Saturday November 7, 12-2pm

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Our friends at Shaping SF lead a walking tour of “urban green spaces and the treescape” of the TL. From street and sidewalk interventions to community gardens to redwoods(!) to nature-based public art, take another look at this ultra-urban space hiding reverence for nature in plain sight.

Thursday November 12, 2026 | 5-8pm

At Dodge Alley (Turk & Larkin St.)

Jordan Glenn's BEAK (est. 2014) is a percussion heavy ensemble that blurs the line between dynamic/energetic grooves and chaos. The power of this electric ensemble is wheeled by Jordan Glenn’s curious baton, moving in and out of composed and spontaneous material. The group features Sudhu Tewari (homemade instruments), Robert Lopez (percussion), Mark Clifford (vibraphone), Jon Arkin (drums), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), David James (guitar) and Karl Evangelista (guitar).

Glenn’s BEAK is experimental music at its most fun, deftly balancing spontaneity and noise with infectious grooves and sensory delights. Importantly, this music points to the rich tradition of experimental music in the Tenderloin nurtured via Luggage Store’s Creative Music Series and the Center 4 New Music… a first for TLM’s music-forward programs at Dodge Alley’s. Plus, the band is somewhat of a supergroup of the improvising musicians at the heart of the Bay Area’s deeply rooted experimental and New Music scene. Not to be missed! 

Free to attend | No registration required

$15 vouchers for food/drink at nearby businesses while supplies last

Saturday, November 21, 2026 | 1:00-3:00 PM

Please note the new start time of 1:00 pm.

Meet at the SW corner of Geary and Powell Street, Union Square

Register to attend via Humanitix

🏆 48hills Best of the Bay 2026: Best Tour (Runner-Up)

Tenderloin Museum is thrilled to partner with Unspeakable Vice, “a volunteer history initiative making queer belonging accessible to everyone,” to offer a monthly walking tour focused on the LGBTQIA+ history in the Tenderloin and Polk Street neighborhoods. Created by downtown San Francisco resident and professor at California College of the Arts Shawn Sprockett, Unspeakable Vice extends Sprockett’s richly detailed and craftily delivered approach to the TL and Polk Street to offer a deep dive into the emergence of LGBTQIA+ icons and movements that shaped the area from the 1960s to the 1990s.

The “Valley of the Queens” tour highlights key events such as the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, a landmark action of trans resistance that predates the Stonewall Riots, and the site of San Francisco’s first Pride parade. The tour also uncovers lesser-known yet significant histories, including a drag ball raided by the San Francisco Police Department that was defended by local Christian ministers—showing how a diverse coalition of activists, sex workers, and religious leaders helped shape the foundations of queer San Francisco.