Events

Join us this April at Gray Area's Cybernetics Book Club. This month, Cybersentics Book Club discusses the idea that emotions have fixed, measurable shapes that transcend culture and can be induced through touch alone. Though contested, Clyne's theory of sentic shapes casts a long shadow, most notably informing Rosalind Picard's work on affective computing. This […]

Join us for readings and a conversation about Dr. Wilkinson’s new book, Climate Wayfinding. As climate disruption reshapes landscapes, politics, and daily life, a deeper question lingers beneath the headlines: How do we live—fully, honestly, boldly—within this moment? Where do we turn for steadiness and imagination as we find our way forward? Join climate leader […]

Weaving Spirits Festival of Two-Spirit Performance presents Life Giver: Nurture like Fire Sunday, April 19, 2-6pm Dance Mission Theater Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/life-giver-nurture-like-fire-tickets-1986097336598 Gather with Weaving Spirits for a day of food and learning about the intersections of Women, Indigiqueers, and fire. 🔥 We invite you to join us for a screening of Women They Are Carrying […]

EXHIBITION DATES MARCH 21 - APRIL 26, 2026 OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 4-9PM ARTIST PANEL SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 3-5PM A threadbare idea is one that is weak, hackneyed, or stale. This exhibition brings together 5 SF Bay Area quilt artists - Ora Clay, Joe Cunningham, Margaret Fabrizio, Trisha Hickey and Lorraine Woodruff-Long - whose […]

A joyful collection of poems in Nahuat, Spanish and English, that celebrate Indigenous life and language, and their survival, despite concerted efforts to eradicate them. ... A moving story of celebrated poet Jorge Argueta's childhood in the Salvadoran village of Witzapan, where his grandmother taught him his first words in Nahuat.

Navigating the mental toll of the headlines with UN advisor, humanitarian psychiatrist Dr. Suzan Song Stress, burnout, and collective anxiety have become the air we breathe – whether from grieving a loved one, losing a job, or simply trying to keep up with a world in overdrive. Drawing on decades of work with children and […]

As part of A Season for Iran, we are honored to present BĀZ-TĀB—meaning reflection—an immersive performance and installation rooted in the architectural memory of Iran. Through large scale charcoal hand-drawing, paper sculpture, sound, and spatial performance, the work reconstructs the dreamlike fragments of places remembered: courtyards, domes, wind towers, and the intimate interiors of Iranian […]