With George Dobbins

In what has become an annual favorite at the JCCSF, San Francisco Chronicle TV critic Tim Goodman is joined by self-professed television expert George Dobbins to uncover the best and worst of the current season. Complete with clips and side-splitting commentary, this evening is a must for lovers and haters of the small screen.

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Impractical Lessons for Practical Living

Romanian-born poet, novelist and essayist Andrei Codrescu delights NPR audiences with his audacious cultural commentary. He writes that his adopted city of New Orleans, especially post-Katrina, is "a city that steadfastly refuses to conform." His new book, The Posthuman Dada Guide, is "an impractical handbook for practical living in our posthuman world."

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One of the all-time most popular broadcasters on public radio, Stamberg is known for her conversational style and knack for finding an interesting story. She's interviewed Laura Bush, Billy Crystal, Rosa Parks, Milton Friedman and Luciano Pavarotti. Look forward to Stamberg speaking on everything from Jewish mothers to the little-known story of the Jews of Shanghai.

The Pritzker Family Lecture is made possible through the generosity of the Lisa and John Pritzker Family Fund.

We're bringing together San Francisco's premier art gallery owners to tell you everything you want to know about collecting.  Is art the right place to park your money now that the stock market and real estate are in the dumper?  How can you determine the true value of a work of art?  Do auction houses manipulate prices?  Join Fraenkel Galley Director Frish Brandt, Modernism's Martin Mueller, Jessica Silverman of Silverman Gallery, George Krevsky of George Krevsky Gallery and Trish Bransten, director of Rena Bransten Gallery.     

Anonymous photograph, from the collection of Robert E. Jackson

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!

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