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• Help Is On The Way For The Holidays

  • When
    9 Dec 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
  • Location
    Marines' Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter St., San Francisco

  
  

  A Holiday Concert Benefiting
  Project Open Hand and Aquilas
  

  Join our community partner, the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF), for their annual holiday benefit concert, Help is on the Way for the Holidays. 

  Enjoy a festive and spirited performance featuring a star-studded cast, wonderful music, and plenty of fun.  The evening starts with a silent auction (doors open at 6:30 pm).  The evening wraps up with a VIP after party with the cast at 9:45 pm at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, one block from the theater. 

  The 7:30 pm performance at the Marines’ Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter Street (at Mason), will feature cast members from the Tony Award-winning show Hamilton, cast members from the national tour of the hit Broadway musical, Summer, The Donna Summer Musical, Lisa Vroman, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Shawn Ryan, Steve Knill, as well as others.

  Tickets are $45 for the performance only/balcony seating.  Tickets start at $125 for VIP seating which includes the VIP after party with the cast. 

  REAF is offering a $20 discount to MAX dues-paying members.  In appreciation for MAX's sponsorship of REAF's twenty-fifth  Help Is On The Way benefit concert and gala this past August,  REAF is offering MAX dues-paying members balcony seating reduced to $25 and VIP rear or side orchestra seating reduced to $105.  Read how to get the discount code here. 

  Note: You must be log in to the MAX SF website as a dues-paying member to access this link.  If you forgot your password, click here.  If you are a dues-paying member and have forgotten which email account you used for your membership, email concierge@maxsf.org.  Alternatively, if you are a dues-paying member, you can email the event champion Jason Feinberg for the discount code.
  

  For any questions, contact event champion Jason Feinberg at jason.feinberg@maxsf.org.

  This star-studded Holiday Concert will fill you with holiday cheer!

  Please click here to purchase tickets.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Smuin Ballet: The Christmas Ballet

  • When
    13 Dec 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 700 Howard St, San Francisco

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  Tickets are Selling Fast, Reserve Your Seats Today!
  

  Join MAX for a performance of Smuin Ballet's annual holiday show, The Christmas Ballet.  For those interested, also join us for a pre-performance dinner at the Grill at the St. Regis.
  

  The Christmas Ballet is a favorite holiday tradition – complete with dazzling tap numbers, a 40-foot feather boa, and falling snowflakes!  The performance is divided into a classical first half and a fun and jazzy second half featuring red-hot contemporary dances set to pop favorites. 

  The Christmas Ballet includes selections that are moving and beautiful and others that are smart, fun, and sure to bring a smile to your face.  The performance usually ends on just the right note of joie to send you out onto the streets with a spring in your step!

  For more information on The Christmas Ballet program, please click here.  For more information about Smuin Ballet, San Francisco’s premier contemporary ballet company, click here.  For reviews of past performances of The Christmas Ballet, please click here.

  MAX dues-paying members will get a 20% discount for this performance.  Read how to get the discount code here. 

  Note: You must log in to the MAX SF website as a dues-paying member to access this link.  If you forgot your password, click here.  If you are a dues-paying member and have forgotten which email account you used for your membership, email concierge@maxsf.org.  Alternatively, if you are a dues-paying member, you can email the event champion Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org for the discount code.

  To purchase your tickets,
  

  1. Click here.
  2. Click Tickets at the top of the page (just to the right of the Smuin logo).
  3. Select the Friday December 13th at 7:30 pm performance and click on the green "Buy" button.
     
  4. Select your seats.
  5. When the seats you desire are shown at the top of the screen, click the green button labeled: “Buy Tickets Shown Above”.
  6. Confirm the pricing.  Note: For dues-paying members, enter the discount code in the Coupon Code area and click the green “Add Coupon” button.  The pricing will then be updated.
  7. Then click on the Checkout & Pay button.

  After you have purchased tickets, please RSVP here to let us know you'll be joining us for this performance. 
  If you don't have a Meetup account, please click REGISTER on the left to RSVP.
  

  For any questions, please contact the event champion, MAX SF Communications Chair Paul Munro, at paul.munro@maxsf.org.

  For those interested, join Paul Munro before the show at the Grill at the St. Regis, one block from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.  Read the details and reserve your space for this pre-performance dinner here.

  After the performance, those interested can join Paul for a drink at the Living Room Bar at the W hotel located across the street from the theater.

  

  

  
  

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• December MAX Friday Movie - Ford v Ferrari

  • When
    20 Dec 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    AMC Metreon, 135 4th St Suite 3000, San Francisco

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  Movie: Ford v Ferrari (or Harriet)
  Showtime: TBD (around 7:30 pm), AMC Metreon Theatre
  Meeting Time: 6:30 pm at nearby Amber India
  

  Our film for December will be either Ford v Ferrari (first choice) or Harriet (second choice) depending on which will still be showing at around 7:30 pm at the AMC Metreon Theatre.  Ford vs. Ferrari is a historical film based on the remarkable true story of a visionary American car designer and a fearless British-born driver who together battled to build a revolutionary race car to take on dominating Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966.  Harriet is a historical film about Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery in the South in the 1800s, then started the Underground Railroad.  Both films have won accolades from critics and viewers around the country, including a "super applause" rating for Ford vs Ferrari and an "applause" rating for Harriet from the San Francisco Chronicle.
  

  We will meet for drinks at Amber India (25 Yerba Buena Lane) at 6:30 pm, during their Happy Hour (M-F 5 to 7 pm), before heading over to the nearby AMC Metreon for the show nearest to 7:30 pm.

  IMPORTANT: Everyone must buy his own ticket before arriving at the theater.  Your event champion, Bruce, will be seated near the middle center of the theater.

  More specific information, including the exact show that is selected and the seat of your event champion, will be sent by email or text message to all who register for this event by clicking the REGISTER button on the left.  Please click the button that we may text you in order to receive text notifications.

  You must register in order to receive these notifications - which will include which movie we will go to see, specific time for the movie, and any changes to theater and/or movie if our preferred place and time at AMC Metreon is not available.
  

  Click REGISTER on the left today to receive notifications once the show is selected.

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• MAX Goes to the Theatre: Head Over Heels

  • When
    27 Dec 2019
  •  
    7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
  • Location
    New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Street, San Francisco

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  Join MAX and the New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC), the premier LGBTQ theatre center in San Francisco, for Head Over Heels. 

  For those interested, also join us for a pre-show dinner at Absinthe.
  

  Head Over Heels is a bold sexually polymorphous new musical that combines a Renaissance pastoral romance with the soundtrack of the most successful female rock band of all time, The Go-Go’s. This modern fairy tale features Billboard-topping hits like “We Got The Beat," “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation” that defined the sound of a generation.  As one reviewer commented, this "joyful production dials the camp to 11."

  Directed by NCTC Founder and Artistic Director Ed Decker.

  For more details about Head Over Heels, please click here.

  Tickets for the 8pm performance range from $45 to $59.
  

  We’ve picked a performance that still has good seat availability.  However, NCTC shows sell out, so now is the time to purchase your tickets and plan to join MAX for a fun and entertaining evening.

  NCTC is offering a 20% discount to MAX dues-paying members.  Read how to get the discount code here. 

  Note: You must be log in to the MAX SF website as a dues-paying member to access this link.  If you forgot your password, click here.  If you are a dues-paying member and have forgotten which email account you used for your membership, email concierge@maxsf.org.  Alternatively, if you are a dues-paying member, you can email the event champion Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org for the discount code.

  For those registered for this 8:00pm December 27^th performance with the MAX discount code, NCTC will provide a distinctive name tag so that we can find each other before the show begins. 

  Plan to arrive by 7:30pm to meet and greet fellow MAXers at the NCTC full bar!

  Buy your tickets for the Friday December 27th 8:00pm performance here.

  Then register on Meetup here to let us know you’ll be attending (or if you prefer, click REGISTER on the left).
  

  For those interested, join Paul Munro before the show at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, a short 5 block walk from the NCTC Theatre.  Read the details and reserve your space for this pre-performance dinner here.

  After the performance, Paul will be heading to nearby Martuni’s (Valencia St and Market St, a seven-minute walk from the theatre).  Feel free to stop by Martuni's and join Paul for a nightcap after the show. 

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• Porgy and Bess: The Met Opera Live in HD

  • When
    1 Feb 2020
  •  
    9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Century San Francisco Centre 9 and XD in the Westfield San Francisco Centre, 845 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103
  • Spaces left
    5

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  Join MAX for The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD theater broadcast of the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess.   The opera will be simulcast to the Century Theatre in in the Westfield San Francisco Centre on Saturday, February 1st, starting at 9:55 AM.

  Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera filled with an embarrassment of rich melodies from the American songbook.  The songs just roll out one after another as this tragic love triangle plays out in the Catfish Row section of Charleston.  The story follows the attempts of a crippled street beggar to rescue Bess from Crown, her violent and possessive lover, and from Sportin' Life, her Happy Dust dealer.

  Among the songs included in Porgy and Bess are:

  • Summertime
  • A Woman Is a Sometime Thing
  • My Man's Gone Now
  • I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  • Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  • Oh, I Can't Sit Down!
  • It Ain't Necessarily So
  • I Loves You, Porgy
  • A Red Headed Woman

  The theatre is readily accessible from BART.  You can enter the Westfield Center directly from the Powell Street BART station.

  We'll meet in the lobby of the Century Theatre on the 5^th floor of the Westfield Centre by 9:30 AM to give everyone time to get any refreshments and get settled before show begins at 9:55 AM.  The opera runs three hours and twenty-five minutes.

  After the opera, those interested can join us at The Rotunda restaurant in the nearby Neiman Marcus for a 1:45pm lunch (deposit required).  The Rotunda is a short 10-minute walk from the theatre.
  

  For dues-paying members and their guests, we have reserved a block of 6 tickets midway back and left of center in the theatre.  The seats are F14 - F17 and G14 - G15.  You may view the seating chart for this theatre auditorium here.

  The cost for the pre-purchased tickets to watch the opera is $29.  To cancel your theatre ticket, email event co-champion Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org with Porgy and Bess in the subject line.  Registration deadline Thursday, January 30^th.   Sorry, no refunds after Thursday, January 30^th.

  Dues-paying members who are logged into this website may click REGISTER on the left to register for these pre-purchased tickets.

  For everyone who is not a dues-paying member of MAX SF, buy your ticket here or use the ticketing app of your choice.  Then please RSVP on Meetup here to let us know you're joining us for this performance!
  

  The lunch at The Rotunda is open to everyone; however, an advance $30 deposit is required to reserve a space for this lunch.  Read the details, RSVP, and pay your deposit for the post-opera lunch here.

  For any questions, email the event co-champions Michael Meehan at michaeljmeehan999@gmail.com or Paul Munro at paul.munro@maxsf.org with Porgy and Bess in the subject line.
  

  Dues-paying members of MAX SF, click REGISTER on the left to pay and reserve your theatre ticket today!
  

  

  

  
  

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