at play in the fields:
greens at 30

Saturday, April 10

Intimate pre-event, with wine and cheese pairing 5:30-7pm

7–10pm Reception
featuring Le Club Hot
(the Quartet of the Hot Club of San Francisco)

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[Art] At Play in the Field - Greens at 30

The opening of Greens Restaurant in 1979 forever altered the landscape of vegetarian cuisine in the United Stated by dramatically lifting it from its roots in sporadic, out-of-the way cafes and placing it on a level with other fine dining restaurants. Established by San Francisco Zen Center, Greens initially provided Zen students with the opportunity to extend their practice into the workplace, creating an atmosphere of simple elegance, health, and attentiveness. Dedicated to serving seasonal food fresh from local sources for thirty years, Greens helped to pave the way for what has only recently become a more common practice of compassion and awareness in the world of fine dining long before such concepts rose to the forefront of environmental debate.

Please join San Francisco Zen Center and Greens for an evening filled with music by the world-renowned gypsy jazz ensemble, Le Jazz Hot (the Quartet of the Hot Club of San Francisco), and a key note addresses by Huey Johnson, founder and president of the Resource Renewal Institute and recipient of the United Nations Sasakawa Prize for environmental excellence, and Deborah Madison, cookbook author and local-food advocate.  Proceeds from this event will help give vital support to Zen Center programs that include the organic farm apprenticeship program, environmental education for school children, as well as outreach activities that include distributing food to homeless people, providing meditation classes for prisoners, and working with families in transitional housing.

Event Sponsors:

Pacific Gourmet
Cooks Co.
Acme Bread
Star Route Farms
San Francisco Chocolate Factory
Adler & Colvin, a Law Corporation
MITHUN
Andante Creamery
Cowgirl Creamery

Program

7:00pm

Wine and hors d'oevres
Music by Le Jazz Hot

7:45pm 

30 Years of Greens, with Abbot Steve Stücky, Huey Johnson, and Deborah Madison

8:15pm 

Wine and main course
Music by Le Jazz Hot

9:30pm

Desserts

Wine and cheese event: $50

Tickets: $200

SFZC Members: Single Ticket (main event) $150
SFZC Members: Two Tickets (main event) $200

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Host Committee:

Steve Stücky, Gladys Thacher, Susan Griffin-Black, Julia Wiley, Helge Hellberg, Katrina Heron, Edward Espe Brown, Deborah Madison

Honorable Gavin Newsom, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, and First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Hosts:

Abbot Steve Stücky
Huey Johnson
Deborah Madison

Program Host:

Abbot Steve Stücky

Executive Chef:

Annie Somerville, Greens Restaurant

Event Committee:

Constance Stoops, Chair; Sherri Nordwall, Co-Chair; Ralph Rogers, Co-Chair

Contact:

Michael Braithwaite, Events Manager