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Come on over to San Francisco, our gorgeous city by the bay!
e very excited to once again host our annual Summer Institute with this years theme of "Culture, Sex, and Pleasure." In addition to anticipating the amazing featured speakers, engaging classes, and amazing participants, we're thrilled to have you here visiting San Francisco with us. With that in mind, we've put together some information about San Francisco, and we hope you take advantage of all that our city has to offer.
While in San Francisco
While you’re in San Francisco, don’t forget to visit Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39 and Ghirardelli Square. They cover about half a dozen blocks along the city’s waterfront and are excellent places to buy souvenirs and eat some great food, like Boudin Bakery’s world famous clam chowder served in a sourdough bread bowl! Also, be sure to take a walk, or bike ride, on the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the city’s oldest engineering marvels. While visiting the Piers, take a boat to AlcatrazIsland, the former prison and enjoy some of San Francisco’s most popular sights. Just across the bay is Sausalito a small town, best known for its spectacular waterfront views.
In downtown San Francisco you can take a walk along Union Square, one of the three original parks in the city, surrounded by great shopping and restaurants. The theater district is a few blocks away from Union Square, and also nearby is the Cable Cars line, which begins a block south of Union Square at Powell and Market streets. Also, a few blocks north is San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood so, shop away!
Walking around San Francisco is a great way to spend an afternoon, so be sure to walk up (or down) the city’s "crookedest street", Lombard street and, don’t forget to enjoy the awesome view from Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill.
Also, be sure to check out the new GLBT History Museum! A one-of-a-kind exhibition in the heart of the Castro district, the museum offers free admission every first Wednesday of the month.
San Francisco is well known for its active and vibrant culture and nightlife, including the Castro, NorthBeach, and Downton. While you’re here over the summer, there are plenty of marvelous events and festivals that you can enjoy!
Events, Festivals, Performances
Be sure to mark your calendars as there’s lots to do and see!
7th Annaul Queer Women of Color Film Festival (Part of the National Queer Arts Festival) June 10-12, 2011
The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender (LGBT) Parade
Celebrating 41 years as the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LBGT) pride event features an annual parade and a two-day festival with live entertainment, guest speakers, and more than 300 booths of merchandise, arts and crafts and food. Attracts over 500,000 supporters and on lookers!
In memory of the 30th anniversary of the death of Supervisor Harvey Milk, this tour begins with Harvey's immense presence in the Castro community moving on to his political progress at City Hall by becoming the first openly gay politician in the state of California in November 1977. The tour explores both the Castro neighborhood and the beautiful City Hall, where Harvey served and met his untimely death on November 27, 1978. Tour Highlights: The Harvey Milk Plaza's timeline photos Harvey's former residence, camera shop, campaign headquarters and final resting place Admission to the new GLBT Historical Society's Castro Exhibit City Hall Harvey Milk Memorial bust and Rotunda where same-sex marriages were once legally performed. Event Location: Meet at the Rainbow Flag pole at the HarveyMilkPlaza at the corner of Castro and Market streets. Cancellation Fees: 25+ hours prior to tour date there will be a $10 fee per credit card transaction. Cancellations inside of 24 hours and/or no shows will not be refunded.
Pride Season 2011: The Pride (West Coast Premiere) by Alexi Kaye Campbell
Oliver, Philip, and Sylvia are caught in a kind of erotic time warp. Their complex love triangle, replete with conflicting loyalties and passions, jumps from 1958 to the present and back in a maelstrom of fantasy, repression and rebellion in this innovative new drama. After taking London by storm in an Olivier Award-winning production at the Royal Court.
The QueerCulturalCenter presents this month-long festival at numerous venues around San Francisco and also has an extensive online component. Readings, gallery tours, performances and film screenings are part of this multi-disciplinary festival. The theme of the 2011 NQAF as well as the dates and times TBA!
Originally founded by Trevor Hailey in 1989, this fun and easy walking tour is for people of all ages. Learn the many fascinating reasons how San Francisco's colorful yesteryears transformed a small farm community into one of the world's most diversified cities. Tour Highlights: Gay and Lesbian history from 1849 to present America's only "Pink Triangle Memorial Park" Harvey Milk's residence and camera shop The legendary Castro Theatre The original site of the AIDS Quilt "No Names Project" Many unique shops, bars and restaurants Event Location: Meet at the Rainbow Flag pole at the Harvey Milk Plaza at the corner of Castro and Market streets. Cancellation Fees: 25+ hours prior to tour date there will be a $10 fee per credit card transaction. Cancellations inside of 24 hours and/or no shows will not be refunded. Time: Monday-Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm
Explore a neighborhood that you only thought you knew. This tour takes you through the lively and ever-changing Castro/Eureka Valley neighborhood. What was once dairy farms and dirt roads is now one of the city's most vibrant communities, filled with popular and stylish shops, restaurants and bars. Event Location: Meet at HarveyMilkPlaza, on Castro and Market Street, under the large rainbow flag. Helpful Information: Please visit www.sfcityguides.org/descriptions_table.html for updates on tour schedules. Time: Sunday 11:00am
Come Out to the Castro: San Francisco's GayVillage from Top to Bottom
Learn about gay history and culture in San Francisco from the Gold Rush times to the present. The tour begins in the heart of the neighborhood and finish in San Francisco's most popular shopping, bar-hopping and people-watching intersection. See historic sites like Harvey Milk's camera store, the Castro's first Gay bar, Josie's Cabaret, the Castro theatre and more. Meeting Location: Sweet Inspiration at 2239 Market Street, between Noe and Sanchez Street. Helpful Information: Reservations required. Time: Saturday 2:00pm-4:00pm
A joyous celebration of one young boy's journey to make his dreams come true. Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls BILLY ELLIOT "THE MOST INSPIRING SHOW I'VE SEEN IN YEARS."
Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising passion that inspires his family and his whole community. A big musical with an even bigger heart, BILLY ELLIOT will enchant the dreamer in all of us.
Time: Tuesday-Friday 8:00pm, Saturday 2:00pm and 8:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Celebrate San Francisco's wild, wacky, and romantic past, with world-class entertainers spinning tales and weaving enchantment at the Chancellor Hotel's Luques Restaurant. Captivating storytellers Walt Anthony, David Miller, Brian Scott, and Ruth Fraser will chronicle the times the City was destroyed-and-rebuilt between the Gold Rush and the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915, the toll local Vigilantes took on Barbary Coast life, tall-tales of beloved Emperor Norton, despised Shanghai Kelly, boisterous entertainers Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree, Union Square's Statue "Big" Alma, young satirist Mark Twain, and the infamous Voodoo Queen Mary Ellen Pleasant. Refreshments will be available starting at 7:30pm. Important Information: This show is recommended for ages 14 and up. Time: Friday and Saturday 8:00pm
Date: Ongoing
Chancellor Hotel on Union Square 433 Powell Street
Other notable GLBT landmarks include the PinkTrianglePark, Castro and Market; the National AIDS Memorial Grove, Golden GatePark; the GLBTHistoricalSocietyMuseum, 657 Mission St.;LGBTCommunity Center, 1800 Market St.; and the James C. Hormel Gay and LesbianCenter at the Main Library, 100 Larkin St.
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