upcoming events
Goy Issue Release: Sydney, Australia
where: Global Gallery 
when: Apr 9 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring a live performance by the band, Extended Family, plus, the art of Two One, Jesse Neave and Milly Morison. RSVP is essential (email elyse@network.org.au by April 4).
Slow Food Seder: San Francisco, CA, Co-sponsored by the Hazon Food Conference
where: Foreign Cinema
when: Apr 20 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
On the second night of Passover, chefs Gayle Pirie and John Cook will prepare a special Slow Food Seder just for Heeb readers. Pirie and Clark have been at the forefront of the San Francisco restaurant scene for decades, with long-standing tenures at both Zuni Cafe and Chez Panisse. They spent nearly two years in Hong Kong developing two new restaurants, and have traveled widely in Europe and Asia researching locally produced and artisinal ingredients. In 2001 the duo took over the kitchen of Foreign Cinema and implemented an ever-changing Mediterranean influenced menu, earning the restaurant three stars from The San Francisco Chronicle and six consecutive "Top 100" rankings as well as rave reviews from the New York Times, Gourmet and Cosmopolitan. The Slow Food Seder will play upon traditional Passover dishes, but will only be kosher by slow food standards. Following is a sample menu (please note, menu is subject to change slightly dependent upon the availability of produce at market): Composed salad of Coke farm asparagus, Willey farm artichokes,with farm egg, wild arugula, herbed fromage blanc ~~~ Cardamom-orange roast chicken, cauliflower-potato hash with harissa & mint Baked Northern halibut with roasted fennel, Meyer lemon, Picholine olive sauce, rosemary Grilled cocoa nib bavette steak, broccoli rabe, grilled fingerling potatoes, horseradish ~~~ Chocolate ganache cornucopias w/ Passover fruit compote Or Something Strawberricious Tickets are $75* and include a gourmet meal, wine, a copy of Barry Polisar’s haggadah, and a 4-issue subscription to Heeb. Reserve a spot soon as seating is limited. You can purchase tickets here. If you have any questions about the seder, please direct them to amy@heebmagazine.com, or call 415-341-6350. *Proceeds will benefit the Chez Panisse Foundation.
Have You No Shame? Release Party: New York
where: Black and White Bar
when: May 1 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join Heeb Magazine as it celebrates the launch of HAVE YOU NO SHAME? And Other Regrettable Stories (Villard Trade Paperback Original; April 29, 2008), at Black and White Bar (86 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003) on Thursday, May 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. HAVE YOU NO SHAME? is a hilarious collection of true tales that starts by describing Rachel Shukert’s life as a deeply peculiar, Jewish child in emphatically non-peculiar Nebraska, and takes readers all the way to her eventual move to New York City where she now writes, acts, and performs comedy.
Heeb Storytelling: Denver
where: Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret
when: May 13 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Heeb Storytelling returns to Denver. The event is co-sponsored by Judaism Your Way and will feature seven-minute Jewish stories from Craig Adelman, Gregg Drinkwater, Lauren Eskanos, Joshua Neuman, Sarah Pessin, Ean Seeb and Evan Weissman.
Kugl Kukh-Off: Los Angeles, CA
when: Jun 1 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Jonathan Gold (Gourmet magazine and LA Weekly food critic), Evan Kleiman (KCRW’s "Good Food" host and restauranteur), Amy Albert (Senior Associate Editor of Bon Appetite magazine) and Joshua Neuman (hungry) judge California’s second-ever, non-annual Kugl Kukh-Off. The casserole contest is being brought to you by Yiddishkayt Los Angeles, the premier organization promoting Yiddish culture west of the Hudson. Tasting and live music begins at 1:30 p.m. with an awards ceremony at 3:00 p.m. ($10)
