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Brother Ray – A tribute to the late, great Ray Charles Start Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 Admission:$20 in advance / $25 day-of-show Often referred to as “The Genius”, Ray Charles Robinson was affectionately known among friends and fellow musicians as “Brother Ray”. Ranked number 2 on the Rolling Stone’s “Top 100 Greatest Singers of All Time” list, Ray Charles was most well known for pioneering the soul music genre in the 1950s by combining rhythm and blues, blues and gospel, and contributing to the genres of country and pop music. “Brother Ray” left a strong musical legacy, influencing many individuals and musicians, including Oakland’s very own, Bryan Dyer. Manifesting a life-long dream, Dyer brings together some of the finest musicians in the Bay Area to create “Brother Ray – A Tribute to the late great Ray Charles”. At this debut performance, you will enjoy a mix of blues, rock and pop, and expect to hear classics like ” Hit the Road Jack”, “What’d I Say” and “Georgia” along with some of Brother Ray’s own holiday favorites. Location: 2513 Blanding Ave Alameda Contact: Rythmix info@rhythmix.org URL: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/brother-ray/

Mini Masterpieces Holiday Art Show Start Date: Friday 11/8/2019 — End Date: Friday 11/8/2019 Admission:free Opening Reception: Friday, November 8, 2019, 6-9pm Exhibition Dates: November 8 – December 21, 2019 Art Jam invites you to celebrate the holidays with Mini Masterpieces Holiday Art Show presenting small & affordable artworks by local artists — Now in it’s 9th year. Give the Gift of ART! Brought to you by the makers of Art Jam! Featuring works by Marc Ribaud, Alice Dockter, Bill Jeng, Darv Teare, Judith Threadgill, JoAnne Yada, Chrissy Collins, Lynn Landry, d’Arci Bruno, Arielle Crenshaw, Mark P. Fisher and more! Location: 2513 Blanding Ave Alameda Contact: Rythmix info@rhythmix.org URL: https://www.rhythmix.org/events/mini-masterpieces-2019/

San Francisco Singles Holiday Party Start Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 — End Date: Saturday 12/14/2019 Admission:$10 at the door San Francisco’s newest boutique hotel is a great venue for sharing the holidays with new friends! Only $10 at the door includes light food, served at 6pm, 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. Saturday, Dec 14, 2019, 6-8pm. LOCATION: BEI Hotel, 50 Eight Street, in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center area. Conveniently located across from BART and MUNI. Limited free street parking after 6pm. 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! CO-SPONSORED by The Society of Single Professionals, the world’s largest non-profit singles organization; and by many singles meetups. MORE SINGLES 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 •East Bay Speed Dating, Nov 16, Fremont/Union City •Wine Tasting Party, Nov 16, Larkspur •Thursday Night Singles, Nov 21, Newark •Luxurious Napa Hotel Mixer, Nov 23, Napa •The Thanksgiving Ball at The Fairmont, Nov 30, San Francisco •Marin Holiday Mixer, Dec 13, San Rafael Location: 50 8th St Mid-Market San Francisco Contact: Rich Gosse rich@richgosse.com URL: https://www.thepartyhotline.com

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