Posts Tagged ‘Inforum’
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
On Thursday, October 6th, 2011, INFORUM and the Commonwealth Club will present…
The Race for Mayor 2011 – “Don’t miss a rare opportunity to get face to face with all 16 mayoral candidates of San Francisco and hear them address the issues you come face to face with every day: Muni, parks, pensions, open government, the budget and more.”
Get your tickets now, as this one will surely sell out.
All your favorites will be there:
Jeff Adachi, Public Defender, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Michela Alioto-Pier, Former Supervisor, San Francisco District 2; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Cesar Ascarrunz, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
John Avalos, Supervisor, San Francisco District 11; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Terry Baum, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
David Chiu, Supervisor, President of the Board, San Francisco District 3; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Paul Currier, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Bevan Dufty, Former Supervisor, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Tony Hall, Former Supervisor, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Dennis Herrera, City Attorney, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Emil Lawrence, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Ed Lee, Mayor, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Wilma Pang, Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Joanna Rees, Entrepreneur; Educator; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Phil Ting, Assessor, San Francisco; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Leland Yee, State Senator, California District 8; Mayoral Candidate 2011, SF
Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Co-Host, Necessary Conversations - Moderator
Beth Spotswood, Culture Blogger, SFGate.com; Co-host, Necessary Conversations – MC
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 8 p.m. reception
Cost: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Tickets and info: http://bit.ly/Mayors
(Now, what are the odds what some of the Lesser Candidates will use this unique opportunity to Do Something Crazy? That’s gotta be close to 100%.)
See you there!
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
If you think you might be into it, get you tickets now, ’cause this joint is going to sell out with a quickness:
“On Thursday, September 8th, we will be hosting the program Gavin Newsom: The Man, the Issues and the State of California, to discuss California and Gavin Newsom’s new role as Lieutenant Governor. This should be a great opportunity to hear from San Francisco’s recently departed mayor, and California’s newly elected Lieutenant Governor, on his new role and the state of affairs in Sacramento.
The online event page can be found at http://bit.ly/leugovn. On Facebook, http://on.fb.me/r5H132 .”
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, California Report, California; Former Mayor, commonwealth club, fm, gavin newsom, Gavin Newsom: The Man, Governor, host, In conversation, Inforum, Issues, kqed, Lieutenant, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, market, Mayor, radio, San Francisco, Scott Shafer, september 8th, speaker, speaking, speech, state, street, the Issues and the State of California
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
OMG, famous Paolo Lucchesi, Charles Phan, and Michael Tusk will all be on hand at the Commonwealth Club on August 3rd, 2011!
This is going to be mega. Get your tickets right now.
All the deets:
SPEAKERS:
Joshua Aidlin, Architect, Designer and Owner, Aidlin Darling Design; Owner and Designer, Bar Agricole; James Beard Award, “Outstanding Restaurant Design”
Paolo Lucchesi, Author, “The Scoop,” SF Chronicle; James Beard Award, “Best Food Section”
Charles Phan, Owner and Chef, The Slanted Door; James Beard Award, “Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductees”
Michael Tusk, Owner and Chef, Quince; James Beard Award, “Best Chef in the Region”
Marcia Gagliardi, Founder, Tablehopper.com and DeepDishing.com; Author, The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco - Moderator
TITLE: SF’s James Beard Award Winners: What Makes a Restaurant Great?
DATE: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
TIME: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 reception
PLACE: SF Club Office, 595 Market St. 2nd Floor
PRICE: $12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
To buy tickets call 415/597-6705 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org
Several of this year’s San Francisco winners of the James Beard Award, “the Oscars” of the food world in the words of Time magazine, will reveal the secrets of their success and discuss their views on what makes a restaurant great. This panel of chefs, restaurant owners, critics and designers represents some of the brightest stars of San Francisco’s restaurant scene, widely regarded as one of the nation’s richest culinary centers.
Ever more deets, after the jump
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
This one will sell out for sure, perhaps by the end of the day.
Via Campus Progress
All the deets:
“Jose Antonio Vargas Shares His Story for the First Time with INFORUM
Journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner to Talk about his Struggle as an Illegal Immigrant
San Francisco – June 29, 2011 – Commonwealth Club’s INFORUM, today announced that Jose Antonio Vargas, successful journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner best known for chronicling his life as an illegal immigrant in the Unites States, will share his story in one of his first public interviews Monday, July 11, at the Commonwealth Club’s SF Club Office, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco.
Vargas has been living illegally in the United States since the age of 12. In conversation with Phil Bronstein, The San Francisco Chronicle’s editor-at-large, Vargas will share his impressive story of struggle to belong and find success in the United States. Raised in Mountain View, Calif., Vargas started his triumphant career working at the San Francisco Chronicle while attending San Francisco State University. In the summer of 2001, Vargas got his first internship at the Philadelphia Daily News and continued on to intern at publications such as the Seattle Times and the Washington Post. Vargas wrote a series on Washington’s H.I.V./AIDS epidemic, covered the role of technology and social media in the 2008 presidential race and even visited the White House. In April 2008, he was part of the Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings. Vargas also founded Define American, an organization seeking to change immigration reform.
Vargas accomplished all this while dealing with immigration problems. You can read more on Vargas in his piece “My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant” on the New York Times’ site: http://nyti.ms/m5rbZU.
The special program takes place at the SF Club Office on 595 Market St., 2nd floor in San Francisco on Monday, July 11, at 6:30 p.m. PT. For more information and to buy tickets, call (415)-597-6705 or register online at www.commonwealthclub.org.”
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Get up to speed here and then see what Lois Beckett and Leanne Maxwell have to say about last night’s event.
Click to expand.
Tags: 2010, 24th, 2nd, 3rd, 595 market, Alexia Tsotsis, AlterNet.org, Andy Wright, avenue, blogger, boing boing, Brock Keeling, Broke-ass Stuart, brokeassstuart.com, Cecilia Vega, channel 7, chronicle, clement, Co. Inc., commonwealth club, Curbed SF, DailyKos, design, director, district, district one, Dyanna Pure, eater sf, editor, Examiner, Gannett, If Not the Chronicle, Inforum, Innovation, Jaimal Yogis, Jeff Hunt, Joe Eskenazi, journalist, JT, kgo, laughing squid, Lea Troeh, Leanne Maxwell, Lois Beckett, Mac McClelland, march, Mark Frauenfedler, Markos Moulitsas Zתniga, media, Media Partnerships, meet your mar, Melissa Griffin Blog, Michael Bauer, Michael Maness, Mission Local, mission mission, MissionMission, Moderator, Mother Jones, muni diaries, new chronicle, New Face, Paradox, Park Life, people, Robin Sloan, San Francisco, San Francisco Magazine, SF, sf weekly, sfgate, sfist, SFist.com, street, Supervisor, sweet melissa, Tana Ganeva, The Bold Italic, The SF Style, The Week, Then What?", twitter, Vanessa Carr, voters, VP, Who is the New Face of San Francisco Media, young, youth
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
What are you plans for the night of Wednesday, March 24th, 2010?
Option One is Meet Your Mar featuring District One San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar:
“The League of Young Voters presents…MEET YOUR MAR from 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM at Park Life (220 Clement @ 3rd) on Wednesday March 24th. FREE! There will be art, snacks, drinks, tunes, a bunch of fresh kids chillin…plus Eric Mar, chattin and getting schooled about his constituents (ie, you). Come play human bingo (to win Park Life gear!), ask Mar questions, and tell him what he should really be working on in your hood. It’s his job to listen.”
A recent Critical Mar bike rally on Clement the Richmond District:
That’s Option One.
Option Two will occur at about the same time. It’s an Inforum event at the Commonwealth Club: “If Not the Chronicle, Then What?” / “Who is the New Face of San Francisco Media?“
First up at 6:30 PM is a panel called ”If Not the Chronicle*, Then What?”
Jeff Hunt, Editor, Muni Diaries
Brock Keeling, Editor, SFist.com
Michael Maness, VP of Innovation and Design, Gannett Co. Inc.; Director, The Bold Italic
Robin Sloan, Media Partnerships, Twitter – Moderator
Then, after that, it’s “Who is the New Face of San Francisco Media?”
“Sites like SFist.com and the Muni Diaries are doing more than just keeping San Franciscans in the know about the latest bar openings or bus brawls. They represent the shift to a new media model based on the interest and participation of the many; gatekeepers no longer decide what the masses want to see or hear, or who gets to give it to them. With heavy-hitting new media companies like Twitter, Yelp, Digg, Wikipedia and Flickr headquartered in the city, it’s no wonder that San Francisco is widely regarded as the home of new media. Get an insider’s perspective from the new leaders of media in SF.
“Where do you go for your daily local news jolt? Whose writing is so fresh, witty, hilarious or gutsy that you savor each piece like it’s the last of the cake? After the panel, we are hosting up-and-coming media personalities of San Francisco, invitation provided by you. Tell us who just HAS to be there, then vote for who should be crowned king or queen of SF new media. Come to the party to meet, mingle andgush your fandom in person!
“What is INFORUM?
The idea of INFORUM began with the basic tenet that young people not only deserve but desire unbiased, trustworthy information from a full range of stances, and that they want their sources qualified. The Commonwealth Club has a 103 year tradition of civic debate, and INFORUM honors and continues this tradition by providing a forum for young people to access the best informed, most involved, and brightest minds – be they politicians, business gurus, policy workers, thought leaders, trendsetters or culture-jammers.
The voting’s all over on this one, but feel free to cheer loudly when they whip out a tiara for the crowning ceremony.
Deets below. See you there, who knows maybe at both places.
*I know what you’re thinking - petitio principii, right? Like, what if the San Francisco Chronicle is the new San Francisco Chronicle?
Anyway, the royal court of San Francisco new media:
Brock Keeling
SFist
Melissa Griffin (Blog)
Blogger/SF Examiner
Jaimal Yogis (Bio)
San Francisco Magazine
Markos Moulitsas Zתniga
DailyKos
Michael Bauer
SF Chronicle
MissionMission
Mark Frauenfedler
Boing Boing
Lea Troeh (Blog)
The Week Intro
Mac McClelland (Bio)
Mother Jones
Andy Wright (Articles)
SF Weekly
Vanessa Carr
Mission Local
Laughing Squid
Curbed SF
Eater SF
Dyanna Pure and JT Paradox
The SF Style
Alexia Tsotsis
SF Weekly
Joe Eskenazi
SF Weekly
Lois Beckett
SF Weekly
Broke-ass Stuart
brokeassstuart.com
Jeff Hunt
munidiaries.com
Location: SF Club Office, 595 Market Street, The Blue Room
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. networking reception
Cost: $12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
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