Month: November 2019

Pre-New Years Eve Party – San Jose Start Date: Tuesday 12/31/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/28/2019 Admission:15-20 Celebrate New Years Eve three days early and avoid the crazies on the road on NYE! A large crowd attended last year’s Pre-New Years Eve Dance! $15/advance (by Dec 27) or $20/door includes dancing to your favorite hits at a large restaurant. Adults of all ages welcome. Festive attire requested. NYE party hats and favors are included. Saturday, December 28, 2019, 8pm-Midnight. LOCATION: The Blue Door, 1502 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose CA. Free parking. CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; 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 at the party finances a cataract surgery for one blind person in one of the poor countries of the world! So please invite all of your single friends! DISCOUNTS & more parties at www.thepartyhotline.com. •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •South Bay Holiday Party, Dec 8, San Jose •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael •SF Holiday Mixer, Dec 14, San Francisco •East Bay Holiday Party, Dec 22, Dublin •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, Mill Valley •Largest Singles New Years Eve Bash, Dec 31, Santa Clara Location: 1502 Saratoga Ave West Valley San Jose Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

Writers With Drinks featuring Meg Elison and Amanda Rosenberg Start Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 Admission:$5 to $20 Writers With Drinks is back! This month, San Francisco's longest-running reading series features Meg Elison, author of the Book of Flora, and Amanda Rosenberg, author of That's Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill. Plus Megan E. O'Keefe (Velocity Weapon), Olga Zilberbourg (Like Water and Other Stories), Alvin Orloff (Disasterama! Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977-1997) and Zoe Young (McSweeney's). Hosted by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea).  Location: 3225 22nd St Mission District San Francisco Contact: Charlie Jane Anders charlieanders2@gmail.com URL: http://www.writerswithdrinks.com

East Bay Holiday Party Start Date: Sunday 12/22/2019 — End Date: Sunday 12/22/2019 Admission:$10 at the door Share the holidays with new friends! Only $10 at the door includes light food, served at 4pm, as long as it lasts, plus a FUN Mixer Game, that makes it EASY to meet people. Santa Rich will be your host! Adults of all ages welcome. Festive holiday attire recommended. Sunday, Dec 22, 2019, 4-6pm. BONUS: Happy Hour pricing includes $5 Draft Beer, $7 Well Cocktails, and House Wine beginning at $7, plus discounted food options. LOCATION: Coco Cabana, 4500 Tassajara Road, Dublin CA. From Hwy 580 take Santa Rita Road exit towards Tassajara Rd. This is a fundraiser for The Seva Foundation, www.seva.org, to restore sight to the blind. Every $50 we raise at the party finances a cataract surgery for one blind person in one of the poor countries of the world! So please invite all of your single friends! MORE SINGLES PARTIES at www.thepartyhotline.com. •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •South Bay Holiday Party, Dec 8, San Jose •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, Mill Valley •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, San Jose •Largest Singles New Years Eve Bash, Dec 31, Santa Clara Location: 4500 Tassajara Rd Dublin Dublin Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

Violins of Hope: New Chamber Century Orchestra Start Date: Sunday 1/26/2020 — End Date: Sunday 1/26/2020 Admission:$30-$67.50 Brilliant, Live, Classical Music by Jewish composers and exclusive film clips with detail from the film maker, New Century’s Music Director and Concertmaster, Daniel Hope. The Taube Center for Jewish Peoplehood, Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts and New Century Chamber Orchestra have joined together to create and present this unique program to the community collaboratively with The Violins of Hope. As part of the Bay Area Violins of Hope residency, Daniel Hope and members of New Century Chamber Orchestra will perform music by Jewish composers on the iconic collection of recovered and restored Holocaust-era string instruments. This event will also feature exclusive footage from Daniel Hope's award-winning film Refuge in Music: Terezín/Theresienstadt Location: 200 N San Pedro Rd San Rafael San Rafael Contact: Robin Koffman info_cjp@marinjcc.org URL: MARINJCC.ORG/HOPE

Largest Singles New Years Eve Bash Start Date: Tuesday 12/31/2019 — End Date: Wednesday 1/1/2020 Admission:35-85 Largest New Years Eve Singles Party in the Bay Area! Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Santa Clara Convention Center, Great American Ballroom, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara CA Come celebrate New Years Eve with 400+ singles! There will be good food and drinks, raffle with prizes, and one of the Bay Area’s Hottest DJs playing your favorite dance tunes – all the latest hits, plus 60s. 70s. 80s, 90s! Adults of all ages welcome. Coat & Tie/Dressy Attire Required. * FREE Parking and Huge FREE Garage * Complimentary Party Favors * VIP Area with VIP Seating * Drawings and Raffle Prizes * Complimentary Champagne Toast at midnight * Watch the Live Countdown on Large Screen * Talented Professional Photographers Why pay $100 or more for a New Year’s Eve party when ours is more reasonably priced and likely to be the best one? AGENDA: 7:30PM – 9:00PM Light Dinner Reception with VIP Seating 9:00PM – 12:00AM Dance Party, Live Countdown and Champagne toast 12:00AM – 1:00AM More Dancing and Raffle Prize giveaways! DISCOUNT ADVANCE TICKETS: 7:30pm to 1am: Light Dinner Reception and Dance Party – $80.00 (before Dec 25). $85.00 (after Dec 25). Includes VIP seating, VIP gift, Gourmet Reception, Coffee and Tea. 9pm to 1am: Advance Special for Dance Party only: $35 General Advance Red Ticket. $50 VIP Gold Ticket. Please note: Red Tickets do NOT have guaranteed seating by the tables. You may find seating without a table. Gold Tickets – Guaranteed seating at VIP Tables by the dance floor! TICKETS AT THE DOOR (if we do not sell out in advance), for Dance Party only, 9pm-1am. $40 General Admission (Red Ticket). $60 VIP Tables (Gold Ticket) PARKING GARAGE is attached to the Convention Center. There are tons of free parking! There is access to the convention center from the parking lot! LOW-COST OVERNIGHT ROOMS available at Hilton Santa Clara across the street. Best NYE of only $87 (does not include admission to party). Free WiFi and free parking! Call 408.330.0001 push 1 for reservations use the group code: NYEPAR or Bay Area Singles Events and Travel. CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; and by dozens of singles organizations and meetups. DISCOUNTS & more parties at www.thepartyhotline.com. •Thursday Night Singles, Nov 21, Newark •Luxurious Napa Hotel Mixer, Nov 23, Napa •Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Dance, Nov 23, Fremont •Zipline in the Redwoods, Nov 24, Sonoma County •SF Speed Dating Convention, Nov 24, San Francisco •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •South Bay Holiday Party, Dec 8, San Jose •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael •SF Holiday Mixer, Dec 14, San Francisco •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, Mill Valley Location: 5001 Great America Pkwy Santa Clara Santa Clara Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

South Bay Holiday Party Start Date: Sunday 12/8/2019 — End Date: Sunday 12/8/2019 Admission:$10 at the door Share the holidays with new friends! Only $10 at the door includes light food, served at 4pm, as long as it lasts, plus a FUN Mixer Game, that makes it EASY to meet people. Santa Rich will be your host! Adults of all ages welcome. Festive holiday attire recommended. Sunday, Dec 8, 2019, 4-6pm. LOCATION: The Province Restaurant, 1788 N First Street, San Jose CA 95112. CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; 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 at the party finances a cataract surgery for one blind person in one of the poor countries of the world! So please invite all of your single friends! MORE SINGLES PARTIES at www.thepartyhotline.com. •Thursday Night Singles, Nov 21, Newark •Luxurious Napa Hotel Mixer, Nov 23, Napa •Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Dance, Nov 23, Fremont •Zipline in the Redwoods, Nov 24, Sonoma County •SF Speed Dating Convention, Nov 24, San Francisco •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, Mill Valley •New Years Eve Bash, Dec 31, TBA Location: Ste 10 1788 N 1st St San Jose Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? (mill valley) Start Date: Friday 11/22/2019 — End Date: Friday 11/22/2019 Admission:Free Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, (FA), is a recovery program for people who suffer from food obsession, overeating, bulimia and under-eating. The program is based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Everyone is welcome at meetings, including those who think they may have a food problem or those who are concerned about someone who may. FA is open to all men, women and teens who want to stop eating addictively. Friday nights ongoing Location: Room 2, 9X Camino Alto), 410 Sycamore Avenue Mill Valley Contact: Karen B karenraeboyd@gmail.com URL: www.foodaddicts.org

Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? Start Date: Friday 11/22/2019 — End Date: Friday 11/22/2019 Admission:FREE Friday nights meeting: 7pm to 8:30pm . All are welcome! Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church, Room 2 (x Camino Alto) 410 Sycamore Ave. Mill Valley, CA 9494 Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, (FA), is a recovery program for people who suffer from food obsession, overeating, bulimia and under-eating. The program is based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Everyone is welcome at meetings, including those who think they may have a food problem or those who are concerned about someone who may. FA is open to all men, women and teens who want to stop eating addictively. foodaddicts.org Location: 410 Sycamore Ave Mill Valley Contact: Karen Boyd karenraeboyd@gmail.com URL: www.foodaddicts.org

Cinema Italian Style Start Date: Friday 11/22/2019 — End Date: Sunday 11/24/2019 Admission:$14 GA The 1st edition of Cinema Italian Style opens at the Vogue Theatre on November 22 with a private screening of The Traitor, Italy’s entry to the Academy Awards® 2020 for Best Foreign Language Film, by renowned director Marco Bellocchio. The Traitorignites the screen with an incendiary Mafia drama about Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino), the man who brought down Cosa Nostra. The Traitor will be followed by The Invisible Witness, a clever thriller by Stefano Marradi, featuring Riccardo Scamarcio as a tech entrepreneur who is awakened by the police in a hotel room next to the dead body of his lover. Celebrate Italy’s best cinematic offerings at the 1st edition of Cinema Italian Style in San Francisco, November 22-24, 2019 at the Vogue Theatre. More details and tickets here: Location: 3290 Sacramento Street San Francisco Contact: Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it URL: https://iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2019/11/cinema-italian-s

Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Dance at Mansion Start Date: Saturday 11/23/2019 — End Date: Saturday 11/23/2019 Admission:20-35 Celebrate Thanksgiving a few days early at a lovely 12 acre private estate, featuring an upscale mansion and manicured gardens with a beautiful balustrade overlooking the Bay and heated pool. This is a beautiful Estate & Vineyard with ample parking for all. Prepare yourself for a wonderfully exciting and romantic evening, which includes Card Match Game, Door Prizes for the best-dressed women and men, and dancing to your favorite hits. Saturday, November 23, 2019. COST: $20/early advance or $25 last 3 days for Dance Party only, 8-11pm. $30/early advance or $35 last 3 days for both Dinner and Dance Party, 6:30-11pm. This party is limited to 180 singles, late 20s to late 50s. We anticipate a sold out event and strongly recommend you prepay. LOCATION: Private Estate, 45089 Cougar Terrace, Fremont CA 94539. Ample free parking. DRESS CODE: Semi-Formal or Black Tie Optional. Dark suites for Men. Cocktail or long dresses for women. CARD MATCH GAME: It’s hard to meet new friends in a big place full of strangers – very intimidating. Something has to break down the barriers. Our Card Match game inspires even the shyest person to meet everybody at the party! CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; San Francisco Singles, Singles Events & Travel, SF Bay Area Singles Events, Hidden Backroads Adventures, Your Asian Connection, South Bay Outdoor Adventure, Single Professionals Internet Network (SPIN), Indie Tom’s Hidden Backroads, Lifestyle Parties & Hiking, Single & Professional, Cougar Parties, Singles over 40 and Fun, Bay Area Asian Women, Backroads Wine Waterfall Adventures, and many other singles organizations. This is a fundraiser for The Seva Foundation, www.seva.org, to restore sight to the blind. Every $50 we raise at the party finances a cataract surgery for one blind person in one of the poor countries of the world! So please invite all of your single friends! MORE PARTIES at www.thepartyhotline.com. •Wine Tasting Party, Nov 16, Larkspur •East Bay Speed Dating, Nov 16, Fremont/Union City •Bohemian Grove Hike & Winery Tour, Nov 16, Freestone •Thursday Night Singles, Nov 21, Newark •Luxurious Napa Hotel Mixer, Nov 23, Napa •SF Speed Dating Convention, Nov 24, San Francisco •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael •SF Holiday Mixer, Dec 14, San Francisco •Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Dec 28, Mill Valley •New Years Eve Bash, Dec 31, TBA Location: 45089 Cougar Terrace Vineyards Fremont Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com