Tonight, Wednesday Dec. 13 starting at 6 pm, the fabulous Bernal Heights Library at 500 Cortland will host its seasonally festive Holiday Winter Celebration… and Bernalese of all ages are invited to attend. Bernal branch library manager Valerie Reichert tells Bernalwood: It’s that time again! Please join us for our annual Winter Holiday Celebration, Wednesday, … Continue reading TONIGHT: Come to the Bernal Library’s Holiday Celebration
The elves who run your Bernal Heights Public Library are a lively and gregarious bunch, especially during this time of year. Tonight Bernal’s library is hosting a seasonal festival that celebrates homegrown jazz, community, and tasty food. Library elf-wrangler Valerie Reichert tells us: Our Annual Winter Celebration at the library happens on Wednesday eve, December 14. Please join us! Grab your family, … Continue reading Tonight: Winter Celebration and Homegrown Jazz at the Bernal Library
Although he typically comes a little later in the month, and typically to Precita Park, Neighbor Jack reports that there’s a miraculous snowman resting in front of the Bernal Heights Library on Cortland this morning.
Bernal alum Peephole filmed this gentleman calling our attention to the perils of sin and damnation yesterday, in front of the Bernal Heights public library: Guy spewing anti-gay insults outside the Bernal Library told me I'm going to burn in a lake of fire. @Bernalwood @SF311 — brady (@peephole) February 1, 2015 Here’s the video:
The Bernal Heights Public Library is a genuine hub of awesome throughout the year, but tonight the library is hosting a seasonal festival that celebrates music, kids, and tasty food. Library manager Valerie Reichert tells us: Please join us for our annual celebration! The evening features the awesome Bernal Jazz Quartet playing seasonal selections, holiday craft … Continue reading TONIGHT: Jazz, Kid Fun, and Cookies at the 2014 Bernal Library Winter Festival
Bernal neighbor Beth Roy has written a short, must-read book about the challenges San Francisco faces as the city polarizes along the fault lines of new vs. old, Anglo vs. ethnic, progressive vs. centrist, forward-looking vs. backward-remembering, and high-tech vs. working class. Blessedly, that’s not the subject of Neighbor Beth’s book. The subject of her book is the new … Continue reading New Book About Bernal Library Mural Is Required Reading for San Francisco
Neighbor Laurie Wigham should need no interaction to in-the-know Bernalwood readers, because her terrific watercolors of scenes around Bernal Hill have brought a lot of smiles to our faces. Now some of Neighbor Laurie’s watercolor are on display in the Bernal Heights Library. I finally got through the Spring Break college tours and had a chance … Continue reading Neighbor Laurie Wigham’s Original Watercolors on Display at Bernal Library
Neighbor Brandon has an update on the new artwork that’s in development for the southern, playground-facing side of the fashionable Bernal Heights Library: The second phase of the library mural is moving ahead. We have a design (viewable on our site, Tumblr, etc.) and also in hard copy form at the library and Heartfelt. We … Continue reading Mockups Show Proposed Mosaic for Back of Bernal Library
Neighbor Beth shares news that tickets are now on sale for a 10/27 performance by the Bernal Hill Players to benefit the art project that will adorn the south (playground-facing) side of the Bernal Heights Library: Our very own Bernal Hill Players are giving a concert to benefit the Bernal Library Art Project, Phase 2. … Continue reading Tickets Now on Sale for Bernal Library Art Project Benefit Concert by Bernal Hill Players
The playground behind the Bernal Heights library is extremely popular, but a sad combination of meathead vandalism and bureaucratic neglect have combined to make the playground a less happy place. Over the weekend, Neighbor Ron wrote to Bernalwood about the latest affront: One of the child swings is missing from the playground. It was here … Continue reading UPDATED: Vandalism and Neglect Plague Bernal Library Playground
There’s been a lot happening with the Bernal Heights Library art project of late. The mural on the eastern side of the library was recently completed (check it, above), and yesterday there was a raffle to raise funds for the artwork proposed for the library’s southern, playground-facing side. But wait…. What will they do with … Continue reading Meetings Announced to Discuss Bernal Library Southern Facade Artwork
It’s well documented that celebrity musician David Byrne has a special for fondness for Bernal Heights. And in turn, glamorous Bernal Heights has a special fondness for David Byrne. Now you have the opportunity to become the proud owner of a very special, autographed suit that David Byrne donated to support the raffle for the … Continue reading Win David Byrne’s Suit (and Other Fabulous Prizes) in the Bernal Library Artwork Raffle
Visitors to the playground behind the Bernal Heights Library this past weekend were greeted by yellow caution tape wrapped around one of the park’s main play structures. An ulcer-like hole now mars two upper sections of the park’s beloved tunnel slide, rendering it unusable. Pretty depressing. Anyone see this happen? If you have pertinent information, … Continue reading UPDATED: Vandals Wreck Beloved Slide at Bernal Library Playground
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