No Dig, Sept 6: Chinatown Night Out, June Osterberg memorial, Mark Bittner’s “Street Song”
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Tue 9/6
Chinatown Night Out
September 6, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Portsmouth Square, Kearny & Washington
SFPD Captain Lazar notes: “We expect over 1,000 people to attend as we talk about personal safety including robbery, burglary and blessing scam prevention. We also plan on serving dinner to all those in attendance.”
June’s life celebration
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Barbary Coast Restaurant, 478 Green St @Grant (former Bocce Cafe)
A celebration of June Osterberg, longtime North Beach resident, activist, and journalist who passed away August 1, 2016. No host bar, light appetizers will be served.
June Osterberg 1929–2016
Tributes to June by:
Romalyn Schmaltz – Hoodline
Tony Long – Chronicle
Carl Nolte – Chronicle
Univ of North Dakota – Journalism award
Thu 9/8
Mark Bittner on “Street Song”
September 8, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Presidio Officers’ Club, Moraga Ave @ Graham
Presidio Dialogues – Tales from an Urban Jungle
Mark Bittner, author and human subject of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, presents a talk and reading from his work-in-progress, Street Song, on his journey through the streets of North Beach and the parrots who saved him.
Registration requested http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-tales-from-an-urban-jungle
Sat 9/10
District 3 Gallery show
September 10, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
District 3 Gallery, 704 Filbert St @Columbus