BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130525T165409CEST-3283EZmB1W@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130525T140509Z DESCRIPTION:Comedian Don Reed (HBO\, Cosby Show\, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) EAST 14TH chronicles the true tale of a young man raised in Oakland by his mother and ultra-strict stepfather as a middle class\, straight A\ , God-fearing church boy. The boy\, however\, wanted to be just like his d ear old Dad. Too bad he didn't know dear old Dad was a pimp. And yet we fi nd even the outlaws in our community have a moral compass that leads our m ost promising to higher ground and higher education. Very funny\, definite ly poignant &mdash\; a ride down a street you won't soon forget. The New Y orker - "\;Hilarious! The audience can't stop laughing."\; The San Francisco Chronicle described Reed as an "\;Irresistible presence\,&q uot\; and the East Bay Express declared the show &lsquo\;...Nothing short of amazing."\; The show is a Double NAACP Theatre Award Nominee - Best Actor &\; Best Playwright --Best Bay Area Critics Circle Award Solo Pe rformance nominee and was the longest running one man show in East Bay Are a History. Visit east14th.com for backstory or themarsh.org to view his ne w '80's show The Kipling Hotel.\n\n51Oakland was established in 2011 by Yo shie Akiba\, co-owner of the renowned musical venues\, Yoshi&rsquo\;s Oakl and and Yoshi&rsquo\;s San Francisco\, and Jason Hofmann\, an Oakland-base d entrepreneur and former educator who\, since 2001\, has been involved in philanthropic activities benefiting youth.\n\n51Oakland\, a 501(c)(3) non -profit charitable organization\, is organized and operated solely to prom ote educational\, artistic and musical opportunities for youth in the Oakl and community. 51Oakland provides access to mentoring\, nurturing and trai ning by professional musicians. \; The mission\, simply put\, is to in spire student learning\, hard work\, discipline and self-esteem by strengt hening the role of music and the arts in the Oakland public school system.  \;This is a grassroots organization being built not only with the vi sion of its co-founders\, but\, more significantly\, with the input\, idea s and creativity of the Oakland public school teachers\, principals and th e community at large.\nhttp://51oakland.org/ DTSTART:20121202T200000 DTEND:20121202T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:DON REED'S East 14th - A Benefit for 51Oakland END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR