Upcoming: Check, Please! Taste & Sip 2019

Also coming up — If Cities Could Dance, City Rising, Bay Area Book Festival and more!

If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version. If Cities Could Dance 2019: Live in Oakland Wednesday, April 17, 2019 | 7:30 pm Impact Hub Oakland Every City Has Its Rhythm, Every Dancer Their Street. Meet dancers and choreographers from across the country who dare to imagine what it would look like if their cities could dance. Join KQED for a night of film, conversation, music and performance, featuring artists from the series If Cities Could Dance: ROOTS the Movement (Richmond), G-Nerd (Memphis), Moonyeka (Seattle), Yung Phil (Oakland), Zeus of YouthUpRising (Oakland). Hosted by Shireen Rahimi—vogue dancer, choreographer, community leader, and If Cities Could Dance alum 2018, with music by DJ Nastia. Tickets City Rising: The Informal Economy April 22, 2019 | 6:30- 9 pm Grand Lake Theatre | Oakland, CA The Informal Economy follows four California workers facing structural discrimination but fighting to change policy and improve upward mobility for their communities. After the film, Jahmese Myres will be in conversation with Daniel Mendoza, Derek Schoonmaker, and Sylvia Lopez. Come be part of the conversation! RSVP SPONSORED BY The Asia Foundation presents the annual Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner May 29, San Francisco Honoring Golden State Warriors’ CFO Jennifer Cabalquinto and actor and education advocate Lana Candor on May 29 in San Francisco. The Lotus Leadership Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations for their contributions towards women’s and girls’ empowerment in Asia. Learn more at Asiafoundation.org. Bay Area Book Festival May 4-5, 2019 Downtown Berkeley Get ready to come face-to-face with 250+ amazing authors at the 5th Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival in 2019, the most dynamic ever! The Festival will fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book. Meet national book award winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, NY Times top 10 authors, international writers, and YA and children’s book legends. Keynote speakers are Anand Giridharadas (Winners Take All) with Robert Reich, moderated by Kat Taylor. Other headliners include Ann Beattie, Tayari Jones, David Blight, Nell Painter, Linn Ullmann, and Barry Lopez. Explore tracks on immigration, race and identity, motherhood, and the environment. The free outdoor fair features booksellers and independent authors, reading lounges, fine local eats, free books, and entertainment for all ages. Info Check, Please! Taste & Sip 2019 Tuesday, May 14 | 6:30-9PM San Francisco Design Center Galleria The Bay Area’s favorite palate-pleasing experience is back! Join KQED and Leslie Sbrocco for this year’s Check, Please! Taste & Sip. Sample gourmet food from restaurants featured on the show and taste wines around the Bay Area – more than 50 local culinary creators all under one roof! The evening will feature live jazz by the Nomad Band and an opportunity to audition for KQED producers for a chance to appear as a reviewer in the next season of Check, Please! Bay Area. VIP Experience with early entry from 5:45pm-6:30pm will feature special bites from a select group of restaurants, artisanal caviar, and sips from some of our favorite winemakers. Main Event: $95 General Public / $85 Member VIP Experience + Main Event: $135 All food and beverages included in the ticket price. Must be 21 years or older to attend. Tickets The Bay: Live April 26, 2019 | 8-9:30 pm Manny’s How do you make ends meet in the Bay Area? From soaring housing costs to wildfires, the distinct challenges that our corner of California faces make headlines. But KQED's hit podcast The Bay has spent the last year, digging deep behind the headlines for stories at the heart of life in the Bay Area — stories about the people, the sensibilities, the only-here experiences. Join host Devin Katayama to celebrate the podcast's first anniversary with an evening of stories and conversation with KQED journalists about the problems and the possibilities that make the Bay our home. Tickets Forum on the Road: Live from Napa April 26, 2019 | 9-11 am Jam Cellars Ballroom KQED Forum broadcasts live from downtown Napa! Friday host Mina Kim and guests will address the day’s news and take a look at concerns over growth in the Napa, where new development and expanding wine tourism have brought pressures on housing, traffic, and the environment. Join the conversation! Support for Forum on the Road comes from OARS Whitewater Rafting - Celebrating 50 years of adventure and conservation in 2019 with heartfelt gratitude to generations of river lovers. Explore more at www.oars.com Tickets You do NOT want to miss meeting the dancers of If Cities Could Dance, the pathbreaking dance video series for which KQED Arts has received a 2019 Webby Award nomination! Details above about how to witness their bodies in motion, live at Impact Hub Oakland on April 17. In the meantime, vote for the series to win here, and spread the love for dance and public media magic! Best, Ryan Davis Director of Events Manage Subscription | Privacy Policy KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Copyright © 2019 KQED. All Rights Reserved.