Night of Ideas 2023

Schedule

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6:45

Introductory Speech

San Francisco

Welcome

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7:30

San Francisco

House of More, From the Canyons to the Stars, More Justice for All…

Juanita MORE!, Landa Lakes, Tongo Eisen-Martin, David Glamamore, Matthew Zapruder

SIGHTS & SOUNDS

PERFORMANCE – House of More! Welcome and Fashion Showcase with Juanita More!, drag artist; David Glamamore, fashion designer & Landa Lakes – Larkin Street Steps

 

MORE IMAGINATION

PERFORMANCE – “From the Canyons to the Stars” by Matthew Zapruder, poet, Commissioned by Villa Albertine – Children’s Center A • 2 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

KEYNOTE – More Justice for All with San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin – Info Desk • 3 Fl

 

MORE JOY

INTERACTIVE – Future of the Library Salon with Margaret Sullivan Studio, Gensler & Bay Area Theatre Cypher (ends at 9:00 PM) – Periodicals Room • 5 Fl

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8:00

San Francisco

Future of Food, Wisdom of the Natural World, Expanding (Hi)stories, More reproductive freedom…

Mary Ziegler, Gilda Gonzales, Cat Brooks, Ayodele Nzinga, Isela Ford, Nancy Hernandez, Raphaelle Moatti, Jonathon Keats, Baptiste Morizot, Bernie Krause, Estelle Zhong Mengual, Rayyane Tabet, Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris, Dairo Romero, Chloe Veltman, Oscar Villalon, Marina Gorbis, Jérome Baccelli, Marion Fourcade, Azi Jamalian, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, Carlos Aguirre, Shawn Rosenmoss, Ayssar Arida, Victor Devisme, Natalie Foster, Milicent Johnson, Suzanne Husky, D. Scot Miller

MORE ABUNDANCE

PANEL – Food + Planet: Crafting a Delicious Future of Food that Works for 100% of Life curated by Raphaelle Moatti, Delicious Future with Jonathon Keats, artist and philosopher – Latino/Hispanic Room • LL

 

MORE ABUNDANCE

PANEL – Wisdom of the Natural World with Baptiste Morizot, philosopher; Bernie Krause, musician/soundscape ecologist & Suzanne Husky, artist – Koret Auditorium • LL

 

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PERFORMANCE – Expanding (Hi)stories, Reading Performance “Dust Jackets” with Rayyane Tabet, artist *Duration: 15 min., repeats four times – Children’s Center A • 2 Fl

 

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PRESENTATION – Storytime for Adults with Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris, children’s book authors – Children’s Center B • 2 Fl

 

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SCREENING Jewish Film Institute & Friends – The Mix • 2 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – More Reproductive Freedom? The Post-Dobbs Legal Future in California with Mary Ziegler, UC Davis & Gilda Gonzales, Planned Parenthood of Northern CA – Hormel LGBTQIA Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – Art’s Call for More Police Accountability and Equal Justice for Black Women with Cat Brooks, playwright & Oakland Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga – African American Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – More Health Justice with Isela Ford, Dept. of Public Health; Nancy Hernandez, Excelsior Works; Carlos Izaguirre, Instituto Familiar de la Raza’s Indigena Health & Wellness Collective & Mercedes Garcia and Dairo Romero, Mission Economic Development Agency Chinese Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PANEL – More Content? From Print to Pixels with Chloe Veltman, NPR; D. Scot Miller, East Bay Express & Oscar Villalon, Zyzzyva – Jobs and Careers Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PANEL — TIME ABUNDANCE: Reimagining Work and Reclaiming Our Time with Marina Gorbis, Institute for the Future; Natalie Foster, President of Economic Security Project, Milicent Johnson, Creatrix, The Octavia Fund, Jérôme Baccelli, novelist & guest – Small Business Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PANEL – More Education: From the Classrooms to the Cloud with Marion Fourcade, UC Berkeley Dept. of Sociology; Victor Devisme, UC Berkeley; Azi Jamalian, The GIANT Room & Ayssar Arida, MakerBrane – Silver Music Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE JOY

INTERACTIVE – Ecosex in the City: Celebrating Earth, Air, Fire and Water with Beth Stephens, artist/activist; Annie Sprinkle, artist/activist & friends –  Additional panelists: Veronica Hart, Lady Monster, Courtney Desiree Morris, Saul Villegas, Kaytea Petro, Julian Barber, Sam McGinnis, Eve Minax, Maria Ramirez, Stan Clawson – Environmental Center • 5 Fl

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9:00

San Francisco

Trans Leadership & Caring Futures

Marcel Pardo Ariza, Honey Mahogany, Anjali Rimi, Nicole Santamaria, Pau Crego

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PANEL – Trans Leadership & Caring Futures with Marcel Pardo Ariza, artist; Honey Mahogany, SF Democratic Club & Transgender District; Anjali Rimi, Parivar Bay Area; Nicole Santamaria, El/La Para Trans Latinas & Pau Crego, Executive Director, Office of Transgender Initiatives – Koret Auditorium • LL

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9:30

San Francisco

Housing Inequity and Unpacking the Legacy of Neighborhood Segregation in San Francisco

Joaquin Torres

MORE JUSTICE

KEYNOTE – Housing Inequity and Unpacking the Legacy of Neighborhood Segregation in San Francisco with AssessorRecorder Joaquín Torres – Info Desk • 3 Fl

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10:00

San Francisco

More Space, More Wealth Redistribution, More Energy, New Forms of Remembrance…

Molly Bentley, Pascal Lee, Franck Marchis, Clement Vidal, Windy Chien, Hélène Goupil, Eva Davoine, Amory Gethin, Wouter Leenders, Ségal Le Guern Herry, Rubén Martínez, Mathilde Billet, Gregory Renard, Şerife Wong, Steven Ross, Dr Paul Ryder, Julie Megler, Jahan Khamsehzadeh, Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, Arthur Pérez, Lauren Weston

MORE IMAGINATION

PANEL – More Space! Our Interplanetary and Interstellar Human Future with Molly Bentley, Pascal Lee, Franck Marchis & Clement Vidal, Berkeley SETI Research Center – Children’s Center A • 2 Fl

 

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INTERACTIVE – Art of Knots with Windy Chien, artist/author – Children’s Center B • 2 Fl

 

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SCREENING – The Seed and The Mission by Hélène Goupil, journalist/filmmaker – The Mix • 2 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – More Wealth Redistribution? with Eva Davoine, Amory Gethin, Wouter Leenders & Ségal Le Guern Herryuc, UC Berkeley Dept. of Economics – Hormel LGBTQIA Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – New Forms of Remembrance with Dan Wolf, Sound in the Silence Project & Rubén Martinez, Little Central America Project African American Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE JUSTICE

PANEL – More Doughnuts! Let’s Make Sustainable Cities with Mathilde Billet, architect, Villa Albertine Resident & Arthur Pérez, architect – Chinese Center • 3 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PANEL – Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Art? with Gregory Renard, Google X & Şerife Wong, artist Jobs and Careers Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PANEL – More Energy? What’s Next after the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough? with Steven Ross, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Small Business Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE CONNECTION

PERFORMANCE – Cabaret Heaven feat. Renée Lubin with Roy Brown & Maureen McVerry with Ken Brill – Silver Music Center • 4 Fl

 

MORE JOY

PANEL – Psychology, Spirituality and the Soul of Psychedelics with Dr. Paul Ryder, Congregation for Sacred Practices; Julie Megler, NP; Jahan Khamsehzadeh, PhD, author & Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support – Environmental Center • 5 Fl

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10:30

San Francisco

Pamela Z – Performance

Pamela Z

MORE ABUNDANCE

PERFORMANCE – Pamela Z (Duration: 25 min) – Koret Auditorium • LL

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11:00

San Francisco

More Abundance – Performance and Screening

Pamela Z, Lenka Clayton & Phillip Andrew Lewis

MORE ABUNDANCE

PERFORMANCE – Pamela Z (Duration: 25 min) – Koret Auditorium • LL

 

MORE ABUNDANCE

SCREENING – Kadist San Francisco Presents Five Hundred Twenty-Four by Lenka Clayton & Phillip Andrew Lewis – The Mix • 2 Fl

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11:30

San Francisco

The Mermen – Performance

The Mermen

SIGHTS & SOUNDS

PERFORMANCE – The Mermen – Atrium • 1 Fl

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12:00

San Francisco

Throughout the Night & Extra info

Alexis Lane Jensen, Allison Lovejoy, Allegra Andrea Bandy, Angela LaFlamme, Davied Morales, Tommy Shepherd, Dan Wolf, Richard Marriott, Maureen McVerry, Renée Lubin, Ceara Walton, Ken Brill, Suki O'Kane, Sarah Wilson, Roy Brown, Bay Area Theatre Cypher, The Best Bad Things, Sara Shelton Mann, Abby Crain, Daiane Lopes da Silva, Beth Custer, Mark Yee

VARIOUS LOCATIONS

PERFORMANCES – Carlos Aguirre, Davied Morales, Tommy Shepherd & Dan Wolf, Bay Area Theatre Cypher • SF Circus Center’s DeMarcello Funes & Ceara Walton • House of More! Drag Performers • Club Foot Bibliothèque • Renée Lubin with Roy Brown • Maureen McVerry with Ken Brill

 

PERFORMANCE – Allison Lovejoy with Allegra Andrea Bandy, Alexis Lane Jensen and Angela LaFlamme: excerpts from The Best Bad Things *Set performance also at 10:00 PM Outside Koret Auditorium • LL

 

INTERACTIVE – Small Business Marketplace with handmade by pmaccay, StormCloud Press & Kokak Chocolates & more

 

FRIENDS – Friends’ Lounge hosted by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, The Pacifics & ValueCulture 7:00–9:00 PM Take a breather, hang out and learn how you can support your Library. 9:00 PM–1 AM DJs, Dancing, Bubbles and more. Periodicals Room, 5 Fl and Skylight Gallery, 6 Fl

 

FOOD – We are proud to support local businesses! Assembly Cafe, located in Civic Center Plaza, is open until 10:00 PM and offering a 10% discount to attendees with proof of reservation. Chao Pescao, 272 McAllister St., is also open late and serving a special Night of Ideas menu. Snacks can be purchased at bars. Tea, coffee & pastries will be available for purchase in the lower level cafe from 8:30–11 PM.

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