Participants will be guided in making a mini soy wax candle featuring Soul Gifts USA’s signature seasonal scent. Each candle will be decorated with natural dried petals and finished with a festive sticker on the lid, perfect as a gift or as home décor during the holiday season. Every participant will create and take home their own mini candle. Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-2880 (starting October 20).
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Hands-on challah braiding class at JCCSF, where participants braid a seasonal loaf to take home and bake.
Make a paper mushroom decoration at the San Francisco Public Library Chinatown branch, autumn-themed, limited space, reservations required at (415) 355‑2889, for ages 5–10.
Meredith Willson’s The Music Man at the Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco.
World Ballet Company presents Swan Lake at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
Sami Chang demonstrates field sketching techniques in the Conservatory of Flowers, then participants practice hatching and cross‑hatching with pencils and Micron pens.
Learn the basic Peyote stitch weaving technique that creates flexible, brick-like fabric with staggered interlocking rows at the Richmond branch of the San Francisco Public Library, for ages 8–18.
A writing workshop led by award‑winning poet and SCW Institute founder Alexandra Kostoulas at the San Francisco Public Library Main, for ages 18 and up.
Cantonese tablet/smartphone tutorial at Sunset Library teaches camera focus, exposure, basic functions, and QR scanning; bring your own Apple or Android device; for ages 60 and up.
Hands‑on two‑day wet‑plate collodion workshop using large format cameras to create tintypes and ambrotypes, each participant leaves with 3‑4 plates, Harvey Milk Photo Center, ages 18 and up.
Filipino-themed weaving workshop with decolonizing context led by artist Rachel Lozada at San Francisco Public Library, featuring samples and tabletop looms for practice, for ages 8 and older.
Storytime at Golden Gate Valley Library, followed by playtime, with limited space and first‑come tickets at the side gate, for ages 5 and under.
Watercolor painting at Glen Park Library, materials supplied, self‑guided, all skill levels welcome, 18+.
