The winning bidder and a guest are invited to take part in a scintillating evening at City Arts & Lectures!  Topics in the past cover Cultural Studies, Arts, Social Studies, Conversations on Science and much more!  

Since 1980, San Francisco-based non-profit City Arts & Lectures has offered unique programs with leading figures in arts and ideas. Each year there are more than fifty lectures and onstage conversations – and a few surprise performances, film tributes, and concerts – with outstanding writers, critics, scientists, performing artists, and cultural figures from around the world. City Arts & Lectures offers the broadest perspectives about ideas and values, the creative process, and how we think about the world we live in.

Past events have included a converstation with Robert Reich, Peggy Orenstein, Steve Kerr, Diane Keaton.