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The evening is a benefit for the nonprofit Prader-Willi Homes of California, which funds residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities. \u003ca href=\"https://gamh.com/shows-elvis-costello-sings-hunter-garcia/\">Tickets and more info here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers say the full festival lineup will be announced Sept. 13. Check out the lineup (so far) on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/\">HSB website here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Aug. 10, 2022: \u003c/strong>Festival organizers have rolled out a second installment of the lineup for this year’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and it’s a good one, with a strong local showing. Artists added to the slate include festival veteran Emmylou Harris, Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew performing songs from “Remain In Light,” Sacramento’s Tré Burt, San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13817300/the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-meklit-when-the-people-move-the-music-moves-too\">Meklit\u003c/a>, Petaluma-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13838086/the-brothers-comatoses-trade-deal-with-china-bluegrass\">the Brothers Comatose\u003c/a>, Seratones, the Tallest Man On Earth, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2022/02/22/1082325550/jake-blount-the-man-was-burning\">Jake Blount\u003c/a>, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers and Antibalas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Playing Hardly Strictly for the first time ever this year feels a bit like coming home,” Tré Burt told organizers. “I used to sneak in and play for as long as I could on the footpaths before eventually being kicked out by security back in the day, so it feels great to actually be invited onto the stage!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect at least one or two more lineup announcements in the coming weeks, teased on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/headline/hsb22-artist-medley-1/\">festival’s website here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, July 27, 2022:\u003c/strong> Hardly Strictly Bluegrass organizers have released \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/headline/hsb22-artist-medley-1/\">an initial lineup\u003c/a> for this year’s festival. Artists slated to perform include Marcus Mumford, Allison Russell, Las Cafeteras, Lucius, Galactic, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Joy Oladokun, Charley Crockett, Buddy Miller and Dashawn Hickman. Further lineup announcements are expected in the coming weeks, teased \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/headline/hsb22-artist-medley-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via song medleys on the festival’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, July 21, 2022:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, the free music festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/\">is scheduled to return in-person\u003c/a> to Golden Gate Park this year for the first time since 2019. The festival will run Sept. 30 through Oct. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lineup of performers at this year’s Hardly Strictly festival has yet to be announced, with organizers planning to roll out artist announcements—via hint-filled song medleys—beginning July 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The all-ages festival was founded in 2001 by the late venture capitalist and bluegrass fan Warren Hellman, and has become a beginning-of-fall \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13810342/where-have-all-the-warren-hellmans-gone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tradition for a generation of San Franciscans\u003c/a> ever since. 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"content": "\u003cp>In 1894, Golden Gate Park’s Midwinter Fair was the talk of the town. Featuring fairground rides, museums, an ostrich farm and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13909983/victorian-attractions-san-francisco-chutes-gravity-railroad-woodwards-gardens-bonet-tower-auditorium-skating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the closest thing San Francisco ever got to an Eiffel Tower\u003c/a>, the fair was a raging success with over two million visitors. There was just one element of the five-month exposition, however, that got visitors flustered and flabbergasted: the Gum Girls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hired to peddle chewing gum to the fair’s male clientele, the Gum Girls wore matching outfits, traveled in pairs, and were in the habit of whistling “Two Little Girls in Blue” any time they made a sale. Which was often. Chewing gum had only recently been transformed from its chicle-based roots into something fun and fruity. (The first fruit-flavored gum, Kis-Me, hit markets in 1886; Wrigley introduced Juicy Fruit just one year before the fair.) The song, penned by Charles Graham in 1893, became a near-constant refrain at the fair—particularly on the Midway, where the Gum Girls did most of their business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M0-o7m4Uhg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As quaint as this all sounds, the Gum Girls were controversial figures from the very first day of the Midwinter Fair. For one, they flirted shamelessly with their male customers, largely motivated by the fact that they were working on commission. More scandalous still, they wore calf-length pleated skirts that exposed their ankles. That they also wore thick black stockings—meaning there was no bare flesh on display—did not quell the hullaballoo surrounding their revealing (by Victorian standards) attire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13894842']One \u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em> reporter could barely conceal his ire while writing about the Gum Girls in April 1894. He did his best to denigrate the young women, implying they lacked grace and class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The prevailing type of gum girl ranges in age from 25 to 40. Most of them are stout, with faces creased from experience. None of them are refined, of course … They never wear gloves, but their hands are protected from the wind by quantities of rings. From their necks boxes of gum are strung by means of a strap. The boxes are always open and the gum girl is always patronizing her own wares. With wagging jaws and a stereotyped smile she gazes at each passer-by and invites almost every man to purchase.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The report continued disdainfully:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Everybody calls the gum girls by their first names. To say ‘Mrs’ or ‘Miss’ would seem very inappropriate and if you don’t know their given names and say Mamie or Lizzie at a venture you are almost certain to strike it right. Old patrons ask the gum girls how their children or grandchildren are, and these attempts at wit invariably bring out a flood of choice slang.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13912675\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13912675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.145-1-800x624.jpg\" alt=\"Two young women stand close together, the taller with her arm around the shorter. They wear matching uniforms of calve-length skirts, formal jackets, white shirts and ties, and petite caps.\" width=\"800\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.145-1-800x624.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.145-1-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.145-1-768x599.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.145-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of Gum Girls in front of the Walter Baker Cocoa Building. \u003ccite>(OpenSFHistory / wnp15.145)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because the Gum Girls were routinely subjected to such disparagement, they found themselves on the receiving end of both verbal abuse and unwanted advances by men at the fair. (This was the primary reason they worked in pairs.) An incident on May 5, 1894, however, sent a loud and clear message to potential harassers all over the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gum Girl Violet Eilids was conducting a transaction one day, when the male customer reached over her gum box and started to “toy familiarly” with her necktie. Most displeased by the violation of her personal space, Eilids responded by punching the letch square in the face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Miss Violet Eilids, a late addition to the rank and file of the gum brigade, knows how to handle her fists in a scientific manner … Doubling up her right, the girl planted a stiff, straight arm punch on the nose of her tormenter. He landed on his back among the [souvenir medal] machines, and now his nose is not as pretty as it used to be. The Gum Girl, who says she has taken boxing lessons from her brother, is now recognized as the champion of the brigade, which is thinking of taking an immediate course in the manly art as a means of self-protection.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13912679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13912679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.146-800x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.146-800x630.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.146-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.146-768x605.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/opensfhistory_wnp15.146.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gum Girls’ headquarters in Golden Gate Park, during the 1894 Midwinter Fair. \u003ccite>(OpenSFHistory / wnp15.146)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13902628']The incident added to the Gum Girls’ infamy, but these thoroughly modern women continued their mission to keep visitors chewing right up to the end of the fair. For some, their boldness paid off with subsequent modeling and acting jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Gum Girl named Marion Nolan—said by the \u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em> to be “the prettiest of the lot”—won a competition to be the face and body of a marble statue by sculptor Rupert Schmid. Nolan went on to marry a millionaire from Mexico City, became a San Francisco socialite, but was tragically \u003ca href=\"https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19021021.2.9&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------\">gunned down by a stalker in 1902\u003c/a>. After Edward Marshuts had murdered Nolan in front of scores of witnesses on O’Farrell Street, he turned the gun on himself. Nolan’s likeness, however, lives on to this day in Schmid’s \u003ca href=\"http://collections.museumca.org/?q=collection-item/a53409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>California Venus\u003c/i> statue\u003c/a>, on display at the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would take 20 years after the Midwinter Fair for ankle-revealing skirts to hit the fashion mainstream. It also took that long for women who chewed gum in public to be seen as bold and independent, rather than simply unladylike. But for decades after they first strutted the paths of the Midwinter Fair, the Gum Girls’ reputations for being “bad girls” persisted by all who remembered them. 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And how could \u003cem>The Rock\u003c/em> exist without an \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEt1ePZGHTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exploding Alcatraz\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 150 years, Golden Gate Park has played host to its fair share of memorable cinematic moments, starting all the way back in 1915 with Charlie Chaplin’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005571/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Jitney Elopement\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. The silent film gave us the first ever San Francisco movie car chase, and it happened directly in front of the Murphy Windmill that stands at the western edge of the park to this day. After an old-timey sideshow, Chaplin speeds off up a dirt road that would later become the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiTaPSlFUdE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same year, the 13-minute Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle caper \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006296/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Wished on Mabel\u003c/em>\u003c/a> took a tour of some of the most romantic locations in the park: the Conservatory of Flowers, Stow Lake Bridge, Strawberry Hill’s waterfall and, finally, the stone path around Stow Lake, where Fatty and Mabel share a smooch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 424px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13876023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n.jpg\" alt=\"Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at Stow Lake in 'Wished on Mabel,' 1915; the stepping stone path today.\" width=\"424\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n.jpg 424w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n-160x362.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at Stow Lake in ‘Wished on Mabel,’ 1915; the stepping stone path today. \u003ccite>(Screenshots and photo courtesy of Tim Welsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No movie has better utilized Golden Gate Park as a romantic prop though, than \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209475/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. In it, Mary (Jennifer Lopez) and Steve (Matthew McConaughey) first fall for each other at a movie night at the park’s Music Concourse. (There’s a dance routine, a Ferris wheel and a rainstorm involved, naturally.) Later in the movie, when Steve attempts to comfort a crying Mary, he does so by saying, “D’you ever think about that night in the park? I do. All the time.” The couple return to the scene of their initial flirtations for the film’s finale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2001 rom-com also manages to include the single most popular movie location in all of Golden Gate Park—the Japanese Tea Gardens. In \u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>, it’s where Steve breaks up with his fiancée after realizing that Mary is The One, but the picturesque spot in the park’s northeast corner has also found its way into \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzSuy1v6DM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Memoirs of a Geisha\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2005), \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9Fe-ebUaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Petulia\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1968) and noir-thrillers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8xNHpstUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Portrait in Black\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1960) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113451/locations#filming_locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Jade\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1995).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876038\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13876038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Scenes from Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden in (above) 'Portrait in Black' (1960) and (below) 'Memoirs of a Geisha' (2005).\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from Golden Gate Park’s Japanese Tea Garden in (above) ‘Portrait in Black’ (1960) and (below) ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ (2005). \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of noir, 1958’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051866/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lineup\u003c/a>\u003c/em>—about heroin smugglers trying to retrieve packages from unsuspecting tourists—features the park’s Steinhart Aquarium (inside the California Academy of Sciences) as a murky backdrop to one such encounter. It’s possible that director Don Siegel took a cue from Orson Welles’ brooding \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040525/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Lady From Shanghai\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1947), in which Michael (played by Welles) uses the aquarium to meet his secret lover Elsa (Rita Hayworth). [aside postid='arts_13878883']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene is memorably foreboding, not just because Welles and Hayworth were on the verge of real-life divorce at the time, but also because they’re surrounded by ominous-looking sea creatures, enlarged and distorted in the tanks behind them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSvY8KcES5E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In happier representations, Golden Gate Park is often the backdrop to new romance. Just as the Music Concourse marked the beginning of Steve and Mary’s relationship in \u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>, it’s one of the first places we see Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park) as a couple in \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80202874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Always Be My Maybe\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. (They also visit the de Young.) Additionally, in 1972’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Play it Again, Sam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Allan (Woody Allen) and Linda (Diane Keaton) make dinner plans on the Music Concourse’s green benches, a date that transforms their relationship from platonic to passionate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody Allen gravitated towards Golden Gate Park as a romantic location on more than one occasion. For his first movie, 1969’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065063/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Take The Money and Run\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, his character Virgil, a petty thief, favors the park as a location to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSKOGevWNqc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">steal women’s purses\u003c/a>. After he attempts to snatch a bag from Louise (Janet Margolin), romance blossoms. (This is a Woody Allen film, after all…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sexnKfuSHcg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not that Golden Gate Park is a stranger to action. In \u003cem>Dirty Harry\u003c/em>, Clint Eastwood takes down a deranged serial killer inside the park’s 10,000-seater \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GvNc24yQZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kezar Stadium\u003c/a>. And in 1952’s \u003cem>Scaramouche\u003c/em>, Andre Moreau (played by Stewart Granger) is seen riding around the park on horseback, as he seeks vengeance against the swordsman who killed his friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13876027\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n.jpg\" alt=\"Stewart Granger under the Stow Lake bridge in 'Scaramouche' (1952), and the bridge today.\" width=\"627\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n.jpg 627w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n-160x245.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stewart Granger under the Stow Lake bridge in ‘Scaramouche’ (1952), and the bridge today. \u003ccite>(Screenshots and photo courtesy of Tim Welsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park was used in several \u003cem>Scaramouche\u003c/em> scenes despite the film’s setting of 18th-century France. In \u003ci>Memoirs of a Geisha\u003c/i>, the Tea Garden stood in for a school in 1930s Japan. Conversely, not all movies purporting to be in Golden Gate Park are actually filmed there. In Mel Brooks’ 1972 spoof, \u003cem>High Anxiety\u003c/em>, his famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-HNt_kupk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parody of \u003cem>The Birds\u003c/em>\u003c/a> occurs directly after he claims to be “in the Golden Gate Park… at the north by northwest corner.” Brooks was, in fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/h/High-Anxiety.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in Pasadena\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park is so expansive, and its environments so varied, that movies of nearly every genre have found their backdrops within it for over 100 years. And though we’ve yet to see a sci-fi flick filmed there, perhaps \u003cem>The Matrix 4\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Venom 2—\u003c/em>both recently spotted filming on location around the city—will change that. (After all, Netflix sci-fi series \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em> has scenes in the Japanese Tea Garden and Music Concourse.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy 150th, Golden Gate Park! Here’s to another century of movie magic.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Iconic San Francisco landscapes have long been used to enhance scenes on the silver screen. What would \u003cem>Bullitt\u003c/em> be without Steve McQueen careering \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJZ-BHBKyos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up and down the city’s distinctive hills\u003c/a> in his ’68 Mustang? Or \u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em> without Kim Novak’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8cWjLMuJgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dramatic plunge\u003c/a> into the Bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge? And how could \u003cem>The Rock\u003c/em> exist without an \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEt1ePZGHTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exploding Alcatraz\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 150 years, Golden Gate Park has played host to its fair share of memorable cinematic moments, starting all the way back in 1915 with Charlie Chaplin’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0005571/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Jitney Elopement\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. The silent film gave us the first ever San Francisco movie car chase, and it happened directly in front of the Murphy Windmill that stands at the western edge of the park to this day. After an old-timey sideshow, Chaplin speeds off up a dirt road that would later become the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IiTaPSlFUdE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IiTaPSlFUdE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>That same year, the 13-minute Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle caper \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006296/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Wished on Mabel\u003c/em>\u003c/a> took a tour of some of the most romantic locations in the park: the Conservatory of Flowers, Stow Lake Bridge, Strawberry Hill’s waterfall and, finally, the stone path around Stow Lake, where Fatty and Mabel share a smooch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 424px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13876023\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n.jpg\" alt=\"Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at Stow Lake in 'Wished on Mabel,' 1915; the stepping stone path today.\" width=\"424\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n.jpg 424w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67057765_1071627726381433_7278911303958134784_n-160x362.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at Stow Lake in ‘Wished on Mabel,’ 1915; the stepping stone path today. \u003ccite>(Screenshots and photo courtesy of Tim Welsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No movie has better utilized Golden Gate Park as a romantic prop though, than \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209475/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. In it, Mary (Jennifer Lopez) and Steve (Matthew McConaughey) first fall for each other at a movie night at the park’s Music Concourse. (There’s a dance routine, a Ferris wheel and a rainstorm involved, naturally.) Later in the movie, when Steve attempts to comfort a crying Mary, he does so by saying, “D’you ever think about that night in the park? I do. All the time.” The couple return to the scene of their initial flirtations for the film’s finale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2001 rom-com also manages to include the single most popular movie location in all of Golden Gate Park—the Japanese Tea Gardens. In \u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>, it’s where Steve breaks up with his fiancée after realizing that Mary is The One, but the picturesque spot in the park’s northeast corner has also found its way into \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyzSuy1v6DM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Memoirs of a Geisha\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2005), \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9Fe-ebUaA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Petulia\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1968) and noir-thrillers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8xNHpstUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Portrait in Black\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1960) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113451/locations#filming_locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Jade\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1995).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876038\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13876038\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Scenes from Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden in (above) 'Portrait in Black' (1960) and (below) 'Memoirs of a Geisha' (2005).\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/tea-gardens-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scenes from Golden Gate Park’s Japanese Tea Garden in (above) ‘Portrait in Black’ (1960) and (below) ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ (2005). \u003ccite>(YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of noir, 1958’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051866/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lineup\u003c/a>\u003c/em>—about heroin smugglers trying to retrieve packages from unsuspecting tourists—features the park’s Steinhart Aquarium (inside the California Academy of Sciences) as a murky backdrop to one such encounter. It’s possible that director Don Siegel took a cue from Orson Welles’ brooding \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040525/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Lady From Shanghai\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1947), in which Michael (played by Welles) uses the aquarium to meet his secret lover Elsa (Rita Hayworth). \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene is memorably foreboding, not just because Welles and Hayworth were on the verge of real-life divorce at the time, but also because they’re surrounded by ominous-looking sea creatures, enlarged and distorted in the tanks behind them.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/nSvY8KcES5E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/nSvY8KcES5E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In happier representations, Golden Gate Park is often the backdrop to new romance. Just as the Music Concourse marked the beginning of Steve and Mary’s relationship in \u003cem>The Wedding Planner\u003c/em>, it’s one of the first places we see Sasha (Ali Wong) and Marcus (Randall Park) as a couple in \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80202874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Always Be My Maybe\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. (They also visit the de Young.) Additionally, in 1972’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069097/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Play it Again, Sam\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Allan (Woody Allen) and Linda (Diane Keaton) make dinner plans on the Music Concourse’s green benches, a date that transforms their relationship from platonic to passionate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody Allen gravitated towards Golden Gate Park as a romantic location on more than one occasion. For his first movie, 1969’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065063/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Take The Money and Run\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, his character Virgil, a petty thief, favors the park as a location to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSKOGevWNqc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">steal women’s purses\u003c/a>. After he attempts to snatch a bag from Louise (Janet Margolin), romance blossoms. 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And in 1952’s \u003cem>Scaramouche\u003c/em>, Andre Moreau (played by Stewart Granger) is seen riding around the park on horseback, as he seeks vengeance against the swordsman who killed his friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13876027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 627px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13876027\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n.jpg\" alt=\"Stewart Granger under the Stow Lake bridge in 'Scaramouche' (1952), and the bridge today.\" width=\"627\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n.jpg 627w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/67325979_891299174590613_5466619625431105536_n-160x245.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stewart Granger under the Stow Lake bridge in ‘Scaramouche’ (1952), and the bridge today. \u003ccite>(Screenshots and photo courtesy of Tim Welsh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park was used in several \u003cem>Scaramouche\u003c/em> scenes despite the film’s setting of 18th-century France. 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And though we’ve yet to see a sci-fi flick filmed there, perhaps \u003cem>The Matrix 4\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Venom 2—\u003c/em>both recently spotted filming on location around the city—will change that. (After all, Netflix sci-fi series \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em> has scenes in the Japanese Tea Garden and Music Concourse.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy 150th, Golden Gate Park! Here’s to another century of movie magic.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957290/outside-lands-2023-tickets-parking-public-transit-road-closures-bart-muni\">\u003cem>Please see KQED’s updated guide to Outside Lands 2023\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the Bay Area’s most popular festivals, Outside Lands, has grown into a celebration of music, comedy, art and gastronomy that draws tens of thousands of attendees every year. Here’s our handy guide to navigating the big weekend coming up at Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who To See\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/lineup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eclectic curation\u003c/a> at Outside Lands hits all the right notes, with nostalgic acts, reigning chart-toppers and buzzed-about new talent. This year’s lineup stars classic rock legend Paul Simon, Grammy-winning pop acts Twenty One Pilots and Childish Gambino, rap icon Lil Wayne, rising club music luminary Yaeji, raunchy up-and-coming rapper Cupcakke and local neo-soul band the Seshen. 2000s pop punk heroes Blink-182 also perform, as well as Berkeley ’90s alternative rockers Counting Crows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music is the centerpiece of the experience, but there’s a lot more to see and do. An underrated part of the fest is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/experience/gastromagic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gastromagic\u003c/a> stage, where chefs get silly in the kitchen with comedians, drag stars and musicians. It’s an opportunity to see your faves in a more intimate setting, with plenty of crowd participation. This year, Cupcakke pairs up with chef and \u003cem>Bon Appetit\u003c/em> editor Andy Baraghani to make slurpable food and drinks (an homage to some of the dirtier acts the rapper describes in her lyrics). \u003cem>Drag Race\u003c/em> star Alyssa Edwards and Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz are also among the entertainers rolling their sleeves up at Gastromagic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8552-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting There\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you want to waste gas driving around in circles for hours and then parking 20 blocks away, we strongly suggest leaving your car at home for Outside Lands. The festival has a \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/smenw2zlix4g6ffk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shuttle\u003c/a> from Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, just a stone’s throw from Civic Center BART, with passes going for $49.50 for all three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little-known pro-tip for those who live in the East Bay, North Bay or South Bay? For a steeper price ($112 and up for a three-day pass, depending on where you’re coming from) you can take one of the \u003ca href=\"https://festdrive.busbank.com/outside-lands-festival/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional shuttles\u003c/a> that pick up and drop off in Sacramento, Palo Alto, San Jose, Mill Valley or Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft will likely have crazy surge pricing—plus, phone reception is spotty in the main festival zone. MUNI is a solid and much cheaper option for traveling within San Francisco, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several lines\u003c/a> walking distance from festival gates. Another pro-tip: MUNI buses are going to be packed with festivalgoers by the end of the night, so ride a few stops in the outbound direction and get back on where it’s less crowded. And of course, you can always bike, or rent a scooter. The festival partners with JUMP bikes and SKIP scooters this year, and JUMP has a promo code (\u003cstrong>OSL19D\u003c/strong>) for a free ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838870\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What to Wear\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Racist fashion choices are to music festivals as plastic trash is to the ocean. The positive news is that Outside Lands banned appropriative Native American headdresses, so you won’t be seeing them paired with furry raver boots or bro tanks there (shudder). Otherwise, wear whatever you want—just make sure to bring layers. You might feel silly carrying a puffer jacket when it’s a warm 68 degrees in the afternoon, but once that Pacific wind and fog hit when it gets dark, you’ll thank yourself for planning ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bag Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many mass gatherings these days, Outside Lands requires backpacks and larger bags to be made out of clear plastic. Fortunately, you can find those at major retailers like Target and Amazon. H&M, Top Shop, Zara and other fast-fashion brands have a bunch of cute clear purses too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bags and fanny packs smaller than 6″ x 8″ x 3″ don’t have to be clear, and drawstring bags with only one openings (up to 13″ x 16″) are fine too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838748\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Lizzo performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_7615-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lizzo performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What to Eat and Drink\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is all about fine dining, and Outside Lands has plenty of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/taste/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gourmet food trucks and vendors\u003c/a> lining the paths to most of the stages. But for those on a budget, it’s perfectly fine to bring your own food—or at least snacks to keep you fortified while you do laps around the festival grounds to catch all your favorite acts. You can save money on water too. Outside Lands allows you to bring two factory-sealed water bottles, or an empty container to get your H2O from one of their many free dispensers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer and wine lovers will find some of Northern California’s best offerings at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/beer-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beer Lands\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/wine-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine Lands\u003c/a> (which is a hop and a skip away from Cheese Lands, who knew!) Those who like something boozier can find craft cocktails in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/cocktail-magic/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cocktail Magic\u003c/a> section in McLaren Pass, where you can catch magic shows and intimate performances between mixology demos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13805291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13805291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Empire Of The Sun performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/Empire-Of-The-Sun-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empire Of The Sun performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2017. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When You Need a Break from Crowds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though marijuana is legal in California, smoking isn’t permitted in Golden Gate Park. (However, that says nothing about edibles—which are technically food.) Cannabis enthusiasts can learn more about the local weed industry at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/experience/grass-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grass Lands\u003c/a>, an educational and multi-sensory showcase with lots to smell south of Polo Field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival has a Sober Lands tent for those who are in substance recovery and want to attend a quick meeting to stay sane among all party people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13805242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13805242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017.The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/experience/comedy-and-talks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Barbary\u003c/a> comedy and improv stage is definitely worth a visit when you get tired of jostling through crowds. 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For a steeper price ($112 and up for a three-day pass, depending on where you’re coming from) you can take one of the \u003ca href=\"https://festdrive.busbank.com/outside-lands-festival/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional shuttles\u003c/a> that pick up and drop off in Sacramento, Palo Alto, San Jose, Mill Valley or Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft will likely have crazy surge pricing—plus, phone reception is spotty in the main festival zone. MUNI is a solid and much cheaper option for traveling within San Francisco, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several lines\u003c/a> walking distance from festival gates. Another pro-tip: MUNI buses are going to be packed with festivalgoers by the end of the night, so ride a few stops in the outbound direction and get back on where it’s less crowded. And of course, you can always bike, or rent a scooter. The festival partners with JUMP bikes and SKIP scooters this year, and JUMP has a promo code (\u003cstrong>OSL19D\u003c/strong>) for a free ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838870\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8586-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What to Wear\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Racist fashion choices are to music festivals as plastic trash is to the ocean. The positive news is that Outside Lands banned appropriative Native American headdresses, so you won’t be seeing them paired with furry raver boots or bro tanks there (shudder). Otherwise, wear whatever you want—just make sure to bring layers. You might feel silly carrying a puffer jacket when it’s a warm 68 degrees in the afternoon, but once that Pacific wind and fog hit when it gets dark, you’ll thank yourself for planning ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bag Policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many mass gatherings these days, Outside Lands requires backpacks and larger bags to be made out of clear plastic. Fortunately, you can find those at major retailers like Target and Amazon. 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But for those on a budget, it’s perfectly fine to bring your own food—or at least snacks to keep you fortified while you do laps around the festival grounds to catch all your favorite acts. You can save money on water too. Outside Lands allows you to bring two factory-sealed water bottles, or an empty container to get your H2O from one of their many free dispensers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beer and wine lovers will find some of Northern California’s best offerings at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/beer-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beer Lands\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/wine-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wine Lands\u003c/a> (which is a hop and a skip away from Cheese Lands, who knew!) 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Cannabis enthusiasts can learn more about the local weed industry at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/experience/grass-lands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grass Lands\u003c/a>, an educational and multi-sensory showcase with lots to smell south of Polo Field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival has a Sober Lands tent for those who are in substance recovery and want to attend a quick meeting to stay sane among all party people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13805242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13805242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017.The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/MG_4623-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 11, 2017. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/experience/comedy-and-talks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Barbary\u003c/a> comedy and improv stage is definitely worth a visit when you get tired of jostling through crowds. (It’s indoors! And has ample seating and a bar!) Alyssa Edwards has a headlining comedy set there, and Tony Danza and \u003cem>Crazy Rich Asians\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Silicon Valley\u003c/em> star Jimmy O. Yang are slated to perform too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember to Have Fun\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all there is to see and do, Outside Lands can be overwhelming. The festival’s official app is helpful for scheduling your days. But don’t plan too strict of an itinerary—leaving room to explore off the beaten path is what it’s all about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The ethos of this parallel place, the Haight-Ashbury dream of leading a mindfully communal, fiercely independent life, has not been renewed since the ’60s. It’s a spirit that feels incompatible with tech’s cult of personality and iconography of progress—a tension made manifest through heartbreaking juxtapositions: glittering, empty skyscrapers rising from filthy, tent-ridden streets; impossible advances incapable of advancing anything at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A path into the AIDS Memorial Grove.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A path into the AIDS Memorial Grove. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the past few years the \u003ca href=\"https://aidsmemorial.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National AIDS Memorial Grove\u003c/a> in Golden Gate Park has been my refuge from the noise and contradictions of the rest of the city. It is a 30-minute walk from my apartment, but feels worlds away; a parcel of land as insulated from the shouts of Koret playground and the fumes of Hippie Hill as it is from the ubiquity of AirPods and the looming Salesforce Tower. It provides a rare public space for personal epiphanies and private contemplation, and situates them in the midst of one of San Francisco’s greatest communal projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Grove was first conceived at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the late ’80s, a time founding member Alice Russell-Shapiro remembers as “when people would lose everyone in their address books.” Spurred to action by crisis conditions and the inescapability of the reality of sickness, a small group of San Franciscans gathered to create a memorial that would raise awareness, honor the deceased and provide a location for the living to reflect upon what remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many queer spaces, the AIDS Memorial Grove imagined and actualized a context for itself where none had existed previously. Situated in the former de Laveaga Dell, a once-derelict corner of Golden Gate Park that formerly ranked among its most dangerous areas, the Grove is a revitalized place. In 1996, it was designated a National Memorial by Congress and President Bill Clinton; the Grove has raised a sizable endowment for its preservation. Since 1991, when the Grove first inaugurated its monthly workdays, volunteers have spent a quarter of a million hours refurbishing the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856393\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the redwoods at the center of the Grove.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the redwoods at the center of the Grove. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The once-flooded meadow has been irrigated into a green pasture surrounded by slopes teeming with flowers; the only remaining evidence of overflow is the stream that snakes down the paths from a mouth at the Fern Grotto. The volunteers’ next project will be to restore the lavender slope, an herb valued as much for its soothing properties as for its pleasing shade of purple-blue. “The color palette that was designated in the original masterplan calls for no bright colors,” says the Grove’s executive director, John Cunningham. “Everything is supposed to be serene and contemplative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like that it’s something that you occupy and come upon, but almost at a parallel place to the rest of the park,” says Jason Oliveira, a San Francisco resident I met reading a book by the stream. “It feels like a memorial, not a monument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A conventional monument—a statue or plaque—would diffuse the sense of serenity that pervades the Grove by concentrating its energy upon a single focal point. Attempts at figuration would prove futile in themselves. No body could span the experience of resisting the virus, nor in rendering that resistance would you necessarily capture the warmth and vivacity of those afflicted by it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856392\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200.jpg\" alt=\"One of the Grove's many memorial engravings in stones.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Grove’s many memorial engravings in stones. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Grove acknowledges this with a 1996 poem by Thom Gunn inscribed in stone at the western Fern Grotto: “Walker within this circle / pause / although they all died of one cause / remember how their lives were dense with fine compacted difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their pursuit of fine compacted difference, the Grove offers a portrait of a community and the charm, wit and weirdness of the characters who populated it. Among the benches and boulders are tributes to the disco diva Sylvester and deceased members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Beach Blanket Babylon, Lazy Bear and Chuck Holmes of the adult film studio Falcon are thanked for their support. A boulder in honor of Jody Bloomquist is framed by budding bluebells: “Bloom you did! / Beloved friend!” And the poetry of a dedication at Moonwalk Way never fails to take my breath away: “To Douglas Watson and Larry Silva / who met the day humans walked on the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Memorial is not wholly queer in character. An alcove carved out of the slope looking over the meadow is dedicated to the hemophilia community—from the late ’70s to the mid ’80s, 90 percent of the condition’s severe sufferers were infected with the virus by a contaminated blood supply. The breadth of the Memorial’s inclusiveness is as impressive as it is haunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856394\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Names engraved in the Hemophilia Memorial. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Names engraved in the Hemophilia Memorial. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Grove is at its most powerful at the Circle of Friends. “Golden Gate Park is the heart of San Francisco, the Grove is the heart of Golden Gate Park, and the Circle of Friends is the heart of the AIDS Memorial Grove” intone several narrators in \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/e7r35GGq0EU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a video about the memorial\u003c/a>. I agree. Sometimes in the cathedral silence, beneath the shadow of the redwoods that grow in a patch just beyond that flagstone circle, I swear that I can feel a spectral hand on my shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being gay can feel like being the heir to an invisible kingdom, the dimensions of which become more illuminated and expansive upon learning its history. But my gut tightens every time I consider the Circle even at the remove of ignorance and youth. “You should be alive!” I want to scream, looking at the impossible sprawl of names. It curdles into anger when I recognize the names of those who are still alive—Tom Hanks, Sharon Stone, Elton John. Neither the Vietnam Veterans Memorial nor the September 11 Memorial mix the names of its community’s supporters with its fallen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first noticed the living it threw into question the cultural integrity of what it means to be an ally, a pressing concern as corporations and interest groups wield proximity to queerness as a biscuit or a wedge to push their product or policy. But the aims of the Grove are undeniably pure, even if I personally find the inclusion of those names inappropriate. As Russell-Shapiro reminded me, these were the people who loved and cared for those with AIDS, who fulfilled the duties and intimacies birth families were unwilling or unable to take on, who advocated and fundraised and provided the basis for this space to exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More credit should be given to their sincere efforts; more scrutiny should be applied to monied groups supplanting action with wealth after the fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856391\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200.jpg\" alt=\"The Fern Grotto at the west end of the Memorial.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fern Grotto at the west end of the Memorial. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Tony Kushner’s 1991 play, \u003cem>Angels in America\u003c/em>, heaven is depicted as a San Francisco in ruins, irreparably shocked from the day God left the city, an occasion marked by the 1906 earthquake. Burdened by bureaucracy and shaken by tremors that persist in his absence, the angels dread progress in a directionless future for fear of worse things to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AIDS Memorial Grove was created in the wake one of the worst things to have ever happened, a localized apocalypse that decimated whole worlds. In its example of calmness, distance and community, the Memorial Grove proposes a new perspective (or even spirituality) for how to view and experience the city, a means of shifting parallel lines so that they may meet once again.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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At this axis the physical city gives way to a psychic city, where cramped Victorians and one-way streets reveal their hidden depths, thresholds to a parallel San Francisco whose vastness and potential cannot be contained by a seven-by-seven peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve lived in San Francisco long enough to begin to lose sight of this parallel city, as its infinite promise is circumscribed by failures of imagination—\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article219467495.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">needless solutions\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/06/21/scooter-wars-2018-its-not-really-scooters/694274002/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frivolous problems\u003c/a> and a pitiless \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/SF-opponents-of-Embarcadero-Navigation-Center-13799216.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lack of answers\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/health/drug-use-san-francisco-streets/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">daily crises\u003c/a>. The ethos of this parallel place, the Haight-Ashbury dream of leading a mindfully communal, fiercely independent life, has not been renewed since the ’60s. It’s a spirit that feels incompatible with tech’s cult of personality and iconography of progress—a tension made manifest through heartbreaking juxtapositions: glittering, empty skyscrapers rising from filthy, tent-ridden streets; impossible advances incapable of advancing anything at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856395\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200.jpg\" alt=\"A path into the AIDS Memorial Grove.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Path-in-to-Grove_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A path into the AIDS Memorial Grove. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the past few years the \u003ca href=\"https://aidsmemorial.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National AIDS Memorial Grove\u003c/a> in Golden Gate Park has been my refuge from the noise and contradictions of the rest of the city. It is a 30-minute walk from my apartment, but feels worlds away; a parcel of land as insulated from the shouts of Koret playground and the fumes of Hippie Hill as it is from the ubiquity of AirPods and the looming Salesforce Tower. It provides a rare public space for personal epiphanies and private contemplation, and situates them in the midst of one of San Francisco’s greatest communal projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Grove was first conceived at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the late ’80s, a time founding member Alice Russell-Shapiro remembers as “when people would lose everyone in their address books.” Spurred to action by crisis conditions and the inescapability of the reality of sickness, a small group of San Franciscans gathered to create a memorial that would raise awareness, honor the deceased and provide a location for the living to reflect upon what remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many queer spaces, the AIDS Memorial Grove imagined and actualized a context for itself where none had existed previously. Situated in the former de Laveaga Dell, a once-derelict corner of Golden Gate Park that formerly ranked among its most dangerous areas, the Grove is a revitalized place. In 1996, it was designated a National Memorial by Congress and President Bill Clinton; the Grove has raised a sizable endowment for its preservation. Since 1991, when the Grove first inaugurated its monthly workdays, volunteers have spent a quarter of a million hours refurbishing the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856393\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the redwoods at the center of the Grove.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Grove_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the redwoods at the center of the Grove. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The once-flooded meadow has been irrigated into a green pasture surrounded by slopes teeming with flowers; the only remaining evidence of overflow is the stream that snakes down the paths from a mouth at the Fern Grotto. The volunteers’ next project will be to restore the lavender slope, an herb valued as much for its soothing properties as for its pleasing shade of purple-blue. “The color palette that was designated in the original masterplan calls for no bright colors,” says the Grove’s executive director, John Cunningham. “Everything is supposed to be serene and contemplative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like that it’s something that you occupy and come upon, but almost at a parallel place to the rest of the park,” says Jason Oliveira, a San Francisco resident I met reading a book by the stream. “It feels like a memorial, not a monument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A conventional monument—a statue or plaque—would diffuse the sense of serenity that pervades the Grove by concentrating its energy upon a single focal point. Attempts at figuration would prove futile in themselves. No body could span the experience of resisting the virus, nor in rendering that resistance would you necessarily capture the warmth and vivacity of those afflicted by it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856392\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200.jpg\" alt=\"One of the Grove's many memorial engravings in stones.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Forever-and-a-day_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Grove’s many memorial engravings in stones. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Grove acknowledges this with a 1996 poem by Thom Gunn inscribed in stone at the western Fern Grotto: “Walker within this circle / pause / although they all died of one cause / remember how their lives were dense with fine compacted difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their pursuit of fine compacted difference, the Grove offers a portrait of a community and the charm, wit and weirdness of the characters who populated it. Among the benches and boulders are tributes to the disco diva Sylvester and deceased members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Beach Blanket Babylon, Lazy Bear and Chuck Holmes of the adult film studio Falcon are thanked for their support. A boulder in honor of Jody Bloomquist is framed by budding bluebells: “Bloom you did! / Beloved friend!” And the poetry of a dedication at Moonwalk Way never fails to take my breath away: “To Douglas Watson and Larry Silva / who met the day humans walked on the moon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Memorial is not wholly queer in character. An alcove carved out of the slope looking over the meadow is dedicated to the hemophilia community—from the late ’70s to the mid ’80s, 90 percent of the condition’s severe sufferers were infected with the virus by a contaminated blood supply. The breadth of the Memorial’s inclusiveness is as impressive as it is haunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856394\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Names engraved in the Hemophilia Memorial. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Hemophiliacs-Circle_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Names engraved in the Hemophilia Memorial. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Grove is at its most powerful at the Circle of Friends. “Golden Gate Park is the heart of San Francisco, the Grove is the heart of Golden Gate Park, and the Circle of Friends is the heart of the AIDS Memorial Grove” intone several narrators in \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/e7r35GGq0EU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a video about the memorial\u003c/a>. I agree. Sometimes in the cathedral silence, beneath the shadow of the redwoods that grow in a patch just beyond that flagstone circle, I swear that I can feel a spectral hand on my shoulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being gay can feel like being the heir to an invisible kingdom, the dimensions of which become more illuminated and expansive upon learning its history. But my gut tightens every time I consider the Circle even at the remove of ignorance and youth. “You should be alive!” I want to scream, looking at the impossible sprawl of names. It curdles into anger when I recognize the names of those who are still alive—Tom Hanks, Sharon Stone, Elton John. Neither the Vietnam Veterans Memorial nor the September 11 Memorial mix the names of its community’s supporters with its fallen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first noticed the living it threw into question the cultural integrity of what it means to be an ally, a pressing concern as corporations and interest groups wield proximity to queerness as a biscuit or a wedge to push their product or policy. But the aims of the Grove are undeniably pure, even if I personally find the inclusion of those names inappropriate. As Russell-Shapiro reminded me, these were the people who loved and cared for those with AIDS, who fulfilled the duties and intimacies birth families were unwilling or unable to take on, who advocated and fundraised and provided the basis for this space to exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More credit should be given to their sincere efforts; more scrutiny should be applied to monied groups supplanting action with wealth after the fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13856391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13856391\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200.jpg\" alt=\"The Fern Grotto at the west end of the Memorial.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Ferns_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fern Grotto at the west end of the Memorial. \u003ccite>(Sarah Hotchkiss/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Tony Kushner’s 1991 play, \u003cem>Angels in America\u003c/em>, heaven is depicted as a San Francisco in ruins, irreparably shocked from the day God left the city, an occasion marked by the 1906 earthquake. Burdened by bureaucracy and shaken by tremors that persist in his absence, the angels dread progress in a directionless future for fear of worse things to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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