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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Director’s Circle Brunch & Champagne Reception
11am Brunch, 12:30pm Tour
2222 Harold Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 All members of the Art & Culture Council are invited to tour the future home of the MAGNES with Executive Director Terry Pink Alexander. Please RSVP by May 2nd to Gemma Markham at gmarkham@magnes.org or (510) 549-6950 ext. 340.
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Peter Kuper, in conversation with monologist Josh Kornbluth
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco - 8pm
Political illustrator Peter Kuper, whose graphic novels include Sticks and Stones, The System, and an adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, is most widely recognized as the artist behind Mad magazine's legendary "Spy vs. Spy". His latest graphic novel, Stop Forgetting to Remember, is a hilarious and heartbreaking quasi-autobiography about social doubts, the anxiety over fatherhood, and adult friendships. Co-sponsored by the Judah L. Magnes Museum. For tickets, please contact the JCC box office at (415) 292-1233. Members $9, Public $10, Magnes members get JCC member price.
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Ben Katchor in conversation with monologist Josh Kornbluth
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco - 8pm
The gently surreal culture in many of Katchor’s strips includes hucksters, butter-and-egg men, latter-day Kabbalists and merchants living in a wonderland of tin ceilings, illuminated storefronts, and unusual enterprises such as the Senseless Elaboration Parlor and the Mortal Coil Mattress Store. The first cartoonist to win a MacArthur "genius grant," Katchor is the author of The Jew of New York, Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and The Cardboard Valise. Co-sponsored by the Judah L. Magnes Museum. For tickets, please contact the JCC box office at (415) 292-1233. Members $9, Public $10, Magnes members get JCC member price.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Rosenbach Company:A pop opera by Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco - 8PM Witness the life and times of the Rosenbach brothers, preeminent rare-book and decorative art dealers in the first half of the last century, through the eyes of award-winning graphic novelist Ben Katchor and composer and singer Mark Mulcahy. Mixing projected animated images with live singers and musicians, the show explores the obsessive nature of collecting, the relation between cultural and commercial pursuits, and the brothers’ significance as owners of some of the world's greatest literary treasures. Co-sponsored by the Judah L. Magnes Museum. For tickets, please contact the JCC box office at (415) 292-1233. Members $22, Public $26, Seniors $15. Magnes members get JCC member price.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
An Elegant Evening at The City Club, San Francisco
6:30pm Cocktails, 7pm Dinner
The Board of the Judah L. Magnes Museum cordially invites you an elegant evening at The City Club, San Francisco. Featuring an exciting look into the world of Wells Fargo Bank owner and president Isaias Hellman and his contemporaries. Frances Dinkelspiel, will preview her forthcoming book, Towers of Gold: Isaias Hellman and the Creation of California (St. Martin's Press, due Fall 2008). The City Club, San Francisco
150 Sansome St. 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Seating is limited. For early reservations, RSVP to Gemma Markham at (510) 549-6950 ext 340 or by email at gmarkham@magnes.org. DUE TO THE OUTSTANDING RESPONSE FOR THIS EVENT, IT IS NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PLEASE CONTACT GEMMA MARKHAM TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
CONVERSATIONS ON ART
Public Lecture - 2PM
Israeli Art Today
Michal Gavish Lecture by Michal Gavish, Ph.D, whose work has been exhibited in Israel and in the United States, including her most recent show at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery. Michal regularly lectures and conducts bimonthly gallery tours on contemporary art, and she will receive her MFA degree from San Francisco Art Institute in May. This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition @60.art.israel.world., on view February 19 - July 27, 2008. $8 for Non Members, $6 for Members
Monday, May 26, 2008
The Museum will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Director’s Circle Wine & Cheese Reception
5:30pm Reception, 6:30pm Tour All members of the Art & Culture Council are invited to an evening reception with wine and appetizers. Executive Director Terry Pink Alexander will lead tours of the current exhibitions. Please RSVP by May 2nd to Gemma Markham, gmarkham@magnes.org / (510) 549-6950 ext. 340.
Monday, June 9, 2008
The Museum will be closed in observance of Shavu'ot.
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