Membership and Benefits for
the 2007-2008 Season:

Members: ($60+) Advance notice of all events prior to public ticket sales

Supporters: ($100+) The above, plus 15% discount on purchases at all eleven Books Inc. locations

Sponsors: ($300+) All of the above, plus an invitation for two to a special reception honoring one of our guests

Patrons: ($500+) All of the above, plus reception at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar with one of our guests, and acknowledgement in printed programs

Benefactors: ($1,000+) All of the above, plus backstage soundcheck and Hayes Street Grill pre-performance dinner for two with a guest of your choice

Fellows: ($3,000+) All of the above, plus an invitation to the Annual Emma Jones’s Fried Chicken Dinner in City Arts & Lectures’ production office

Printable Membership Form

Please send your name, address,
and phone number and make your
check payable to:

Friends of City Arts & Lectures, Inc
1955 Sutter Street
San Francisco, California 94115

We also accept Visa and Master Card

Tickets:
City Box Office www.cityboxoffice.com
415.392.4400

Books:
Books Inc. www.booksinc.net

Dear Friends and Patrons of City Arts & Lectures,

We are about to begin our twenty-seventh year of presenting live programs in San Francisco and public-radio broadcasts around the country. This is our once-a-year request to you - our audience - for support beyond the cost of tickets.

Since 1980, City Arts & Lectures has presented programs covering a wide range of cultural perspectives. We host compelling figures whose work in literature, criticism, science, and the arts inspires us. We present events in an elegant theater setting, and we keep ticket prices low, making our programs accessible to the broadest possible audience. We can afford to do this because of contributions from patrons like you.

Contributions from individuals and foundations, along with support from San Francisco's Hotel Tax Fund, make our work possible. Contributions cover costs of our year-round radio broadcasts on KQED-FM and more than 170 public radio stations nationwide (visit the Public Radio Affiliates page for a list of affiliates). And contributions enable us to further the work of other non-profit, community-based organizations. With your help, we are able to raise funds for 826 Valencia's College Scholarship Program and to host student guests and their teachers at all events. Most of all, contributions help City Arts & Lectures maintain excellence in presenting over fifty events each season, drawn from all corners of our diverse cultural landscape. Contributed income is critical to adventuresome programming.

Membership as a Friend of City Arts & Lectures offers several benefits:

Advance notice: Members were able to obtain tickets to this season's most quickly sold-out events Discounts at Books Inc. Invitation to a special reception honoring one of our guests Acknowledgement in printed programs Reception at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar with a featured guest Backstage sound-check and pre-performance dinner at the Hayes Street Grill Invitation to the Annual Emma Jones’s Fried Chicken Dinner

We are preparing now for the 2007-2008 season. We hope you will consider supporting our programs with a tax-deductible donation. Your gift goes a long way to ensure the vitality of City Arts & Lectures events.

Sincere thanks for your consideration and continuing support,

Sydney Goldstein
Executive Director