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What Mrs. Fisher Knew, and What We Know Now:
Rediscovering the Life of Cookbook Author and Entrepreneur Abby Fisher
Zoom Presentation by Evelyn Rose, Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project
Sunday, April 26, 2026
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Hosted by Bay Area Culinary Historians
Free! Registration required to receive the Zoom link at Eventbrite
Rediscovered at auction in 1984, What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, Pickles, Preserves, etc. by Mrs. Abby Fisher had been absent from culinary circles for nearly a century. The book is now widely regarded as the second cookbook published by an African American, and the first by a person who was formerly enslaved. Until recently, knowledge of Mrs. Fisher’s life was largely limited to the autobiographical details she provided in her preface. Drawing from ongoing research, this presentation will explore what more has been discovered about Mrs. Fisher’s significant life history and that of her husband, Alexander, and trace their experiences in Mobile, Alabama, and San Francisco.
Brutalist Glen Park BART, the Building and its History
Zoom Presentation by Evelyn Rose, Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project
In Partnership with the San Francisco Public Library
Thursday, April 30, 2026
6:00 pm to 7:45 pm
Free! Registration required to receive the Zoom link at the San Francisco Public Library
The Glen Park BART Station, including the triangle-shaped lot upon which it sits, is geometric by design. Join Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, as she explores the 250+ years of transit history through Glen Park, revisits the neighborhood that once stood on the site that generated two major sports figures before World War II, spotlights the defining elements of the Brutalist architecture that defines the station's concrete edifice both inside and out, and chronicles the impact on Glen Park once the station opened in 1972.
Birding and History in Glen Canyon Park
With the Golden Gate Bird Alliance
Co-Led by Evelyn Rose, Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project
and Megan Jankowski of the Golden Gate Bird Alliance
Saturday, May 23, 2026
8:00 am to 11:00 am
Annual Birdathon fundraiser for the Golden Gate Bird Alliance
Donation: $100 per person.
All registration fees for these Birdathon tours support the Golden Gate Bird Alliance mission to protect birds in the Bay Area and our shared natural environment. All proceeds go to the Golden Gate Bird Alliance.
Please register in advance at Golden Gate Bird Alliance. Registration closes at midnight on Sunday, April 5.
Once the site of the country’s first commercial dynamite plant, Glen Park today is a natural oasis within urban San Francisco. Learn about the park’s unique history as well as its bird life on this special walk, co-led by Evelyn Rose, Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project and GGBA’s Megan Jankowski.
Distance: 1.5 miles. Moderately strenuous, with uneven dirt trails.
Preparation: Bring water and snacks. Wear layers and sturdy shoes, and walking sticks if you’d like.
Bring binoculars and spotting guides, of binoculars can be provided for the tour.
Meeting location: Meet at the Glenda the Glen Park Cow sign at the Elk Street entrance to Glen Canyon Park, just north of Chenery Street. See map pin here.