Next Three Events:

Ghosts of Transit Past

Saturday, September 19, Noon-3 pm

with SF Bicycle Coalition and The New Wheel

Discover lost freeways, ghosts of train routes, and a vivid account of how San Franciscans moved around this peninsula through time. Hear about the violent strikes that shaped public transit, the graft and corruption that conquered the Outside Lands. It's a social, historical and critical tour through the city's transportation past and present.

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Tuesday, September 22, 7:30 pm
(Yes Tuesday!)

TechBros Brew Bubbles:
Then and Now

Public Talk at 518 Valencia

A quarter century ago San Francisco was swamped by the first Dotcom boom and in 2001 it went ‘pop’. Two sharp writers were there and they each have books describing that era and providing vital information on how it shapes our world 25 years later. Paulina Borsook wrote Cyberselfish in 2000, with a newly reissued edition this September, and her prescience in describing the libertarian politics and dysfunctional personalities of the tech bro elite is stunning. Jonathan Weber's new book City on the Edge builds on his intimate knowledge of that tech boom and its investors, entrepreneurs, and the politicians who laid down the red carpets when he was editor of the Industry Standard, briefly one of the most successful magazines in history. Join them to plumb the depths of a cultural, economic, and political zeitgeist still reverberating through the streets of San Francisco today.

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Global Security in Hitchcock's San Francisco

Saturday, Sept. 26 — 11:30 AM for 2 PM showtime

Wednesday, Oct. 7 — 11:30 AM for 2 PM showtime

Sunday, Oct. 11 — 10:30 AM for 1 PM showtime

Take a deep dive into the themes underlying the journey North by Northwest's main character embarks on. Visit a San Francisco once gripped by Cold War paranoia and espionage. Explore the machinations of global powers during the founding of the United Nations and traverse the spaces where organizations and individuals were persecuted during McCarthyism’s darkest hours. We also take you through locations near Union Square seen through the eyes of Alfred Hitchcock’s camera lens. This 90 minute walking tour, conducted by Shaping San Francisco historians LisaRuth Elliott and Chris Carlsson, will whet your appetite for ACT’s new production of the classic North by Northwest.

Route notes: Tour includes a moderate uphill walk and slightly steeper short downhill portion.

Take a custom historical walking tour to whet your appetite before the show. (at the Toni Rembe Theater from September 22–October 18) $40 per person plus show price. Ticket purchase: act-sf.org/northwest