לישון על זה: מנוחה ונדודי שינה בספרות העברית בשנים האחרונות, העולם מצפה מאיתנו לדריכות ועירנות אין קץ. השינה נתפסת לא פעם כהפרעה, דבר מה שיש לצמצמו לטובת יצרנות (כדי ש"נספיק" יותר). בהרצאה נפנה לספרות העברית כדי לחשוב על השינה באופן אחר: כצורת מחשבה ואופן חיוני של התמודדות עם העולם. בהשראת המחשבה הפסיכואנליטית, ובעיקר זו של…
Join us for an evening with Helene Wecker, author of the bestselling “The Golem and the Jinni” trilogy, reading from the series’ long-awaited conclusion, “The Gates of Midnight.” Wecker will discuss the trilogy, the joys and challenges of writing historical fantasy, and what it feels like to finish a writing project 20 years in the…
Join Asaf Elia-Shalev, editor in chief of J. The Jewish News of Northern California, for a conversation on Israel's upcoming elections and how to interpret the results as they are reported in the news the morning after. Asaf will discuss the most recent polling in Israel, what to make of Israel’s election results as they…
Songs from the kitchens and courtyards of Sephardic life. The Qadim Ensemble performs Ladino music from their new album Entre Las Huertas, an orchard of memory. Buy tickets here.
The New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast has spent 45 years drawing our anxieties, neuroses, and everyday absurdities into over 1,000 cartoons. Join Roz with local KQED Forum host Alexis Madrigal for an evening of laughs, honesty, and sharp observation. Buy tickets here.
Comedians Tehran Von Ghasri (Comedy Central), Leah Bonnema (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), and Erik Angel (Comedy for Peace founder) share a stage and plenty of laughs in an evening that will prove humor can bridge divides and bring people together. Buy tickets here.
Performers Anthony Russell, Heather Klein, and Uri Schreter are joined by Professor Amelia Glaser to bring Yiddish poets’ furious, defiant responses to the 1931 Scottsboro trials to life in song. Buy tickets here.
