Listening Session & Conversation w/ Acclaimed Journalists (SF)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join the Goethe-Institut San Francisco (at our new location!) Thursday, July 25 at 6:30pm for a special listening session and conversation with Berlin-based journalist and 2024 Thomas Mann House Fellow Aida Baghernejad and Oakland-based journalist Pendarvis Harshaw as they explore pop culture and politics, hip-hop and the prison system, the recent and upcoming elections, and the impact their urban contexts have had on their unique paths and journalistic voices.

Admission is free with RSVP

SCHEDULE:
6:15pm Doors open
6:30pm Welcome
6:45pm Listening Session & Conversation
7:45pm Q&A
8:00pm Close

Aida Baghernejad (she/her) is a journalist who studied media studies in Berlin, Barcelona, and London. Her work focuses on how cultural products such as music, film, and social media content influence the socio-political state of the world. In addition to numerous contributions for Die Zeit, Der Tagesspiegel, Missy Magazine, and others, she also co-hosts the podcast 55 Voices for Democracy, a collaboration between the Thomas Mann House, the Goethe-Institut, dublab radio, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Pendarvis Harshaw (he/him) is an award-winning journalist from Oakland who writes about prisons, politics, hip-hop and all things impacting his Northern Californian community. He currently works in San Francisco at KQED, where he hosts the Rightnowish podcast and is the co-editor of BayAreaHipHop.com. You can reach him at @ogpenn on all platforms.

Presented in partnership with Thomas Mann House.

The Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles aims to create a vibrant transatlantic space for debate, where outstanding personalities, in dialogue with each other and the host country, address fundamental contemporary and future issues related to politics, society, and culture. The Thomas Mann House is a residency center owned by the Federal Republic of Germany. The Thomas Mann Fellowships enable academics, pioneering thinkers, and intellectuals who live, or have lived, in Germany to tackle the pressing challenges of our time and to foster the intellectual and cultural exchange between Germany and the United States.

*Please note that the event will be in English. Due to the location, we are only able to provide limited first-come-first-served seating. The remainder of the space will be standing room only.

Directions/Parking: The Goethe-Institut San Francisco is located in the South of Market District across from the side entrance of the SFMOMA at 657 Howard Street. Parking is available at SP+parking (201 3rd Street) and SFMTA Moscone Center Garage (255 3rd Street).

Public transportation: A 7-minute walk away is the BART and MUNI station “Montgomery”, a 5-minute walk away is the stop “Market St & Kearny St” with connections to the F line and buses 6, 7, 9 and 9R, a 3-minute walk away is “3rd St & Misson St” with bus lines 101, 130 and 150

Accessibility: A wheelchair accessible entrance is located at 20 Hawthorne Street. For further information on accessibility or requests, please contact info-sanfrancisco@goethe.de.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.