SIP & GIVE Featuring Chick Singer Night San Francisco Presented @BRAVA!

2781 24th Street,San Francisco CA 94110

18 March, 2022

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Join Us! Celebrating National Women's History Month | Official Launch of Chick Singer Night San Francisco Plus Debut of Mixed Roots Wine!! The Mixed Roots Foundation is proud to celebrate Women's History Month with the debut of their new Mixed Roots Wine Collection and the launch of the San Francisco chapter of Chick Singer Night, the world's longest running songfest for female artists. A portion of proceeds from this event will go to the Mixed Roots Foundation, which serves as the first and only national / global multicultural foundation for adoptees and their families representative of the international, domestic, and foster care adoption experience. Mixed Roots Foundation’s primary role is to bring individuals, businesses and organizations together to make a difference and provide unique opportunities for them to leave a legacy for the adoption and foster care community and their families through grass roots fundraising and guided philanthropy to where it makes the most impact. The organization seeks to raise more awareness about the adoption experience so that more funds can be raised and Mixed Roots Foundation can continue to promote, support, and connect the global multicultural adoption and foster care community and their families for all to lead healthier and happier lives. Chick Singer Night San Francisco (CSN SF) debuts at the Brava Theater on Friday, March 18, 2022. What started in Chicago over 30 years ago has grown into an international presence with chapters in over 20 cities nationwide and abroad including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Nashville, Houston, Hawaii, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Dallas, Stockholm Sweden, and more! The mission of CSN is to help female artists in all aspects of their musical lives with a showcase that welcomes all singers to share a stage free from competition or criticism. Host for the launch of the first San Francisco CSN songfest is CSN Founder and Executive Director Lori Maier. The evening will showcase five featured singer/songwriters including a surprise Special Guest Artist, all backed by the incredible CSN Band! The Brava Theater is one of the Bay Area's most eclectic and multi-faceted arts venues whose mission is to cultivate the artistic expression of women, people of color, youth, LBGTQIA, and other underreprestented voices. CSN San Francisco is honored to host our first show at this historic San Francisco site. Our VIP SIP and GIVE event begins at 6pm, debuting the Mixed Roots Wine Collection. Tickets for this portion of the evening include admission to the show. Chick Singer Night begins at 8pm (lobby doors open at 7pm). It's sure to be a night of extraordinary music. Come celebrate the history and spirit of Chick Singer Night and join us as we recognize and honor Women's History Month on Friday, March 18 @ 8PM. BRAVA COVID protocols All patrons must show proof of full vaccination (Pfizer/Moderna - 2 doses, Johnson & Johnson - 1 dose PLUS Booster by 3/11/22) All patrons must be masked when not eating or drinking. Photo ID and vaccination cards required for admittance to the theater. Booster shot required OR negative COVID-19 test (antigen - within 24 hrs, PCR - within 48 hrs). Vicki Randle’s destiny was foreshadowed by the fact that her mother’s baby shower was held at the Oakland club where her jazz pianist father was accompanying Billie Holiday. Seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show inspired her to start playing guitar, singing and songwriting, followed by bass, then congas and percussion. She began as a solo singer/songwriter in small clubs but quickly found work touring and recording. For the last 45 years she has toured with George Benson, Wayne Shorter, Lionel Richie, Kenny Loggins, Laura Nyro, and Mavis Staples, recorded with Aretha Franklin, Herbie Hancock, Todd Rundgren, Cris Williamson and many others. In 1992 she became the first permanent female band member of the Tonight Show with the Jay Leno Band until 2010. She currently splits time playing and writing with her Rock Funk band Skip The Needle and producing artists for the non profit label Little Village Foundation. San Francisco's Rachel Garlin spent the quarantine cultivating poetry, activism, and compassion in her community while performing livestreams and recording remotely with close collaborators Julie Wolf and Vicki Randle. A songwriter's songwriter, Garlin devoted the month of February to writing a new song daily and sharing the creative process- spontaneous and vulnerable - while interacting with fans across the country. The songs on her most recent release The State That We Are In tell a range of stories all rooted in a sense of immediacy from the personal to the political. Garlin was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle after spearheading a series of community concerts from the edge of her garage. Media fans include Curve Magazine (“storytelling at its best”) and WFUV’s John Platt who writes, "Rachel makes it look effortless with her accessible melodies but dig deeper into her lyrics (like "crash course in chagrin") and you realize she's creating poetry in relatable human situations." John Platt, WFUV in NYC A midwest transplant now over a decade in the Bay Area, Kate Lamont is a recording artist, producer, songwriter, music educator, Grammy U mentor, bandleader, choral arranger, and team player who geeks out on BGV’s and anything that connects to people, the soul and the Spirit. She adores the creative power of collaboration in music so much that she built a combination speaker-singer presentation for TedX Talk in 2018. Recent performances include singing with Anthony Roth Costanzo & the Kronos Quartet on Jack Perla's new contemporary opera, Warhola! Kate was inspired to join the Recording Academy by her late cousin, Mark Brunner, and now serves as an advisor to the Recording Academy Board. She is currently growing her team at WritePlaySing where she offers voice, piano and songwriting lessons. Kate loves the opportunity to serve the Bay Area through music education, advocacy, mentorship, and entertainment. Sofia Lewis knows that singing is her greatest passion and the best part of her life. Performing in school talent shows and with the Praise Band at church has convinced her that she wants to pursue a career in music. Last year she made it to the second round of auditons for American Idol and is currently in the running for a coveted spot on the 2022 season of The Voice. Sofia plays piano and is currently working on her songwriting skills. She is grateful to share the CSN stage with so many amazing people! Mixed Roots Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with its global headquarters in Los Angeles, CA with regional offices in San Francisco, CA, Minneapolis, MN, and New York, NY. Mixed Roots Foundation serves as the first and only national / global multicultural foundation for adoptees and their families representative of the international, domestic, and foster care adoption experience that leverages philanthropy and grassroots fundraising to support important post-adoption resources for adoptees and their families including mentoring, DNA testing and unique scholarships/grants for the adoption and foster care community. For more info or to donate, visit www.mixedrootsfoundation.org, LIKE Mixed Roots Foundation on Facebook or Follow on Twitter and Instagram @mixedroots.