Nationally known policy wonk Peter Hart will
speak to the Noe
Valley Democratic Club Wednesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. at
St. Philip’s Parish
Hall, 725 Diamond St.
Hart will discuss the modern information age
and how government
and public policy can adopt or obstruct it.
Since 1989, Hart Research Associates has
provided NBC News and
the Wall Street Journal with public opinion
polling
information. The company also provides strategic consulting to
nonprofits,
political campaigns, and commercial businesses.
Hart is a frequent guest on the Today
Show, Meet the
Press, and the PBS News Hour. Most
recently, he has
lectured on public policy at Duke University and U.C.
Berkeley.
All are welcome, though seats may fill quickly.
There is street
parking and a lot on the 24th Street side of the church.
San Francisco Hill by William
Campbell will be among the paintings at an art sale and
benefit on March 14.
Art Sale to Aid Poor Seniors
A rarely seen collection of paintings by the
late Noe Valley
artists Frank Brown and William Campbell will be offered for
sale this month at
a fundraiser to benefit Little Sisters of the Poor at St.
Anne’s Home on Lake
Street.
The March 14 exhibit and sale also will feature
original
photography and artwork by other Bay Area artists, including a
watercolor by
Dianne Feinstein, better known for her endeavors as the senior
U.S. senator
from California.
Diane Wilsey, president of the Fine Arts
Museums of San
Francisco, will preside over the charity’s first annual Fine
Arts Sale and
Cocktail Reception.
The philanthropist and art patron said she does
not own any
Brown or Campbell canvases. “Maybe after the event,” Wilsey
said with a laugh.
The focal point of the fundraiser will be
approximately three
dozen Brown and Campbell compositions. The longtime partners
painted nearly 800
canvases between 1930 and 2000, but most were kept in their
21st Street home
and out of the public eye. Their works are seascapes,
landscapes, and
figurative portraits in a variety of styles ranging from
traditional to
impressionist to abstract/modern.
Campbell, who studied at the California School
of Fine Arts and
taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland
where Brown was
one of his students, died in 1985 at 71 years of age. Brown
continued painting
until his death in 2000 at age 78.
Little Sisters of the Poor provides residential
and skilled
nursing care to 86 seniors.
Tickets are $125 for the event, which starts at
6:30 p.m. and
includes cocktails and a dinner buffet. The affair will be
held at St. Anne’s
Home, 300 Lake St.
Help a tourist and share your love of the
Castro by becoming a
Castro Ambassador this summer.
The program is in its third year, and organizer
Andrea Aiello
hopes to attract 50 volunteers—twice as many as last year—to
help bewildered
map-toting visitors get their bearings. She knows there is no
shortage of
candidates.
“There are people who have lived here for 40
years who are so
proud of the Castro and want to share that love,” said Aiello,
executive
director of the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit
District.
Ambassadors have signature blue T-shirts and a
booth with
handouts, so tourists wanting a little neighborhood history
beyond the giant
rainbow flag can easily find them.
Many volunteers will already know the answers
without needing to
consult flyers. They’ve taken the quiz: “I have two hours,
what should I do?”
“Can you recommend a place to sit outside and have lunch?”
“Where is Harvey’s
camera shop?”
For the rest, there is the “Best of the Castro”
handout,
translated into Italian, Spanish, French, German, Japanese,
and Chinese. It
lists places of interest like the GLBT History Museum, places
to hike, and Pink
Triangle Park and Memorial.
“The tourists are delighted that we have
something to hand to
them in their own language,” Aiello said.
Ambassadors work in pairs for one- to two-hour
shifts, usually
on the weekends between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., mid-May to late
October. Aiello can
accommodate those who need to work weekday shifts instead, but
those are less
likely to be staffed by pairs, she said.
Training, Castro-specific brochures, and a
uniform are provided.
Please contact Aiello at 415-500-1181 or execdirector@castrocbd.org.
—Heather World
Summer Resource Fair
Learn about summer
programs for everyone from tots to teens at this year’s Summer
Resource Fair
Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Everett Middle
School, 450 Church
St.
From week-away camps to one-day art classes,
the full range of
San Francisco’s summer options will be represented. There will
also be staff
from family service agencies and educational support services
on hand.
Free workshops will be offered throughout the
day, including
Choosing a Quality Summer Program at noon, led by Afterschool
for All. A
summary of Recreation and Park Department summer programs
begins at 1 p.m. At
11 a.m., the city-funded Kindergarten to College program will
host a workshop
focusing on saving for college.
The fair serves teens as well. There will be
information about
summer jobs and a workshop to help them find one: Job
Applications: How to
Stand Out in a Stack starts at 11:30 a.m.
Last year, the fair drew more than 1,000
people, and organizers
expect to see up to 2,000 this year, thanks to more extensive
outreach.
Limited paid parking is available, and Everett
is also easily
accessed from the J-Church, F-Market, and 24-Divisadero Muni
lines.
The event is sponsored by the San Francisco
Department of
Children, Youth, and Their Families,
SFkids.org/GoKid.org, the San Francisco Unified School
District, and the city’s
Recreation and Park Department. For more information,
visit www.sfkids.org.
