Arts & cultureMay 2026
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.
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Stories
Local voices, familiar places, and the stories behind them. From the pages of Lower Haight Local.
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NeighborsApril 2026
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.
NeighborsApril 2026
Line Dancing in Our Garage
A Lower Haight teacher discovers the joy, nerves, and unexpected community of line dancing in a friend’s garage.
Neighborhood newsApril 2026
Entertainment Zones
In California, entertainment zones allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol for open-air consumption during permitted events.
Haight of FlavorApril 2026
Haight of Flavor: April 2026
Earth Day is April 22nd, and there is no better theme for this month than “repurposing”.
Arts & cultureApril 2026
A Living Gallery
At 963 Hayes St., art doesn’t just imitate life, it displays it.
Food & drinkMarch 2026
Third Wheel Coffee
Before Third Wheel Coffee ever served its first latte, Tom and Vida were just two baristas working side by side at Noe Café, unaware they had grown up only a few blocks from each other in San Francisco.
NeighborsMarch 2026
Birthday Trees
When San Francisco was founded in 1776 the city was largely treeless, its native landscape dominated by coastal scrub and sand dunes.
PoetryMarch 2026
Held by the Trees
There is no single tree in the Lower Haight that stands out to me.
Haight of FlavorMarch 2026
Haight of Flavor: March 2026
When I walked by the trees on Waller and Steiner after the signs first went up for the trees to be cut down, it absolutely broke my heart.
NeighborsMarch 2026
Lessons in Growing Tall
If you believe in Celtic legends, you may make it a habit of talking to your local trees - and you won’t be surprised when the trees talk back.
Neighborhood newsMarch 2026
Neighborhood Petition Delays Removal of Waller Street Ficus Trees
After more than 400 residents contacted local officials, the district supervisor's office secured a secondary review of planned emergency removals of seven mature ficus trees on Waller near Steiner.
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