​Join us for a sneak preview of ENTANGLED MINDS at the June 5th Happy Hour! Boston-based filmmaker Julie Mallozzi will be here to chat about her new film and answer any questions you have about building a career as an independent filmmaker. In a career spanning three decades, Julie's documentaries CIRCLE UP, INDELIBLE LALITA, MONKEY DANCE, and ONCE REMOVED have screened widely through festivals and public television. She is a lecturer at Harvard, where she also serves as the administrative director of the Film Study Center.

​We will be holding an intimate gathering in our screening room on the gallery floor. The screening will be limited to 20 attendees. Please RSVP soon to reserve your space. Friends of Ruby members are welcome to join.

• ​5:30 pm: Happy Hour & Mingling

• ​6:00 pm: Screening begins

• ​7:20 pm: Q&A with the filmmaker

​There will be refreshments and libations to share!

​About the film: ENTANGLED MINDS

​Confronted with the limitations of Western medicine, four people seek relief from physical and mental pain through treatments that induce altered states of consciousness. Grounded in deep meditation, their interconnected experiences with hypnosis, flotation therapy, music-induced trance, and sacred plant medicine bring the viewer on a transformative journey of healing from within.  (Dir. Julie Mallozzi, 78 minutes, 2026)

​About the Filmmaker:

​Julie Mallozzi is a documentary filmmaker whose work explores the power of traditional cultural practices to address contemporary crises. Her films CIRCLE UP, INDELIBLE LALITA, MONKEY DANCE, and ONCE REMOVED have screened widely through festivals, public television, and community settings. Julie grew up with a Chinese-American mother and an Italian-American father, and has lived and worked on four continents. A member of the filmmaker cooperative New Day Films, she is passionate about leveraging the power of the cinematic experience to create positive social impact. Julie received her MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and her BA from Harvard University, where she is administrative director of the Film Study Center and lecturer in Art, Film, and Visual Studies.

Come join the virtual Ruby Write-In! A warm and welcoming community to support each other on our projects.

​All Rubies are welcome, whether you are journaling, just beginning to explore your writing, working on a poetry collection or zine, or grinding on the umpteenth revision of your manuscript – no matter where you are in your practice, you’ll find a friendly community here.

​Our 2026 biweekly Write-In sessions will open with a brief share-out of our individual goals, and a short guided meditation. We'll spend the majority of time in quiet writing, and then check in during the final five minutes to reflect.

From Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break: "Functioning as both a verb and a noun, the concept of fika is simple. It is the moment that you take a break, often with a cup of coffee, but alternatively with tea, and find a baked good to pair with it. You can do it alone, you can do it with friends. You can do it at home, in a park or at work. But the essential thing is that you do it, that you make time to take a break: that’s what fika is all about."

Come join the virtual Ruby Write-In! A warm and welcoming community to support each other on our projects.

​All Rubies are welcome, whether you are journaling, just beginning to explore your writing, working on a poetry collection or zine, or grinding on the umpteenth revision of your manuscript – no matter where you are in your practice, you’ll find a friendly community here.

​Our 2026 biweekly Write-In sessions will open with a brief share-out of our individual goals, and a short guided meditation. We'll spend the majority of time in quiet writing, and then check in during the final five minutes to reflect.

​As everything speeds up and roars through 2026, it can be more challenging than usual to find moments of quiet and stillness. As a much needed antidote to busyness, Ruby Katie Gaddini offers 1-hour yoga classes monthly at The Ruby on Wednesdays at 12pm.

Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a brand new beginner, these classes will offer a space to combine breath, movement, stillness, and surrender. All levels are truly welcome! The classes will be an accessible, heartful flow with some music and some silence. There will be plenty of room to dial it up or dial it down, depending on what you need from the class.

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PLEASE NOTE: The classes are donation-based and all money will be donated to Latino Task Force, a local non-profit, and friend of the Ruby, which just lost $2.8 million in funding from the SF city budget. 

Class will be held in the garden room, adjacent to our deck, unless the weather is nice and we decide to practice outdoors. This is an intimate gathering for Ruby members.

Come join the virtual Ruby Write-In! A warm and welcoming community to support each other on our projects.

​All Rubies are welcome, whether you are journaling, just beginning to explore your writing, working on a poetry collection or zine, or grinding on the umpteenth revision of your manuscript – no matter where you are in your practice, you’ll find a friendly community here.

​Our 2026 biweekly Write-In sessions will open with a brief share-out of our individual goals, and a short guided meditation. We'll spend the majority of time in quiet writing, and then check in during the final five minutes to reflect.

Our full moon meditations are facilitated by Gladys Lu and Catherine Girardeau. We begin at The Ruby for meditation and then continue onwards for a moon-filled walk.

​Full Moon Meditation Gathering

​​The full moon marks a powerful point of reflection, release, and renewal. It is an auspicious time to pause, reset, and realign.

​​We invite you to gather in silence and intention as we meditate together — calling in clarity, compassion, and strength for ourselves and those near and dear to us.

​We'll quiet-walk under the Moon, with our intentions in mind, continuing the meditation. When we get to the park, we can share or talk about how our intentions may have clarified or changed as we held them lightly in mind and heart as we walked. 

​Weather permitting, we'll toast the moon with a warm libation!

​This is a casual swap after lunch in solidarity with the No Shopping call to action for May Day. Rubies are welcome to bring clean and undamaged clothing, books, and household items to swap! We'll hold this swap on the gallery floor! Happy hunting and sharing!

​This is a gathering for CIRs and other Rubies to come together!

​There will be refreshments and libations! It's a fantastic way to learn about the work and passions of our CIR cohort!

​✨ Ruby Resist!

​Ruby Resist, a newly forming Ruby group, has formed three new working groups to support our community, neighbors and organizations impacted by growing fascism and the recent SF budget cuts: 

1. ​Zine Group – creating a zine to uplift mission-based organizations (currently focused on Latino Task Force).

2. ​Direct Action Group – coordinating Rubies to attend actions together safely.

3. ​Direct Service Group – volunteering directly in the Mission with partner organizations seeking support (our first focus is Latino Task Force) 

​**This event is an intimate group of Ruby members.

Come join the virtual Ruby Write-In! A warm and welcoming community to support each other on our projects.

​All Rubies are welcome, whether you are journaling, just beginning to explore your writing, working on a poetry collection or zine, or grinding on the umpteenth revision of your manuscript – no matter where you are in your practice, you’ll find a friendly community here.

​Our 2026 biweekly Write-In sessions will open with a brief share-out of our individual goals, and a short guided meditation. We'll spend the majority of time in quiet writing, and then check in during the final five minutes to reflect.

​This is a relaxed monthly session for anyone who enjoys or wants to start zine-making or journaling, or other forms of diaristic expression! We’ll open up the session with introductions, a conversation about our artistic practices and goals, and an optional creative prompt to get us started. The rest of the time will be spent writing, drawing, planning,  reflecting, and/or creating. The Ruby will provide paper, magazines, art supplies, and some zines and journal spreads for inspiration. We welcome you to bring your own journals, materials, and tools of choice! 

​*This is an intimate gathering of Ruby members.

​Generous Rubies often bring snacks to share that are consumed indoors. Everyone is welcome to bring whatever they like! Some Rubies have created a helpful list of some more allergy-safe options as well.

To help us be mindful and inclusive, please let us know if there are ways we can help ensure you are comfortable in the space. Now that we have a new expanded space, most events can be hosted on the ground floor. If you'd prefer this for accessibility or comfort reasons, just let us know when you RSVP.

​Join fellow Rubies in sharing works-in-progress in a safe, supportive atmosphere: our version of Open Mic!

​Those who wish to share should plan on about five minutes of material. We've heard prose, poetry, songs, screenplays, and combinations of all of the above. A sign-up sheet will be available to indicate interest.

​Anyone is welcome to listen and enjoy.

​No feedback, just snaps and smiles.

​As everything speeds up and roars through 2026, it can be more challenging than usual to find moments of quiet and stillness. As a much needed antidote to busyness, it’s my pleasure to offer 1-hour yoga classes monthly at The Ruby on Wednesdays at 12pm.

Regardless of whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a brand new beginner, these classes will offer a space to combine breath, movement, stillness, and surrender. All levels are truly welcome! The classes will be an accessible, heartful flow with some music and some silence. There will be plenty of room to dial it up or dial it down, depending on what you need from the class.

The Ruby's Film Club is BACK! We will be watching and discussing a series of animated films directed by women-identified, nonbinary, and transfemme artists, and this April we will start with the Oscar-nominated film Little Amélie! The event will also feature themed snacks and drinks. On Discord please vote in the poll: should we watch this subbed (original spoken language in French) or English dubbed? 

​Please also feel free to drop recommendations for future screenings in the Discord!

The work of the featured writers holds a keen interest in the interwoven lives of plants, humans, and animals, an attention to the sacred, and explorations of ancestral knowledge. They will speak about the complexities of writing memoir and the shared concerns of their work. An intimate, joyful conversation between South Asian women writers not to be missed. Free and open to the public, RSVP required.

​This program is made possible by generous funding from the San Francisco Arts Commission

​More about the Panelists:

​Sangamithra Iyer is an environmental planner, engineer, and the author of Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed. She holds a B.E. in Civil Engineering from The Cooper Union, an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College. She is the recipient of a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, a Café Royal Foundation Literature Grant and the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship at the New York Public Library. She is the founder of the Literary Animal Project, for which she was awarded a Culture and Animals Foundation Grant. She lives in Queens, New York and works on nature-based stormwater planning.

​Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco.  She holds a Ph.D. in South Asian Language and Literature, a MA in South Asian Civilization, and a B.S. in Political Economy of Natural Resources, all from UC Berkeley. She teaches courses on Hinduism, Commons: Land, Water, and Air, Voice, Memory, and Landscape, Religion and Nonviolence, among others. Her book, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual and Ecology in India— An Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford University Press) delves into gender, art, ritual, climate, and ethics. She has been awarded fellowships from the Women’s Studies in Religion Fellowship at Harvard University, the Fulbright, American Institute of Indian Studies, the NEH Chair and the Davies Chair at University of San Francisco and writing residencies at the Mesa Refuge and the Djerassi.  She has been a frequent writer on dailydosedeal.com, a feminist climate blog on Hinduism and Climate in 2020 and been published in the Brick Literary Journal (Toronto), Whole Earth Review, Marg (Mumbai), publications, among others. Born along the Kaveri River, raised in New Delhi along the Yamuna River and Washington D.C along the Potomac River, Vijaya has been at the crossroads of many confluences of rivers, villages, migrations, and faiths. 

​Shruti Swamy is the author of A House Is a Body: Stories, and The Archer. Her novel Margret & Vishnu is forthcoming from Algonquin Books in 2027.She teaches writing with the collective The Dream Side.

​​​IMPORTANT NOTE:

​​​Health & Safety: To be inclusive of our immunocompromised and caregiver community members, all who join us are expected to have had the most recent COVID vaccine series and/or wear a mask throughout their time in our space.

​​​Accessibility: Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs we can be aware of to help you feel comfortable and welcome in our space. We are holding this event in our ground floor space without elevation to the entrance and have a gender-neutral ADA bathroom.

​​​Getting Here & Parking: We're a few short blocks from 16th Street BART. Public transportation is encouraged.

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​Ruby Sapna Talati is designing and writing a murder mystery game for Happy Hour! Participation is not required, come to observe if you'd like!

​There will be themed cock/mocktails and refreshments to share.

​Please RSVP by March 27 to be guaranteed a character!

​This event will be held in our accessible gallery floor. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or dietary restrictions so that we can be mindful.

​To complement our Ruby Write-In sessions, we're hosting once-a-month craft talks with Ruby authors!

​​This month, please join Rubies Naomi Kanakia (Woman of Letters) and Allie Sullberg (The Museum of Small and Important Things) for a fireside chat about their journeys in building vibrant Substack communities. We’re diving into the 'why' behind their growth—from finding like-minded people and expanding their creative communities to the practicalities of monetization They’ll discuss how they’ve grown their platforms while keeping the experience intimate and human.

Come join the virtual Ruby Write-In! A warm and welcoming community to support each other on our projects.

​All Rubies are welcome, whether you are journaling, just beginning to explore your writing, working on a poetry collection or zine, or grinding on the umpteenth revision of your manuscript – no matter where you are in your practice, you’ll find a friendly community here.

​Our 2026 biweekly Write-In sessions will open with a brief share-out of our individual goals, and a short guided meditation. We'll spend the majority of time in quiet writing, and then check in during the final five minutes to reflect.

​Five storytellers spent six weeks developing real stories about a moment in their lives when they were unapologetically themselves. The evening will feature an intimate live show with cozy seating, a pop-up art gallery, a photo wall, and light snacks.

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