Photo Workshop with John Blaustein
March 19 @ 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Learn how to "make pictures instead of just taking pictures" with professional photographer
John Blaustein, author of The Hidden Canyon, a River Journey and a 2016 Authors Dinner honoree.
Blaustein, who has traveled the world for numerous corporations and whose clients include businesses, individuals, non profits and publications, has opened his North Berkeley home for a three hour workshop for six participants only. Featuring a hands-on review of what you need to know about your camera to achieve the maximum image quality, the discussion will be geared towards getting the most out of your digital camera, with an emphasis on practical tips for better images. Before the day ends, you'll even be able to practice your actual photos and discussing the process and results.
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Walking Tour & Lunch at Berkeley City Club
Saturday, April 9 @ 10:00am
Join local historian and popular walking tour leader
Trish Hawthorne
to explore Berkeley's
"Julia Morgan Park, " a neighborhood filled with the famed architect's work. Start you
r morning with coffee in a Morgan-designed Arts and Crafts house. Then stroll through nearby streets, seeing and learning about the handsome brown shingle homes Morgan designed in the first decade of the 20th century.
The tour concludes with lunch at the
Berkeley City Club, a Julia Morgan masterpiece. There will be time to explore the building and to discuss the full scope of Morgan's work and prolific career.
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Conversation w/ Scott Ostler at the Dock
Thursday, April 14 @ 5:00-7:00pm
Pregame the 2016 NBA Playoffs with S.F. Chronicle
sportswriter, 13x California Sportswriter of the Year and 2016 Authors Dinner honoree Scott Ostler at this informal evening of tapas, beers, and conversation with twenty sports enthusiasts. Enjoy locally brewed beers from Linden Street Brewery, and snacks crafted by Michelin starred Chef James Syhabout from The Dock at Linden Street.
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April 26 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Take a walk on the wild side with a
Quirky Berkeley tour lead by
Tom Dalzell, walker of all two hundred miles of Berkeley's streets and founder of Quirky Berkeley, a "love letter to Berkeley." Working from a specially crafted itinerary, Dalzell will lead participants through some of Berkeley's strangest front yards, helping you see Berkeley in a whole new (and strange) light.
The tour will begin and end at Live Oak Park. From there the group will wind through the hills, passing an epic peace sign, an elegant topiary giraffe, giant ceramic creatures and many other curiosities, including the micro quirk along Spruce Street.
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Enjoy an intimate conversation with two of the Bay Area's liveliest and most interesting personalities!
Jon Carroll, S.F. Chronicle
reporter from 1962-2015, with stints at Rolling Stone, the Village Voice and elsewhere in between, made readers laugh, cry and think in his 8,700
columns for the paper.
Tracy Johnston
was a freelance writer and magazine
editor, publishing feature stories in national magazines as well as a gripping adventure travel
book, Shooting the Boh,
about a river trip gone wrong.
These days Tracy continues to explore the world with her camera, and will join Jon and lucky guests in the lovely private dining room at Oliveto. In its 25+ years Oliveto has become a dining institution yet still turns out creative, cutting-edge cuisine. Don't miss it!
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Thursday, June 2 @ 7:00-9:00pm
Chroniclers of the Grateful Dead,
Peter Richardson and David Gans
join forces to bring the Grateful Dead alive for this fifty person gathering at Shattuck Avenue Spats, a Jerry Garcia hang out in the 1970's.
Professor and author Peter Richardson along with author, journalist, broadcaster and musician David Gans are recognized as trusted voices of the Grateful Dead. Together they will share perspectives on the Grateful Dead and the social milieu which shaped and was shaped by America's top touring band of the second half of 20th century.
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Pre-Election Dinner with Robert Reich
Sunday, October 23 @ 6:00pm
Grab a seat at this 12 person dinner party, set to take place just two weeks before the
2016 Presidential election. Robert Reich will be the guest of honor, and who better to provide an interesting and incisive look at the political landscape in the run-up to the election.
Robert Reich
, Chancellor Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, has served in three national administrations and written fourteen books, including the best sellers Aftershock, The Work of Nations, Beyond Outrage and his most recent, Saving Capitalism. He is chairman of Common Cause and co-creator of the award-winning documentary Inequality for All, shown in Meyer Sound's Pearson Theater as a library benefit in 2014.
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Lunch at Boulevard with Leah Garchik
Date to be arranged with Ms. Garchik
What's happening in San Francisco? No one knows the answer to this better than
Leah Garchik
. Hear about it first-hand over lunch at Boulevard
with Leah and four of your friends.
In keeping with traditions begun by a succession of well-loved Chronicle columnists, Garchik interprets life in San Francisco in her popular daily column. It's hard to imagine a more engaging luncheon companion, or a better place to hear all about life in the City than at Boulevard Restaurant in the historic Audiffred Building.
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Get the inside scoop with Honorary Chair
Frances Dinkelspiel at
Chez Panisse Café
! A graduate of Stanford University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with an extensive reporting career, in 2009 she co-founded the award winning Berkeleyside, an online source for news and events in and around Berkeley.
Your party of four will join Frances and her guest at the Chez Panisse Café on a date of mutual convenience. Count on a lively evening of fun and information with the lady who has the inside scoop on it all!
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Dine out with SF Chronicle's Michael Bauer
Date arranged by Mr. Bauer
Michael Bauer has been following the food and wine scene at the San Francisco Chronicle for more than 28 years. If you are among his countless fans who eagerly await his next restaurant review, you won't want to miss this special opportunity. Accompany Michael as he stealthily ventures forth to check out the latest entrant to the Bay Area's food scene.
Bauer has won multiple national awards for his restaurant reviews and under his leadership the Chronicle's Food and Wine section has won four James Beard Awards for outstanding food coverage as well as multiple awards from the Association of Food Journalist
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