Biophilia in Hollywood | GP Dinner #174

WHAT: Biophilia in Hollywood: Shifting culture through mainstream media

WHERE: 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

WHEN: 6:00 to 9:00pm on April 23rd, 2024

PLEASE NOTE: ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO FIRST 40 PEOPLE WHO SECURE A TICKET HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO GIFT OR TRANSFER YOUR SPOT TO A FRIEND IF YOUR PLANS CHANGE. JUST LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.

Please join us for our 173rd dinner on April 23rd at Manny's in San Francisco's Mission District.

Expect cocktails at 6:00 and our speaker around 6:45 with a family style feast introduced around 7:00, prepared by our professional chef. Wines will be thoughtfully paired with the menu.

ATTIRE: Attire is relaxed and informal.

Our dinners are hosted at a variety of venues in the Bay Area, at Camp Earnest near Yosemite NP and around the country and the world. Every dinner includes a speaker on a wide range of topics and a chef prepared feast.

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

Good People Dinners is a community built around meaningful ​conversations and delicious feasts, a moveable social club for those who value authenticity, a better way to connect with each other.

Since 2012 we have hosted over 550 dinners, overnights and retreats. We've produced events in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York City, Miami, Austin, London, Singapore and deep in the Nevada desert.

Every event includes speakers on a wide range of topics and chef prepared meals.

In 2021 we established our own retreat venue in the mountains near Yosemite National Park, about 140 miles due east of San Francisco. and has hosted about 55 companies and organizations and counting. These groups are usually technology-driven and impact oriented, often touching on the arts or education, addressing climate change and ecological regeneration or with ambitions to create other kinds of deep systemic change.

OUR SPEAKER:

Our friend Catherine Connors is an award-winning content luminary. As Head of Content at Disney Interactive from 2011 to 2015, Catherine pioneered dramatic cultural shifts in how women are portrayed in popular media. Catherine is now co-founder and CCO of Demeter Media and continues to apply a feminist lens to changing how women are portrayed in narratives that shape expectations for girls around the world.

Tonight we'll discuss how a similar approach might dramatically shift culture and public attitudes around the well being of the natural world. What are standout movies and shows that supported the Civil Rights movement and our country's ongoing struggle to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to our constitution? Are storys such as the Avatar series of movies having any impact on our slow progress towards a regenerative economy? What is Hollywood's role in shaping biophilia around the world and what more can we expect in the years ahead?

OUR CHEF:

Our friend Sam Lippman is a Bay Area chef with over 15 years experience working within innovative companies and kitchens. He has cooked at Google, Cafe Soulstice, and he created and lead the food program at Airbnb from 2011 through 2016.

Chef Sam just wrapped up his work in R&D and Marketing at Hooray Foods, where he was the company’s first hire. Sam’s food tends towards paleo, plants, and puns. Most importantly, he hopes everyone has a great time and learns something new with each meal.

All items prepared with locality, seasonality, and low emissions in mind.

TO START :

BLTease - Mini tomato cup w/plant based bacon, avocado cream, and micro-greens

Al Pastor Mushroom Tostada - Local Maitake mushrooms w/tamarind, pineapple and spices on tiny tostadas with cashew “queso”

MAINS:

Spring Salad - Mixed greens, shaved fennel, snap pea, radish, walnut, cucumber, and dill with mineola tangelo vinaigrette

Local Fish - Brushed with Miyoko’s plant butter, miso, mirin, ginger, and garlic

Tofu Curry - Tofu, potatoes, and carrots, in a yellow Japanese curry

California Brown Rice w/sesame, dulse flake, and furikake

Roasted Zucchini w/almond chili crunch

TO FINISH:

Matcha Chia Pudding Cups - Dairy-free matcha green tea chia seed pudding cups with whipped plant cream, local berries, and pistachio “snow”

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

Conversations at these dinners are off the record and risk-taking in our dialogues is strongly encouraged. Be respectful, learn from one another, explore new ideas and have some fun.

Cocktails start at 6:00 and our speaker kicks off at 6:45 with a family style feast introduced around 7:00, prepared by our professional chef.

Wines will be thoughtfully paired with the menu.

ATTIRE: Attire is relaxed and informal.

If you are wondering how you were included in this invitation, or would like to be removed, please contact [email protected]

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www.gpdinners.com

To learn more about the former summer camp we've purchased and refurbished near Yosemite, please visit

www.campearnest.com

Above: A workshop in front of our lodge during The Neighborhood retreat at Camp Earnest.

Please contact us if you'd like to host a group at Camp Earnest in the coming year. Average group size is 30, with a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 50 guests.

Here are some photos of our recent guests, 45 folks from Conservation International who came for a Monday to Friday strategic planning retreat.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, United States