GLIDE's Annual Holiday Jam - Legends Live

San Francisco’s legendary luminaries will light up GLIDE’s Annual Holiday Jam: Legends Live on Thursday, December 4 at the Warfield Theatre. An inspiring evening of live jams and performances will feature some of entertainment’s most prolific living legends, including Joan Baez, the Grammy Award-winning musical force who inspired Bob Dylan and countless others; Rita Moreno, one of the original “triple threats” and one of the few Americans to ever win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy; and Paula West, a Bay Area favorite joining community legends and GLIDE co-founders, Reverend Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani.

Benefiting Mo’s Kitchen and GLIDE’s programs, the event will be emceed by Bay
Area radio host and San Francisco Giants announcer Renel Brooks-Moon. The evening’s honorary co-chairs include The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr., Richard Blum, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Felicia and Ben Horowitz, Dolores Huerta, and Phyllis Lyon. Recently departed legends and beloved GLIDE family members, Dr. Maya Angelou, who had agreed to be Honorary Co-Chair for this year’s event prior to her passing, and Robin Williams, last year’s Honorary Co-Chair and headliner for the 2010 Holiday Festival, will be celebrated during the evening’s events.