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Mellow Nights on Haight
Anyone walking past Haight and Masonic would be forgiven for being confused by The Mellow.
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Arts & culture
More Arts & culture →Quieting One Voice to Find Another
Cadence for Change is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to raising musical aspirations in people of all ages and backgrounds.
The DeLuxe: A Conversation with Christian Beaulieu
The DeLuxe opened on June 18th with live music seven nights a week and a room that looks both untouched and quietly transformed.
New Club Alert: The Liminal Shelf
Introducing The Liminal Shelf! A science fiction and fantasy book club, focusing on books by women / queer / BIPOC authors.
Neighbors
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Little Free Library
If you are a book buff, you’re in luck! There’s a new Little Free Library in the Lower Haight, and we can’t wait for you to stop by and visit! It’s located in front of 348 Scott Street between Oak and Page, right in front of the green Bike Box on…
The Second Annual Party A-Cross Town
A neighborhood bike ride to Candlestick Point becomes a reflection on community, friendship, and showing up for one another.
Haight-NoPa Repair Cafe
About once a quarter, the Park Branch Library community room fills with sewing machines, soldering irons, and tens of broken household items for about three hours.
Food & drink
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Choux: Growing From Lower Haight
Nestled just off Haight Street on Fillmore, Choux has been making a very particular kind of French pastry for 12 years.
Toronado: A Conversation With Bill Lewis
Toronado has anchored the Lower Haight since 1987, built a global reputation on 50 rotating taps, and remained stubbornly, defiantly cash only through every tech boom.
Tacos Oscar
Tacos Oscar may still be fairly new to Lower Haight, but the East Bay taqueria with a cult following has had ties to the neighborhood for over a decade.
Coming up in the neighborhood
Full calendar →Jazz Night at Mercury Cafe
Mercury Cafe, 201 Octavia St · 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Lower Haight Cleanup
Tarragon Cafe, 200 Fillmore St · 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Free Line Dancing
Lower Haight (DM @lowerhaightlinedancing) · 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Motown on Mondays
Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St · 7:00 PM - 2:00 AM