Summer Stride at the San Francisco Botanical Garden

Date: July 27th 2024

Time: 11:00AM-2:00PM

Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden-Great Meadow

Celebrate summer with San Francisco Public Library at San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Great Meadow.

11:00 PM– 1:00PM- Feminist Bird Club, birding session: Walk the gardens with Feminist Bird Club’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter in search of feathered friends.
11:30 PM – 12:00 PM- Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco: Watch the beautiful cultural heritage of Mexico through folkloric dance.
12:15 PM. – 12:45 PM- Sendy Santamaria, author-illustrator: Santamaria is the Library’s 2024 Summer Stride artist and author of children’s book, Yenebi’s Drive to School. Listen as she reads aloud her book and pick up a free copy of Yenebi’s Drive to School to get signed by the author. Supplies limited.
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM- Sendy Santamaria, mixed media art workshop: Walk the gardens and create art with Santamaria. Art kits available, first-come, first-served. Supplies limited.Enjoy, throughout the day!

Enjoy, throughout the day:

• Music with DJ chungtech, originally a member of San Francisco-based collective Sweaterfunk and Oakland-based designer.
• Screen-printing with artist Oscar Lopez and Haight Street Art Center. Poster art pop-up featuring a farmworker awareness design by Lopez. See screen-printing in action, pull a print yourself, meet the artist and take home a free poster.
• Zine-making with SF Zine Fest, seeking to advance the do-it-yourself ethos by fostering community throughout the Bay Area.
• Activity with Galería de la Raza, creating an interdisciplinary Chicano/Latino space for art, thought and activism.
• New book giveaway, for all-ages.
• Button-making, for all-ages.
• STEM activities, for youth.