CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION and RESOURCES
FUN ACTIVITIES and EVENTS
FISA is offering links to various resources and forms of in-home entertainment to help our students during this time of the Covid-19 outbreak. These links are not endorsed by Fromm or FISA but are provided as a service to our members.

Coronavirus Information and Resources
COVID Information Resources:
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USF Coronavirus Updates and Resources: MYUSF
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COVID-19 Security Awareness: MYUSF SECURITY AWARENESS
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The Friendship Line is both a crisis intervention hotline and a warmline for non-emergency emotional support calls
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The city of San Francisco has a lot of information about COVID-19, including where to get help, city rules, testing, receiving text alerts, where to get help, donating blood and ways to give back.
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CA Department of Aging provides information and resources oriented to older adults and people with disabilities and physical limitations.
Fun Activities and Events:
DANCE/BALLET/EXERCISE
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Dance classes Keep dancing with these virtual options from SF Bay Area dance instructors.
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Free exercise classes provided by UCSF that include low impact, yoga and exercises that target specific parts of the body.
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The dance magazine Pointe lists numerous companies around the world offering online ballet performances.
LECTURES
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City Arts & Lectures has an extensive library of their lectures
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The Fromm Institute’s robust program of previously recorded classes, lectures, and insights is available to you through our online lifelong learning educational platform: FROMMCAST
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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at SF State: OLLI
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Mechanics Institute offers an extensive cultural program
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Jewish Community Library - check out their calendar of virtual learning events, lectures and discussions.
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The JCCSF offers free videos of interviews conducted at their SF location.
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TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has a huge library of video lectures on a wide variety of topics. The talks range in length from a few minutes to an hour.
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SF Symphony has a series of podcasts, including a 12 part one by Scott Foglesong, at SFSYMPHONY
THEATRE
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National Theatre Live available to stream - check for new listings.
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The Marsh streams live, mostly solo shows. On October 7-11 they will show the International Solo Fest. They also have a YouTube library where recent shows can be watched on demand.
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Best of San Francisco Stand-up Comedy Zoom Edition has moved online with shows every Saturday night. The shows are free but require prior registration.
OPERA
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New York's Metropolitan Opera is streaming free daily operas from their library of shows that were originally streamed to movie theaters. Each opera is available for 23 hours from 4:30 pm PDT until 3:30 pm PDT.
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OperaVision is streaming free operas from opera houses throughout Europe: OPERAS
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SF Opera streams a different free opera each week from 10 AM Saturday until midnight Sunday.
CONCERTS
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Free classical concerts you can listen to and watch online: Classical MPR
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Free concerts from the Peabody Institute.
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California Symphony hosts "Second Saturdays," a monthly series of 4 live-streamed concerts at 7:00 PM. The dates are Sept 9, Oct 10, Nov 14 and Dec 12 (the second Saturday of each month).
MUSEUMS
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Check out the top 500 world's best museums: artandculture
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Learn something new at the Smithsonian
OTHERS
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NASA Is Offering Some Seriously Cool Virtual Space Tours: travelandleisure
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HBO free programming: Part of a new #StayHomeBoxOffice campaign, the premiere TV channel will offer nearly 500 hours of its marquee programming to stream for free with no subscription required.
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This website allows you to watch numerous webcams of animals both in the wild and otherwise. It is the perfect way to escape from the news of the day: EXPLORE