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 […]
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A concert at Glen Park BART? Yes indeed
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 […]
Geoffrey Gallegos: Glen Park’s 7 o’clock trumpet serenader
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 […]
Documentary film nourishes heart and soul
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 […]
Saturday night life takes a hit in Glen Park
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 […]
Laurent hosts soiree to bid Glen Park adieu
Mark your calendar for a Deb Lunsford Benefit! Destination Bakery’s goodwill ambassador!
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 […]
Celebrate 16 Years of Music at Bird & Beckett
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, […]
10th Anniversary Retrospective: Dear Glen Park, Happy New Year
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 […]
“Christmas in Venice” at St. Aidan’s Church
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 […]