Past Value Culture Events in order by most recent
*VALUE CULTURE SUPPORTED THIS EVENT AS AN IN-KIND SPONSOR AT PUTTING IN WORK AT A VALUE OF $25,000
Kick off OSL weekend with Bloomingdale's & Value Culture with a fun afternoon featuring a live performance by SAM JOHNSON, a Fashion Presentation by Bloomingdale's Personal Shopper, Amanda Adams, with Zadig & Voltaire and BA&SH, light bites by Honey & Brie, & OSL specialty cocktails by Bacardi! (Must be 21+ to enjoy cocktails at the event)
There will be a limited event-exclusive OSL Survival Bloomingdale's Fanny Pack Gift with Purchase available for any purchase over $150!
Bloomingdale's will be making a donation to Value Culture on behalf of every person that attends
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Pato Banton, Antoinette Rootsdawtah and the Now Generation Band are coming to San Francisco on Sunday July 17th playing a FREE, ALL AGES concert in Golden Gate Park!
It's Crucial Reggae Sundays hosted by Irie Dole and DJ Guid8nce, presented by Illuminate the Arts, San Francisco Recreation and Parks, the SF Parks Alliance in association with Value Culture.
4:20 PM-7PM.
Spread the word, share on social media, tell friends, family, and strangers on the bus. San Francisco, Bay Area, Northern California, Let's Go!
PATO BANTON
Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray, 28 January 1961) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He received the nickname 'Pato' (Jamaican Patois for "wise owl") from his stepfather, and 'Banton' from the disc jockey slang for a "heavyweight DJ". First known for his collaborations with the English Beat, UB40, and Sting, Pato is now known best for his multi generational live shows, where crowds chant the choruses “Go Pato!” and “Stay Positive!” to two of his most famous songs with the same name as the choruses, respectfully.
Trombone Shorty Academy from New Orleans play a free show at the Bandshell in Golden Gate Park with the Oakland EastSide All-Star Ensemble
Exco Levi performing a free concert live as part of the Lift Every Voice Concert Series Crucial Reggae Sundays, Presented by Illuminate Live, SF Recreation and Parks Department, San Francisco Parks Alliances in association with Value Culture.
Sunday June 19th, 4:20PM-7:00PM at the Bandshell, Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Hosted by DJ Irie Dole and DJ Guid8nce.
Exco Levi Performing LIVE.
Exco will also be appearing at the Harambee Music Festival in Oroville, California which we are proudly supporting taking place June 17th and 18th, 2022 with Don Carlos, Anthony B, and more!
"Harambee" is a word meaning "all pull together". This first annual live music event celebrates the coming together of our diverse community in the spirit of togetherness. Set in the stunning 40+ acre Sunset River Resort on the banks of the Feather River, bring your family and friends to enjoy a weekend of music, food, and outdoor fun in one of California's most picturesque settings.
Click this link for more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harambee-music-festival-tickets-314198555337?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Crucial Sunday Presented by Illuminate live with Value Culture, and support by San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, and the San Francisco Parks Alliance.
Hosted by DJ Irie Dole and DJ Guid8nce.
Special Performance by Jakob Nowell.
Jakob Nowell
Following in the footsteps of a famous parent can be difficult, but the path can be even tougher when one also battles the demon of addiction. Jakob Nowell, frontman for Long Beach, Calif., hard rockers LAW, understands this well. It is not so much that he is living in the shadow of his father, late singer Bradley Nowell from Sublime. In fact, he feels blessed that interest in his heritage is helping him build a buzz for his own music. But his father struggled with heroin addiction and succumbed to it in 1996, not quite a year after Jakob’s birth and shortly before the release of the band’s third album, Sublime, which ironically became a multiplatinum hit. Later on, Jakob battled the bottle for nearly a decade, and is now sober.
“I’ve always really liked the stage,” declares Jakob. “Being an entertainer and a performer has always really resonated with me. I think there’s a lot that one could do onstage that they can’t do off of it. Personally, I feel more comfortable up there in front of an audience than I do on the ground floor talking to people.”
His family started the Nowell Family Foundation in 2017 to offer financial aid to members of the music community seeking treatment for addiction. They are currently raising funds for Bradley’s House, a planned six-bed recovery facility to provide treatment for those in the industry struggling with opiate addiction and lacking the means to get help. Kellie Nowell, Jakob’s aunt, is executive director of the foundation.
Date: June 4, 2022 at 9:00 PM PT
Location: Light Rail Studios, 672 Toland Place, San Francisco, CA 94124
Website: https://rebooting.com/round-midnight/
Tickets: via Eventbrite
Description:
One of Jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s most revered ballads, ‘Round Midnight will be interpreted in spectacular style by Bay Area guitarist and composer John Schott and an all-star group of musicians in a continuous eight-hour exegesis, June 4 from 9:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m. PST in person and streamed live from Light Rail Studios in San Francisco. Announced on the 40th anniversary of Monk’s death, the concert will be performed live at Light Rail Studios in San Francisco and streamed online as the centerpiece of DAWN, a bold reimagining of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot by Reboot. Get tickets for the live event here.
Value Culture presents SHABBOTTLEROCK, an unforgettable Shabbat experience for the modern ages live on the WIlliams Sonoma Culinary Stage 1pm. Featuring Jewish Rapper Kosha Dillz, and Executive Director of Value Culture Adam Swig.
Value Culture and Kosha Dillz are well known and celebrated for their Jewish experiences. Most celebrated recently include Matzachella (Passover Seders at the Coachella Festival), SxShabbat’s at SXSW Austin Texas, Oi Vey musical showcases, The Krakow Jewish Culture Festival in San Francisco, and in prior years Sundance Shabbat Schmoozin’, Guns and Moses (on the Guns and Roses Tour), Shabbat at the San Francisco Symphony, Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants Jewish Heritage Nights, pandemic virtual events celebrating Holocaust Survivors, a 60,000 person virutal seder, Black and Jewish relationship Shabbats, and the Afikomen NFT.
“We’ve been wanting to bring our Shabbat experiences to major music festivals for a long time, especially BottleRock, because it’s all about getting into the spirit of Shabbat by relaxing into the weekend with world class food, wine and music.” said Adam Swig, executive director of Value Culture. “The Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage is well known for high caliber, star studded music and food collaborations and we’ll have our own SHABBOTTLEROCK surprises with help from the best local challah bakers at Grand Bakery in Oakland and Frena of San Francisco. This Shabbat will rock! We hope this is a new trend on Fridays at festivals everywhere. We’re ready.”
BottleRock Napa Valley is a 3-day music, wine, food and brew festival in Napa, California May 27-29, 2022. 5 Music Stages, Culinary Stage and more! Headlined by Metallica, Twenty One Pilots, and Pink, with hundreds of other artists, wineries, and food purveyors in downtown Napa. Additional culinary stars appearing on the stage include Michael and Bryan Voltaggio, Todd English, Matt Horn, Aaron May, Tiffani Thiessen, Amirah Kassem, Adam Sobel and Belle English, paired with musicians and celebrities including, Rickey Henderson, George Kittle, SAINt JHN, Charles Woodson, Warren G, Michael Franti, Silversun Pickups, Iration, Hunter Pence, MisterWives, Drew Holcomb, Bella Twins, Ali Larter, Royal & The Serpent, Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate, Aly & AJ, Dominic “The Shoe Surgeon” Ciambrone, Blu DeTiger, Jonathan Sadowski, George Kontos, Foy Vance, and DJ Dylan. Also appearing is former KTVU Sports Anchor Mark Ibanez and the Culinary Stage emcee is Emmy Award winning TV personality and KCBS “Foodie Chap” Liam Mayclem.
“The 2022 Williams Sonoma Stage lineup is a blockbuster, filled with great pairings between culinary stars, our musical headliners and some great personalities and celebrities,” stated Dave Graham, Partner, BottleRock Napa Valley. “We’re looking forward to some memorable culinary stage moments for festival fans.”
Event Link: https://bit.ly/3wBOwtm
Every 2nd Friday the non profit organization Value Culture will be putting on a party to celebrate the light of Shabbat. Most people come after Late Shabbat at Temple Emanu-el, others come after their Shabbat dinners, or just come for the fun, community, and to hang with good people. DJ Matty Agi, one of the best up and coming DJ's in the Bay is back to keep the dance floor as lit as your Shabbos Candles! Come enjoy positive vibes at Irelands 32 on 3rd and Geary, voted 6th best Dive Bar in San Francisco by Eater SF. Indoor and Outdoor space, multiple levels.
Party starts at 10pm-ish.
What to do before?
Check out a Shabbat on www.onetable.org, have your own, or join the community over at Temple Emanu-el!
Spread the word on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/718850492855592
Enjoy!
3rd annual SxSW Shabbat presented by Value Culture, 501c3, Rapper Kosha Dillz, .
Come by this oasis for some nourishment and Shabbat amongst it all at SxSW. With Support from Reboot, Shalom Austin, Moishe House, and OneTable.org, the shabbat will feature a performance and ceremony led by celebrated Jewish entertainer Kosha Dillz and special guests! All are welcome, regardless of faith, or SxSW badge. L'chaim!
Food Note: Challah & happy hour snacks, but not a dinner event; drinks for sale at the bar.
The most FABULOUS Purim party around!
Queen Esther’s Ball!
About this event
Join Value Culture and Manny’s with the help of Nice Jewish Boys SF, JCC SF, & Grand Bakery for a Purim party that will make you scream “YASSSSSSS QUEEN ESTHER!”
Need a place to celebrate Purim?
Love drag queens?
Just want to have a fun Wednesday night?
Starring SF’s best Queen’s Katya Smirnoff Skye, Belle Bottoms, and Polly Amber Ross!
Mix, Mingle, shake your groggers to music by DJ LIVV (Jolene’s), sip and snack on Kosher Hamentashen from Grand Bakery Oakland! “
Manny's never turns away anyone for lack of funds. To receive a complementary ticket just email the word "grapefruit" and the title of this event tomas@welcometomannys.com.
In-person attendees MUST provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Go to https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/ to acquire a digital vaccine record.
** Value Culture is a non profit organization that removes barriers to arts, culture, and philanthropy. More info at www.valueculture.org
Date and time
Wed, March 16, 2022
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Location
Manny's
3092 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Our Monthly 2nd Friday event is back! The Late Shabbat After Party ! The popular indoor/outdoor party features DJ Matty Agi, back by popular demand!
Before the party head to Temple Emanuel for Late Shabbat a schmooze at 8pm, Service at 8:30pm, followed by an Oneg, then THIS AFTER PARTY!!!
Ireland's has two floors, a large outdoor parklet to enjoy, so you can be covid conscious and still be social. Inside the dance floor will be rocking with beats by DJ MATTY AGI! @dj_mattyagi
Location
(IN PERSON) Ireland's 32, 3920 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118 (at 3rd Avenue)
Social:https://www.facebook.com/events/530813761658698
Resource
https://www.irelands32sf.com/
Back after a month of due to the pandemic, The Late Shabbat After Party ! The popular indoor/outdoor party features DJ Matty Agi, back by popular demand!
Before the party head to Temple Emanuel for Late Shabbat a schmooze at 8pm, Service at 8:30pm, followed by an Oneg, then THIS AFTER PARTY!!!
Ireland's has two floors, a large outdoor parklet to enjoy, so you can be covid conscious and still be social. Inside the dance floor will be rocking with beats by DJ MATTY AGI! @dj_mattyagi
Location
(IN PERSON) Ireland's 32, 3920 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118 (at 3rd Avenue)
Social: https://www.facebook.com/events/640280317188639/
Resource
https://www.irelands32sf.com/
Aliens from a distant world unknown, these independent artists are the ultimate creative outlaws. They call what they do prayforming.
2002 Oscar winner Thoth, countertenor and violinist, has been prayforming for over 30 years.
Lila'Angelique, coloratura soprano and violinist, has been prayforming with Thoth for more than 12 years, first as mentee, then married in 2015.
Together they make Tribal Baroque.
Using countertenor and coloratura vocals, they create romantic music accompanied by theater, dance, foot-percussion, and violins.
Some Of Their Accomplishments:
In 2002, a documentary about Thoth won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
In 2017, a documentary about them called "Tribal Baroque: Beingness" won Best Documentary Short Film at the San Diego Film Awards.
Together they have traveled throughout the planet since 2009, making public venues of resonant bridges, garages, tunnels, gazebos and doorways.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/afghan-community-refugees-face-an-uncertain-future/2720859/
Seven Seas Music and Value Culture welcome you to a free music concert Friday November 5th, 2021 from 4pm-7pm at the music bandshell in Golden Gate Park celebrating Afghani artists. Both Seven Seas Music, an international music discovery and licensing platform, and Value Culture, a non-profit presenting organization, are local burgeoning businesses embracing world culture. This concert reinforces Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This concert is in partnership with Illuminate , the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The concert is free and open to all ages. More information available at www.valueculture.org.
Welcome to Afghanistan will feature Afghani artists Kabul Dreams, Mozhdah, and Qais Essar.
[Kabul Dreams]
Conceived in the underground scene of Afghanistan’s capital 13 years ago, Kabul Dreams has since become the country’s most celebrated rock group with their indie garage-rock sound and potent lyrics. The band consists of Sulyman Qardash (lead singer and guitarist), Siddique Ahmed (bassist) and Jai Dhar (drummer).
As Afghanistan’s first rock band, they took significant risks to follow their passion with many critics calling their music “Western propaganda”, resulting in death threats from the Taliban and ultimately forcing them to relocate to the US. But they preserved, and went on to release critically acclaimed albums, Plastic Words, Megalomaniacs, and With Love From Kabul Dreams, with songs in both English and Dari – Afghanistan’s most widely spoken language. Their English songs help express their country’s plight to the world, while their Dari songs celebrate the positive changes the country has seen over the past 20 years offering inspiration to the Afghan people.
Their music has since caught the world’s attention, including Metallica’s, and the band continues to stand by their fellow Afghans and fight for freedom as “now more than ever, we need to be shouting from the rooftops.”
[Mozhdah]
Mozhdah never calls herself the “Oprah of Afghanistan”. That’s just the name her adoring global audience—which includes individuals like Barack and Michelle Obama as well as Ms. Winfrey herself—has given her. That’s because, like Oprah, this Kabul-born, Vancouver-based icon has sparked conversations and inspired women all over the world as a bold, big-hearted example of female leadership.
Through her internationally renowned music career and groundbreaking television show The Mozhdah Show, Mozhdah has inspired profound respect and serious controversy in equal measure. She’s the first Afghani artist to produce hit records in English, capturing a global audience and performing on international stages. She’s the first Afghani woman to brave death threats in order to host her own talk show and cover sensitive subjects impacting Afghani women and children. She’s the first Afghani female artist to perform in the White House, or appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, or express her mission of empowerment on CNN.
A singular voice in music and media, she’s risked everything in order to express herself—along with the deepest hopes of women across the planet.
[Qais Essar ]
Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500-year-old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally.
Essar has released two LPs, four EPs and one live album. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by his second LP, Tavern of Ruin in 2016. He has contributed original music to feature films also. In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for "Best Original Song" for his piece The Crown Sleeps. Additionally, he orchestrated a sold-out run of the musical Tear a Root from the Earth at the OBIE award winning Ice Factory at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City.
Essar continues to be featured in festivals and venues around the world including the Newport Folk Festival, SXSW, The Kennedy Center, Treefort Music Festival and more. Essar released his 3rd LP, The Ghost You Love Most in 2018 to critical acclaim.
[Music Bandshell at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco]
Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, courtesy of Illuminate, the San Francisco Parks Alliance, and community partners. The free, all-ages concerts will run through the end of 2021, with Singer-Songwriter Wednesdays, Jazz and Soul Fridays, Cultural and Community groups on Saturdays, and Reggae Sundays, as well as many special events.
The free concert series was planned for Golden Gate Park’s 150th anniversary in 2020, a yearlong celebration put on by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance. While the series kickoff was delayed by the pandemic, the Golden Gate Bandshell was upgraded with a new stage, built-in theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art Meyer sound system.
The 120-year-old Golden Gate Bandshell is the oldest structure in Golden Gate Park’s Music Concourse, an open-air plaza built for the 1894 World’s Fair. Also called the Spreckels Temple of Music, the Bandshell was a gift to San Franciscans from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
For Value Culture inquiries email info@valueculture.org for Seven Seas Music email bmw@sevenseasmusic.com
Challah, Wine, & Rock n’ Roll Shabbat Experience 6:30-9:30 FRIDAY OCTOBER 22ND, 2021
Email info@valueculture.org for more info and an invitation.
Value Culture is very excited to be a partner of this fall's major art event...
Night Watch by Shimon Attie
*The San Francisco Bay Area’s First Multi-City Art Event in 2021*
The west coast debut of Shimon Attie’s Night Watch, a floating media installation that will travel the San Francisco Bay, will take place September 17 – 19, 2021, along the shorelines of San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland, California.
Night Watch is a floating, art installation that combines contemporary LED-technology with an historic mode of water transport – a barge – to create a sophisticated and layered artistic and sculptural work of art.
Night Watch features twelve, close-up video portraits of refugees who were granted political asylum in the United States. Displayed on a 20 ft-wide, high-resolution LED-screen, the portraits will travel aboard a slow-moving barge to allow for on-shore public viewing. The silently displayed images largely feature members of international LGBTQI communities, as well as unaccompanied minors, who fled tremendous violence and discrimination in their homelands of Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Peru, and Russia.
The 2018 New York City debut of Night Watch during the UN General Assembly Week was received with widespread acclaim, including in The New York Times and The Art Newspaper. Beginning on the eve of September 17, 2021 and on September 18 and September 19, Night Watch will travel aboard a barge captained by Matt Butler and slowly navigate the city shorelines from 6:15pm to 8:15pm, corresponding with scheduled live, nightly performances on the coastal shorefronts.
NIGHT WATCH SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 17: Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Rincon Park (San Francisco)
Saturday, Sept 18: Fort Mason, Aquatic Park, Warm Water Cove (San Francisco)
Sunday, Sept. 19: Jack London Square, Berkeley Marina (Oakland and Berkeley)
Night Watch Schedule and Map Link
Night Watch partner activated live performances include artists, musicians, dancers, speakers, and storytellers, and will take place across the Bay Area with scheduled shoreline events in San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley.
Off-site events in collaboration with Night Watch partner organizations, exhibitions and additional screenings at select partner institutions, will also take place at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, California College for the Arts, Catharine Clark Gallery, Congregation Emanu-El, Cal Sailing Club, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, Oakland’s Jack London Square, Minnesota Street Project, Museum of African Diaspora, PhotoAlliance, San Francisco Art Institute, UC Berkeley Arts + Design, and University of San Francisco. Music and dance performances for site activations around the Bay are selected by Classical Revolution and Dance Film SF.
Partnerships with non-profit organizations representing the needs of refugees will provide educational materials and resources to the public online and at the live performance sites; Catholic Charities, Center for Refugee & Gender Studies, International Rescue Committee, Oasis Legal Services, Partnership for Trauma Recovery, and Roots Community Health Center.
“For the millions who have been forced to flee their homelands to escape violence and discrimination. For the fortunate few who have been granted political asylum in the United States.” – Shimon Attie, Artist, Night Watch
Trash on the beach is a major menace to our environment! Strike First, Strike Hard, Show No Mercy to Trash on the Beach!
All ages are welcome for a socially distant Beach Clean up on Sunday September 12th, 10am to Noon, Baker Beach, San Francisco. There will be a complimentary Karate lesson to follow at noon from Zanshin Dojo!!! Race to Zero Waste will be on hand to assist in trash sorting, education, & donations.
We will have information, some supplies, & treats in the Parking Lot noted in the map below but don’t wait to start, bring bag/bucket, gloves/picker, strike first!
Look forward to seeing you, feel free to dress in your favorite cobra kai inspired outfit, or 80’s beachwear/athletic wear, or go for a polar plunge!
California Coastal Clean Up day is a week later, but like Cobra Kai we strike first against trash on the beach! Coastal Clean up day is everyday!
Value Culture, 501c3 invites you to support San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood & local Artists on Saturday Night! Come by Local Maker Mart for some art, music, & culture from 6pm-10pm. The event is indoor & outdoor, whatever your comfort level.
SF local favorite DJ Jay Ev will be spinning your favorite tracks, and we're celebrating his Birthday too!
Art by:
@mattmilanoart
@akeemraheem
@howiewitehouse
@redwolffineart
& more
For table reservations email ivalueculture@gmail.com
BYOB and snacks. There will be some complimentary drinks and snacks.
Stop by on your way to the bars on Grant and Green, or dinner on Columbus St.!
Join opening night for SF Local Artist Optimist Williams at the RVCA store and gallery Friday September 10th at 1485 Haight St. San Francisco. Special surprise SF legendary Musical Group….Don’t Give Me No Bammer…RBL POSSE!!!
We are proud to be marking the start of the new year with Reboot and the JCCSF. Reset your system with our modern spin on a 600-year-old Rosh Hashanah ritual called tashlich. This custom of ridding ourselves of all our bad vuggum (karma) from the previous year and getting a fresh start for the new one is traditionally enacted by tossing crumbs into the ocean. Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 7 by the shore at Ocean Beach for a brief, engaging ritual. Bring a shofar, if you have one, to blow along with some of San Francisco’s finest players from the Jazz Mafia, the Irish Pipers Band, Luther Dickinson, and The Church of John Coltrane.
Tashlique is presented by Reboot with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Thank you to our partners: Hebrew Free Loan, San Francisco Hillel, Honeymoon Israel, The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, JIMENA, PJ Library and Value Culture.
Masks will be required for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status.
**We will abide by all COVID regulations in place at the time of the event. Thank you for understanding.
By entering the physical area of the Tashlique event or participating in Tashlique, you accept the inherent risks and liability. Participants are required to sign in and accept liability waiver. But, you accept liability by your physical presence in the area of Tashlique if you do not sign the waiver. Read waiver here.
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 5:00pm-7:00pm PT
Location: Ocean Beach - near JFK Drive (across from Beach Chalet)
1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA 94121
Event Details: https://rebooting.com/article/ctrl-alt-del-tashlique-2021-at-ocean-beach/
Value Culture Presents on The Chapel's Outdoor Stage
Gili Yalo
Kosha Dillz, DJ Beatific, Mad Alchemy Liquid Lights
WED · AUGUST 11, 2021Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:30 PM
$30.00 TICKETS - https://thechapelsf.com/e/gili-yalo-162842515347/
All Ages
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Gili Yalo on The Chapel's Outdoor Stage
Please note - all tickets are general admission / standing
Presented by Value Culture.
Sponsored by:
The University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
The Israel Consul to the Pacific Northwest Cultural Department
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
The International Rescue Committee
The Jewish Community Relations Council
Ethiopian Community & Cultural Center
Israeli Cultural Center at the Oshman JCC Palo Alto
The Contemporary Jewish Museum
San Francisco Black & Jewish Unity Coalition
Media support from The J, The Jewish News of Northern California
Streaming services from StageIt
The Ethiopian Israeli International musician, Gili Yalo combines an Ethiopian musical legacy with genres such as funk, jazz, & soul.
Gili Yalo’s music embodies his own personal story, and what a story he has to tell: Operation Moses was the covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan during a famine in 1984. These Ethiopian Jews fled from their native land on foot to refugee camps in Sudan.
Together with his family, Gili Yalo made this perilous trip, walked through the desert towards the “Promised Land” and sang to his beloved ones. In the course of this exhausting and emotional journey, the music encouraged Gili and his family to keep on moving. An entrancing rhythmic motion is apparent when listening to Gili’s music, from the groove, beat and flow, and up to the lyrics, concept and style of the project. Today Gili Yalo’s music gives a new meaning to traditional Ethiopian music. The expression of his story through an advanced music production represents his own personal triumph.
After a big success of his first record released last year, touring the world and receiving high critical praise internationally, Gili Yalo returns with a new release. The new EP, “Made in Amharica,” is a result of Gili Yalo’s cooperation with Grammy Award nominee (Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance for Leon Bridges’ LP “Coming Home”) Niles City Sound. The songs are a collaboration between Gili Yalo and Dallas-based musicians in the high-end, vintage-equipped Niles City Sound recording studios in Fort Worth. Gili Yalo combines modern sound, Ethiopian roots, funk and jazz, and a deep soulful feeling. “Made in Amharica” is step forward – with American musicians and a production team with the best vintage analogue equipment the soul and R&B flavor of Gili’s music is stronger than ever.
fnnch RASIED $2,880 for VALUE CULTURE!!!
Thank you fnnch!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-bear-summer-tickets-163385810357 (SOLD OUT)
After 20 months without an in-person art show the artist fnnch is inviting you to a casual, outdoor art show that will be in San Francisco on Jul 25th from 12pm - 4pm and in Los Angeles on Aug 1st from 12pm - 4pm.
There will be a release of new hand-painted multiples — spray paint on plywood and canvas from limited editions — as well as prints, tank tops, and more. There will also be sparkling wine from the amazing Usual Wines, as well as other beverages.
The show in SF will be at a to-be-disclosed outdoor space walking distance from Montgomery metro Station. The show in LA will be at a to-be-disclosed outdoor space in Santa Monica.
All ticket proceeds will be donated to a local arts non-profit. For SF this will be Value Culture, a local non-profit that aims to bring more art and culture to the city. TBD for LA.
All works will be available online, so attending the show is just a chance to see the artwork in person, meet fnnch, and hang out with old friends and make new ones. Think of it as a party. It's meant to be casual and lighthearted.
Welcome Back San Francisco! Value Culture invites you to the historic bandshell in Golden Gate Park for an all ages concert experience celebrating live music, peace, diverse cultures, yourselves and San Francisco! The first concert on the new stage built to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Golden Gate Park!
Thursday July 15th, 2021, 5pm-8pm The Bandshell in Golden Gate Park between the DeYoung Museum and California Academy of Sciences. FREE, ALL AGES.
Headlining the show is world music legend Pato Banton and special guests!
This is a gift to you for making it through the pandemic. Let’s leave no trace at our beautiful local park venue, the historic Spreckels Temple of Music bandshell and music concourse erected in 1900. This once in a lifetime concert put on for you by Value Culture, a non profit organization removing barriers to arts, culture, and philanthropy is free but we ask you to leave no trace and take out what you bring into the park. Please show your support by texting VALUECULTURE to 44321 and tagging @ivalueculture #valueculture at the event, or donating here.
Other performers include Estrella, Swathi Ravichandran, Tony Kaye, and members of the Turf Feinz. Hosted by Founder & Executive Director of Value Culture Adam Swig, and lead actor from the Last Black Man of San Francisco Jimmie Fails.
Special Thanks to San Francisco Recreation and Parks for making this possible.
Thank you Pato Banton and Antoinette Rootsdawtah’s Stand Up For Justice
Please be mindful of the park and your trash, lets leave no trace.
American History Shabbat
July 16th, 7pm-9pm, San Francisco Historic Venue
Join Value Culture’s first in person Shabbat experience in 2021, with legendary Hollywood director Tony Kaye at a historic, legendary San Francisco venue in conversation with Value Culture Founder, Executive Director Adam Swig and special guests. Tony Kaye more than directed the famed film American History X. He’s also a talented musician, visual artist, a grammy winner for best short form music video, and family man. He’s done music videos for Johnny Cash, Roger Waters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, worked with Paul McCartney, and other feature films include Detachment, Lake of Fire, and the soon to be filmed African History Y.
Tony’s music video for Johnny Cash’s God's Gonna Cut You Down won the 2007 Grammy Award for best short form video. Director Tony Kaye filled the video with cameos from other actors and musicians, since Johnny Cash had passed away. Cameos included: David Allan Coe, Patricia Arquette, Travis Barker, Peter Blake, Bono, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Depp, the Dixie Chicks, Flea, Billy Gibbons, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Terrence Howard, Jay-Z, Mick Jones, Kid Rock, Anthony Kiedis, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Lee, Adam Levine, Shelby Lynne, Chris Martin, Kate Moss, Graham Nash, Busy Philipps, Iggy Pop, Lisa Marie Presley, Q-Tip, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keith Richards, Chris Rock, Rick Rubin, Patti Smith, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Brian Wilson, and Owen Wilson.
Location revealed with RSVP. Donations requested,
Email ivalueculture@gmail.com
Welcome Back San Francisco!
$60 gains access for 1.
$100 gains access for 2.
$500 become a sponsor and super supporter.
VIP evening consists of open bar, curated house experience of the David Ireland House at 500 Capp St, and music from world renowned 14TH CENTURY SUFI CHAMBER FUSION ENSEMBLE.
Please wear masks inside the house, and at your comfort level outdoors.
All donations are 100% tax deductible supporting Value Culture and The 500 Capp Street Foundation.
Click to RSVP or visit https://www.pledge.to/VCx500Capp
The David Ireland House
500 Capp Street, San Francisco
Thursday June 24th, 2021
6:00pm-8:00pm
REGISTER FREE HERE: https://givebutter.com/StayAtHomeSoiree
Value Culture teams ups with Oakland Ballet Company, a non-profit, performing arts organization that reflects the diversity of Oakland and the greater East Bay for a Stay at Home Soiree on June 11th, 2021 at 7pm PST. The program will feature the premiere of ‘What I See’ a dance film in collaboration with IceCold3000 and the Turf Feinz. Also featuring a free style performance by Bay Area Rapper Frak, and Shabbat supported by Grand Bakery in Oakland with Rabbi Peretz Mochkin. Hosted by Graham Lustig and Adam Swig. Media support from Bam Magazine.
Under the Direction of Graham Lustig since 2010, OBC is an Isadora Duncan award-winning dance organization comprised of a diverse professional performing company, a comprehensive educational program, and an academy. Our vision is much larger than our name might imply. Our reach is wider than Oakland – spanning much of the East Bay. While we embrace classical ballet at our core, OBC’s programs employ many dance styles, musical genres, and collaborations with a diverse roster of local artists.
SPECIAL PRE EVENT CLUBHOUSE DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAKER AND SPECIAL GUESTS June 10th, 2021 8pm PST on CLUBHOUSE
Link and invite provided click here. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/valueculture/x3V0tNrM/mJvAWr3n
Join Value Culture and friends for a once in a lifetime virtual experience as we bring survivors of the Rwandan Genocide together with Holocaust Survivors. The event will be host by Value Culture's executive director Adam Swig and Simon Javan Okelo host of the African Father in America podcast and founder of One Vibe Africa, in honor of Africa Day on May 25th. Holocaust survivor speakers include Dr. Inge Auerbacher, Marie Doduck, and Sami Steigmann. Rwandan Genocide survivor speakers include Consolee Nishimwe, Omar Ndizeye, Providence Umugwaneza, Jeanne Lakin, and Henriette Mutegwaraba. Guest speaker Naomi Kikoler the Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other special guests.
Join on Clubhouse, click here for an invite to the event and to clubhouse, now available for android users!
Also streaming on our facebook page
Sadly there is a current genocide in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, please be aware and take action against the violence.
Value Culture has created the virtual music Seder Stream Festival again this year with rapper Kosha Dillz. Seder Stream Festival's theme this year is ‘Artists for Freedom’ and will celebrate on the final night of the Jewish holiday Passover with the message of freedom for all. The multitude of diverse independent artists of all backgrounds performing live from around the world include:
Kosha Dillz
Kimya Dawson (one half of the The Moldy Peaches)
Recent Grammy winner Joanie Leeds
Cuban Sensation Dayramir Gonzalez
Uyanga Bold
Israeli artist Gili Yalo
Tony Kaye
Happie Hoffman
Mohsin Zaman
Still a Great Night
Mikey Pauker
Richard Vagner
Tuff Gong's Jonathan Emile
Jurgis DID in Colombia
Bay Area's own Etu
Estrella
Falsa
Talia Lava
Ghana’s Brakwaku Jr
Marni Loffman
plus special guests
(Lineup subject to change)
The event will be hosted by Value Culture’s founder Adam Swig
Last year’s festival featured Grammy-nominated Memphis stars Southern Avenue, Howi Spangler of Ballyhoo!,Ray Goren (NBC's Songland), among notable others
43,000 participants, only 1 found the Afikomen NFT!
With Special Guests, Mayim Bialik, Chloe Fineman, Jeff Garlin, Rabbi David Wolpe, Michael Rapaport, Sam Morril, Patti Stanger, Noa Tishby, Tehran Von Ghasri · Music Provided by Kosha Dillz, Saturday Night Seder alumni, and joined by the Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance
+ Many More...
Plus, the first-ever matzo NFT drop to raise funds for anti-hate, food security & mental wellness.
www.PassoverSeder.club
Today, BuzzFeed’s Tasty announced they will be the official sponsor of the first-ever Clubhouse Passover Seder this coming Sunday, March 28th. The all-inclusive, diverse “Night of 1,000 Jewish Stars” program will usher in the most-celebrated Jewish holiday worldwide, taking a comedic, yet earnest, approach to the Passover Seder dinner highlighted by some of today’s most iconic Jewish actors, comedians, musicians, creators, Holocaust survivors, philanthropists, and equally important, allies.
The star-studded event co-hosted by actress and comedian Leah Lamarr and media personality Nicole Behnam, officiated by Sinai Temple’s Rabbi David Wolpe, and benefiting non-profit organization, Value Culture, will start promptly at 4:00 PM PDT / 7:00 PM EDT in the Hot on the Mic Club on Clubhouse and will be co-broadcast on Buzzfeed Tasty’s YouTube & Facebook channels and: www.PassoverSeder.club. All are welcome to celebrate in this cultural experience celebrating freedom for all, bringing generations of Jewish community together on a global scale.
“We wanted to bring all of our friends together and tell the story of Passover in way that’s celebratory, comedic, and inclusive,” said Leah Lamarr, show creator, head writer, and producer.
“Night of 1,000 Jewish Stars” will also provide a 21st century blockchain experience to commemorate the time-honored ritual of hiding the afikomen with a special matzo NFT (non-fungible token) — a one-of-a-kind collectible piece of digital art created specifically for the event. The unique NFT will be auctioned off during the Seder with 100% of proceeds benefiting Value Culture. Another will be hidden in the Clubhouse audience to be found. The auction itself will be held at afikomenNFT.com.
"I was excited by this idea because it is a chance to reimagine a tradition that is literally thousands of years old,” said fnnch, digital artist and creator of the matzo NFT. “If Clubhouse is the home in which Passover will take place, then hiding an NFT matzo — a singular piece that only one person can find — is the new hiding of the Afikomen.” This is fnnch's second NFT, following his first NFT sale last week, auctioned for $70,000 in a clubhouse room with Mark Zuckerberg.
“Value Culture’s dream is coming true as we are celebrating freedom for all and diversity with this inclusive Passover Seder that not just Jewish people will enjoy,” says Founder & Executive Director, Adam Swig. “All donations will go towards supporting anti-hate, food security, and mental wellness initiatives.”
The one-night only event will feature special guest appearances and performances:
Jeff Garlin (actor/comedian), Michael Rapaport (actor/comedian), Mayim Bialik (actress), Chloe Fineman (SNL), Noa Tishby (actress/author), Tehran Von Ghasri (comedian), Julius C Thomas (Hamilton), Adam Kantor (actor/singer-Fiddler On the Roof/The Band’s Visit), Jonathan Raviv (actor/singer-The Band’s Visit), Sophie Auster (musician/actress), Patti Stanger (celebrity matchmaker), Jared Freid (comedian/@betches), Jimmy Fails (actor), Stevie Nelson (actress), Rabbi David Wolpe, Kosha Dillz (rapper), Sami Steigmann (Holocaust survivor), Marie Doduck (Holocaust survivor), Scott Rogowsky (comedian/HQ Trivia host), Jessica Kirson (comedian), Sam Morril (comedian), Andrew Zimmern (chef), Daniel Shemtob (chef), Jake Cohen (chef/author), Uyanga Bold (musician), Joanne Weir (chef), Andrew Zimmern (chef), Manouschka Guerrier (chef), Tony Kaye (American History X film director), Happie Hoffman (Jewish musician), Ben Jaffe (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), Joanne Weir (chef), Angelo Moore (musician), Will Weinbach (GenZ entrepreneur), Markell Casey (A&R executive / Black Jewish Entertainment Alliance), Gili Yalo (Israeli musician), Liz Kleinrock (Teach & Transform/TED speaker), Ashley Couture (actor), Ben Gleib (comedian), Matthew Friend (impressionist), among other surprises.
“If 2020 was the year of the Zoom Seder, 2021 is the year of the Clubhouse Seder,” said Executive Producer Randi Zuckerberg. “Complete with hilarious Passover anecdotes from some of the greatest storytellers, music with the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and prayers delivered by some of the world’s most important Rabbis, ’Night of 1,000 Jewish Stars’ will absolutely be the most entertaining Seder you have ever experienced.”
‘Night of 1000 Jewish Stars’ Sponsors & Producers
About Tasty:
Tasty is the world's largest social food network, reaching hundreds of millions of people around the world every month with its video recipes. Launched in 2015, Tasty is the #1 food creator on social media. The leading BuzzFeed brand is focused on making cooking practical, accessible, and fun, and has amassed more than 100 billion lifetime video views: https://tasty.co/
About Hot On the Mic:
The premiere comedy venue on Clubhouse app, Hot On the Mic, is led by social creator, SAG-AFTRA actress, writer and stand-up comedian Leah Lamarr currently based in Los Angeles: www.leahlamarr.com
About FNNCH:
San Francisco based street artist creates murals using multi-layered stencils and spray paint. His “contemporary pop art” depicts objects from both nature and everyday life: www.fnnch.com
About Value Culture:
Value Culture partners and empowers individuals and businesses that benefit community cultural and philanthropic goals through producing and supporting artistic, educational, charitable and spiritual programs to inspire the next generation to give back to their communities: www.valueculture.org
About FRAZES CREATIVE:
A non-traditional boutique pr & creative firm led by veteran music industry maven Jordan Danielle Frazes integrating mainstream and niche brands and media that engage communities at their core across a cultivated network of tastemakers, journalists and digital venues: www.frazescreative.com
About American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra:
American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (AFIPO) supports and enables the world-class Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) to enrich diverse audiences around the world: www.afipo.org
About the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra:
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is the leading orchestra in Israel, founded in 1936 and globally recognized as a world class symphonic ensemble: www.ipo.co.il
About OneTable:
OneTable empowers people who don’t yet have a consistent Shabbat dinner practice to build one that feels authentic, sustainable, and valuable. OneTable is a national nonprofit funded to support people (21-39ish) looking to find and share this powerful experience: www.onetable.org
This Wednesday, April 7th, we want to invite you to join us on 👋#clubhouse at 10 am PST for a unique program in observance of Israel's day of commemoration for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. #yomhashoah
We will be hosting five survivors who have found purpose in educating the world about the Holocaust. Please join us in welcoming our honored guests:
✨Inge Auerbacher is a world-renowned author who has published many books about her experiences throughout the Holocaust. She tells her life story in three books, "I am a Star"- Child of the Holocaust, "Beyond the Yellow Star to America," and "Finding Dr. Schatz."
✨Marie Doduck is the co-founder of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. An outspoken leader who shared her life story with many continues to educate the youth as antisemitism is rising in Canada.
✨Eva Perlman, the author of Eva's Uncommon Life, details the first of many miracles that kept her family alive. "After adventures, travel, and hardships, she ultimately found her purpose as a Holocaust survivor educating Jewish teens on the Living's annual March.
✨Rose Holm and her husband Joe joined the armed resistance at the early age of 19, and they carried out dozens of missions together. They escaped Germany and eventually immigrated to the US, where Rose has shared the Jewish partisans' legacy and the importance of teaching "kids to fight back. To speak up."
✨Sami Steigmann is a motivational speaker dedicated to reaching as many young people as possible nationally and internationally to promote tolerance and a better world for all. His advice to the young people: "NEVER BE A PERPETRATOR. But most importantly, NEVER, EVER BE A BY-STANDER."
To educate yourself further into the stories of these survivors check out the links in our bio.
Special thanks to:
Mitch Braff & @jewishpartisans
@daniellemira
@israel_philharmonic & friends
@bernicecarmeli
Performances by:
@happie.hoffman
@talialavamusic
Grammy Winner @joanieleeds
#jonathanhadas @israel_philharmonic
Hosted by:
@iamswig @koshadillz
Join us for Nonviolence today #SoulForce w/ Dr. Clarence B. Jones, MLK's lawyer, strategist, speechwriter, and best friend. He is an amazing man, living legend, and an American hero.
Value Culture and the University of San Francisco center for Nonviolence and Social Justice will welcome Dr. Clarence B. Jones to the Clubhouse app on Saturday February 27th, 2021 at 12pm PST. Clarence is interested in the audio platform and the ability to educate 10 million people on his first person account of the Civil Rights movement and his friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, and the value of nonviolence. and issues of Gun Violence. This will be truly monumental.
Moderated by Adam Swig with Jonathan Greenberg and you.
www.goatmyvalentine.com for this years photo booth, get ready for back in person 2022!
Giving Options:
DONATE to the local US Marines Toys for Tots program directly here, you give money, they buy and distribute toys. This year we are working with Chief Acosta.
DONATE funds so kids at EBAC’s Hawthorne Family Resource Center in the Fruitvale area of Oakland can get some gifts. Gifts here will go to low-income children ages 2-11 and for many, these toys may be the only gifts they receive this year. 94% of the 650 students qualify for free/reduced lunches.
Please reach out to Carolyn Chung here for further questions.
Special Needs Shabbat: Celebrating Individuals of all Abilities
Join Value Culture, Everybody is a Star Foundation, celebrity rapper Kosha Dillz and Friends, for a very special Shabbat program on Friday November 20th, 2020, World Children's Day. Special Musical Performances, candle lighting, and special guests.
Participate on Zoom with RSVP above and also stream free on Shabbat Stream.
July 31st - August 2nd, 2020 Value Culture Presents 'A Green Weekend’ Featuring a Virtual Shabbat at the Aquarium, an Outdoor Art Show and Food Drive, & Beach Clean Up put on by Value Culture and Friends. (No reports of Covid following the events.)
July 31st - August 2nd, 2020 Value Culture Presents 'A Green Weekend’ Featuring a Virtual Shabbat at the Aquarium, an Outdoor Art Show and Food Drive, & Beach Clean Up put on by Value Culture and Friends. (No reports of Covid following the events.) Watch Video Recap Here
What an incredible event!
Watch what happened live at SOULVEY.COM
Value Culture presents
Cuba In Your Living Room
with Dayramir Gonzalez.
Sunday May 17th, 2020 - 9am PT / 12pm ET.
Enjoy a taste of Cuban culture live in your living room with a special livestream performance by a world renowned Havana born and raised musical phenom from his living room.
Afro-Cuban Jazz pianist and composer Dayramir Gonzalez, is a three-time Cubadisco award-winner and the first Cuban national to receive Berklee College of Music’s “Presidential Scholarship." He won the 2013 Wayne Shorter Award for most outstanding jazz composer. In 2012, he was a headliner in Carnegie Hall’s “Voices of Latin America Series,” invited by Chucho Valdes to represent the young generation of Cuban jazz pianists. His latest album “The Grand Concourse” was named one of the Top 40 albums of 2018.
This event is courtesy of Dayramir Gonzalez and Value Culture to lift spirits in these uneasy times, for the people of the United States, Cuba, and friends all over the world. We both believe that culture heals and bridges. We hope to engage with you on Sunday and for you to enjoy some great music!
FOR A LIMITED TIME CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SHOW WWW.CUBAINYOURLIVINGROOM.COM
Donations to Value Culture and tips for the artist are welcome at www.valueculture.org
For more info on Dayramir Gonzalez:
Instagram: @dayramirgonzalezofficial
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dayramirgonzalez
Twitter: @Dayramir
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/dayramirgonzalez
Bandsintown: Bit.ly/DayramirBandsintown
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BAY AREA VISUAL ARTIST PRODUCTION RELIEF GRANT
We support this program and it's mission.
The Internet Archive and Ever Gold [Projects] are pleased to announce part two of our Bay Area Visual Artist Exhibition Production Relief Grant, an online exhibition featuring the thirty grant finalists.
From June 29 – July 18, the exhibition, featuring one artwork by each artist, will be on view via the Ever Gold [Projects] website. Artists include:
Miguel Arzabe, Saif Azzuz, Liat Berdugo, Ajit Chauhan, James Chronister, Matthew Craven, Cannon Dill, Serena Elston, Joey Enos, Maria Paz, Casey Gray, Alexander Hernandez, Oliver Hawk Holden, Jeremiah Jenkins, Kyle Lypka/ Tyler Cross, Martin Machado, Rachel Marino, Christopher Martin, Lenworth McIntosh, MasakoMiki, Nasim Moghadam, Guy Overfelt, Meryl Pataky, Sofie Ramos, Alexander Rohrig, Joanna Ruckman, Jonathan Runcio, Miriam Stahl, Vanessa Woods, and Jan Wurm.
Value Culture supports our friends Ever Gold [Projects] & The Internet Archive Present
Bay Area Emerging Visual Artist Exhibition Production Relief Grant
This is made possible by additional funding from a Discretionary Award from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation and individual contributions from Roselyne Swig, Bryan Meehan, Justin Shaffer, John Sanger, and Maurice Kanbar, we have raised a total of $30,000 which we will be distributing through thirty $1,000 grants direct to artists who meet the following qualifications.
APPLICATIONS OPENED 9AM (PST) MAY 12TH / AND CLOSED MAY 15TH 4PM
Only 400 applications were available.
All inquiries: artistgrant@evergoldprojects.com
More info: https://evergoldprojects.com/artist-grant/
SHABBAT STREAM with KOSHA DILLZ FRIDAY MAY 8TH, 5PM PST, FREE on www.SHABBATSTREAM.com
Join Value Culture, Jewish Live and professional Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz for a Shabbat Stream on May 8th, 2020. Kosha Dillz will lead in an open virtual shabbat, lighting candles, blessing wine, breaking bread, and performing an end of the week recap shabbat ‘freestyle’ rap. You are invited to log into Shabbat Stream where we can shabbat together and connect while we sheltering in place.
Value Culture helped launch and curate h.wood groups new San Francisco venue Lower Mason in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. This sparkling new private social club is h.wood’s group first San Francisco space. The company popular with celebrities is responsible for some of the most iconic brands in the world, including Delilah, The Nice Guy, and Bootsy Bellows in Los Angeles. These “underground” events were all offline and word of mouth, list only, and buzzed about in the creatives and arts community. The result being stylish, attractive, successful, happy capacity crowds at each intimate event.
February 21st, February 29th, and March 7th, 2020.
Unplugged Mansion Shabbat + Anna of the North Concert
Note: This is a special event experience only found in SF put on by Value Culture.
1) 6pm-9pm Unplugged Shabbat Dinner at historic @Haas Lilienthal Mansion. Celebrate the National Day of Unplugging by Unplugging...in a mansion. Unplugged explained by author, filmmaker, community builder Tiffany Shlain and family.
2) 9pm-12AM-ish Anna of the North Concert at historic Great American Music Hall.
3) Maybe we'll keep it going somewhere VIP awesome...( and we did with an after party at Lower Mason, with the rockstar Anna of the North and her band)
1) Dinner includes plenty of food & drinks (open bar alcohol). Challah and Apple Pie from Grand Bakery of Oakland, CBD sparkling water from DayTrip, and Beer from Palmia and HolyCraft. Short universal Shabbat Experience (don't have to be Jewish), Unplugging, and more.
2) Anna of the North Concert at the Great American Music Hall. Who is she? OMG, you are in for a treat. The music of Anna of the North, an Oslo-based Norwegian singer-songwriter, has been regarded as "soft, soul-baring electro-pop". Her shows have been selling out across the country and this one will too.
1+2) What does Shabbat Dinner and an Anna of the North concert have in common. They are both awesome, and have songs about fire. Let's get unplugged, connect over the fire, and have a night full of joyful experiences you'll never forget. Experience 2 special San Francisco Heritage Legacy venues with historical San Francisco significance, the Haas Lilienthal House built in 1886, and the Great American Music Hall built in 1907, just a 15 minute walk from each other.
What is the National Day of Unplugging (NDU)?
A 24 HOUR GLOBAL RESPITE FROM TECHNOLOGY. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF DISCONNECTING FROM DIGITAL DEVICES TO CONNECT WITH OURSELVES, OUR LOVED ONES AND OUR COMMUNITIES IN REAL TIME.
JOIN US FOR NATIONAL DAY OF UNPLUGGING 2020 FROM SUNDOWN TO SUNDOWN, MARCH 6 - 7.
Why is this dinner $49?
It actually costs more to put this event on for you, you're getting a deal! This is a $100 value. Your concert ticket at a separate gorgeous venue has to be purchased which is $27. For the extra $22 you are provided with a quality yummy dinner, all you can drink alcohol, Adam surprises and a rented beautiful historical victorian (& Jewish) mansion for you to enjoy it all in. This event is subsidized and put on by Value Culture, a California Non Profit who's mission is to get you into culture and philanthropy of where you live. Thank you to One Table for helping provide some of the nourishment. San Francisco is 7 miles by 7 miles, 7x7=49. Know where you live, don't fear the give. If you can give more, support us at www.valueculture.org/
L'chaim! Keep it going after this month's Late Shabbat or wherever you are- head to Ireland's 32 (Geary & 3rd) for an after party beginning at 10pm-11pm. It's free to attend and a short 5 minute walk from the temple.
Presented by Value Culture (www.valueculture.org), Adam Swig, and the Emanu-El Young Adult Leadership Committee.
Music by SF favorite DJ Jay Ev. Jay Ev leaves no genre untouched from 90’s hip hop, reggae, motown, to current electro, indie pop, hip hop, trap, deep house, disco, and dance floor classics. He's appeared with Bag Raiders, Danny Daze, Justin Jay, Solidisco, Rac, Classix, Baauer, Deejay Theeory, Drake, Miguel, Talib Kwali, Slick Rick DJ Spider, Eric Prydz, and DJ Z-trip among others. Notable appearances include the Northern Nights music festival, the St. Francis Foundation to benefit the Tenderloin Health Improvement Partnership, the SF UNICEF gala, and regularly at Harlot, Hawthorn, White Rabbit, Bootie SF, and Motown on Mondays.
Join us for a free special Valentine's Day happy hour truly like no other. Get your photo taken cuddling with little goats! In North Beach!
About this Event
If you can't be with the one you love, love a GOAT this Valentine's Day!Value Culture, City Grazing and Snap Fiesta are proud to present the 3rd-ever FREE Valentine's Day goat extravaganza!RSVP for access to the most anticipated Valentine's Day event in the Bay.All Ages event.Friday February 14th, 20204pm-8pm Goat Happy Hour8pm-11pm After Party in same location580 Green St.(at Columbus), North Beach, San FranciscoRecreation Sound Systems Presents Local Maker Mart
GOAT My Valentine! Save the Bees!
-Little Goats-City Grazing Goat SnapFiesta Photo Booth with all proceeds to benefit City Grazing-Pop-up Local Maker Mart featuring up and coming artists, and local goods for purchase-Creative Cocktails and drinks for purchase-Limited Edition HolyCraft Beer. Their new flagship North Beach Brewery opens later in 2020 at 787 Broadway St., San Francisco. www.holycraftbrewery.com/-Free Kisses-More-Hosted by Adam Swig and Value Culture www.valueculture.org / @ivaluecultureGOAT PHOTOS by SnapFiestaWe encourage you to make a reservation for Goat Portrait Photos. This is done to lower your wait time in line, and to create a happy, healthy environment for the Goats. All proceeds of the photo booth go to support City Grazing, 501c3 and a healthy planet.What if you don't make a reservation? Fear not, Goat photo portrait tickets will be available at the door 'a la carte.' Reservations will have priority!Don't want to wait in line? Get a V.I.G. ticket and skip to the front!Enjoy and explore North Beach, make a night of it and enjoy dinner and drinks at the many wonderful restaurants and legendary bars within a few blocks from the party.Goat My Valentine 2019 in the News!-The #4 thing to do this Valentine's Day by Time Out San Francisco-The #4 Galentine's Date by The Bold Italic-Featured by ABC 7 News-Hoodline Top Pick-Top Pick by FunCheapSFMore info at www.goatmyvalentine.eventbrite.com
Value Culture Executive Director Adam Swig’s Birthday Party and Value Culture’s activation at the Main SF Public Library with Friends of the SF Public Library!
Saturday, February 1st, 6th Floor, SF PUBLIC LIBRARY, 30 Grove St. Entrance, San Francisco. RSVP required!
Supporting Value Culture and Friends of the SF Public Library!
DJ D-Sharp, the Official DJ of the Golden State Warriors
Kara Nova, Special Guests, and more.
Dress: Library Chic
Adam Swig’s Value Culture takes over the 5th and 6th floors of the main SF Library with Friends of the SF Library to give you an unforgettable experience late into the night on Saturday February 1st. Value Culture aims to create awareness of different civic cultural institutions, and what better place to shine a light on than the SF public library. Our libraries offer more than just books, they are free cultural hubs in cities around the world, the backbone of cultural education and engagement for all ages and demographics. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library is a member-supported, nonprofit organization. They are the Library's INVESTORS, ADVOCATES and CHAMPIONS, ensuring long term funding and robust programming in libraries throughout the city. Engage with Friends at the event and learn how the library is more than just books.
Take A Swig was previously held at 111 Minna Gallery in 2019, and Harlot Nightclub in 2018. Past beneficiaries included California Fire Relief, Miracle Messages homelessness initiative, AMEL (The African Middle Eastern Leadership Project), Alliance For Girls, The San Francisco Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, the City Surf Project, the Greenlight Clinic (free mental health clinic), and City Grazing.
Sundance Shabbat Schmoozin
Friday, January 24th, 2020 4pm-6PM
Music Lodge, 710 Main st. Park City, Utah
Performances by Kosha dillz and Running Lights
Hosted by Value Culture and Kosha dillz world
FREE DRINKS FROM HEINEKEN
Value Culture x Gagosian x Ever Gold ART Party January 2020. Capacity crowd all night at Natoma Cabana, San Francisco.
Unofficial FOG/UNTITLED After Party
Friday, January 17th, 2020 10pm-Late
Natoma Cabana, 90 Natoma St. San Francisco.
Private party.
Password for entry MAN RAY
Hosted by Value Culture and friends
Music by:
Eug (PUBLIC RELEASE)
Jeremy Castillo (CLUB LONELY)
December Late Shabbat After Party
Friday December 13th, 2019, 10pm-2am,
@ Ireland’s 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. San francisco, ca 94105
After Late Shabbat at temple emanuel head over to ireland’s 32 for music, drinks, and dancing with SF Favorite and Native DJ Jay ev.
Free event Organized and sponsored by Value Culture, 21+
Hanukkah in Paris at the Hotel Kabuki!
Saturday December 7th, 2019 8pm-2am
Value Culture will be passing out schwag and information at The hottest Hanukkah event in the USA, Hanukkah in PAris at The Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco's Japantown. Celebrating it's 6th consecutive year, the event features multiple rooms, the live band California Groove, Paris inspired pop-up musical performances, DJ Brandon Beach, Burlesque Performances from Apothecary Raree plus more!
Please bring new, unwrapped toys for underprivileged children as we celebrate the holiday giving season with Toys for Tots and the US Marines.
Thank you to all of our community partners! Congregation Emanu-El and the Young Adult Leadership Committee, Grand Bakery Oakland, Reboot, and the J Weekly.
Hosted by Value Culture Founder Adam Swig
More information at www.hanukkahinparis.eventbrite.com
Almost Hanukkah in Paris at Pour Vous, Hollywood, CA
Thursday December 5th, 9pm-2am
BONJOUR, COME TO POUR VOUS ON MELROSE WITH A NEW, UNWRAPPED TOY FOR A CHILD IN NEED OF A HOLIDAY GIFT. GRAB SOME DREIDELS AND GELT, YOUR BERET, GIVE LIGHT, DANCE, REVEL AND ENJOY SOME BURLESQUE BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST HANUKKAH IN PARIS (4TH ANNUAL, PREVIOUSLY HELD AT NO VACANCY AND SKYBAR). MORE INFO AT WWW.ALMOSTHANUKKAH.COM
REQUEST RSVP AT GET-IN OR RSVP@ALMOSTHANUKKAH.COM
Giving Tuesday Happy Hour at Manny’s w/ Value Culture, The G-Lab, and Alliance for Girls
5pm-9pm, Tuesday December 3rd, 2019
@ Manny’s 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA
Celebrate Giving Tuesday at Manny's!
Pop into Manny’s for an online to offline community happy hour celebrating Giving Tuesday. Learn about 3 great non profits organizing community in the Bay Area, The Giants Community Fund Lab, the Alliance for Girls, and Value Culture. 1,2,3, You and Me. Be apart of Giving Tuesday, chat with leaders from each non profit, enter the raffle to win prizes (Must be in person to win), and more. Give online, celebrate offline.
Meet Value Culture Founder and Executive Director Adam Swig who will be available to answer any questions about Value Culture and invites you to have fun. More info at www.valueculturegivingtuesday.eventbrite.com