BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//BAR | Bay Area Registry - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:BAR | Bay Area Registry X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bayarearegistry.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for BAR | Bay Area Registry REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T193000 DTSTAMP:20260612T153926Z CREATED:20260411T082745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T153926Z UID:10010737-1781206200-1781206200@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:Laverne Cox DESCRIPTION:Emmy-nominated actress and activist Laverne Cox rose to fame through her role on Orange is the New Black\, quickly becoming an important voice for transgender rights. In her debut memoir Transcendent\, Cox delves into her traumas\, gender identity\, transition\, and\, in the end\, her journey to healing. \nLaverne Cox spent years tirelessly working to make it as an actress before her breakout\, Emmy-nominationed role in Orange Is the New Black. She studied dance\, acted in off-Broadway shows\, and worked in restaurants\, all while honing her craft. Now\, she has appeared in award-winning movies and shows\, produced the award-winning documentary The T Word\, and become a leading voice advocating for queer and transgender people. In her debut memoir Transcendent\, Cox delves into her traumas\, gender identity\, transition\, and\, in the end\, her journey to healing. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/laverne-cox/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/laverne-cox-attends-the-2019-creative-arts-emmy-awards-on-news-photo-1568833086-scaled-e1775896054223.avif ORGANIZER;CN="City Arts &%3B Lectures":MAILTO:info@cityarts.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T193000 DTSTAMP:20260612T153945Z CREATED:20260411T082134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260612T153945Z UID:10010736-1781033400-1781033400@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:Ben Rhodes DESCRIPTION:Ben Rhodes is more than just a leading voice in American politics. Through his work as a speech writer and advisor to former president Barack Obama\, co-host of Pod Save the World\, contributor for NBC News and MSNBC\, co-chair of National Security Action\, and author of the  New York Times bestsellers After the Fall and The World as It Is\, Rhodes has built an intimate understanding\, and helped shape\, our current political landscape. Now\, Rhodes delves into the fierce arguments over how we define American identity\, unpacking this complex history in his upcoming book\, All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/ben-rhodes/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ap-648160854550-scaled-e1775895684743.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="City Arts &%3B Lectures":MAILTO:info@cityarts.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260601T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260601T193000 DTSTAMP:20260605T133359Z CREATED:20260411T081245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T133359Z UID:10010735-1780342200-1780342200@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor DESCRIPTION:Professor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has studied\, taught\, and felt the complex power of perhaps the most controversial words in the American lexicon: the N-word. She also confronted this word through a complicated relationship with her father\, the iconic comedian Richard Pryor\, who helped popularize this word. Professor Pryor’s relationship to the N-word was forced to the front of her mind when one of her white students quoted Pryor’s father and blurted out the N-word in the middle of class. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/elizabeth-stordeur-pryor/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/45.AdultClient-ElizabethStordeurPryor-scaled-e1775895156160.webp ORGANIZER;CN="City Arts &%3B Lectures":MAILTO:info@cityarts.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260528T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260528T193000 DTSTAMP:20260531T174701Z CREATED:20260427T053648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T174701Z UID:10010897-1779996600-1779996600@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:Boots Riley in Conversation with Forum Live DESCRIPTION:Boots Riley joins KQED’s award-winning public radio program Forum for a special live conversation celebrating his bold new film\, I Love Boosters\, onstage at City Arts & Lectures’ Sydney Goldstein Theater. Known for his sharp political insight\, surreal storytelling\, and genre-defying style\, Riley will dive into the ideas behind the film\, his creative process\, and the cultural questions that fuel his work. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/boots-riley-in-conversation-with-forum-live/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Boots-Riley-in-Conversation-with-Forum-Live-e1777268123369.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260528T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260528T193000 DTSTAMP:20260529T121538Z CREATED:20260411T080656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T121538Z UID:10010734-1779996600-1779996600@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:Boots Riley DESCRIPTION:Boots Riley joins KQED’s award-winning public radio program Forum for a special live conversation celebrating his bold new film\, I Love Boosters. Known for his sharp political insight\, surreal storytelling\, and genre-defying style\, Riley will dive into the ideas behind the film\, his creative process\, and the cultural questions that fuel his work. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/boots-riley/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/4000-e1775894805310.webp ORGANIZER;CN="City Arts &%3B Lectures":MAILTO:info@cityarts.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T193000 DTSTAMP:20260525T122146Z CREATED:20260411T080028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260525T122146Z UID:10010733-1779391800-1779391800@bayarearegistry.com SUMMARY:José Andrés DESCRIPTION:José Andrés  is widely recognized for both his culinary achievements – including two Michelin stars\, and 40 restaurants worldwide – and his humanitarian work. He is also an Emmy Award–winning TV host and producer\, and a New York Times bestselling author of Change the Recipe\, Zaytinya\, Vegetables Unleashed\, and The World Central Kitchen Cookbook. A pioneer of Spanish tapas in America and a celebrated ambassador of Spanish cooking\, his renowned José Andrés Group operates more than forty restaurants across the United States and beyond. Andrés is the founder of the nonprofit World Central Kitchen and has been honored as Outstanding Chef and Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. He has twice been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People\, and has been awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and one of Spain’s highest honors\, the Princesa de Asturias Foundation’s Concordia Prize\, for his humanitarian work. His new book is Spain My Way. \nInfo & Tickets URL:https://bayarearegistry.com/event/jose-andres/ LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts + Culture,Conversations + Speakers,San Francisco + South SF Area ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://bayarearegistry.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/joseandres-scaled-e1775894419977.webp ORGANIZER;CN="City Arts &%3B Lectures":MAILTO:info@cityarts.net END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR