BERKELEY — Comedian Lisa Geduldig and Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center are launching a new monthly comedy series. The inaugural event, at 8 p.m. Oct. 12, will benefit the Redwood Empire Food Bank, which supplies shelters in Sonoma County for people displaced by fires. Ashkenaz is at 1317 San Pablo Ave. at Gilman Street. Related ArticlesPG&E’s wildfire-linked $5.5 billion mega loanReport: SoCal Edison lines spark 2017 Thomas FireCamp Fire: Dispatchers some of the unsung heroesOvertime pay soared at Cal Fire as record wildfires burned across stateOpinion: PG&E is committed to changes to keep customers safeThe lineup on Thursday for “Comedy at Ashkenaz! A Political Comedy Night” will feature New York political comedian Scott Blakeman, and Bay Area comedians and activists Yayne Abeba, Aundré the Wonderwoman, and Geduldig, who is the creator of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy — Jewish comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant.

Jonas sees the program as an extension of the company’s Performing Arts Education & Enrichment for Kids, or PEEK program, in which dancers give movement classes and free dance performances to underserved students and their families around the Bay Area, “Our whole goal is to try and give (the girls) an alternative way to communicate,” Jonas said, “Hopefully, it will translate to them not returning.”, How much of an impact the movement class actually is making on reducing recidivism, or relapse into criminal behavior, may be difficult to determine, because of ballet slippers hibiscus the number of programs the girls are involved with as part of their court-ordered treatment program, said Lynn Mackey, the director of court and community schools at the county Office of Education..

The guide — called “Do You Speak Touriste?” — focuses a lot on the obstacle of language. “When you go to a foreign country, and you see that the person in front of you is making an effort to at least start the discussion in your language, there’s a barrier that breaks down,” says Quentin Boissy D’Anglas of the chamber. The guide offers a few phrases in the languages of the 11 most popular countries of origin for tourists to Paris. Perhaps more important, it also offers clues to what tourists are looking for: A Brazilian wants to feel he is seeing the “hidden” Paris, for instance, or a German appreciates a handshake.

This is the nature of the Twitter beast — some people take it, some people leave it, Everyone has an opinion, “No! Absolutely not,” objects David Fonnegra, a company dancer whose new ballet will premiere in the March shows, “When you are Twittering, ballet slippers hibiscus you are not enjoying, you are deciding.”, But even he softens his position after a moment’s thought, “I don’t mind if someone wants to do it, although normally, you should enjoy the dance, For me, tweeting after the show is better,” he decides..

Students at Los Gatos High School spent this week celebrating cultural diversity, another step in the school’s ongoing fight against racism. Cultural Awareness Week was designed to be fun and educational, and included a pledge by students to be respectful of all people and their cultures. To that end, students were given wristbands that said, “We accept, we respect, we learn.”. This week’s culturally-focused activities grew out of last year’s “promposal” scandal that occurred when two boys used racist symbols to ask girls to prom. The ensuing controversy caused the high school district to hire Epoch Education, which has been working with school officials and students to make sure this year’s prom invitations are inoffensive.