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KQED Events

Dreaming the Golden State with The California Report Magazine

Thursday, November 21 | 7:00 – 9:00pm
Brava Theater Center

On the frontier of the American imagination, California has always represented a place for expansion and reinvention. But what does the California Dream look and feel like today? Who gets to define it? Who gets to dream it? With nearly 40 million residents there are endless individual variations, but they are unified by a common, persistent yearning for some vision of a better life on the horizon.

Join The California Report Magazine for an evening of personal storytelling, live music, and movement, showcasing the rich variety, passion, and depth that animates all California dreamers. Featuring stories by journalists April Dembosky, Peter Gilstrap, and host Sasha Khokha, performances by dancer My-Linh and R&B singer Michael Marshall, and live epistolary readings by California residents about their own lived pursuits of golden opportunity. Your state, your dreams -- brought to poignant life onstage.

This event is part of the California Dream series, a statewide non-profit media collaboration focused on key issues of economic opportunity, quality of life and the future of the “California Dream” with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation. Local support for this event provided by San Francisco Performances, Smuin Contemporary Ballet and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.

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On Common Ground: Economic Inequality & Education

Thursday, November 14 | 6:00pm
SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street

How does economic inequality threaten the social fabric of the Bay Area? And what are we going to do about it together?

Part of the belief in American social mobility rests largely upon our faith that there is opportunity in education. Despite soaring college costs and historically high levels of student debt, an investment in a college degree still predicts higher earning power over a lifetime of work. Having access to quality primary education is one indicator of success in higher education. So how does the Bay Area score when it comes to residents at lower income levels getting access to quality schools? Are we making progress, or are the policies and systems we have in place replicating the income inequality in the Bay Area? And what can we do to turn the tables? Can quality public education level the opportunity and equity gaps?

KQED's Mina Kim hosts Kyla Johnson-Trammell (Oakland Unified School District), Patrick Murphy (Public Policy Institute of California), Na'ilah Suad Nasir (Spencer Foundation) for a discussion about the impact of economic inequality on Bay Area public education, how that redounds upon the health of our local democracy, and how to achieve full and equitable funding for schools.

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Champions of Magic

The five illusionists that make up this mind-bending production are coming to San Francisco this Thanksgiving weekend with a show to entertain the entire family, featuring interactive magic, escapes, prediction and mind-blowing levitations. KQED Members save 25% on select seats with promo code NPR25.

Local Events

Science Friday Live

November 16 | 8:00pm
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco

Join Ira Flatow and the rest of the SciFri crew as they uncover amazing science stories happening in San Francisco! You’ll hear from Bay Area scientists and members of KQED’s award-winning Deep Look team, science reporter and host Lauren Sommer, and lead producer and cinematographer Josh Cassidy. Plus, learn how a local science teacher and her students are battling environmental injustice. All that, and live music by Foxtails Brigade. Get ready for an evening exploring the worlds of invisible face mites, artificial intelligence and more!

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Partner Events

Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets

December 7-22, 2019
Cowell Theater

A Bay Area holiday tradition, Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets returns to San Francisco’s Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, from December 7 to December 22. This magical, 50-minute danced story with live music, is created for children of all ages. Choreographer Mark Foehringer and an ensemble cast give a contemporary twist on the classic holiday ballet.

Use code KQED_member for 10% discount.

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KQED Pre-Sale: An Evening with David Sedaris

May 7, 2020 | 7:30pm
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

Get first access to the best seats to see NPR contributor and best-selling author of Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris. Appearing for one night only at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, following the release of his newest book & New York Times #1 Best Seller, Calypso.

Code access to pre-sale: NPR

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