Join us for docent tours of our new installation at the KQED headquarters before Night of Ideas.
Night of Ideas returns and we are so excited to join the community at KQED’s redesigned headquarters right in our neighborhood. Join us from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, before the event kicks off, for tours of the new installation of artwork by CE artists. We will bring along plenty of art to explore and shop, too!
Installation of three original paintings of bicycles by Pablo Calderon in a community meeting room at KQED headquarters. Photo by Kirsten Dalldorf, courtesy KQED
Event Description from KQED
Night of Ideas is roaring back with another free celebration of critical thought and creative expression!
In partnership with the French Consulate's Villa San Francisco, California Humanities, SFMOMA and the SF Public Library, KQED hosts the in-person return of Night of Ideas at our new community media center and studio headquarters in the Mission.
Exploring the theme "(Re)building Together: Where Are We Going?", this unforgettable evening of talks, art, music and community invites us to consider a world that is still reeling from pandemic, global conflict, and climate disruptions, while daring us to find hope in the future. How do we heal ourselves and our communities from this collective trauma? How can we dismantle systems of oppression and (re)build our institutions to meet the pressing needs of our time? How do we fortify our democracies and stave off authoritarianism? What ideas will carry us forward to a brighter tomorrow?
Guests
Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute
Bruce Cain, Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment & Political Science Professor, Stanford University
Deanna Van Buren, Design Director, Designing Justice
Debbie Lum, Filmmaker and Director of TRY HARDER! and Rachael Schmidt, documentary participant
Jacqueline Fabius, Chief Operating Officer, Quantitative Biosciences Institute – UCSF
Jeff Chang, Author & Senior Advisor, Race Forward
Julie Owono, Executive Director of Content Policy & Society Lab, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Lil Milagro Henriquez, Executive Director & Founder, Mycelium Youth Network
Mathieu de Fayet, Chief Innovation Officer, SUPERBLUE
Sharaya Souza, Executive Director & Co-Founder, American Indian Cultural District
The event will also feature a sampling of SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby cars created by local artists and a bar in the station’s lobby for those who want to watch on the lobby media wall and imbibe at the same time. Before the main program, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., join Creativity Explored for tours of artwork installed at KQED featuring neurodiverse and disabled artists working in their San Francisco studios. Be sure to drop by the Creativity Explored table in the lobby to meet an artist, shop for art, and learn more about their life-changing programs.
