From our friends at “Refuse Refuse” lead by volunteer Vincent Yuen (info@refuserefusesf.org)
Hi West Portal Neighbors,
Do you like clean streets AND ice cream? If you answered Yes and Yes, join us at Shaws Candy Shop (122 W Portal Ave) who is sponsoring an Ice Cream Cleanup on Friday, October 1st from 3:00p-4:30p. Sign up on this TogetherSF Mobilize page or reply to info@refuserefusesf.org to RSVP.
Please tell your neighbors and bring a friend, hope to see you then!
Best regards,
Vince
The Greater West Portal Neighborhood Association would like to invite you to join us for the San Francisco Symphony’s All San Francisco Concert, on Thursday, September 30. This is a celebration of music and culture bringing together the nonprofit and neighborhood groups of the city.
The program will feature Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the San Francisco Symphony and include the San Francisco-based contemporary ballet company Alonzo King LINES ballet. The program includes John Adams’ Slonimsky’s Earbox, Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia Suite, featuring choreography by Alonzo King and dancers from the LINES Ballet, and Sylvestre Revuelta’s Noche de Encantamiento from his film score La noche de los Mayas. The program culminates with singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding performing songs written by Wayne Shorter with the San Francisco Symphony.
This season holds particular significance, as it is Esa-Pekka Salonen’s first full in-person season as Music Director.
The concert will be held at the Davies Symphony Hall, as always. I don’t have the time yet, but in the past, concert time has been 8:00.
This concert is only recommended for people ages 12 and up.
Important
The San Francisco Symphony requires proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for everyone ages 12 and up. Audience members under age 12 must show a negative COVID-19 test (PCR within 72 hours, or antigen test within 24 hours of the event. All patrons are required to wear a face mask while attending the performance.
Tickets for this special annual concert, are only $12.
To obtain tickets, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with a check in the amount of $12 per ticket payable to the Greater West Portal Neighborhood Assn. (GWPNA).
Send to:
Bruce Engle
45 Granville Way
San Francisco, CA 94127-1131
This year there is a decreased demand for tickets due to the pandemic. This year we will remove the usual limitation of two tickets per household.
If you previously ordered two tickets and would like to bring along additional family members or friends, feel free to request additional tickets. If I get multiple requests for tickets from the same household, I will ensure that you are all seated together.
Tickets will be sent out in mid-September.
If you have questions, you can reach me at 415-566-7333 or Bruce.Engle@outlook.com.
We hope to see you there.
GWPNA is working with the grass roots organization “Refuse Refuse” to host a volunteer cleanup day on Saturday, July 10th from 1:00pm – 3:00pm).
This is a great way to meet other active neighborhood volunteers, get some fresh air, and do something to improve your neighborhood.
We will be meeting in front of the West Portal Recreation Center (also known as the Playground Clubhouse above the tunnel). For Details visit: https://refuserefusesf.org/events/
The printable flyer is here: 2021.07.10 – West Portal Cleanup (Refuse Refuse).pdf
Or scan the QR code below for all the upcoming cleanup events.
The Laguna Honda Hospital Mural Project is painted on a 600 foot undulating retaining wall along Laguna Honda Blvd., across from Forest Hill Station.
The mural has been installed in three phases with support by the Laguna Honda Hospital community as well as the Midtown Terrace, Ingleside Terrace, and Miraloma Neighborhood Associations. The recent phases of the mural were funded by the District 7 Participatory Budgeting grant, which has received a record number of votes in support of the mural project.
The mural design begins 200 feet from the corner of Laguna Honda Blvd. and Woodside Ave. On the right side of the wall, a bright sun shines light upon different generations of San Francisco natives, as they build a bridge into the future. The sun represents life, renewal, a fresh start and new beginnings. It warms the people’s faces while they create the city from a place of respect for their communities and the surrounding natural world. The bridge is wrapped in a rainbow, and the colors drape over the strong point of the bridge, and then bends to reveal a vast galaxy of stars and cells, representing how we are each connected by a shared desire to make the future a better place for everyone.
Great Blue herons connect the two worlds and fly into the sun amid a flock of house sparrows. The galaxy gives way into a deckled edge, revealing a twisting rainbow and the dawn of a new day.
Four local people, including an elder, hold an onion native to the SF Bay area. A native Coast Live Oak tree glows in between them, leaves of energy and hope blowing in the wind. The elder stands in front of cultivated native strawberries, being planted by a diverse group of people. These strawberries morph into tiny houses which have been “planted” within the Monterey Cypress forest in a clearing, where a community has gathered together to dance and celebrate the harvest.
A statue of Florence Nightingale appears through the trees representing Laguna Honda Hospital’s unique and critical role in San Francisco. The leftmost side of the mural bridges the third and fourth phases with a continuation of the wild parrots flying into the future. The parrots dip in-between the arcs of a rainbow and soar above the Monterey Cypress trees among the hang gliders and a glittering blue ocean.
