Ahoy and Sing Out With Pride! So proud of SanFrancisco's own Breanna Sinclaire! Breanna will join Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus, for the Boston premiere of Andrew Yee’s Trans Requiem on Sunday, November 22. Led by Artistic Director David Hodgkins, the of Remembrance weekend and opens Coro Allegro’s 2026–2027 season.

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Breaking News: Due to unforeseen technical issues, tomorrow’s ribbon cutting for the new ice rink at Fisherman’s Wharf has been postponed. Stay tuned for a new date, to be announced as soon as possible. @TheWharfSF @SFPort

Thanks to Joni Binder of KQED for this report from last night’s San Francisco Arts Commission hearing about our efforts to preserve the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives monument as part of the new park along San Francisco’s Embarcadero. Audio starts at 33 second mark:
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TODAY Monday, November 2 at 2pm at SF City Hall at SF Arts Commission Hearing: Public urged to defend Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument and its place in the new Embarcadero Park. @SFAC @SFPort @RecParkSF

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Mark your calendars, and dare we say... Call in sick?

The Valkyries Championship Parade Presented By @aboutKP will be held Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 12 p.m. along The Embarcadero.

The parade will travel along The Embarcadero, starting at the Ferry Building near Mission Street and Street. Fans can begin lining up along the parade route at 9 a.m. on the bay side of Embarcadero from Mission Street to 2nd Street.

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All Hail Our Valkyries! On Wednesday, November 4, the Embarcadero becomes the world’s most beautiful victory parade route, with our spectacular waterfront as the backdrop. This is San Francisco at its very best! @valkyries

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Today on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Tom Waddell (November 1, 1937 – July 11, 1987). An Olympic decathlete, physician, and pioneering LGBTQ+ activist, Waddell competed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics before first held in San Francisco in 1982.

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Supporters of San Francisco’s Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Monument are urging the public to attend the full @SFAC San Francisco Arts Commission meeting on Monday, November 2, at 2 p.m., in City Hall, Room 416, and speak up for the waterfront memorial’s future. Those unable d to submit written comments before the meeting to art-info@sfgov.org, referencing Agenda Item 8, Consent Calendar, subitem 3.

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“As much as I love computers, democracy is the more important technology. Obviously, Anthropic’s I.P.O. is just the beginning. Other companies will follow suit, raising their own trillions to scale quickly. Scaling will hit limits, but not before huge figures have been tallied up — numbers of G.P.U.s, hours of compute, petabytes of data and trillions of dollars.” — Paul Ford @nytimes

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Do political ads work and what is the impact of AI? PR colleagues: thoughts? Wonderful report from the PBS NewsHour.

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Hats Off to all of our dedicated @SFMTA_Muni team members, including this quartet of classic Cable Car operators: (L-R) Jason Wilson. Michael Green. John Peguero, Romeo Ramos Jr. whom we caught up with this past weekend during a video shoot for @UnionSquareSF

Sing out Breanna Elyce Sinclairé: Artist, Activist, Advocate and Transgender Icon!
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Media Advisory: TODAY Saturday, October 24 (12pm - 5pm), SF Fisherman’s Wharf is the delicious center of The City as Chowder Fest returns! Meet our celebrity judges! @TheWharfSF @SFPort

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“We’re honored to welcome Augie's Quest to Cure ALS as a National Featured Charity for 2027. Augie’s legacy continues to inspire people to push forward with courage and determination.” — Crystian Kumnick, Managing Director, Motiv Sports

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The San Francisco Maritime National Park Association has announced that the screening of “A Balcony on the World,” originally scheduled for this coming Saturday, October 24, at San Francisco’s Marina Theatre, has been postponed.

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Thank you to Meghan Bierman for speaking truth to power at today's San Francisco Arts Commission committee meeting at SF City Hall. A great number of speakers spoke eloquently, but I think Meghan summed it up best RE: moving the ALBA monumnent from the planned Sue Bierman Park. @SFAC

Today on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Divine (October 19, 1945  – March 7, 1988). @johnwatersbot

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30 March 2008: Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (ALBA) Monument in San Francisco, in tribute to United States Veterans who fought against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War.

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Supporters of San Francisco’s Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument call for permanent, visible & accessible home for the memorial as @SFAC Civic Design Review Committee meets RE Embarcadero Park design on Monday, October 19, 2pm: SF City Hall, Room 416.

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“It’s an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco.” — Oscar Wilde

Today, on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate the life and legacy of Rainbow Honor Walk honoree Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900).

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