written play, "The Tempest" tells the tale of a father (Prospero) and daughter (Miranda) set adrift to sea by the jealous machinations of Prospero’s brother. Admission is free. For more information call the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival at (415) 558-0888 or visit sfshakes.org. Additional details at the link below. Shakespeare at Sue Bierman & McLaren Park   Construction Begins on BAYS Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park Last weekend, Rec and Park joined Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) to break ground on the BAYS Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park. Once complete, the revitalized garden area will serve as a space for reflection, honoring the many people who have lost their lives from breast cancer. A big thank you to BAYS for being the driving force behind this project, which will be the first permanent and public memorial for breast cancer in the U.S. Learn more at the link below. BAYS Memorial Garden   Trivia, Dance & More at Embarcadero Plaza August 22, 23, 24 & 28 Rec and Park, along with the Office of Economic Workforce Development, SF New Deal, and Into the Streets, is proud to announce the launch of Bricks at Embarcadero Plaza. Bricks will bring an array of exciting weekly activations to the plaza from Wednesday to Sunday, including happy hours, dance parties, trivia, family days, networking events, and more. This week we have Trivia by the Bay on Thursday, August 22 from 3 to 7 p.m.; Groove on the Bricks dance party on Friday, August 23 from 3 to 7 p.m.; and Family Day on Saturday, August 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring free drop-in educational and play activities curated and hosted by Children's Creativity Museum. We kick off next week at the plaza on Wednesday, August 28 with Salsa and Tacos from 3 to 7 p.m. All happy hour events feature food and drink specials from Osha Thai.   For more information about Bricks, including events, click the link below. Bricks at Embarcadero Plaza   Teen Movie Night at India Basin Shoreline Park on August 23 Join the India Basin Waterfront Park project partners for Teen Movie Night on Friday, August 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. at India Basin Shoreline Park (Hunters Point Boulevard and Hawes Street). The event will feature free food, photo booth, live DJ, vision board making and a screening of "Freedom Writers." Teens are invited to kickback and spend a chill night on the waterfront. For more information and to RSVP, click the link below. India Basin Teen Movie Night   A New Way to Learn Tennis and Pickleball in San Francisco Convenient, safe, and professional: the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and Rec are excited to announce an innovative pilot program matching tennis and pickleball players of all levels to professional instructors on select courts across the city.  Via the Rec Instructor Network, residents will now be able to book professional 1:1 and small group lessons from licensed instructors conveniently at their local park. Whether you want to improve your serve, perfect your backhand, or master the art of the dink, you’ll be able to find a coach to teach you, all without leaving your neighborhood! All teaching pros are insured and undergo a thorough background check, allowing for a safe and secure experience.   Ready to Up Your Game? Here’s How to Book a Lesson Discover Players will be able to see instructor profiles at rec.us/sfrecpark/coaching with details on teaching background, availability, and certifications Sign Up Players will be able to instantly book instructors that post confirmed availability, or they can contact instructors to request a lesson for a time and place that works for both sides Play! Every lesson will come with a reserved court so residents spend less time figuring out a place to learn and more time focusing on improving their game! Additional information on the coaching pilot can be found at the link below. Book a Lesson Today!   Nature Play Workshop Spruces Up Rolph Nicol Jr. Play Area Last weekend, Rec and Park and San Francisco Children and Nature hosted a two-day nature play workshop at Rolph Nicol Jr. Playground, Rec and Park's first nature play area established in 2018. Contractors, builders, and other park professionals learned best practices for implementing nature play features while helping to refresh the park. Special thanks to District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, The Low Income Investment Fund, San Francisco Department of Early Childhood, and Rocky Mountain Woodworks for making this possible.   Tenderloin Recreation Center Playground Community Meeting August 23 Join Rec and Park for a community meeting to discuss an upcoming playground improvement project at Tenderloin Recreation Center on Friday, August 23 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at the center's playground (570 Ellis Street). The project, a partnership between Rec and Park, Wu Yee Children’s Services, KABOOM!, and Low Income Investment Fund, is a Green Schoolyard Project that will focus on delivering a nature-based children’s play area, nature exploration area, seating areas, picnic tables, ADA improvements, and more. Stop by the workshop table and help shape the future of this park. For more information, click the link below. Tenderloin Rec Center Community Meeting   Kezar Pavilion Community Meeting on August 24 Join us for a Kezar Pavilion Renovation Project community meeting on Saturday, August 24 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be hosted as an open house workshop outdoors by the Flywheel Coffee kiosk and bocce courts (601 Stanyan Street). Give feedback on the design and input on future programming. For more information, click the link below. Questions? Contact Alexis Ward at (628) 652-6641 or by email at alexis.ward at sfgov.org. Kezar Community Meeting   Upcoming Events SF Live: Live Band Karaoke at Union Square on August 22 Warm up your vocals and come out for live band karaoke with Pandora Karaoke Bar at Union Square (333 Post Street) on Thursday, August 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. The live musical backdrop will be provided by T.G.O.P and special guests KJ Bentley, KJ Lorenzo, KJ Joey and KJ Mark. For more information, click the link below. SF Live: Pandora Karaoke   Civic Center Soundtrack Concert Series on August 22, 23 & 27 Civic Center Soundtrack, a free concert series by Illuminate Live, is at Fulton Plaza between San Francisco Main Library and the Asian Art Museum. These diverse musical performances will be held every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. August 22 | 2-5 p.m. Featuring Eva Jay Fortune, Morgan Vallat, XtinaM August 23 | 12-3 p.m. Featuring Jamie Wilson, Michael Annotti, The Welcome Matt August 27 | 12-3 p.m. Featuring Don Shearer, Frank Buffum, Junior Correa Illuminate Live   Hip Hop on the Plaza at UN Plaza on August 23 Check out the August schedule for All the Way Live Foundation's Hip Hop on the Plaza at UN Plaza (Market and Hyde streets). The next will be held on August 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. and will feature a breakdance workshop starting at 4:30 p.m., followed by a dance session with Bboy Gid Nasty and DJ Powerserge. For more information, click the link below. All the Way Live Foundation   Illuminate Live at the Golden Gate Bandshell on August 23, 25 & 28 Join us for a free concert with Illuminate Live at the Golden Gate Bandshell (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) in Golden Gate Park. August 23 | 4:30-7 p.m. Friday Happy Hour featuring Shake it Booty Band August 25 | 4:30-7:30 p.m. Reggae Sunday featuring DJ Guid8nce, Irie Dole, Mighty Mystic August 28 | 4-7 p.m. Singer/Songwriter Wednesday featuring Chris von Sneidern and Zach Blizzard Illuminate Live   Garden Resource Day in McLaren Park on August 24 Join us for garden resource days in 2024. The next one will take place on Saturday, August 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be free compost, mulch, plant starts and seeds, as well as a tool care station. Compost will be limited to five 5-gallon buckets per household– bring your own buckets. Additionally, University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener volunteers will be on site to answer your gardening questions! These events will take place at the overflow parking lot at Gleneagles Golf Course (2100 Sunnydale Avenue), adjacent to the McLaren Bike Park. A waiting line will form on the north side of the street. Please approach from east to take a right turn into the parking lot. For more information, visit our Urban Agriculture page at the link below.  Interested in volunteering for this event? Help support gardeners from across the city by managing vehicle safety, greeting community members and assisting in set-up and break down by emailing communitygardens at sfgov.org. Urban Agriculture Program   Free Summer Soccer on the Great Highway on August 24 Join Soccer Stars and Friends of Great Highway Park for free summer soccer on Saturday, August 24 from 11 a.m. to noon on the Great Highway between Vicente Street and Sloat Boulevard. Super Soccer Star programming will include dribbling and shooting activities for ages 2 to 10 years old. Come out for an active morning by the beach! Details at the link below. Super Soccer Stars   Great Highway Summer Art Series: HER(E) on August 24 Join Friends of Great Highway Park for the summer art series on Saturday, August 24, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Great Highway and Judah Street. This weekend's exhibit, HER(E), curated by Nicole Meldahl, is presented by the Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP) and Great Highway Gallery, showcasing anonymized women from the OpenSFHistory archive. WNP will also host a memory station to scan photos and capture stories about local women. Bring your photographs of San Francisco women to preserve their stories in the archive. Enjoy snacks, mocktails, and a special musical performance by Stephanie Woolford. For more information, click the link below. Summer Art Series   Duboce ParkJam on August 24 Join the Friends of Duboce Park for the first Duboce ParkJam on Saturday, August 24 from noon to 4 p.m. This free event brings live music to the park (Duboce Avenue and Scott Street) with performances from local musicians, songwriters, and groups. Bring your friends and family, spread out a blanket, and enjoy an afternoon of fantastic music and community spirit. For more information, click the link below. Friends of Duboce Park   The Whale's Tail Music Lineup for August 24 & 25 The Whale’s Tail, Golden Gate Park's seasonal watering hole, is open from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and select holidays all summer and will feature a revolving schedule of live music, as well as food trucks, street art, and games. It is located at the 14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on the JFK Promenade.   The seasonal destination is a collaboration between Rec and Park, Non Plus Ultra, Illuminate, and SF Live. For more information, including the music lineup for Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25, click the link below. Illuminate Live   Sunday Streets Mission on August 25 Sunday Streets comes to the Mission on August 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will transform Valencia Street between Duboce Avenue and 26th Street into a car-free community space for residents, where visitors can enjoy a day of free outdoor recreation together. Additionally, Mission Pool (101 Linda Street) will have free community swim from noon to 3 p.m. as part of the event. For more information, including details on how to volunteer, click the link below. Sunday Streets Mission     Golden Gate Park Band: Ukrainian Day on August 25 Join the Golden Gate Park Band for its Ukrainian Day show on Sunday, August 25 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The event will celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the country's independence and feature a number of Ukrainian performers. It will also feature a traditional welcome of bread and salt. For more information, click the link below. Golden Gate Park Band   Programming and Regular Series Activity and Class Schedule for Civic Center Plazas Check out all of the amazing drop-in activities and scheduled classes available at the reimagined UN Plaza and surrounding Civic Center area. From the Heart of the City Farmers' Market and live music at Fulton Plaza to free drop-in yoga classes at UN Plaza, we have something for everyone to get out and play in San Francisco's core. See the workout class schedule from Rae Studios at UN Plaza, as well as the full amenity list and schedule at the link below. Civic Center Plazas   Mission Rec Rebels Girls Basketball Tryouts Begin August 29 The Mission Recreation Center (MRC) Rebels girls AAU basketball program is holding tryouts for its storied program! Tryouts begin on Thursday, August 29 for grades 4 to 8 with following dates on August 30, September 3 and 6. All tryouts take place at St. Mary's Recreation Center (95 Justin Drive) beginning at 5:30 p.m. For more information and to register, click the link below. Mission Rec Rebels   Chess Club Thursdays in Glen Park Join the San Francisco Public Library and Rec and Park for chess club Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. Sessions take place at the Glen Park Branch Library (2835 Diamond Street) on the first, third and fifth Thursdays of the month, while sessions on the second and fourth Thursdays take place at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street). These sessions are for players of all skill levels including kids (6 and older), teens and adults. Improve your memory, concentration and logical thinking skills through this time-honored game! For more information, contact Glen Park Recreation Center at (415) 239-4007.     Adaptive Bike Program in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays Check out San Francisco's free Adaptive Bike Program in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays through October 26. In partnership with the BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, we're providing hand cycles, foot trikes and tandem bikes for use on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. These adaptive cycles will be available at the Music Concourse behind the Bandshell (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive), next to the accessible parking lot. No reservations are needed; first come, first served. For more information, call (510) 848-2930 or email sfcycling at borp.org.   Drop-In Wheelchair Basketball at Glen Park Recreation Center Glen Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street) is hosting a free drop-in wheelchair basketball session every Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. in partnership with BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation. All ages are welcome. You don't have to have a mobility disability to participate, but you must be able to maneuver a wheelchair. Wheelchairs are available (will fit people at least 5-feet tall). Let's get hooping! Additional questions? Contact Glen Park Recreation Center at (415) 239-4007.   Swing into Stories in San Francisco Parks The San Francisco Public Library's (SFPL) YouthMobile is coming to parks around the city. Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading and the SFPL is bringing stories and song to San Francisco's parks through its Swing into Stories program. It takes place at a different park each Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to noon (Storytime begins at 10:30 a.m.) with the next at Redwood Grove Playground in McLaren Park on August 27. See the monthly schedule here: 1st Tuesday of the month Garfield Playground (Treat and 26th streets) 2nd Tuesday of the month Koret Playground in Golden Gate Park (by the carousel) 3rd Tuesday of the month Hilltop Playground (Newcomb Avenue & Whitney Young Circle) 4th Tuesday of the month Redwood Grove Playground in McLaren Park (200 John F. Shelly Drive) Join us for a high-energy story time in our beautiful outdoors!  The YouthMobile offers a diverse selection of children’s library materials available for check-out with an SFPL library card. From the city’s only kid-focused bookmobile, staff circulates materials, creates library cards and provides the public with information about library services and programs. For more information and the Swing into Stories schedule, click the link below.  Swing into Stories   Movie Night at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center on August 27 Join our staff at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street) for classic movie nights! The next will take place on Tuesday, August 27, beginning at 6 p.m. and will feature the 1951 film "Mr. Imperium." Come out to meet your neighbors and to enjoy these vintage films. For more information, contact Glen Park Recreation Center at (415) 239-4007.   Video of the Week Popping Jam at UN Plaza Our Video of the Week comes from All the Way Live Foundation and highlights its Popping Jam, which took place at UN Plaza in June as part of Hip Hop on the Plaza programming. The next program will be held on Friday, August 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. and will feature a breakdance workshop starting at 4:30 p.m., followed by a dance session with Bboy Gid Nasty and DJ Powerserge. For more information, visit allthewaylive.org.     SF Rec and Park Job Openings Get Your SF Rec and Park Swag Here Volunteer with SF Rec and Park   San Francisco Recreation and Parks | sfrecpark.org         SF Recreation and Parks | McLaren Lodge-Golden Gate Park 501 Stanyan Street | San Francisco , CA 94117 US Unsubscribe | Constant Contact Data Notice
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