Month: October 2019

3rd i 17th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival Start Date: Thursday 11/7/2019 — End Date: Saturday 11/16/2019 Admission:$11 per film. Passes are available. https://www.ev 3rd i's 17th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond (SFISAFF) launches at the New People and Castro Theaters in San Francisco from November 7-10 before moving to Palo Alto a week later on November 16. The five-day Festival will screen over a dozen programs of narrative and documentary features and shorts by independent filmmakers who are committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through their work. The festival covers a vast array of topics and themes like addiction, comedy, LGBTQ+, and women’s issues through its lineup of captivating films. This year there will be a focus on Young Voices with films such as The MisEducation of Bindu, Bangla, Chippa, and more featuring strong young characters and intergenerational ties. Along with the films there will be a Q&A with director of The MisEducation of Bindu, Prarthana Mohan and for the first time in the festival’s history 3rd i is hosting a free Master Class in filmmaking by Nishtha Jain(City of Photos, Lakshmi and Me) one of the most gifted and prominent independent filmmakers in India today. She will discuss her filmmaking process, past work and some of the social and political movements in India and how they align with her work. Location: 1746 Post St Western Addition San Francisco Contact: 3rd i Films info@thirdi.org URL: https://www.thirdi.org/

Marin Singles Holiday Party Start Date: Friday 12/13/2019 — End Date: Friday 12/13/2019 Admission:$10 at the door Friday the 13th will be your LUCKY day if you come to our annual Marin Holiday Mixer, December 13, 2019, 7-9pm! Bogies, a restaurant that has delighted us for decades, is now located in downtown San Rafael. Only $10 at the door includes a FUN Mixer Game, with prizes; accompanied by light appetizers, served at 7pm, as long as they last. Adults of all ages welcome. Dress to impress. LOCATION: Bogies, 1335 Fourth St, San Rafael CA. From Hwy 101 take Central San Rafael exit. Lots of free parking after 6pm in the area! Dinner available at additional cost. The Warriors Game will be televised. CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; Singles2Couples; and by many singles meetups. This is a fundraiser for The Seva Foundation, www.seva.org, to restore sight to the blind. Every $50 we raise finances a cataract surgery for a blind person in one of the poor countries of the world. Please let all your single friends know. MORE PARTIES at www.thepartyhotline.com. •Food, Wine & Photo Adventure, Nov 2, Freestone •Single in the City Mixer, Nov 3, San Francisco •Peninsula Speed Dating, Nov 10, Burlingame •Wine Tasting Party, Nov 16, Larkspur •East Bay Speed Dating, Nov 16, Fremont/Union City •Thursday Night Singles, Nov 21, Newark •Luxurious Napa Hotel Mixer, Nov 23, Napa •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •SF Holiday Mixer, Dec 14, San Francisco Location: 1335 4th St San Rafael San Rafael Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

Cinderella: A Fairytale Start Date: Thursday 12/5/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/21/2019 Admission:$18-$30 Town Hall Theatre celebrates the holidays with a delightfully original take on the classic Brothers Grimm story, CINDERELLA: A Fairytale, as part of our 75TH “TRANSFORMATIONS” Season. CINDERELLA: A Fairytale will have 12 performances, including two previews, December 5 through December 21, 2019, at Town Hall Theatre Company, 3535 School Street, in Lafayette, CA. Tickets are $18 – $30, and are available through the Box Office at (925) 283-1557 or online at www.TownHallTheatre.com. “ … beautifully formed, this is not just a great Christmas show, but a great night for all times and all ages.” – The Guardian Featuring original music, filled with humor, dance and a genuine love story, CINDERELLA: A Fairytale will appeal to audiences young and old. As we meet little Ella, her father is teaching his daughter the names and calls of all the forest birds. They enjoy a happy life together … until he remarries and her life is upended. Surrounded by cruel relations, Ella’s only allies are a flock of very clever and magical birds. This imaginative new version of the classic folktale includes many fanciful twists: the actor playing the Father transforms into the scheming Stepmother (in a nod to British panto tradition), the Prince is a geeky, asthmatic bird-watcher, and the slipper is a Doc Marten-type boot that shimmers! Location: 3535 School St Lafayette Contact: Susan Evans boxoffice@townhalltheatre.com URL: https://www.townhalltheatre.com/cinderella

PWC Holiday Concerts: Reinventing Love Start Date: Friday 12/20/2019 — End Date: Friday 12/20/2019 Admission:$10-40 A fresh look at the season of yearning – from the innocent and hushed to the passionate and daring. The ethereal Jerusalem, an unexpected Irish expression of growing love, contrasts with the lilting and spirited Pues Logra Ya from the Cuban Baroque, which compares the arrival of the Child to singing love into existence. The gripping double-chorus Seikilos by Metcalf, calls us to shine and love for as long as we live. Even when unseen, there is love for everyone in the world premiere of David Conte’s Mistletoe, and Rutter’s Dancing Day dares us to dance and sing God’s true love. Location: 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara Santa Clara Contact: Peninsula Women’s Chorus info@pwchorus.org URL: www.pwchorus.org

PWC Holiday Concerts: Reinventing Love Start Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 Admission:$10-40 A fresh look at the season of yearning – from the innocent and hushed to the passionate and daring. The ethereal Jerusalem, an unexpected Irish expression of growing love, contrasts with the lilting and spirited Pues Logra Ya from the Cuban Baroque, which compares the arrival of the Child to singing love into existence. The gripping double-chorus Seikilos by Metcalf, calls us to shine and love for as long as we live. Even when unseen, there is love for everyone in the world premiere of David Conte’s Mistletoe, and Rutter’s Dancing Day dares us to dance and sing God’s true love. Location: 600 Colorado Ave Midtown Palo Alto Contact: Peninsula Women’s Chorus info@pwchorus.org URL: www.pwchorus.org

ASG Artist Talk with MFA 2019 Awardee Start Date: Friday 11/8/2019 — End Date: Friday 11/8/2019 Admission:Free We are excited to announce our 2019 MFA Invitational Awardee, Vincent Miranda, from California College of the Arts! Each year Aggregate Space Gallery selects a recent MFA graduate from a Bay Area art school to support and give resources to emerging multidisciplinary Bay Area artists. Please join Vincent Miranda for a 30 minute presentation and conversation with Conrad Meyers, the Executive Director of Aggregate Space Gallery, on Friday, November 8, at 7 pm. Location: 416 26th Street Oakland Contact: Shaghayegh Cyrous shcyrous@aggregatespacegallery.org URL: aggregatespacegallery.org

Writers With Drinks: Mike Isaac, Annalee Newitz and V. Vale! Start Date: Saturday 11/9/2019 — End Date: Saturday 11/9/2019 Admission:$5 to $20 New York Times tech journalist Mike Isaac reads from his brand new book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Also featuring Annalee Newitz, author of The Future of Another Timeline, and V. Vale, creator of RE/Search Publications. Plus Nathaniel Popkin (The Year of the Return), Malkia Cyril (Media Justice), and Aubrey Hirsch (Why We Never Talk About Sugar). Charlie Jane Anders hosts. Location: 3225 22nd St Mission District San Francisco Contact: Charlie Jane Anders charlieanders2@gmail.com URL: http://www.writerswithdrinks.com

Space Between Space Start Date: Friday 11/1/2019 — End Date: Saturday 11/16/2019 Admission:Free Aggregate Space Gallery is a video and installation space that was founded upon the phrase “install the unimaginable,” where the exhibition space was altered to adhere to the artist’s vision in an unprecedented way. Upon losing our space in July, we have entered into a temporary phase, existing between structures and in a temporary location. We are thinking about our surroundings in a new way and with Space Between Space, our members will be asked to respond to these questions with new work. Artists are frequently confronted with the task of pushing boundaries and redefining the world around them. Also, as they attempt to alter an environment, they must reconsider their own relationship to it. For these reasons, the act of operating within the very structures that we are trying to break can present an enormous task. This exhibition will address these considerations with the artist’s perceptions and investigations both on the individual and the collective level. Location: 416 26th St. Oakland Contact: Willis Meyers info@aggregatespacegallery.org URL: https://aggregatespacegallery.org/

CircleSing: A Community Sing-A-Long with Bryan Dyer Start Date: Thursday 12/12/2019 — End Date: Thursday 12/12/2019 Admission:$10 advance/$12 door (+$2.75 service charge per ti Sing, listen, meditate and enjoy! CircleSing is an hour and a half of improvised group song led by Bryan Dyer of SoVoSó. The song evolves throughout the evening as people come and go, sing in parts, solo, and even take turns to lead. Singers of all experience levels are welcome. CircleSinging is an opportunity to tune in, listen deeply, shed beliefs and judgments, and tap into something larger than a single individual. It’s powerful. It’s embodied. It’s bonding. It’s healing. It’s life-affirming. Be heard. Join in. These times need our voices, our songs, our unique Beings. The spirit of improv teaches us to be in the moment and teaches us the resilience we need for living in these uncertain times. It joins us in a circle of human-ness. No matter what you’re feeling, bring it, your heart, and your voice to sing our world into creation – our way! Our world needs this. We need this. Come sing! Bring friends! CircleSinging can be described as vocal “jamming,” vocal improvisation, add-a-part/change-a-part, vocal orchestra, “voicestra”, community improv choir, a “drum circle” for singers, or just plain “make it up” singing. CircleSinging is a “mistake-free zone.” As a newcomer summed it up, “It doesn’t matter how you sound – the rest of the group makes you sound great! Come try it – it’s fun!” Location: 2513 Blanding Ave. Alameda Contact: info@rhythmix.org info@rhythmix.org URL: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/circlesing-dec/

CircleSing: A Community Sing-A-Long with Bryan Dyer Start Date: Thursday 11/14/2019 — End Date: Thursday 11/14/2019 Admission:$10 advance/$12 door (+$2.75 service charge per ti Sing, listen, meditate and enjoy! CircleSing is an hour and a half of improvised group song led by Bryan Dyer of SoVoSó. The song evolves throughout the evening as people come and go, sing in parts, solo, and even take turns to lead. Singers of all experience levels are welcome. CircleSinging is an opportunity to tune in, listen deeply, shed beliefs and judgments, and tap into something larger than a single individual. It’s powerful. It’s embodied. It’s bonding. It’s healing. It’s life-affirming. Be heard. Join in. These times need our voices, our songs, our unique Beings. The spirit of improv teaches us to be in the moment and teaches us the resilience we need for living in these uncertain times. It joins us in a circle of human-ness. No matter what you’re feeling, bring it, your heart, and your voice to sing our world into creation – our way! Our world needs this. We need this. Come sing! Bring friends! CircleSinging can be described as vocal “jamming,” vocal improvisation, add-a-part/change-a-part, vocal orchestra, “voicestra”, community improv choir, a “drum circle” for singers, or just plain “make it up” singing. CircleSinging is a “mistake-free zone.” As a newcomer summed it up, “It doesn’t matter how you sound – the rest of the group makes you sound great! Come try it – it’s fun!” Location: 2513 Blanding Ave Alameda Alameda Contact: info@rhythmix.org info@rhythmix.org URL: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/circlesing-nov/