eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- January 10, 2024

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Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks   Highlights, News & Announcements   India Basin Hosts Annual Toy Giveaway for the Community To wrap-up 2023, the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI) hosted its India Basin Holiday in the Park Toy Giveaway last month at India Basin Shoreline Park's Community Innovation Lab and Hypecourt, with support from community partners and the India Basin Waterfront Park Project. Families received toys, enjoyed music and refreshments, participated in fun holiday activities, shopped at a holiday market featuring local businesses, and more. A special thanks to everyone who came out and to the community partners that made this celebration possible! The event follows a number of strategies highlighted in the India Basin Waterfront Park Project's Equitable Development Plan. Learn more about the project at the link below. India Basin Waterfront Park   Civic Center Plazas' Free Classes & Activities for 2024 Fitness Journey Be sure to check out all of the amazing drop-in activities and scheduled classes available at the newly renovated UN Plaza and surrounding Civic Center area plazas to help you on your 2024 fitness journey. From free exercise classes including Rec and Park yoga and Zumba, to crafting a custom workout at the new National Fitness Campaign fitness court, we have something for everyone to get active in the new year! See the updated workout class schedule from Rae Studios above, as well as the full amenity list and schedule at the link below. Civic Center Plazas   Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League Kicks Off in 2024 Our 2024 Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League season is underway! In its 25th season, more than 2,700 of San Francisco's burgeoning youth soccer players, playing on 265 teams, are competing citywide. From Palega to Glen Park recreation centers, check out some of the season highlights above. Learn more about the league and its history at the link below. Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League   SF Chronicle Datebook's Best of 2023: "Adventures with Alice" Check out the San Francisco Chronicle Datebook's Best of 2023 list, which includes We Players' "Adventures with Alice." The show toured throughout the Bay Area, including a stop in Golden Gate Park last April and May. Read more about Adventures with Alice and other top local theater shows from the past year at the link below. Datebook: Best of 2023   Holiday Ice Rink at Union Square's Last Day on January 15 The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink, presented by Kaiser Permanente, is at Union Square (333 Post Street) through January 15 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children 8 and under, with skate rental included in the cost of admission. All tickets must be purchased in advance and a portion of ticket proceeds benefits San Francisco Recreation and Parks. Be sure to get on the ice this weekend before the rink closes for the season! For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below.  Union Square Ice Rink   Silver Terrace Playground Community Meeting on January 20 Join us for a community meeting on the upcoming renovation of Silver Terrace Playground on Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. Rec and Park, with generous support from KABOOM!, will be renovating this park to create a new children’s play area and nature exploration area, while improving the park’s irrigation system, landscaping, fencing, and picnic seating. This family-friendly event will take place at the playground (1700 Silver Avenue) and will feature children's nature play activities. Stop by to help workshop the design of this new play space and shape the future of this park. For translation, interpretation, or other language services, as well as accessibility requests, please call Pete Moore at (415) 496-6204 or pete.j.moore at sfgov.org. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help to ensure availability. For additional information, contact Keri Ayers by email at keri.ayers at sfgov.org or by phone at (628) 652-6642. Learn more about the project at the link below. Silver Terrace Playground Renovation   Park Padel at Embarcadero Plaza Check out Park Padel's new one-year pop-up courts located in Embarcadero Plaza! Padel, frequently described as a cross between tennis and squash, is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Like pickleball, padel is easy to learn, social, and usually played as a doubles game on a court about a third of the size of a tennis court. However, padel courts are bounded by glass walls, allowing players to hit the ball off multiple surfaces, much like squash. Free play with advanced reservation takes place Monday through Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information and to make a reservation, click the link below. Park Padel   People of the Parks: Volunteer Garden Coordinator Says Farewell Andrea has been a crucial part of the community garden at In Chan Kaajal Park in the Mission District since the park first opened in 2017. For the past six years, she’s volunteered most Saturdays helping oversee the shared community garden, which is filled with a variety of plants, including garlic, rosemary, and dahlias, just to name a few. From organizing garden workdays and potluck parties, to helping figure out which plants the community wants, she’s been involved every step of the way. Unfortunately, Andrea is moving soon and will be deeply missed by everyone. “It’s been absolutely amazing to see all different kinds of people, all ages, working together in the garden,” she said. “It’s really been my privilege to be here.” Aside from the comradery and connection with her neighbors, another thing she’ll miss is her special garden tea, which is mixture of dried herbs from the garden such as lavender, chamomile, and calendula, among others. “I call it my special I.C.K. (In Chan Kaajal) blend,” she laughed. People of the Parks is a series of short stories, based on conversations with people we meet in San Francisco parks. Learn more about our community gardens at the link below. Community Gardens   Upcoming Events   Monumental Reckoning Farewell Ceremony on January 12 Join Illuminate and Rec and Park for the closing ceremony of the Monumental Reckoning exhibit at the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse on Friday, January 12 from noon to 12:30 p.m. Monumental Reckoning is by Bay Area artist Dana King and is made up of 350 four-foot high sculptures crafted in black steel with vinyl tubing, representing the number of Africans initially forced onto the “San Juan Bautista” to become America’s first enslaved people. The temporary exhibit was installed for Juneteenth in 2021. Help honor and bid farewell to this exhibit, which touched hundreds of thousands of visitors over the last two years. For more information, click the link below. Monumental Reckoning Farewell Ceremony   SF Rose Society Pruning Workshop in Golden Gate Park on January 14 Join the San Francisco Rose Society for a free pruning workshop on Sunday, January 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. It will take place at the Rose Garden in Golden Gate Park (Funston Avenue and Fulton Street) and will also feature rose cuttings and tune-ups for your pruners. For more information, click the link below. SF Rose Society   San Francisco Public Library's Screening of "Selma" on January 14 In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, youth ages 12-18 are invited to the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (100 Larkin Street) in Civic Center for a special screening of "Selma." The film is centered around the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played a crucial leadership role. The screening will take place on Sunday, January 14 from 3 to 5:15 p.m. For more information, click the link below. Selma Screening   Rec and Park's Second Annual Budget Meeting on January 16 The second of Rec and Park's annual budget meetings will take place at the Garfield Square (3100 26th Street) community room on Tuesday, January 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. Join us as we discuss preliminary plans for fiscal years 2024-25 and 2025-26. Learn about our department's budget instructions for the next two years, and let us know what priorities you have for your neighborhood parks.   City Job Fair at Southeast Community Center on January 20 Looking for a career change? San Francisco Recreation and Parks, along with other government agencies and community organizations are hosting a series of four Saturday job fairs in 2024 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The second will be on Saturday, January 20 at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's Southeast Community Center (1550 Evans Avenue). Swing by and find the right job for you! For more information, email rpd_recruitment at sfgov.org. Rec and Park Jobs   Mister G Concert at the San Francisco Botanical Garden on January 20 Join the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, Illuminate, and Rec and Park for a family-friendly concert by Latin Grammy Award-winning artist, author, and educator Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer). It will take place in the Celebration Garden at the San Francisco Botanical Garden (1199 9th Avenue) on Saturday, January 20 from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. After the concert, enjoy a book signing and storybook stroll in the Children’s Garden featuring Mister G's book "Señorita Mariposa." There will also be activities highlighting the important role of pollinators led by the Gardens' youth educator. The event is free with admission to the San Francisco Botanical Garden. For more information, click the link below. Mister G at the Botanical Garden   Academy Winter Baseball Clinics Beginning on January 20 Join the Giants Community Fund and Rec and Park for their free academy winter baseball clinics on the Saturdays of January 20, 27 and February 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinics will take place at Silver Terrace Playground's (1700 Silver Avenue) Diamond #1 and provide an off-season opportunity for players, ages 10-17, to develop their skills through a variety of infield and outfield drills. For more information and register, click the link below. Winter Baseball Clinics   Light Up the Night Bike Parade in Golden Gate Park on January 20 Join the San Francisco Parks Alliance and San Francisco Bike Coalition for their Light Up the Night Bike Parade in Golden Gate Park on Saturday, January 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. Bring your best set of lit wheels for an illuminated ride through the park. The starting point will be in front of the Conservatory of Flowers on the JFK Promenade. For more information, click the link below. Light Up the Night Bike Parade   YPTMTC's "The Prom" Opens at the Randall Museum on January 26 Join the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company (YPTMTC) for its musical production of The Prom. It focuses on four eccentric Broadway stars that are in desperate need of a new stage. When they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue, as well as themselves. The show will run at the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way) on the weekends of January 26 and February 2 with Friday and Saturday shows beginning at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows beginning at 2 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below. The Prom   Programming   Sign Up for Bayview United Soccer Club Bayview United is San Francisco's first primarily Black youth soccer team for boys and girls, grades K-5. Since 2019, this free equity-driven program aims to increase access in the Bayview-Hunters Point (BVHP) community to the world’s game. It has set out to create a top tier soccer program with its home field at Youngblood Coleman Playground (1398 Hudson Avenue), and is open to players of all backgrounds and experience levels in the BVHP community. If interested, contact Fulton Mitchell at (415) 361-2872.   Mobile Rec at Gilman Playground on January 13 Mobile Rec comes to Gilman Playground (903 Gilman Avenue) on Saturday, January 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to free BMX biking and skateboarding, our rock wall will be available for aspiring climbers to reach new heights! Equipment will be provided. For more information, click the link below. Mobile Rec   Sundays at the Beach on the Great Highway: Live Music on January 14 Join the Friends of Great Highway Park for its Sundays at the Beach programming. These free activities from chair yoga to Tai Chi, will be hosted four times a month. The next event will be live music on Sunday, January 14, at Noriega Street and the Great Highway from noon to 3 p.m. For more information, click the link below. Great Highway Park   Movie Night at Glen Park Recreation Center on January 16 Join our staff at Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (70 Elk Street) for classic movie nights! The next one will take place on Tuesday, January 16, beginning at 6 p.m. featuring the 1926 film "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans." Come out to meet your neighbors and to enjoy these vintage films. For more information, contact the center at (415) 239-4007.   SFMTA Photo Archive at Harvey Milk Photo Center through February 3 Swing by the Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott Street) to check out the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) photo exhibit. Curated by Jeremy Menzies and Melissa Castro Keesor, this exhibit draws on the 120-year-old collections of photographs in the SFMTA photo department and archive. Capturing everything from buses and streetcars to major historical events, the images inadvertently document the growth of San Francisco from a sandy backwater into a major metropolis. The gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 3 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through February 3. For more information, click the link below. SFMTA Photo Exhibit   New Rec and Park Commissioners Sworn in by Mayor London Breed Our Video of the Week depicts the official swearing-in of Carey Wintroub and Breanna Zwart to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission by Mayor London Breed earlier today. Congratulations to our newest commissioners and we look forward to your leadership in guiding our park system. Learn more about their background, as well as the commission, at the link below. 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