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Aloha Ahi Ahi Everyone,
It’s that time of the Year . . . where we umpa loompa to the theme of Jaws in the background. Yes, it’s our 1st Sharkfest Kanikapila in the last 3 years? Which also means we won’t have our usual 11am-1pm Vanikapila.
Anyway, it’s been a long time and I just wanted to pass on the following from Carol Preston from the Greater Farallones Marine Sanctuary.
Hi Delfin,
We are thrilled that you and the Friends of Ohana will be playing at Sharktoberfest Movie Night on Saturday September 24th, 5:30 to 7:15 pm.
Logistics
*Please bring food or plan to buy from the food truck at the event- we have a great Taco Truck coming! We will provide a light snack of homemade Spanakopita and salad for partners and volunteers only.
*All partners are invited to dress up in marine themed costumes! This is not required, but some staff will be dressed up for fun.
Time
Set-up- 3:30 pm – 5:15pm
Event- 5:30 – 7:30 PM Event
Movies -7:30 – 8:30 pm
Break Down/Clean Up- 8:30 pm
Directions
Sharktoberfest is taking place at the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Offices located on Crissy Field:
991 Marine Drive, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129
I have attached a document with directions to our site coming from various locations.
Note: you may need to view this blog in a browser and not in your Email client to see and download the PDF files . . . Del
Directions-to-the-Greater-Farallones-National-Marine-Sanctuary-Offices-and-Visitor-Center-Crissy-Field-Building-991-Old-UParking
Sharktoberfest-Parking-MapYou may drive into the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary parking lot to unload your supplies from 3:30 to 5:15pm and you will be able to pull back into the lot after 8:30pm to pack up.
After you have unloaded, please park your vehicle in the parking lot by the horse stables/Archives on McDowell Avenue (parking is free
here) or in the “West Crissy Parking Lot” by the Warming Hut Cafe (parking is $1.20 an hour and free after 5:00 pm in this lot which is just 3 minutes away). See the attached map for exact locations (circled and starred in red).
Cars cannot be left in our lot during the event!
Help Spread the Word!
Detailed information is available on our website: https://farallones.noaa.gov/education/specialevents.html
Can’t wait to see you all in person!
Best
Carol and the Sharktoberfest team
Carol Preston (She/her/hers)
Education & Outreach Coordinator
Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
991 Marine Drive, SF Presidio
SF, CA 94129
Join us for Sharktoberfest Movie Night
Saturday, September 24, 5:30pm-8:30pm
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. . . there you have it. I’m also going to attempt a Livestream from the Event , but I’m told their WiFi is kind of spotty, but we’ll give it our best effort . . . LiveStream Link Below
So this past Saturday was our (almost) EOTMOK . . .
It was a little cold and windy, but this Special Elite Team of UFOhana Pilots braved the night which eventually became (almost magically) pleasantly cool. Mahalo to all that attending and helped create the Outdoor Kanikapila Magic once again. Mahalo Nui Loa to Laura for providing Bass Support! And to everyone attended and helped with Setup and Tear down.
I’m sure some of you may have heard of a new AI (Artificial Intelligent) art program that converts text (like “dinosaur playing ukulele” or “Magritte style Ukulele Player”) into actual “Art” that you can download. In fact, recently someone entered a piece that won first place in an Art Competition, unbeknownst to the judges that it was never painted by human hands.
So I decided to give the app (aka Dall-E) a try. I used phrases like Surrealist Style with Ukulele Man, Dinosaur playing Ukulele, Astronaut Ukulele Player, Ukulele Petroglyphs, etc.
Click here if you want to give the Dall-E AI some “food for thought”. You will need to sign up for the site and I believe there is a limit to the number of phrases per day/week/month you can feed it. Be warned that some of the images can be a little disturbing . . . but hauntingly beautiful . . .
Ok, that’s enough geekiness . . . please do considering coming the Shartoberfest if you can!
Uke-Ku (aka Ukulele Haiku):
from heaven it comes,
promise that it gets better,
only if we help.
Enjoy the rain everyone!
Aloha A Hui Hou,
-=SqL+Nohea+(AI Van Gogh) Jake=-
:EOT