The Bay Area's shelter-in-place order has brought countless events usually held as in-person gatherings online. We're aiming to support local businesses in San Francisco and Oakland by highlighting five of these events each day.
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Here's your SF event calendar for Wednesday, April 29. Tune in to a book presentation, learn about Ayurvedic principles or join an eating support group — all from the comfort of your couch.
2020 Sustainability Summit
Join the 2020 Sustainability Summit, hosted by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Green Team, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the Presidio Trust. This year's summit, held online for the first time, offers a chance to learn from and share ideas with other sustainability and climate change practitioners around the Bay Area (and beyond).
Topics will include waste reduction, equitable transportation, building electrification and climate change response.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 9:30 a.m.
How to join: Via Eventbrite
Price: Free
Live Wellness Chats
According to Ayurveda, balance is achieved through lifestyle practices, food, herbs and, most importantly, mind, body, and spirit balance. But what does this really mean? Join a wellness chat hosted by Glow Yoga and learn about how the mind, body and spirit each play a role in your overall health.
This series of three live chats will focus on how you can maintain mental health and manage emotions, keep your physical body strong and find a spiritual connection with Ayurvedic principles.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 11 a.m.
How to join: Via Instagram Live
Price: Free
Virtual Book Event: Rufi Thorpe + Chloe Benjamin
Join Rufi Thorpe and Green Apple Books on Instagram Live to chat about her new novel, "The Knockout Queen", a dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs, with fellow author Chloe Benjamin.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 5 p.m.
How to join: Via Instagram Live
Price: Free, buy the book online
Intuitive Eating Support Group
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant challenges to many aspects of our lives, including our mental health. For those who struggle with issues around food and body image, this can be an especially difficult time. Whether it’s an increase in stress eating, fear around gaining weight during quarantine, or even anxiety around grocery shopping, we could probably all use a little extra support right now.
Join Summer Lee (Mind Body Eating Coach & Holistic Nutritionist) for a four-week online support group dedicated to helping build community and learning how to improve the relationship with food and the body.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via Eventbrite
Price: Suggested sliding scale donation of $40 – 80
Femail - The Art of Sustainable Fashion: Webcast
Camilla Carper and Janelle Abbott met at Parsons School of Design in 2008. After college, both returned to their respective homelands, San Francisco and Seattle. Their need to maintain a friendship from afar was resolved with Femail, an art and fashion collaboration conducted remotely by sending work back and forth via the postal service.
Each time the pair passes work from one to the next, new scraps and remnants are added, sometimes, things are taken away. In this way, a documentation of the duo’s conversations and ultimately, their friendship was created.
Join Avery Trufelman, producer with 99% Invisible, in a conversation about their work hosted by City Arts & Lectures.
When: Wednesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.
How to join: Via YouTube
Price: Free
Midday break
If you have a canine friend at home, participate in the dog edition of quarantine bingo, or choose your literary housemates.
