7/1 Saturday
Community: Thrive City Block Party
Featuring carnival-style attractions, local food and beverage vendors, roaming entertainers, a pet costume contest, live entertainment, Golden State Warriors shop sidewalk sale, and more! 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Thrive City, 1 Warriors Way. For more information and to reserve your space: https://bit.ly/thrivecity-block-party
7/5 Wednesday
Art: Pay What You Can
Every Wednesday, visitors can pay what they wish for admission. “Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life” examines the San Francisco Bay Area’s arts ecosystem. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Museum of Craft and Design (MCD), 2569 Third Street. For more information: https://sfmcd.org
7/5 Friday
Art: MakeArt with Museum of Craft and Design
Drop in to create artwork with MCD’s Mobile MakeArt inspired by Museum exhibitions and local artists. Pickup a free take-home art kit to continue creating at home. 3 to 5 p.m. Free. Potrero Hill Branch, 1616 20th Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/make-art-potrero
7/5 Friday
Comedy: Speakeasy Stand Up Comedy Night
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers has been brewing small batches of beer in Bayview since 1997. Celebrate this legacy with a month-long pop-up comedy festival every Friday night. Live comedy inside the taproom when it’s cold, outdoors when it’s awesome. Enjoy a 70-to-90-minute show with four or five comics on the bill with credits like Cobbs, Punchline, SF Sketchfest, Clusterfest and Outside Lands. 21+ Only. $2 off tap list; regular priced at $7/$8; $5/$6 for Comedy Night. Event is dog-friendly. Seating is first come first served. 6 p.m. Free (donations accepted). Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, 1195 Evans Avenue. For more information: https://bit.ly/speakeasy-comedy
7/10 Monday
Art: One Color Screenprinting Workshop
Learn to make a one color screen print using an original drawing. The workshop will introduce the basics of exposing a screen and printing screen prints. Participants will draw a design; digital plans can’t be accommodated. Prints will be on provided poster paper; participants can bring fabric items such as t-shirts to print on. 6 to 9 p.m. $75. Graphic Arts Workshop, 2565 Third Street, #305. For more information, contact instructor, Cass Macgowan at maemacgowan [at] gmail.com.
7/11 Tuesday and 7/18 Tuesday
Bookbinding: Long and Link Stitch Bindings Online Workshop
Long and link stitch bindings were common from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Book sections are connected directly to the covering material, showing off the structure of the sewing. Students will make one of each structure. The workshop fee includes a mailed materials kit containing paper and thread needed to make two bindings. 4 to 7 p.m. To register and to see the list other tools and materials to be supplied students visit San Francisco Center for the Book at https://bit.ly/long-and-link
7/15 Saturday
Education: The Potrero Hill STEM Festival
An open-air, outdoor neighborhood festival committed to providing fun and hands on STE(A)M activities, inspiring young people to become tomorrow’s STEM leaders. Food and drink available for purchase. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/stemfest2023
7/20 Thursday
Dance: KOHAKU at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Founded in 2018 by Rieko Kotoku, who grew up in Japan’s southwestern Tottori prefecture, and Sawako Ama, born and raised in a Buddhist temple in southern Japan, KOHAKU is a singular collaboration steeped in traditional Japanese performing arts such as taiko drumming, kagura (a ritual dance associated with Shinto shrines) and other sacred performance practices. While these traditions date back many centuries, KOHAKU is deeply engaged with contemporary Japanese dance and world fusion. The creative offerings reveal the comical, poignant and spiritual aspects of Japanese culture and Shinto traditions with performances designed to leave audiences with new experiences of joy and happiness. For more information: https://bit.ly/kohaku2023
7/20 Thursday through 8/6 Sunday
Film: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), presented by the Jewish Film Institute (JFI), is the largest and longest-running of its kind and a leader in the curation and presentation of new film and media exploring the complexity of Jewish life and identity around the world. SFJFF43 will return to the historic Castro Theatre, while expanding its San Francisco footprint to the Vogue Theater, before a final week at Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre in Oakland. Opening night is Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 6:30pm with Remembering Gene Wilder, a new documentary directed by Ron Frank (MLK: The Assassination Tapes), which profiles the life and career of one of America’s most beloved actors. Tickets: from $15.For more information: https://bit.ly/SFJFF2023
7/28 Friday
Ecology: A Walk Through Glen Canyon Park
Learn about native habitats and explore the ecological effects of non-native species, as well as the ecology and restoration of Islais Creek, which runs through Glen Canyon, and larger efforts to conserve native habitats and the challenges of doing so. The walk involves unpaved, uneven trails with some steps and steeper trail portions. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $35. Presented by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University, celebrating its 25th year! For more information about OLLI’s classes, free lectures, interest groups and how to register: https://olli.sfsu.edu/
7/29 Saturday
Art: Graphic Arts Workshop Print Sale
Purchase from a wide selection of fine art prints, including lithographs, etchings, letterpress prints, monoprints, and more. See artists in action demonstrating printmaking techniques. Learn more about this Dogpatch printmaking cooperative. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entry is free of charge. 2565 Third Street, #305. For more information: https://graphicartsworkshop.org/
PV Staff