In a couple of weeks, we’ve got Pakistani Sufi singer Sukhawat Ali Khan (7/10) and then pan-Arabic music from Faisal Zedan, Husain Resan and Younes El-Makboul (7/17). But you know we’re sweet on the literary stuff and America’s classical music, a.k.a., jazz… so here’s what we’ve got in the short-term (in case you’re not in […]
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Crime update: June 22, 2011 Careful with iPods
The muggers struck again at 8:28am! I posted 2 safety flyers from SFSafe in the file section, look to the left and click on “files” they are in a safety tips folder. Be extra careful and PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO YOUR IPOD ON THE STREET! The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside […]
Music at Sel et Vin
Tuesday, June 21: Sel et Vin, and places nearby, vibrated with North African and other eclectic music by Reda Bouali (guitar), Anis (keyboard), and M.C. Rai (vocalist) , among others. Manager of Sel et Vin, Julien Walck, was another one of the soulful vocalists. Guests at the venue couldn’t help but start swaying. Plans are […]
Crime Report, June 16 – 21, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Thursday, June 16th, 2011: No incidents reported in GP. Friday, June 17th, 2011 3:00pm, Unit Blk Monterey, Theft: Victim came to Ingleside Police Station to report that she had secured her bicycle in her garage which she shares with three other tenants. She later returned to […]
Cute owlets in the park
Ryan Holms caught these great shots of the mama owl and one of the owlets before it fledged in April.
Painters in the park
By Murray Schneider Nature lovers. Dog walkers. Rec and Park gardeners. Rock climbers. Tennis players. Children on swings. You’d expect to see any of them on any morning in Glen Canyon. But artists in aggregate? Such was the scene on June 22nd as 21 students enrolled in City College of San Francisco took a field […]
Beat poet Mel Clay at Glen Park library tonight
(From Eric’s email list at Bird & Beckett) Drop what you’re doing if you have any interest in the key beat poets that San Francisco is rightfully famous for having harbored… Mel Clay will speak at the Glen Park Branch Library this evening, Wed., 6/22, from 6:30-7:30 pm, on the late poet Bob Kaufman. […]
Owls in the canyon
Glen Park resident Steven Uchida snapped these photographs of a mother Great Horn owl, perched on a canyon eucalyptus tree on June 15th, after a three hour Friends of Glen Canyon work party. The owl sat on the tree limbs overlooking the west side of Islais Creek, only a few feet from the Recreation Center. […]
Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan — Final Meeting (for awhile)
By Bonnee Waldstein Final plans for improvements in the active recreation areas and trails of Glen Canyon Park were unveiled at a community meeting on Thursday, June 9. By this time, residents who attended most or all of the nine community workshops and eight focus groups were almost chummy with the Rec and […]
Cutting brush to prevent fire in Glen Canyon
Story and Photos by Murray Schneider With both the June 2nd deadly Berkeley Way fire and the approaching summer fire season fresh on their minds, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officials began their annual summer fire abatement program on June 8th. “We have a fire-prone situation at the rim of the canyon,” said Lisa […]