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Here's your SF events calendar for Wednesday, April 8. Take part in a gentle yoga class, learn to mix whiskey cocktails or celebrate a Zoom Passover — all from the comfort of your couch.
Yin and Gentle Flow Yoga
Financial District-based Satori Yoga Studio is hosting a slow, meditative practice aimed at removing blockages deep in the connective tissues. Students will aim to hold gentle postes for several minutes to stretch, moisten and rehabilitate the connective tissues, while also stimulating the meridian channels in the body.
When: Wednesday, April 8, 5 p.m.
How to join: Via Satori Yoga Studio's website
Price: $14
Tenebrae: Online Live Stream
Based on monastic prayer services that date back to the fifth century, Grace Cathedral's hour-long Tenebrae (Latin for "shadows") emphasizes full-choir singing to meditate and reflect on themes of yearning, peace, and hope. Drawing on the Lamentations of Jeremiah and corresponding Psalms, the service is honored with lit candles which are extinguished, one by one, until darkness.
When: Wednesday, April 8, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via Facebook
Price: Free
7 Mile House Cocktail Demos
While their bar is closed for the shelter-in-place, the bartenders at Brisbane's 7 Mile House are hosting cocktail demos on Facebook to help at-home mixologists beef up their skills. In this session, Karrine Yee will help home bartenders learn to make simple cocktails with whiskey. Upcoming sessions will spotlight wine-based cocktails and bloody marys.
When: Wednesday, April 8, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via Facebook
Price: Free admission; tip via Venmo
Seder in Place: A Zoom Passover
Celebrate Passover with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco at this virtual event. Expect traditional songs, storytelling and an opportunity to ask questions, along with a few new rituals for the long-distance celebration. Rabbi Batshir Torchio will lead the seder, alongside song leader Jonathan Bayer.
When: Wednesday, April 8, 6 p.m.
How to join: Via Zoom. Space is limited. Advance reservation requested.
Price: Free
'The Pelton Papers' Launch Party
The Haight's literary event space, The Bindery, is hosting a virtual launch party for Mari Coates' new novel "The Pelton Papers," based on the life of early modernist artist Agnes Pelton. Born into a family ruined by scandal, Pelton found success in the famous Armory Show of 1913 before retreating to a contemplative life in a Long Island windmill and the California desert.
For Wednesday's event, Coates — a first-time novelist who was also an SF Weekly arts critic — will be in discussion with Peg Alford Pursell ("A Girl Goes into the Forest").
When: Wednesday, April 8, 5 p.m.
How to join: Via Facebook
Price: Free
Midday break
Need a virtual pick-me-up between now and Wednesday evening? Take a virtual tour of the Conservatory of Flowers, or try your hand at drawing a marmot with a National Park Ranger.
