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• Smuin Ballet: The Best of Smuin and World Premier by Amy Seiwert

  • When
    27 Apr 2019
  •  
    6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 700 Howard St, San Francisco

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  Join MAX for an evening with the Smuin Ballet, San Francisco’s premier contemporary ballet company.

  On the bill for this evening’s performance is Dance Series 02, Smuin’s final program of its 25th anniversary season.  This program features The Best of Smuin, including the return of timeless Michael Smuin favorites such as “Unforgettable,” “Foolish Things,” and the red-hot chair solo “Fever”. This showcase of classics is packed with the ol’ razzle-dazzle, visually stunning effects, and twists that are Smuin’s trademarks.

  Dance Series 02 also features a highly-anticipated world premiere from master dance maker Amy Seiwert.  This smashing new work will feature Seiwert’s signature choreography, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “keeping founder Michael Smuin’s legacy of unabashed showmanship alive.” As a choreographer, Seiwert has pushed the boundaries of dance by collaborating with artists of other disciplines and experimenting with its various forms and expressions from a classical base.  Now Artistic Director of Sacramento Ballet, Amy Seiwert returns to help Smuin celebrate its quarter-century anniversary celebration.

  For more information on this performance, Dance Series 02, click here.

  Join us for a Pre-Show VIP Reception for MAX SF (appetizers and hosted bar) in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Backstage Green Room beginning at 6:30pm.  Admission limited to 30 and RSVP is required.  Show starts at 7:30pm.

  Smuin Ballet is offering 20% off tickets for the MAX community for this performance!  When purchasing tickets, enter the discount code MAXGROUP.

  The performance we’ve picked still has good seat availability, but now is the time to purchase your tickets!

  To purchase your tickets,

  1. Click here
  2. Enter the MAXGROUP code
  3. Select the April 27^th, 7:30 pm performance
  4. Select the category of seats in the drop-down box under “Where would you like to sit?”
  5. Select your seats  and then click the “Buy Tickets Shown Above” button. 
     Note: This discounted price does not show up until you press this button.
  6. Then click on the Checkout & Pay button.
  7. Then, register on this page to reserve your space at the MAX SF pre-show VIP reception in the Backstage Green Room.

  For any questions, please contact the event champion and MAX SF liaison to Smuin Ballet, MAX SF Board Member Nick Wade, at wade.nicky@yahoo.com.

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• MAX SF Movie Nights - Avengers: Endgame

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

  
  

  UPDATE: AMC Metreon 6:30 PM Dolby Cinema

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  MAX SF is going to the movies, and you're invited

  In May We’re kicking off a new MAX monthly event series “MAX SF Movie Nights”.  Our first movie adventure will be Avengers: Endgame at the AMC Metreon. We will watch a screening at 6:30pm in the Dolby Cinema and then after the movie we will hang out at a nearby bar.

  Meet at the AMC Metreon "lounge area" past the concessions between 6:00 - 6:10pm.  Look for event champion Brad Dressler wearing a cap with MARVEL on it.
  

  At 6:10pm everyone can hit the concessions, restroom, etcetera and take our seats.

  Afterwards we will meetup in the lounge area again for a few minutes and choose a place to go have drinks and chat for anyone interested.

  Reserve your seat and buy your tickets here.
  

  Then email Brad at brad@techmktgadvisor.com to let him know you'll be coming and to give Brad an idea how big the group will be.

  If you would like to help us host a small gathering to watch Avengers: Infinity War sometime April 19-21 or April 26-28, please email Brad Dressler at brad@techmktgadvisor.com. Since Avengers: Endgame is the big Marvel movie finale, we would like to make sure everyone has seen Infinity War before our MAX Movie Night.

  
  

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• Jack Alexander Magic Show Express

  • When
    4 May 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Oasis, 298 Eleventh St., San Francisco

  

  Join MAX SF Community Partner Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation (REAF) for a benefit show featuring award-winning and hottest upcoming magician, Jack Alexander.  From the Las Vegas Strip and performances across the country, Jack Alexander is thrilled to be bringing his edgy brand of large-scale original illusions to the Bay Area. 

  Known for his charming personality and innovative shows, Jack brings humor and interaction with his audiences that make his performances entertaining and riveting from beginning to end. 

  With the large-scale original illusions, cast of four dancers, and Jack’s charming personality, Express is a performance you will not want to miss!

  Learn more about Jack Alexander and his show Express by clicking here.

  This show benefits REAF, a non-profit organization providing aid for HIV services, hunger programs, and support for homeless and disenfranchised youth.

  General Admission: $25; VIP Table Seating: $45

  To purchase tickets, please visit the OASIS May calendar by clicking here.

  Oasis
  298 Eleventh St., San Francisco

  
  

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• MAX Goes to the Theatre: The View UpStairs

  • When
    17 May 2019
  •  
    7:00 PM - 10:00 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 the regional premiere of the smash Off-Broadway hit, The View Upstairs.

  Glam-rock, gospel and modern pop collide in the smash Off-Broadway hit The View UpStairs. When impulsive entrepreneur Wes buys a dilapidated building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he’s phantasmically transported to its glory days: the UpStairs Lounge in 1973. Serving as a home, a church, and a gay dive-bar, the UpStairs was its own kind of paradise. As Wes meets the larger than life lounge regulars, he learns what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future. 

  Written by Max Vernon and directed by NCTC Founder and Artistic Director, Ed Decker.

  Join MAX Champion Nick Wade for this fun evening of heartfelt comedy and fun.  After the show, Nick will be heading to nearby Martuini’s (Valencia St and Market St, a seven-minute walk from the theatre).  Feel free to stop by Martuni's and join Nick for a night cap after the show. 

  For more details about The View Upstairs, please click here.

  NCTC shows sell out quickly, so now is the time to purchase your tickets and join MAX for a fun and entertaining evening.

  NCTC is offering 20% off tickets for MAX members. When purchasing tickets, please use the code: MAX.  

  Note: The show runs from May 10^th – June 9^th and the MAX discount code can be used for any of these dates as well as for any NCTC performance.

  Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:00pm.

  For those registered 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 at 7:00pm to meet and greet fellow MAXers at the NCTC full bar.

  Buy your tickets for the Friday May 17^th, 8:00pm final preview performance here. 
  

  Then register on this page to let us know you’ll be attending.

  The New Conservatory Theatre Center
  25 Van Ness Street (at Market Street), San Francisco
  

   

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• SOLD OUT: Ashland Spring Getaway

  • Start
    24 May 2019
  • End
    27 May 2019
  • Location
    Ashland, Oregon

  
  

  
  

  This Memorial Day weekend, a group from MAX will journey on a four-day getaway to beautiful Ashland, Oregon, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  We will board our van on the morning of Friday, May 24^th and begin a journey that includes theater, wineries, magnificent nature and small-town charm.

  The all-inclusive package includes sampling Oregon wines while watching the sunset over the Rogue Valley, an historic trolley ride through nearby the gold rush town of Jacksonville, Oregon and a half day trip to Deep Crater Lake National Park. We will return on Monday evening, with a lunch stop in the olive groves in Corning, CA.

  We will attend three performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: the hilarious musical Hairspray, a new play based on Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, Mother Road, and one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, As You Like It. The package includes transportation, tickets, accommodations, and all local visits -- a $900 value. Once again, we will have our own exclusive cottages at the Carlisle Garden Suites.  You also have the option of seeing some of the other OSF productions and taking the backstage tour. Meals are not included, but very affordable.

  This trip is being led by an experienced MAX event and trip organizer, Lorenzo Taylor, lorenzo_max@aol.com.

  Cost Options:

  • $400 per person, double occupancy.
    
  • $650 per person, single room
    

  This trip is limited to 12 attendees and is now sold out. 

  For More Information:
  Contact event host Lorenzo Taylor, Lorenzo_Max@aol.com
  

  
  

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• Broadway Bares/San Francisco Strips IV: Comic Strips

  • When
    16 Jun 2019
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    8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    DNA Lounge, 275 Eleventh Street, San Francisco

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  Discounts Available for the MAX Community!
  

  New York City’s sexiest annual benefit strip show, "Broadway Bares" is coming back to San Francisco in June! Featuring many of the Bay Area’s hottest dancers and strippers to benefit our partner organization, REAF, the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, this annual event is always a fun time and we’re really looking forward to it.

  The theme this year is Comic Strips.  Watch your favorite comic book characters strip or get stripped in a tongue-in-cheek series of sexy dances while battling their foes and celebrating all things burlesque.  Broadway Bares is a good old-fashioned strip show in the Vaudeville tradition with a modern twist featuring dozens of hot dancers stripping to raise money for HIV and AIDS services.

  Tickets range from $45 general admission, $69 front of stage, to $100 VIP balcony seating.  There is an additional $10 service fee to order online.
  

  REAF and the DNA Lounge are offering a $10 discount for the MAX community for general admission and front of stage (Voyeur).

  • General Admission discount code: 4ECK52
  • Front of Stage discount code: DSNJ68
    

  Doors open at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm.

  Join MAX and REAF for this fun event for a good cause.

  For more information about the show, please click here.

  To purchase tickets, please click here.

  Then RSVP on Meetup here to let us know you'll be going, or if you prefer, RSVP on this page by clicking register on the left.

  
  

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• Ashland Labor Day Weekend Getaway

  • Start
    30 Aug 2019
  • End
    2 Sep 2019
  • Location
    Ashland, Oregon

  

  This Labor Day weekend, a group from MAX will journey on a four-day getaway to beautiful Ashland, Oregon, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 
  

  We will attend three performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Alice in Wonderland, Macbeth, and Indecent.

  Watch this space for details.  Reservations will be taken starting in June.
  

  Event host Lorenzo Taylor, Lorenzo_Max@aol.com
  

  
  

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