Sunnysider Christine Weibel named 2019 Muni Artist

Local artist Christine Weibel was named one of five Muni Artists for 2019, details below. Read more about the program here. Kick-off event takes place tomorrow, Jan 9 at City Hall.

SFMTA and San Francisco Beautiful to Kick-Off Muni Art 2019

Supervisor Sandra Fewer to host press conference at City Hall

San Francisco—The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and San Francisco Beautiful (SFB) today announced that the kick-off of the 2019 Muni Art Project will take place on January 9, 2019 at 11 am on the Polk Street steps of San Francisco’s City Hall. 

“It is a pleasure to co-host the Muni Art kick-off for the second year in a row, as we celebrate the transformation of San Francisco’s public transit system into a space for art and poetry,” said Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer.

The 2019 theme, “Connecting Our Community” is a collaboration with The Poetry Society of America (sponsors of Poetry in Motion ®) who pre-selected five poems that each Muni artist creatively interpreted. 

108 Blessings: Sunnyside author to give talk today

Thursday Nov 15: Sunnysider and SNA member Ashima Sarin will read from her new book 108 Blessings: Alchemy for the Mind, Body and Soul — this evening at the Glen Park branch library, 6-6:45 PM.

Youth Art on Ocean Avenue

Thanks to D7 Participatory Budgeting money, Youth Art Exchange is putting high school students’ art onto utility boxes on Ocean Avenue. Read more here:

https://hoodline.com/2018/08/high-school-students-install-mixed-media-artwork-on-ocean-avenue-utility-boxes

Image from Hoodline. 

Ocean Ave Arts Bazaar at Unity Plaza

Shop for handmade items from local artists at the Ocean Avenue Arts Bazaar at Unity Plaza on Saturday, July 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Ocean Avenue Arts Bazaar is a collaboration between Ocean Avenue Association, OMI Community Participation Project, the SF Arts Commission, the office of District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development.​

[Also: Read about another Saturday local event in Sunnyside here.]

Jul 21: Sunnyside garden bazaar event

The Hartsough family at 258 Monterey Blvd, next to the Sunnyside Conservatory, are holding the 4th Annual Garden Bazaar on July 21st, 11am – 3pm. Meet your neighbors — buy local crafts or local honey — try new foods — trade your backyard produce — make new friends.

Fourth Annual Garden Bazaar!!

In just over three weeks, the Garden will be transformed into a bazaar full of revelers, buyers, sellers, and traders. All will be friends and neighbors who’ve come to enjoy good company and see what interesting things people right next door are creating in their homes.

Pirates in Glen Canyon! Free family event July 14

Pirates in Glen Canyon! Theater group Peripatetic Players presents interactive family event at Glen Canyon Park on Sat July 14, 3pm. From website: 

Sail the high seas with Captain Samuel Peaches and his crew! You’ll help these eccentric performing pirates chart their course though fantastic adventures inspired by pirate myths, legends and stories. Meet creatures and characters of the sea, sail to raucous pirate towns, sing along with swashbuckling sea chanteys, search for buried treasure, and avoid cursed doubloons — but be careful! Danger lurks in every port, and at the crest of every wave. And since the audience will choose the course, no two shows will be the same!

More info: https://peripateticplayers.org/about/pirates/    

Jul 7: Dance event at Sunnyside Conservatory

Charlotte Moraga Solo kathak dance. With Prashant Radhakrishnan, saxophone; Ranjana Ghatak, vocals. 7 p.m. Sat., July 7. $22. Sunnyside Conservatory, 236 Monterey Blvd., S.F.  More: http://dancersgroup.org/event/charlotte-moraga-kathak-solo/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Classical-music-and-dance-listings-13034545.php