Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff
Want to help your community by participating in neighborhood emergency response efforts? The Office of Emergency Services is offering two free classes: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training & Block Preparedness Coordinator Certification. The deadline to apply is Feb. 18.
To learn more about the CERT training, go here. For information on the Block Preparedness Coordinator Certification course, go here.
2022 Chinese New Year Parade + Fireworks (San Francisco)
Saturday, February 19, 2022 – 5:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Cost: FREE
Chinatown | Washington and Grant, San Francisco, CA
Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 19-20, 2022).
Fireworks! The parade will close with a 3-minute firework display finale.
Nowhere in the country will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers, and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court.
A crowd favorite will be the new and spectacular 288-foot Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). It takes a team of over 180 men and women from the martial arts group White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.
Palo Alto Fiber Community Information Session – The Ins and Outs of Potential Local Internet Service
The City is in the process of assessing the feasibility to provide fiber—faster, more reliable internet service— to residents and businesses via the Palo Alto Fiber project. The City sees high-speed internet as a communitywide need that impacts residents, businesses, schools, hospitals, public safety, and the community’s overall quality of life.
Join the Fiber Community Information Session on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. to learn about the project status, next steps, get questions answered and find out ways to stay engaged. Get involved, join the conversation and register for the Fiber Community Information Session today! For the event listing, go here.
GOAT—Greatest of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable personalities of our time and the greatest sportsman ever to have walked the earth. To honor Ali, TASCHEN created a work that is epic in scale and as unique and vibrant as Ali himself. This collector’s edition, a gem of the African American Center’s collection, features written contributions from hundreds of writers and photographers, much of it published for the first time.
In addition to more than 3,000 photographs, art and memorabilia of Ali’s life, the book includes Ali’s own insights, writings and drawings. After the exhibit closes, patrons may view the book GOAT at the Main Library. Visit the 3rd Floor Page Desk to find out more. For additional reading recommendations, see our accompanying booklist.
Through Mar. 3 | Main Library, Atrium
More Than a Wall
Feb. 12–May 22 at Jewett Gallery, Main Library, Lower Level
For photographer David Bacon, the border region between the United States and Mexico is a land marked by life and death. Each year, at least 300-400 people die trying to cross into the U.S. in search of a better future for themselves and their families. The border is also bustling with life. The once-small towns of Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana are now home to millions of people, many of whom make up the industrial workforce of Southern California, South Texas and New Mexico.
Taken over a period of 30 years, Bacon’s photographs and accompanying text panels, which are presented in English and Spanish, the Library’s exhibition More Than a Wall explores all aspects of the border region and its vibrant social history.
