Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall
3200 California St. San Francisco CA 94118- Phone:
- 415-292-1233
- Website:
- http://www.jccsf.org/
- Capacity:
- 450
At 4,400 square feet in size, Kanbar Hall at the JCCSF is perfect for any grand event. This multi-functional and elegant space can be configured into theatre seating for performances or presentations or banquet sea … More
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Current Events on Goldstar
Note: Some events offered through Goldstar at this venue are only available via email. Please refer to your past emails to view these events.
Chef Gabrielle Hamilton (Blood, Butter and Bones) in Conversation
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Gabrielle Hamilton discusses her well-reviewed 2011 best-seller, Blood, Butter and Bones: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef with Barbara Lane. Chef/owner of the renowned Prune restaurant in New... Learn More.
Klezmer Band Klez-X in Concert, Followed by a Dance Party
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
The West Coast's hottest klezmer band, the seven-piece Jewish music specialists known as Klez-X, perform live at the SFJCC. Led by violinist and composer Daniel Hoffman, the group's all-original sound is a... Learn More.
Up From the Stacks: A New Multimedia Pop Opera
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $40.00
- Our Price:
- $20.00
Graphic novelist Ben Katchor and composer Mark Mulcahy present their new multimedia pop opera, Up From the Stacks. Set in the 1970s, it's the story of Lincoln Cabinee, a part-time page who retrieves books... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Martha Graham Dance Company's Dance Is a Weapon at JCCSF
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $54.00
- Our Price:
- $27.00
Martha Graham's influence on modern American dance has been compared to Picasso's influence on art, or Frank Lloyd Wright's influence on architecture. A dancer and choreographer for over 70 years, Graham... Learn More.
Dead Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany by Rudolph Herzog
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog (son of famed director Werner) talks about his book, which explores the controversy over joking about Hitler and the Holocaust, and looks back at how everyday Germans --... Learn More.
The Rivalry: Play Inspired by the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $48.00
- Our Price:
- $24.00
Norman Corwin's The Rivalry captures the fiery rhetoric and wry humor of the famed 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas series of seven debates, with dialogue taken from the original transcripts. As the... Learn More.
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary in Concert
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $48.00
- Our Price:
- $24.00
Peter Yarrow rose to prominence as a singer and songwriter for the seminal folk rock band Peter, Paul and Mary. Winners of numerous awards and inductees into various halls of fame, Peter, Paul and Mary were... Learn More.
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00
Direct from Chicago, Griffin Theater Company presents The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales, a live stage production based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. Poor Jack. He's got... Learn More.
Giants of Jazz on Film: Treasures from the Archive
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents master jazz film archivist Mark Cantor's long-running hit series Giants of Jazz on Film. Screening clips from his extensive private collection of... Learn More.
A.C.T's Carey Perloff in Conversation with Reverend Alan Jones
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Carey Perloff, currently celebrating her 19th season as Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theater, comes to Kanbar Hall for a conversation with the Reverend Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus of Grace... Learn More.
The Great Broadway Sing-Along: A Celebration of Broadway's Greatest Lyricists
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
The Great Broadway Sing-Along mixes performance with audience participation in an evening of classic show tunes. An outstanding cast of vocalists join the audience in the tunes that made renowned Broadway... Learn More.
Author Eric Weiner Discusses His New Book Man Seeks God - My Flirtations with the Divine
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
After a health scare left him reeling, self-described agnostic Eric Weiner set out on a worldwide quest to experience the divine in response to a question posed to him by a well-meaning nurse: "Have you... Learn More.
Digital Overload: Ethical Questions of the Digital Age Discussion
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Steven Levy (Wired, In the Plex), Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times tech reporter Matt Richtel and Rabbi Joshua Strulowitz appear live for a panel discussion on how the Internet and other digital devices... Learn More.
Hit Comedian Rita Rudner at JCCSF Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $68.00
- Our Price:
- $34.00
Comedian, author and writer Rita Rudner brings her arch observations on life, love and relationships to Kanbar Hall. Beginning her career in New York City, Rudner was a regular guest on the Tonight Show with... Learn More.
The Flip Side: Blues Great Taj Mahal Talks to Ben Fong-Torres
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00
- Our Price:
- $18.00
In a career spanning four decades, blues vocalist, musician and composer Taj Mahal has sold millions of albums, won two Grammy Awards, and earned the respect of his peers as one of the most prominent and... Learn More.
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White's Children's Story at JCCSF
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00
Based on E.B. White's unforgettable, award-winning children's novel, Charlotte's Web is a play about the unlikely friendship between a pig named Wilbur and an intelligent spider named Charlotte. Together... Learn More.
Meir Shalev: My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco welcomes Israeli author Meir Shalev to Kanbar Hall to talk about his newest book, a family memoir. Shalev's grandmother, Tonia, immigrated to Palestine from... Learn More.
Hardball's Chris Matthews Comes to Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents veteran journalist Chris Matthews in conversation with Phil Bronstein of Hearst Newspapers at Kanbar Hall. Matthews has spent more than 35 years in the... Learn More.
Nobel-Winning Psychologist Daniel Kahneman on His Latest Book
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
For this Jewish Community Center of San Francisco lecture, American-Israeli psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman discusses latest book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. A Nobel laureate for his groundbreaking... Learn More.
Ariel Sharon: My Father, Prime Minister -- Gilad Sharon Speaks
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's youngest son, Gilad, in conversation with NPR correspondent Linda Gradstein at Kanbar Hall. As prime... Learn More.
Smart Medical Decisions with Dr. Jerome Groopman and Dr. Pamela Hartzband
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Dr. Jerome Groopman, a writer for the New Yorker, and Harvard professor Dr. Pamela Hartzband talk about medical decision-making at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The two will give advice on... Learn More.
Zero Hour: The Zero Mostel Play -- Acclaimed Hit Stars Jim Brochu
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $45.00
- Our Price:
- $22.50
Jim Brochu has earned raves for his tour-de-force performance as stage and film star Zero Mostel in his one-man, Ovation and Drama Desk Award-winning play Zero Hour. Set in the legendary actor's New York... Learn More.
Author Ariel Dorfman Speaks: A Life in Exile
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
Author Ariel Dorfman discusses new memoir Feeding on Dreams, the story of his exile from Chile, with critic Ilan Stavans at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. At the time of the 1973 military coup... Learn More.
Adam Mansbach, Author of Go the F**k to Sleep, Comes to JCCSF
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
As part of Litquake 2011, San Francisco's acclaimed annual festival of literature devoted to the printed word, author Adam Mansbach comes to Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center. Mansbach's new bedtime... Learn More.
Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall Speaks on the Role of Science
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
One of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People," Harvard professor and theoretical physicist Lisa Randall will give a talk on the roles of risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty and truth in scientific... Learn More.
36th Annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition Semi-Finals
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $26.00 - $30.00
- Our Price:
- $13.00 - $15.00
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco hosts the semi-final round of the 36th Annual San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition. It's the most prestigious comedy competition in America,... Learn More.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer Shares the Key to Good Sex
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer pioneered the field of media psychology in the 1980s with her radio program Sexually Speaking. The diminutive, thick-accented woman approaches the topic of sex with... Learn More.
Galeet Dardashti Sings Monajat (Fervent Prayer)
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
Middle Eastern vocalist and composer Galeet Dardashti performs Monajat (Fervent Prayer), an evening of Middle Eastern musical poetry sung during the month preceding Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, as a... Learn More.
The Anatomy of Israel's Survival, with Journalist Hirsh Goodman
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco welcomes journalist Hirsch Goodman. Born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Goodman immigrated to Israel in 1965 and since 1971 has been a journalist there,... Learn More.
Journalist Dana Priest Reveals the Dangers of Top-Secret America
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The covert system devised to keep the United States safe may actually be putting us in grave danger. At this special presentation hosted by the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, award-winning ... Learn More.
Love Hate Love Documentary Film Screening and Discussion
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
Co-director Dana Nachman screens and participates in a panel discussion on her powerful new documentary, executive produced by actor/activist Sean Penn, about three everyday families whose lives were... Learn More.
The Past and Future of Burning Man Explores a Cultural Phenomenon
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
The Burning Man festival has drawn people young and old to the desert every year for over 25 years. People make the pilgrimage each year for various reasons - for art, community, spirituality or just to... Learn More.
Trampoline Hall: McSweeney's Presents Indie Lecture Event at JCC
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
Trampoline Hall -- the quirky, Toronto-based lecture series that's been favorably compared to This American Life -- comes to San Francisco. Hosted by The Chairs Are Where the People Go authors Misha... Learn More.
Humorist and Author Roy Blount, Jr. (Alphabetter Juice) at Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Roy Blount, Jr. speaks at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. A regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! and member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, Roy has published... Learn More.
Vocal Alchemy: Pioneering Vocalist Meredith Monk Teams with the Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00
- Our Price:
- $18.00
Pioneering vocalist-composer Meredith Monk teams with the Bay Area's Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble for their first-ever collaborative performance. Dubbed Vocal Alchemy, the concert will feature Monk's... Learn More.
Giants of Jazz on Film: Rare Film Footage of Jazz Legends at Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents master jazz film archivist Mark Cantor's long-running hit series Giants of Jazz on Film. In this fascinating and delightful series, Cantor introduces... Learn More.
Author David Bezmozgis' The Free World: Reading and Discussion
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE
Award-winning writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis reads from and discusses his first novel, The Free World, with McSweeney's Eli Horowitz. Named one of the "Top 20 Under 40" authors by The New Yorker,... Learn More.
Soundtrack for a Revolution: Documentary Examines Civil Rights Movement Through Music
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
John Legend, Wyclef Jean and The Roots are some of the musicians who perform music of protesters during the Civil Rights Movement in this new documentary. The film, directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman... Learn More.
Singer Jil Aigrot: Edith Piaf's Singing Voice in La Vie en Rose
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
Jil Aigrot, best known for her uncanny performance as the singing voice of Edith Piaf in the Oscar-winning movie La Vie en Rose, sings at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Aigrot's breathtaking... Learn More.
The Harlem Gospel Choir at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
The world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir comes to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco's Kanbar Hall. Drawing its members from Harlem's finest church choirs, the choir has performed around the globe, and... Learn More.
Former San Francisco Chronicle Music Critic Joel Selvin Speaks With KFOG's Peter Finch
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Beach Boys, the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and Metallica are just a few of the bands music critic Joel Selvin tracked during his nearly 40-year career at the San Francisco Chronicle. From L.A.'s beaches to... Learn More.
The Other Café Spring Comedy Showcase: Don Gavin, Will Durst and Johnny Steele
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $37.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $18.50
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents a comedy show featuring "The Godfather of Boston Comedy" Don Gavin, plus two of San Francisco's funniest stand-up veterans. Political comic Will Durst is... Learn More.
Josh Kornbluth Wrestles The Big Questions at Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Comic performer Josh Kornbluth never had a bar mitzvah or stepped foot into a synagogue until his one-man hit show Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews? Now he's reading the Torah to his son and wrestling with "... Learn More.
Cokie and Steve Roberts: Our Haggadah Explores Interfaith Passover Seder
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
Following up on their best-selling book From This Day Forward, an exploration of interfaith marriage, veteran journalists Cokie and Steve Roberts discuss their new book Our Haggadah, a contemporary guide to... Learn More.
The Capitol Steps: Masters of Musical Political Satire at JCCSF
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
What will these masters of political satire have to say about President Obama, the Tea Party, financial bailouts and immigration reform? With more than 30 years of touring and dozens of comedy albums under... Learn More.
Comedian Michael Showalter (The State) Discusses His Book Mr. Funny Pants
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Comedy genius Michael Showalter has co-created and starred in such cult classic TV series as The State, Stella and Michael & Michael Have Issues as well as the films Wet Hot American Summer and The Baxter.... Learn More.
Sh*t My Dad Says with Justin Halpern
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
How did Justin Halpern's daily postings of crazy things his dad says turn into a Twitter page with over one million followers, a best-selling book and a CBS sitcom starring William Shatner? Halpern talks... Learn More.
Israel's Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company: Ekodoom: It's Not Time, It's Us
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00
- Our Price:
- $18.00
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company presents the West Coast premiere of Ekodoom: It's Not Time, It's Us. One of Israel's most prominent dance companies, they'll perform Artistic Director Rami Be'er's vivid... Learn More.
Hotel Executive Chip Conley, Founder of Joie de Vivre, Talks about Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Chip Conley, arguably the coolest hotel executive in the world, visits JCCSF for a discussion that is sure to inspire the established business person and budding entrepreneur. Chip is regularly consulted by... Learn More.
Sample Jewish Cooking and Music in Shabbat Concert
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $36.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $18.00
Trumpeter and keyboardist Frank London and accordionist Lorin Sklamberg of the GRAMMY Award-winning Klezmer band, The Klezmatics, join "Yiddish Diva" Adrienne Cooper in a special Shabbat evening of song in... Learn More.
Provocative Israeli Artist Adi Nes Speaks at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
Photographer Adi Nes is one of the leading figures in a new generation of Israeli artists. His meticulously staged, shrewdly subversive photographs recreate scenes from famous paintings, historical events... Learn More.
'S Wonderful, the New Gershwin Musical at Kanbar Hall
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $55.00
- Our Price:
- $27.50
'S Wonderful is an all-singing, all-dancing musical revue that celebrates the genius of George and Ira Gershwin. The Gershwin families authorized the use of the Gershwin songbook for this new show, which is... Learn More.
Rabbi Yehuda Berg Speaks About The Power of Kabbala at the Jewish Community Center
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco -- Kanbar Hall (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Named "the world's leading authority on the Kabbalah movement" and one of the top five rabbis in the country by Newsweek, Kabbalah Centre International's Rabbi Yehuda Berg teaches Kabbalah as a vehicle for... Learn More.
Map and Directions
Street parking is free after 6 PM and UCSF parking structure on California St. is very reasonable after 6 PM, as well.
JCC parking lot entrance on California Street. Enter from westbound lanes only.
Center Members: $.50/half hour for first 2 hours, $1.00/half hour for the next 2-4 hours, $1.50/half hour thereafter; $20 Daily Maximum.
Public: $1.25/half hour for first 4 hours, $1.75/half hour thereafter; $25 per day maximum.
No overnight parking.
Handicap Information
Wheelchair accessible, but please let us know immediately after you purchase tickets so that we may seat you accordingly.
Handicap seating is regularly available.
Please contact us after buying tickets by replying to your confirmation email to make arrangements.