Arts & Events

After more than four decades as one of the world’s premier string quartets, The Emerson String Quartet is disbanding later this year. They have embarked on a farewell tour, and under the auspices of San Francisco Performances they performed Friday, April 14, at Herbst Theatre. The Emerson String Quartet, named for American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, consists of Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer on violins, Lawrence Dutton on viola, and the cellist, who joined the group in 2013, is Paul Watkins. -more-

Worth Noting:

The April 25 City Council Regular Meeting Agenda is available for public comment and follows below this calendar of meetings.

The bolded phrases are to encourage your attendance, public comment and reporting back. Picking a commission or a council committee that covers your issues and then attending those meetings regularly is the best way to influence and have a say in the outcomes for our community.

• Sunday: Fifth & Gilman Street Fair from 11 am – 4 pm
• Monday:

• 9:30 am Public Safety Committee meets in hybrid format on Public Surveillance Fixed Cameras and Drones use for the BPD
• 2:30 pm the Agenda Committee meets in the hybrid format and plans the May 9 City Council Agenda with Police Chief confirmation of Jennifer Louis as item 4 on consent in the agenda
• 5 pm the 3 x 3 Committee meets online on housing
• 5:30 – 7:30 online meeting on Cedar Rose Park playground renovation
• 6-7 pm Speaking Up for Point Molate is online on Pogo Park Community Engagement

• Tuesday:
  • 10 am the Solano Business District meets in person
  • 3 pm the Civic Arts Commission subcommittee on Public Art meets online
  • 5 pm City Council conducts a special meeting on referrals in the hybrid format followed by the regular City Council meeting at 6 pm.
  • 6 pm the Zero Waste Commission meets in-person
• Wednesday:
  • 12 pm CCCC meets online
  • 6 pm Civic Arts Commission meets in person on public art discussion and approvals
  • 6 pm Environment and Climate Commission meets in person with a staff update on the court decision on the natural gas ban
  • 6:30 pm the Police Accountability Board meets in the hybrid format
  • 7 pm the Disaster and Fire Safety Commission meets in person
  • 7 pm the Homeless Services Panel of Experts meets on Measure P and Russell House
• Thursday:
  • 10 am the Budget Committee meets in the hybrid format on 2024 Mid-biennial Budget
  • 7 pm the Zoning Adjustment Board meets in the hybrid format with eight projects on the agenda with five as state density bonus projects
  • the Community Health Commission is expected to meet but no meeting notice is posted
• Saturday is Arbor Day: 9 am – 2 pm is tree planting at San Pablo Park