| Check, Please! Taste & Sip 2019 | Tuesday, May 14 | 6:30-9 pm
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. | | |
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| Forum on the Road: Live from Oakland Public Library | June 4, 2019
Oakland Public Library |  |
| | KQED Forum broadcasts live from the Oakland Public Library! Host Michael Krasny and guests will address the day's news and discuss the future of libraries. How is your local library staying relevant in the digital age? As new technologies make vast amounts of information instantly available, what roles will these public institutions play in matters of literary culture, digital equity, and critical media literacy? Join the conversation!
Support for Forum on the Road comes from All Things Book, American Conservatory Theater, Gagosian Gallery and Worldreader. | | |
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| Pop-Up Magazine | May 11, 2019 | 7:30 pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland |  |
| | Our friends at Pop-Up Magazine are bringing a night of new, true stories about the fascinating world around us, to Oakland's Paramount Theatre on May 11. Each issue is different from the last, with photography, film, radio, and original music mixed together and performed live onstage by a cast of talented people.
Receive $5 off with code ARTS5. | | |
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| KQED Members Special: Save on Tickets to the 14th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area | May 17-19, 2019
San Mateo County Event Center |  |
| | Find your next inspiration on a journey through the eccentric and profound creations of brilliant hackers, inventors and entrepreneurs at the 14th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area, May 17-19 at the San Mateo County Event Center. Get immersed in hundreds of projects, presenters, and hands-on activities that will leave you invigorated and moved. Witness the full spectrum of ingenuity from robotics and AI to immense mechanical art, drones, culinary innovation, and the frontiers of the future.
Save 15% off Maker Faire tickets. | | |
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| 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, recent Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight, Nell Painter, 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. | | |
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| | KQED is trying to learn a little about the kinds of events that you, our audience, like to attend!
If you want to share your feedback about how you want to engage with us at in-person events, you can participate in this brief survey online. It is KQED’s mission to convene our communities for dialogue around significant issues and for celebration of what makes the Bay Area special. Your input will help us better serve you in these ways. | | |
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 | Thank you for coming out to If Cities Could Dance LIVE! at Impact Hub Oakland on April 17th. The Bay Area’s vibrant creativity community came out to celebrate dancers from Oakland, Richmond, Seattle and Memphis in a high-energy night of film, performance and music. Check out pictures here! | |
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Ryan Davis
Director of Events |
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