May Newsletter
In this Newsletter:
Plant Swap
May Upcoming Events in the Neighborhood
SWNA Event: Bay to Breakers Hangout
SOMA History - The Jackson Brewery
SOMA Business Events
SF Events & Festivals
Plant Swap Success
Thanks to the 50 or so people and many great pups that came out to the neighborhood plant swap. Not only did folks go home with new friends and greenery, but we also came together with ClayroomSF-SOMA to pot up 15 plants that will be donated to the new transitional youth housing program opening at 1174 Folsom in May.
🌿 Photos by Bill Wu and Femi Pai
If you’re interested in helping plan future events, the SWNA Events Committee is meeting next Wednesday the 7th @ 6pm at Decant. It’s casual, come say hi and bring your ideas.
🌱 Photos by Bill Wu and Femi Pai
May's Happenings
5.1 5-10 PM
🪩 Downtown First Thursdays @2nd Street
Get Tickets
5.3 12-4 PM
📷 LIGHT, SHADOW, AND SHADE Show Opening
6th on 7th
Learn More
5.4 11am
🍕 Math Quest: Cracking the Great Pizza Scandal
RSVP
5.3-5.4 11-5pm
🎨 TheBoxSF Art Fair
5.10 12-3pm
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ District Anniversary Block Party
Ringold Alley
5.15 6-8pm
SOMA CBD Happy Hour
Raven Bar
5.17 6-9pm
No Face No Case Opening Reception
Heron Arts
Free Tickets
5.18 9-10am
🏃 ☕ SWNA Bay to Breakers Viewing Party 🎉
Howard Between Langton & 7th
5.28 2-4pm
Workshop: Flores de Mayo Grand Lobby
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
YBCA Free Tickets
5.31-6.01 11-5pm
🎨 TheBoxSF Art Fair
Our Next Hang
Come hang with your neighbors, cheer on the runners, and enjoy the costumes. Bring your coffee (and maybe a camp chair).
Street View
by David Singer
San Francisco was rough and fast-growing after the gold rush – and the growing population drank a lot of beer (some count more than 70 breweries, at least six in SOMA alone). In the 1850s The Jackson Brewery started near the waterfront as it was, near Mission and 10th. Soon they had a malting operation on Folsom, and in the early 1900s bought more land around it, and in 1905 building started on a new brewery – badly damaged in the 1906 quake. The building was completed in 1912, and the brewery operated until prohibition – but unlike the Hibernia Brewery only a few blocks away, the building survived. It's now converted, is a National Historic Landmark, and is one of only two surviving brewery buildings in the city.
SOMA Business Events in May
FLOURISH: A SPRING SOIRÉE
(MAY 2ND 7:30-11)
DRAG BINGO BRUNCH @ SALUHALL
(MAY 4th 12-1:30 PM)
GAME NIGHT AT DECANT
(May 5th 4-8pm)
THE ART OF ACTIVE NETWORKING @TheBoxSF
(May 5th 6pm)
1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT AZÚCAR LOUNGE
(May 7th)
FABRICATIONS OPENING RECEPTION
(MAY 8TH 5:30-8:00 PM)
MOTHER'S DAY AT MONTESACRO
(MAY 11th 11:30-8)
SF Events & Festivals
🏙️ San Francisco Small Business Week
MAy 5-9, 2025
📚 SF Public Library Tech Week
May 10-17, 2025
🎭 Carnaval San Francisco
May 24-25, 2025