Venue

Location & Website

Contact

Notes

Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center

www.ashkenaz.com
1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (North Berkeley BART)

Kristen Sbrogna
510-525-5099, ext. 2#
kristen@ashkenaz.com

Berkeley’s community center for ethnic dance and world music

Cal Performances

www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley

Laura Abrams
510-642-3691
lsabrams@calperfs.berkeley.edu

Dance, theater, music performances. Variety of educational programs oriented to college students, including individualized activities. 1/2-price tickets to all performances for UCB students. See Resources page for information on Consortium for the Arts discounts.

Hertz Hall

http://music.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley campus, southeast quadrant (near Bancroft at College)

Penny Boys, concert manager
pennyb@berkeley.edu
510-642-4864

Music Department performance ensembles, including University Symphony, Chorus and Chamber Chorus, African Drumming and Dance, Gamelan, new composers, early music, and more. Free Wednesday and Friday noon concerts. $4 tickets UCB students.

La Peña

www.lapena.org
3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley/ Ashby BART

510-849-2568
info@lapena.org

Community center for dance, music, politics, film.
Workshops and classes as well as performances

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

www.missionculturalcenter.org
2868 Mission St., SF/ 24^th St Mission BART

Jose Leon
415-643-2787
youth@missionculturalcenter.org

Latino community center for dance, music, politics, film.
Workshops and classes as well as performances

Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts

www.malongacenter.org
1428 Alice St, Oakland (12^th St BART, Oakland)

510-451-6100

Oakland's community center for dance and music (primarily classes rather than performances)
Website under construction

San Francisco Opera

www.sfopera.com
301 Van Ness Avenue
Civic Center BART, SF

415- 861-4008
websmaster@sfopera.com

Opera, with many educational activities: dress rehearsals, student group tickets, lectures, classroom materials, workshops.

San Francisco Performances

www.performances.org/
various theaters

Christine Lim
415-398-6449
info@performances.org

Presents dance and (primarily) classical music at a number of theaters (Herbst, Legion of Honor, Davies Symphony Hall, etc). Strong educational programs: lectures, residencies, workshops.

San Francisco Symphony

www.sfsymphony.org
Civic Center BART, SF

rgallman@sfsymphony.org

Community engagement activities: lectures, free concerts, group sales, outreach

Stanford Lively Arts

www.livelyarts.stanford.edu
Stanford University

Rachel Mizenko
650-725-1960
rmizenko@stanford.edu

Dance, music, and theater performances. Numerous educations programs (designed for college students)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

www.ybca.org
710 Mission St/ Montgomery St BART

Lydia Pugliese
415-321-1310
lpugliese@YBCA.org

Performances of dance, music, theater, and a gallery. Numerous education programs, including $2 tickets for college student groups to the gallery, lectures, gallery tours, artist talks.