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Media Contact: Lisa Petrie, [email protected] (415) 561-5424 (office) | (415) 707-9489 (mobile) What’s New at the Presidio - Announcing Fall 2017 Events Presidio of San Francisco (July 26, 2017) - The Presidio Trust is pleased to announce its fall schedule of free public programs, running from September through November 2017. The season also brings perfect weather for self-guided activities in the park such as nature walks, bird watching, relaxing on a share chair on the Main Parade Ground, picnicking at one of the park’s six locations, soaking up the sun with the turtles at Mountain Lake, joining a volunteer project, and more. The following are fall event highlights, followed by a chronological schedule of all events. Arts and Culture This September, the Presidio kicks off its fourth season of free cultural programming at the historic Presidio Officers’ Club, including the two popular series, Presidio Dialogues and Presidio Sessions. Presidio Dialogues—lectures, film screenings, panels, and performances—offers topics including History & Current Affairs, Parks & Nature, and Arts & Culture. Dialogues are held Thursdays at 6 pm. New this fall, we collaborate with the Russian Center of San Francisco and Dolina Folk to present an exploration of Russian culture in the Old World and the New in a program entitled Russian Spirit: Dance and Tradition on October 19. The evening includes a folk dance lesson and performance, along with a historical overview of the Russian colonial presence in California. Presidio Sessions, in partnership with InterMusic SF (formerly SF Friends of Chamber Music) presents jazz, contemporary, world music, and classical music in an intimate setting, along with opportunities to converse with the performers, on Fridays at 7 pm. The popular concerts feature local artists from Latin jazz musicians Miguelito Martinez and John Calloway, to the classical Delphi Trio, musical evocateur Jill Tracy, and more. The SF Shakespeare Festival, celebrating 35 Years, will present free performances of Hamlet, outdoors on the Presidio’s Main Parade Ground on seven afternoons in September beginning at 2 pm. Other programs at the Presidio Officers’ Club include the Presidio Book Club, Signature Events like our Halloween Dance, weekend family art programs, guided art hikes to Andy Goldsworthy’s sculptures, and more. Please see our calendar listings below and check our website for details and to register at presidio.gov/events. EXCLUSION Exhibition The special exhibition EXCLUSION: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration remains on view through March 2018 at the Presidio Officers’ Club. Learn about the Presidio’s little-

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Media Contact:

Lisa Petrie, [email protected] (415) 561-5424 (office) | (415) 707-9489 (mobile)

What’s New at the Presidio - Announcing Fall 2017 Events

Presidio of San Francisco (July 26, 2017) - The Presidio Trust is pleased to announce its fall schedule of free public programs, running from September through November 2017. The season also brings perfect weather for self-guided activities in the park such as nature walks, bird watching, relaxing on a share chair on the Main Parade Ground, picnicking at one of the park’s six locations, soaking up the sun with the turtles at Mountain Lake, joining a volunteer project, and more. The following are fall event highlights, followed by a chronological schedule of all events.

Arts and Culture

This September, the Presidio kicks off its fourth season of free cultural programming at the historic

Presidio Officers’ Club, including the two popular series, Presidio Dialogues and Presidio Sessions.

Presidio Dialogues—lectures, film screenings, panels, and performances—offers topics including History

& Current Affairs, Parks & Nature, and Arts & Culture. Dialogues are held Thursdays at 6 pm. New this

fall, we collaborate with the Russian Center of San Francisco and Dolina Folk to present an exploration of

Russian culture in the Old World and the New in a program entitled Russian Spirit: Dance and Tradition

on October 19. The evening includes a folk dance lesson and performance, along with a historical

overview of the Russian colonial presence in California.

Presidio Sessions, in partnership with InterMusic SF (formerly SF Friends of Chamber Music) presents

jazz, contemporary, world music, and classical music in an intimate setting, along with opportunities to

converse with the performers, on Fridays at 7 pm. The popular concerts feature local artists from Latin

jazz musicians Miguelito Martinez and John Calloway, to the classical Delphi Trio, musical evocateur Jill

Tracy, and more.

The SF Shakespeare Festival, celebrating 35 Years, will present free performances of Hamlet, outdoors

on the Presidio’s Main Parade Ground on seven afternoons in September beginning at 2 pm. Other

programs at the Presidio Officers’ Club include the Presidio Book Club, Signature Events like our

Halloween Dance, weekend family art programs, guided art hikes to Andy Goldsworthy’s sculptures,

and more. Please see our calendar listings below and check our website for details and to register at

presidio.gov/events.

EXCLUSION Exhibition

The special exhibition EXCLUSION: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration

remains on view through March 2018 at the Presidio Officers’ Club. Learn about the Presidio’s little-

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understood role in the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, and the choices—both personal

and political—that led to this dark chapter in American history. Visitors are invited to share their own

voices, and deepen their experience of the subject through a number of additional programs this fall,

including a visually rich presentation on artist Isamu Noguchi by Dakin Hart of New York’s Noguchi

Museum (November 9); the world premiere by Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra of Brown’s

new piece Go For Broke! A Salute to Nisei Veterans (November 3); and rare tours of the Army office from

which Civilian Exclusion Orders were issued (September 9 and November 11). Please see all listings

below for more information.

Kids and Family

This fall, the Presidio offers free activities and fun for kids and families, beginning with Creative Family

Fun, drop in craft-making every Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm at the Presidio Officers’ Club.

Presidio Picnic, co-sponsored by Presidio Trust and Off the Grid Markets, runs every Sunday on the Main

Parade Ground through October 8, featuring lawn games, bike riding, and international food trucks.

Presidio Twilight runs on Thursdays evenings through September 21, complete with fire pits, cabanas,

and live music. The Presidio’s 15th annual outdoor movie night Film in the Fog screens The Iron Giant,

and offers tasty bites from Off the Grid food trucks. In the spirit of Halloween, kids and families are

invited to the annual Presidio Pumpkin Carving Workshop (see listings below). Staff, printed guides, and

exhibits at the new Presidio Visitor Center will help families choose their own self-guided park

adventure.

Nature and Science

As San Francisco’s unique national park, the Presidio is perfectly situated to welcome all to the

outdoors, with more than 24 miles of hiking and biking trails, forests, and incredible views perfect for

recreation and discovery. Visitors can enjoy both hiking and birdwatching by joining the Presidio Bird

Walks on Saturdays, September 9 and November 11. Each fall we celebrate the return of monarch

butterflies to the California coast. Expert Presidio ecologists lead the Second Annual Monarch Butterfly

Walk to share knowledge about the butterflies on October 28. Other nature and science programs

include the Presidio Dialogues lectures Mountain Lake: History and Habitat (September 7) and Climate-

Friendly Parks (October 26). Archaeologists are on hand to engage park-goers at various archaeology

events: International Archaeology Day, Live Archaeology Digs, and Archaeology Lab Tours + Open

House. The Archaeology Lab Gallery features a new display of Presidio artifacts, and now has extended

drop-in hours, Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. Partners from the San Francisco Amateur

Astronomers co-present the fascinating Astrolecture Series and Presidio Stargazing Parties to view the

moon, planets, nebulae and galaxies up close. Visit http://www.presidio.gov/events to register for these

events, and see listings below.

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Attention Calendar Editors

Although our events are free, we advise visitors to register via the web links as space is limited. Please check our website for the most up-to-date listings at www.presidio.gov/events. Tel. 415-561-4323.

ONGOING FALL EVENTS

Presidio Visitor Center

Open 7 days a week, from 10 am to 5 pm

210 Lincoln Blvd., on the Presidio’s Main Post, San Francisco

Tel: 415-561-4323

Link: http://www.presidio.gov/places/presidio-visitor-center

Event: EXCLUSION: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration Date: Exhibition runs through March 2018, Tuesday to Sundays, 10 am – 6 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, Presidio of San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free During World War II, the Presidio of San Francisco—the Army’s Western Defense Command—played a pivotal role in the unjust incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, purportedly in the name of national security. This special exhibition invites visitors to investigate the choices—both personal and political—that led to this dark chapter in American history, and to reflect on what we have learned that helps us address present-day issues of mass incarceration, immigration reform, and racial profiling. Link: www.presidio.gov/exclusion Event: Presidio Picnic Date: Every Sunday through October 8, 2017 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Main Parade Ground, 103 Montgomery Street, on the Presidio’s Main Post Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free San Francisco’s largest community picnic blends the best of the international food scene with the best of this national park. Enjoy music, kids’ activities, gourmet food trucks, and more. Drop by the new Presidio Visitor Center to plan your day in the park. Co-sponsored by the Presidio Trust and Off the Grid Markets. Link: www.presidio.gov/presidio-picnic Event: Presidio Twilight Date: Every Thursday through September 21 Time: 5 pm to 9 pm Place: Main Parade Ground, 103 Montgomery Street, on the Presidio’s Main Post Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Celebrate summer evenings with lantern-lit dining cabanas, blanket-side cocktail service, fire pits, live music, and views of the sun setting over San Francisco Bay. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/blog/presidio-twilight-is-back

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Event: Archaeology at the Presidio! -Live Archaeology Dig, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm, through October 21 -Archaeology Lab Gallery, Monday – Saturday, 10 am to 4pm – NEW - Extended hours -Archaeology Lab Tours, every Wednesday at 1 pm -Open Archaeology Lab, every Wednesday, 2 to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Witness archaeology in action! Presidio archaeologists are working on a long-term research project to excavate El Presidio de San Francisco, the Spanish-colonial site buried just below the ground in front of the Presidio Officers’ Club. Stop by the dig and the lab to check out their recent discoveries and ask questions. Learn about archaeology at the Presidio by checking our rotating exhibit of artifacts found right here in this national park at the Archaeology Lab Gallery. You may see the latest objects excavated from our current archaeological dig on the Main Post or see highlights from our vast collection. Dishes from the original Spanish fort, letters from home left behind in an attic by a soldier, toys from one of the children who called the Presidio home. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events

SEPTEMBER EVENTS Event: Golden Gate Audubon Society Centennial Exhibit Date: Weekdays through September 29 Time: 9 am to 5 pm Place: Tides Thoreau Center Gallery at the Presidio, 1012 Torney Ave, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free A traveling, educational exhibit celebrating Golden Gate Audubon Society’s 100th anniversary is on display at Tides Thoreau Center Galleries. The free exhibit is focused on Bay Area birds and Golden Gate Audubon’s achievements on their behalf. Link: For details visit www.thoreau.org. Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Bendy Bicycles Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free September 2nd is Family Friendly Bike Ride Day at the Presidio Visitors Center. Roll on over to the Officer's Club afterwards to join us in making Bendy Bicycles! Event: Y Bike to Learn Program Date: Sundays, September 3, October 1 and November 5 Time: 11 am to 2 pm Place: Main Post, Corner of Anza and Owen, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free

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Get the kids riding on two wheels with free, safe, and friendly instruction from the Presidio Community Y. Bikes and equipment are provided. All ages are welcome; no reservations required. Co-sponsored by the Presidio Trust. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/ybike-learn-to-ride-program-09-03 Event: Presidio Family-Friendly Bike Ride Date: Every first and third Saturday through November 17 Time: 10 am to 11:30 am Place: Presidio Visitor Center, 210 Lincoln Blvd, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Join a Park Ranger and Presidio Trust guide for a gentle 4-mile bike ride. Roll through the history and nature of the Presidio at a family-friendly pace that’s fun for all! Rent a bike from Sports Basement or bring your own. Registration is requested. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-family-friendly-bike-ride-2017-09-02 Event: Free Shakespeare in the Park: Hamlet Date: September 2, 3 (Preview), 4, 9, 10, 16, 17 Time: All performances at 2 pm Place: Civil War Parade Lawn, Main Post, 103 Montgomery Street, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Bring a blanket and enjoy an outdoor performance of a beloved favorite. This year the SF Shakespeare Festival celebrates 35 years of free and accessible Shakespeare performances and presents Hamlet for the first time. Set in Denmark in 1559, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet’s father, King Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying Gertrude, his deceased brother’s widow. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-3; http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-4; http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-9; http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-10; http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-16; http://www.presidio.gov/events/free-shakespeare-in-the-park-hamlet-09-17 Event: Presidio Dialogues: Mountain Lake: History and Habitat Date: Thursday, September 7 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Join us for a conversation on the past and future of Mountain Lake. Using photographs, maps, and personal memories, local historians will highlight the history, human use, restoration, and borderland status of the lake located between the Presidio and the Richmond District neighborhood. Woody LaBounty from the Western Neighborhoods Project, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the western neighborhoods of San Francisco, will join Presidio Trust historian Dr. Barbara Berglund Sokolov, and a representative of the team that has recently restored and enhanced Mountain Lake’s ecology.

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In association with the Western Neighborhoods Project. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-mountain-lake-history-and-habitat Event: Presidio Sessions: Larry Vuckovich Date: Friday, September 8 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Pianist Larry Vuckovich has won acclaim from critics and jazz audiences for his deeply imaginative style and repertoire heard at prestigious North American and European jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals. He is equally at home in world music/classically influenced modal jazz as he is with hard-swinging bebop, post-bop, contemporary jazz, and down-home blues. The Village Voice comments on his “book of piano gems that will keep you guessing.” The Toronto Globe and Mail calls him “a musician who sits apart from the rest by virtue...of his taste for both the exotic and the exquisite.” Larry Vuckovich, piano; Eric Golub, violin/viola; Tommy Kesecker, marimba; Vince Delgado, dumbek and Egyptian tambourine; Mike Zisman, bass; Jimmy Gallagher, drums. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-larry-vuckovich Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Bear with Me Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free On September 9, 1850, California officially became the 31st state in the union! To commemorate this day, come celebrate by creating print collages of the California State Flag. Event: Family-Friendly Bird Walks Date: Saturday, September 9 and November 11 Time: 8:30 am to 10:30 am Place: Register at www.presidio.gov/events for meeting location. Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Enjoy this family walk in the Presidio led by young birder Jonah Benningfield, accompanied by Presidio Trust staff Rebekah Berkov and Diony Gamoso. Enjoyable for birders of any level, from beginners to the pros. We hope to take full advantage of the west coast’s spectacular bird migration as hundreds of different species pass through the Presidio on their way from Boreal forests in Canada and Alaska to their wintering grounds in Panama. Dress for hiking and variable weather and bring your binoculars. We will bring youth binoculars to share and Jonah’s Birds of Mountain Lake guide for every participant. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-bird-walks; http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-bird-walks-2017-11-11 Event: A Tour of General DeWitt’s Office Date: Saturday, September 9 and November 11 Time: 10 am to noon Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323

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Price: Free Join Presidio Trust Historian Dr. Barbara Berglund Sokolov and National Park Ranger James Osborne for a rare glimpse into General John DeWitt’s office, where as head of Western Defense Command, he made the decision in 1942 to imprison Japanese American citizens and non-citizens without due process. This tour complements the special exhibitions Exclusion: The Presidio’s Role in WWII Japanese American Incarceration at the Presidio Officers’ Club. The tour begins after a ten-minute walk on paved surfaces to the office site. The walk and the office are accessible. Reservations not required. For additional information call the Presidio Visitor Center at (415) 561-4323. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/a-tour-of-general-dewitts-office; http://www.presidio.gov/events/a-tour-of-general-dewitts-office-11-11 Event: Guided Walks: Birds + Bird Art Treasure Hunt Date & Time: Wednesday, September 13, 2 pm to 4 pm Date & Time: Saturday, September 16, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm Join us for a two-mile, family-friendly guided hike led by Presidio art docents, Presidio trail ambassadors, and Golden Gate Audubon birders to view birds in the Presidio and enjoy chalk art created by local nature artists. Registration is required; www.presidio.gov/100. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/guided-hikes-birds-bird-art-treasure-hunt-09-13; http://www.presidio.gov/events/guided-hikes-birds-bird-art-treasure-hunt-09-16 Event: Presidio Dialogues: Contemporary Perspectives on Combat Stress Date: Thursday, September 14 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Former US Army Captain Joshua Mantz, author of the forthcoming book, The Beauty of a Darker Soul, will take audiences on a relatable tour of his journey back from harrowing physical and psychological experiences serving in Iraq. As medical director of the PTSD Program at the San Francisco VA Health Care System, Dr. Thomas Neylan will describe remarkable recent advances in the understanding of how the human mind and body respond to traumatic stress, and connections between personal experience and human biology in the veteran population. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-contemporary-perspectives-on-combat-stress Event: Presidio Sessions: Farallon Quintet Date: Friday, September 15 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free The Farallon Quintet, founded in the summer of 2012, is a dynamic Bay Area ensemble focused exclusively on the string quartet plus clarinet repertoire. In addition to playing the classics, the quintet performs rarely heard works, innovative arrangements, and new music by living composers. The quintet is made up of leading Bay Area musicians who are principal players in such orchestras as the San Francisco Ballet, Santa Rosa Symphony, Marin Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Fremont Symphony, Modesto Symphony, and the Sacramento Philharmonic. As an ensemble, the quintet received a grant from InterMusic SF to record and release their debut album and was recently awarded a Barlow Grant to

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commission composer Chad Cannon’s first clarinet quintet. Natalie Parker, clarinet; Dan Flanagan, violin; Matthew Oshida, violin; Elizabeth Prior, viola; Jonah Kim, cello. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-farallon-quintet Event: Presidio Book Club: Benjamin Madley, American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe Date: Saturday, September 16 Time: 1 pm to 3 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Between 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from around 150,000 to 30,000. This groundbreaking and award-winning book uncovers the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-book-club-09-16 Event: Astrolecture Series: A Planet for Goldilocks: NASA’s Search For Life Beyond The Solar System Date: Tuesday, September 19 Time: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Dr. Natalie Batalha will describe the latest discoveries of NASA’s Kepler Mission and the possibilities for finding inhabited environments in the not-so-distant future. Dr. Batalha is a world renowned research astronomer in the Space Sciences Division of NASA Ames Research Center and as a Kepler Mission Scientist. She has been involved since the Kepler proposal stage and has contributed to its many different scientific aspects, from studying the stars themselves to detecting and understanding the planets they harbor. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/astrolecture-series-a-planet-for-goldilocks-nasas-search-for-life-beyond-the-solar-system Event: Presidio Sessions: Sunrise Quartet Date: Friday, September 22 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free The Sunrise String Quartet is comprised of San Francisco Symphony members who love to play the string quartet repertoire. Formed in 2014, they have performed for the San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series at Davies Symphony Hall, Chamber Music Sundaes, the Bay Lights Community Celebration, in partnership with UCSF Hospital Music Outreach Program, the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, as well as multiple music festivals throughout the world. Raushan Akhmedyarova, violin; Cathryn Down, violin; Matthew Young, viola; Barbara Bogatin, cello. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-sunrise-quartet

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Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Leaf Print Postcards Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 23 and 24 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free September 22 is the first day of fall! Celebrate by printing a postcard with leaves native to the Presidio and send it off to someone you love. Event: Presidio Stargazing Party Date: Thursday, September 28 and November 11 Time: 30 min. after sunset Place: Main Parade Ground, 103 Montgomery Street, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Presidio Stargazing Parties are perfect for families and people of all ages interested in seeing the universe through a telescope. The SFAA brings telescopes and amateur astronomers to guide you, unveiling some of the night sky’s most interesting astronomical beauties. See the moon, planets, nebulae and galaxies up close and learn some of the constellations at a star tour. Bad weather cancels. Check www.sfaa-astronomy.org for updates. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-stargazing-party-09-28; http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-stargazing-party-11-11 Event: Presidio Sessions: Miguelito Martinez Date: Friday, September 29 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Born in Chiapas, México, Miguelito Martinez is the founding director of Corazon Sur, a Mexican-Caribbean fusion ensemble and co-director of Balamcoatl, a collaborative project focused on the rich music and dance traditions of the indigenous people of México. A top-notch musician in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Latin music scene, Martinez performs with percussionists Karl Perazzo and Michael Spiro in the bands Conjunto Karabali, El Sonero del Uruguay “Edgardo Cambon” and Tito y su Son de Cuba, Latin Jazz and more. He has performed and recorded with such notable musicians as Alfredo de la Fe, Orestes Vilato, Karl Perazzo, John Santos, Juan Carlos Formel, Michael Spiro, Orlando Maraca Valle, Felix Valoy, and others. “Martinez has built chops that move across several different contexts as composer, flute player and producer.” — The Latin Jazz Corner Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-miguelito-martinez Event: Film in the Fog: Featuring The Iron Giant Date: Saturday, September 30 Time: Food: 5:30 pm; Cartoon shorts: 6:30; Feature film: 7:30 pm Place: Main Post Lawn, 103 Montgomery Street, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Grab a blanket and come on our for the Presidio’s 15th annual outdoor movie night. Before the screening, enjoy food from Off the Grid. This year’s film is an animated adaptation of Ted Hughes’ The

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Iron Giant, a cold war fable about a giant alien robot’s unlikely friendship with a young boy. Before the screening, enjoy free popcorn, a movie short, and food from Off the Grid. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/film-in-the-fog-featuring-the-iron-giant Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Cardboard Critters Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 30 and October 1 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Price: Free October 4th is World Animal Day! Come celebrate and learn about some animals who live in the Presidio by making your own cardboard critter!

OCTOBER EVENTS

Event: Presidio Sessions: Sierra Ensemble Date: Friday, October 6 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Sierra Ensemble is an innovative violin, French horn, and piano trio committed to furthering the art of chamber music. Performing worldwide and throughout the United States since 1998, Sierra Ensemble’s mission seeks to build community via composer commissions, education projects, and accessible performances. Sierra Ensemble was the winner of CEC ArtsLink and U.S. Department of State grants for the ensemble’s project, the Turkish American Composers Project, in 2013. Current engagements include commissioning composers Russell Steinberg and Aida Shirazi, expanding the horn trio repertoire with world premier performances in 2017-18. Janis Lieberman, horn; Randall Weiss, violin; Marc Steiner, piano. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-sierra-ensemble Event: Creative Family Fun Craft: Marvelous Monarchs Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 7 and 8 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free During October, monarchs start to migrate to their overwintering locations from California to Mexico. Come this week to learn about monarch conservation efforts and make a butterfly friend to take home! Event: Presidio Dialogues: Film Screening: San Francisco’s Cable Cars Date: Thursday, October 12 Time: 6 pm to 8 pm (note extended time) Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free This delightful documentary is a love letter to the City and its historic transport. Following the screening (93 mins), filmmaker Strephon Taylor will be present for Q and A. Ride along on the ropes with historians and the people who still work with the cars every day. At over 140 years old, the San Francisco

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Cable Cars are a moving monument, a snapshot of nearly lost technology, a romance story, and the very heart of the City. Strephon Taylor is an artist and musician with a fondness for local San Francisco lore. He has produced movies since 2010 including Remembering Playland, Sutro’s: The Palace at Lands End, and The Cliff House and Sutro Heights. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-film-screening-san-francisco-cable-cars Event: Presidio Sessions: The Delphi Trio Date: Friday, October 13 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Praised for “…spot-on ensemble playing and a beautifully blended sound…” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “…rich, committed string tone, dazzling pianism, rhythmic flexibility, and risky tempi…” (Sarasota Herald Tribune), the Delphi Trio has become a powerfully eloquent voice in the world of chamber music. The Delphi Trio is grounded in the immensely rich classic repertoire for piano trio and is committed to the exploration of its deep, lasting meaning for performers and audience alike. The Trio also sees contemporary music as a natural extension of the standard repertoire and is dedicated to the music of our time. Liana Bérubé, violin; Michelle Kwon, cello; Jeffrey LaDeur, piano. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-the-delphi-trio Event: Family Film Night: Featuring Beauty and the Beast Date: Friday, October 13 Time: Food trucks, Bubbles, Face Painting 5:30 pm; Cartoon shorts 6:30 pm; Feature film 7 pm Place: Main Parade Lawn, Main Post Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Bring a blanket and enjoy a movie night in the great outdoors! Sponsored by Supervisor Mark Farrell, in partnership with the Presidio Trust and the Presidio Y. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/family-film-night-featuring-beauty-and-the-beast Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Fabulous Funghi Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free October 15th is National Mushroom Day! You can find many different types of mushrooms growing here in the Presidio. Learn about some of the special types you might see around the park and create your own out of paper. Event: Astrolecture Series: How the First Things in the Universe Came About and How They Ended Up Within Us Date: Tuesday, October 17 Time: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free

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Journey through the early universe using the latest computer animations of early star formation, supernova explosions and the build-up of the first galaxies with Tom Abel, the director of the Kavli Institute, and physics professor at Stanford. Dr. Abel’s work has shown that the first luminous objects in the universe were very massive starts shining one million times as brightly as our Sun. They died quickly and seeded the cosmos with the chemical elements necessary for life. One star at a time, galaxies started to assemble just one hundred million years after the Big Bang, and they are still growing now. Computer simulations of these events use the physics of dark matter, or ordinary atoms and molecules, and of expanding space to deliver remarkable insights in the early history of the cosmos. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/astrolecture-series-how-the-first-things-in-the-universe-came-about-and-how-they-ended-up-within-us Event: Presidio Dialogues: Russian Spirit: Dance and Tradition Date: Thursday, October 19 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Explore the legacy of Russian culture in the Old World and the new. The evening will include a folk dance lesson and performances by Dolina Folk, and an historical overview of Russian colonial presence in California from Fort Ross interpreter Hank Birnbaum. Plus a vodka tasting (21+)! In association with the Russian Center of San Francisco. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-russian-spirit-dance-and-tradition Event: Presidio Sessions: John Calloway Date: Friday, October 20 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and educator John Calloway has been a cornerstone of the Bay Area Latin and world music scenes since the 1970s. Adept at flute, piano, and percussion, John has collaborated with local and international jazz and Latin jazz innovators. As bandleader John has led his own ensembles since the 1990s, releasing three CDs, Diaspora (2001), The Code (2007) and Asere Ko (2016). His sextet has performed internationally and at many major jazz festivals, including Stanford, Monterey, and the San Jose Jazz Festival. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-john-calloway Event: Presidio Book Club: Stacey L. Smith, Freedom’s Frontier: California and the Struggle over Unfree Labor, Emancipation, and Reconstruction Date: Saturday, October 21 Time: 1 pm to 3 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Smith’s book examines the Civil War’s battle over slavery as it unfolded on the multiracial Pacific Coast. Despite its antislavery constitution, California was home to a dizzying array of bound and semi-bound labor systems: African American slavery, American Indian indenture, Latino and Chinese contract labor, and a brutal sex traffic in bound Indian and Chinese women. Discover the startling ways in which the

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contest over slavery’s fate included a western struggle that encompassed these diverse labor systems and workers. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-book-club-10-21 Event: International Archaeology Day Date: Saturday, October 21 Time: 11 am to 2 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Have you ever wondered what an archaeologist actually does? Did you know that there are archaeologists working and studying right here in San Francisco? To find out more, come join Presidio archaeologists at International Archaeology Day. See archaeology in action as Presidio Trust archaeologists uncover the foundations of the Spanish colonial settlement that was El Presidio de San Francisco, and don’t forget to view the adobe walls of the original Spanish fort that are still standing inside the Presidio Officers’ Club. Follow the journey of an artifact after it is discovered, through our state-of-the-art lab, and into our collections storage. The whole family can participate in a ceramic craft and get their hands dirty making adobe bricks. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/international-archaeology-day-10-21 Event: Presidio Pumpkin Carving Workshop Date: Saturday, October 21 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Main Parade Ground Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Create your own Halloween Jack O’ Lantern in this favorite annual event! Tools and pumpkins are provided while supplies last. Registration is requested at www.presidio.gov/events. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-pumpkin-carving-workshop Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Dig Site Sand Art Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 21 and 22 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free October 21st is International Archaeology Day! Come celebrate with us by creating a mini dig site to take home. Find out what archaeologists can learn from layers of soil as you build your site layer by layer. Event: Presidio Dialogues: Climate-Friendly Parks Date: Thursday, October 26 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free National parks across America are coping with the challenges brought about by climate change, like melting glaciers and rising tides. However, it is easier and more cost effective to prevent these changes

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from occurring in the first place. Come share your ideas and learn from sustainability experts Laura Castellini (GGNRA), Dale Dualan (Pt. Reyes), Abby Morris (Presidio Trust) how our local national park sites are implementing green strategies that save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and seek to keep carbon in the soil. Our national parks have a unique opportunity to share lessons-learned and knowledge gained with millions of visitors every year, a great reason to model best practices as we become climate-friendly parks. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-climate-friendly-parks Event: Presidio Sessions: Jill Tracy Date: Friday, October 27 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Just in time for Halloween, singer/pianist/storyteller and “musical evocateur” Jill Tracy will transport you into a seductive and magical realm far beyond the everyday. The place where we wished we lived. A dark, elegant netherworld full of hidden passageways, wonder cabinets, and opium dens. Of monsters, marvels, and mayhem. You know it’s not safe here; but with Jill Tracy as your guide, you’ll be in no hurry to leave. Tracy has garnered multiple awards and a passionate following for her eerie and beautiful cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-jill-tracy Event: Spooktacular Halloween Dance Date: Saturday, October 28 Time: 7 pm to 10 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm – no early admittance) Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Get your Halloween moving with the spellbinding retro sounds of the Ely Brothers & The Doubletake Band, enjoy trick or treat twirls by the San Francisco Jitterbugs, divine your future with our resident Fortune Tellers, compete in our creepy Costume Contest, and savor specialty spirits available for purchase from Arguello restaurant. For ages 18+. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/spooktacular-halloween-dance Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Día de Los Muertos Masks Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Come explore the Presidio's connection to Mexico by making Day of the Dead masks! Event: Second Annual Monarch Butterfly Walk Date: Saturday, October 28 Time: 10 am to noon Place: Rob Hill Campground, 1475 Central Magazine Rd, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free

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Join us for the Second Annual Monarch Butterfly walk to learn about the monarch butterfly, its amazing migration, and why the Presidio is part of a network of sites on the California coast where monarchs can be seen in the winter. Meet at Rob Hill Campground, the location where the first scientifically recorded monarch butterfly was seen in 1816. There will be light walking, so dress for hiking and variable weather. Bring your binoculars. The walk is led by Mia Monroe of the National Park Service and Rebekah Berkov of the Presidio Trust, and will conclude with viewing a short video of the monarch butterfly. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/second-annual-monarch-butterfly-walk

NOVEMBER EVENTS Event: Presidio Dialogues: From Ragtime to Jazz: The Music of James Reese Europe Date: Thursday, November 2 Time: 6 to 7:30 pm (note extended time) Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Musician, audio professional and presenter James Lamb and an eleven-member National Guard band bring to life the fascinating tale of Jim Europe, a leading figure in the transition from ragtime to jazz. Travelling from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the battlefields of World War I France, the presentation combines narrative, images, video, and live music to chart the story of this groundbreaking African-American musician and soldier. Jim Europe was a leading figure on the New York African-American music scene. He brought African-American music to a broader audience, desegregated Broadway and the musicians union, adapted the use of saxes and the drum set in Jazz, landed the first recording contract of an African-American ensemble, and invented the Fox Trot. When the US entered World War I he enlisted in the National Guard, was sent to France, and was the first African-American to lead troops in battle. Endorsed by the World War I Centennial Commission. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-from-ragtime-to-jazz-the-music-of-james-reese-europe Event: Presidio Sessions: Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra Date: Friday, November 3 Time: 7 pm 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra blends the sonorities and improvisational approaches of the jazz tradition with Asian musical instruments and sensibilities. GO FOR BROKE! A Salute to Nisei Veterans is the world-premiere performance of a piece commemorating the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 in 1942 that forced over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry into desolate internment camps until the end of World War II. GO FOR BROKE! Honors the courageous Nisei (second generation Japanese in America) soldiers who fought in World War II while their families were imprisoned. Anthony Brown, drums, percussion, composer, director; Naoko Amemiya, taiko, percussion; Ian Carey, trumpet; Shoko Hikage, koto, voice; Mark Izu, bass, sho (mouth organ); Masaru Koga, saxophones, shakuhachi; Brendan Liu, trumpet; Frank Martin, piano; Jimi Nakagawa, taiko, percussion; Brenda Wong Aoki, voice. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Exclusion: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-anthony-browns-asian-american-orchestra

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Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Yarn Birds Date: Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free There are over 200 species of birds within the Presidio! Come celebrate our winter birds by joining us in the Officers Club as we make yarn birds. You can also join a bird walk on the morning of November 5th to learn about birding and conservation in The Presidio! Event: Presidio Dialogues: Isamu Noguchi: Self Interned, 1942 Date: Thursday, November 9 Time: 6 pm to 7 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Isamu Noguchi was one of the first bi-racial, pointedly multi-cultural artists in American history, and is still one of the most influential. He voluntarily interned himself in Poston War Relocation Center with other Japanese Americans although he was not ordered to the camp. Born to an American mother of European descent and a Japanese father, and raised and educated in the United States, Japan, and Europe, and thanks to his seminal friendship with Buckminster Fuller, Noguchi thought of himself as a citizen of Spaceship Earth. In the lead-up to World War II and in its aftermath, his sense of mission as a cultural synthesizer and bridge was strained to the breaking point. Presenter Dakin Hart is Senior Curator at The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (Long Island City, NY), where he oversees the Museum’s exhibitions, collections, catalogue raisonné, archives, and public programming. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Exclusion: The Presidio’s Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-isamu-noguchi-self-interned-1942 Event: Presidio Sessions: Montclair Women’s Big Band Date: Friday, November 10 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free The Montclair Women’s Big Band was founded in 1997 by veteran trumpeter and bandleader Ellen Seeling, with producer Barbara Price. With a vivid cast of some of the best jazzwomen in the San Francisco Bay Area, the band combines an audacious sense of swing, tight ensemble work, and inspired solos. All About Jazz claims “the Montclair Women’s Big Band is one of the most formidable jazz ensembles on the West Coast....this is premium-grade big band jazz, rigorously blended for high mileage and maximum pleasure.” Kasey Knudsen, Mad Duran, Jean Fineberg, Yvonne Lin, Carolyn Walter, saxophones/reeds; Ellen Seeling (director), Marina Garza, Sarah Wilson, Tiffany Carrico, trumpets/flugelhorns; Mara Fox, Sarah Cline, Crystal Bryant, Becca Burrington, trombones; Erika Oba, piano; Ruth Davies, bass; Michaelle Goerlitz, Latin percussion; Alan Hall, drums. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-montclair-womens-big-band Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Star Spangled Banners

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Date: Saturday and Sunday, November 11 and 12 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free For over 150 years, American soldiers have called the Presidio home. On this Veteran's Day weekend Creative Family Fun will be making "Star Spangled Banners” of our own! Event: Presidio Dialogues: Filmed at the Presidio Date: Thursday, November 16 Time: 6 pm to 7:00 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Since the earliest days of motion pictures, the Presidio has been one of Hollywood’s favorite film locations, shaping the popular image of both the post and the park. Using stills and clips, presenter Brad Rosenstein takes us on an exhilarating time-travelling journey through some of the most notable movies shot here, from Vertigo to Star Trek IV. Brad Rosenstein is Program Producer for the Presidio Trust, where he is part of a team that organizes and produces nearly 100 public programs annually at the historic Presidio Officers’ Club. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-dialogues-filmed-at-the-presidio Event: Presidio Sessions: Berkeley Choro Ensemble Date: Friday, November 17 Time: 7 pm to 8:30 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free The Berkeley Choro Ensemble is a group of world-class musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area that formed in 2010. The group celebrates the music, culture, and history of Brazil, with a special emphasis on the Choro genre (pronounced “shoro”), a style of music which emerged in the 1800s in Brazil, fusing the music of Brazil’s European immigrants and the native music of Brazil’s indigenous and African-Brazilian population. In particular, the choro sound is somewhat akin to a combination of European classical music, ragtime, and blues. Our repertoire also includes samba, bossa nova, jazz, and the music of Northeast Brazil. Jane Lenoir, flute; Harvey Wainapel, clarinet; Ricardo Peixoto, guitar; Brian Rice, percussion. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-sessions-berkeley-choro-ensemble Event: Creative Family Fun Crafts: Creative Columns Date: Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Get creative with Classical columns! Sculpt a column based on the Presidio’s Palace of Fine Arts, or design your own. Event: Presidio Book Club: Erika Lee + Judy Yung, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America

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Date: Saturday, November 18 Time: 1 pm to 3 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island immigration station in San Francisco served as the processing and detention center for over one million people from around the world. The majority of newcomers came from China and Japan, but there were also immigrants from India, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Mexico, and over seventy other countries. The stories of these immigrants and their experiences provides a more complete and complicated history of immigration to America. Link: http://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-book-club-11-18

DECEMBER EVENTS (more to come in a future announcement)

Event: Exocomets: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t Date: Tuesday, December 19 Time: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Place: Presidio Officers’ Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco Phone: (415) 561-4323 Price: Free Dr. Barry Walsh will describe the attributes of comets in our solar system, including the techniques used to detect evaporating exocomets around young stars. The relevance of Kepler’s discovery of “Tabby’s Star” will also be discussed. Dr. Walsh was project manager on UV detector systems for NASA SOHO, FUSE, GALEX and HST-COS missions. He is now discovering exocomet systems and carrying out a search for optical laser pulses from exoplanet systems. Links: http://www.presidio.gov/events/astrolecture-series-exocomets-now-you-see-them-now-you-dont

The Presidio Trust is an innovative federal agency created to save the Presidio and employ a partnership

approach to transform it into a new kind of national park. Founded by Spain in 1776 as El Presidio de San

Francisco, the Presidio served as a legendary U.S. Army post from 1846 to 1994. Spanning 1,500 acres in

a spectacular setting at the Golden Gate, the Presidio now operates without federal appropriations, is

home to a community of residents and commercial tenants, and offers unique recreation, hospitality,

and educational opportunities to people throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the world. To learn

more please visit www.presidio.gov.

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