Events in October 2019
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Sep 29(1 event)
(All day): Adaptations Store Closed(All day): Adaptations Store Closed (All day) The Adaptations Store will be closed for it's bi-annual physical inventory count from September 25 and will re-open for business on October 1. |
Sep 30(1 event)
(All day): Adaptations Store Closed(All day): Adaptations Store Closed (All day) The Adaptations Store will be closed for it's bi-annual physical inventory count from September 25 and will re-open for business on October 1. |
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Oct 3(1 event)
4:30 pm: Learn More About Better Market Street4:30 pm: Learn More About Better Market Street – You are invited to a community gathering on Thursday, October 3, to learn more about and give input to the Better Market Street project. Better Market Street is the City's multi-agency project to transform 2.2 miles of Market Street from Octavia Boulevard to Stuart Street, enhancing safety and accessibility, improving transit performance, replacing aging infrastructure, and revitalizing the corridors streetscape. The project is advancing toward approval this fall and in the coming months. Team members from San Francisco Public Works and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will be joining us for community meetings to provide updates on the project. At our first meeting, we will hear an overview of the project with an emphasis on the first phase of the project: Market Street between Eighth and Fifth streets. The team will also discuss proposed transit stops and passenger drop-off zones. Please join us at 1155 Market Street, 10th floor, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 4:30-6 p.m. RSVP directly to Jennifer Blot of San Francisco Public Works: Jennifer.blot@sfdpw.org or (415) 554-6993. " |
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10:00 am: UrbanKick® (Cardio Kickboxing)10:00 am: UrbanKick® (Cardio Kickboxing) – UrbanKick® is an innovative fitness class that expertly blends cardio kickboxing, (punch and kick combinations), with sports conditioning athletic drills for a serious knock-out workout. When: Saturday, October 5, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Every UrbanKick® class incorporates steady state cardiovascular training, metabolic boosting H.I.I.T. training, and body-weight strength training for a unique and total body workout. This format challenges your body in all planes of motion so you constantly develop strength, agility, flexibility and balance, and burn calories. This class is for all levels of fitness, whether this is your first time exercising or you are a seasoned athlete. Space is limited. To attend this class you must RSVP with Amber Sherrard at 415-694-7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org. |
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Oct 12(1 event)
12:00 pm: Superfest Disability Film Festival12:00 pm: Superfest Disability Film Festival – Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Since 1970, we have celebrated cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. We strive for accessibility with audio description, captioning, and ASL/CART. Showtimes:OCTOBER 12, 2019 BERKELEY FREIGHT & SALVAGE 12 - 2:30 p.m. OCTOBER 13, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 2 - 4:30 p.m. Visit the Superfest website for info and tickets. Co-hosted by: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the San Francisco State University Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. To book a traveling Superfest Showcase, contact superfestshowcase@gmail.com. |
Oct 13(1 event)
11:00 am: Superfest Disability Film Festival11:00 am: Superfest Disability Film Festival – Superfest Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world. Since 1970, we have celebrated cinema that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, unabashed and engaging lens. We strive for accessibility with audio description, captioning, and ASL/CART. Showtimes:OCTOBER 12, 2019 BERKELEY FREIGHT & SALVAGE 12 - 2:30 p.m. OCTOBER 13, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 2 - 4:30 p.m. Visit the Superfest website for info and tickets. Co-hosted by: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the San Francisco State University Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. To book a traveling Superfest Showcase, contact superfestshowcase@gmail.com. |
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Oct 15(1 event)
10:00 am: Celebrate White Cane Safety Day with SF Mayor London Breed10:00 am: Celebrate White Cane Safety Day with SF Mayor London Breed – Tuesday, October 15 is White Cane Safety Day! Come celebrate the day and promote safety awareness in the neighborhood of LightHouse Headquarters (1155 Market St., San Francisco). Join LightHouse staff and ambassadors as we celebrate and spread awareness of White Cane Day from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. We encourage everyone to bring their canes or guide dogs with them for the event and to invite your friends and blindness allies if they are interested. We will start off with a 30-minute welcome meeting at LightHouse on the 10th floor to talk about white canes, LightHouse's involvement with the Safe Streets project and pedestrian safety in the city. Come to LightHouse headquarters for the pre-walk event and meet San Francisco Mayor London Breed who will be in attendance. There will be refreshments for those attending the welcome. After the meeting concludes at 10:30, we will go out as a group to City Hall and back to create awareness and visibility of the white cane and blind pedestrians. Anyone who comes to walk with us will get a free Safe Streets t-shirt – now in white! If you are coming, RVSP directly to Briana Kusuma at bkusuma@lighthouse-sf.org or 415.694.7335 with your shirt size (if you would like one of our 2019 shirts) and be sure to wear your Safe Streets t-shirt if you already have one or don’t want to wear the new white one that day. |
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Oct 21(1 event)
(All day): Untitled Event(All day): Untitled Event (All day) Loom Knit a Scarf Now for Warm, Fuzzy Gifts Later Winter has descended and who doesn't need a warm scarf to wrap around to keep snuggly and warm from the wintery San Francisco fog? Learn to make a scarf using a loom and get ready to make this year's gifts all by hand. This class will teach the e-wrap and purl stitches. You will also learn the differences between garter and stockinette techniques. This class is aimed toward the beginner loom knitter, but anyone can join. Knowledge of how to cast on, e-wrap, and bind off (covered in November's Hat's Off to Loom Knitting) is preferred but not required--just bring your desire to learn and have fun. Supplies needed: Bringing your own supplies is strongly recommended; limited supplies will be available for borrowing on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP to Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. |
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Oct 26(1 event)
4:00 pm: Costume Party and Yoga in the Dark4:00 pm: Costume Party and Yoga in the Dark – Costumes, candy, and yoga all in one, is this a dream? Come and join us for a Costume Party and Yoga Flow. There will be glow sticks and Halloween candy. All levels welcome. Bring your friends. When: Saturday, October 26, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. No yoga experience or costume required. RSVP by calling or emailing Amber Sherrard at 415-694-7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org. |
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Nov 1(2 events)
(All day): Health & Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camps(All day): Health & Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camps (All day) Health and Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camp When: Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3, 2019 12:00 pm: Giving Blood, Giving Life: Bay Area Blind Community's Day of Giving Blood Drive12:00 pm: Giving Blood, Giving Life: Bay Area Blind Community's Day of Giving Blood Drive – The need is constant. The gratification is instant. Give blood. |
Nov 2(1 event)
(All day): Health & Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camps(All day): Health & Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camps (All day) Health and Wellness Retreat at Enchanted Hills Camp When: Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3, 2019 |
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!
