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Advisory: April 23 Notes & Words fundraiser for UCSF Oakland Pediatric Hospital

Grammy-winner Beck and acclaimed authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Peggy Orenstein to headline Notes & Words on April 23: Benefitting UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

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University of California - San Francisco

Notes & Words is back on April 23, 2022 for a live, in-person evening at the Fox Theatre in Oakland. Grammy-award winning musician Beck will take the stage alongside the Rainbow GirlsOakland School for the Arts and critically acclaimed authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Peggy Orenstein for a special night benefiting UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. For the last 12 years, Notes & Words has successfully raised $15 million for essential patient programs and services benefitting Bay Area children and families.

Media are invited to attend the VIP preview and show. Please RSVP to Lorna Fernandes by email or cell: (510) 410-0389. Pre-registration is required.

When:    Saturday, April 23, 2022
               VIP Pre-party: 6:30-7:45pm
               Main Stage Show: 8:00-10:00pm
               After Party: 10:00pm-12:00am
 
Where:  Tickets available at https://www.notesandwords.org/

Who:     Event headliners include: 
              •    Beck, musician
              •    Rainbow Girls, musicians
              •    Peggy Orenstein, author
              •    Viet Thanh Nguyen, author
              •    Vocal Rush, Oakland School for the Arts 
              •    Nadia Elbgal, Oakland Youth Poet Vice Laureate

Event itinerary:

6:00pm Doors open for Bubbles & Banter guests 

6:15pm BUBBLES & BANTER | In the Den at the Fox: Join us for an exclusive insider conversation with PBS NewHour’s “Brief But Spectacular” correspondent, Elizabeth Burton, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author, Viet Thanh Nguyen. Cocktails and appetizers will be served. 

6:45pm VIP RECEPTION | Fox Theater: Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, food stations, and specialty cocktails 

7:50pm GUESTS are seated in the theater. You must have your tickets to enter the theater area. Table and seat assignments are printed on your tickets. 

8:00pm PERFORMANCE BEGINS | Fox Theater 

 

About UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are two leading Bay Area children’s hospitals with longstanding commitments to public service. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland both have leading pediatric residency programs, unique pediatric subspecialty fellowship programs, a research base for the next generation of discoveries, and expertise in pediatric clinical care, public policy and patient advocacy. 

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