Join us every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month for an evening of fun, food, and community at Tacolicious on Valencia Street! We're bringing Mission Lotería to the table-a San Francisco twist on the classic Mexican game. Play for your chance to win amazing prizes, including: Gift cards to local businesses Tacolicious gift certificates and merch Mission Lotería artwork Tickets to future Mission Lotería events
On the first Friday of every month, over a dozen North Beach galleries, museums, bars, and restaurants stay open late for a self-guided First Fridays Art Crawl with special events to showcase the ever-growing collections of art and entertainment that diversify North Beach. First Fridays Art Crawl North Beach, San Francisco 5 to 9 pm FREE
Kor's father, Mickey, survived a Latvian ghetto before being deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was able to escape the camp and eventually immigrate to America. His mother, Eva, ended up in Auschwitz. Due to her being a twin, she was sent to Dr. Josef Mengele, who is known for the inhumane experiments he performed. Miraculously, she survived and would later become known for forgiving the Nazis.
Before last year's inaugural Oakland Chinatown Night Market, community leaders had long dreamed of hosting a big, rollicking night market event - the sort of outdoor bash you'll find in cities across Asia. Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (OCIC) Executive Director Tony Trinh says the hardest part was getting the Chinatown shopkeepers and restaurant owners themselves to believe such a thing was possible.
Butterflies in the garden The Secret Garden in Elk Grove hosts its annual Butterfly Fest over two weekends, September 1314 and 2021. Visitors can take guided life cycle tours at 11 am to see Gulf Fritillaries move from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to orange-winged adult. Alongside the butterflies, there's face painting, a coffee cart, and a fall plant sale with perennials discounted for would-be pollinator gardeners.
New Yorkers, forget the range: In a few weeks, the first tee comes to you. From Thursday, September 25 through Sunday, September 28, Rockefeller Plaza will transform into a pop-up playground for Ryder Cup Live, complete with a Toptracer simulator that recreates the nerves (and the glory) of piping one down Bethpage Black's intimidating opening fairway. It's free, it's public and yes, you get only one shot-just like the pros feel when the grandstands are roaring and the cameras are rolling.
Hosting or simply attending coffee mornings in your home, local GAA club, workplace or community hall can have a massive impact when one considers the number of people who embrace the fundraiser annually,
Big Ideas in Medicine Conference: An exploration of the future of health care. Join conversations with thought leaders from academia, business, policy, and journalism as they present their big ideas that will shape the future of medicine. 7:45 a.m., Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Storytime at Magical Bridge Playground: This program is recommended for children ages 0-5 years and their caregivers, but everyone is welcome. 11 a.m., Magical Bridge Playground, Fair Oaks Park, 540 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Sunnyvale.
The City of Sunnyvale recently earned top honors from the state for its efforts to implement policies that go above and beyond state housing law to facilitate housing production. Sunnyvale among 65 jurisdictions in California that have received the Prohousing Designation from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) since the program began accepting applications in 2021. With a total of 62 points, the City has the seventh highest score of any jurisdiction and the highest in Santa Clara County.
"The truth is these global sporting events are incredible, but most of our residents won't get the opportunity to go either because they can't afford a ticket, or just logistically it won't be possible, and so our opportunity is to create a robust fan experience, from local legends going into classrooms to low-cost public concerts downtown that really help everybody take pride in our city and celebrate this unique moment on the world stage."
The Rangeelu Gujarat festival in Roe Green Park aims to celebrate Gujarat's arts and culture, showcasing dance, comedy, and music performances alongside food and art stalls.
"The work of Human Access Project is cultural change," Levenson told the Mercury. Portland's Willamette River is swimmable, thanks in large part to the city's $1.4 billion Big Pipe project, which eliminated most sewer overflows into the river.
The fear stemming from Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) expansion has led to the cancellation of cultural and musical events, as communities seek to protect their members.