Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Fax: 510-525-3630

Showline: 510-525-5054

Office Staff

Larry Dekker
Executive Director
510-525-5099, ext. 3#
E-mail: dekker

Kristen Sbrogna
Programming & Booking Manager
510-525-5099, ext. 2#
E-mail: kristen

Joe Balestreri
Publicity & Outreach Coordinator
510-525-5099, ext. #4
E-mail: joe

Susan Pleck
Graphics Coordinator
E-mail: susan

E-mail addresses use the above names @ashkenaz.com.

Night Staff

Night Managers

Larry Chin
Fabio Moura
Pat Nevins
Rufus Silber

Doorperson

Edwin Thaxter

Café Staff

Erica Benotti, Vovito Candja, Emily Earl (Café Manager), Kapur Ghimire, Comfort Mensah, Maria Michaelson

Sound Engineers

Joe Balestreri (Sound Coordinator), Nikki Ben-Natan, Anushka Bliss, Tesser Call, Rich Detty, Ryan Drury, Ross Harris, Allen Lam, Max Lopez, Pete Soper, Jamie Trant, Shaun Wilson

Maintenance

Angelo Lanfranco, Terry Turney

Board of Directors

Jasmine Brown, President
Mitch Fine, Vice President
Gary Skupa, Secretary
Jane Barker
Danny Bittker
Larry Chin
Jeff Tauber

The Board meets monthly at Ashkenaz in the Back Studio. Check the Ashkenaz calendar for dates. The public is welcome.

 

 
 
"As I walked in the door the gentleman taking the money said, 'Hi, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a long time.' That melted my heart and I knew I was indeed 'home.' I felt like one of the gang coming back to Cheers. Yes, that's what Ashkenaz is! The 'Cheers' of Berkeley...and the song goes, 'where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came.' That night I danced and danced and I felt so glad to be back 'home' in California, but really glad to be back 'home' at Ashkenaz!"

-Ouida Cooper-Rodriguez, April 2003