City Arts & Lectures, is a San Francisco-based non-profit that has offered unique programs with leading figures in arts and ideas since 1980. Each year there are more than fifty lectures and onstage conversations – and a few surprise performances, film tributes, and concerts – with outstanding writers, critics, scientists, performing artists, and cultural figures from around the world.
Events are held in the historic Sydney Goldstein Theater (formerly Nourse) in San Francisco’s Performing Arts Center and online. Programs can be heard via edited and delayed broadcasts on more than 130 public radio stations across the country, co-produced with KQED 88.5 FM in San Francisco, as well as on their own podcast.
The Herbst Theatre's earthquake retrofit which began in 2013, served as the impetus to restore the 1,687-seat Nourse Theater located a few blocks away at 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, California.[1][2] The Nourse Theater originally was presumed be the interim home of the lecture series.[3] The Nourse Theater is now the main venue for City Arts and Lectures events.[4]
References
edit- ↑ "Nourse auditorium reborn as theater". May 2, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ Hartlaub, Peter (January 8, 2012). "Sydney Goldstein readying new space for City Arts". SFGATE. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Au Revoir Herbst, Bienvenu Nourse". Retrieved April 4, 2013.
- ↑ "About the Sydney Goldstein Theater | City Arts & Lectures".
External links
edit- Official website
- "City Arts & Lectures collection". The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. Archived from the original on March 11, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- "Why City Arts & Lectures Succeeds" Nob Hill Gazette, January 3, 2024
- "It hosted Robin Williams and Truman Capote. How a lecture series captured S.F.’s cultural zeitgeist" San Francisco Chronicle, October 18, 2023
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