Lauren Hall started helping with the 826 Valencia college scholarship program in 2005, two years after the first scholarship had been awarded. When the first scholarship was awarded to Chinaka Hodge, a rising young student in the Mission community, the … Read More
Jewelea Rivas, as a graduating senior at Joe O’Connell High School in the Mission District, won the 2010 “826 Valencia Taylor Renfrew Ingham Memorial Scholarship.” The scholarship, named after a dedicated Hunter’s Point art teacher, was a fitting honor for … Read More
On November 12th, 2015, actor, author and activist Jesse Eisenberg, on tour with his new book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups sat down for a conversation with author Steven Winn on stage at the Nourse Theater. This was the 7th event … Read More
The third City Arts & Lectures event for the “On Arts” series was an on stage conversation between writer and social commentator Sarah Vowell and San Francisco author Daniel Handler at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco on October 26, … Read More
Sheila Heti and Miranda July in conversation with Thao Nguyen were the first guest speakers for the “On Arts” series held at the Norse Theater on September 17th, 2015. A recording of this event will be broadcast on KQED on Sunday Oct 4, … Read More