Director Ava Roy, Hamlet on Alcatraz
In conversation with Stuart Bousel, Artistic Director of No Nude Men Productions, Founding Director of the San Francisco Theater Pub, Associate Artist of Atmostheatre
Come meet the 29-year-old, Oakland-based actor and artistic director of the We Players theater troupe. We Players presents site-specific performance events that transform public spaces into realms of participatory theater. Read more »

The Farallon Islands
Terri Watson, Executive Director, Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
Though visible on a clear day, few people have been out to the Farallon Islands, just 27 miles off our coast. The Farallon Islands and the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary are an important and biologically diverse ecosystem, closely connected to the health of our local environment and economy. Because of this rich marine life, the U.S. commerce secretary designated this ocean wilderness as a National Marine Sanctuary in 1981. Read more »

Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Food Photographers Dish on the Art and Technique of Food Photography
Shing Wong, PhotographerPim Te', Food Blogger; Author and Photographer, Chez Pim Megan Gordon, Freelance Food Writer; Food Blogger, A Sweet SpoonfulRichard Pelletier, Photographer; Copywriter, Lucid Content - Moderator
In our Bay Area food-centric culture, it isn't unusual to see people taking pictures of food at restaurants, farmer's markets and festivals. Read more »

Bill Drayton
Founder and Chairman, Ashoka
With the creation in 1981 of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Drayton put forward the notion that the individual person driving the change is worth supporting, rather than the organization itself. He contends that the most powerful force is a big idea in the right hands: those of an entrepreneur who is not only going to make the idea happen, but spread it across society. Read more »