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What We Hold: Teens reflect on how memories extend over generations It started with a question: “What do we inherit, embody, and echo from previous generations?” What emerged were more questions, conversations, and discoveries. The resulting audio stories share a layered quilt of myth and memory from the perspective of Bay Area teens in 2016. Exploring their own family narratives allowed these stu...

What We Hold: Teens reflect on how memories extend over generations It started with a question: “What do we inherit, embody, and echo from previous generations?” What emerged were more questions, conversations, and discoveries. The resulting audio stories share a layered quilt of myth and memory from the perspective of Bay Area teens in 2016. Exploring their own family narratives allowed these stu...

Jamie Metzl is author of the genetics thriller Genesis Code and of The Depths of the Sea, a historical novel about the Cambodian genocide. His new novel, Eternal Sonata, imagines a future global struggle to control the technology for extreme human life extension. Jamie is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council and has served in the US National Security Council, State Department, Senate Foreign Re...

A discussion of the visionary film-making of Stanley Kubrick and his prescient observations about man and technology, with Fernando Castrillón, Psy. D., Dr Rodney Hill (The Stanley Kubrick Archives), Chris Noessel (Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction), and artist Binta Ayofemi. Presented in conjunction with Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition. Fernando Castrillon, Psy. D., pres...

Electronic music journalist and critic Geeta Dayal explores Kubrick's visionary use of sound and Wendy Carlos' pioneering synthesizer music for The Shining and A Clockwork Orange. Geeta Dayal is a prolific arts journalist and critic, specializing in writing on music, culture, and technology. She has contributed hundreds of articles and reviews to major publications, including Slate, Wired, The Bos...

Three of the foremost scholars on Kubrick examine his films through a Jewish lens, with Nathan Abrams (The New Jew in Film: Exploring Jews and Jewishness in Contemporary Cinema), Dr Geoffrey Cocks (The Wolf at the Door: Stanley Kubrick, History and the Holocaust), and Dr Marat Grinberg (Woody on Rye: Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen). Panel moderated by The CJM's Associate Director...

Starting with Milkbar set pieces, Dr. Rodney Hill discusses the spectacle of violence in Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Rodney F. Hill, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Hofstra University, holds a Ph. D. from the University of Kansas and an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He teaches various courses in film studies, on such topics as film authorship, film genres, and documenta...

Janet Delaney examines the social-documentary style of Roman Vishniac’s work, drawing from her experience photographing everyday life in San Francisco and other cities. Janet Delaney is a photographer and educator based in Berkeley, California. Delaney's projects have received numerous awards, most notably three National Endowment for the Arts Grants. Her work is in the collections of the San Fran...

Author and journalist Ingrid Carlberg discusses her award-winning biography about Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman whose heroism in Budapest during the Holocaust saved countless Jewish lives. Presented in partnership with the Consulate General of Sweden. Ingrid Carlberg is a Swedish author and journalist who worked at Sweden’s most renowned daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter from 1990 to 2010, specia...

Poet Jake Marmer and guitarist John Schott respond poetically and musically to the exhibition, Roman Vishniac Rediscovered.

Mark Rumold of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses the Freedom of Information Act—its latest triumphs and stumbles and how it connects to the exhibition Chasing Justice. Mark Rumold is a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), focusing primarily on access to information, government secrecy, and national security issues. As part of EFF's Transparency Project, Mark regul...

A featured artist in Chasing Justice, Robbin Henderson, discusses her original scratchboard drawings, and the inspiration for the series, her grandmother, a “Wobbly”—an Industrial Worker of the World (IWW), and early feminist. Robbin Légère Henderson has been drawing and painting in the Bay Area for over thirty years. She attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon; holds a BA in English Literature...

Dr. Nathan Abrams explores Jewish interpretations of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Michael Zagaris photographed the most influential musicians of the Bill Graham years including The Grateful Dead, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and others. Zagaris shares the stories behind the photographs. Michael Zagaris’s career changed from disillusioned law school dropout to photographer to rock and roll's superstars began when he was pulled backstage by Bill Graham himself. For more on his fascinat...

Jan Harlan acted as Kubrick’s executive producer on major films including The Shining (1980), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). He shares anecdotes and insights into several of Kubrick’s films. Jan Harlan acted as Kubrick’s executive producer on all Kubrick’s films from Barry Lyndon onwards, and worked on other unrealised projects. After Kubrick’s death in 1999, Harlan worked with Steven Spielberg on A.I...

Danny Scher discusses the rise of stadium rock and the creation of the Shoreline Ampitheatre. Danny Scher worked at Bill Graham Presents from 1975-1999. He booked shows with Bill throughout Northern California and beyond, including Winterland, Days on the Green, motor events, broadway shows, closed circuit boxing, and others. He developed amphitheatres, including Shoreline, Cal Expo in Sacramento,...

Dr. Vitka Eisen, CEO of HealthRIGHT 360, discusses the history of Bill Graham’s instrumental role in supporting the development of “Rock Med” and the early efforts of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. Dr. Eisen is the Chief Executive Officer of HealthRIGHT 360, and has over 24 years of experience in the human services field, and a lifelong commitment to supporting people and communities struggling...

Bill Graham biographer unravels the story of Graham's organized protest of President Reagan's visit to the Bitburg cemetery and the subsequent bombing of the Bill Graham Presents offices. An award-winning novelist, playwright, journalist, and screenwriter, Robert Greenfield is the author of several classic rock books, among them S.T.P.: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones as well as...

“Mistress of Design” Arlene Owseichik, Creative Director and poster artist for Bill Graham Presents, talks about the art and artists behind the legendary Fillmore posters. For twenty years, Arlene Owseichik was art director and creative director for Bill Graham Presents where she created or helped with close to 1,000 commemorative posters for The Fillmore and all the BGP venues—posters renowned in...

Artist Jim Campbell talks about his work in "NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology."

Artist Micah Elizabeth Scott discusses her interactive sculpture in "NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology."

Artist Mary Franck talks about her work in "NEAT: New Experiments in Art and Technology." #NEAT

Artist Jason Jägel discusses the inspiration behind his mural in "You Know I’m No Good." Gallery chats are short lunchtime talks with notable speakers, artists, and creatives about the work in the exhibition.

A recording of writer and poet Dodie Bellamy reading her thoughtful essay on San Francisco's changing cityscape and gentrification. Written in response to "Night Begins the Day: Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty," the essay is included in the exhibition catalog. #NightBeginstheDay

Prestigious Jewish scholar Bernie Steinberg discusses how Judaism addresses the complex issues of addiction and abuse. Dr. Bernie Steinberg, Director Emeritus of Harvard Hillel, also served as President of the Harvard Chaplains, lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, and Vice-President of the Shalom Hartman Institute, North America, West Coast. He now serves as Visiting Scholar at the Cente...