The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Adds to 2016 Arts & Ideas Series

The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) announced today new additions to its 2016 Arts & Ideas lineup, including multiple best-selling authors, musical performances and a new culinary and film series.

The JCCSF welcomes bestselling author Eddie Huang ("Fresh Off the Boat") this June as well as biographer Arthur Lubow, whose latest work explores the unorthodox life of the late photographer Diane Arbus. Making its San Francisco debut, Mexican supergroup Mexrrissey perform their interpretations of the music of acclaimed singer-songwriter Morrissey.

The JCCSF is also proud to announce a collaboration with the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) for a brand new series called Food on Film. The partnership between the JCCSF and the SFFS celebrates culinary delights and cinematic excellence with programs that feature notable local and national chefs, highlight exceptional cuisine from around the world, and screen important films matched to the theme of each event. Attendees eat, drink and interact with chefs and filmmakers, and explore the powerful expression of culture at the intersection of world-class cuisine and outstanding cinema. The series begins with a preview screening and conversation with the creators and directors of the acclaimed Netflix series Chef's Table, along with featured local chef Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn), and continues with Peter Greenaway's controversial film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover with State Bird Provision's renowned chef/co-owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski.

For subscriptions, tickets and more information visit www.jccsf.org or call 415.292.1233.

The Food on Film Series Presents:
CHEF'S TABLE WITH DOMINIQUE CRENN
with director Andrew Fried and show creator David Gelb
Part of the 2016 San Francisco International Film Festival
Wednesday, May 4 2016 at 7 p.m. ? Tickets $15 for General Public and $13 for JCCSF and SFFS Members

Dominique Crenn, the only female chef in the US with two Michelin stars, was adopted at 18 months by a family in the Brittany region of France. In this episode of the highly acclaimed Netflix series, she lays out her philosophy of food, her professional background and her family history. A visit to her mom in Brittany takes her to her childhood home and her father's grave. She speaks about her fine dining restaurant Atelier Crenn and her more casual spot Petit Crenn, modeled on her mother's hospitality and cuisine. Passionate about food and with a well of inspiration, Crenn shows off spectacular dishes from her two San Francisco restaurants and tells viewers and audiences about the mind and heart behind them.

*This event is offsite at Alamo Drafthouse New Mission. Click here to purchase tickets

The Food on Film Series Presents:
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover with
STUART BRIOZA AND NICOLE KRASINSKI
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. ? Tickets $27 / $37

The San Francisco Film Society and the JCCSF present a screening of The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover with renowned chefs, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski. The acclaimed owners of State Bird Provisions and The Progress consider the power and history of food on film in the context of Peter Greenaway's controversial classic about food, desire, class and murder. Following the screening and conversation, there will be a post-event reception featuring treats inspired by the film, specially made by Stuart, Nicole and the State Bird team.

AN EVENING WITH EDDIE HUANG
Monday, June 6, 2016 at 7 p.m. ? Tickets $27

Eddie Huang has been an attorney, drug dealer, sneaker salesman, TV host, street wear clothing designer and blogger. Today, he's the bestselling author of Fresh Off the Boat, adapted into a much-watched ABC sitcom, host of Viceland's Huang's World - which explores food, subcultures and identity politics - and the chef and co-owner of BaoHaus, a popular New York City restaurant featuring Taiwanese-Chinese steamed buns or bao. He joins the JCCSF for a conversation about his unconventional success and his new memoir Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China, which follows him on a quest to his ancestral homeland to find out how his food rates in China.

DIANE ARBUS: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WORK
With Arthur Lubow
Monday, June 13, 2016 at 7 p.m. ? Tickets: $27 / $37

More than 40 years after Diane Arbus's death, her photographs are as powerful, contemporary and controversial as ever, arousing both artistic reverence and cult-like fascination. In his new book DIANE ARBUS: Portrait of a Photographer, Arthur Lubow for the first time connects her revolutionary photography with her unorthodox life. This image-rich talk reveals the woman behind the startling, revolutionary work.

MEXRRISSEY: MEXICO GOES MORRISSEY
Sunday, July,10, 2016 at 8 p.m. ? Tickets: $28

In their San Francisco debut, Mexrrissey presents an evening of songs from acclaimed singer-songwriter Morrissey's solo career and his years with The Smiths - arranged and played by some of Mexico's finest musicians, including Camilo Lara (Mexican Institute of Sound) and Sergio Mendoza (Calexico/Orkesta Mendoza). This all-star super-group's renditions add horns and accordions, and borrow from cumbias and rancheras to interpret a new Mexican spirit into the songs. The powerful imagery in Morrissey's songs of love, loss and longing have always found an audience in Mexico and resonated with generations raised on rancheras and mariachis. Now the love is being returned to the JCCSF this summer.

Tickets for all Arts & Ideas events are available at www.jccsf.org or calling 415.292.1233.

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