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It's about time for another weekend countdown. But first, here's what you may have missed this week and the top events around the neighborhood this weekend.
Let's start with development. Kicking off the week, Forest City signed an agreement to make 40 percent of housing within the proposed four-acre 5M Project affordable. Despite the new compromise, community groups like the South of Market Community Action Network are still expected to protest the project when it goes before the the full Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Nov. 17th.
Just blocks from the 5M Project, plans have surfaced to demolish the one-story building at 1245 Folsom St., currently home to AltSchool, in favor of a seven-story mixed-use residential building with 37 units.
Over in Western SoMa, a proposal to replace the historic auto warehouse at 241 10th St. with a five-story residential development is near final.
Finally, community members and city officials gathered at South Park on Tuesday for a groundbreaking ceremony to kick-off the park's $2.8 million renovation project, which should start after Thanksgiving and take seven to eight months to complete.
Photo: Brittany Hopkins/Hoodline
On the food and beverage front, Codeword's grand opening, which was originally slated for Tuesday, has been pushed to tonight. The new nightclub's 18-and-over EDM dance party runs from 9pm-2am tonight; moving forward, it will run every Tuesday night. The 24/7 pizza parlor is expected to debut tonight as well.
Finally, there's another new restaurant in the works: Wine Not, which is taking over the space across from McCoppin Hub plaza that was previously home to V-105.
Here's what's going down in the neighborhood over the weekend:
Thursday
Bakermat
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St.
8:30pm
Host Description: "Bakermat is one of the biggest rising stars of the last year. With his new sound he immediately captured the hearts of a wide audience. His breakthrough was his production called ‘Vandaag,’ with more than 17 million views on YouTube. He laid the foundation for his popularity and nowadays he’s well-known for his instrumental deephouse sound."
Codeword Grand Opening: Sequence
Codeword, 917 Folsom St.
9pm
Host Description: "For the opening night of Codeword, the new venue from the folks behind DNA Lounge, Sequence is moving from DNA to the new venue! Sequence is a night of house, future bass, trap, and various sub-genres of EDM. Featuring a mix of local heroes, rising talent, and the occasional touring superstar, the music is guaranteed to keep you on your toes and on the dance floor."
Class of '84
Cat Club, 1190 Folsom St.
9pm
Host Description: "Every Thursday at the Cat Club, it's the best of the 80's in two rooms. The coolest music and the best crowd in town with DJs Damon and Mr Washington spinning 80's pop, rock, and one-hit wonders in the front room, along with DJ Dangerous Dan and weekly special guests spinning the best underground '80s, goth, industrial, synth-pop, electo music and videos in the back—with two video screens."
Friday
Headline Store Opening: Friday the 13th Party
Headline, 335A 8th St.
5pm
Host Description: "After only 10 years in San Francisco, we're launching our first retail store! Even better, we're launching it on Friday the 13th. What could possibly go wrong? Guess you'll just have to come and find out. Come enjoy some free beer and music, and load up on some awesome gifts while you're at it."
Parol-Marking Workshop: Beautiful Filipino Lanterns
Bayanihan Community Center, 1010 Mission St.
5:30pm
Host Description: "Get ready for the annual San Francisco Parol Lantern Festival and Parade by making beautiful Filipino lanterns with the Bayanihan Community Center (BCC) in the SoMa district. The Parol Lantern Festival & Parade takes place on Saturday, December 12, 2015, and is a memorable evening of lights, music, games and a celebration of the Filipino community."
SF Vintners Reserve: Fall 2015
Metreon City View, 135 4th St.
5:30pm
Host Description: "Vintners Reserve will focus on top local wineries and boutique producers with wines priced at $50 and up, along with a selection of wines rated 90+ points. From Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Mendocino, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Russian River Valley and other regional wineries plus imported wines from around the world."
TechShop Electronics Meetup
TechShop, 926 Howard St.
7pm
Host Description: "Interested in electronics? Come meet fellow electronics enthusiasts (beginners encouraged). Share your projects, chat, ask and answer questions, work on projects, and meet other folks! Learn all about the awesome world of electronic music and sounds! Who doesn't love MIDI?! There may be FAUST signal processing language or on generating sound with Arduino (if you don't know what that last sentence meant, this is a great place to learn what those words means). This event is free, and open to members and non-members."
Carnival of Broken Mirrors
111 Minna
10pm
Host Description: "Confront your hidden demons in the cracked glass and piercing gaze of the CARNIVAL OF BROKEN MIRRORS: igniting and awakening, fusing and refracting your inner darkness and light... We are going to build one of the most insane art cars and mobile sound systems the world has ever seen. Inspired by Falcor of The Neverending Story, our Luck Dragon will be over 50 feet of soft fur and light-up scales, complete with an animatronic face and speaker stacks that provide healthy doses of therapeutic bass."
Saturday
History For Half Pints: Celebrating Picture Books
California Historical Society, 678 Mission St.
11:30am
Host Description: "History For Half Pints is a family-friendly, fun program that shares history with kids of all ages! Join us every second Saturday for crafts and more! To celebrate National Picture Book Month, CHS will dive into the fantastic world of picture books through crafts making and story time!"
Yerba Buena Kid’s Club
Annie Street Plaza
12pm
Host Description: "We’re having our next Yerba Buena Kid’s Club this Saturday from noon until 2pm. We’ll have Magic Alex, facepainting and the Bouncy Castle! The California Historical Society will also be hosting their History For Half Pints. Admission is free."
Mars Bar & Restaurant Saturday Brunch
Mars Bar, 798 Brannan St.
12-3pm
Host Description: "Come join us Saturday from 12pm-3pm for great food, local DJs and $3 Bloody Marys and $3 Mimosas! Mars Bar & Restaurant has been a SF staple and neighborhood favorite for over a decade."
Lexa Walsh Curator Tour and Discussion
Intersection for the Arts, 925 Mission St.
2pm
"Please join us this Saturday for an artist talk with Lexa Walsh, curator of The Archive Show. The event will commence with a 20-30 minute guided tour of the show, which brings together materials from Intersection's fifty-year archive. As you time travel back in time, from our beginnings in the 1960s all the way through to our current programs, Walsh will share her knowledge of Intersection's salient historical and artist moments. The tour will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A with Walsh."
3rd Annual Pictoclik Film Festival Screenings
Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero
7pm
Host Description: "Pictoclik is a collective for filmmakers, talent and movie lovers alike. Founded in 2012, our goals is to unite emerging and established industry professionals through fun and engaging events, workshops, screenings and our annual film festival."
Leela Proudly Presents: That One Troupe: Shades of Grey
Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 9th St.
8pm
Host Description: "That One Troupe is an improv ensemble that will take you on a roller coaster ride. They begin with a story of the fantastical that then travels the road towards realism. As the show progresses, the connections increase and a story line emerges, yielding a truthfully told story whose only catalyst is honest reaction."
ShangriLa MOVEMBER Mustache November Party
The EndUp, 401 6th St.
Host Description: "ShangriLa Annual MOVEMBER Party celebrating Mustache November! GROW (or wear) your colorful MUSTACHE on this sexy night and come early to get the FREE Mustache & Mustache accessories (glasses, necklace, etc - for first 200 guests)"
Sunday
Born Ruffians w/ Young Rival
Slim's, 333 11th Street
7pm
Host Description: "Born Ruffians. The record is ‘RUFF’—simultaneously a return to form and a departure from expectations. Songs of refutation, lamentations of forgotten past lives, and ecstatic self-erasures that say “eat shit, we did it!”. ‘RUFF’, as an idea, is everything – sound, message, band. If ‘Birthmarks’ was polished and presentable, RUFF is the ugly innards that hide beneath."
