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Location
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Contact |
Notes |
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center | www.ashkenaz.com | Kristen
Sbrogna | Berkeley's all-ages home for world music and dance since 1973. Features live music from national, international, and local artists six nights a week, focusing on world and roots music. Many performances offer dance lessons prior to the performance that are included in the ticket price. Also hosts dozens of dance and movement classes and workshops in the two studio spaces, and provide space for the community to hold events, fundraisers, benefits, and also private events. |
Cal Performances | www.calperfs.berkeley.edu | Laura
Abrams | Dance, theater, music performances. Variety of educational programs oriented to college students, including individualized activities. 1/2-price tickets to all performances for UCB students. See Resources page for information on Consortium for the Arts discounts. |
Hertz Hall of Music (Alfred Hertz Memorial Hall of Music) | http://music.berkeley.eduhttp://music.berkeley.edu/performance | concerts@berkeley.edu | Hertz Hall of Music is the performance space for the Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley, seats 678, and is considered one of the best concert spaces in the State of California. Hertz Hall houses a popular free Noon Concert Series and a full roster of evening and weekend concerts by superb student ensembles. Student and faculty performances feature music of many cultures and centuries performed by the University Symphony and Choruses, Gamelan, Baroque, African Drumming & Dance, Gospel Chorus, Wind, Jazz & Improvised, and new music , as well as a professional recital series presented by Cal Performances. It is named for longtime conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Hertz, who contributed funds for its construction. Many performances are free, UCB student tickets are $5, general admission is $15. |
La Peña | www.lapena.org |
510-849-2568 Bookings exts. #11 & #17 |
La Peña is a community cultural center with a national reputation and a global vision that promotes peace, social justice and cultural understanding through the arts, education and social action. As a welcoming gathering place, La Peña provides opportunities for artists to share diverse cultural traditions, to create and perform their work, and to support and interface with diverse social movements. Annually, La Peña presents over 200 events with emerging and established artists; organizes an arts education program; produces new works by local artists, presents internationally and nationally renowned artists, and houses a Latin American cafe which complements the organization's mission. |
Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts |
http://www.carnaval.com/malonga/
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(510) 238-7219 askmalonga@malongacenter.org |
Oakland's community center for dance and music (primarily classes rather than performances) |
Marines Memorial Theater |
www.marinesmemorialtheatre.com 609 Sutter St., SF/ Powell St. BART
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Roxanne Goodfellow Theatre Manager 415-447-0199 roxannegoodfellow@marineclub.com |
This historic theatre is available as a San Francisco event venue for keynotes, celebrations, educational presentations and more. They are also dedicated to bringing the best national, international and local Music, Dance, Author Talks & Lectures and theatrical or film presentations to Bay Area audiences. |
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | www.missionculturalcenter.org
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Jason Wallach: Events & Media Coordinator (415) 821-1155 Leticia Paez, Arts Ed/Outreach Coordinator | Latino community center for dance, music, politics,
film. |
San Francisco Opera | www.sfopera.com | 415- 861-4008 | Opera, with many educational activities: dress rehearsals, student group tickets, lectures, classroom materials, workshops. |
San Francisco Performances | www.performances.org/ | Christine Lim | Presents dance and (primarily) classical music at a number of theaters (Herbst, Legion of Honor, Davies Symphony Hall, etc). Strong educational programs: lectures, residencies, workshops. |
San Francisco Symphony | www.sfsymphony.org | General Admin: (415) 552-8000, Box Office: (415) 864-6000 rgallman@sfsymphony.org | Community engagement activities: lectures, free concerts, group sales, outreach |
Stanford Lively Arts | http://livelyarts.stanford.edu |
Ruth Mikusko, mikusko@stanford.edu, 650-725-1960 |
Dance, music, and theater performances. Numerous educations programs (designed for college students) |
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | www.ybca.org | Laurel Butler 415.978.2700 lbutler@YBCA.org
| Performances of dance, music, theater, and a gallery. Numerous education programs, including $3-$5 tickets for college student groups depending on the galleries open, lectures, gallery tours, artist talks. |