Now through 6/9 Sunday
Film: San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
This year’s festival offers 90 new films from the Bay Area and around the world with options to stream or enjoy in-person. Streaming tickets from $10. In-person tickets from $15. In-person screenings at Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/44Vpi8s
6/1 Saturday
Nature: Walk and Bird Count
Join naturalist James Aliberti in Glen Canyon Park for a walk on flat terrain with minor ups and downs and optional stairs. Because of the steep canyon walls and tall trees in the riparian area, a lot of vertical habitat exists; a good place to listen for birds and identify native plant life. Everyone welcome. 8 to 11 a.m. $37.05. For more information: https://bit.ly/44S27fk
Books: San Francisco Public Library Book Sale Block Party
Join Friends of the San Francisco Public Library for a day of literary fun. Featuring more than 10,000 books, comics, media and vinyl on sale, the San Francisco Public Library Bookmobile, Kids Zone, Live DJ, author talks, and button making with SFPL Summer Stride artist Sendy Santamaria. Also: author readings at Thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street. Grab a drink, sfood, and listen in. Members of Friends SFPL save 10 percent on purchases and get free members-only access to the sale from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. For more information: https://bit.ly/3VaUcGD
Holiday: Juneteenth on the Waterfront
Celebrate local Black-owned businesses at the fourth annual Juneteenth on the Waterfront. Kick off Juneteenth with a day of food, crafts, and community at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza, south of the Ferry Building. Entry free; food and drinks available for purchase. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, 1 Ferry Building. For more information: https://bit.ly/4bOpEQF
6/8 Saturday
Holiday: San Francisco Juneteenth Parade & Festival
Celebrate, remember, and honor African American freedom and achievement. The parade will feature floats, live music, food, and more. Parade begins at 11 a.m. at Market and Spear streets and endss at Fulton Street Plaza, Fulton and Hyde streets. Festival: 12 to 6 p.m. Fulton Street Plaza. For more information: https://www.sfcjuneteenth.org/
6/10 Monday
Community: San Francisco Immigrant Leadership Awards
Join the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission and Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs to honor local immigrant rights leaders, supporters and champions for excellence in the following categories: Entrepreneur Leader; Grassroots Leader; Youth Leadership; Vera Haile Champion of Justice; Special Recognition. 5:30 p.m. Free. Interpretation is available upon request; email civic.engagement@sfgov.org. San Francisco City Hall, North Light Court, 1 Doctor Carlton B. Goodlett Place. For more information and to reserve your place: https://bit.ly/3URCUx8
6/19 Wednesday through 6/29 Saturday
Film: Frameline 48 Festival
Founded in 1977, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the world’s longest-running, largest, and most widely recognized LGBTQ+ film exhibition event, with an annual attendance of 60,000+. Individual tickets: $24 for screenings at the Palace of Fine Arts and Herbst theater; $19.50 per ticket at neighborhood venues. Also available: the Festival’s “Palace Pass,” $200, which grants holders access to all public screenings at the Palace of Fine Arts sand Herbst Theatre. For more information: https://www.frameline.org/
6/22 Saturday
Art: Continuous Line Drawing Workshop
In this workshop, artist/instructor Meagan Burns will demonstrate exercises, techniques, and tips that assist artists in becoming stronger line makers by using the concept of continuous line drawing. Meagan has designed a specific curriculum with three powerful benefits: moving past drawing fears, increasing composition comprehension, and building confidence that will enables artists of all skill levels to enhance their creative drawing expression. After a brief introduction, drawing warm-up exercises will strengthen line conditioning and confidence, followed by a series of timed short sketches with opportunities for review, then continuous line urban sketching. The workshop will finish with a sketch throw down. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $85. ARCH Art Supplies, 1490 17th Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/3WQf2wk
6/28 Friday
Film: Television Event (2020)
Weaving together contemporary interviews and archival footage, Television Event revisits the making of the 1983 television movie The Day After. The Day After was a “television event” unlike any before or since. How would ABC sell ad revenue for a film that promises to bring the nuclear holocaust into American living rooms? Would anyone watch? The Day After was a cauterizing moment in American culture, eliciting national debates and inspiring an arms reduction agreement between then President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. 6 p.m. Tickets: $10 (free for Mechanics’ Institute members). Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post Street. For more information: https://bit.ly/3UVWzvA
6/30 Sunday
Civil Rights: San Francisco Pride Party at City Hall
SF Pride Party at City Hall features a hosted bar, delicious bites, and three rooms of non-stop entertainment. Meet the 2024 San Francisco Community Grand Marshals and an array of fabulous folks from the LGBTQ community. 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets: $100 to $150. San Francisco City Hall, 1 Doctor Carlton B. Goodlett Place. For more information: https://bit.ly/3ywvE2a
