Pride Month Kicks Off With Pink Torch Procession From Oakland, Pink Triangle Lighting On Twin Peaks
For the second year running, the big pink triangle that is usually installed on the hillside overlooking the Castro for Pride is being illuminated with 2,700 LED nodes, and the lighting ceremony is being preceded by a Pink Torch Procession that begins in Oakland. But this time, the festivities come with less COVID anxiety and anticipation for a Pride Month that won t be conducted entirely on Zoom.
Illuminate, the organization behind the Bay Lights and multiple other electrified art projects around the Bay Area, worked with the founder of the Pink Triangle installation, Patrick Carney, last year to create the new, glowing version for the first time. It was installed for Pride Weekend in 2020, and added a rare bit of festivity to the otherwise mostly sheltered affair though last year s Pride season did come with a lot of protests. The illuminated triangle, which celebrated its 25th a
FAIRFIELD Frameline and San Francisco Pride will present Pride Movie Nights on June 11-12 at Oracle Park in the City by the Bay.
This socially distanced and ticketed event (subject to state-mandated capacity limits) is further strengthened by a partnership with Giants Enterprises and support from
Forget “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” because on June 11 and 12, audiences at the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park will be singing a different tune, as the Frameline Film Fest takes over the ballpark with special screenings of “In the Heights” and “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.” For its 2021 edition dubbed
Frameline and SF Pride Partner To Host IRL Movie Nights at Oracle Park
The first-ever Pride Movie Nights at Oracle Park with this year’s theme organized around the ideas of inclusivity and togetherness will feature in-person film screenings of the film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical
In the Heights, plus a second unannounced feature picture, in June.
For its 50th anniversary in 2020, San Francisco Pride hosted an entirely virtual celebration amid climbing COVID-19 cases. (Big Freedia’s Twitch-streamed headlining act will forever occupy a happy corner of my mind, rent-free.) But with vaccination rates rising and California planning to soon remove its COVID-19 restrictions, the 51st San Francisco Pride festivities are looking to be largely in-real-life affairs. And the nonprofit’s movie nights at Oracle Park are expected to host thousands of people in an outdoor space that allows for “public safety and social distancing.”