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RECURRING EVENTS
(events change, things change, please confirm first)
1st Thursdays:
PRSA First Thursdays
Monthly Networking for Public Relations and Business Professionals
6pm
Fee: No Charge, No-host bar, RSVPs encouraged.
XYZ Bar in the W Hotel
Third and Howard Streets
Valet parking available.
RSVP: www.prsasf.org
2nd Thursdays:
Sustainable Business Happy Hour - San Francisco
INFO: groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainableBusinessHappyHourSF/
2nd Thursdays:
12:00am to 1:15pm
Peer 2 Peer: The Leads Group for SVASE Members
Mark Harter, mharter@pacbell.net
INFO: www.svase.org
3rd Tuesdays:
Golden Gate Business Association (GGBA) Mixer
5:30 to 7 PM
FREE to GGBA Members, $10 for Guests
INFO: www.ggba.com
3rd Thursdays (typically):
Business After Hours
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Monthly Mixer
Cost is $10 for Chamber members;
$20 for prospective members; $5 additional at the door
INFO: www.sfchamber.com
3rd Wednesdays:
Sustainability Happy Hour - East Bay
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for anyone interested in sustainability, including green business, environmental and social causes, architecture and design, organics, renewable energy and more.
LOCATION: check the website for this month's location in Berkeley or Oakland
COST: Free
INFO: http://tinyurl.com/ld5hf
INFO: groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/cal
4th Tuesdays:
The Presidio Dialogues
7:00 PM
INFO: www.thepresidiodialogues.org
At Saybrook Graduate School & Research Center
747 Front Street (@ Broadway) Third Floor
In downtown San Francisco
415-249-1830
RSVP: info@ThePresidioDialogues.org
4th Tuesdays:
EcoTuesday Networking Forum
7pm - 9pm
EcoTuesday is a forum to network, collaborate, and engage with environmental and socially responsible business leaders.
Each month we will create an interactive dialogue and feature a visionary speaker from the sustainable business world.
LOCATION: Check website for the current location this month.
RSVP: www.ecotuesday.com
COST: $10.
INFO: ecotuesday@gmail.com
Last Wednesday of the Month:
7pm
PechaKucha
It's time for the design talent in San Francisco to "See & Be Seen."
Here's the chance for you, designers of all kinds, to tell the world about YOUR big ideas! Break out of those pesky specialities, see what cool things are going on right here in town. Who knows you might just stimulate some cross-discipline collaborations & connections & maybe even get inspired in the process.
LOCATION: 330 Ritch Street
cross street: Brannan & Townsend @ 3rd (SOMA)
COST: Free
INFO: www.pechakucha-sf.com
JUNE EVENTS
Sunday, May 31, 2009
1:00-4:00pm
Plug In to GRID!
Join GRID Alternatives for Plug In to GRID! - an exclusive afternoon party to learn about plug-in vehicles while raising money to bring renewable energy to low-income families. We will have dozens of electric vehicles on hand to check out and in some cases test ride or test drive - high-end sportscars like the Tesla Roadster, futuristic prototypes displayed by Stanford and PG&E, plug-in hybrid conversions, motorcycles, scooters, neighborhood electric vehicles and much more. We'll also have leaders from the venture capital and EV worlds on hand to talk about the future of electric transportation, including Josh Becker from New Cycle Capital; Sherry Boschert from Plug In America; Anup Jacob from Virgin Green Fund; John Suh from GM Advanced Technology Silicon Valley; and Saul Zambrano from PG&E's Clean Air Transportation Program.
All this plus drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and a silent auction under Google’s solar-powered carport at their campus in Mountain View. Tickets must be purchased in advance - space is limited and this event will sell out. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit www.gridalternatives.org/plugin. All proceeds support GRID Alternatives' work bringing renewable energy to low-income communities throughout California.
LOCATION: Google Solar Carport, Mountain View CA
RSVP: http://www.gridalternatives.org/plugin
COST: $125.00
INFO: Please contact Tracie Troxler at 510-652-4730 x316 or ttroxler@gridalternatives.org
Monday, June 1, 2009
6:00pm - 8:00pm
a conversation with author, Leonard Mlodinow
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Leonard Mlodinow, Author, The Drunkard's Walk
From economic disaster to Supreme Court rulings, pure randomness may explain life's outcomes more than we realize. Mlodinow proposes that we tend to overestimate the control we have over our destinies. The best-selling author will explain how a better understanding of statistics might bring hope to a nation facing an onslaught of misfortune.
LOCATION: The Commonwealth Club
595 Market St., 2nd floor
CROSS: Second
COST: $12 for Members, $18 for Non-members
INFO: http://www.commonwealthclub.org
INFO: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100015229807
Monday, June 1, 2009
7:00 PM
star chef event
J.Lorenzo, Chef of Fifth Floor Restaurant & J. Lauren, Chef at Absinthe will each create a special course for the collaborative 4 course dinner.
LOCATION: supperclub san francisco, 657 Harrison Street between 2nd and 3rd, San Francisco, CA 94107
RSVP: http://www.supperclub.com/index.php?ver_location=sanfrancisco
COST: $125.
INFO: sanfrancisco@supperclub.com, 415-348-0900
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
7:30 AM
Personal Branding in a Down Economy Presented by: Karen Kang
Take charge of your professional destiny by attending this unique personal branding seminar.
LOCATION: White and Lee LLP, 541 Jefferson Ave # 100, Redwood City, CA 94063 COST: $25 for members, $35 for non-members.
INFO: http://www.sdforum.org
Email: info@sdforum.org
Phone: 408-414-5950
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
5:30 pm
Green Credentials & Certifications - What you need to know!
As a business owner, how do you know which 'green credential' is right for you? And, how do you know which vendors are offering truly 'green' services and products?
GRI, FSC, CERES, CCAR, LEED, BAGB ....what do they all mean? Demand for environmental certifications has exploded - now everyone wants to be green and buy green!
Even the recent economic slowdown has not stemmed this tide. Businesses still want to reduce their carbon footprint and demonstrate their commitment to a sustainable planet.Susan Sakaki of EnviroSystems Group and Sustainable Earth Initiative guides us through the 'green haze' of acronyms, explaining the key features of each credential and the benefits each one offers your business!
LOCATION: Community Bank of The Bay
1750 Broadway, Oakland 94612
near 19th St. BART
RSVP: www.sustainablebiz.org
COST: $15 pre-registered SBA & GCC Members $20 pre-registered non members
Tuesday, June 2
6-7:30 p.m.
EVENING SYMPOSIUM
The Private City: The Founding Oligarchy of San Francisco
Nineteenth-century San Francisco went from a rough-and-tumble boomtown to a Victorian city with cosmopolitan ambitions. Its development was controlled by a small group of oligarchs: miners, industrialists, financiers and real estate speculators who hoped to forge a world-class metropolis in a single generation, enriching themselves in the process. Join panelists Chris Carlsson, social historian; Chris VerPlanck, architectural historian; Jeannene Przyblyski, artist, historian and professor at the San Francisco Art Institute; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Tuesday, June 2
The Organic Summit 2009
LOCATION: Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA
INFO: http://www.theorganicsummit.com
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
8:30 AM
Twitter - How to Leverage the New Must-Have Tool for Marketing
You'll learn the ABCs of Twitter and how to harness it successfully in the marketing of your business and its offerings.
LOCATION: Network Meeting Center at the Techmart, 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054
RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183364
COST: $60.
INFO: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183364
Email: inquiry@market4demand.com
Phone: 415-586-1196
Wednesday, June 3
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The Bay: shorelines and timelines
The Bay's shoreline is a dynamic interface constantly reshaped by erosion, sedimentation, and new - often temporary - cultural strategies. Historically, land has moved Bayward through fill, but now the Bay is accelerating landward, suggesting new scenarios. Robin Grossinger of the San Francisco Estuary Institute explores the fascinating and ongoing transformation of the Bay's geography.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
5:30pm
Sustainable Investing in 2009: From Crisis to Opportunity
The Obama Administration and new Democratic Congress take office at a time of extraordinary crisis but also potential opportunity. We now have the chance to contain the recession, shore up the financial system, and invest in a green economic renewal all at the same time. While all investors have a stake in advancing each of these objectives, the current global market meltdown actually provides a trillion-dollar “advertorial” for sustainable investing – and the basis for this timely workshop.
Sustainable investing means the full integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment analysis and decision making. Come learn why the best companies - and the best investments - are those that act in the public interest by pursuing wealth creation strategies that are sustainable and focused on the long term.
LOCATION: Anna's Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
RSVP: http://sba.memberlodge.org/events?eventIdb200&EventViewMode=EventDetails
COST: Free
June 4 to 7 and June 11 to 14
11th Annual San Francisco Black Film Festival
SFBFF spans the globe with works from Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States - The festival features diverse films from emerging and established filmmakers
INFO: http://www.sfbff.org/
FEATURED EVENT:
Thursday June 4, 2009
6 pm - PRE-EVENT RECEPTION Music, drinks and connecting
7 pm – DINNER AND PRESENTATION Delicious, organic dinner by Back to Earth
8 pm – A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
Evening – LIVE MUSIC AND DANCING
Weaving the Worlds 3.0
The Next Generation of Connectivity: A WEA Gala
A fundraiser for the Women’s Earth Alliance.
WEA is a global organization that unites women on the front lines of environmental justice causes, coordinating resources, training, and technology to support thriving women, communities and earth.
Live Music and Delicious Seasonal Organic Dinner
Produced by Back to Earth Organic Catering
Live African Music with Do'gon Lights
Delicious Seasonal Organic Dinner by Back to Earth Organic Catering
LOCATION: Golden Gate Club
Presidio of San Francisco
COST: $85/125
If you are unable to attend, please consider making a donation to our work. RSVP: http://www.womensearthalliance.org/article.php?id=400
INFO: http://www.womensearthalliance.org
INFO: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95944936203
Thursday, June 4, 2009
6:30pm
Strategies for the Green Economy: Joel Makower
speaks at the Harvard Club of San Francisco
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Joel Makower, executive editor of GreenBiz.com and co-founder of Clean Edge, to kick off the Harvard Club's new Clean Tech Thought Leader Series. For more than 20 years, Oakland-based Joel Makower has been one of the most respected voices and sought-after speakers on the greening of mainstream business. The Associated Press has called Joel “the guru of green business practices.”
INFO: http://harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#643
COST: Members: $15 Non-Members: $25
Price includes dinner.
INFO: augierakow @ post.harvard.edu
INFO: http://harvardclubsf.org/
MAP: http://www.alston.com/home.aspx
LOCATION: The University Club, 800 Powell St., San Francisco, CA 94108
RSVP: http://harvardclubsf.org/events/index.asp#643
COST: Members: $15 / Non-Members: $25. Cost includes dinner.
FEATURED EVENT:
Friday, June 5, 2009
6 pm reception
7 pm dinner
The California League of Conservation Voters presents the
27th Annual CLCV Environmental Leadership Awards Gala:
Voices of the New Green Economy
Honorees:
* Van Jones of White House Council on Environmental Quality
* F. Noel Perry of Next 10
* Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
INFO: http://www.ecovote.org/voices/
LOCATION: The Rotunda Building, 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California
COST: $300 and up
Saturday June 6 - Sunday June 7
Union Street Festival
INFO: http://www.unionstreetfestival.com/
Saturday & Sunday June 6-7 2009
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Celebration Weekend 2009
Where the pages of Sunset come to life!
In June 2009, Sunset will open its doors for our 12th annual Celebration Weekend. Every year, more than 21,000 Sunset fans pay to tour our gardens and test kitchen; mingle with our writers and editors; attend how-to seminars on home, travel, food, and garden; create projects straight from the magazine; and enjoy fine food, wine, and shopping.
LOCATION: Sunset Headquarters, 80 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025
INFO: http://www.sunset.com/marketplace/celebration-weekend-2009-00400000038329/
INFO: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=59131544139
Saturday, June 6, 2009
7:00 AM
Build the Bay Area Ridge Trail with V-O-Cal & Muir Heritage Land Trust
Volunteers for Outdoor California (V-O-Cal), Muir Heritage Land Trust & Bay Area Ridge Trail Council will build a new section of Ridge Trail.
LOCATION: Fernandez Ranch, Christie Road, Hercules, CA 94303
RSVP: http://vocal.civicore.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Events.View&Event_ID=55&fulldesc=true&fullinfo=false
COST: No charge; Pre-registration required.
INFO: http://v-o-cal.org
Email: cpeck@v-o-cal.org
Phone: 650-298-9774
Saturday, June 6, 2009
11:00 AM
East Bay Open Studios 2009
LOCATION: Pro Arts Gallery, 550 Second Street, Oakland, CA 94607
COST: Free.
INFO: http://www.proartsgallery.org/ebos/event.html
Email: info@proartsgallery.org
Phone: 510-763-4361
7 June 1867
Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday
Tuesday, June 9
3:30-5 p.m.
WALKING TOUR
Potrero Point/Pier 70: past and future
Potrero Point, where Pier 70 sits on the eastern waterfront, was the most important center of heavy industry in the western U.S. for over 100 years. Today, the Port of San Francisco is leading the effort to create a Master Plan for the area that will accommodate ship repair, historic preservation, environmental cleanup, and new development and open space. Architectural historian Chris VerPlanck and Diane Oshima from the Port lead a walking tour of this dynamic site.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Second Tuesday of each Month:
Tuesday, June 9
5:30-7:30 pm
Green Drinks-Tri-Valley-Livermore
What is Green Drinks?
Green Drinks is an informal gathering of green-minded folks mixing it up over a pint or two to network, socialize and learn about the green business movement.
The event is simple and unstructured where many have found employment, made new contacts, shared and developed new ideas, discovered new partnerships as well as made new friends. All are welcome. Just ask, “are you green?”
LOCATION: First Street Ale House, 2086 First St., Livermore, back patio
COST: No Host Bar & Food
INFO: http://tv-greendrinks.org/
Wednesday, June 10
12:30-1:30 p.m.
San Francisco's grid
The hills of San Francisco have always been eccentric - and charismatic - but the streets that cross and climb them are a legacy of 19th century planning. UC Berkeley professor Peter Bosselmann explores how the City's original grid continues to shape contemporary urban planning and design.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
WEDNESDAY JUNE 10:
5:30 p.m. check-in
6:30 p.m. program
Chevron + Sierra Club: Drilling for Common Ground
Dave O'Reilly, CEO, Chevron
Carl Pope, Executive Director, The Sierra Club
Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal - Moderator
Chevron and the Sierra Club both see renewable fuels as a growing part of
our future. Yet as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy, they have
different views on how that change should occur and who should bear the
costs. Higher taxes? Voluntary conservation and efficiency? Government
mandates? In their first-ever public conversation, O'Reilly and Pope
discuss balancing energy and the environment in the 21st century.
LOCATION: Hotel Nikko
COST: General seating $15 members, $30 non-members. Premium (seating in first few rows) $45 members, $65 non-members
INFO: https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=1088
Thursday, June 11
10-11:30 a.m.
WALKING TOUR
Golden Gate Park: an unnatural history
The nature of Golden Gate Park is deceptive: once an undesirable drift of sand dunes far from town, now the English-style sculpted landscape is one of the City's most treasured recreational grounds. Marina McDougall and Alison Sant of the Studio for Urban Projects lead a tour of the east side of the park, to explore how the park represents changing ideas of nature in the city.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Thursday, June 11, 2009
5:15pm - 8:30pm
GREEN BUSINESS AWARDS
Green Business Awards -- We will honor the leaders and entrepreneurs in green business, clean tech, energy conservation, alternative energy, and the best and the brightest innovators and champions of green and sustainable business practices. Be a part of the celebration!
LOCATION: Hilton San Francisco, 333 O'Farrell Street
INFO: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/event/5999
SECOND THURSDAY of the MONTH
Thursday, June 11, 2009
5:30pm
SF Sustainable Business Happy Hour
(Green Business Drinks)
LOCATION: Elixir Bar on 16th St. @ Guerrero.
INFO: Tiffany@GreenKeyRealEstate.com
INFO: SustainableBusinessHappyHourSF@yahoogroups.com
Saturday & Sunday June 13 & 14, 2009
North Beach Festival
Outdoor arts and crafts celebration, with music stages, entertainment, celebrity chefs and exhibitions.
INFO: http://sfnorthbeach.org/NBFestival/
Sunday June 14, 2009
Haight Ashbury Street Fair
Celebration of the Haight’s history and culture, with music stages, food, drink, and other vendors.
INFO: http://www.haightashburystreetfair.org/
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
8:00 AM
Creating Social Media Success for Consultants
A seminar featuring Shel Holtz on Twitter, Irene Koehler on LinkedIn, and Sara Smith on Facebook to teach how to capitalize on the popularity of each.
LOCATION: Michael's at Shoreline Park, 2960 North Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043
RSVP: http://www.kintera.org/autogen/home/default.asp?ievent=313847
COST: By 6/1/09: Members $79; Partners/Affil $99; Nonmembers $119.
INFO: http://www.kintera.org/autogen/home/default.asp?ievent=313847
Email: info@womeninconsulting.org
Phone: 408-266-9658
Tuesday, June 16
6-7:30 p.m.
The Reformed City: Progressivism in the Wake of Disaster
The disaster of 1906 lent new urgency to existing debates about the future of San Francisco. How would the city grow and compete with rivals? What should be the role of the voting public, political parties, government officials, planners, business and labor? Out of these debates and associated social conflicts would rise a new city and a unique San Francisco version of American progressivism and urban form. Join panelists William Issel, professor of history emeritus at San Francisco State University; Richard Walker, chair of the California Studies Center at UC Berkeley; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, June 17
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The City Beautiful movement
The Progressive era's issues echo those of today: government reform was paramount, expansion of public services was stressed, and new city agencies and philanthropic foundations were created to address social ills. Architectural historian and author Sally Woodbridge discusses how civic reform was tied to civic design, as the City Beautiful movement embraced Classical architecture.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Wednesday, June 17
5:30 pm Reception
6:00 pm Program
7:00pm Book signing
The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning
James Lovelock, Scientist; Author; Inventor
The originator of the Gaia Hypothesis (now considered by his supporters to
be the Gaia Theory), Lovelock argues that the Earth is lurching closer to a
permanent “hot state” - and the final move, when it comes, could be faster
than most specialists think. To survive, he says, mankind must start
preparing for life on a radically changed planet.
LOCATION: The Commonwealth Club
595 Market St., 2nd floor
CROSS: Second
COST: $8 for Members, $15 for Non-members
INFO: https://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/open.asp?show=1211
3rd Wednesday of the Month:
Wednesday, June 17
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Sustainability Happy Hour - East Bay
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for anyone interested in sustainability, including green business, environmental and social causes, architecture and design, organics, renewable energy and more.
INFO: http://tinyurl.com/ld5hf
LOCATION: check the website for this month's location in Berkeley or Oakland
INFO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/
COST: Free
June 18 to 28, 2009
Frameline
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival
Largest LBGT film festival, with a variety of screenings and events.
INFO: http://www.frameline.org/
Thursday, June 18
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The Burnham Plan and its legacy
Stephen Tobriner, professor of architecture emeritus at UC Berkeley, explores Daniel Burnham's 1905 master plan for San Francisco, a vision for the “Paris of America” that went unrealized in the wake of the 1906 disaster.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Friday, June 19, 2009
6:00 PM
20/20 New Photographic work by Najib Joe Hakim
MSG presents: '20/20: New photographic works by Najib Joe Hakim' June 2nd through the 30th. Gallery reception on Friday, June 19th, from 6-8pm.
LOCATION: Market Street Gallery, 1554 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
RSVP:
COST: Free and open to the public.
INFO: http://www.marketstreetgallery.com
Phone: 415-290-1441
Saturday, Sunday June 20 & 21
11-7PM
San Francisco Junteenth Festival
Located at Civic Center Plaza
Outdoor festival with music, food, informational booths, seminars - www.sfjuneteenth.org
LOCATION: Civic Center Plaza
RSVP: www.sfjuneteenth.org
COST: free
Tuesday June 23, 2009
8pm
Green Speed Dating
Green Speed Dating (or “carbon neutral love”) brings together single people, living in the same area, who care about the environment, believe in sustainability, and would like to meet others who feel the same way. At a Green Speed Dating event, you'll meet 10-20 people of the opposite sex in your age range and will get to talk to each person for 3 minutes. When the 3 minutes is up, the organizer rings a bell and you rotate to the next person. After you've talked to each person, you let us know who you would like to get to know better, we send you each other's contact information and you take it from there! Green Speed Dating is a fun way to meet new friends, network, have a great time, and possibly even find your match. All proceeds help bring solar energy to Nicaragua throgh the not for profit Power to the People. To sign up for a Green Speed Dating event please visit www.greenspeeddating.org
LOCATION: Bobby G's Pizzeria 2072 University Avenue Berkeley, Calif. 94704
RSVP: www.greenspeeddating.org
COST: $20
INFO: Please email greenspeeddating@gmail.com to sign up.
Wednesday, June 24
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Saving Chinatown after 1906
The relationship between the City and its Chinese community has often depended on the economic climate. Sue Lee, executive director of the Chinese Historical Society of America, discusses how efforts by the establishment to move Chinatown out of the city after the earthquake and fire were resisted - and led to the adoption of chinoiserie as an architectural strategy to define territory. Today, with liberalized immigration laws, new populations are adopting their own strategies for survival.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
4th Thursday of the month
Thursday 25 June
12:00 to 1:30pm
Tri-Valley Sustainable Business Alliance networking lunch
LOCATION: varies (Pleasant Asian Cuisine 5901 Owens Drive, Pleasanton
RSVP: Steve Melgoza 925-371-6732
COST: $12.00
TVSBA is a non-profit membership organization committed to sustainable business policies and practices. Many members are Alamend & contra costa certified Green Businesses.
RSVP: jim@righttrac.com
4th Thursdays of the Month
Thursday 25 June
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Green Drinks Sustainability Networking
Sponsored by North Bay Sustainable Business Alliance
Please join us for a lively social and networking gathering for business people interested in sustainability, including green business, architecture, design, organics, clean energy, local economy and other topics.
Appetizers provided, hosted bar.
Bring your business cards and invite your sustainable business friends!
RSVP: Diane@TheRedwoodGrove.com
LOCATION: Novato Oaks Inn, 215 Alameda del Prado Ave, Novato
RSVP: www.NBSBA.org
COST: $20
June 27 & 28, 2009
San Francisco Pride 2008
One of the largest LBGT Pride celebration in the world. Two-day event, with the Parade along Market Street taking place on Jun 28.
INFO: http://sanfrancisco.about.com/od/sanfranciscopride/p/sfpride.htm
Sunday, June 28, 2009
2:00 PM
Green Gala | Garden Party 2009
Join our Green Gala Fundraiser featuring a sustainable fashion show held in our Redwood Grove Amphitheater followed by festivities in the Garden.
LOCATION: UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley, 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-5045
RSVP: http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/gardeparty/GP09/GardenParty.html
COST: $95 in advance, $115 at the door.
INFO: http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/gardeparty/GP09/GardenParty.html
Email: garden@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-643-7265
Tuesday, June 30
6-7:30 p.m.
Beyond the City: Turning toward Regional Challenges
True regional planning has been the elusive goal of many generations of Bay Area planners. While the region boasts some great successes - saving the Bay, preserving the greenbelt and the building of BART - we still struggle to adequately manage regional land use. This symposium will trace the current state of regional planning, and assess how new climate change laws give hope for greater regional coordination. Join panelists Radhika Fox of PolicyLink; Mike Teitz, professor emeritus in regional planning at UC Berkeley; Will Travis, executive director of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission; Egon Terplan, SPUR's regional planning director; and exhibition curator Benjamin Grant.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Thursday, July 2
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Silicon Valley & our regional economy
Unique among U.S. cities, the key economic driver of San Francisco and the Bay Area developed not in its urban center but in the agricultural countryside to the south. Yet as Silicon Valley has evolved from the land of innovative start-ups to become home to the largest and most established business headquarters in the region, less clear is where the Silicon Valley economy begins and ends - and what its long-term prospects will be for the entire Bay Area. Two leading economists - Russ Hancock, CEO and president of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley, and Ted Egan, chief economist for the City and County of San Francisco - discuss whether the Silicon Valley economy is becoming the Bay Area economy.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Saturday July 4th, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! 233 and counting.
Saturday & Sunday July 4 & 5, 2009
Fillmore Jazz Festival
Stages along Fillmore showcase Bay Area jazz talent.
INFO: http://www.fillmorejazzfestival.com/
Wednesday, July 8
Time: TBD
Edge cities: redefining suburbia
In the 1980s, edge cities pulled jobs from the central cities and remade the suburbs as car-oriented employment centers. Today, those edge cities are in the middle of the region and often have major transit lines running through them. What happens next to remake suburbia and the transit stations within it? Leading this tour along the Pittsburgh/Baypoint BART line are John Rennels from BART; Gary Craft, principal and founder of Craft Consulting Group and a Contra Costa Council board member; and Jim Kennedy, redevelopment director for Contra Costa County, who will explore transit-oriented development in the county and assess the future of suburbia - for both jobs and housing.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
Thursday, July 9
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The future of open space
The Bay Area leads the nation in open space preservation near its urban core. But the region sits next to the country's most threatened farmland and the urban sprawl of the San Joaquin Valley. Is the future of the open space movement in the Bay Area to look beyond the nine counties to address watershed and farmland preservation in the Delta and Central Valley, or is it to shift to new strategies that make our current preserved land more accessible? Join the discussion with two of the leading open space activists in the region - Jeremy Madsen, executive director of Greenbelt Alliance, and John Cain, director of restoration programs at the Natural Heritage Institute.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
July 10 to 12, 2009
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Three days of silent films at the Castro Theatre.
INFO: http://www.silentfilm.org/
July 15 to 18, 2009
The Crucible's 9th Annual Fire Arts Festival
Crucible's Fire Art Arena - Kirkham & 7th in Oakland
Celebrates creation through fire and light with an open-air exhibition of fire art
INFO: http://www.thecrucible.org/
Thursday, 16 Jul 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
AIGA SF announces D.Talks, a series of discussions on the business of design
Interactive Interaction
What role does research and prototyping play in interactive design? Learn which methods are most effective.
INFO: http://aigasf.org/events/2009/07/16/dtalks_interactive
LOCATION: AIGA San Francisco
130 Sutter Street, Suite 600
COST: Members: $10.00; Non-Members: $15.00
Saturday & Sunday July 18 & 19
The Renegade Craft Fair
LOCATION: Fort Mason
Large DIY craft fair with an edge - featuring comic books, to silk-screened posters, to jewelry and reconstructing clothing
INFO: http://www.renegadecraft.com/
Sunday July 19, 2009
AIDS Walk San Francisco
LOCATION: Golden Gate Park - Sharon Meadow
Participants get pledges to benefit the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
INFO: http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/index.html
Tuesday 21 July
4 - 8pm
2009 INDUSTRY SHOWCASE
California Legislative Coalition for Interior Design
A fundraiser to advance the profession of Interior Design in California
INFO: www.clcid.org
LOCATION: Radisson Newport Beach
4545 MacArthur Blvd
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
2009 Industry Showcase, Newport Beach
A fundraiser to advance the profession of Interior Design in California
LOCATION: Radisson Newport Beach
4545 MacArthur Blvd.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
INFO: http://www.clcid.org/events.html
Wednesday, July 22
12:30-1:30 p.m.
WALKING TOUR
High Modernism in San Francisco
John Kriken of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill leads a tour of some of the most distinctive and emblematic examples of Modernist architecture and urban design in San Francisco, including the Crown-Zellerbach Building and the Golden Gateway development.
RSVP: Limited to 20 SPUR members; RSVP to tours@spur.org.
INFO: http://www.spur.org
LOCATION: SPUR Urban Center, 654 Mission Street (between Third & New Montgomery)
COST: free for SPUR members / $5
July 23 to Aug 10, 2009
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
The world’s first and largest Jewish film festival, using film and media arts to foster cultural understanding.
INFO: http://www.sfjff.org/
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