Queen Esther's Ball: Purrrrim Party at Manny's

The most FABULOUS Purim party in the bay area, and inclusive for everyone. Everyone will get cat ears in the spirit of Purrrrim!

The most FABULOUS Purim party around!

About this Event

Join Value Culture and Manny’s with the help of JCC SF, Hebrew Free Loan San Francisco, Nice Jewish Boys SF, Reboot & Grand Bakery for a Purim party that will make you meow "Purrrrrrrrrrrrim!”

Last year Queen Esther's Ball was so fun we're bringing it back with a Purrrrim twist. Meow!

Starring SF’s best vogue dancer Sir Joq, drag star Trixie Lamonte, and from Los Angeles making her San Francisco debut "Call me by my Hebrew name" Abby Feldman! Plus special guests!

Mix, Mingle, shake your groggers to the beats by DJ Black, sip and snack on Kosher Hamentashen from Grand Bakery Oakland! Cat ears for everyone!

Need a place to celebrate Purim? Love drag queens, non binary, vogue dancing, and Jewish comedy in an inclusive non judgmental environment ? Want to purrrr like a kitty, meow like a cat, let the gato inside of you take over for a couple hours? Do you just want to have a fun, only in SF, Tuesday night?

Manny's never turns away anyone for lack of funds. To receive a complementary ticket just email us. But we would love you to support the event!

** Value Culture is a non profit organization that removes barriers to arts, culture, and philanthropy. More info at www.valueculture.org

Interests: Arts & Culture, Holidays, LGBTQ+, Young Adults

Date:

March 07, 2023 to March 09, 2023

TIME:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location:

Manny's
3092 16th St

City:

San Francisco

Cost:

$10 or contact host

Organized By:

Value Culture & Manny's

Co-organizers:

JCCSF, Hebrew Free Loan SF, Nice Jewish Boys SF, Reboot, Grand Bakery Oakland, Media Sponsor: The Jewish News of Northern California

Event Contact Person:

Adam Swig

510.463.1210

ivalueculture@gmail.com

Event Website:

https://www.valueculture.org/eventcalendar

Speakers:

Abby Feldman - San Francisco Debut!

A Fulbright scholar & journalist-turned comedian, I create
content & perform stand-up, comedic songs, sketches &
series. Parody commercials & characters are mi fuerte,
which means "I want you to know I speak Spanish."
I write for Adult Swim’s Soft Focus with Jena Friedman
I’m a contributor to Reductress.
I’m the host of Spotify’s daily podcast “hi babe.”
Look out for “Life Is Amazing” - my hour-long solo show of stand up & original songs
I'm one of Just For Laughs New Faces 2018
I'm a writer/consultant on the Netflix series, "The Fix."
I co-starred and co-wrote the Netflix comedy 'Gringolandia' and star in the series spin-off 'Ovulady.'
I wrote & starred in over 70 sketches & segments as a correspondent on 'Redacted Tonight.
TimeOut NY listed my Facebook Live show in its 10 Best Comedy Podcasts with my show Moist.
My improvised advice series "Love, Abby" won 'Best Original Series,' 'Best Actress' & 'Best Comedy' at the
Los Angeles WebFest.
I'm bilingual & performed stand up in Spanish on TV in Chile and Argentina.
My comedy news web series 'Bad News Goodnight' was 'Official Selection' at Dublin Web Fest.
I'm a UCB sketch & improv advanced study alum
(Studied with Jordan Klepper, Adam Conover, etc)

Please check out my song "Call be my Hebrew Name"

Sir Joq

"Vogue is an influential dance form inspired by model poses in Vogue magazine and was popularized in New York City by queer people of color in the ’60s and ’70s. Vogue dancers have appeared in many music videos and contemporary pop performances, and in the 1990 documentary about drag culture, Paris is Burning.

Jocquese Whitfield is a Vogue legend in San Francisco, a choreographer and performer who teaches the popular “Vogue and Tone” class at Dance Mission Theater. He has held the winning title at the Miss Honey Vogue Ball multiple times and is also a judge for dance and drag competitions. In the latest episode of Art School, Jocquese breaks down the five elements of Vogue and discusses how the dance form became a lifestyle. Learn the basics from this master known as Sir JoQ, and recognize that, when it comes to Vogue, it’s all about sass and attitude.

Find out more about Jocquese and his classes here: https://www.facebook.com/VogueTone" - KQED

Trixie Lamonte

Trixie is a professional sex educator, relationship coach, creator of Poly Excellent curriculum and classes, inclusivity and diversity expert, performance artist, workshop facilitator, public speaker, priestess extraordinaire, liberation advocate, writer, and consultant. Trixie is the founder and CEO of Shine, the founder and Director of Gender Illumination, the founder of Gender Blender, and a board member of Mission Control. They are proud to be kinky, queer, and gender-blended.

Value Culture

The mission of Value Culture is to produce and support artistic, educational, charitable, and spiritual events to inspire individuals to give back to their communities.

Value Culture removes barriers to arts, culture, and philanthropy.

www.valueculture.org

Manny's is a Town Hall, a Village Square, the place where anyone can meet and engage with civic leaders, elected officials, artists, activists, changemakers, and each other.

The goal of Manny's is to create a place to go to engage in civic and political life.

We're a place to go to watch the Presidential debates, to actually meet the people working on the front lines of social change, to discuss the issues that matter with policy makers themselves.

On top of that, imagine a place where you can go just to hang in what feels like an extension of your living room. That's Manny's.

We offer our events space to nonprofits, activists, and civic organizations to do their work as well as host our own civic and arts-related programming.

Our kitchen is run by Farming Hope, a non-profit that hires formerly homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals and trains them in the food skills needed to work in the restaurant industry.

We are committed to the community, aspire to be useful, and welcome every single person into our doors with heart.

We can't wait to meet you.

—Manny's

Let's get in touch!

HOURS—

Mon: Closed / Tu-Fri: 11AM-9PM / Sat: 10AM-9PM / Sun: 10AM-4PM

PHONE—

+1 415 896 4052

ADDRESS—

3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103-3417 / Google Maps

EMAIL—

manny@welcometomannys.com

Mellanique "DJ Black" Robicheaux

Mellanique DJ Black Robicheaux has been DJing in the Bay Area for three decades. Last year, she served as Grand Marshal of the SF Pride Parade and was awarded a Black LGBTQ+ Champion Recognition Award from the Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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