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12/14/2011 - Artist's Reception: RACING THE MOON - John Kraft
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
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Artist's reception Wednesday, Dec 14, 6 - 8pm, exhibit runs Dec 7, 2011 -
Feb 1, 2012, hours 24/7
McKinley Art Solutions and Hotel Triton are proud to welcome JOHN KRAFT to
the Mezzanine Gallery for a solo exhibit, RACING THE MOON. This exhibit
encapsulates the joy found in living and the bliss of family life so often
prevalent in his work. While his themes start from a personal place,
John 'celebrates the universal' through recurring symbolism (blue figures,
sailboats) because these symbols, John shares, 'serve as metaphor for
individuals and society as a whole; wishing, hoping, dreaming... loving.'
Meet the artist: Wednesday, Dec 14 6 - 8pm
All welcome ~ please RSVP! Artist's reception Wednesday, Dec 14, 6 - 8pm,
exhibit runs Dec 7, 2011 - Feb 1, 2012, hours 24/7.
MORE INFO: Matt McKinley **
http://www.mckinleyartsolutions.com/calendar/calendar_day/4739300/2011-12-14.htm
** ***@mckinleyartsolutions.com ** 415-902-9863 Presented by McKinley Art
Solutions
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12/14/2011 - SVForum Emerging Tech Event: Gadget Night w/Wired founder Fred
Davis
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST
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The Holidays are coming. Award winning tech journalist Fred Davis will
again this year present "Gadget Night". Fred is a fabulous speaker and well
known entrepreneur and journalist. He will show us some of the latest tech
gadgets, and will add his insights into the significant trends in consumer
and business technology.
Speaker: Fred Davis, entrepreneur, award winning tech journalist, and
gadget enthusiast. Fred was on the founding teams of a number of startups
including Wired, CNET and Ask Jeeves. Fred has been named one of the most
influential people in the industry by several publications in both the U.
S. and Japan, and is listed in Who's Who in America.
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12/14/2011 - Meridian Gallery presents Mad Ratio: Tom Bickley + Adria Otte
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents a new electro-acoustic
duo, Mad Ratio, featuring Tom Bickley, recorder and electronics and Adria
Otte, violin and electronics. This debut performance will feature an hour
long piece combining Gray Code and Fibonacci sequencing structures with
improvisation.
Tom Bickley listens to the world always hoping to hear more and more fully.
He plays and teaches recorder, and composes and performs using recorders,
electronics and voice. He grew up in the semitropical soundscape of
Houston, sojourned in Washington, DC (studying music, religion, and
information science) and came to the Bay Area as a composer in residence at
Mills College. He performs with Gusty Winds May Exist (with Nancy Beckman),
Three Trapped Tigers (with recorder players David Barnett and Judy
Linsenberg), co-founded and directs the Cornelius Cardew Choir, and is on
the Library Faculty at CSU East Bay. He holds the Certificate in Deep
Listening from Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Institute.
Adria Otte is a multi-instrumentalist whose primary focus has been on
violin and guitar. She studied music at Bard College and has performed in
ensembles ranging from string quartets to rock bands to free improvisation
groups. She frequently collaborates with dancer/musician/performance artist
Dohee Lee and performs regularly with Jamaesori, a traditional Korean
drumming group.
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12/15/2011 - Occupy: What Now, What Next?
Posted: 15 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST
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Thu, Dec 15 2011 - 7:00pm
Occupy: What Now, What Next?
Jean Quan, Mayor, Oakland
George Lakoff, Cognitive Linguist + Professor, UC Berkeley
Justin Wedes, Leader/Organizer, Occupy Wall Street - Skyping in from #OWS
Tim Simons, Organizer, Occupy Oakland
Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Co-Host, Necessary
Conversations- Moderator
#OWS, pepper spray, book sharing, tents, mic checks and protest signs:
Since September, the Occupy movement has staked a claim in every Facebook
feed, almost every news program and in literally more than 100 major cities
in the United States alone. Using the tools of collective assembly,
occupiers have mobilized thousands in their fight for global change and
against the richest 1 percent, but so many people are still less than sure
what Occupy is all about. What have been the strategies and intent of this
people-powered movement? Now that they have the worldâÂÂs attention, what
are they going to do with it? What is driving the movement forward?
Join us for a 2-hour forum, including a panel discussion with Oakland Mayor
Jean Quan and Occupy leaders to tackle the what, why and future of
OccupyâÂÂs mission to channel change. Then weâÂÂll get our own Occupy on,
with a break out discussion and resolution reception.
Direct Link: http://bit.ly/OccupyCWC
Location: SF Club Officeâš
Time: 6:30 p.m. check-In, 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. breakout discussion
groups, reception and report back
Cost: FREE (Please consider a $12 donation to help support the nonprofit
Commonwealth Club)
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12/16/2011 - Las Posadas on 24th Street
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:45 PM PST
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Join in 24th Street's second annual community celebration of Las Posadas, a
Latin American tradition of the Christmas season. Meet at the corner of
24th and Capp streets at 5:45 for a procession and singing. The procession
will finish at the Mission Neighborhood Centers building, 3013 24th Street
(on the corner of Harrison Street), where there will be pinatas, more
singing, and free food and drinks. This is a family-oriented event, but all
people are encouraged to come. For more information, contact
***@lower24thstreet.org . Organized by the Lower 24th Street Merchants and
Neighbors Association.
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12/16/2011 - Colpa Press Pop-Up shop at Wire+Nail Gallery
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
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Opening Night December 16th, 6-9pm.
Business Hours December 17 + 18, 10-8pm.
The Colpa Press Pop Up shop will feature limited edition objects by both
local and international artists.
Featuring work by
DANIEL SMALL
NICOLAS PRICE
LILA SAVAGE
JOSH KELLER
NICOLAS MILLER
SABINA NIETO
HAILEY LOMAN
CHELSEA WONG
SARAH HOTCHKISS
FACUNDO ARGANARAZ
RENEE RHODES
HEATHER VAN WINCKLE
CHRISTINA LABEY
MALTE CORNELIUS JANTZEN
(S ND Y P RL RS)
GAEA WOODS
CAREY LIN
RUBEN VAN LEER
BIG SPIDERS BACK
KATRINA LAMB
CAL VOLNER-DISON
MITSU OKUBO
MACIEJ MAKALOWSKI
MATTHEW WARREN
ROBERT TYREE
VICTORIA HOWE
TALEEN KALENDERIAN + DUM DUM ZINE
CONVEYOR MAGAZINE
AND MORE !!!
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12/16/2011 - Cinesex 101
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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Oddball Films presents Cinesex 101. Take notes as guest curator Neil Van
Gorder guides you through the facts, pleasures and risks of sex with a
collection of instructional, comical and explicit films. Start by learning
the basics: Birds, Bees and Storks (1965), an animated satire about a
father who sets out to explain the facts of life to his son, but becomes
increasingly embarrassed to the point where his explanations are so vague
as to be incomprehensible; Flowers and Bees: A Springtime Story (1973) with
pollinating bees and blooming flowers shot with time-lapse photography; and
HE and SHE - part 2 (1970), a "white coater" documentary that teaches the
psychological effects of sex and gives tips with visual examples on how to
make you a better lover. YouâÂÂll be sure to practice safe sex after
watching VD: Attack Plan (1972), a D*sn*y camp cartoon classic. Watch in
wide-eye wonder as a veteran vd germ in the âÂÂcontagion corpsâ outlines
how these insidious creatures spread the dreaded syphilis and gonorrhea
germs! Watch, listen and learn! With the fundamentals covered, move on to
possible applications: in No Help Needed (1940), women explore themselves
and each other in this extremely rare vintage lesbian porn film, and in The
Closet (1962) a handsome body builder gives a naked man the massage of his
life. Get your voyeur on with Girlie Reel (1950âÂÂs) as voluptuous
strippers wiggle and dance for the camera, and Uncle Si and the Sirens
(1938), a rather silly and humorous film about a farmer who buys a
television and tries to tune in on various naked ladies. Plus! See how sex
sells in the 1970s with a compilation of advertisements and movie trailers.
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12/16/2011 - THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN experiments in
experience/participation performance
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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The Underground Hit!
CRITIC'S CHOICE: East Bay Express
Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised
passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a
laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos.
Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure
and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! (But donations are
encouraged.)
Friday, December 16, 2011
8pm
âÂÂFrank Moore, a genius explorer of the frontiers of human affection.âÂÂ
www.reddit.com
âÂÂWe came, we saw, we read local performance artist-provocateur Frank
MooreâÂÂs poem ⊠experience the joys of unsettled discomfort âŠâÂÂ
Kimberly Chun, SF Chronicle
"...He's wonderful and hilarious and knows exactly what it's all about and
has earned my undying respect. What he's doing is impossible, and he knows
it. That's good art...." L.A. Weekly
âÂÂMerging improv, erotica, entertainment, religion and ritual, Frank
Moore" self-styled shaman, world-renowned disabled performance artist, and
2008 presidential candidate ...." " East Bay Express
"If performance art has a radical edge, it has to be Frank Moore."
Cleveland Edition
"Surely wonderful and mind-goosing experience." L.A. Reader
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12/17/2011 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST
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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
December 17 - 18
Will it snow? Don't "flake out" and miss this winter theme weekend! You
don't have to drive up to the mountains to enjoy the snow, come to
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach to make your very own snowflakes, enjoy our
snowman theme treasure hunt and make snowflakes in our craft area.
The special events of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow! Weekend are in
addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price
to enter and play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for
general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun.
Designed and built entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits
celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses,
carnivals, magic, side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball
arcades, haunted houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to
educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who
remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to
recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.
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12/17/2011 - Imagine That
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:30 PM PST
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Imagine That is an animation screening curated by Sarah Klein that features
kid-made cartoons, suitable for adults, and adult-made animations fitting
for kids. Featuring a variety of techniques and approaches these animations
explore the limits of outer space, familiar landscapes, big places and
small spaces.
Before and after the show you can view the exhibition McSweeney's
McMullens: Artwork from Children's Books, plus 1,032 Illustrated Lunch
Bags. Doors open at 5:30 PM, show starts at 6 PM. Hot cocoa and cookies
will be served.
About the curator: Sarah Klein is a San Francisco Bay Area artist whose
practice includes animation. Klein uses paper cutouts and stop-motion
techniques to create humorous and often dark narratives on domestic life
and related themes. She has exhibited her work widely at an international
selection of venues including General Public in Berlin, Exit Art in New
York, The Glasshouse in Tel Aviv and the Mill Valley Film Festival. She has
received awards from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Trust for Mutual
Understanding and Southern ExposureâÂÂs Alternative Exposure grant. In 2008
she began the curatorial project Stop + Go that features stop-motion works
by visual artists and filmmakers and she is currently curating the third
installment of the program called Stop + Go 3D.
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12/17/2011 - Liz Mamorsky: A 50 Year Retrospective Closing Reception
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
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We are pleased to announce our newest featured artist, the multifaceted Liz
Mamorsky. In the last half century, Liz has been successfully creating
sculptures, paintings, and drawings that have been exhibited nationally and
internationally. On Saturday Nov. 19th, we invite you to join us in
celebrating her amazing journey as we showcase an array of her paintings,
reclaimed materials sculpture and drawings from 1961 to 2011!
This is a must see exhibit! A Closing Reception will be held at Driftwood
Salon from 6pm-9pm on Saturday Dec. 17th, 6pm-9pm, featuring Uvaggio wines.
MORE INFO: Camille Ochoa ** http://www.driftwoodsalon.com **
***@driftwoodsalon.com ** 415-548-0436 Presented by Driftwood Salon
Gallery
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12/17/2011 - Unsilent Night SF 2011
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Unsilent Night is composer Phil KlineâÂÂs free outdoor participatory sound
sculpture of many individual parts, recorded on cassettes, CDâÂÂs and
mp3â²s, and played through a roving swarm of boomboxes carried through
city streets every December. People bring their own boomboxes and drift
peacefully through a cloud of sound which is different from every
listenerâÂÂs perspective. We will have cassettes and CDs to lend or you can
download an MP3 from the website. Please arrive a few minutes early to
prepare for the 7:30pm start.
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12/17/2011 - Strange Sinema 47
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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Oddball Films presents Strange Sinema 47, a monthly screening of offbeat
films, old gems and newly discovered oddities both entertaining,
experimental and eye-opening, all culled from Oddball Films 50,000 film
archive. This 47th installment features Red Hot Heat (Sizzling Rhythm with
a Beat) from 1937 featuring boogie woogie wildman Maurice Rocco and the
Cotton Club Dancers in tinted sepiatone!, ItâÂÂs Not a Commercial (1950s),
WEIRD and way-out creepy commercial parody is equal parts muscleman Joe
Weider and David Lynch, Death Valley Thrills (1944) an over-the-top hell
ride through Death Valley in a rigged up truck, sand skis and more,
California Bound (1939) an extract from the hilarious WC Fields feature,
and Library of Congress preserved film ItâÂÂs a Gift. Two tv talking horse
episodes of Mr. Ed, featuring sorority girls and bombshell Mae West, Art of
the Persian Carpet (1973) showcasing the fine art and mythology of Iranian
carpet weavers, and abstract computer artist John WhitneyâÂÂs Arabesque
(1975) with its mesmerizing Persian inspired patterns and sounds. DonâÂÂt
Miss Daffy Duck Goes to Hollywood (1938) create a spliced up avant garde
masterpiece, watch dim-witted dummies in Fraud by Mail (1944) and witness
the kooky beatnik inspired animated short Breaking the Habit (1964) by
Oscar nominated director Jon Korty!
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12/17/2011 - BOOTIE SF - Hubba Hubba Revue Xmas Burlesque, DJ Tyme + Nathan
Scot, DJ Fox, Glitterazzi, more
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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Holiday-themed mashup burlesque show by:
HUBBA HUBBA REVUE - http://hubbahubbarevue.com
Starring:
MYNX D'MEANOR - http://mynxdmeanor.com
KISS ME KATE - http://misskmk.com
PICKLES KINTARO - http://mine.pickleskintaro.com
SOMMER PANAGE (aerialist) - http://facebook.com/spanage
BEYOND BURLESQUE (troupe) -
http://facebook.com/pages/Beyond-Burlesque/177525922321460
Hosted by: KINGFISH + COMRADE TANG
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Main floor mashup DJs:
DJ TYME + NATHAN SCOT - http://djtymenathanscot.com
DJ FOX - http://foxsounds.net
MAD MURDOCK - http://facebook.com/steve.murdock
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Upstairs room:
GLITTERAZZI
Explosive electro, mashups + house with DJs:
MEIKEE MAGNETIC - http://facebook.com/meikeemagnetic
MIXTRESS SHIZAAM - http://facebook.com/pages/DJ-Shizaam/164701976900997
Special guest MC: ENZYME DYNAMITE - http://enzymedynamite.com
Special birthday celebration for Mystie Rodriguez!
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FREE Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!
$8 before 10pm, $15 cover, 21+ w/ID
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SKIP THE LINE! Advance tickets available at:
http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/12.html#17
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http://BootieSF.com
Live on stage at 11 PM, it's a holiday-themed mashup show presented by the
Bay Area's best burlesque extravaganza, Hubba Hubba Revue! Hosted by emcee
Kingfish, and featuring three sexy performers, an aerialist, and an entire
burlesque troupe, the show promises to be a festive mix of striptease,
comedy, and spectacle!
Spinning mashups all night will be DJ Tyme + Nathan Scot, who will be
mixing in some holiday visuals on the DNA Lounge's big screens during their
set. Joining them on the main floor will be DJ Fox and Mad Murdock. And in
the upstairs room, it's Glitterazzi, a night of explosive electro, mashups,
and house, with DJs Meikee Magnetic and Mixtress Shizaam. The night is a
special birthday celebration for Mystie Rodriguez, and will feature special
guest MC Enzyme Dynamite doing a surprise electro-alt-hip-hop performance!
Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by A Plus D - aka DJs Adrian + Mysterious
D - Bootie was the first club night dedicated solely to the burgeoning
artform of the bootleg mashup -- and is now the biggest mashup event in the
world, with regular parties in several cities on four continents.
Voted "Best Club Night" for the past six years, Bootie keeps your brain
guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, mixing and
matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party.
Providing the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation - and free mashup CDs
given away like candy - it's a place where everyone is welcome.
For all Bootie parties worldwide: http://BootieMashup.com
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12/17/2011 - The Last Non Stop Bhangra At Rickshaw Stop!
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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Time has come for Non Stop Bhangra to take a leap onto the next stage.
After 7 plus years of rocking the Rickshaw Stop every 3rd Saturday, the
award winning Bhangra event is moving on. This is not the end, as we are
Non Stop, but the beginning of an exciting chapter in the new year! We
wanted to be able to spend one last night with our fans celebrating the end
of an era at the Rickshaw Stop. We would love to see all the wonderful
people who have been with us on this journey, come join us for one last
ride!
Thank you all for helping us build Non Stop Bhangra to what it is, and for
what is yet to come!
This month we have DJ Santero and DJ Sol Rising joining Jimmy Love on the
decks. As always Dholrhythms Dance Company will be in the house getting the
floor moving. Another month of celebrating life with good music, dance, and
friends NSB style. So come join the party and kick off the holiday season
with us.
Since this is a special send off holiday party, this months event will be
pre-sale only! Tickets will not be available at the door, so please get
them on line if you want to share this special moment with us!
THEME THIS MONTH IS ROCK + ROLL XMAS...SO COME ROCK OUT IN YOUR FAVORITE
XMAS COLORS AND HELP SEND OFF NSB INTO THE NEW YEAR!
PRE-SALE ONLY-NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR. WE ARE EXPECTING TO SELL OUT SO GET
YOUR TICKETS EARLY.
PURCHASE TICKETS: http://nsb76.eventbrite.com/
TIME: 9:00PM-2:00AM
BHANGRA LESSON: 9:30PM
PERFORMANCES: 10:00PM
DJ'S: 10:30PM-CLOSE
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12/17/2011 - Rocky Horror Picture Show Holiday Event
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:45 PM PST
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ThereâÂÂs no better way to celebrate the holiday season than Time Warping
at The Rocky Horror Picture Show! DonâÂÂt miss the very last show of the
year on Saturday, December 17. Be there for:
⢠Music + dancing!
⢠A scintillating Crowd Pleasers performance!
⢠Riotous preshow action!
⢠Ridiculous games!
⢠Audience partici ⊠pation!
⢠And so much fun itâÂÂs Barely Legal!
The Rocky Horror HOLIDAY Picture Show
Saturday December 17
Doors @ 11:30pm, Show @ Midnight
Camera 3 Cinema
288 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95113
$10 / All Ages
http://barelylegal.rhps.org/
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12/18/2011 - Reading and Drawing Hour
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST
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Reading and Drawing Hour with Matt Furie and Aiyana Udesen
Spend the afternoon scribbling with local artists Matt Furie and Aiyana
Udesen! After reading a few of their favorite children's books, the artists
will be available to answer questions and draw with kids.
www.mattfurie.com/
www.aiyanaville.com/
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12/18/2011 - Annual Christmas Concert - 'We Have Seen His Star!'
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST
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Oakland Bay Area Commity Chorus (OBACC), Director, William (Bill) Bell
conducting, proudly presents its Annual Christmas Concert: "We Have Seen
His Star."
The program will feature African American Christmas Spirituals from the
Chorus' CD recording, A triumphant, contemporary setting of the "Gloria",
by John Rutter, spirituals arranged by John Work, Nathaniel Dett and
William Dawson - including Rockn' Jerusalem", "Listen to the Lambs,"
and "Hail Mary." Lonie Williams, Assistant Director, will conduct the
gospel music. The program will also include traditional Christmas Carols.
Enhance your holiday experience - join OBAAC for this highly inspiring,
unique Christmas Program.
MORE INFO: Mary McKenzie ** ***@aol.com ** 510-527-0457 Presented by
Oakland Bay Area Community Chorus (OBACC)
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12/18/2011 - Moving Stories
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST
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Sunday, Dec 18
Motion Theater presents: Moving Stories
5-7pm
If you have been before you know it's a gloriously funny evening of story
telling and movement. If you have not yet had the opportunity - YOU DON'T
WANT TO MISS THIS ROUND!!
Please join us for an evening of improvised Motion Improv Theater. These
women are sure to move you with their funny, uplifting, true, and MOVING
stories! True stories that will make you laugh, move you to tears and
transform the mundane details of daily life into the stuff of rich and
illuminating theater. You will leave wanting more!
Tickets are available for purchase here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/205575
RSVP on the Facebook event site here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/300100920011907/
About the venue:
The Garage
http://www.975howard.com/
About Motion Theater:
Motion Theater is a form of improvised, autobiographical theater that is
grounded in a lively physicality. What distinguishes the form is that it
functions simultaneously as performance art, healing methodology, and
spiritual practice.
http://www.motioninstitute.com/motiontheater.html
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12/18/2011 - a kaleidoscope solstice!
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST
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kaleidoscopesf, sara powell + ava bird bring together this exceptional
community celebration with prominent poets, artists, wordsmiths, singers
and other multi-faceted talent to uplift spirits to the stars wishing for
the evolutionary, revolutionary shifts planned for 2012! yay, we are
finally here! this jubilant festivity celebrates another great ending
into a fabulous new beginning:
ain't no party like a kaleidoscope party!!! (cuz a kaleidoscope party don't
stop!!)
healthy cookies and conscious eco- gift exchange games! BYO cookies,
ideas, cheer, great spirit, friends, bliss...
whoa, its a kaleidoscope solstice!
gathering in the last dayz of 2011 and excitedly heralding in the great
shift, HAPPY 2012!
occupy kaleidoscope! eat cookies, drink kombucha, be holy f'in merry!
a psychedelic solstice honoring the last dayz of kaleidoscope!
still under occupation!
featuring:
sara powell
smooth luke
ava bird
clive matson
dan brady
vic sadot
leah lubin
arnie passman
and many others....
we'll ring in 2012 in full occupation gear: poetry, music, friends,
ideas, visions, community, sharing, love, celebration, rEvolution, fun!
got an occupation?!?!
get occupied!!!
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12/18/2011 - Radiostar Improv's Naughty + Nice at the Social House
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Radiostar invites you to sit back, drink and be merry as we create wholly
improvised holiday themed radio plays before your very eyes.
Help us welcome the holiday season and celebrate our 200th episode online!
Join us for holiday cheer and enjoy 50 Mason's selection of craft brewed
beers, old and new wine varietals and tasty snacks!
Radiostar Improv has been podcasting wholly improvised radio plays since
2006, and has shown over and over again that absolutely anything can and
will happen. Our live recordings will let people see what goes on behind
the scenes, where not even we know what happens next.
Radiostar Improv features: Diana Brown, Christopher DeJong and Dan Wilson,
Dan Ronco, Dylan Russell, Sharon Rylander, Brian Schirmer and special
guests Julia Brothers, Emily Jordan and Marcus Sams.
Prepare for the madness by checking out any of our 200+ shows at
www.radiostarnetwork.com, or subscribe via the iTunes Music store for free!
Radiostar Network, weâÂÂll get in your head.
Radiostar is a Cassandra's Call Production
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12/20/2011 - Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Featuring Arisa White + Old
Skool Caf(c)
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Tis the season to celebrate creativity and community. Join us for a reading
from Cave Canem fellow Arisa White and the revival of the Potluck Brigade!
ArisaâÂÂs work explores sexuality, trust, geography, truth telling, and
coming of age. Youth Chefs from Old Skool Café and our Potluck Brigade
will serve dishes inspired by the themes of her poetry, though all are
encouraged to contribute to the potluck.
Score a ticket in advance at http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com/
Following the meal and reading, guests can share their writing from the
workshop portion of the evening for an opportunity to win great prizes.
Eat, write, and share with us at Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, and
celebrate a year of creating community through food and writing.
ABOUT ARISA WHITE
Arisa White is a Cave Canem fellow and holds a MFA from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of two poetry chapbooks, Disposition for
Shininess (Factory Hollow Press, 2008) and Post Pardon (Mouthfeel Press,
2011), she was selected by the San Francisco Guardian for the 2010 Hot Pink
List. Member of the PlayGround writersâ pool, her play Frigidare was
staged for the 2011 PlayGround Festival at the Thick House theater (CA).
Recipient of the inaugural Rose OâÂÂNeill Literary House summer residency
at Washington College in Maryland, she has also received residencies,
fellowships, or scholarships from Squaw Valley Community of Writers,
Hedgebrook, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Prague Summer Program, Fine Arts
Work Center, and Bread Loaf Writersâ Conference.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2005, her poetry has appeared in numerous
journals and is featured on the recording WORD with the Jessica Jones
Quartet and in the anthology and staged production of Fingernails Across A
Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora. Her
full-length collection of poems Hurrahs Nest is forthcoming from Virtual
Artists Collective in early 2012.
ABOUT OLD SKOOL CAFÃÂ
Old Skool Café is a violence prevention program providing jobs and
training to at-risk youth ages 16-22 at a 1940s-style supper club. We
address the epidemic of violence and recidivism by providing at-risk,
previously incarcerated, and foster care youth with a variety of career
opportunities that would normally not be afforded them. Our vision is to
establish a youth-run restaurant that will employ youth in every area of
the business, developing real skills that are transferable in the
marketplace.
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12/20/2011 - Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Celebrate
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âÂÂTis the season to celebrate creativity and community. This monthâÂÂs
theme âÂÂcelebrateâ honors a year of community created through shared
experiences around food and writing. Join us for a reading from Cave Canem
fellow Arisa White and the revival of the Potluck Brigade!
ArisaâÂÂs work explores sexuality, trust, geography, truth telling, and
coming of age. Youth chefs from Old Skool Café and our Potluck Brigade
will serve dishes inspired by the themes of her poetry, though all are
encouraged to contribute to the potluck.
Following the meal and reading, guests can share their writing from the
workshop portion of the evening for an opportunity to win great prizes.
Eat, write, and share with us at Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck!
House opens at 6:30PM
$10 in advance, $12 at the door, $5 with a potluck dish, cash bar.
Purchase advance tickets: http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com/
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12/22/2011 - Oakland Ballet Company Presents Graham Lustig's 'The
Nutcracker'
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST
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Thursday, Dec 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Friday, Dec 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
and Saturday, Dec 24 at 11 a.m.
Oakland Ballet Company Artistic Director Graham Lustig's "The Nutcracker"
returns to the Paramount Theatre stage in Oakland with live music courtesy
of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, conducted by Michael Morgan, for five
performances December 22-24 after its popular and acclaimed premiere in
2010. Mr. Lustig's version of the holiday favorite is a freshly nostalgic
look at The Nutcracker story set in early 20th century Vienna with loving
and intelligent attention to details of story and characters. Sweet Dreams
Parties follow the 2 pm matinees and allow children and families to meet
characters from the ballet and enjoy sweets, refreshments and holiday cheer
for an additional ticket price. Thursday, Dec 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
Friday, Dec 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec 24 at 11 a.m..
MORE INFO: http://www.oaklandballet.org ** 510-893-3132 Presented by
Oakland Ballet Company
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12/23/2011 - SFFS Presents: Silent Souls
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The rites and rituals of the Merja people"an ethnic minority of
Finno-Urgric extraction originally from the Volga region of Russia" form
the backbone of this lyrical, sensual and dreamlike film about love and
loss. After his beloved wife Tanja dies, pulp factory CEO Miron calls on
his best friend Aist to help him with his final goodbye. With water as a
key element, director Aleksei Fedorchenko beautifully weaves the myths and
traditions of this vanishing culture into his poetic film. The result is a
melancholy and mystical journey following the complex and twisting currents
of the human heart.
December 23-"31, 2011; Showtimes 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00; Dec. 24: 2:00,
4:00 only; closed Dec. 25
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12/24/2011 - Chopshticks
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Help yourself to a Chinese-style buffet and gut-busting comedy at our
annual local tradition! Comedian Brad Zimmerman will perform his solo
show "My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy," a bittersweet tale of growing
up, persevering and struggling to make it as an actor in New York.
Zimmerman's stand-ups of his childhood, family, career and misbegotten love
life are as warm and poignant as they are hilarious. He has acted in The
Sopranos, is a regular at the famed Friar's Club and has appeared on Conan
O'Brian, Comedy Central and The David Letterman Show.
San Francisco-based comedian and cartoonist Michael Capozzola will perform
the opening act.
MORE INFO: http://www.paloaltojcc.org ** ***@paloaltojcc.org **
650-233-8700 Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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12/24/2011 - BOOTIE SF - Adrian's 29th Birthday, Mysterious D, John!John!
Battles The Italian Robot, Jay-R, Xmas Eve Show
Posted: 24 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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ADRIAN's 29th BIRTHDAY!* - http://facebook.com/adrianroberts
Xmas Eve B-Day Party for Bootie's host + DJ
Friends + Family Night!
*Actual birthday year may vary
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Also spinning on the main floor:
MYSTERIOUS D - http://aplusd.net
DJ JAY-R - http://soundcloud.com/djjayr
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Xmas Eve Midnight Mashup Show:
A+J sing "Dick In A Box" live!
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Upstairs room:
JOHN!JOHN! - http://facebook.com/oooJOHNJOHNooo
Battles The
ITALIAN ROBOT - http://facebook.com/djitalianrobot
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FREE Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!
$8 before 10pm, $15 cover, 21+ w/ID
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SKIP THE LINE! Advance tickets available at:
http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/12.html#24
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http://BootieSF.com
It's Christmas Eve, and it's also ... Adrian's 29th Birthday!* It's going
to be a "Friends + Family Night" at DNA Lounge, as Bootie's host,
co-founder, and resident DJ celebrates his actual B-Day by spinning a
special midnight set, as well as singing a few holiday mashups throughout
the night, including a Midnight Mashup Show with Jason from Smash-Up Derby.
The two will be performing as A+J, singing the modern classic, "Dick In A
Box."
Also spinning on the main floor will be resident DJ Mysterious D, and doing
a late-night set, it's the return of DJ Jay-R. And in the upstairs room,
John!John! Battles The Italian Robot, as two of Bootie's favorite DJs throw
it down, making sure you dance your ass off into the Christmas holiday!
Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by A Plus D - aka DJs Adrian + Mysterious
D - Bootie was the first club night dedicated solely to the burgeoning
artform of the bootleg mashup - and is now the biggest mashup event in the
world, with regular parties in several cities on four continents.
Voted "Best Club Night" for the past six years, Bootie keeps your brain
guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, mixing and
matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party.
Providing the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation - and free mashup CDs
given away like candy - it's a place where everyone is welcome.
For all Bootie parties worldwide: http://BootieMashup.com
* Actual birthday year may vary.
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12/27/2011 - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! Comedy
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They're All Gonna Laugh At You!
Comedy and live music EVERY 4th Tuesday of the month at ERA Art Bar and
Lounge!
19 Grand Ave (@ Broadway), Oakland.
Tuesday, December 27
Doors at 7:30pm/Show at 8:30pm
Only $5
Comedy by:
Alex White
Jason Dove
Janine Brito
Featuring special guest Mary Van Note!!!
Music by Uni and her Ukelele!
Hosted by all-girl sketch comedy troupe The Front Row!
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12/29/2011 - Laughter Against the Machine: New Years!
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST
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W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green and Janine Brito, touring as Laughter Against the
Machine, offer a unique kind of comedy where the comedians and the audience
to expect to be challenged, to laugh, and think at the same time. These
shows mark the end of LATM's biggest year ever. LATM delivered one of the
most popular Bridgetown Comedy Festival shows. Collectively they visited
seven Occupy Wall Street encampments. And they toured and shot a
documentary of the most politically polarized places in the USA.
Showtimes:
12/29 - 7pm
12/30 - 7pm and 10pm
12/31 - 7pm and 10pm
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12/29/2011 - Club Chuckles presents TIG NOTARO
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Club Chuckles presents TIG NOTARO, Sean Keane and Groomed for Success at
Hemlock Tavern on Thursday, Dec. 29th. TWO SHOWS-- 7:30pm and 10:00pm.
Mostly seated show. 21+ only.
Adv. ticket link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/213619
Since getting her start in stand-up back in 1498, TIG NOTARO has appeared
in a number of television shows. She is most well-known as "Officer Tig" on
Comedy Central's THE SARAH SILVEMAN PROGRAM. In previous years, Tig
played "Rhoda" on the ABC sitcom IN THE MOTHERHOOD (with Megan Mullally and
Cheryl Hines), "Leigh-Roy" on Comedy Central's critically acclaimed DOG
BITES MAN (with Zach Galifianakis), was a recurring guest-host on AMC's
MOVIES AT OUR HOUSE, had her own half-hour special, COMEDY CENTRAL
PRESENTS TIG. She has also performed on NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING, ABC's
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, NBC's LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, ABC's COMICS UNLEASED,
Comedy Central's PREMIUM BLEND and on Showtime's series LIVE NUDE COMEDY!
Tig Notaro's debut album, "Good One," is out now on Secretly Canadian, the
first-ever comedy release from the noted indie music label.
www.tignation.com
San Francisco comedian SEAN KEANE co-hosts SF's premiere alt-comedy nights,
The Business (with Alex Koll, Chris Garcia and Bucky Sinister). A 4-time
winner of the Iron Comic competition, Sean's performed at SF Punchline, SF
Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy fest, Meltdown Comics (LA), and has opened
for the likes of Jen Kirkman, Arj Barker, and Rory Scovel. He can also be
seen starring in "The Other Side of the GOMP" video on new "The Best Show
on WFMU" DVD.
www.seankeanecomedy.com
GROOMED FOR SUCCESS!
Beth Lisick and Tara Jepsen have been collaborating in a mostly comedic way
for over ten years. They have performed their super maxi comedy in an
exhaustive list of venues and events, including SF Sketchfest (2009), UCBT
LA, the first Homo-a-Gogo in Olympia, WA, Billionaires for Bush, NYC's
Dixon Place, and in a vegan's living room in Santa Barbara. Their
award-winning short Diving for Pearls was removed from YouTube for an
unknown offense, possibly nudity.
www.bethlisick.com
www.tarajepsen.com
http://courtingcomedy.tumblr.com/post/4407003913/groomed-for-success-grimy-and-screw
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12/31/2011 - Tomfoolery - New Years Eve Performance _ Party
Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:30 PM PST
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Cinnabar Theater pays tribute to Tom Lehrer in "Tomfoolery," a cabaret
style, musical revue featuring the witty, wicked, offbeat and thoroughly
twisted world of the famed satirical songwriter who delighted millions of
fans during the 1950âÂÂs and 60âÂÂs with his cynical but good-humored
attacks on everything from the A-bomb to pollution.
Directed by Michael Fontaine
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011- New YearâÂÂs Eve Performance + Party
(Cost is $60 to $65 for New Year's Eve performance).
WHEN: Jan 6 to Jan. 22, 2012:
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.
TICKETS: $25 to $35
$35 General; $32 Seniors; $25 Age 22 and under.
PHONE: 707-763-8920
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday or purchase at the door.
Reservations highly recommended.
WEB SITE: www.cinnabartheater.org
PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/as0iXJeGZc0xIbsJGpuyuw
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12/31/2011 - Speakeasy San Francisco New Years Eve
Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:00 PM PST
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Speakeasy New Years Eve at NOBLE
During the dark days of Prohibition only the most elite, privileged and
savvy individuals could drink the night away in hidden basement bars and
clubs. Times have definitely changed, but on December 31, Noble is going to
bring back those swanky basement bar days to San Francisco. Speakeasy New
Years promises to be an event to remember!
-Tickets include-
-Premium Open Bar
-Music by DJ Theory
-Party Favors
-Midnight Champagne Toast
-and a few special surprises
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01/05/2012 - Michael Gazzaniga: Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science
of the Brain
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:30 PM PST
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Thu, Jan 5 2012 - 6:00pm
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology and Director of the SAGE Center
for the Study of Mind, UC Santa Barbara
Known as the "father of cognitive neuroscience," Gazzaniga makes a powerful
argument for free will. The question of free will versus determinism
continues to vex scientists, psychologists and philosophers, but the
biological evidence is not as stridently deterministic as it is often
presented. Dr. Gazzaniga argues that the human mind constrains the brain
and monitors our behavior, much as a government constrains its citizens.
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, as well as ethics and
law, he offers a deeply considered case for human responsibility.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-01-05/michael-gazzaniga-whos-charge
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01/07/2012 - Primo: The Art of David and Hugh D'Andrade
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a.Muse welcomes artists Hugh and David DâÂÂAndrade- two cousins from
opposite sides of the California divide: San Francisco and Los Angeles.
This first time collaboration from the cousins will consist of HughâÂÂs
graphic, colorful, sometimes politically charged editorial, book and poster
illustrations. David is a former San Francisco artist now residing in Los
Angeles. David creates colorful abstract painting/collages which explore
the use of the brushstroke as an element of focus while referencing paint
application and digital technology.
Hugh, the younger of the cousins, was greatly inspired by his cousin
DavidâÂÂs art. âÂÂDavid could draw superheroes better than anyone!âÂÂ
Forty years later, both David and Hugh are working artists, with shared
sensibilities but very different styles. David makes paintings, drawings
and collages which grapple the fine line between abstraction and
representation. Hugh is known for his graphic poster art and illustration.
Though they have admired each others' work for years, this is their first
joint show and collaboration.
âÂÂMy work is a meager attempt to critique the bloated canon of abstract
painting in reference to Abstract Expressionism,â says David whose
interest âÂÂis to merge the implied action of the digital versus the
physicality of the brushstroke.âÂÂ
HughâÂÂs work, though similarly colorful, couldnâÂÂt be more different in
theme.
âÂÂWhat I do is âÂÂgraphic art.â People use that term to describe
commercial art, but I think the term should be used more broadly to
describe artwork that is clear, simple and direct, and that seeks a broad
audience using the straightforward tricks that have been used by artists
for centuries: composition, narrative, myth (aka "pop culture" in today's
world), typography, and color. Lots of color.âÂÂ
Both artists seek a more immediate and less conceptual response from the
viewer, something immediately apparent when considering the work. Words
like fun and playful come to mind, and the exhibit at a.Muse promises to be
just that.
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01/22/2012 - Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST
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Philosophy Talk, the program that questions everything (except your
intelligence) has been enlightening and entertaining public radio audiences
around the country for eight years. This is not a lecture or a college
course, it's philosophy in action! Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to
explore issues of importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly
fashion, where thinking is encouraged.
Tickets can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets, by phone, or in
person through The Marsh's box office.
12:00pm - Poetry as a Way of Knowing with Jane Hirshfield.
What is poetry? Mere word play? A pretty, or at any rate striking, way of
expressing thought and emotion? Or does great poetry involve an approach to
the world that provides insight and information not available in other
ways? Ken and John explore how poetry can illuminate what we know with
award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield, author of Come, Thiefand other poetic
works of philosophical richness. (buy tickets)
3:00pm - What Are Leaders Made of? with Deborah Rhode.
There seems to be a paradox in leadership: the qualities of ruthlessness
and opportunism necessary to attain power and become a leader are not
necessarily the qualities of morality and a sense of justice that make for
a good leader. Do the traits that make it likely that someone will become a
leader correlate positively or negatively with the traits that make a good
and effective leader? Do our democratic institutions lead to better leaders
than, say, a lottery like the Athenians used? Ken and John ask what leaders
are - and should be - made of with Stanford Law Professor Deborah Rhode,
co-author of Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment,
and Policy. (buy tickets)
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12/14/2011 - Artist's Reception: RACING THE MOON - John Kraft
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Artist's reception Wednesday, Dec 14, 6 - 8pm, exhibit runs Dec 7, 2011 -
Feb 1, 2012, hours 24/7
McKinley Art Solutions and Hotel Triton are proud to welcome JOHN KRAFT to
the Mezzanine Gallery for a solo exhibit, RACING THE MOON. This exhibit
encapsulates the joy found in living and the bliss of family life so often
prevalent in his work. While his themes start from a personal place,
John 'celebrates the universal' through recurring symbolism (blue figures,
sailboats) because these symbols, John shares, 'serve as metaphor for
individuals and society as a whole; wishing, hoping, dreaming... loving.'
Meet the artist: Wednesday, Dec 14 6 - 8pm
All welcome ~ please RSVP! Artist's reception Wednesday, Dec 14, 6 - 8pm,
exhibit runs Dec 7, 2011 - Feb 1, 2012, hours 24/7.
MORE INFO: Matt McKinley **
http://www.mckinleyartsolutions.com/calendar/calendar_day/4739300/2011-12-14.htm
** ***@mckinleyartsolutions.com ** 415-902-9863 Presented by McKinley Art
Solutions
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12/14/2011 - SVForum Emerging Tech Event: Gadget Night w/Wired founder Fred
Davis
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST
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The Holidays are coming. Award winning tech journalist Fred Davis will
again this year present "Gadget Night". Fred is a fabulous speaker and well
known entrepreneur and journalist. He will show us some of the latest tech
gadgets, and will add his insights into the significant trends in consumer
and business technology.
Speaker: Fred Davis, entrepreneur, award winning tech journalist, and
gadget enthusiast. Fred was on the founding teams of a number of startups
including Wired, CNET and Ask Jeeves. Fred has been named one of the most
influential people in the industry by several publications in both the U.
S. and Japan, and is listed in Who's Who in America.
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12/14/2011 - Meridian Gallery presents Mad Ratio: Tom Bickley + Adria Otte
Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents a new electro-acoustic
duo, Mad Ratio, featuring Tom Bickley, recorder and electronics and Adria
Otte, violin and electronics. This debut performance will feature an hour
long piece combining Gray Code and Fibonacci sequencing structures with
improvisation.
Tom Bickley listens to the world always hoping to hear more and more fully.
He plays and teaches recorder, and composes and performs using recorders,
electronics and voice. He grew up in the semitropical soundscape of
Houston, sojourned in Washington, DC (studying music, religion, and
information science) and came to the Bay Area as a composer in residence at
Mills College. He performs with Gusty Winds May Exist (with Nancy Beckman),
Three Trapped Tigers (with recorder players David Barnett and Judy
Linsenberg), co-founded and directs the Cornelius Cardew Choir, and is on
the Library Faculty at CSU East Bay. He holds the Certificate in Deep
Listening from Pauline Oliveros and the Deep Listening Institute.
Adria Otte is a multi-instrumentalist whose primary focus has been on
violin and guitar. She studied music at Bard College and has performed in
ensembles ranging from string quartets to rock bands to free improvisation
groups. She frequently collaborates with dancer/musician/performance artist
Dohee Lee and performs regularly with Jamaesori, a traditional Korean
drumming group.
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12/15/2011 - Occupy: What Now, What Next?
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Thu, Dec 15 2011 - 7:00pm
Occupy: What Now, What Next?
Jean Quan, Mayor, Oakland
George Lakoff, Cognitive Linguist + Professor, UC Berkeley
Justin Wedes, Leader/Organizer, Occupy Wall Street - Skyping in from #OWS
Tim Simons, Organizer, Occupy Oakland
Melissa Griffin, Columnist, San Francisco Examiner; Co-Host, Necessary
Conversations- Moderator
#OWS, pepper spray, book sharing, tents, mic checks and protest signs:
Since September, the Occupy movement has staked a claim in every Facebook
feed, almost every news program and in literally more than 100 major cities
in the United States alone. Using the tools of collective assembly,
occupiers have mobilized thousands in their fight for global change and
against the richest 1 percent, but so many people are still less than sure
what Occupy is all about. What have been the strategies and intent of this
people-powered movement? Now that they have the worldâÂÂs attention, what
are they going to do with it? What is driving the movement forward?
Join us for a 2-hour forum, including a panel discussion with Oakland Mayor
Jean Quan and Occupy leaders to tackle the what, why and future of
OccupyâÂÂs mission to channel change. Then weâÂÂll get our own Occupy on,
with a break out discussion and resolution reception.
Direct Link: http://bit.ly/OccupyCWC
Location: SF Club Officeâš
Time: 6:30 p.m. check-In, 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. breakout discussion
groups, reception and report back
Cost: FREE (Please consider a $12 donation to help support the nonprofit
Commonwealth Club)
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12/16/2011 - Las Posadas on 24th Street
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:45 PM PST
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Join in 24th Street's second annual community celebration of Las Posadas, a
Latin American tradition of the Christmas season. Meet at the corner of
24th and Capp streets at 5:45 for a procession and singing. The procession
will finish at the Mission Neighborhood Centers building, 3013 24th Street
(on the corner of Harrison Street), where there will be pinatas, more
singing, and free food and drinks. This is a family-oriented event, but all
people are encouraged to come. For more information, contact
***@lower24thstreet.org . Organized by the Lower 24th Street Merchants and
Neighbors Association.
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12/16/2011 - Colpa Press Pop-Up shop at Wire+Nail Gallery
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST
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Opening Night December 16th, 6-9pm.
Business Hours December 17 + 18, 10-8pm.
The Colpa Press Pop Up shop will feature limited edition objects by both
local and international artists.
Featuring work by
DANIEL SMALL
NICOLAS PRICE
LILA SAVAGE
JOSH KELLER
NICOLAS MILLER
SABINA NIETO
HAILEY LOMAN
CHELSEA WONG
SARAH HOTCHKISS
FACUNDO ARGANARAZ
RENEE RHODES
HEATHER VAN WINCKLE
CHRISTINA LABEY
MALTE CORNELIUS JANTZEN
(S ND Y P RL RS)
GAEA WOODS
CAREY LIN
RUBEN VAN LEER
BIG SPIDERS BACK
KATRINA LAMB
CAL VOLNER-DISON
MITSU OKUBO
MACIEJ MAKALOWSKI
MATTHEW WARREN
ROBERT TYREE
VICTORIA HOWE
TALEEN KALENDERIAN + DUM DUM ZINE
CONVEYOR MAGAZINE
AND MORE !!!
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12/16/2011 - Cinesex 101
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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Oddball Films presents Cinesex 101. Take notes as guest curator Neil Van
Gorder guides you through the facts, pleasures and risks of sex with a
collection of instructional, comical and explicit films. Start by learning
the basics: Birds, Bees and Storks (1965), an animated satire about a
father who sets out to explain the facts of life to his son, but becomes
increasingly embarrassed to the point where his explanations are so vague
as to be incomprehensible; Flowers and Bees: A Springtime Story (1973) with
pollinating bees and blooming flowers shot with time-lapse photography; and
HE and SHE - part 2 (1970), a "white coater" documentary that teaches the
psychological effects of sex and gives tips with visual examples on how to
make you a better lover. YouâÂÂll be sure to practice safe sex after
watching VD: Attack Plan (1972), a D*sn*y camp cartoon classic. Watch in
wide-eye wonder as a veteran vd germ in the âÂÂcontagion corpsâ outlines
how these insidious creatures spread the dreaded syphilis and gonorrhea
germs! Watch, listen and learn! With the fundamentals covered, move on to
possible applications: in No Help Needed (1940), women explore themselves
and each other in this extremely rare vintage lesbian porn film, and in The
Closet (1962) a handsome body builder gives a naked man the massage of his
life. Get your voyeur on with Girlie Reel (1950âÂÂs) as voluptuous
strippers wiggle and dance for the camera, and Uncle Si and the Sirens
(1938), a rather silly and humorous film about a farmer who buys a
television and tries to tune in on various naked ladies. Plus! See how sex
sells in the 1970s with a compilation of advertisements and movie trailers.
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12/16/2011 - THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN experiments in
experience/participation performance
Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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The Underground Hit!
CRITIC'S CHOICE: East Bay Express
Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised
passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a
laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos.
Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure
and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! (But donations are
encouraged.)
Friday, December 16, 2011
8pm
âÂÂFrank Moore, a genius explorer of the frontiers of human affection.âÂÂ
www.reddit.com
âÂÂWe came, we saw, we read local performance artist-provocateur Frank
MooreâÂÂs poem ⊠experience the joys of unsettled discomfort âŠâÂÂ
Kimberly Chun, SF Chronicle
"...He's wonderful and hilarious and knows exactly what it's all about and
has earned my undying respect. What he's doing is impossible, and he knows
it. That's good art...." L.A. Weekly
âÂÂMerging improv, erotica, entertainment, religion and ritual, Frank
Moore" self-styled shaman, world-renowned disabled performance artist, and
2008 presidential candidate ...." " East Bay Express
"If performance art has a radical edge, it has to be Frank Moore."
Cleveland Edition
"Surely wonderful and mind-goosing experience." L.A. Reader
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12/17/2011 - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST
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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!
December 17 - 18
Will it snow? Don't "flake out" and miss this winter theme weekend! You
don't have to drive up to the mountains to enjoy the snow, come to
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach to make your very own snowflakes, enjoy our
snowman theme treasure hunt and make snowflakes in our craft area.
The special events of Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow! Weekend are in
addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price
to enter and play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for
general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun.
Designed and built entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits
celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses,
carnivals, magic, side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball
arcades, haunted houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to
educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who
remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to
recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.
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12/17/2011 - Imagine That
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 03:30 PM PST
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Imagine That is an animation screening curated by Sarah Klein that features
kid-made cartoons, suitable for adults, and adult-made animations fitting
for kids. Featuring a variety of techniques and approaches these animations
explore the limits of outer space, familiar landscapes, big places and
small spaces.
Before and after the show you can view the exhibition McSweeney's
McMullens: Artwork from Children's Books, plus 1,032 Illustrated Lunch
Bags. Doors open at 5:30 PM, show starts at 6 PM. Hot cocoa and cookies
will be served.
About the curator: Sarah Klein is a San Francisco Bay Area artist whose
practice includes animation. Klein uses paper cutouts and stop-motion
techniques to create humorous and often dark narratives on domestic life
and related themes. She has exhibited her work widely at an international
selection of venues including General Public in Berlin, Exit Art in New
York, The Glasshouse in Tel Aviv and the Mill Valley Film Festival. She has
received awards from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Trust for Mutual
Understanding and Southern ExposureâÂÂs Alternative Exposure grant. In 2008
she began the curatorial project Stop + Go that features stop-motion works
by visual artists and filmmakers and she is currently curating the third
installment of the program called Stop + Go 3D.
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12/17/2011 - Liz Mamorsky: A 50 Year Retrospective Closing Reception
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We are pleased to announce our newest featured artist, the multifaceted Liz
Mamorsky. In the last half century, Liz has been successfully creating
sculptures, paintings, and drawings that have been exhibited nationally and
internationally. On Saturday Nov. 19th, we invite you to join us in
celebrating her amazing journey as we showcase an array of her paintings,
reclaimed materials sculpture and drawings from 1961 to 2011!
This is a must see exhibit! A Closing Reception will be held at Driftwood
Salon from 6pm-9pm on Saturday Dec. 17th, 6pm-9pm, featuring Uvaggio wines.
MORE INFO: Camille Ochoa ** http://www.driftwoodsalon.com **
***@driftwoodsalon.com ** 415-548-0436 Presented by Driftwood Salon
Gallery
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12/17/2011 - Unsilent Night SF 2011
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Unsilent Night is composer Phil KlineâÂÂs free outdoor participatory sound
sculpture of many individual parts, recorded on cassettes, CDâÂÂs and
mp3â²s, and played through a roving swarm of boomboxes carried through
city streets every December. People bring their own boomboxes and drift
peacefully through a cloud of sound which is different from every
listenerâÂÂs perspective. We will have cassettes and CDs to lend or you can
download an MP3 from the website. Please arrive a few minutes early to
prepare for the 7:30pm start.
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12/17/2011 - Strange Sinema 47
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 06:00 PM PST
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Oddball Films presents Strange Sinema 47, a monthly screening of offbeat
films, old gems and newly discovered oddities both entertaining,
experimental and eye-opening, all culled from Oddball Films 50,000 film
archive. This 47th installment features Red Hot Heat (Sizzling Rhythm with
a Beat) from 1937 featuring boogie woogie wildman Maurice Rocco and the
Cotton Club Dancers in tinted sepiatone!, ItâÂÂs Not a Commercial (1950s),
WEIRD and way-out creepy commercial parody is equal parts muscleman Joe
Weider and David Lynch, Death Valley Thrills (1944) an over-the-top hell
ride through Death Valley in a rigged up truck, sand skis and more,
California Bound (1939) an extract from the hilarious WC Fields feature,
and Library of Congress preserved film ItâÂÂs a Gift. Two tv talking horse
episodes of Mr. Ed, featuring sorority girls and bombshell Mae West, Art of
the Persian Carpet (1973) showcasing the fine art and mythology of Iranian
carpet weavers, and abstract computer artist John WhitneyâÂÂs Arabesque
(1975) with its mesmerizing Persian inspired patterns and sounds. DonâÂÂt
Miss Daffy Duck Goes to Hollywood (1938) create a spliced up avant garde
masterpiece, watch dim-witted dummies in Fraud by Mail (1944) and witness
the kooky beatnik inspired animated short Breaking the Habit (1964) by
Oscar nominated director Jon Korty!
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12/17/2011 - BOOTIE SF - Hubba Hubba Revue Xmas Burlesque, DJ Tyme + Nathan
Scot, DJ Fox, Glitterazzi, more
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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Holiday-themed mashup burlesque show by:
HUBBA HUBBA REVUE - http://hubbahubbarevue.com
Starring:
MYNX D'MEANOR - http://mynxdmeanor.com
KISS ME KATE - http://misskmk.com
PICKLES KINTARO - http://mine.pickleskintaro.com
SOMMER PANAGE (aerialist) - http://facebook.com/spanage
BEYOND BURLESQUE (troupe) -
http://facebook.com/pages/Beyond-Burlesque/177525922321460
Hosted by: KINGFISH + COMRADE TANG
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Main floor mashup DJs:
DJ TYME + NATHAN SCOT - http://djtymenathanscot.com
DJ FOX - http://foxsounds.net
MAD MURDOCK - http://facebook.com/steve.murdock
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Upstairs room:
GLITTERAZZI
Explosive electro, mashups + house with DJs:
MEIKEE MAGNETIC - http://facebook.com/meikeemagnetic
MIXTRESS SHIZAAM - http://facebook.com/pages/DJ-Shizaam/164701976900997
Special guest MC: ENZYME DYNAMITE - http://enzymedynamite.com
Special birthday celebration for Mystie Rodriguez!
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FREE Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!
$8 before 10pm, $15 cover, 21+ w/ID
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SKIP THE LINE! Advance tickets available at:
http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/12.html#17
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http://BootieSF.com
Live on stage at 11 PM, it's a holiday-themed mashup show presented by the
Bay Area's best burlesque extravaganza, Hubba Hubba Revue! Hosted by emcee
Kingfish, and featuring three sexy performers, an aerialist, and an entire
burlesque troupe, the show promises to be a festive mix of striptease,
comedy, and spectacle!
Spinning mashups all night will be DJ Tyme + Nathan Scot, who will be
mixing in some holiday visuals on the DNA Lounge's big screens during their
set. Joining them on the main floor will be DJ Fox and Mad Murdock. And in
the upstairs room, it's Glitterazzi, a night of explosive electro, mashups,
and house, with DJs Meikee Magnetic and Mixtress Shizaam. The night is a
special birthday celebration for Mystie Rodriguez, and will feature special
guest MC Enzyme Dynamite doing a surprise electro-alt-hip-hop performance!
Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by A Plus D - aka DJs Adrian + Mysterious
D - Bootie was the first club night dedicated solely to the burgeoning
artform of the bootleg mashup -- and is now the biggest mashup event in the
world, with regular parties in several cities on four continents.
Voted "Best Club Night" for the past six years, Bootie keeps your brain
guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, mixing and
matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party.
Providing the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation - and free mashup CDs
given away like candy - it's a place where everyone is welcome.
For all Bootie parties worldwide: http://BootieMashup.com
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12/17/2011 - The Last Non Stop Bhangra At Rickshaw Stop!
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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Time has come for Non Stop Bhangra to take a leap onto the next stage.
After 7 plus years of rocking the Rickshaw Stop every 3rd Saturday, the
award winning Bhangra event is moving on. This is not the end, as we are
Non Stop, but the beginning of an exciting chapter in the new year! We
wanted to be able to spend one last night with our fans celebrating the end
of an era at the Rickshaw Stop. We would love to see all the wonderful
people who have been with us on this journey, come join us for one last
ride!
Thank you all for helping us build Non Stop Bhangra to what it is, and for
what is yet to come!
This month we have DJ Santero and DJ Sol Rising joining Jimmy Love on the
decks. As always Dholrhythms Dance Company will be in the house getting the
floor moving. Another month of celebrating life with good music, dance, and
friends NSB style. So come join the party and kick off the holiday season
with us.
Since this is a special send off holiday party, this months event will be
pre-sale only! Tickets will not be available at the door, so please get
them on line if you want to share this special moment with us!
THEME THIS MONTH IS ROCK + ROLL XMAS...SO COME ROCK OUT IN YOUR FAVORITE
XMAS COLORS AND HELP SEND OFF NSB INTO THE NEW YEAR!
PRE-SALE ONLY-NO TICKETS AT THE DOOR. WE ARE EXPECTING TO SELL OUT SO GET
YOUR TICKETS EARLY.
PURCHASE TICKETS: http://nsb76.eventbrite.com/
TIME: 9:00PM-2:00AM
BHANGRA LESSON: 9:30PM
PERFORMANCES: 10:00PM
DJ'S: 10:30PM-CLOSE
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12/17/2011 - Rocky Horror Picture Show Holiday Event
Posted: 17 Dec 2011 09:45 PM PST
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ThereâÂÂs no better way to celebrate the holiday season than Time Warping
at The Rocky Horror Picture Show! DonâÂÂt miss the very last show of the
year on Saturday, December 17. Be there for:
⢠Music + dancing!
⢠A scintillating Crowd Pleasers performance!
⢠Riotous preshow action!
⢠Ridiculous games!
⢠Audience partici ⊠pation!
⢠And so much fun itâÂÂs Barely Legal!
The Rocky Horror HOLIDAY Picture Show
Saturday December 17
Doors @ 11:30pm, Show @ Midnight
Camera 3 Cinema
288 2nd Street, San Jose, CA 95113
$10 / All Ages
http://barelylegal.rhps.org/
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12/18/2011 - Reading and Drawing Hour
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST
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Reading and Drawing Hour with Matt Furie and Aiyana Udesen
Spend the afternoon scribbling with local artists Matt Furie and Aiyana
Udesen! After reading a few of their favorite children's books, the artists
will be available to answer questions and draw with kids.
www.mattfurie.com/
www.aiyanaville.com/
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12/18/2011 - Annual Christmas Concert - 'We Have Seen His Star!'
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST
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Oakland Bay Area Commity Chorus (OBACC), Director, William (Bill) Bell
conducting, proudly presents its Annual Christmas Concert: "We Have Seen
His Star."
The program will feature African American Christmas Spirituals from the
Chorus' CD recording, A triumphant, contemporary setting of the "Gloria",
by John Rutter, spirituals arranged by John Work, Nathaniel Dett and
William Dawson - including Rockn' Jerusalem", "Listen to the Lambs,"
and "Hail Mary." Lonie Williams, Assistant Director, will conduct the
gospel music. The program will also include traditional Christmas Carols.
Enhance your holiday experience - join OBAAC for this highly inspiring,
unique Christmas Program.
MORE INFO: Mary McKenzie ** ***@aol.com ** 510-527-0457 Presented by
Oakland Bay Area Community Chorus (OBACC)
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12/18/2011 - Moving Stories
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST
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Sunday, Dec 18
Motion Theater presents: Moving Stories
5-7pm
If you have been before you know it's a gloriously funny evening of story
telling and movement. If you have not yet had the opportunity - YOU DON'T
WANT TO MISS THIS ROUND!!
Please join us for an evening of improvised Motion Improv Theater. These
women are sure to move you with their funny, uplifting, true, and MOVING
stories! True stories that will make you laugh, move you to tears and
transform the mundane details of daily life into the stuff of rich and
illuminating theater. You will leave wanting more!
Tickets are available for purchase here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/205575
RSVP on the Facebook event site here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/300100920011907/
About the venue:
The Garage
http://www.975howard.com/
About Motion Theater:
Motion Theater is a form of improvised, autobiographical theater that is
grounded in a lively physicality. What distinguishes the form is that it
functions simultaneously as performance art, healing methodology, and
spiritual practice.
http://www.motioninstitute.com/motiontheater.html
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12/18/2011 - a kaleidoscope solstice!
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 05:00 PM PST
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kaleidoscopesf, sara powell + ava bird bring together this exceptional
community celebration with prominent poets, artists, wordsmiths, singers
and other multi-faceted talent to uplift spirits to the stars wishing for
the evolutionary, revolutionary shifts planned for 2012! yay, we are
finally here! this jubilant festivity celebrates another great ending
into a fabulous new beginning:
ain't no party like a kaleidoscope party!!! (cuz a kaleidoscope party don't
stop!!)
healthy cookies and conscious eco- gift exchange games! BYO cookies,
ideas, cheer, great spirit, friends, bliss...
whoa, its a kaleidoscope solstice!
gathering in the last dayz of 2011 and excitedly heralding in the great
shift, HAPPY 2012!
occupy kaleidoscope! eat cookies, drink kombucha, be holy f'in merry!
a psychedelic solstice honoring the last dayz of kaleidoscope!
still under occupation!
featuring:
sara powell
smooth luke
ava bird
clive matson
dan brady
vic sadot
leah lubin
arnie passman
and many others....
we'll ring in 2012 in full occupation gear: poetry, music, friends,
ideas, visions, community, sharing, love, celebration, rEvolution, fun!
got an occupation?!?!
get occupied!!!
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12/18/2011 - Radiostar Improv's Naughty + Nice at the Social House
Posted: 18 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Radiostar invites you to sit back, drink and be merry as we create wholly
improvised holiday themed radio plays before your very eyes.
Help us welcome the holiday season and celebrate our 200th episode online!
Join us for holiday cheer and enjoy 50 Mason's selection of craft brewed
beers, old and new wine varietals and tasty snacks!
Radiostar Improv has been podcasting wholly improvised radio plays since
2006, and has shown over and over again that absolutely anything can and
will happen. Our live recordings will let people see what goes on behind
the scenes, where not even we know what happens next.
Radiostar Improv features: Diana Brown, Christopher DeJong and Dan Wilson,
Dan Ronco, Dylan Russell, Sharon Rylander, Brian Schirmer and special
guests Julia Brothers, Emily Jordan and Marcus Sams.
Prepare for the madness by checking out any of our 200+ shows at
www.radiostarnetwork.com, or subscribe via the iTunes Music store for free!
Radiostar Network, weâÂÂll get in your head.
Radiostar is a Cassandra's Call Production
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12/20/2011 - Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Featuring Arisa White + Old
Skool Caf(c)
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Tis the season to celebrate creativity and community. Join us for a reading
from Cave Canem fellow Arisa White and the revival of the Potluck Brigade!
ArisaâÂÂs work explores sexuality, trust, geography, truth telling, and
coming of age. Youth Chefs from Old Skool Café and our Potluck Brigade
will serve dishes inspired by the themes of her poetry, though all are
encouraged to contribute to the potluck.
Score a ticket in advance at http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com/
Following the meal and reading, guests can share their writing from the
workshop portion of the evening for an opportunity to win great prizes.
Eat, write, and share with us at Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck, and
celebrate a year of creating community through food and writing.
ABOUT ARISA WHITE
Arisa White is a Cave Canem fellow and holds a MFA from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. Author of two poetry chapbooks, Disposition for
Shininess (Factory Hollow Press, 2008) and Post Pardon (Mouthfeel Press,
2011), she was selected by the San Francisco Guardian for the 2010 Hot Pink
List. Member of the PlayGround writersâ pool, her play Frigidare was
staged for the 2011 PlayGround Festival at the Thick House theater (CA).
Recipient of the inaugural Rose OâÂÂNeill Literary House summer residency
at Washington College in Maryland, she has also received residencies,
fellowships, or scholarships from Squaw Valley Community of Writers,
Hedgebrook, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Prague Summer Program, Fine Arts
Work Center, and Bread Loaf Writersâ Conference.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2005, her poetry has appeared in numerous
journals and is featured on the recording WORD with the Jessica Jones
Quartet and in the anthology and staged production of Fingernails Across A
Chalkboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora. Her
full-length collection of poems Hurrahs Nest is forthcoming from Virtual
Artists Collective in early 2012.
ABOUT OLD SKOOL CAFÃÂ
Old Skool Café is a violence prevention program providing jobs and
training to at-risk youth ages 16-22 at a 1940s-style supper club. We
address the epidemic of violence and recidivism by providing at-risk,
previously incarcerated, and foster care youth with a variety of career
opportunities that would normally not be afforded them. Our vision is to
establish a youth-run restaurant that will employ youth in every area of
the business, developing real skills that are transferable in the
marketplace.
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12/20/2011 - Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck Celebrate
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âÂÂTis the season to celebrate creativity and community. This monthâÂÂs
theme âÂÂcelebrateâ honors a year of community created through shared
experiences around food and writing. Join us for a reading from Cave Canem
fellow Arisa White and the revival of the Potluck Brigade!
ArisaâÂÂs work explores sexuality, trust, geography, truth telling, and
coming of age. Youth chefs from Old Skool Café and our Potluck Brigade
will serve dishes inspired by the themes of her poetry, though all are
encouraged to contribute to the potluck.
Following the meal and reading, guests can share their writing from the
workshop portion of the evening for an opportunity to win great prizes.
Eat, write, and share with us at Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck!
House opens at 6:30PM
$10 in advance, $12 at the door, $5 with a potluck dish, cash bar.
Purchase advance tickets: http://feastofwords.eventbrite.com/
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12/22/2011 - Oakland Ballet Company Presents Graham Lustig's 'The
Nutcracker'
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Thursday, Dec 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Friday, Dec 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
and Saturday, Dec 24 at 11 a.m.
Oakland Ballet Company Artistic Director Graham Lustig's "The Nutcracker"
returns to the Paramount Theatre stage in Oakland with live music courtesy
of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, conducted by Michael Morgan, for five
performances December 22-24 after its popular and acclaimed premiere in
2010. Mr. Lustig's version of the holiday favorite is a freshly nostalgic
look at The Nutcracker story set in early 20th century Vienna with loving
and intelligent attention to details of story and characters. Sweet Dreams
Parties follow the 2 pm matinees and allow children and families to meet
characters from the ballet and enjoy sweets, refreshments and holiday cheer
for an additional ticket price. Thursday, Dec 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
Friday, Dec 23 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec 24 at 11 a.m..
MORE INFO: http://www.oaklandballet.org ** 510-893-3132 Presented by
Oakland Ballet Company
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12/23/2011 - SFFS Presents: Silent Souls
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The rites and rituals of the Merja people"an ethnic minority of
Finno-Urgric extraction originally from the Volga region of Russia" form
the backbone of this lyrical, sensual and dreamlike film about love and
loss. After his beloved wife Tanja dies, pulp factory CEO Miron calls on
his best friend Aist to help him with his final goodbye. With water as a
key element, director Aleksei Fedorchenko beautifully weaves the myths and
traditions of this vanishing culture into his poetic film. The result is a
melancholy and mystical journey following the complex and twisting currents
of the human heart.
December 23-"31, 2011; Showtimes 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00; Dec. 24: 2:00,
4:00 only; closed Dec. 25
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12/24/2011 - Chopshticks
Posted: 24 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST
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Help yourself to a Chinese-style buffet and gut-busting comedy at our
annual local tradition! Comedian Brad Zimmerman will perform his solo
show "My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy," a bittersweet tale of growing
up, persevering and struggling to make it as an actor in New York.
Zimmerman's stand-ups of his childhood, family, career and misbegotten love
life are as warm and poignant as they are hilarious. He has acted in The
Sopranos, is a regular at the famed Friar's Club and has appeared on Conan
O'Brian, Comedy Central and The David Letterman Show.
San Francisco-based comedian and cartoonist Michael Capozzola will perform
the opening act.
MORE INFO: http://www.paloaltojcc.org ** ***@paloaltojcc.org **
650-233-8700 Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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12/24/2011 - BOOTIE SF - Adrian's 29th Birthday, Mysterious D, John!John!
Battles The Italian Robot, Jay-R, Xmas Eve Show
Posted: 24 Dec 2011 07:00 PM PST
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ADRIAN's 29th BIRTHDAY!* - http://facebook.com/adrianroberts
Xmas Eve B-Day Party for Bootie's host + DJ
Friends + Family Night!
*Actual birthday year may vary
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Also spinning on the main floor:
MYSTERIOUS D - http://aplusd.net
DJ JAY-R - http://soundcloud.com/djjayr
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Xmas Eve Midnight Mashup Show:
A+J sing "Dick In A Box" live!
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Upstairs room:
JOHN!JOHN! - http://facebook.com/oooJOHNJOHNooo
Battles The
ITALIAN ROBOT - http://facebook.com/djitalianrobot
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FREE Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!
$8 before 10pm, $15 cover, 21+ w/ID
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SKIP THE LINE! Advance tickets available at:
http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2011/12.html#24
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http://BootieSF.com
It's Christmas Eve, and it's also ... Adrian's 29th Birthday!* It's going
to be a "Friends + Family Night" at DNA Lounge, as Bootie's host,
co-founder, and resident DJ celebrates his actual B-Day by spinning a
special midnight set, as well as singing a few holiday mashups throughout
the night, including a Midnight Mashup Show with Jason from Smash-Up Derby.
The two will be performing as A+J, singing the modern classic, "Dick In A
Box."
Also spinning on the main floor will be resident DJ Mysterious D, and doing
a late-night set, it's the return of DJ Jay-R. And in the upstairs room,
John!John! Battles The Italian Robot, as two of Bootie's favorite DJs throw
it down, making sure you dance your ass off into the Christmas holiday!
Launched in 2003 in San Francisco by A Plus D - aka DJs Adrian + Mysterious
D - Bootie was the first club night dedicated solely to the burgeoning
artform of the bootleg mashup - and is now the biggest mashup event in the
world, with regular parties in several cities on four continents.
Voted "Best Club Night" for the past six years, Bootie keeps your brain
guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, mixing and
matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party.
Providing the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation - and free mashup CDs
given away like candy - it's a place where everyone is welcome.
For all Bootie parties worldwide: http://BootieMashup.com
* Actual birthday year may vary.
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12/27/2011 - They're All Gonna Laugh At You! Comedy
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They're All Gonna Laugh At You!
Comedy and live music EVERY 4th Tuesday of the month at ERA Art Bar and
Lounge!
19 Grand Ave (@ Broadway), Oakland.
Tuesday, December 27
Doors at 7:30pm/Show at 8:30pm
Only $5
Comedy by:
Alex White
Jason Dove
Janine Brito
Featuring special guest Mary Van Note!!!
Music by Uni and her Ukelele!
Hosted by all-girl sketch comedy troupe The Front Row!
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12/29/2011 - Laughter Against the Machine: New Years!
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W. Kamau Bell, Nato Green and Janine Brito, touring as Laughter Against the
Machine, offer a unique kind of comedy where the comedians and the audience
to expect to be challenged, to laugh, and think at the same time. These
shows mark the end of LATM's biggest year ever. LATM delivered one of the
most popular Bridgetown Comedy Festival shows. Collectively they visited
seven Occupy Wall Street encampments. And they toured and shot a
documentary of the most politically polarized places in the USA.
Showtimes:
12/29 - 7pm
12/30 - 7pm and 10pm
12/31 - 7pm and 10pm
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12/29/2011 - Club Chuckles presents TIG NOTARO
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Club Chuckles presents TIG NOTARO, Sean Keane and Groomed for Success at
Hemlock Tavern on Thursday, Dec. 29th. TWO SHOWS-- 7:30pm and 10:00pm.
Mostly seated show. 21+ only.
Adv. ticket link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/213619
Since getting her start in stand-up back in 1498, TIG NOTARO has appeared
in a number of television shows. She is most well-known as "Officer Tig" on
Comedy Central's THE SARAH SILVEMAN PROGRAM. In previous years, Tig
played "Rhoda" on the ABC sitcom IN THE MOTHERHOOD (with Megan Mullally and
Cheryl Hines), "Leigh-Roy" on Comedy Central's critically acclaimed DOG
BITES MAN (with Zach Galifianakis), was a recurring guest-host on AMC's
MOVIES AT OUR HOUSE, had her own half-hour special, COMEDY CENTRAL
PRESENTS TIG. She has also performed on NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING, ABC's
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, NBC's LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, ABC's COMICS UNLEASED,
Comedy Central's PREMIUM BLEND and on Showtime's series LIVE NUDE COMEDY!
Tig Notaro's debut album, "Good One," is out now on Secretly Canadian, the
first-ever comedy release from the noted indie music label.
www.tignation.com
San Francisco comedian SEAN KEANE co-hosts SF's premiere alt-comedy nights,
The Business (with Alex Koll, Chris Garcia and Bucky Sinister). A 4-time
winner of the Iron Comic competition, Sean's performed at SF Punchline, SF
Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy fest, Meltdown Comics (LA), and has opened
for the likes of Jen Kirkman, Arj Barker, and Rory Scovel. He can also be
seen starring in "The Other Side of the GOMP" video on new "The Best Show
on WFMU" DVD.
www.seankeanecomedy.com
GROOMED FOR SUCCESS!
Beth Lisick and Tara Jepsen have been collaborating in a mostly comedic way
for over ten years. They have performed their super maxi comedy in an
exhaustive list of venues and events, including SF Sketchfest (2009), UCBT
LA, the first Homo-a-Gogo in Olympia, WA, Billionaires for Bush, NYC's
Dixon Place, and in a vegan's living room in Santa Barbara. Their
award-winning short Diving for Pearls was removed from YouTube for an
unknown offense, possibly nudity.
www.bethlisick.com
www.tarajepsen.com
http://courtingcomedy.tumblr.com/post/4407003913/groomed-for-success-grimy-and-screw
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12/31/2011 - Tomfoolery - New Years Eve Performance _ Party
Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:30 PM PST
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Cinnabar Theater pays tribute to Tom Lehrer in "Tomfoolery," a cabaret
style, musical revue featuring the witty, wicked, offbeat and thoroughly
twisted world of the famed satirical songwriter who delighted millions of
fans during the 1950âÂÂs and 60âÂÂs with his cynical but good-humored
attacks on everything from the A-bomb to pollution.
Directed by Michael Fontaine
8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011- New YearâÂÂs Eve Performance + Party
(Cost is $60 to $65 for New Year's Eve performance).
WHEN: Jan 6 to Jan. 22, 2012:
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays.
TICKETS: $25 to $35
$35 General; $32 Seniors; $25 Age 22 and under.
PHONE: 707-763-8920
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday or purchase at the door.
Reservations highly recommended.
WEB SITE: www.cinnabartheater.org
PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/as0iXJeGZc0xIbsJGpuyuw
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12/31/2011 - Speakeasy San Francisco New Years Eve
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Speakeasy New Years Eve at NOBLE
During the dark days of Prohibition only the most elite, privileged and
savvy individuals could drink the night away in hidden basement bars and
clubs. Times have definitely changed, but on December 31, Noble is going to
bring back those swanky basement bar days to San Francisco. Speakeasy New
Years promises to be an event to remember!
-Tickets include-
-Premium Open Bar
-Music by DJ Theory
-Party Favors
-Midnight Champagne Toast
-and a few special surprises
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01/05/2012 - Michael Gazzaniga: Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science
of the Brain
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Thu, Jan 5 2012 - 6:00pm
Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology and Director of the SAGE Center
for the Study of Mind, UC Santa Barbara
Known as the "father of cognitive neuroscience," Gazzaniga makes a powerful
argument for free will. The question of free will versus determinism
continues to vex scientists, psychologists and philosophers, but the
biological evidence is not as stridently deterministic as it is often
presented. Dr. Gazzaniga argues that the human mind constrains the brain
and monitors our behavior, much as a government constrains its citizens.
Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, as well as ethics and
law, he offers a deeply considered case for human responsibility.
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2012-01-05/michael-gazzaniga-whos-charge
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01/07/2012 - Primo: The Art of David and Hugh D'Andrade
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a.Muse welcomes artists Hugh and David DâÂÂAndrade- two cousins from
opposite sides of the California divide: San Francisco and Los Angeles.
This first time collaboration from the cousins will consist of HughâÂÂs
graphic, colorful, sometimes politically charged editorial, book and poster
illustrations. David is a former San Francisco artist now residing in Los
Angeles. David creates colorful abstract painting/collages which explore
the use of the brushstroke as an element of focus while referencing paint
application and digital technology.
Hugh, the younger of the cousins, was greatly inspired by his cousin
DavidâÂÂs art. âÂÂDavid could draw superheroes better than anyone!âÂÂ
Forty years later, both David and Hugh are working artists, with shared
sensibilities but very different styles. David makes paintings, drawings
and collages which grapple the fine line between abstraction and
representation. Hugh is known for his graphic poster art and illustration.
Though they have admired each others' work for years, this is their first
joint show and collaboration.
âÂÂMy work is a meager attempt to critique the bloated canon of abstract
painting in reference to Abstract Expressionism,â says David whose
interest âÂÂis to merge the implied action of the digital versus the
physicality of the brushstroke.âÂÂ
HughâÂÂs work, though similarly colorful, couldnâÂÂt be more different in
theme.
âÂÂWhat I do is âÂÂgraphic art.â People use that term to describe
commercial art, but I think the term should be used more broadly to
describe artwork that is clear, simple and direct, and that seeks a broad
audience using the straightforward tricks that have been used by artists
for centuries: composition, narrative, myth (aka "pop culture" in today's
world), typography, and color. Lots of color.âÂÂ
Both artists seek a more immediate and less conceptual response from the
viewer, something immediately apparent when considering the work. Words
like fun and playful come to mind, and the exhibit at a.Muse promises to be
just that.
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01/22/2012 - Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
Posted: 22 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST
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Philosophy Talk, the program that questions everything (except your
intelligence) has been enlightening and entertaining public radio audiences
around the country for eight years. This is not a lecture or a college
course, it's philosophy in action! Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to
explore issues of importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly
fashion, where thinking is encouraged.
Tickets can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets, by phone, or in
person through The Marsh's box office.
12:00pm - Poetry as a Way of Knowing with Jane Hirshfield.
What is poetry? Mere word play? A pretty, or at any rate striking, way of
expressing thought and emotion? Or does great poetry involve an approach to
the world that provides insight and information not available in other
ways? Ken and John explore how poetry can illuminate what we know with
award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield, author of Come, Thiefand other poetic
works of philosophical richness. (buy tickets)
3:00pm - What Are Leaders Made of? with Deborah Rhode.
There seems to be a paradox in leadership: the qualities of ruthlessness
and opportunism necessary to attain power and become a leader are not
necessarily the qualities of morality and a sense of justice that make for
a good leader. Do the traits that make it likely that someone will become a
leader correlate positively or negatively with the traits that make a good
and effective leader? Do our democratic institutions lead to better leaders
than, say, a lottery like the Athenians used? Ken and John ask what leaders
are - and should be - made of with Stanford Law Professor Deborah Rhode,
co-author of Moral Leadership: The Theory and Practice of Power, Judgment,
and Policy. (buy tickets)
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