Goodbye Ecstasy

Enormous chain-haired woman steps down to make room for a new installation in Patricia’s Green

by Nathan Codd

Long-time resident of  Hayes Valley, Ecstasy, has left her traditional spot in Patricia’s Green to make way for a brand new centerpiece for the neighborhood park.

Russel Pritchard of Zonal said that sometime early November, Hayes Valley residents will be able to gaze up at a 23-foot laser-cut Buddhist temple lit up with different colors from the inside.

You're going to love Hayes Valley. It's way too hot in Black Rock, and you'll probably get climbed on less.

Like Ecstasy, which was part of a larger installation at the Burning Man Festival in prior years, “Future’s Past” is fresh off last year’s “burn” and has been waiting to be displayed in Pat’s Green since January when the Hayes Valley Art Coalition decided to make it their next piece.

Once settled in, visitors will be able to walk inside the steel temple and peer out through the many intricately positioned holes and patterns cut into each side.

For more info, visit Hayes Valley Art Coalition

Hayes Valley Farm fundraising for its future

With the Mayor’s seed money gone, organizers have to find new sources of income

by Nathan Codd — Nov. 3, 2010 at 7:44 p.m.

The urban farming team at the Hayes Valley Farm are nearly halfway to a fundraising goal that will allow them to continue doing their permaculture thing on the old freeway on-ramp for a while longer.

Haunted Halloween in Alamo Square

Owner of historic mansion opens doors to fearless families

by Morgane Byloos — Oct. 30, 2010 at 5:28 p.m.

The residents of the Alamo Square neighborhood dressed up for the occasion Oct. 30 to visit the haunted house at the corner of Steiner and Grove streets put on to raise funds for children’s education.

Black Family Day unites families in the Fillmore

Event aims at lowering crime

by Sean Duffy — Sept. 26,2010 at 11:35 a.m.

The sixth annual Black Family Day united the residents of the Fillmore area on Sept. 25 with live music, food, and games. Among the activities were water balloon tosses, potato sack races, face painting.

A damp, yet delightful inaugural Sunday Streets

Western Addition installment of community event a success on first go-around despite weather

by Nathan Codd — Sept. 21, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.

The Neighborhood put the brakes from The Panhandle to Japantown Sept. 19 for Sunday Streets, a car-free community event that fills major streets with people and music for a day.