LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
The week's events
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Apr 15
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Apr 16(2 events)
9:30 am: Coffee Hour with Mike Cole9:30 am: Coffee Hour with Mike Cole – Join us for a weekly discussion group, "The Business of Blindness", with longtime LightHouse community member Mike Cole. This social hour for adults includes discussions ranging from politics to blindness history to current developments in the blindness community . Get ready to talk about anything and everything! For more information contact Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. 1:00 pm: Guest Speaker Series: Fire & Life Safety Training1:00 pm: Guest Speaker Series: Fire & Life Safety Training – The San Francisco Fire Department wants to empower you to make your environment a safer place to live and work. How can you reduce the risk of fire and take steps to preserve life and property? Join Fire Inspectors Tomie Kato and Fernando Juarez to learn about escape planning, the main causes of fires, what to do if you are trapped in a fire, fire extinguishers, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, general disaster preparedness, and a mock fire extinguisher to get your hands on. Note that this occurrence of the Guest Speaker Series will run a half hour longer than the usual 1-hour format; to RSVP, contact Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. |
Apr 17(1 event)
10:00 am: Victor Reader Stream Class10:00 am: Victor Reader Stream Class – Learn how to use the Victor Reader Stream. To sign up for the next session, contact Shen Kuan at 415-694-7312 skuan@lighthouse-sf.org |
Apr 18(4 events)
10:00 am: Meditation10:00 am: Meditation – Join Jeffrey Schneider, outreach and volunteer coordinator at the Zen Center, for a mid-morning meditation session. San Francisco Zen Center is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area. For more information contact Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. 11:00 am: Chair Fitness Class11:00 am: Chair Fitness Class – Chair Fitness is a low-impact exercise class that will leave you feeling energized, sculpted, toned, and closer to your goal of immaculate overall health. For more information, contact Amber Sherrard at asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org. 11:00 am: Qigong11:00 am: Qigong – What is Yuan Gong Qigong? Glad you asked. Qigong Teacher Dale Mirmow welcomes all who are interested in learning Qigong, a self-healing and easy to learn practice that mainly works on the physical level of the body by opening the channels in the body, and promoting the flow of energy. Learn and practice Qigong tools that can help you with the prevention of illness, improving one’s overall health and wellbeing, as well as having more energy, feeling calmer and being better equipped to deal with stress, anxiety and pain. Learn how easy it is to incorporate Qigong into your everyday life, and experience the difference Qigong can make. Qigong can be done sitting, standing, or moving. Instructor Dale Mirmow (Level 4 - Ren Xue of the Americas) has been teaching Qigong for over six years, loves teaching and her students. For more information, contact Evening & Weekend Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. 1:00 pm: Nutrition 101: Eating for a Healthy Planet1:00 pm: Nutrition 101: Eating for a Healthy Planet –
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Apr 19(4 events)
(All day): Untitled Event(All day): Untitled Event (All day) 10:00 am: Knitting10:00 am: Knitting – Every week, our knitters gather to share their purls of wisdom and get in the loop on each other’s latest project, and usually end up in stitches spinning yarns. Whether you knit for pleasure, distraction or just practical economics, or you’ve never done it before and want to give it a try, there’s always room for another loom. Learn, refine, or teach a skill that makes your gift-giving budget lighter weight or support a student-led altruistic project like knitting chemo caps, beanies for babies, lap blankets or other creative applications. For more info, needle Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. 11:00 am: Hats Off to Loom Knitting11:00 am: Hats Off to Loom Knitting – Have you ever wanted to knit that newborn baby in your life a cute and cuddly hat? Or, do you find yourself wishing that you could whip up a nifty warm cap for your cold head? Wish no more and come join crafter Lisamaria Martinez on Thursday, April 12 and 19 for some loopy loom fun. This class will be taught over two separate sessions. In the first session, you will learn how to cast on, e-wrap, and make a brim on your hat. In the second session, you will complete the hat and learn how to bind off. This class is geared to anyone who would like to spend a few hours learning how to loom knit a hat of any size from any type of loom. You don’t need any particular skill except the willingness to learn, be patient, and have fun! Supplies needed: Please purchase the yarn, loom and accessories on your own. LightHouse will have limited supplies for sale.
6:00 pm: Blind Professionals Meet-Up: 30% and Growing, San Francisco6:00 pm: Blind Professionals Meet-Up: 30% and Growing, San Francisco – Lalita’s Thai Restaurant & Bar 96 McAllister St., San Francisco (on the north side of UN Plaza) Satisfy your craving for delicious little fried things or order up a delicious entrée to compliment the happy hour specials that run until 7. You can even spend a little quality time with your favorite LightHouse community worker bees in the process, it’s a win-win! It’s a casual meet up with your blind working friends, it’s a networking opportunity for aspiring blind worker bees-to-be, and it’s everything in between. RSVPs greatly appreciated to Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316.
Satisfy your craving for delicious little fried things or order up a delicious entrée to compliment the happy hour specials that run until 7. You can even spend a little quality time with your favorite LightHouse community worker bees in the process, it’s a win-win! It’s a casual meet up with your blind working friends, it’s a networking opportunity for aspiring blind worker bees-to-be, and it’s everything in between. RSVPs greatly appreciated to Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316.
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Apr 20(2 events)
10:00 am: Victor Reader Stream Class10:00 am: Victor Reader Stream Class – Learn how to use the Victor Reader Stream. To sign up for the next session of classes, contact Shen Kuan 415-694-7312 skuan@lighthouse-sf.org 4:00 pm: Dinner and Bingo4:00 pm: Dinner and Bingo – Dinner and Bingo Enjoy a community dinner and lots of rollicking bingo fun on the third Friday of each month at the LightHouse. RSVP by noon on the Tuesday prior and $7 covers your dinner (RSVP later or not at all and your dinner is $10). Braille and large print bingo cards make bingo accessible for everyone. Bring a handful or two of coins for small-change competitiveness … we play a couple of nickel games, several dimes games, and after dessert, one quarter gets you three games – good company – good food – good fun! To RSVP, contact Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. |
Apr 21
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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.
The LightHouse is scent-free. Please abstain from wearing colognes, perfumes, or other scented products. Additionally, coffee must be securely lidded at all times and citrus should not be peeled on the premises. Thanks for supporting our efforts to respect chemical sensitivities!
