Events in January 2023
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Jan 1(1 event)
(All day): Winter Holiday Break (LightHouse closed)(All day): Winter Holiday Break (LightHouse closed) (All day) |
Jan 2(1 event)
(All day): Winter Holiday Break (LightHouse closed)(All day): Winter Holiday Break (LightHouse closed) (All day) |
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Jan 6(1 event)
8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club: Friday Evening Daredevils (online)8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club: Friday Evening Daredevils (online) – We all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. With the success of the first two seasons of Daredevil, we thought it would only be wise to continue the Marvel series with season three. Daredevil is at TV series about a blind attorney by day and vigilante by night. There will be time to watch each week’s episode and connect with your EHC and LightHouse friends. Parents Please Note: The Daredevil TV Series has adult content and is rated TV-MA and contains the following: crude indecent language (L), explicit sexual activity (S), and graphic violence (V). Read a Parental Guide for Daredevil. If any youth under the age of 18 wish to join this program, they must have a parent or guardian contact a LightHouse youth team member with written permission for their child to participate. RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372.
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Jan 16(1 event)
(All day): MLK Day Holiday(All day): MLK Day Holiday (All day) |
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Jan 20(1 event)
8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club: Friday Evening Daredevils (online)8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club: Friday Evening Daredevils (online) – We all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. With the success of the first two seasons of Daredevil, we thought it would only be wise to continue the Marvel series with season three. Daredevil is at TV series about a blind attorney by day and vigilante by night. There will be time to watch each week’s episode and connect with your EHC and LightHouse friends. Parents Please Note: The Daredevil TV Series has adult content and is rated TV-MA and contains the following: crude indecent language (L), explicit sexual activity (S), and graphic violence (V). Read a Parental Guide for Daredevil. If any youth under the age of 18 wish to join this program, they must have a parent or guardian contact a LightHouse youth team member with written permission for their child to participate. RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372.
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Jan 21(1 event)
1:00 pm: Polishing in the Park: LightHouse Student Woodworkers Club at LightHouse SF (in-person)1:00 pm: Polishing in the Park: LightHouse Student Woodworkers Club at LightHouse SF (in-person) – Polishing in the Park, a wood polishing club for youth, takes place once a month at different parks around the Bay Area. With each gathering, participants will have time dedicated to updating others about their projects and learning a little about that month’s mentor. Most importantly there will be time to polish with your blind and low vision friends. Students who sign up for the program will receive the basic materials and equipment to get started with wood polishing. Those students who remain active in the program and improve their skills will become eligible for additional raw materials that they can turn into art or gifts for loved ones. Due to winter weather, January’s event will take place at LightHouse San Francisco at 1115 Market Street. Saturday, January 21, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372. Light refreshments and polishing supplies will be provided for those students who RSVP by Friday, January 20. |
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Jan 27(3 events)
4:00 pm: LightHouse CEO Welcome Reception (in-person)4:00 pm: LightHouse CEO Welcome Reception (in-person) – On behalf of the Lighthouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired Board of Directors, I cordially invite you to celebrate and welcome our new CEO, Sharon Giovinazzo, at a Welcome Reception on Friday, January 27, 2023 from 4-6PM at Lighthouse Headquarters, 1155 Market Street, San Francisco, CA. I hope to see you on the 27. Warm Regards, Sharon Sacks, Lighthouse Board Chair Please RSVP by January 24 to Carin Elman at CElam@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7681. 6:00 pm: 30% & Growing (In person)6:00 pm: 30% & Growing (In person) – Join us as we go back into the community for good drinks, conversations, and reconnecting with good friends. 30% & Growing is a great place to gather after a long day to converse with other people who are blind or have ow vision in different stages of their career. We will be gathering at Drake's Dealership, a brewery in Oakland, on Friday, January 27, at 6:00 PM. You can find Drake’s Dealership just a few blocks away from 19th Street BART Station. For those interested, we will be meeting at 19th Street BART and walking over as a group. To RSVP, contact Andrew Martinez at amartinez@lighthouse-sf.org. 6:30 pm: Surpassing Sight Private Film Screening (in person)6:30 pm: Surpassing Sight Private Film Screening (in person) – On January 27, shortly after the Welcome Reception with new LightHouse CEO Sharon Giovinazzo, LightHouse will be hosting a free private movie screening of the documentary Surpassing Sight which follows two blind men, Jack Chen and Dan Berlin, who completed the Race Across America, a road cycling race across the United States. There will be a Q&A with Jack and film writer and producer Lukas Behnken. What: Surpassing Sight Private Film Screening with Audio Description and Q&A Directions to LightHouse San Francisco |
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Feb 3(2 events)
(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Let's Talk Travel (in-person)(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Let's Talk Travel (in-person) (All day) Where: LightHouse Headquarters (1155 Market Street in San Francisco) February 3 at 4:00 pm through February 5 at noon Whether it’s for work, recreation, or a multitude of other reasons, independent travel is a significant part of the transition student experience. Join us this February for a weekend all about the importance of travel, filled with conversations with mentors and professionals, and plenty of opportunities to try out your independent navigation skills throughout San Francisco. Youth Employment Services (YES) Workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences for youth and young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers, emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. Each YES workshop focuses on a specific theme and offers an array of self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering students to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors, connecting with blind and low vision peers, and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional goals.
Things to Bring:
If you are interested in participating in the February YES Weekend Workshop, please:
Please note: Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 plus boosters when applicable is required to join this event. 8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club; Wednesday Netflix Series (online)8:00 pm: Reel Escape Audio Description Club; Wednesday Netflix Series (online) – We all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. Our weekly gathering takes place Friday evenings at 8:00 pm., where we watch the next episode of our series and connect with your LightHouse and EHC friends. Now that we’ve watched all that we could from the world of Daredevil, our club will be switching things up and will start watching the new series, Wednesday, in early February. For those unfamiliar with the show, check out the trailer. ***Parents Please Note*** Wednesday is rated TV-14 for fear, language, and violence which means some content may not be suitable for kids under 14. IMDB has a parental guide that goes into greater detail about why the show received this rating. Read the Parent Guide for Wednesday. Who: teens and young adults who are blind or are low vision What: Wednesday with the Reel Escape Audio Description Club via Zoom When: Friday evenings @ 8:00 pm Where: anywhere you can access a zoom meeting RSVP: Zoom meeting information will be shared with those that RSVP by 5:00 pm the day before the program If you are interested in signing up or have any questions about the Reel Escape Audio Description Club, please contact Jamey Gump by email at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at 415-694-7372. |
Feb 4(1 event)
(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Let's Talk Travel (in-person)(All day): YES Weekend Workshop: Let's Talk Travel (in-person) (All day) Where: LightHouse Headquarters (1155 Market Street in San Francisco) February 3 at 4:00 pm through February 5 at noon Whether it’s for work, recreation, or a multitude of other reasons, independent travel is a significant part of the transition student experience. Join us this February for a weekend all about the importance of travel, filled with conversations with mentors and professionals, and plenty of opportunities to try out your independent navigation skills throughout San Francisco. Youth Employment Services (YES) Workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences for youth and young adults who are enthusiastic about realizing their dream careers, emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. Each YES workshop focuses on a specific theme and offers an array of self-advocacy, assistive technology, living skills, and soft skills curricula empowering students to strive toward future employment or post-secondary educational success. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors, connecting with blind and low vision peers, and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional goals.
Things to Bring:
If you are interested in participating in the February YES Weekend Workshop, please:
Please note: Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 plus boosters when applicable is required to join this event. |
The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.
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