| If Cities Could Dance: Voguing, Boogaloo, Bollywood & You | Wednesday, June 1 | 7:00 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | Throw on your dancing shoes and come learn some moves! Local dance legends featured in KQED’s Webby Award-winning digital video series If Cities Could Dance will be on hand to teach you some of the fundamental moves of Voguing, Boogaloo, and “Bollywood in heels”! The moves in this short and simple, no-pressure, mini dance bootcamp will be easy enough for anyone to pick up, but more fun than anyone should be allowed to have on a weekday night. Think you’ll need to modify movements to fit your level of ability or just want to watch? We welcome and encourage all levels of participation! We’ll start out the evening with a screening of the featured dancer’s episodes, and end it with a chance to strut your stuff and show off what you’ve learned at a dance party featuring DJ Infinite Jess — who’ll be dishing tracks from all traditions. Let’s get down! | | |
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| WrestleMedia I | Thursday, June 2 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | KQED Live pulls back the curtain on the world of professional wrestling and invites you inside the ring with the experts. Learn the difference between a chokeslam and a brainbuster from some of the stars of the Bay Area underground. A diverse and quirky roster of wrestlers including The Stoner Brothers, D Rogue, Anton Voorhees, Eliza Hammer, Karina Kyle, Dark Sheik and Money, Power & Respect drop by for knockdown drag out interviews, a wrestling move tutorial, and three live matches (if we can sneak this one past our lawyers). | | |
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| Cephalopod Week: Movie Night | Friday, June 10 | 7 PM
Adult: $18, Children: $8 | Livestream: $5 | | |
| | NPR's Science Friday and KQED’s award-winning wildlife video series Deep Look team up for Cephalopod Week to celebrate everyone's favorite intelligent marine invertebrates -- from the cunning cuttlefish and nifty nautilus, to the superb squid and the outstanding octopus!
Join for an evening of talk, tentacles, and talent, featuring original short films from the Science Friday and Deep Look vaults, followed by conversations with cephalopod experts Richard Ross and Danna Staaf, interactive games, and other ceph-tastic fun. Dive deep with us in-person or plant your suckers at home—no matter where you are, now you can tune in to celebrate your favorite sea creatures! | | |
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| | | SFJAZZ | The 39th San Francisco Jazz Festival takes place June 8–19, and features 44 concerts in 12 days throughout the Bay Area. Highlights include Gregory Porter, Christian McBride, Chucho Valdés, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Nubya Garcia, Rhiannon Giddens, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Issac Delgado, Jane Monheit and more.
Tickets at SFJAZZ.org
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| The Japanese Tea Garden: A Bay Curious Walking Tour | Saturday, June 11 & Sunday, June 12 | 6 PM
In Person: $20 | | |
| | Bay Curious sets out to answer listeners’ questions about our home. One of those questions -- about the origin of the fortune cookie -- led us to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.
But what we found when we got there was another story altogether: the garden, which dates back to the World’s Fair of 1893, holds a sprawling family history and is a microcosm for how California has treated Japanese Americans since the 1800s to today. In this walking tour, actress Sango Tajima --aided by Head Gardener Steven Pitsenbarger -- leads us through a theatrical history of the garden, and the people who created it. | | |
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| Mighty Real: A Queer Dance Music History | Thursday, June 16 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
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| ¿Donde Estan Mis Superheroes? | Thursday, June 23 | 7 PM
In Person: $10 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | Who was your favorite superhero growing up? Writer and performer Baruch Porras-Hernandez explores the lives of queer people who walk on the wrong side of the tracks to do the right thing with his new graphic novel ¡ESPECTACULAR! Join us to experience this live-narrated multimedia adaptation packed with fantastic new queer Latinx superheroes! Come dressed in their own superhero-inspired costume! | | |
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| Hella Asian | Thursday, June 30 | 7 PM
In Person: $35-$50 | Livestream: $25 | | |
| | | The Bay Area chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association and KQED Live present an evening of live storytelling by local Asian American and Pacific Islander community voices. With this year’s theme “The Comeback,” a lineup of Bay Area journalists, filmmakers, poets, and other storytellers will celebrate AAPI resilience and the joyful ways their communities thrive. KQED podcast host Ericka Cruz-Guevarra , poet and youth advocate Michelle Mush Lee, veteran Bay Area primetime anchor Wendy Tokuda, MSNBC anchor Richard Liu , and others, bring their perspectives, imaginations, and expressive dynamism to the stage with stories that center the unique intersections of AAPI identities giving shape to a Bay Area culture that is hella Asian. | | |
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COVID-19 Safety Policy | To provide the safest space possible experience for our guests, performers, volunteers and staff, KQED is requiring all ticket holders to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to wear a mask at all times while inside the building. Full vaccination is defined as completion of the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine, plus the current recommended booster dose for the individual’s age cohort. To enter the building, please bring a photo ID and proof of vaccination. This policy is subject to change. Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for the most up-to-date COVID-19 safety policy. Questions: Email [email protected].
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