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What is City Arts & Lectures?
How do I order tickets for events?
How can I donate unused tickets?
Is there a schedule of events available online?
How can I receive notice of City Arts & Lectures'
future programs?
How do I make a contribution to City Arts &
Lectures?
What are the benefits of membership to the Friends
of City Arts & Lectures?
How do I get to the Herbst Theatre?
Where is parking available near the Herbst Theatre?
Are books available at City Arts & Lectures
events?
Do you sell tapes or transcripts?
Where can I hear City Arts & Lectures' radio
broadcasts?
Why doesn't City Arts & Lectures podcast?
Do you offer gift certificates?
My question still hasn't been answered. Who
can I contact?
What is City Arts & Lectures?
Since 1980, San Francisco-based non-profit City Arts & Lectures
has offered unique programs with leading figures in arts and ideas.
Each year there are more than fifty lectures and onstage conversations
- and a few surprise performances, film tributes, and concerts -
with outstanding writers, critics, scientists, performing artists,
and cultural figures from around the world. City Arts & Lectures
offers the broadest perspectives about ideas and values, the creative
process, and how we think about the world we live in.
City Arts & Lectures events are held in the historic Herbst
Theatre in San Francisco's Performing Arts Center. Programs can
be heard via edited and delayed broadcasts on more than 170 public
radio stations across the country. Radio broadcasts are co-produced
with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco.
Founding Executive Director, Sydney Goldstein
On-air radio host, Linda Hunt
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How do I order tickets for events?
Tickets are available at www.cityboxoffice.com
or by calling City Box Office at 415-392-4400 Monday through Friday,
9:30 am-5 pm and Saturday 10 am-4 pm. You can also mail ticket orders
to or buy tickets at City Box Office's location: 180 Redwood Street,
Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94102. Tickets can be purchased at
the door ninety-minutes prior to the start of the program.
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How can I donate unused tickets?
Tickets can be donated before 5pm by calling 415-392-4400 or after
6:30pm by calling 415-554-6363. You will receive notice of your
tax-deductible contribution after the program.
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Is there a schedule of events available online?
Our events calendar for the current season is available on the top
navigation of every page on our website as Program
& Events, allowing you to check our programming schedules
months in advance.
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How can I receive notice of City Arts &
Lectures' future programs?
Throughout the year, City Arts & Lectures sends announcements
of our series and special events. Please send your USPS mailing
address and email address to info@cityarts.net
or fill out our mailing list form.
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How do I make a contribution to City Arts &
Lectures?
Contributions from individuals and foundations help City Arts &
Lectures maintain excellence in presenting over fifty events each
season. Contributions made to City Arts & Lectures, a 501(c)3
non-profit organization, are tax-deductible. You can make a contribution
by joining the Friends of City Arts &
Lectures. For more information, please call 415-563-2463.
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What are the benefits of membership to the Friends
of City Arts & Lectures?
Membership as a Friends of City Arts & Lectures is tax-deductible
and offers several benefits:
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
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How do I get to the Herbst Theatre?
Most City Arts & Lectures programs are held at the Herbst Theatre,
located at 401 Van Ness Avenue (at McAllister). The theatre can
be reached by BART (Civic Center) or MUNI.
From the East Bay: Take 9th Street/Civic Center exit, stay
on 9th Street, which turns into Hayes Street; go two blocks and
then turn right on Van Ness.
From the Peninsula: From 101N, take 9th Street/Civic Center
exit, stay on 9th Street, which turns into Hayes Street; go two
blocks and then turn right on Van Ness.
From the North Bay: From the Golden Gate Bridge, take Doyle
Drive to Lombard Street; follow Lombard to Van Ness Avenue and turn
right.
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Where is parking available near the Herbst Theatre?
Parking is available at the Performing Arts Garage (360 Grove Street),
the Civic Center Garage (355 McAllister Street), and Fox Plaza Garage
(1390 Market Street).
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Are books available at City Arts & Lectures
events?
Books Inc,
The West's Oldest Independent Bookseller, sells a selection of books
at most City Arts & Lectures events.
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Do you sell tapes or transcripts?
City Arts & Lectures does not have the rights or the resources
to sell tapes or transcripts. However, the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley houses all of our past audio archives, and is open to the public.
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Where can I hear City Arts & Lectures' radio
broadcasts?
Most City Arts & Lectures programs can be heard in edited and delayed
broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area on KQED-FM (88.5) on Sundays
at 1 pm, Tuesday evenings at 8 pm, and Wednesday mornings at 2 am.
These programs are also heard on over 170 public radio stations
nationwide. The list of affiliates are listed on our website as
Public Radio Affiliates.
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Why doesn't City Arts & Lectures podcast?
City Arts & Lectures does not own the rights to podcast
programs.
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Do you offer gift certificates?
City Arts & Lectures offers gift certificates and gift memberships.
Certificate orders cannot be redeemed online at this time. For more
information, please contact 415-563-2463.
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My question still hasn't been answered. Who
can I contact?
For tickets, please contact City Box Office at 415-392-4400.
For general inquires, please contact City Arts & Lectures production
office at 415-563-2463 or info@cityarts.net.
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