“The de Young Open.” Photo Gary Sexton, courtesy of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
The de Young offers several programs for free or reduced admission to permanent galleries and special exhibitions. Details on these programs are outlined below.
Image by San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
The YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. In partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, we bring stories and song to our City’s beloved parks. Join us for a high-energy storytime 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, we circulate materials, create library cards and provide the public with information about library services and programs. Come aboard and see what we have!
Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.
Storytime at 10:30 a.m.
1st Tuesday of the month
Garfield Playground (Treat & 26th Streets)
2nd Tuesday of the month
Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park, by the carousel)
3rd Tuesday of the month
Hilltop Playground (Newcomb Ave & Whitney Young Circle)
4th Tuesday of the month
Redwood Grove Playground (McLaren Park, 200 John F. Shelley Dr.)
HEAD WEST | a local, outdoor retail marketplace in partnership with San Francisco Ferry Building. HEAD WEST was founded and is curated by creative + small brand owner Jimmy Brower and is led by an incredible team of leaders in the field.
2022 DATES: 1ST SUNDAYS | MARCH TO DECEMBER
PARTICIPANTS include Makers, Merchants, Crafters, Designers + Artists, as well as Non-Profit Organizations. Preference will be given to handmade, locally sourced, small batch, eco-friendly, conscious offerings and products. Mass-manufactured and MLM companies will not be accepted.
COMMUNITY BOOTHS: Those that identify as BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, or Non-Profit are highly encouraged to apply for both Marketplace Booths as well as a no-cost Community Booth. Community Booths recipients are based on Need, Journey, Impact + Contribution. Visit the Community Booth page for more information.
SAN FRANCISCO FERRY BUILDING has always been committed to the artisan food + maker community, by fostering the values of the community. Collectively, this historic landmark venue holds a vibrant gathering of local farmers, artisan producers, and independently owned and operated small businesses and the customers they serve. It is a community of like-minded people that support their mission and key goals. The entire outdoor venue is kid + pet friendly.
HEAD WEST will take place, light rain or shine, outside on the back plaza and inside on the main floor arcade of the Ferry Building, based on the date below.
Sunday, August 7, 2022
11:00 AM 5:00 PM
Ferry Building1 Ferry Building San Francisco, CA 94105 (map)
Join us on Saturday, August 6th for Art Walk SF on Fillmore Street between Bush & Washington in San Francisco!
Grab a map at any participating merchants.
Art Walk SF Celebrates the Art, Music, Food, and Small Businesses of San Francisco’s Neighborhoods with Art Walks in a Different SF Neighborhood Each Month!
Art Walk SF activates small businesses as pop-up gallery spaces and live music venues where local art and music can be showcased. Art Walk SF is a free, family friendly community event filling the streets with: merchants offering specials and hosting sidewalk sales; local artists selling their art or artisanal goods; tables and activities hosted by community organizations; live/collaborative mural-making, roller skating, &/or other activities; live performances by local musicians, dancers, and more.
Welcoming all Artists, Musicians, Creators, Makers, Art Collectives, and Nonprofits to participate in the vibrant culture of San Francisco’s art community, and the economic revitalization of business corridors around the city by signing up on:
www.artwalksf.com
According to the SF Health Code Article 19L this is a No Smoking / No Vaping Event.
PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES
Lululemon
Compton’s Coffee House
Hi Ho Silver San Francisco
ZURI
Think Round Fine Arts
Honey Art Studio
Liberty Cannabis
45R
SAJE
Florio
Khiels
NAADAM
ThirdLove
The August Gallery
Tacobar
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Santinos vino
Ruti
Renaissance Salon
LIVE MUSIC PERFORMERS
The Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble
Hipsteria
Franco-Brazilian Duo / Classic and acrobatics
JonYonts
Mi Fa Sol
ARTISTS & VENDORS
CJ Haven @cjhaven.art
Mackenzie Marshall @chanteuseshades
Cristal Jimenez @paintedpony.arts
Rosanna Alviar @full_moon_mami
Cynthia Lam @claybythec
Taylor James Monét https://www.instagram.com/itstjmonet
Melissa Joy Cortez @lightandflicker
Anita Leiva @utkukids
ROMAN AKA ROMANOWSKI WEINGARTNER https://www.instagram.com/romanowski45/
San Francisco North Beach – Watercolor Art Paintingis a painting by Peter Potter
First Fridays of North Beach is a community arts event with art galleries and local boutiques on the evening of the first Friday of each month.
North Beach First Fridays is supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission and The North Beach Business Association. In the intersection of these two worlds they connect artists, galleries, and the art-supporting dining establishments, bars, and retailers.
Sunset Mercantile was founded in 2014 by two local sunset mamas, Angie Petitt-Taylor and Laura Peschke-Zingler, fueled by an awareness of the need for a pop-up venue to support the blossoming business ideas of local community members—as well as lend support to the already established local small businesses and to fill the need for more unique and family-friendly events in the western side of our city. The original vision of a festive pop-up open-air metropolis has evolved into a much-beloved local destination in which we invite one and all to Come Eat, Drink, Shop, Play, Connect, and BE LOCAL!
A weekly market featuring farmers, ranchers, food artisans, live music, children’s activities, vendors, makers, merchants, artists, and local organizations. Explore all the amazing local businesses surrounding the farmers market at sunsetstrong.com.
ODC invites neighbors from our Mission District home and members of the Bay Area dance and movement communities to join us in celebrating ODC’s 50+ anniversary at a festive block party on Sunday, July 31st from 12 – 4 pm, concluding ODC’s Summer Sampler season at ODC Theater. The day will feature a free performance of KT Nelson’s ‘truly miraculous’ Path of Miracles by ODC/Dance, as well as works by our youth and teen program and dance artists affiliated with the ODC Theater such as Kinetech Arts and ODC Home Companies Chitresh Das Institute and RAWdance. Come sample free dance and fitness classes, suited to all abilities and ages, individuals and whole families. Included in the lineup is Rhythm & Motion, who is helping to kick-off the block party with a community dance performance open to everyone! Meet and experience the food and drink of our neighborhood vendors and learn about services provided by fellow organizations and businesses that also call the area around 17th and Shotwell home. The afternoon’s activities are designed as an informal, participatory and welcoming afternoon for all.
“ODC is a neighborhood gem, an international organization with deep roots in our community. ODC is home to creativity and artistry. It is a place of joy and innovation; a place to venture out, and embrace the unexpected. That’s what great art does.” – Laurene Powell Jobs
“ODC is a national treasure we can claim as our own. For over 50 years, through pandemics, earthquakes, recessions and droughts, ODC’s resilient artistic magic continues to inspire and thrill us.
Great talent alone does not sustain a community nonprofit. The combination and collaboration of performers, audience, determination and leadership allow for the dancers’ gravity-defying grace and brilliance to soar. We are indebted to and blessed by all that ODC continues to create.”
– Mark Leno
Date and Time: Sunday, July 31, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: ODC Campus; 351 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110
The Nihonmachi Street Fair will present “Aloha by the Bay™” at the Peace Plaza on Saturday, July 30th. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy an afternoon of island music and dance. This summer let’s come together and spread the aloha spirit!
Join the California Black Agriculture Working Group for a special day honoring the establishment of the Buffalo Soldiers in 1866 after the Union victory during the US Civil War. Union Square has a very long and esteemed history.
Few know their historical legacy of early California Pioneers of African Descent in the early days of the “Streets of San Francisco.” The First AME Zion Church utilized the blessing from Rev. Thomas Starr King to help galvanize the early interfaith based community throughout the Great State of California.
High above the Dewey Statue is the Greek Goddess Nike with an ancient message for the world.
Discover their unique journey of the Buffalo Soldiers who were garrisoned at the San Francisco Presidio and served as the Mounted Honor Guard for President Teddy Roosevelt through the “Streets of San Francisco” to dedicate the Dewey Statue.
2022 National Buffalo Soldiers Day builds on an amazing journey.
Register for the Free Community Tour at Union Square and join them later at the historic Westin St. Francis Hotel for a special Dinner Program and listening session for their California Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Project
