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Glen Park Filmmaker’s Two New Films Screen at Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema

August 30, 2024 by Glen Park News staff

Award-winning filmmaker Dan Goldes, who has lived in Glen Park since 1998, has two new short documentary films screening at the 21st version of Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, Sept. 5 – 7. Information about the free Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema is available at bhoutdoorcine.org. “Waiter For Life” provides an intimate look at a group of […]

Filed Under: Arts, Entertainment, Events, Uncategorized

St. Aidan’s Church Presents Ranch Dressing, a Musical Comedy Nov. 10, 11 and 12th

November 1, 2023 by Betsy Eddy, Diamond Heights Community Association

St. Aidan’s Church will be presenting Ranch Dressing, its 17th original musical comedy on Nov. 10 and 11 at 7:30 pm and Nov. 12 at 2:00 pm. Enter St. Aidan’s at the church driveway at 101 Gold Mine Drive. The show is open to the public. Directors John Wilk, former City College Theatre Professor, directs and wrote Ranch […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Entertainment, Events, Uncategorized

BART to bring free outdoor music series to Glen Park station October 7

September 30, 2022 by BART

The sounds of rock, Latin music, and more will bring joy to BART riders in the months of September and October as the latest “welcome back” gesture by the agency to encourage riders to return to transit and reinforce the role public transit plays in fueling the Bay Area’s economy and culture. BART is relaunching […]

Filed Under: BART, Entertainment, Events, Uncategorized

Announcing: The Glen Park Gum Tree Girls Festival!

March 6, 2022 by Evelyn Rose, Founder & Director, Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project

Sunday, July 10, 2022, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Glen Canyon Park This nonprofit event, being coordinated by the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), will celebrate the tremendous legacy of the Glen Park Gum Tree Girls – Zoanne Theriault Nordstrom, Joan Seiwald, and Geri Arkush, as well as their predecessor in the 1950s to […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Park History, Uncategorized

A concert at Glen Park BART? Yes indeed

November 6, 2021 by Bonnee Waldstein

We all know BART has tracks, lots of them — but on Thursday, October 28, a balmy early evening, pre-Halloween hoopla, there were sound tracks emanating from the Glen Park station plaza: the music of 510JAZZ (that’s “five-one-oh jazz”), an East Bay band. In a spot on the northwest corner of the plaza which seemed […]

Filed Under: BART, Editor's Pick, Entertainment, Uncategorized

Geoffrey Gallegos: Glen Park’s 7 o’clock trumpet serenader

August 14, 2020 by Murray Schneider

  If you’ve stopped in Glen Park at 7 pm and heard the haunting strains of a trumpet and wondered where they came from, it’s Geoffrey Gallegos playing on his front steps over on Congo Street. He’s been playing almost every night since early April to honor essential workers — teachers, grocery clerks, public transit […]

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Documentary film nourishes heart and soul

July 20, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

Here in Glen Park, artists and creative types of all kinds have found welcoming arms and an environment that nurtures their spirit.   One of them is Anne Flatté, 51, a documentary filmmaker and, for the past fifteen years, a resident of Chenery Street with her husband and two sons. Describing herself as “not really a […]

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Saturday night life takes a hit in Glen Park

March 14, 2020 by Bonnee Waldstein

Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The usual weekend hustle and bustle of folks enjoying a Saturday night in the neighborhood was nowhere to be seen tonight.  The village was eerily quiet.  The only establishment that seemed to be thriving was Canyon Market, which experienced a surge of shoppers all day and into the evening. The obvious […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Businesses, COVID-19, Editor's Pick, Entertainment, Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Laurent hosts soiree to bid Glen Park adieu

December 17, 2019 by Bonnee Waldstein

Filed Under: Businesses, Editor's Pick, Entertainment, Restaurants Tagged With: Editor's Pick

Mark your calendar for a Deb Lunsford Benefit! Destination Bakery’s goodwill ambassador!

July 18, 2019 by Eric Whittington

Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, SF July 26, 2019 – 5:30-8:00pm If you can’t make it in person you can donate online! Go to https://www.tinyurl.com/helpfordeb All proceeds go to Deb! –Glen Park Neighborhood Icon –Weekday Mornings Counter Gal at Destination Bakery, at the corner of Chenery & Castro –Friend and co-conspirator with all small […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Uncategorized

Celebrate 16 Years of Music at Bird & Beckett

February 15, 2019 by Mary Szczepanik

Tonight, February 15th, join the Scott Foster Quartet from 5:30-8:00pm at Bird & Beckett, featuring four superb players encountering each other for the first time as a unit, though they’ve all crossed paths in the past. It’s the nature of most jazz gigs, and one of the things that makes this music so exciting. Scott, Rob, […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Events, Neighborhood

10th Anniversary Retrospective: Dear Glen Park, Happy New Year

December 31, 2018 by Bonnee Waldstein

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It was a clear chilly night in Glen Park on New Year’s eve. A number of people chose to ring in the new year close to home. Manzoni was open for […]

Filed Under: Bird and Beckett, Entertainment, Neighborhood, Restaurants, Uncategorized

“Christmas in Venice” at St. Aidan’s Church

November 27, 2018 by Betsy Eddy

Join Music on the Hill for its 20th Anniversary celebration concert! “Christmas in Venice” with Nash Baroque Sunday, December 2, 7 pm St. Aidan’s Church 101 Gold Mine Drive Free champagne, prosecco, and cake will be served. In this glittering program, Nash Baroque joins countertenor Justin Montigne and violoncellist Farley Pearce to perform sacred and […]

Filed Under: Diamond Heights, Entertainment

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Photos and Fun courtesy of the Glen Park Library!
It was a great turnout at the Glen Park Library Open House on Saturday May 17th!

Thank you to all who attended and a big thank you to Glen Park Branch Library Manager Darren Heiber and his staff for a fantastic day!! 🙌🏽

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Photos and Fun courtesy of the Glen Park Library! 
It was a great turnout at the Glen Park Library Open House on Saturday May 17th!

Thank you to all who attended and a big thank you to Glen Park Branch Library Manager Darren Heiber and his staff for a fantastic day!! 🙌🏽

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Qi Gong & Tai Chi Thursdays at the Glen Park Rec Center!

Thursdays 2:00PM - 2:45PM
Room #1
Led by led by Ashima Sarin

Beginners and All Levels of Mobility Are Welcome! It’s FREE and drop-in!

(There will be no class the second half of June and July)

📍Glen Park Rec Center, 70 Elk Street

QUESTIONS? CALL 415-239-4007
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Qi Gong & Tai Chi Thursdays at the Glen Park Rec Center!

Thursdays  2:00PM - 2:45PM 
Room #1
Led by led by Ashima Sarin

Beginners and All Levels of Mobility Are Welcome! It’s FREE and drop-in! 

(There will be no class the second half of June and July)

📍Glen Park Rec Center, 70 Elk Street 

QUESTIONS? CALL 415-239-4007
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