LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Events in April 2019
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Apr 4(2 events)
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. 6:00 pm: Accessing the Arts: A Panel Discussion on Sensory Diversity and Performance6:00 pm: Accessing the Arts: A Panel Discussion on Sensory Diversity and Performance – Accessing the Arts: A Panel Discussion on Sensory Diversity and Performance The performing and other arts have long been thought of as out of reach for many in the disability community. The ADA has made physical access greater, and technologies like audio description or ASL interpretation, where available, have raised the bar on participation. How do we expand the scope of what access to the arts and full participation really mean and how do we make it a reality? Lighthouse for the Blind, Gravity Access Services, and Dancers' Group will be hosting a panel discussion and information session on access accommodation practices for live performance. Panelists include: Author and Access Consultant Georgina Kleege; Gravity Artistic Director Jess Curtis; Blind dancer and access consultant Tiffany Taylor; Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival, Antoine Hunter; Assistant Director of the Deaf Dance Festival (and dancer) Zahna Simon; and LightHouse Adult Program Coordinator, Serena Olsen. We invite all interested members of the disability and arts communities to be a part of this very important dialogue. Light refreshments will be available beginning at 6 p.m. and the panel discussion will start at 6:30, followed by time for Q&A. RSVP to Serena at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. |
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Apr 6(1 event)
9:30 am: Museum Meanderings: de Young9:30 am: Museum Meanderings: de Young – Museum Meanderings: de Young Celebrate spring and flowers through the work of Monet for the April Museum Meandering. We'll take a specialized docent-led tour of the current de Young special exhibit, "Monet: The Late Years" at 9:30 a.m. that will last about an hour, and you are free to continue enjoying the museum on your own time thereafter. One guest per LightHouse community member and spaces are limited; RSVP is req uired by Friday, March 29, by contacting Adult Program Coordinator Serena Olsen at solsen@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7316. *Please note that April's Meander is the first Saturday, not the regularly scheduled second Saturday. As it is a volunteer driven program, we've rescheduled in deference to the celebration of our LightHouse volunteers scheduled for the second Saturday in April. Thanks in advance for your flexibility. About the Exhibit: The exhibition will feature nearly 50 paintings by Claude Monet dating mainly from 1913 to 1926, the final phase of the artist’s long career. During his late years, the well-traveled Monet stayed close to home, inspired by the variety of elements making up his own garden at Giverny, a village located about forty-five miles from Paris. With its evolving scenery of flower beds, footpaths, willows, wisteria, and nymphaea, the garden became a personal laboratory for the artist’s concentrated study of natural phenomena. The exhibition will focus on the series that Monet invented, and just as important, reinvented, in this setting. In the process, it will reconsider the conventional notion that many of the late works painted on a large scale were preparatory for the Grand Decorations, rather than finished paintings in their own right. Boldly balancing representation and abstraction, Monet’s radical late works redefined the master of Impressionism as a forebear of modernism. |
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Apr 11(2 events)
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. 5:30 pm: LightHouse Listenings: Music In the Dark with Ioana Gandrabur5:30 pm: LightHouse Listenings: Music In the Dark with Ioana Gandrabur – LightHouse continues its live listening party for ears only, LightHouse Listenings, on April 11 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at LightHouse Headquarters. Join us for an evening of live music in the dark with award-winning classical guitarist Ioana Gandrabur, as she incorporates music with lively interactive discussions about music, blindness, and non-visual entertainment. Tickets are $5-$10 on Eventbrite by clicking this link. When: Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. About the performer Born in Bucharest, Romania, Ioana Gandrabur started playing piano at the age of five. At twelve she discovered the guitar and, feeling an immediate connection with this instrument, she began to study with Liviu Georgescu and Petre Fartatescu. After only two years she won the Romanian National Guitar Competition, becoming its youngest laureate to this day. At the age of 16, Ioana Gandrabur immigrated to Canada. She continued her studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal under the direction of Jean Vallières and graduated with honours. Then, receiving full scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service, she traveled to Germany for postgraduate studies at the Musikhochschule in Köln (germany) with Hubert Käppel, the Musikakademie in Basel (Switzerland) with Oscar Ghiglia and the Musikhochschule in Düsseldorf (Germany) with Joaquin Clerch. She received degrees from each of these schools. To learn even more, read the blog post on the LightHouse website. Read more: LightHouse Listenings: Music In the Dark with Ioana Gandrabur |
Apr 12(1 event)
5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life – Youth Employment Series (YES) Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life In April, join the LightHouse Youth Employment Series, YES, workshop emphasizing the importance of teamwork, leadership and living skills as youth collaborate with one another in interactive activities throughout the weekend to prepare for life after high school. During the Saturday portion of YES, students will gather with peers from all around the state for the 3rd annual Youth Institute as part of the CTEBVI annual conference in Burlingame, CA. Youth will have the opportunity to meet peers, connect with blind and low vision mentors, gain additional information on adaptive technology, knowing their rights, and advocacy, as well as peruse the Exhibit Hall with over 30 resources! YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, increasing and providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. During the Sunday portion of the workshop, youth will take the skills they learned to the next level, applying their leadership and living skills in hands-on activities involving orientation and mobility, cooking, and technology use. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional aspirations. Workshop Learning Objectives: Things to Bring: If you are interested in participating in the April YES Weekend Workshop, please: |
Apr 13(1 event)
5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life – Youth Employment Series (YES) Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life In April, join the LightHouse Youth Employment Series, YES, workshop emphasizing the importance of teamwork, leadership and living skills as youth collaborate with one another in interactive activities throughout the weekend to prepare for life after high school. During the Saturday portion of YES, students will gather with peers from all around the state for the 3rd annual Youth Institute as part of the CTEBVI annual conference in Burlingame, CA. Youth will have the opportunity to meet peers, connect with blind and low vision mentors, gain additional information on adaptive technology, knowing their rights, and advocacy, as well as peruse the Exhibit Hall with over 30 resources! YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, increasing and providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. During the Sunday portion of the workshop, youth will take the skills they learned to the next level, applying their leadership and living skills in hands-on activities involving orientation and mobility, cooking, and technology use. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional aspirations. Workshop Learning Objectives: Things to Bring: If you are interested in participating in the April YES Weekend Workshop, please: |
Apr 14(1 event)
5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life5:00 pm: YES: Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life – Youth Employment Series (YES) Meet, Lead, and Eat! Preparing Yourself for Life In April, join the LightHouse Youth Employment Series, YES, workshop emphasizing the importance of teamwork, leadership and living skills as youth collaborate with one another in interactive activities throughout the weekend to prepare for life after high school. During the Saturday portion of YES, students will gather with peers from all around the state for the 3rd annual Youth Institute as part of the CTEBVI annual conference in Burlingame, CA. Youth will have the opportunity to meet peers, connect with blind and low vision mentors, gain additional information on adaptive technology, knowing their rights, and advocacy, as well as peruse the Exhibit Hall with over 30 resources! YES workshops are monthly weekend-long learning experiences emphasizing the vocational enrichment of low vision and blind youth, increasing and providing access to a multifaceted array of mentorship, employment readiness skills, and alternative accessible techniques. During the Sunday portion of the workshop, youth will take the skills they learned to the next level, applying their leadership and living skills in hands-on activities involving orientation and mobility, cooking, and technology use. The weekend is spent learning from blind and low vision mentors and engaging in creative hands-on activities which further support youth to explore and achieve their individualized and professional aspirations. Workshop Learning Objectives: Things to Bring: If you are interested in participating in the April YES Weekend Workshop, please: |
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Apr 18(2 events)
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. 6:00 pm: 30% & Growing San Francisco6:00 pm: 30% & Growing San Francisco – 30% & Growing 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. |
Apr 19(3 events)
1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Cycle for Sight1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Cycle for Sight – During the 2018 and 2019 school years, the LightHouse’s Youth Program will be hosting monthly extreme recreation activities and adventures for youth that are blind or have low vision. Those that sign up for these monthly outings will have opportunities to make new friends, meet mentors and develop life skills that will help them be successful in other aspects of life - all while enjoying the wonderful recreation options that the Bay Area and surrounding areas have to offer. In April the Youth Rec program is heading to Napa for the annual Cycle for Sight fundraiser. Join your friends and EHC community as we raise money to rebuild camp after the 2017 fires. All those that register to ride or volunteer with LightHouse in some capacity during the event may also spend the evening Friday night before the event at EHC. Team LightHouse has secured a limited number of pilots and tandem bikes for our low vision and blind students. More information about the Cycle for Sight event and how to register for the event can be found in the below links. Cycle for Sight event webpage – Basic information about the Cycling for Sight event and festival after the ride can be found at http://www.cycle4sight.com/. Who: Youth that are blind or have low vision between the ages of 14 and 26 To inquire about if there is still space or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415)694-7372 or youth@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. 4:00 pm: Superfest Disability Film Festival with Special Guest Gaelynn Leas at SF Main Library4:00 pm: Superfest Disability Film Festival with Special Guest Gaelynn Leas at SF Main Library – Superfest International Disability Film Festival is the longest running disability film festival in the world, co-hosted by San Francisco's Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State. Gaelynn Lea will be a guest speaker. GAELYNN LEA- THE SONGS WE SING Directed by Mark Brown United States, 2017, Documentary Short. STUMPED Directed by Taylor Keating & Cedar Wright United States, 2017, Documentary Short. WHO AM I TO STOP IT Directed by Cherly Green & Cynthia Lopez United States, 2017, Documentary Short. Please make all access requests, including ASL interpreting/live captioning by April 9, 2019. Visit the event website to RSVP. Read more: Superfest Disability Film Festival with Special Guest Gaelynn Leas at SF Main Library |
Apr 20(1 event)
1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Cycle for Sight1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Cycle for Sight – During the 2018 and 2019 school years, the LightHouse’s Youth Program will be hosting monthly extreme recreation activities and adventures for youth that are blind or have low vision. Those that sign up for these monthly outings will have opportunities to make new friends, meet mentors and develop life skills that will help them be successful in other aspects of life - all while enjoying the wonderful recreation options that the Bay Area and surrounding areas have to offer. In April the Youth Rec program is heading to Napa for the annual Cycle for Sight fundraiser. Join your friends and EHC community as we raise money to rebuild camp after the 2017 fires. All those that register to ride or volunteer with LightHouse in some capacity during the event may also spend the evening Friday night before the event at EHC. Team LightHouse has secured a limited number of pilots and tandem bikes for our low vision and blind students. More information about the Cycle for Sight event and how to register for the event can be found in the below links. Cycle for Sight event webpage – Basic information about the Cycling for Sight event and festival after the ride can be found at http://www.cycle4sight.com/. Who: Youth that are blind or have low vision between the ages of 14 and 26 To inquire about if there is still space or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415)694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. |
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Apr 25(1 event)
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. |
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May 2(1 event)
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. |
May 3(1 event)
1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods – Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods
Friday, May 3rd to Sunday, March 5th During the 2018 and 2019 school years, the LightHouse Youth Program will be hosting monthly extreme recreation activities and adventures for youth that are blind or have low vision. Those that sign up for these monthly outings will have opportunities to make new friends, meet mentors and develop life skills that will help them be successful in other aspects of life - all while enjoying the wonderful recreation options that the Bay Area and surrounding areas have to offer. In May, the LightHouse Youth Program will be joining friends from the Adult Health and Wellness Program for a weekend of learning, growth and fun at Enchanted Hills Camp. During this busy weekend, students will take part in a variety of fun and thought-provoking ropes course challenges and team building activities that will help them reflect on how they advocate for themselves during recreational activities and apply those advocacy skills in other aspects of life. Our adventures start during the afternoon of Friday May 3rd and will run through Sunday, May 5th. Who: Youth that are blind or have low vision between the ages of 14 and 18.
What: Weekend retreat for youth at Enchanted Hills Camp that include; ropes course, nature games and lots of opportunities for youth to think about how they advocate for themselves. When: 1:00 pm Friday, May 3rd through 6:00 pm Sunday, May 5th. Where: The program will be at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa CA with limited transit available from the Ed Roberts Campus for those that RSVP. Cost: Thanks to a generous grant from the Sadie Meyer and Louis Cohn Foundation we are able to offer the entire weekend program for $50 per student. RSVP: with Jamey Gump by Wednesday, April 24th at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. Please remember students must submit ALL necessary paperwork and payment before one's spot in the trip will be confirmed. If you are interested in signing up for this outing or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. |
May 4(1 event)
1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods1:00 pm: Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods – Youth Extreme Recreation Adventure: Rec in the Redwoods
Friday, May 3rd to Sunday, March 5th During the 2018 and 2019 school years, the LightHouse Youth Program will be hosting monthly extreme recreation activities and adventures for youth that are blind or have low vision. Those that sign up for these monthly outings will have opportunities to make new friends, meet mentors and develop life skills that will help them be successful in other aspects of life - all while enjoying the wonderful recreation options that the Bay Area and surrounding areas have to offer. In May, the LightHouse Youth Program will be joining friends from the Adult Health and Wellness Program for a weekend of learning, growth and fun at Enchanted Hills Camp. During this busy weekend, students will take part in a variety of fun and thought-provoking ropes course challenges and team building activities that will help them reflect on how they advocate for themselves during recreational activities and apply those advocacy skills in other aspects of life. Our adventures start during the afternoon of Friday May 3rd and will run through Sunday, May 5th. Who: Youth that are blind or have low vision between the ages of 14 and 18.
What: Weekend retreat for youth at Enchanted Hills Camp that include; ropes course, nature games and lots of opportunities for youth to think about how they advocate for themselves. When: 1:00 pm Friday, May 3rd through 6:00 pm Sunday, May 5th. Where: The program will be at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa CA with limited transit available from the Ed Roberts Campus for those that RSVP. Cost: Thanks to a generous grant from the Sadie Meyer and Louis Cohn Foundation we are able to offer the entire weekend program for $50 per student. RSVP: with Jamey Gump by Wednesday, April 24th at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. Please remember students must submit ALL necessary paperwork and payment before one's spot in the trip will be confirmed. If you are interested in signing up for this outing or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at (415) 694-7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org. |
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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