KQED Events: Who Owns Silicon Valley?

plus On Common Ground: Economic Inequality & Education, and Science Friday

If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version. Who Owns Silicon Valley? Thursday, November 7 | 6:00-7:30pm Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Booming population and corporate growth is impacting housing availability and affordability throughout the Bay Area. In Silicon Valley, real estate is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few huge players. As entities like Stanford, Google and Apple seek to expand their footprints, how will current residents be affected by rising housing costs, increased traffic, and changing commercial landscapes? What measures are major landowners taking to ease the pressures on surrounding communities? What more can civic oversight do to level the playing field? Join us for a conversation about the stakes for Silicon Valley ownership with reporters shedding light on these issues and leaders representing the interests involved, including Lenny Siegel, former Mayor of Mountain View; Rebecca Prozan, Senior Manager of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google; and representatives of SOMOS Mayfair. Moderated by KQED’s Rachael Myrow and NBC Bay Area’s Stephen Stock. This live event is co-presented as part of an ongoing collaborative investigation by KQED, The Mercury News, NBC Bay Area, Renaissance Journalism, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and Telemundo 48 Área de la Bahía. Tickets Dreaming the Golden State with The California Report Magazine Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 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. Tickets Deep Look at ‘After Dark: It's Alive!’ Thursday, October 24 | 6-10pm Exploratorium "After Dark" Life comes at you fast, but sometimes it's hard to observe because it's too tiny or speedy or hidden. Discover what you've been missing. Join the producers of KQED's Deep Look nature series as they share harrowing tales and fascinating imagery from their creepier creature videos. Plus, join award-winning New York Times columnist and author Carl Zimmer for a special talk about genetics. Tickets required. Tickets 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. Tickets SPONSORED BY The Glass Room: Looking Into Your Online Life Visit The Glass Room, a tech store with nothing for sale. See 50 art objects that challenge you to reconsider the tech you use every day, the data that’s revealed about you, and the choices you can make in our quantified society. Presented by Firefox, curated by Tactical Tech. 838 Market St at 4th St. theglassroom.org. Science Friday Live November 16 | 8:00pm Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco Join Ira Flatow and the rest of the SciFri crew as they hit the road to uncover amazing science news stories happening in San Francisco! You’ll hear from Bay Area scientists, KQED’s award-winning science reporter and host of Deep Look, Lauren Sommer and enjoy a special live performance. Get ready for an evening exploring the worlds of invisible facemites, artificial intelligence, and more! Tickets Want to Have a Say in the Future of Public Media? Help KQED by telling us what you really think. Join the KQED Research Community and take surveys or participate in focus groups offered around the Bay Area. 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