Cultural Centers in Bay Area?

JCC SF -Jewish Community Center would fit the description. I have only been to one, which was in Ohio; good experience.

The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco is the oldest Jewish center on the West Coast, providing educational, social, cultural and fitness programs to the community since 1877. Open to all, with the mission of building and preserving Jewish Identity

3200 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 • 415.292.1200

UICC - United Irish Cultural Center.

The United Irish Cultural Center (Irish Center) is a California nonprofit corporation organized to provide our members with beautiful dining and banquet facilities for social, recreational, athletic and cultural activities. Just three short blocks from the magnificent Golden Gate Recreational Area at Ocean Beach, the Irish Center celebrates over 30 years of service to the Irish and Irish-American community in San Francisco. The facility includes restaurant, bar and lounge, a comprehensive library, several meeting rooms and catering kitchens. We host many functions at the Saint Patrick Ballroom and the St. Francis Room. Nearby attractions include the San Francisco Zoo, Harding Park Public Golf Course, Lake Merced Recreational Facility, and Golden Gate Park.

SFBCC - Basque Cultural Center.

The San Francisco Basque Cultural Center is a gathering place for Basques from Northern California and beyond. The center features a very popular restaurant that is open to the public, and a large indoor hand ball court. California Basques date back to the arrival of the very first Europeans. In 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza chose the site for the area that would become San Francisco. via

The Basques (Spanish: vascos, Basque: euskaldunak) are the native people of the Basque Country. The Basques as an ethnic group primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country, a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-eastern Spain and south-western France.

via wikipedia

JCCCNC - Japanese Cultural & Community Center.

The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) strives to meet the evolving needs of the Japanese American community through programs, affordable services and administrative support and facilities for other local service organizations.

1840 Sutter Street, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94115 - Phone: 415-567-5505 >

ACCC - Arab Cultural & Community Center.

The Arab Cultural and Community Center of San Francisco is a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting Arab art and culture, and enriching the lives of the Arab American Community. We achieve this by providing culturally focused social services, and promoting cross-cultural events to all residents of the Bay Area and beyond.

QCC - Queer Cultural Center.

Founded in 1993, Qcc is a multiracial community-building organization that fosters the artistic, economic and cultural development of San Francisco's LGBT community. We implement our mission by operating programs that commission and present Queer artists, that promote the development of culturally diverse Queer arts organizations and that document significant Queer arts events taking place in San Francisco.

934 Brannan Street SF, CA 94103

The first Qcc Board of Directors:(left to right, upper) Freddie Niem, Osa Hidalgo-de la Riva, Rudy Lemcke, Lenore Chinn, Greg Day, Pam Peniston.(left to right, lower) Adrienne Fuzee, Jeff Jones, Blackberri. (not shown)Carol Stuart.

CCC- Chinese Culture Center.

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is a major community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese and Chinese American art, history, and culture in the United States. The mission of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is to preserve, promote, and influence the course of Chinese and Chinese American culture.

750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108-1809

Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation Inc, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

Első észak kaliforniai magyar közösségként a Magyar Szociális és Kölcsönös Segélyegylet van feljegyezve (ez az egylet angol nevének fordítása). San Francisco-ban a 417 Kearny Street alatt volt székhelyük 1890-ben. Kattints ide (okmány 1894-ből)!

The first mention of Hungarian social groups in Northern California is the Hungarian Social and Mutual Aid Society of the Pacific Coast. The organization met at 417 Kearny Street in San Francisco, 1890.

California Hussars

The First California Hussar Regiment has a mission to provide Education, Entertainment, and Enjoyment. They can field from 12 to 18 riders in full uniform. Their musical keurs have been performed for the Hungarian Embassy in Washington DC and gala events throughout California. They strive to keep alive the memory of Commander Michael Kovats, the Hussar who organized the first United States Cavalry under General George Washington. During the American Revolutionary War, the Hussars often fought out numbered 10:1. Legend says that Commander Kovats died in battle in 1779 of Charleston. First they shot his horse than they shot him. Even when his horse collapsed and he was dying, he held up the American flag in his hand. Brigadier General Skully, who was the British commander, reputedly said of Kovats, “He was he best damn cavalry the Rebels ever had.”