Dancers on Buildings, Cowboys in Oakland, and Enjoyable on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk

This week throughout the Bay Area: From Santa Cruz Boardwalk to Big Sur’s Pfeiffer Falls Trail; Flyaway Productions’ within the TL to SoMa’s guide readings; Hispanic Heritage Month and “A Taste of Oakland;” Coach Don’s and the SF Pizza Lady’s kindness; West Oakland timber; and Eureka Fellowships.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the nation’s fave

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk gained the title because the nation’s prime choose, a spot the place the Giant Dipper’s picket roar by no means actually fades. Its rides spill onto sand that has carried surfers since Hawaiian princes first paddled out in 1885. Around the sides, Pacific Avenue’s music, murals, and surf retailers maintain the entire city buzzing.

It’s a boardwalk that feels each timeless and stressed, stitched into California’s coast with salt and coloration. On summer season nights the lights throw a carnival glow throughout the shoreline, and even in winter the waves and carousel music maintain it alive. — Fodor’s

Big Sur’s iconic redwood hike rebuilt

Big Sur’s Pfeiffer Falls Trail has reopened after a winter storm toppled a redwood and smashed its 70-foot bridge two years in the past. Repairs, together with new decking, rails, and a customized fiberglass base piece, have been accomplished with assist from the California Conservation Corps and Save the Redwoods League.

The 1.5-mile hike by means of redwoods to a 60-foot waterfall is now totally accessible once more for households and campers. — Bay Area News Group

Planting timber in West Oakland

Oakland biology educator Mr. Kelkar explains the significance of native vegetation, highlighting how they supply habitat for birds and bugs, shade streets, and enhance air high quality. Through September 30, West Oakland residents and staff can sign up for a free California native tree for his or her yard or sidewalk.

No property possession is required, however members should submit an curiosity type by the tip of the month. — West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

History strikes within the Tenderloin

At Turk and Taylor streets, Down on the Corner brings dance, tune, and movie to the positioning of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot. Queer, transgender, and cisgender performers carry the riot’s power into the current, with nightly talks and two 35-minute exhibits.

The venture honors previous defiance whereas acknowledging the constructing’s present use as a reentry facility. Shows run October 3–4 and 9–11, free to all. — Flyaway Productions

‘Fire’ season ignites in SoMa

Fire and creativity converge at Cafe Suspiro and Arc Gallery for STIR: Fire Season, South of Market’s seasonal studying collection. Award-winning authors and efficiency poets — together with Charlie Jane Anders, Syr Hayati Beker, Charlie Getter, and Lehua M. Taitano — look at survival, transformation, and the sparks that drive change in a world on hearth.

The night time blends readings, a panel dialogue, and viewers Q&A with the power of SoMa West’s thriving arts scene. Grab a espresso, settle in, and dive into two hours of immersive storytelling and dialog on October 2.

Hispanic music, dance, and heritage

Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing all through the Bay Area by means of October 15. Latin Grammy-winning bands like La Santa Cecilia carry out, whereas opera singer San Cha showcases her experimental work, Inebria Me. Families can get pleasure from festivals, interactive exhibits, and group gatherings throughout San José, Oakland, San Francisco, and past.

Many occasions may even spotlight the contributions of Afro-Latinx artists by means of music, dance, and visible artwork that mirror their histories and affect on the area’s inventive panorama. — KQED

Modern Western roots meet metropolis soul

Next Sunday, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza will pulse with music, fashion, and meals at “A Taste of Oakland,” a pageant celebrating the legacy of Black cowboy and cowgirl tradition. Live performances by artists resembling Dee Dee Simon and Elijah Baker Presents Top Shelf, line dancing, and a contemporary Western vogue present convey native tradition to the forefront, whereas Oakland cooks, artists, and companies showcase their craft.

From DJ units to jaw-dropping picture ops, the day blends historical past, creativity, and group power. — A Taste of Oakland

Three many years of play, kindness, and group

Donald Arreola-Burl, also called Coach Don, a beloved PE trainer in Berkeley, was just lately named the winner of the Chris Kindness Award in recognition of many years spent inspiring children with power, encouragement, and inclusion.

Alongside his household, he runs Recreation and Team Sports (RATS), a nonprofit instructing children teamwork, sportsmanship, and enjoyable — welcoming everybody, irrespective of skill or earnings. Former college students nonetheless bear in mind his video games, his laughter, and the best way he made everybody really feel seen. For the Berkeley group, Coach Don is a residing lesson in kindness.

Feeding neighbors & preventing meals waste

Andrea Carla Michaels, who’s often known as the “Pizza Lady,” has spent years turning discarded meals into every day meals for her neighbors in SF’s Polk Gulch. She delivers what’s wanted — bagels, bread, produce, and typically clothes or private objects — with care and effectivity, brightening faces whereas conserving boundaries.

A Harvard graduate, printed New York Times crossword author, Scrabble champion, and former TV author, Michaels carries many titles off the streets. But right here, she’s only a neighbor ensuring nothing helpful goes to waste. — Broke-Ass Stuart

Forty years of backing Bay Area artists

The Fleishhacker Foundation has handed out $40,000 unrestricted grants to a brand new wave of Bay Area visible artists — twelve creatives over three years, marking the fortieth anniversary of the Eureka Fellowship. The grantees are artists in varied phases of their careers working in a spread of media, from Cat Alden and Marlon Mullen to Sahar Khoury and Masako Miki. Since the fellowship isn’t tied to anyone venture, artists have the time, area, and freedom to focus totally on their work with out restrictions.

Panelists from the Smithsonian, Walker Art Center, and MIT List Visual Arts Center noticed work that faucets into the area’s wealthy human tales, past tech hype and market developments. Forty years in, this system has introduced almost $4 million into the native arts ecosystem, serving to generations of artists maintain their work and maintain Bay Area arts alive. — Fleishhacker Foundation

Image: Austin Forbord/Flyaway Productions