It's time for another need-to-know roundup of the latest SoMa news and upcoming events ahead.
Another week, another new development proposal for Central SoMa. The latest: Boston Properties is hoping to construct a 1.1-million-square-foot office complex across a full block of Harrison Street from Third to Fourth (across from Whole Foods). The building's height would range from 65-feet-tall to 240-feet-tall, and include 907,300 square feet of office space, 9,900 square feet of retail, 15,600 square feet of public open space and 53,6000 square feet of “flexible space," which could be zoned for artists or manufacturing.
Of the initial design (by HOK), a Boston Properties representative told the SF Business Times, "We want the project to reflect the Central SoMa neighborhood, and have it not be a downtown office building or suburban office park from an architectural perspective." Do you think they hit the mark?
Rendering: HOK/SF Business Times
Speaking of development, we sat down with the executive director of United Playaz — the neighborhood's long-standing violence prevention nonprofit that recently acquired its Howard Street youth clubhouse — to discuss the key to avoiding displacement, and how changes across the neighborhood have affected the organization.
One of Central SoMa's few public spaces — Gene Friend Recreation Center — is set to receive a complete revamp, and tonight's your chance to see early designs and share your feedback with Rec & Parks and the San Francisco Parks Alliance before the plans are finalized this fall. The meeting is 6-8pm at the recreation center.
Also this week, a man was left in life-threatening condition after getting dragged under a semi truck at Fremont & Howard; Sup. Jane Kim called for an expansion of the Pit Stop public toilet program; we stopped in at longtime SoMa restaurant Triptych; and we let you know of a new farmers market pop-up near the ballpark.
Over in Rincon Hill, the area's newly formed Community Benefit District is ramping up with a search for an executive director. Interested? Here's the job description.
If you missed last weekend's Folsom Street Fair, you can relive the moment with our selection of photos from the day here, courtesy of photographer Beth Thomas.
Finally, let's talk food: Zagat reports that quail is huge this fall. And SoMa neighbors don't have to go far to find a worthy bite of the state's official bird: RN74 has a new executive chef and new Grilled Quail Crepinette on the menu.
Now that you're all caught up, here are a few activities to keep you busy this weekend:
Thursday, October 1st
Access Gallery Chat: Vulnerability, Art, and Amy Winehouse
Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St.
5:30-6pm
Bart Magee and Stephen Hartman from the Access Institute for Psychological Services explore the nexus of creativity, fame, and crisis when the demands of performance and exposure unsettle the artist’s world. Access Institute is a community-based mental health care non-profit that offers low and no-fee psychological services to those who want and need psychological support, but aren’t able to access it for any number of reasons including: income, cultural barriers, stigma around mental health, and lack of mobility.
Exploratorium, Pier 15
6pm
Host Description: "Mirrors, arguably the first “virtual reality” technology, lie at the intersection of nature, culture, and self-recognition. Once small, rare, and coveted items owned only by the wealthy, today mirrors are as common as a pencil and are key to many modern tools, from HDTVs to solar-power plants and space telescopes. Although ubiquitous, their charms remain beguiling and their physics compelling. Find out more about mirrors—and, more generally, the nature of reflections—through the museum’s rich collection of exhibits and special, one-night-only art installations, lectures, and activities."
Oasis, 298 11th St.
7pm
Host Description: "The Drag Kings are taking over the stage at Oasis in Star Trek Live!, with one of the classic favorites, “Mudd’s Women”. The cast features some of San Francisco’s best drag performers, including Leigh Crow, the world’s only female William Shatner impersonator as Captain Kirk, and Honey Mahogany from RuPaul’s Drag Race as Uhura. The cast also includes Laurie Bushman(Harry Mudd), Amber Sommerfeld (Spock), Ammo Eisu (Sulu), Zelda Koznofski (Bones), Emily Mcgowan (Scotty). The stellar line-up cast as Mudd’s Women include: Jef Valentine, Persia andJordan L’Moore. Costumes by Amie Sarazan."
Friday, October 2nd
DNA Lounge, 375 11th St.
6:30pm
Host Description: "Honored with a City Proclamation from Mayor Gavin Newsom in 2008, Point Break Live! is a spoof of the 1991 blockbuster classic starring Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, the Zen-surfing leader of a gang of bank robbing adrenaline junkies called the Ex-Presidents, and Keanu Reeves as Johnny Utah, an ex-college football star turned undercover FBI Agent."
AsiaSF
201 9th St.
9pm
Host Description: "Join 1221 Entertainment and DJ 12 as we present another installment of Underground Fridays @ Asia SF. Asia SF is one of San Francisco's hottest venues. World renowned for their dinner performances, Asia SF also has an intimate nightclub setting downstairs. DJ 12 in the mix all night spinning the hottest in EDM, Hip Hop, R&B, Club Hits and Old School."
Audio, 316 11th St.
9pm
Description: Rowan Tyler Jones, known by his stage name Route 94, is a British music producer and DJ from Richmond, London. His deep house single "My Love" has ranked number 1 in three countries.
Saturday, October 3rd
Don't Worry, Be Yoncé: Dance Class & Sangria
District SF, 586 6th St.
11am
Host Description: "Don that sexy outfit, step into your hottest heels, and get in a workout. Blow off some steam as you learn the fierce choreography to one of Beyoncé's hits."
The Pooch Coach Presents: SoMa StrEat Food Bark Meetup
SoMa StrEat Food Park, 428 11th St.
12-3pm
Host Description: "Come on out for some fun with your dog for our October SF Dog Connector's Meetup at the SoMa StrEat Food Truck Park. The Pooch Coach, SF's expert dog behaviorist, will be on hand to answer your questions and give tips for handling your dog in these types of situations. A percentage of all proceeds will go to our guest nonprofit - SF Dog Owners Group. They help fight to keep off leash rights for our dogs here in the Bay Area and promote responsible dog ownership."
Yosvany Terry / Baptiste Trotignon Ancestral Memories Quartet
Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens, 773 Mission St.
1pm
Host Description: "With Ancestral Memories the captivating New York-based Cuban alto saxophonist Yosvany Terry and French pianist Baptiste Trotignon have designed an unprecedented suite inspired by the rich and diverse musical traditions that emerged from the African Diaspora in the United States and former French colonies in the Caribbean. Featuring Terry’s longtime rhythm section with bassist Yunior Terry and powerhouse drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts,Ancestral Memories captures the sultry rhythms, cadences and melodies of the Caribbean, New Orleans and French Louisiana, re‐imagined through a 21st century jazz sensibility. The suite was created with grant support from the French‐American Jazz Exchange Program."
Lyrical Imagery: Open Mic Night + Open Art Gallery
The Urban Center, 732 Bryant St.
6-10pm
Host Description: "Lyrical Imagery is a brand new series that merges both lyrical artistry with visual imagery. There is beauty in both art forms and we want to create a positive platform for both to be highlighted and showcased. We are developing a community of lyrical and visual artists that can collaborate and potentially work together by storytelling through the two different mediums. We strive to create an environment for artist collaborations through connecting at our events, as well as attending our monthly workshops. Feel free to join us in the beginning stages of this process by either performing during our open mic or displaying your visuals during our open art gallery!"
Leela Proudly Presents Indie Night!
Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 9th St.
8pm
Host Description: "Leela presents some of the best independent improv groups the SF/Bay Area and beyond has to offer. Always pushing the boundaries of improvisation, these indie ensembles help to shape and inspire the artistic exploration and risk-taking voices of the greater SF/Bay Area Improv Community."
LEVYdance, 19 Heron St.
9pm
Host Description: "Now in it’s eighth year, the Salon is a quarterly performing arts showcase. Ten Bay Area artists of various disciplines are offered ten free hours of studio space to play, take risks, explore, and collaborate. Each artist or group shares five minutes of new work at this Saturday evening art extravaganza. Comfy couches, free snacks, cheap cash bar, and an eclectic line-up make for one of the best performance viewing experiences in town. Stay and shake it at the Salon’s raucous post-showcase party!"
We Are Monsters: Paranoid London Live
Monarch, 101 6th St.
9pm
Host Description: "Beloved San francisco's own Dj Solar is one of the main dj’s behind the infamous Pacificsound's legendary Sunset Parties and Boat Parties. Free outdoor events held in some of the bay area’s most beautiful spots attracting thousands of people every time. Solar joined up with the Pacific Sound/Sunset crew within the first year, and at the legendary parties he developed his unique style, drawing on influences from the traditional deep and funky sounds of San Franciscm the futuristic Techno-Soul of Detroit and the Jacking Tracks Of Chicago."
Mezzanine
9pm
Host Description: "Peaches, born Merrill Nisker in Toronto, is a musician, singer, performance artist, producer, filmmaker, actor, and writer, who has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000. She has released four albums—The Teaches of Peaches, Fatherfucker, Impeach My Bush, I Feel Cream—and a new album is forthcoming. She has collab- orated and appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by P!nk, R.E.M., Iggy Pop, Major Lazer, and Christina Aguilera, to mention a few."
DNA Lounge, 375 11th St.
9pm
Host Description: "Bootie SF always plays the best mashups in the world ever, but tonight, it's the best of the best from the past to the present, as Bootie DJs Tripp and Entyme dig deep into the mashup vaults to play the "Bootie Classics" from 2001 to today! At 11 PM, Hubba Hubba Revue takes to the Main Stage with an international burlesque mashup show, featuring some of the world's sexiest burlesque performers, aerialists, and acrobats!"
Sunday, October 4th
The Morning After!: BBQ On The Roof
Oasis, 298 11th St.
11am
Host Description: "No Cover! Come on down and have some BBQ in the Sunshine!"
San Francisco 49ers Viewing Parties
SoMa StrEat Food Park, 428 11th St.
1:25pm
Host Description: "SoMa StrEat Food Park, home of San Francisco's best 49ers viewing parties, is hosting another season of food, drinks, football, and fantastic fans! Up next we're getting ready to host a cheese festival as the Niners prepare to take on the packers at home. We've got food trucks, lots of big screen TVs, beer specials, and Cheese specials in celebration of another epic Sunday in San Francisco. Go Niners!"
Audio, 316 11th St.
8pm
Host Description: "The Monday Social Road-Show heads Is back for round 3 on Sunday, October 4th! Bringing it's own unique brand of house music to the Bay Area for an exciting new monthly party.This months lineup: Dennis Ferrer, Freddy Be, Derek Hana and Ali."
Slim's, 333 11th St.
8pm
Host Description: "Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly has always defied categorization. The infectious originality of their songs is a badge of honor and key to the band's creativity, their urgency. They infuse punk rock with Celtic instruments - violin, mandolin and the accordion - and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of vocalist/guitarist Dave King's youth."
F8, 1192 Folsom St.
10pm
Host Description: "Stamina Sundays welcomes the legend DBridge (Exit Records, Metalheadz, Heart Drive - UK) to F8 for a special set."
