Vicarious Traveler

March 27, 2011

Join us and learn how to Convert Old Slides, Photos, and Negatives to Digital Format
Presented by Nick Maffei
Friday, April 8, at noon
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Nick will demonstrate how to convert your old 35mm slides, photos and negatives into a digital format, using an inexpensive service [...]

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CLIRSights

March 27, 2011

Find the Missing Links in Your Family
With Special guest Speakers: Vivian Kahn & Michael Nolan
Friday, April 8, 2011 from 1:30pm
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Explore how to research your ancestors and uncover your roots with expert genealogists. Vivian Kahn and Michael Nolan have done extensive [...]

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Vicarious Traveler

February 24, 2011

Join us as we explore China and Hong Kong

Presented by Martin Gumbel, world traveler
Friday, March 11, at noon
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Martin’s slide show will feature the exuberant beauty of Chinese architecture with a focus on Hong Kong, Shanghai and a silk factory in Hangzhou.
In Beijing, Martin’s [...]

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CLIRSights

February 24, 2011

Fort Mason
With Special guest Speaker: Patricia Nicholson
Friday, March 11, 2011 from 1:30pm
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
What is special about Fort Mason Center? Why has it
been called a model for military base conversion?
Fort Mason Center is the site of thousands of thoughtprovoking
programs and events, and is the home [...]

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Vicarious Traveler

January 31, 2011

Join us for a trek in the Mountains of Poetry
Presented by Birgit Chase,
Friday, February 11, at noon
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Birgit traveled to The Republic of Georgia with Explorer’s Corner in the end of August and beginning of September 2009. Come and enjoy [...]

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CLIRSights

January 31, 2011

Have a Happy Healthy Heart

Friday, February 11, 2011 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Kaiser Permanente Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse, Jim Letchworth, R.N. will show you how to make life changes that can help you live longer:
a) Stop tobacco use; the single most important thing you can [...]

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Special Class

December 27, 2010

Newspaper Crisis: A Threat To Democracy?
Guest Lecturer: Michael Berlin
This important series will explore what is happening with newspapers in America and what impact it could have on our democracy. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a respected lecturer share his  years of experience with national newspapers, and enlighten us [...]

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CLIRSights

December 27, 2010

Human Trafficking in the Bay Area
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 1:30pm
Learn about this important issue and what you can do about it.
CLIR presents a distinguished panel:

Nancy Goldberg, Pres. Jewish Family & Children’s Services; co-chair SF Collaborative Against Human Trafficking,
Molly Ring, member SF Human Rights commission’s Equity Advisory Cmte; Director Trafficking Programs for SAGE Project (Standing [...]

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Vicarious Traveler

November 22, 2010

Join us for a grand tour of Europe
Presented by Nick Maffei,
Friday, December 10, at noon
To be held at 50 First Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Nick will present slides from his recent trip to Europe, including photos of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland and Oskar Schindler’s factory in Krakow. Then on to the colorful towns [...]

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CLIRSights

November 22, 2010

CLIRsights is on hiatus but it’s the holidays so time for CLIR’s Holiday Gala!
Friday, December 3, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
To be held at 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco (between Geary and Starr King Way)
This year it will be held in the spacious social hall of the beautiful Unitarian Universalist Church and it begins at 1:00 [...]

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