Community meeting regarding summer concerts in Golden Gate Park in August will be held on June 16.
From a Reader: Community Meeting – Summer Concerts in GG Park
Letter to the Editor: Confluence of Inconveniences
“First, we’ll close the Great Highway, and then we’ll repave 19th! While all of that a is going on, we will have concert after concert after concert in Golden Gate Park while charging for parking seven days a week. What a great plan.”
Experimental Listening Party Draws Hundreds to Golden Gate Park
A new musical experience has taken root in Gold Gate Park.
Letter to the Editor: New ‘Blue Heron Lake’ Name Indistinctive
I took my dog for a walk at Golden Gate Park today and stopped by the Blue Heron Lake Boat House to buy a drink. I looked at the T-shirts and was struck by how boring and indistinctive “Blue Heron” Lake is. How – and more importantly, why – does an iconic San Francisco landmark have such a generic name?
Big Crowd Witnesses Turning Upper Great Highway Into Sunset Dunes
Before Proposition K was on the ballot, another westside promenade stirred fervor in westsiders. Three years ago, in April of 2022, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors established a permanently car-free John F. Kennedy (JFK) Drive in Golden Gate Park, after voters voted to keep JFK walkable, as it was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and most weekends out of the year before that. Five years later, it is difficult to imagine that the mile-and-a-half stretch was once one of the City’s major arteries for cars.
Cal Academy’s Dino Days Offers a Trip Back in Time
Visitors to the California Academy of Sciences are familiar with the towering Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton greeting guests at the main entrance. Now, that T. rex has new dinosaur friends in the outdoor gardens.
Community Music Hangout Celebrates 100th Gathering on JFK Prom.
Community Music Hangout, a weekly gathering of musicians and community members, has become a fixture on John F. Kennedy (JFK) Promenade in Golden Gate Park. On April 27, the group celebrated its 100th weekend hangout in the park.
Ping Pong Popularity Grows on JFK Promenade in GG Park
Two years ago, in its effort to make JFK Drive attractive as a car-free “promenade” in Golden Gate Park, the City put a cement ping pong table in the middle of the street near Eighth Avenue. The table became quite popular, attracting crowds on the weekends.
Lindy in the Park Hosts Weekly Swing Dance Events in GG Park
Among the countless numbers of species of flowers in Golden Gate Park, you will never find a wallflower at Lindy in the Park. Lindy in the Park is a social swing dancing event that welcomes all to dance, socialize, talk to new people and spend time outside in beautiful Golden Gate Park – all without a cost.
Great Blue Herons Return to GG Park Nests
Great blue herons currently have five active nests at Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park.
Legion of Honor’s Weekly Organ Concerts Complement Artwork
On Saturday afternoons at the Legion of Honor, the artwork hanging on the walls is not the only thing that is on display. Jonathan Dimmock, the principal organist at the Legion of Honor, has been captivating audiences for decades with his performances. Every Saturday at 4 p.m., Legion of Honor museum guests are dazzled by his work.
Press Release: Fifth Season of Free Live Music at GG Park Bandshell Announced
Illuminate and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will present more than 125 free concerts at the historic Golden Gate Bandshell in Golden Gate Park in 2025, starting with women-fronted bands on March 1. The 2025 season will run through mid-November, featuring shows most Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, and select Saturdays.
Announcements: February 2025
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in February 2025.
Local Students Participate in Academy of Sciences Intern Program
“Picture this,” said Leah Kalish, California Academy of Sciences’ manager of youth engagement. “You’re at Ocean Beach, digging for crabs. It’s cold, it’s 10 a.m. and your pants are wet.”
Beatlemania Flashback: Photos by McCartney at de Young
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul McCartney was spending time in his archives, preparing a photo exhibition of the late Linda McCartney (Eastman), his first wife. The task happened to remind him that he had taken photos during a momentous three-month period (December 1963 through February 1964), when the Beatles were on the cusp of superstardom, often referred to as Beatlemania.
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