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TUESDAY, NOV 15The Bay Citizen Member Happy Hour
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Ozumo (2251 Broadway, Oakland)
Free for current Bay Citizen members
Back by popular demand: Bay Citizen member happy hours! This one is in Oakland at the gorgeous contemporary Japanese restaurant Ozumo.
Mingle with other news lovers and with Bay Citizen reporters and staff. We’ll have delicious snacks available from Ozumo’s menu, and the first drink is on us. All current members are welcome, and you’re free to bring a friend.
Bay Citizen members will receive an email with further details. Not a member yet? Become one now and you'll get invited to quarterly happy hours like this one!
THURSDAY, NOV 17The Bay Citizen and Booksmith Culture Talks: Our Bay Area Food Scene
7:00PM
Madrone Studios (1417 15th St., San Francisco)
Tickets ($10/ Free for Bay Citizen members - discount code can be found in your October member newsletter or email us for the code)
Join us for a lively discussion on the explosion of food activity outside the traditional restaurant – everything from the underground food economy, to pop up eateries, to food trucks of all kinds.
Our panelists this evening will include:
- Traci Des Jardins, of Jardinière, Mijita Cocina Mexicana, Public House and Manzanita
- Karen Leibowitz, Co-author of "Mission Street Food," food columnist for The Bay Citizen, partner in Commonwealth, helping to launch the food program of the Mission Bowling Club (Feb 2012)
- Jesse Hirsch, Food Writer at the East Bay Express (freelancer for The Bay Citizen, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bold Italic)
- Caleb Zigas, Executive Director of La Cocina
Past Events
The Bay Citizen and The California Academy of Sciences present Nightlife at the Academy: The Science of Voting
6:00 PM
Cal Academy (55 Music Concourse Dr San Francisco, CA)
Tickets ($12/ Free with new Bay Citizen membership-level donation)
With only a few weeks left until San Francisco’s mayoral election, it’s time to get civic!
Delve into timely issues like the pros and cons of ranked choice voting, and how it affects the mayoral candidates’ strategies during a lively roundtable moderated by Bay Citizen political writer Gerry Shih, featuring political aficionados including Alex Clemens from SF Usual Suspects & SFSU political science professor and Jason McDaniel.
Explore the science of voting with Corey Cook, professor of American politics at the University of San Francisco, and don't miss acts from the City Circus group competing for you to text in your vote for your favorite act. Plus, play DJ for a night with the crew from Roqbot and learn how their crowdsourcing technology works – just download the free Roqbot app on your smart phone and vote for upcoming song selections curated by NoisePop.
TUESDAY, OCT 18
The Bay Citizen and Booksmith Culture Talks: Art and Social Change
7:00 PM
Z Space (450 Florida St, San Francisco, CA 94110)
Tickets ($8/ Free for Bay Citizen members - discount code can be found in your September member newsletter)
What is the capacity of art? Can it change the world?
Since the transformative 1960s, local Bay Area institutions and artists have been examining and fostering the discussion about what art is and how it can drive social change. From human rights to social justice to the enviroment, their projects aspire towards community transformation and a true shift in the public's way of thinking.
Join us for what promises to be a lively and engaging conversation! Bay Citizen culture maven Reyhan Hamanci will moderate a disinguished panel of people rocking social change in the Bay Area arts scene, including Jeff Chang, Josette Melchor, Rebeka Rodriguez, and W. Kamau Bell.
THURSDAY, OCT 13
LITQUAKE: This Just In...Local News Makes Headlines
6:30 PM
Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin St, San Francisco)
Tickets (FREE)
Join us this Thursday evening for a Litquake event on the rapidly changing landscape of Bay Area journalism.
What does it all mean for readers — or for a thriving democracy? Hear from those who play key roles in deciding which news gets reported, and how you receive it.
With Phil Bronstein (SF Chronicle), Frances Dinkelspiel (Berkeleyside), Darian Shirazi (Fwix), and our own Jeanne Carstensen and Scott James (moderator). Tickets are free!
Tuesday, May 3
California Dreams: Which Future is Yours?
6:00 - 8:00 PM
At Institute for the Future (124 University Ave, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto)
From the Gold Rush to the rise of the film industry, from the free speech movement to the emergence of Silicon Valley, California has always been a frontier—a place of change and innovation, and today the state is facing some of its toughest challenges yet. Looking ahead, we need to ask:
Will California reinvent itself again for the 21st century?
Can everyday citizens be empowered to help transform California?
Will California keep growing, start conserving, reinvent itself, or completely collapse?
Join The Bay Citizen and the Institute for the Future as we step into the dreams of citizen activists and winners of the California Dreams: Which Future is Yours challenge and collaborate with them to make a better future for our state.
Tuesday, March 29
DEBATES WORTH HAVING: Pros and Cons of Saltworks with Peter Calthorpe and David Lewis
5:30 PM (reception), 6:00 - 7:00 PM (debate)
At SPUR (654 Mission Street, San Francisco)
Moderated by Bay Citizen Editor in Chief Jonathan Weber
The proposed Saltworks development in Redwood City would bring as many as 12,000 much-needed housing units to the core of the Bay Area. But it would be built on decommissioned salt ponds at the edge of the Bay, and would thus destroy what could be a large and productive wetlands. Please join SPUR and The Bay Citizen for what promises to be a lively debate. With urban planner Peter Calthorpe, chief designer of the Saltworks, and David Lewis, executive director of Save the Bay.
Thursday, March 3
DEBATES WORTH HAVING: The Future of Redevelopment with Karen Chapple and Fred Blackwell
5:30 PM (reception), 6:00 - 7:00 PM (debate)
At SPUR (654 Mission Street, San Francisco)
Moderated by Bay Citizen Editor in Chief Jonathan Weber
Governor Jerry Brown has shocked the local government world with his proposal to eliminate all of the state's 425 redevelopment agencies. Most city leaders vehemently oppose the plan, which Gov. Brown says would free up money for schools and other services. Please join SPUR and The Bay Citizen for a debate on the merits of redevelopment with Fred Blackwell, Executive Director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, and Karen Chapple, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.
