

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Symposium (Presented by Big Brain and DFT) | Jan 1, 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 01 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 01 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Big Brain x DFT present: The Symposium. Lecture meets party for smarties.About this EventTHE SYMPOSIUM at DFT? ? Presented by  and ________________________________________________________________________________Take a break from big beats in the streets during DFT, with Big Brain at The Symposium —a space for minds to connect, learn, and explore cool topics.?️ RSVP Required for Entry!This is a FREE ticketed event with limited capacity. Tickets are required for entry, and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A ticket does not guarantee entry. Doors open at 7PM.WHERE: Temple SF (21+ venue)WHEN: 7-9PMJan 1st Featured Speaker:"The Circular City: How Vintage Shapes Our Future"with (cultural entrepreneur and founder of San Francisco Vintage, HAVE, and SF Vintage Maps.What if San Francisco’s future isn’t something we invent—but something we rediscover?Join us for a New Year’s Day lecture with Krystyl Baldwin,As we step into a new year, new lens, Krystyl reveals a powerful truth about the city: San Francisco has always reinvented itself through cycles of reuse, repair, and creative reinterpretation. Vintage objects—from machine-age drafting tools to midcentury home goods—become clues to how community, craft, and technology have shaped the city’s identity.She then shows how today’s artists, technologists, and curators are reviving this legacy in a new circular era, where reuse becomes storytelling and innovation loops back to history.Attendees will leave seeing SF not as a blank canvas, but as a city whose future is already hidden in the objects and stories we choose to carry forward.What's a "Symposium?"a: A friendly party (as after a banquet in ancient Greece) with music and conversationb: A social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideasc: A really cool drop in with drinks and fun people; part lecture, part party with smarties.__Follow us on Instagram and Facebook at: @bigbrainsf, @dftsanfrancico__About Big Brain:Big Brain is a lecture series hosted in SF's coolest spaces. Welcome to the nerd club.__DFT is presented by Into The Streets and Civic Joy Fund in partnership The East Cut CBD, Yerba Buena Partnership, Natoma Cabana, and 111 Minna Gallery.__By registering for and attending this event, you authorize Big Brain SF &amp; DFT to use any photographs or video recordings of your participation in this event for any and all purposes.By registering for this event, you agree to opt-in to communications from Into The Streets,  Civic Joy Fund, and Big Brain. DFT’s 2026 is presented by Into The Streets and Civic Joy Fund, with support from San Francisco Downtown Development Corporation.DFT is presented in partnership with The East Cut Community Benefit District, Yerba Buena Partnership, Natoma Cabana, and 111 Minna Gallery.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: San Francisco
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Temple Nightclub San Francisco
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- **full address**: Temple Nightclub San Francisco, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 01 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Temple Nightclub San Francisco, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco, United States
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Downtown First Thursdays
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** parties, new-year, entertainment, business, art, storytelling
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