Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

Showline: 510-525-5054
Office: 510-525-5099
Fax: 510-525-3630

Office Staff

Larry Chin
Interim Operations Manager
E-mail: lchin

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

Susan Pleck
Promotion & Graphics Coordinator and Bookkeeper
E-mail: susan

Joe Balestreri
Publicity & Outreach Coordinator
E-mail: joe

Maddy Streicek
Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: volunteer

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

Night Staff

Night Managers

Larry Chin, Sam Holtzman, Max Lopez, Rufus Silber, Maddy Streicek

Doorperson

Edwin Thaxter

Café Staff

Emily Earl (Café Manager), Comfort Mensah, Jordan Karnes, Grace Ramswick

Sound Engineers

Joe Balestreri (Sound Coordinator), Anushka Bliss, Tesser Call, Rich Detty, Max Lopez, Nikki Stephens

Maintenance

Angelo Lanfranco, Terry Turney

Board of Directors

Aaron Simon, President
Mitch Fine, Vice President
Larry Chin, Secretary
Meigan Dadzie, Treasurer
Naomi Puro
Francine Sosa-Lewis

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