3200 California Street
San Francisco, California 94118
Events:
Keyboard Conversations
Concerts with Commentary
Jeffrey Siegel, Pianist and Host
Keyboard Conversations are for anyone who loves music. Each program begins with an insightful and entertaining prologue on the music and its c...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-12 20:00:00
"The Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder
In conversation with hip-hop journalist and author Jeff Chang
For many readers, the exploits of Huey and Riley, African-American inner-city youths exiled to the suburbs in The Boondocks comic strip, a...
Category: Education, 20:00:00, 2007-04-19 20:00:00
Klezmer Mountain Boys
Klezmer meets Bluegrass!
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett takes genres literally worlds apart and finds their uniting spirit. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melod...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-04-21 20:00:00
An Evening with Robert Klein
Comic great Robert Klein has been making us laugh on Broadway, as well as film and tv screens since his Second City days. His stage credits include “They’re Playing our Song” and Wendy Wasserste...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-28 20:00:00
Robert Thurman: Eastern Traditions and Jewish Life
An international authority on world religions and spirituality, Asian history, philosophy and Tibetan Buddhism, Thurman is an eloquent teacher of the relevance of Eastern knowledge and ideas to our da...
Category: Education, 20:00:00, 2007-05-03 20:00:00
Yuri Lane -- Making of a Human Beatbox
This guy is amazing... who knew humans could make sounds like this.
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-05 20:00:00
The Heather Gold Show
nspired by her Shabbat Salons, comedian Heather Gold (I Look Like An Egg, but I Identify As A Cookie) has created an innovative talk show that feels like This American Life in real-time. Heather gathe...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-11 20:00:00
Alan Dershowitz: The Case for Israel
Co-sponsored by Hillel at Stanford University
Alan Dershowitz has been called “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world,” “the top lawyer of last resort,” and “America’s most public Jew...
Category: Education, 12:30:00, 2007-05-13 12:30:00
Meredith Monk in Concert
A pioneer in extended vocal technique and interdisciplinary performance MacArthur “Genius” Meredith Monk has alternately been proclaimed a "magician of the voice" and "o...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-16 20:00:00
ODC/Dance
Back by popular demand, ODC/Dance’s high-energy troupe delights the imagination and thrills the senses with their magical moves. In an interactive performance specially created for families with you...
Category: Performing Arts, 17:00:00, 2007-05-19 17:00:00
Essence of Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training with Karl Erb
The ESSENCE OF YOGA, Fall 2007
with Karl Erb
Advanced Studies ~ Apprenticeship
A Hatha/Ashtanga Yoga Continuing Education Program
for teachers and passionate students.
THE PROGRAM
* Weekly Advance...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2007-09-08 20:00:00
Advanced Asana Practice with Karl Erb: A Comprehensive Pract...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: Advanced Asana Practice
Essential Actions in Asana:
Practice foundational actions in the Legs and Pelvis. Learn to unlock the t...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-09-15 13:30:00
Advanced Asana Practice with Karl Erb: Mula Bandha in Standi...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: Advanced Asana Practice
Essential Actions in Asana:
Practice foundational actions in the Legs and Pelvis. Learn to unlock the t...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-09-16 13:30:00
Advanced Asana Practice with Karl Erb: Arm Balances and Inve...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: Advanced Asana Practice
Essential Actions in Asana:
Practice foundational actions in the Legs and Pelvis. Learn to unlock the t...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-09-23 13:30:00
Here Comes The Sea Followed By An Ocean: Dances For Lutes.
In this world premiere, a specially commissioned composition features several master musicians from Azerbaijan, India, China, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, Kurdistan and the U.S. This international coll...
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-09-23 19:00:00
Jewface with Jody Rosen
Irving Berlin and Al Jolson were among many early 20th century Jewish artists with an affinity for blackface minstrelsy. They composed ragtime, put on burnt cork and vaulted from immigrant upstarts to...
Category: Media, 20:00:00, 2007-09-24 20:00:00
The Friend Center for the Arts and the San Francisco World M...
This exciting Israeli-Moroccan singer’s renditions of traditional Pan-Mediterranean music are presented in Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish. Her seductively beautiful voice and her stirring message of pe...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-09-25 20:00:00
The Friend Center for the Arts and the San Francisco World M...
This exciting Israeli-Moroccan singer’s renditions of traditional Pan-Mediterranean music are presented in Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish. Her seductively beautiful voice and her stirring message of pe...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-09-25 20:00:00
Essence of Yoga with Karl Erb: Pranayama, Kirtan and Philoso...
Pranayama, Kirtan and Philosophy is part of the Essence of Yoga: Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students (42 hours, 7 weekends).
A Deep study in Asana, Pranayama, Philo...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-09-29 13:30:00
Essence of Yoga with Karl Erb: The Art of Teaching
The Art of Teaching is part of the Essence of Yoga: Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students (42 hours, 7 weekends).
A Deep study in Asana, Pranayama, Philosophy (Jnana)...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-09-30 13:30:00
Wise Talk with Wild Women
What do Delancey Street founder Mimi Silbert, veteran broadcaster Belva Davis, and Alumnae Resources founder Glady Thacher have in common? They’re all productive, vibrant women over 60, and their s...
Category: Media, 20:00:00, 2007-10-01 20:00:00
Pranayama, Kirtan and Philosophy with Karl Erb: Philosophy &...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: Pranayama, Kirtan and Philosophy
Pranayama:
Exploration of breath and energy, or prana. Learn preparation and fundamentals of t...
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-10-05 19:00:00
The Art of Teaching with Karl Erb: Essential Principles of O...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: The Art of Teaching
Art of Teaching:
Cultivate your teaching skills through the Essential Principles of Touch, Adjustment, Obse...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-10-06 13:30:00
The Art of Teaching with Karl Erb: Essential Principles of T...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: The Art of Teaching
Art of Teaching:
Cultivate your teaching skills through the Essential Principles of Touch, Adjustment, Obse...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-10-07 13:30:00
Feinsmith Quartet with Special Guest Scott Amendola
San-Francisco based Feinsmith Quartet, known for its powerful new sound with an ecstatic spiritual bent, appears in concert with special guest Scott Amendola. A super-group in the most complete sense ...
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-10-08 19:00:00
Ben Levy & LEVYdance present: Bone Lines
LEVYdance
World Premiere
Named by Dance Magazine one of "The Top 25 to Watch," LEVYdance will present an invigorating evening of original works. The program will include the world pr...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-12 20:00:00
Ben Levy & LEVYdance present: Bone Lines
LEVYdance
World Premiere
Named by Dance Magazine one of "The Top 25 to Watch," LEVYdance will present an invigorating evening of original works. The program will include the world pr...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-13 20:00:00
The Art of Teaching with Karl Erb: Finding Your Voice: Theor...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: The Art of Teaching
Art of Teaching:
Cultivate your teaching skills through the Essential Principles of Touch, Adjustment, Obse...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-10-14 13:30:00
Pranayama, Kirtan and Philosophy with Karl Erb: Kirtan and T...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: Pranayama, Kirtan and Philosophy
Pranayama:
Exploration of breath and energy, or prana. Learn preparation and fundamentals of t...
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-11-02 19:00:00
The Art of Teaching with Karl Erb: Sequencing 1: Sequencing ...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: The Art of Teaching
Art of Teaching:
Cultivate your teaching skills through the Essential Principles of Touch, Adjustment, Obse...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-11-03 13:30:00
Sequencing 2 with Karl Erb: Sequencing Your Personal Practic...
Advanced Training and Apprenticeship for Teachers and Seasoned Students: The Art of Teaching
Art of Teaching:
Cultivate your teaching skills through the Essential Principles of Touch, Adjustment, Obse...
Category: , 13:30:00, 2007-11-04 13:30:00
The Hub Shabbat Dinner
The Hub Shabbat dinner will feature a special performance and Q&A with performer Daniel Kahn , and a delicious kosher style dinner catered by La Cocina, a non-profit organization dedicated to ...
Category: Social, 18:00:00, 2007-11-16 18:00:00
Travel Adventure Cinema: Sahel, A West African Journey
Travel Adventure Cinema
Weekday Film Series featuring Filmaker Talk Back
Spend an afternoon in comfortable Kanbar Hall exploring three different stories that unlock the mysteries of people, places and...
Category: Other, 14:00:00, 2007-11-28 14:00:00
Odessa/Havana- The Klezmer Cuban Connection
Odessa/Havana:
The Klezmer Cuban Connection
With David Buchbinder and Hilario Duran
Canadian trumpeter and founder of Toronto’s famed Ashkenaz Festival David Buchbinder teams up with Cuban-born Juno...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-12-01 20:00:00
The Great Broadway Sing-a-long
The Friend Center December tradition continues as producer Ellie Mednick brings us another fun filled evening of music from the pantheon of Broadway greats. Whether it is Rogers & Hammerstein,...
Category: Other, 20:00:00, 2007-12-13 20:00:00
Mark Russell: The Laughter and Song of Politics
Whenever Mark Russell is down in the dumps, he opens the newspaper and immediately cheers up. Practically everything he sees strikes him funny. Some days, he says, the jokes jump off the pages and wri...
Category: Other, 17:00:00, 2007-12-15 17:00:00
Mark Russell: The Laughter and Song of Politics
Whenever Mark Russell is down in the dumps, he opens the newspaper and immediately cheers up. Practically everything he sees strikes him funny. Some days, he says, the jokes jump off the pages and wri...
Category: Other, 20:00:00, 2007-12-15 20:00:00
Travel Adventure Cinema: Tibet, A Light in the Darkness
Travel Adventure Cinema
Weekday Film Series featuring Filmaker Talk Back
Spend an afternoon in comfortable Kanbar Hall exploring three different stories that unlock the mysteries of people, places and...
Category: Other, 14:00:00, 2007-12-19 14:00:00
The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds
In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths. They inhabit the waters, forests, and fields, luring people to them with their mesmer...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-04 20:00:00
The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds
In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths. They inhabit the waters, forests, and fields, luring people to them with their mesmer...
Category: , 20:00:00, 2008-01-05 20:00:00
The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds
In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths. They inhabit the waters, forests, and fields, luring people to them with their mesmer...
Category: , 14:00:00, 2008-01-06 14:00:00
Iris Bahr in "Dai" (Enough)- Israelis on the Brink
Iris Bahr in DAI (Enough):
Israelis on the Brink
Israeli American actress, stand-up artist and neuroscientist Iris Bahr presents a startling, provocative, and miraculously entertaining solo show about...
Category: Other, 20:00:00, 2008-01-10 20:00:00
Jhumpa Lahiri
Category: Education, 20:00:00, 2008-04-15 20:00:00