Free Public Talks
January-May 2013
A place to meet and talk unmediated by corporations, official spokespeople, religion, political parties, or dogma.
All events are free, on Wednesday evenings unless otherwise noted.
At Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics, 518 Valencia, near 16th Street, San Francisco. Download a pdf of our 11x17" calendar here.
Incite.../Insight! Free Film Events
We are proud to announce a collaboration between Shaping San Francisco, The New Nothing Cinema, and the Anthropology and Social Change Department at C.I.I.S. We will screen a film once a month with the focus being on local activism and political history. Held monthly at New Nothing Cinema, 16 Sherman Alley (near Folsom and 7th), on dates listed in calendar below. Screenings will resume in September 2013.
Archive of past talks
Online audio archive of past talks, listed by type:
Partly underwritten by City Lights Foundation and Seed Fund.
Wed. Sept. 11, 7:30 pm
The Bay Bridge, 1936-2013
Chris Carlsson will present a historic look at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, how it has changed over time, going from two-way traffic on the top deck (3 lanes in each direction) with trains and trucks on the lower deck, to today's new span. The halfway-across-the-bay bike lane will get a close look too.