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Here's your SF event calendar for Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31. Join a meditative yoga practice, watch some comedy classics or learn about watercolor techniques — all from the comfort of your couch.
Watercolor workshop with Lucia Gonnella
Community space Hayes Valley Art Works invites you to kick off the weekend with a watercolor workshop. Participants will be guided through painting the picture above, a winter landscape with a sunset sky and a field, using wet-in-wet, spattering, dry-on-dry, and salt techniques.
When: Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m.
How to join: Via Zoom, instructions on how to join can be found in the Facebook event
Price: Free
Comedy Day Classics in the Park
Although the in-person celebration for Golden Gate Park's 150th anniversary has been canceled, you can still celebrate online. On Saturday, join Debi Durst, executive producer of Golden Gate Park's annual Comedy Day, for a 90-minute virtual concert, featuring star performances from the archives.
The show will feature performers from Comedy Day’s 40-year history in Golden Gate Park, including Robin Williams, Will Durst, Wayne Shannon, Tom Kenny, Whoopi Goldberg, Monica Piper, Rob Schneider, Culture Clash, Comedy Underground, Bob Sarlatte, Meehan Brothers, Margaret Cho, Kevin Meany, Karen Ripley, Aundre the Wonderwoman, George Wallace, W. Kamau Bell, Marga Gomez, and Diane Amos.
When: Saturday, May 30, 5 p.m.
How to join: Via Golden Gate Park 150 years website
Price: Free
Sunday Service with Glide
Over at the Tenderloin's Glide Church, join a Sunday service where you can expect a moving morning of music and uplift for the soul. Glide is well-known as a social justice-oriented church and a provider of basic services, including daily free meals, to unhoused residents and others in the Tenderloin.
When: Sunday, May 31, 8 a.m.
How to join: Via Facebook Live
Price: Free
Sunday Stories: Allen Ginsberg and Beat Poetry
Join the Contemporary Jewish Museum for a Sunday Story to explore photographs of Allen Ginsberg and the young writers and rebels that defined the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's photographs uncover an intimate portrait of the 1950s movement of young bohemians who brought jazz, poetry, Zen Buddhism and an enduring literary reputation to San Francisco's North Beach.
When: Sunday, May 31, 10 a.m.
How to join: Visit the Facebook event on Sunday for more details
Price: Free
Mindful Yoga – Movement and Meditation
San Francisco-based yoga teacher Alexandra Rossi will guide this workshop to help students establish a foundation for a mindfulness-oriented yoga practice and seated meditation.
Students will learn to sync the breath, body and mind to better tap into a deeply meditative practice. While consciously moving through a series of gentle Hatha yoga poses, Rossi will encourage awareness of various inner dialogues that can arise during practice.
When: Sunday, May 31, 2 p.m.
How to join: Via Yoga Garden's website
Price: $45
