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Reporter: a screening with Ruth Messinger Join AJWS President Ruth Messinger and local young adults for a Bay Area advance screening of the new documentary featuring Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist. REPORTER documents Nicholas Kristof's efforts to write about the world's most wrenching conflicts. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kristof seeks personal stories of women and children in the midst of the decade-long conflict to illuminate the violence, hardship and injustice that AJWS addresses through grassroots work. Film will be followed by Q & A with Ruth Messinger. Come for hors d'oeuvres in the atirum at 5:30 pm, compliments of AJWS. Co-sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El and Congregation Emanu-El’s Young Adult Community, Congregation Beth Sholom, Congregation Sherith Israel, Taube Center for Jewish Life at the JCCSF, The Hub of the JCCSF, The SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition and Congregation Sha’ar Zahav. Space is limited. RSVP to Stephanie Tholand at stholand@ajws.org or 415.593.3298 with chosen location and number attending by November 25.


Mon, Nov 30 5:30 PM	FREE

Mark Cantor's Giants of Jazz on Film Mark Cantor is a walking encyclopedia of jazz stories – from household legends to the obscure sideman. Narrating clips from his extensive private collection of historical films, he gives you all the colorful, personal details of jazz-era artists and a revealing portrait of American life. Click here for more information on subscribing and how to save 15%.

Sat, Jan 23 8:00 PM	Jazz on the Tube In the ‘50s and ‘60s, new styles were being invented before audiences eyes: Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans jazz, Eddie Condon’s Chicago jazz, the Count Basie swing, the bebop of Charlie Parker, the cool jazz of Shorty Rogers, experimental music with Lennie Tristano and the piano solos of Art Tatum. And they did it live on television! Click for Tickets!	$20.00 Member $24.00 Public $12 Student


Sat, Apr 3 8:00 PM	The Great Jazz Singers From saucy and up-tempo to heartbreaking and sentimental, jazz vocals afford a powerful range of artistic expression. See Billie Holiday sing, as well as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, Nat “King” Cole, Dinah Washington, Billy Eckstine and many more! Click for Tickets!	$20.00 Member $24.00 Public $12 Student


Sat, May 8 8:00 PM	Benny Goodman and the Kings of Swing Relive the big band era through Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet and Gene Krupa among others. You’ll want to put on your dancin’ shoes and join us for an evening of big band swing at its best. Click for Tickets!	$20.00 Member $24.00 Public $12 Student


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Film Pig Hunt Screening and Talkback with Co-director Robert Mailer Anderson The new horror film from the author of Boonville sends a group of San Francisco friends on a hunting trip in Mendocino County where they encounter an angry 3,000-pound pig and find themselves at war with an inbred clan of yokels and a cult of Amazonian throat-slitting babes. Not for the faint of heart! Click here for more information on subscribing and how to save 15%.

Wed, Mar 17 7:00 PM	Click for Tickets!	$15.00 Member $18.00 Public $10.00 Students