Cole Valley Events
SF Middle School Science Fair at the Randall Museum, Festival March 2
The 2024 San Francisco Middle School Science Fair is underway at the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way). Stop by this week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily to check out the exhibits. Winners will be announced during the museum’s Science Festival this Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids and their families can enjoy free live animal encounters, discover more information with community partners from the science world, and, for a small fee, drop in to explore the fun of hands-on science from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, click the link below.
Kezar Pavilion Renovation Project Community Meeting on March 12
Rec and Park, in partnership with the Department of Emergency Management, will be hosting a community meeting for the Kezar Pavilion Renovation Project on Tuesday, March 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the San Francisco Police Department's Park Station (1899 Waller Street) community room. There will also be an optional facility tour of Kezar Pavilion from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Meet outside of the facility's main entrance at 755 Stanyan Street for the tour.
The building will be renovated to accommodate enhanced recreational activities and to function as a disaster response facility in the event of a major emergency. Join us as we discuss the vision and goals for this legendary facility.
For questions or comments, contact the project manager by email at alexis.ward@sfgov.org or by phone at (628) 652-6641.
For translation or language services, as well as accessibility requests, please contact Pete Moore by phone at (415) 496-6204 or email at pete.j.moore@sfgov.org. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help to ensure availability.
For more information, visit the project page at the link below.
Performances in Golden Gate Park Announced for 2024 Season
Illuminate is beginning its robust performance season with 125+ diverse free concerts at the historic Golden Gate Bandshell in Golden Gate Park, the arts nonprofit and Rec and Park announced this week!
The series, Illuminate Live, kicks off its 2024 season on Friday, March 1 and continues through mid-November with shows every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The free concerts attract more than 250,000 music lovers throughout each season. To honor International Women’s Day - the entire month of March will feature women or women-fronted musical groups. In total, 14 women-focused shows are planned during the month.
The full lineup of performers is as diverse and local as it was in its first three seasons. The 2024 concerts will feature R&B, soul, jazz, funk, big band musicians, string ensembles, indie and psychedelic rock bands, and many singer-songwriters. In addition, the series will include reggae, salsa, and some EDM and electronic music.
A full schedule can be found at this link and will be updated regularly, including special events. For additional information, click the link below.
The fourth Saturday of every month offers an opportunity to help beautify the eastern end of Golden Gate Park.
Please Volunteer
Saturday, November 25, 2023
10am - Noon
Join the RPD gardeners and the Alvord Lake Task Force to beautify the eastern entrance of Golden Gate Park. A wide range of gardening tasks is available. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. All supplies, tools, and gloves are provided by RPD. Meet at the Haight and Stanyan entrance to Golden Gate Park.
Celebrate with your neighbors!
Park Branch Open House
Saturday, October 28, 1 – 5 p.m.
1833 Page Street (between Cole and Shrader)
1 – 3 p.m.
Visit our program room to make a Halloween treat bag and custom button, view our Haight Ashbury Collection, and relax in our play space for young children.
3 – 4 p.m.
Purple Fox and the Heebie Jeebies perform in our courtyard as part of the Tricycle Music Fest.
4 – 5 p.m.
Enjoy coffee and refreshments in our reading room.
Refreshments and entertainment courtesy of Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
The fourth Saturday of every month offers an opportunity to help beautify the eastern end of Golden Gate Park.
Please Volunteer
Saturday, October 28, 2023
10am - Noon
Join the RPD gardeners and the Alvord Lake Task Force to beautify the eastern entrance of Golden Gate Park. A wide range of gardening tasks is available. Please wear closed-toed shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. All supplies, tools, and gloves are provided by RPD. Meet at the Haight and Stanyan entrance to Golden Gate Park.
The fourth Saturday of every month offers an opportunity to help beautify the eastern end of Golden Gate Park.
Please Volunteer this Saturday,
September 23, 2023,
10am - Noon
Meet at the plaza above the lakelet
at Stanyan and Haight Streets.
Look for the SFR&P vehicle to
determine our location.
Volunteer slots are limited-
so please sign the waiver in the link quickly.
The fourth Saturday of every month
offers an opportunity to help beautify
the eastern end of Golden Gate Park.
Please Volunteer this Saturday,
August 26, 2023,
10am - Noon
Meet at the plaza above the lakelet at Stanyan and Haight Streets. Look for the SFR&P vehicle to determine our location.
Volunteer slots are limited-so please sign the waiver in the link quickly.
Wed Sep 13 / Brava Theater Center
MISSION VERDE
DOCUMENTARY
SCREENING AND
PANEL DISCUSSION
You are invited to attend the premier of a short documentary on the origin story of Mission Verde, a community action group. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Carla Short, Interim Director of Public Works, and the Mission Verde team.
SFPD PARK STATION NATIONAL NIGHT OUT Tuesday, August 6
Volunteer on Saturday, Earth Day,
April 22, 2023,10am - Noon
The fourth Saturday of every month
offers an opportunity to help beautify
the eastern end of Golden Gate Park.
Meet at the plaza above the lakelet
at Stanyan and Haight Streets.
Look for the SFR&P vehicle to determine our location.
Volunteer slots are limited-
so please sign the waiver in the link quickly.
The link below will take you to the SFR&P Calendar.
Scroll until you find the "Alvord Lake Task Force" listing.
(We are in District 1-Horticulture Maintenance.)
https://sfrpd.secure.force.com/SFRPDCalendar
For a peek into Alvord Lake's past, check out this link:
https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Alvord_Lake
We are excited to get out there, but we also want to ensure the safety and comfort of all parties involved. If you are feeling unwell or have a family member who is experiencing COVID symptoms, please do not come.
Volunteer Guidelines
The supervising gardener is your host. Please respect his/her knowledge and experience. Park gardening is not the same as home gardening. Ask questions and seek assistance.
Safety:
Please wear closed-toed shoes. Wear comfortable clothing that covers your entire body (long sleeves, long pants, etc.) And don't forget the sunscreen and perhaps a hat!
Wear gloves and use tools provided in ways demonstrated by the work crew supervisor.
“Eyes before hands.” When picking up trash from under bushes, behind trees, and under benches, use the tool provided to pull things out where you can see them. Then pick them up.
Be aware of the locations of other workers and members of the public to ensure your safety and theirs.
Lift with your legs, not your back.
Wear long sleeves, long pants, and closed–toed shoes (ideally boots); you may be work in or around poison oak or blackberries.
Avoid picking up broken glass and hypodermic needles. Notify the gardener if you find anything undesirable.
Drink water to avoid dehydration. Wash hands or use hand sanitizer before touching and eatingfood
Volunteers are not allowed to use power tools, or apply herbicides/pesticides.
Work Site:
Stack debris out of the way of the public but still accessible to staff trucks. Stack cut branches with butt end to road. Keep bagged trash separate from organic debris, weeds separate from brush. Pile weeds to be picked up in small piles (handled by one swoop of pitchfork) so that staff can easily load trucks.
Coffee With A Cop is scheduled for Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 3-5 p.m.
at the Golden Bear Trading Company, 1401 6th Avenue.
New Exhibit: Gallery 1506 @ Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco Heritage’s Gallery 1506 is delighted to welcome our latest Artists-in-Residence Ali Blum and Calixto Robles for a special joint exhibition entitled “March Vernal Equinox” through March 31st at 1506 Haight Street in the Doolan-Larson House. Come visit Ali and Calixto in studio as they share their creative process, prints, paintings, and mixed media work. Themes include the natural world, the mythological, social justice, and street art posters. The exhibit will be open March 21-24 and March 27-29 from 3-6 pm with extended hours of 12-6 pm on the weekend of March 25-26.
District 8 Public Safety Town Hall
Friday, March 10, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Upper Noe Recreation Center Auditorium
295 Day Street, San Francisco
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman will host a District 8 Public Safety Town Hall with District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, SFPD Chief Bill Scott, SF SAFE, and other representatives from your City government.
Help spread the word! For any questions or to submit a question to the panel, email mandelmanstaff@sfgov.org.
Woodland Canyon Creek Restoration
Saturday, March 18, 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Join Sutro Stewards, UCSF and SF Recreation and Parks Department for a morning of habitat restoration activities, such as invasive species removal, and help restore Woodland Canyon Creek on Mount Sutro!
This creek begins at the Summit of Mount Sutro in two tributaries that converge in Woodland Canyon, flanked on one side by the Edgewood trail, and on the other side by the lower Historic trail. Some are lucky to hear this seasonal creek after a heavy rain, but it is never seen because it is hidden under so much overgrowth. Help us uncover it!
Invite + RSVP for Virtual Meeting & Q&A w/ Cruise
The San Francisco-based all-electric autonomous vehicle company Cruise to invites you to a virtual meeting on Thursday, March 23rd, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
At this meeting, Cruise will share updates about its ridehail service, answer questions and hear about transportation needs in your neighborhood. Last year, Cruise became the first AV company to offer a driverless ridehail service in a major U.S. city, and it’s currently offering rides in the evenings to the western half of San Francisco.
Cruise is committed to using its fleet to positively benefit our communities. Since 2020, Cruise has delivered more than 2.3 million meals to residents and families in need, thanks to its partnerships with the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank and SF New Deal. Many of these deliveries also support local restaurants.
We’d love to connect to update you about Cruise’s service, hear about your priorities and how we may be able to work together.
Can we count you in as attending? To RSVP, email omar@riffcitystrategies.com.
You’re Invited: UCSF Parnassus Heights Community Design Meeting
Live music will return for its third season at the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with another series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park. The series, Illuminate Live, which kicks off on Wednesday, March 1, will bring more than 100 free concerts to the GGP Music Concourse in 2023. The lineup of performers returning to the stage is diverse and local as it was in its first two seasons. Shows will feature R&B, soul, jazz, funk, reggae, salsa, electronic music/EDM, big band musicians, string ensembles, indie and psychedelic rock bands and many diverse singer-songwriters.
In honor of International Women's Day on March 8, all concerts throughout March will feature women or women-fronted bands. The season kickoff on March 1 will be a Market to Bandshell show produced in association with Sunset Mercantile and featuring three female singer-songwriters: Common De Nomi, Frances Ancheta Becker and Nikki Nash. For more information and to see the schedule, click the link below.
https://goldengatebandshell.org/events/
COFFEE WITH
A COP
FEBRUARY 22
LA BOULANGERIE
From his studio in Oregon, Emek conjures collisions of the organic versus the mechanical. He hand draws then silk screens images on paper, and also works with other media such as metal, glass, and plastic. His creative works are filled with humor, social commentary, and fantasy. Even in the smallest details of his work there are messages to discover.
Emek also is renowned for painting album covers for rock stars from Neil Young to Pearl Jam to Erykah Badu. In his book Emek The Thinking Man’s Poster Artist: Collected Works of Aaarght! he explores a retrospective of his rock-and-roll art, editorial illustrations, and protest posters.
When to Visit: You can visit Emek’s exhibition and purchase his works Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 pm, Jan. 19 through Feb 11 at 1506 Haight Street.
Legendary rock-poster artist Emek is the SF Heritage Artist in Residence at Gallery 1506 on the corner of Haight & Ashbury from January 19 through February 11.
Santa On Cole
CVIA’s annual fundraiser, Santa On Cole, gives Cole Valley families the opportunity to take photos with Santa while supporting the efforts of Clean Cole, which is our award winning street cleaning program that provides daily cleaning of Cole Street’s commercial corridor.
In 2019, Santa on Cole raised over $2,500 for Clean Cole Street.
Cole Valley Fair
The annual Cole Valley Fair takes place on Cole Street between Carl and Grattan Streets in San Francisco. Each year it features local artists with fine handmade crafts, delicious food, live music, a full block of vintage automobiles owned by neighborhood residents, children’s events including a bouncy house, balloon animals, face painting, a display of historical Cole Valley photographs and more!
The Cole Valley Fair is managed by local business and fitness woman extraordinaire Erica Kajdasz of Lavation Studio and MidLine Studio. More information can be found on the Cole Valley Fair website.
Halloween Block Party
Every Halloween, the neighbors on Belvedere Street (between 17th Street and Parnassus Avenue) transform their street into one of the city’s most well-known Halloween celebrations. More than just a simple neighborhood trick-or-treat, the houses are wildly decorated with ghouls and goblins, dropping spiders, flashing strobe lights and glowing jack-o-lanterns. The street is closed to traffic and is an incredibly popular spot to trick-or-treat.
Neighborhood Adjacent Events
Inner Sunset Farmers’ Market
Where: Parking lot south of Irving St., between 8th & 9th
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
When: Every Sunday
Divisadero Farmers’ Market
Where: DMV Parking Lot, 1377 Fell Street
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
When: Every Sunday
Inner Sunset Flea Market
Where: Irving Street, between 9th & 10th
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
When: Second Sundays of the Month (Seasonal)
https://isflea.com/
Haight Street
Fair
Where: Haight Street, between Masonic & Stanyan
Time: TBD
When: Summer