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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - San Francisco Writing for Change
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November 13th and 14th, 8am to 5pm both days
Writers will be essential catalysts in bringing about the changes we need.
More than ever, we need writers to help us understand the challenges and
opportunities ahead of us and inspire and empower us to do what we can to
help bring about change.
A partial list of speakers includes keynotes by: John Robbins the author
of the international bestseller 'The Food Revolution; Diet For A New
America - How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health' and Dan Millman -
author of 'Way of the Peaceful Warrior' and Kevin Kelly author of 'What
Technology Wants' Stephanie Chandler the author of 'The Author's Guide to
Building an Online Platform' Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Literary
Agency November 13th and 14th, 8am to 5pm both days.
MORE INFO: Michael Larsen ** http://www.sfwritingforchange.org/ **
***@aol.com ** 415-673-0939 Presented by San Francisco Writers
Conference
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Pinball Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST
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Pinball Weekend
November 13 - 14
Currently there are laws on the books of many states outlawing pinball
machines. Most people don't realize that pinball was an illegal activity
right up until the 1970s in the majority of the United States. Come find
out why as you play on our 7 decades of pinball machine classics. For this
weekend we have some special surprises planned where you will learn the
history of this fun activity and also learn about its dubious past!
The special events of Pinball 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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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Where Art Lives Community Fair in Bayview
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST
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Join us for a day of family fun with hip-hop emcee Jupiter 7, kid-friendly
refreshments, and spray painting with artist Chor Boogie.
As part of a citywide effort to promote the value of caring for public
space and creating public art for the community, the San Francisco Arts
Commission and the Department of Public Works have collaborated on a unique
program called Where Art Lives. Where Art Lives provides in-classroom
curriculum that educates young people about the difference between mural
art and graffiti vandalism, which is simply permission.
MORE INFO: Tyra Fennell ** http://www.sfartscommission.org **
***@sfgov.org ** 415-252-2597 Presented by San Francisco Arts
Commission
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Kinetic Steam Works Roll Out Festival
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PST
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Kinetic Steam Works, West Oaklandâs very own steam headquarters, is opening
its doors to the public for our annual Roll Out festival. Bring the whole
family to meet
Pappy, the 25-ton Case steam tractor, Hortense, the fire-breathing steam
tractor, Wilhelmina, the 50-foot paddle-wheeled riverboat, more vintage
steam equipment, steam-powered kinetic art, and education than you can
shake a stick at. Enjoy libations from the legendary steam-powered
margarita maker, plenty of food and drink for all, and live music
throughout. The giant iron snail art car âGolden Meanâ will be in
attendance, along with a hand-cranked replica of a French guillotine, that,
along with the âDingusâ Smashing Show will make short work of any
post-Halloween jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins that might still be hanging
around on your front porch so be sure to bring them along.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - 30th Anniversary Book Signing: The Vietnam
Funny Book
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 10:00 AM PST
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Join author, Tad Foster and local veteran service organization, Swords to
Plowshares for a special book signing -- the 30th Anniversary Book Signing
for The Vietnam Funny Book; An Antidote to Insanity.
Books will be available for sale. Proceeds will be shared with Swords to
Plowshares to provide services to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Read about
The Funny Book at www.bladeandbrush.com
MORE INFO:
http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/supportvets/events/book-signing-the-vietnam-funny-book/
** ***@stp-sf.org ** 415-252-4788 Presented by Swords to Plowshares
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Cuddle Mob
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:00 AM PST
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Join the first cuddle mob in history and show your love for endangered sea
lions. On Saturday, November 13th, meet at Dolores Park in San Francisco at
1pm, rain or shine, and bring your friends!
Why? Steller sea lions are the best cuddlers in the world. And today, they
are struggling to find enough food to survive as we overfish the oceans.
Just in the past 25 years, 80% have disappeared. Show the world you're a
steller cuddler and take a pledge to share our oceans.
VIDEO:
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Pirate Invasion of Sutros Cove
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Saturday, November 13 · 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Location Sutro's At The Cliff House
Point Lobos Ave + Merrie Way
San Francisco, CA
(Loui's Dinner is a good landmark to find location looks over the Sutro
Baths; 2 parking lots - take steps down to the waterfront)
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sutro-baths-san-francisco
The Pirates have landed at Sutro Cove. They have taken over the Cave will
be having a day of merriment! Join them; bring your bootie + food. Proper
Pirate attire is requested. FREE. ALL AGES. Rain or Shine.
We will than set sail for the Smugglers Cove at 5pm.
Smuggler's Cove
www.smugglerscovesf.com
650 Gough Street, San Francisco - (415) 869-1900
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Blurring the Line - Artist Talk
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PST
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blurring the line presents works by David Fought, Wendy Hough, Sandra Ono
and Robert Ortbal. Curated by Lauren Davies, Kalaâs Director of Exhibitions
and Public Programs, this group exhibition at Kala Gallery investigates
elusive experiences relating to visual perception and bodily senses.
Drawings and sculpture created by repetitive physical actions and the
complex massing of odd materials share the gallery with works consisting of
simple lines that lead us directly from here to there. The linear qualities
of sculpture and the sculptural possibilities of drawing are realized in
this four-person exhibition with works ranging from the sparsely elegant to
the obsessively quirky.
Please join us for an Artistsâ Talk in the gallery with the four artists
and curator on Saturday, November 13 at 2:00 pm. The talk is open to the
public and is free of charge.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Visual Aid's BIG, BIG DEAL
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST
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Sat, Nov 13, Ticket Sales begin at 2pm, VIP Reception at 3:15, Doors open
at 4pm, Art sale begins at 5pm, Auction begins 6:30pm
Visual Aid's iconic party where 500 works of art are sold at $165, and an
exciting live auction features fun luxury items and art by Christo, Riley
Johndonnell, Enrique Chagoya, Aondrea Maynard, Jeremy Morgan, Rex Ray and
more. Mingle with hundreds of art collectors, artists and friends--all
vying for the best art.
Feel great while raising funds for a gallery, free art supplies,
exhibitions and community to artists living with AIDS, cancer, diabetes and
other life-threatening illnesses.
Come for the art, soulful sonic goodness from DJ N'K and DJ Garlynn, Blue
Angel Vodka cocktails, Barefoot Wine and Bubbly champagne, along with
mouthwatering hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Sat, Nov 13, Ticket Sales begin
at 2pm, VIP Reception at 3:15, Doors open at 4pm, Art sale begins at 5pm,
Auction begins 6:30pm.
MORE INFO: Julie Blankenship, E.D. ** http://www.visualaid.org **
***@visualaid.org ** 415-777-8242 Presented by Visual Aid
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Book Signing: Jamil Moledina - Tearing the Sky
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Science fiction fans have a new title to pique their interest with the
release of Tearing the Sky (Kalyphon Press), the debut novel from notable
videogame industry executive Jamil Moledina. Highly regarded as an
influential trend-spotter by his peers, Moledina has now turned his talent
to craft a speculative, character-driven science fiction story set 360,000
years in the future. Discovering that a fanatical cult is collapsing the
civilized universe, quirky Stanford student Kale Eritrus takes the two
women he canât chose between on a galaxies-spanning adventure to save it
all. Moledina will read from the book, sign copies and answer questions.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Due By featuring Jennie Ottinger
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In Due By, Jennie Ottinger crafts a canonical library stripped down to the
barely-there essentials. There is a haunting affect to Ottinger's
collection of newfangled classics; perhaps it is the quiet tick tock of our
own mortality, urging us to read the greats before it is too late. To help
us with our timely mission, the books' insides are cut out and replaced
with far more entertaining summaries. Her humorous and brusque adaptations
of the stories themselves let readers accomplish the once impossible
mission of 'getting' War and Peace in a whopping five minutes flat. Just as
books ask the imagination to fill in the blanks, so too do the ethereal
painted figures gracing their covers, which seem to deteriorate before your
eyes. The escaped illustrations mounted on the library walls could easily
belong to multiple story lines, letting books extend beyond their bindings,
with characters and scenarios interacting in the common space. Spend some
time with history's greatest characters, already ghosts, before you join
the club.
Jennie Ottinger was raised in Massachusetts and currently lives in San
Francisco, CA. Ms. Ottinger earned her BFA from California College of the
Arts and her MFA from Mills College. She recently had a solo exhibition at
Volta NY Art Fair and has had work at the NADA Art Fair in Miami, Southern
Exposure, Headlands Center for the Arts, Adobe Books and Johansson Projects
in California, as well as galleries in New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.
She was awarded a residency at the Kala Art Institute as well as two
Graduate Research Grants from Mills College and the Sara Lewis Scholarship
Award. Ottinger's reviews appeared in Art in America, San Francisco
Chronicle, ArtSlant, Daily Serving and 7x7 Magazine.
Show runs November 11, 2010-January 8, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13, 5-8pm
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - San Francisco Arts Quarterly Symposium
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SFAQ Symposium
The San Francisco Arts Quarterly (SFAQ)
www.sfaqonline.com
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
5-10pm
at the San Francisco Art Institute
The San Francisco Arts Quarterly (SFAQ) is proud to announce a Symposium in
celebration of their third issue.
Schedule:
Hosted Wine tasting 5-6pm
Artesa Winery
Panel Discussion 6-7:30
J.D. Beltran
Glen Helfand
Renny Pritikin
Tony Labat
Amy Berk
Hosted Bar 7-10
Blue Angel Vodka
Mejor Tequila
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Trumer Pils
Artesa Winery
Live Music 7:30-10
Holy Shit
Birds and Batteries
Passenger and Pilot
The SFAQ Symposium is free and open to the public.
Complementary food provided by Georges Restaurant
The symposium will feature a panel discussion with sought-after speakers,
artists, curators, educators, and art journalists and focus on the diverse
art movements that have grown from the cultural influences of San
Franciscoâs mission district, New Media and Latino Art to the âMission
Schoolâ. Led by J.D. Beltran, the chair of SFAIâs Post-Baccalaureate
Program and teacher of Critical and Urban Studies, New Genres, and Film;
the panel will feature Glen Helfand, Renny Pritikin, Tony Labat, and Amy
Berk.
J.D. Beltran
J. D. Beltran is chair of SFAIâs Post-Baccalaureate Program and teaches in
the Critical Studies and Urban Studies programs in SFAIâs School of
Interdisciplinary Studies as well as in the New Genres and Film departments
in SFAIâs School of Studio Practice. She holds an MFA from SFAI and a JD
from UC Berkeley. She is a conceptual artist, filmmaker, and writer
exploring the contexts, language, and scope of portraying a subject and
then mirroring it back. She received a 1999 Artadia award and was an
artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in
Maine. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis, SFMOMA, the Kitchen Gallery in New York City, the Singapore
Digital Mediafest, the Biennale for Electronic Arts in Perth, the 2006 and
2008 ZeroOne San Jose New Media Biennials, and Bay Area Now 2 at the Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts. In 2009, her public art project for the city of
San Jose was recognized as one of the best public artworks in the country
by Public Art Network. She writes a column, âArt and Culture Fix,â for the
online version of the San Francisco Chronicle. Beltran lives and works in
San Francisco
Glen Helfand
Glen Helfand is a freelance writer, critic, curator and teacher. His
writing on art, culture, design and technology, often concentrating on
works by Bay Area artists, has appeared in Artforum, Art on Paper, Salon,
SFGate, Wired, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and many other publications.
He's a co-founder of the Bay Area-based arts website, stretcher.org and has
curated exhibitions for the M.H. de Young Museum in San Francisco, the San
Jose Museum of Art and numerous alternative and commercial gallery spaces.
He has taught lecture and seminar courses on contemporary art at SFAI, San
Francisco State University, California College of the Arts, and Mills
College. He was a 2003 Artist-in-Residence at the Headlands Center for the
Arts in Marin.
Tony Labat
Tony Labat is Chair and associate professor in the New Genres department at
SFAI. He has been producing thought-provoking work in various media for
more than two decades. Dedicated to working in multiple disciplines with
each project, his art often combines elements of installation, sculpture,
performance and video. Labat's immigration to the United States from Cuba
at age 15 has had a profound influence on the many evolutions of his work.
Having exhibited at prestigious galleries and museums around the world,
Labat's work resides in a number of prominent collections and has received
several awards and grants, among them two from the National Endowment for
the Arts.
Amy Berk
Amy Berk uses an arte-povera mixture of minimalism and pop to address
issues of feminism, the natural vs. the synthetic, the organic, and the
sublime. Her work ranges in scope from very personal investigative
paintings, videos, and sculptures to collaborative public art projects such
as the Together We Can Defeat Capitalism project, which undertakes public
art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st century
capitalism. Berk has exhibited at many venues in the Bay Area and beyond,
including Center for the Arts, Museum of Folk and Craft Art, Southern
Exposure and scene/escena in San Francisco, the Oakland Museum, Traywick
Gallery, the Bedford Gallery, the Oakland Art Gallery, and the Magnes in
the East Bay, Kraushaar Gallery in NYC, and at the Museu du Republica in
Rio de Janeiro. She also co-founded and co-publishes stretcher.org
Renny Pritikin
Renny Pritikin is the Director of the Richard L. Nelson Gallery and the
Fine Arts Collection at the University of California, Davis. Pritikin was
named Chief Curator for all artistic programs (film/video,visual art,
performing arts, education) of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San
Francisco in January 1997 after serving as Director of the Visual Arts
Program since 1992. From 1979 to 1992 he served as Executive Director of
New Langton Arts in San Francisco, an alternative space internationally
renowned for its presentations of new visual art, interdisciplinary
performance, video, literature and music. Pritikin has curated numerous
exhibitions, and has authored catalogue essays and articles. Some of his
projects include: Alan Rath: Robot Dance and Other Sculpture; Bay Area Now,
a regional survey; Fred Tomaselli: The Urge to be Transported; Eight from
South Africa; The Art of Star Wars; Hall of Fame Hall of Fame; Don Ed Hardy
at the Cuenca Bienal; and You See.
Pritikin has been a frequent consultant for the National Endowment for the
Arts and the California Arts Council, and was a founder of the National
Association of Artists Organizations, and has also served on their Board of
Directors. As a writer he received the 1989 McCarron Fellowship for art
criticism, and has had three chapbooks of his poetry published, How We Talk
(Collective Foundation POD Press, 2007), All These Trees (e.g. Press,
Oakland, 1985) and Fourth Gear City Limits (Two Windows Press, Berkeley,
1976). In 1995 he received a United States Information Agency fellowship to
tour and lecture in Japan and the Koret Israel Prize, a fellowship to visit
Israel. In 1999 he travelled to Taiwan as a juror for the Ninth Annual
International Print and Drawing Biennale at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. In
2001 he was the curator chosen to represent the United States at the Cuenca
(Ecuador) Bienal, and in 2003 he lectured in three cities in New Zealand as
a Fulbright Fellow.
San Francisco Arts Quarterly MANIFESTO
The mission of the San Francisco Arts Quarterly is to provide the growing
arts community of San Francisco with a free publication aimed at enabling
galleries, artists, collectors, and the general public to connect and
network, facilitating the growth of San Francisco's art driven economy.
SFAQ is a newspaper and calendar that presents the public with a quarterly
update on art community events and offer insight into the current and
future state of a variety of arts throughout the city through a large
editorial section.
The SFAQ calendar is a user-friendly guide that contains a pullout San
Francisco MUNI map and a compilation of the various venues and spaces
within San Francisco. The calendar includes the most comprehensive
listings in print of openings, public events, performances, festivals,
screenings and releases featured at various educational facilities,
museums, established galleries, non-profit organizations, theaters, music
halls, and more with an emphasis on alternative venues and up and coming
spaces/galleries. SFAQ's calendar will expand the individuals' artistic
perspective in San Francisco and facilitate their connection to the various
events that are happening throughout the city.
Our diverse editorial section provides individuals with an in-depth look
into the various districts of San Francisco's multi-faceted arts
community. The publication is designed to inspire people to discover and
explore aspects of San Francisco and the Bay Area that they do not
typically experience, with the intention of unifying the varied areas into
one comprehensive artistic whole extending throughout the city.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - 200 Yards - A Photography Project
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Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13th, 6pm to 10pm
The exhibit runs through Friday, December 10th.
200 Yards, organized by Lightbox SF, is a photography exhibit series that
puts the focus on San Franciscoâs neighborhoods, 200 yards a time.
The concept is simple: A venue is selected, a 200-yard radius is mapped,
and a call is put out to photographers to explore the area and take
pictures of whatever catches their eye. Each photographer then selects
their best photos and submits them for possible inclusion in a photo
exhibit held at the originally selected center point.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Black Mesa Benefit Concert!
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Black Mesa Benefit!
Come enjoy the music of Phoenix,
Mana Maddy and Brother Paul of Antioquia,
Unity, and Kingman Lim!
Saturday night, November 13th
in Berkeley at the Art House Gallery
$10--$50 sliding scale
Black Mesa has one of the largest remaining coal deposits in the U.S. More
than 14,000 Dineâ (Navajo) people have been forcibly removed from their
ancestral homelands by the US Government working with Peabody Coal Company
to expand their mines into this sacred land.
Dineâ families are now in their THIRD DECADE resisting this travesty. Many
resisters are elderly and the winters can be very rough. With the guidance
of the Black Mesa elders, the aim of this benefit is to raise funds for
their priorities and to support a caravan of volunteers to chop and haul
firewood, do minor repair work, and help with sheep herding during the week
of Thanksgiving- right before the cold winter months arrive.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - A Call For Angels: Musical Benefit Featuring
Crystal Monee Hall
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Singer, songwriter, and Broadway star Crystal Monee Hall of 'Rent'
headlines a rockin musical benefit for Aidan Hurst-Hopf, a local 8 year-old
boy who needs Spina Bifida surgery available only in China. Joining Hall
will be prominent SF musician Rich Armstrong, Uriah Duffy (of Whitesnake),
alumni musicians from the Waldorf School of the Peninsula where Aidan
attends 2nd grade, and the Waldorf parent band Soul Providers. All proceeds
from this musical celebration and silent auction will go towards the
$68,000 needed for a specialized nerve rerouting surgery available only in
China, which will enable a normal life for this otherwise healthy and
beautiful child.
MORE INFO: Jennifer Hanlon ** http://aidansangels.chipin.com **
***@pacbell.net ** 408-313-5783 Presented by Aidan's Angels
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Alex Rosmarin: New Works
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Alex Rosmarin draws on his love of modern art, comics, traditional
figurative work and music to create beautifully balanced compositions. He
is a master of shape and color and the results are visual poems of urban
life, music inspired fantasies and the beauty of abstraction.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra Fall Concerts
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 05:30 PM PST
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Our end-of-season concert will be held at the architecturally spectacular
Mission Dolores chapel, San Francisco's oldest building.
Our theme is 'Air,' and it includes works by Corelli, King Crimson, and
Achille Bocus. We will also play Mendelssohn's Sechs Kinderstuecke (six
pieces for children).
The San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra is a plucked string orchestra with
20-25 members, playing instruments of the mandolin family (mandolin,
mandola and mandocello), as well as guitar, double bass, and harp. We
rehearse in San Francisco's Mission district on Sunday afternoons. For more
about our orchestra, or if you are interested in joining, visit our website
at www.sfmandolin.org.
MORE INFO: Sarah J. Bell, concertmaster ** http://www.sfmandolin.org **
***@sfmandolin.org ** 510-649-9519 Presented by San Francisco Mandolin
Orchestra
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Bust Magazine's Debbie Stoller at Writers
with Drinks!
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The Bay area's wildest spoken word event teaches you to knit, exposes the
homosexual agenda, and takes you riding with the Devil!
When: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM
Who: Richard Kadrey, Debbie Stoller, Deb Campo, Larry-Bob Roberts and
Indigo Moor
Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia, San
Francisco
How much: $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the CSC.
About the readers/performers:
Richard Kadrey's latest book is Kill The Dead, which was just named one of
the ten best science fiction/fantasy books of the year by Amazon.com. His
other books are Sandman Slim, Metrophage, Kamikaze L'Amour and Butcher
Bird: A Novel of the Dominion. Sandman Slim was listed as one of the best
paranormal fantasy novels of the past decade, and a feature film is in
development.
Debbie Stoller is the author of the Stitch'n'Bitch series of books. She's
also the co-founder, co-owner, and editor-in-chief of the third wave
feminist, popular culture magazine BUST. She's appeared on Politically
Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Roseanne Show, Good Morning America, The
Today Show, and NPRâs All Things Considered.
Larry-Bob Roberts is the author of The International Homosexual Conspiracy,
out now from Manic D Press. He's also the publisher of the zine Holy
Titclamps and the organizer, with Kirk Read, of the Smack Dab open mic at
the Magnet health center. He also compiles the Queer Things To Do event
listing for San Francisco.
Deb Campo made it to the finals of Nick at Nite's Funniest Mom in America 3
with Roseanne Barr. She's also toured with the nationally known comedy
troupes 'Three Blonde Moms' and 'Not Dead Yet.' She's performed at comedy
clubs coast to coast from Gotham, Carolines and Comic Strip Live in New
York to the Punch Line, Cobbs and the historic Purple Onion in San
Francisco. She is the creator and producer of 'Laugh Your Way To Love'.
Indigo Moor's books include Tap-Root and Through The Stonecutter's Window.
He won the 2009 Cave Canem Northwestern University Prize for a Second Book.
About Writers With Drinks:
Writers With Drinks has won 'Best Literary Night' from the SF Bay Guardian
readers' poll six years in a row and was named 'Best Literary Drinking' by
the SF Weekly. The spoken word 'variety show' mixes genres to raise money
for local worthy causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up
comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction,
erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format.
Hostess Charlie Jane Anders blogs about science fiction and futurism at
io9.com. She won the Emperor Norton Award for 'extraordinary invention and
creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason.' She's the
author of the Lambda Award-winning Choir Boy (2005 Soft Skull Press) and
the co-editor, with Annalee Newitz, of She's Such A Geek (Seal Press 2007).
She also published other magazine, which is on hiatus. Follow her on
Twitter as charliejane.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - 'Lets Get Schooled!" The Honor Roll:
Highlights from Six Months of Programming Screens at Oddball Films
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PST
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âLetâs Get Schooled!: The Honor Rollâ. Highlights from six months of
programming, curated by David Selsky. Forget those boring filmstrips you
saw in elementary school! Tonightâs program draws from some of the best
weird and wonderful educational films weâve screened over the past 6 months
from Oddballâs 50,000+ film archive, and features a wide variety of films
with learning as a focus that will inspire you, tickle your brain, and
provide you with enough kitschy pleasure for at least one weekend. Weâll
begin our journey with How to Use Classroom Films, a primer for teachers,
and from there weâll check out such films as The Man Who Made Millions
Think, a rare long-form commercial gem from the 1950s featuring Lee Harris,
king of hair products, giving an unbelievably passionate performance;
Dating Dos and Donâts, where we follow young Wally on his quest to find a
date for the carnival; Do I Want to Be A Secretary?, which finds Betty
considering her options after acing typing class; How Do They Make Playing
Cards?, with Woody Allen providing his own unique insight into the process;
What Are Animal Tails For?, one of the biggest hits of previous screenings
with rhymes by children that will stick in your head long after tonight;
Your New Job, wherein Rod Serling narrates a journey through the time and
space of a new office job; and two beautifully shot films about taking to
the sky, Our Modern Airport and Think of a Cloud, a beautiful and poetic
meditation on our fluffy friends.
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Let's Get Schooled!: Weird + Wonderful
Educational Short Films
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PST
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Highlights from six months of programming, curated by David Selsky.
Forget those boring filmstrips you saw in elementary school! Tonightâs
program draws from some of the best weird and wonderful educational films
weâve screened over the past 6 months from Oddballâs 50,000+ film archive,
and features a wide variety of films with learning as a focus that will
inspire you, tickle your brain, and provide you with enough kitschy
pleasure for at least one weekend.
Weâll begin our journey with How to Use Classroom Films, a primer for
teachers, and from there weâll check out such films as The Man Who Made
Millions Think, a rare long-form commercial gem from the 1950s featuring
Lee Harris, king of hair products, giving an unbelievably passionate
performance; Dating Dos and Donâts, where we follow young Wally on his
quest to find a date for the carnival; Do I Want to Be A Secretary?, which
finds Betty considering her options after acing typing class; How Do They
Make Playing Cards?, with Woody Allen providing his own unique insight into
the process; What Are Animal Tails For?, one of the biggest hits of
previous screenings with rhymes by children that will stick in your head
long after tonight; Your New Job, wherein Rod Serling narrates a journey
through the time and space of a new office job; and two beautifully shot
films about taking to the sky, Our Modern Airport and Think of a Cloud, a
beautiful and poetic meditation on our fluffy friends.
ADMISSION: $10.00
RSVP Only to: 415-558-8117 or ***@oddballfilm.com
Web http://www.oddballfilm.com/oddballftp/Lets_Get_Schooled_7.pdf
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - CABARET PERILOUS!
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A Heart-Stopping Jubilee of Danger + Desire, featuring captivating Variety
Entertainments provided by...
Displayed Labors Sideshow!
Pole-Dancer Kara Nova!
Acrobats Ladybug + Crow!
Songstress Casey Castille!
The New Eccentrics!
Madam Chartreuse!
Bunny Pistol!
Oleeander Moon!
J.D. Limelight!
Jellyfish Kiss Burlesque!
Zip the What-Is-It?!
plus!
Live from Eastbania! Musical Guests,
THE BROTHERS HORSE!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brothers-Horse/132213107364
Hosted by Sideshow Eddie
+The Hubba Hubba Go-Go Dancers!
www.uptownnightclub.com
www.hubbahubbarevue.com
HELP SPREAD THE WORD, Y'ALL!
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Saturday, 13 November, 2010 - Global Cool(er) After-Party for Do-Gooders
with Bill Nye
Posted: 13 Nov 2010 07:00 PM PST
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DOING GOOD IS SEXY...especially when fueled by live DJâs, green
celebrities, an exceptionally stocked bar and more:
http://chabotspace.org/cooler.htm.
This swanky $40+ fundraiser gets you:
- Live music sets by San Francisco DJ Collective and Burning Man
favorite-Space Cowboys, featuring: Mancub, Brad Robinson, 8ball, Shissla
and TBD.
...- NEW! Billâs Climate Lab exhibition unveiling with Bill Nye the Science
Guy (in the flesh), stirring things up
- Delectable sushi + Indian chaat, luscious specialty drinks, and more!
- 350.org's 10/10/10 Film Premiere
- Mona Lisa Jazz, featuring musicians from Sila + the Afro-Funk Experience
- Impressive views overlooking the bay and stars above
Space is limited and ticket price increases at the door. Help education and
climate science in a big bad (innovative) way.
DO IT TO IT, SEXY DO-GOODER and buy tickets directly at:
http://chabotspace.org/cooler.htm.
If you canât come, consider becoming a Zero Carbon Donor. Get on the inside
track to discovery and innovation in educationâŠall from the comfort of your
computer. Donate. Stay Home. Zero Carbon:
http://www.chabotspace.org/annual-fund.htm
If interested in our Global Cool Gala, visit:
http://www.chabotspace.org/global-cool.htm.
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - Big Year Takes Least Tern to Great Rewards
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Help the Wild Equity Institute prepare habitat for the California Least
Tern nesting season with Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge. Meet at
the main refuge gate at the northwest corner of the former Alameda Naval
Air Station, Monarch Street, Building 22, Alameda, CA 94501. Part of the
Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, a competition to
see and save endangered species. RSVP Required: Please RSVP within the trip
info: http://wildequity.org/events/3154.
The Golden Gate National Parks contains more endangered species than any
other National Park in continental North America. This is certainly cause
for celebration, but also for concern. Take part in the 2010 GGNP
Endangered Species Big Year and get to know these species while helping
them recover. It is free. For more information go to http://wildequity.org
and see the calendar for upcoming Big Year trips and activities.
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - The Watersheds of Laguna Honda Walking Tour
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Did you know that Stow Lake and Laguna Honda are in the same watershed? Did
you know that there were four other lakes in that watershed?
Well, then, it's time for another water-related tour! We'll meet at the Tea
Garden in Golden Gate Park and walk up 7th Avenue to explore the Laguna
Honda watershed's strange and little-known history.
There's never been a tour like this, so RSVP for the debut by calling
415-564-4107 to reserve a spot, or email ***@natureinthecity.org. Details
at http://natureinthecity.org/TREKS.php
This new Nerdy Tour for San Franciscans is led by Thinkwalks' Joel
Pomerantz, and is hosted by Nature in the City.
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - Where Are Latin American Freedom Struggles
Today?
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Gogol, who lives in Mexico City and is author of The Concept of Other in
Latin American Liberation, has recently returned from a trip to South
America. He spoke with activists in Bolivia on the revolutionary
processes unfolding there, participated in the Social Forum of the
Americas in Paraguayâwhere activists from throughout South America shared
experiences and ideas from their respective countries and social
movementsâand organized a three-day seminar on âThe Dialectic in Latin
Americaâ with activist-thinkers in Argentina. In Mexico, he works with
adherents to the Otra Campaña, one of the important networks of activists
associated with the Zapatistas and Indigenous communities in Chiapas.
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - Elana Jagoda Family Concert
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Come to a rockin' family concert filled with soulful and innovative Jewish
music. Cantorial soloist Elana Jagoda brings a new dimension to the genre
by blending her energetic folk-rock vibe with spirituality and a passion
for world music.
To learn more about Jagoda and her Zum Gali Band, please visit
www.zumgali.com
MORE INFO: http://www.paloaltojcc.org ** ***@paloaltojcc.org **
650-233-8700 Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - PENNY POTLATCH PARADE + AUTUMNAL SARTORIAL
EXTRAVAGANZA
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Join us for this our 19th (mostly) annual autumnal ritual of abundance
where we throw our money away! Give people a penny for their
thoughts, 'spare change' the passers-by (offering, of course), walk down
Haight St singing 'Pennies from Heaven' while scattering the same, leaving
lucky Pennies for folks to find. But save enough pennies to ride the
carousel in Golden Gate Park! Be a tap dancing copper-clad Busby Berkeley
showgirl/boy, or whatever you want. 'G' rated family friendly fun.
Bring your Penny Jar!
Dress: Autumnal, Monetary, or Copper is always socially correct.
Hosted by Peter Copperseed
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - Meet the Director: Ferzan Ozpetek in
conversation with Rod Armstrong
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The Italian Cultural Institute welcomes you to a special event with
acclaimed filmmaker Ferzan Ozpetek, director of New Italian Cinema's
Opening Night film 'Loose Cannons'. He will be interviewed by Rod
Armstrong, programmer for the San Francisco Film Society.
At the Italian Cultural Institute, 814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
RSVP to 415.788.7142 ext. 18.
For further information, visit:
http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=542
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Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - Radical Light: 1980-1989
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Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area
1980â1989
Artists in Person
The 1980s was a period of rebirth for personal experimental cinema in the
Bay Area, with many filmmakers carrying seminal artistic traditions into
new territory. Subjective vision, celluloid materiality, irreverent
spontaneity, found footage, formal exploration, and social critique were
reclaimed and often combined, distinctively and expressively, into single
films. This program includes the post-Brakhagian intimacy of Peter
Herwitzâs The Mysterious Barricades; the devil-may-care silliness of Rock
Rossâs Vespucciland: The Great and Free; Gunvor Nelsonâs witty conundrum,
Field Study #2; and Mark Streetâs mesmerizing industrial film
deconstruction, Winterwheat. It ranges from Charles Wrightâs ecstatic
collage of image and sound spaces, Sorted Details, to the stinging
critiques of homophobia in Jerry Tartagliaâs Ecce Homo and the trauma of
women giving birth in Janis Crystal Lipzinâs Other Reckless Things. Also
featured are Nina Fonoroffâs devastating evocation of a mind divided
against itself, Department of the Interior; Chuck Hudinaâs elegiac and
beautiful street portrait, On the Corner; and Lynn Marie Kirbyâs brief but
deeply resonant personal narrative, Across the Street.
The Mysterious Barricades (Peter Herwitz, 1987, 8 mins, Silent, Color,
Super 8, From artist). Winterwheat (Mark Street, 1989, 8 mins, Color).
Sorted Details (Charles Wright, 1980, 13 mins, Color). Vespucciland: The
Great and Free (Rock Ross, 1982, 3 mins, Color/B+W, From artist). Field
Study # 2 (Gunvor Nelson, 1988, 8 mins, Color). On The Corner (Chuck
Hudina, 1983, 5 mins Silent, B+W). Across The Street (Lynn Marie Kirby,
1982, 3 mins, Color). Department of the Interior (Nina Fonoroff, 1986, 8.5
mins, B+W). Ecce Homo (Jerry Tartaglia, 1989, 7 mins B+W/Color, From
artist). Other Reckless Things (Janis Crystal Lipzin, 1984, 20 mins, Color).
⢠(Total running time: 84 mins, 16mm, From Canyon Cinema, unless indicated
otherwise)
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Monday, 15 November, 2010 - Creative Commons Salon: The Promises and
Pitfalls of Personalized Medecine
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The sequencing of the human genome 10 years ago brought us into a new era
in life sciences. The genomic era brings with it tremendous insight into
human health and also what the lead scientist on the project, Francis
Collins, calls 'the radical ethic of immediate data deposit' because the
human genome data was shared and easily accessible to all. What promises
does this new era hold? What steps must be taken to ensure that the ethic
of sharing and remixing data is maintained? How do we increase the odds
that the shared data we do have translates into products that save lives?
What does privacy look like when an individual's DNA is the basis for a
personalized health approach and for medical research? Join us as we tackle
these timely and often controversial questions and more at the next CC
Salon.
Our panelists for the evening include:
Linda Avey, Founder and President of Brainstorm Research Foundation, a
âResearch 2.0â initiative focused on developing virtual, consumer-centric
models for measuring and tracking cognitive health. In 2006 Ms. Avey
co-founded 23andMe, Inc., a personal genetics company enabling consumer
access to customized, web-based health and ancestry information based on
individual DNA profiling.
Thomas Goetz, executive editor of WIRED Magazine (nominated for 18 National
Magazine Awards, has won nine times), and author of the new book The
Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized
Medicine. Former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler calls the book 'a game
changer,' and Dr. Dean Ornish says that Goetz âwrites more clearly and
presciently about the future of healthcare than anyone on the planet.â
John Wilbanks, Creative Commons' Vice President of Science. He came to
Creative Commons from a Fellowship at the World Wide Web Consortium in
Semantic Web for Life Sciences. Prior to working at CC, he founded and led
to acquisition Incellico, a bioinformatics company that built semantic
graph networks for use in pharmaceutical research + development, and was
also the first Assistant Director at the Berkman Center for Internet and
Society at Harvard Law School.
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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010 - DEEP DOWN - Film Screening
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Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, Beverly May and
Terry Ratliff find themselves at the center of a contentious community
battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine.
Deep Down puts a human face on the consequences of our environmental impact.
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Check In Here: The intersection of
hyperlocal and mobile
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:30 AM PST
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The hot property for 2010 is the hyperlocal, social check-in service. More
than just an app, these services provide restaurant reviews, tips, flash
meet-ups, and social network updates, as well as advertising and coupon
platforms. These amazing apps have mashed-up some of the hottest mobile
topics of 2009 into single services like Gowalla, FourSquare and more. This
disrupts sectors previous dominated by players like Loopt, Yelp, loyalty
programs, and directories, and is now about to be itself disrupted by
Facebook. How will this scene play out, what will change, and who is going
to win?
Review agenda and register: http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/EVENT/MF_checkin
MORE INFO: Stephanie Owyoung **
http://telecomcouncil.cvent.com/EVENT/MF_checkin **
***@telecomcouncil.com ** 408-834-7933 Presented by Telecom Council
of Silicon Valley
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Redmond Kernan Lecture: El Polin and the
Mexican Presidio
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Join archaeologists from the Presidio Trust and Sonoma State University for
a discussion of exciting new discoveries near El Polin Springs, and what
these finds reveal about one of San Franciscoâs earliest settlements at a
time when the Mexican flag flew over the Presidio.
The Redmond Kernan Lecture is presented annually by the Presidio Trust
board of directors and the Presidio Historical Association. It honors the
late Redmond Kernan, a former Army officer and long-time Presidio advocate.
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Author Peter Lovenheim: 'In the Neighborhood'
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Shocked by a murder-suicide on his street, journalist Peter Lovenheim
resolves to break down the barriers isolating him from his neighbors. He
invites himself to sleep over at their houses to answer a thought-provoking
question: do neighborhoods matter, and is something lost when we live as
strangers next door?
Lovenheim has written for the New York Times, USA Today and New York
Magazine and has appeared on NPR, Larry King Radio and more than 50 other
radio and TV programs. The screen rights to 'In the Neighborhood: The
Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time' were
recently purchased by Julia Robert's production company.
MORE INFO: Jen Landucci ** http://www.paloaltojcc.org **
***@paloaltojcc.org ** 650-223-8664 Presented by The Oshman Family
JCC
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Some Kind of Beautiful Signal Book Launch
and Party in San Francisco
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⢠Book launch party with translators Kurt Beals, Sarah Valentine, Joel
Streicker, and Katherine Silver
⢠Presented by the Center for the Art of Translation at Chronicle Books
⢠680 2nd St, a 10-minute walk from Montgomery BART
⢠Wednesday, November 17, starts 7:30 pm
⢠Sliding scale; suggested donation $10
⢠Coming? Let us know on Facebook
You don't want to miss the Center's big annual party! Come join us as we
celebrate the release of Some Kind of Beautiful Signal, our new anthology
of international literature!
It all happens at Chronicle Books in downtown San Francisco. There'll be
great food and great wine, plus plenty of literary conversation. Readings
by translators Kurt Beals, Sarah Valentine, Joel Streicker, and Katherine
Silver.
Contact: ***@catranslation.org
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Nerd Nite SF #6: Penguins, Martian
Magnetosphere, and the Clap
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Nerd Nite: where nerds and non-nerds alike gather to meet, drink, and learn
something new! This month, we have presentations on the quirks of Marsâs
magnetosphere, the peculiarities of those adorable penguins, and a history
of not-so-adorable gonorrhea. âOoohs,â âAwwws,â and âEwwwsâ will abound.
Sponsored by the Science Channel. Be there and be square!
âMarsâs Lumpy Bumpy Neato Magneto(sphero)â
by Dave Brain (yes, 'Dr. Brain' is his real name...), planetary space
physicist @ UC Berkeley
âPenguins: The True Chicken of the Seaâ
by Brooke Weinstein, aquatic biologist @ the California Academy of Sciences
âThe Perilous Infirmity of Burning: the History of Neisseria Gonorrheaâ
by D Muthulingam, med student @ UCSF
DJ Alpha Bravo will spin an eclectic array of nerdy tunes themed around our
presenter's topics.
Nerd Nite â âItâs like the Discovery Channel⊠with beer!â
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Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 - Smack Dab open mic featuring Larry-bob
Roberts
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:00 PM PST
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Smack Dab open mic
hosted by Kirk Read and Larry-bob Roberts
Featured reader Larry-bob Roberts brings the spirit of Do It Yourself
creativity to the queer world. Writing about his new book from Manic D
Press, 'The International Homosexual Conspiracy,' the SF Weekly called
him 'the Stephen Colbert of queer culture.' He started the zine Holy
Titclamps in 1989, and for over a decade has maintained the SF Bay Area
queer cultural calendar Queer Things To Do aka SFQueer.com. He is Kirk
Read's regular co-host at Smack Dab.
All ages. Open mic signup at 7:30 pm.
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010 - San Francisco World Photography Festival
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4 day festival and exhibition - Nov 18-21 (11/19-21 10 am-7 pm)
The festival (talks, workshops, portfolio
reviews, book signings and events led by renowned industry experts) and
exhibitions will commence on Thursday evening, November 18, with an opening
event and a showcase of the winning images from the 2010 Sony World
Photography Awards, work from the World Photography Student Focus program,
images from âA Photo Pledge for Childrenâs Rightsâ Award (benefitting
UNICEF), the Lifetime Achievement exhibition awarded to acclaimed Magnum
photographer Eve Arnold this year, and a special selection of past U.S.
winning and commended Sony World Photography Awards images. Experts
include Elliott Erwitt, Ken Light, Andy Katz, Brian Smith, Cay Lang, Zelda
Cheatle, and many more.
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010 - Nov 18-20; Cynthia Hopkins: The Success of
Failure (or, The Failure of Success)
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Cynthia Hopkins:
The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success)
Thu, Nov 18-Sat, Nov 20, 8pm: The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of
Success)
Fri, Nov 19: Post-show Q+A with the artist
Sat, Nov 20, 2pm: Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins and Erika Chong Shuch
âPart Bob Dylan, part Louise Brooks⊠she might remind you of another Cindy
as she tries on personas as disparate as an old Korean sage and an
astronaut.â - Annie-B Parsons, Bomb Magazine
âCynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her workâŠ
transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition.â - Joseph
Alexiou, New York Press
Writer-composer-performer Cynthia Hopkins is dedicated to creating
groundbreaking, original, multimedia music-theater works that meld
unbelievable fact with outrageous fiction, stimulating the senses while
enlivening the mind. The third and final installment of her acclaimed
Accidental Trilogy, The Success of Failure (or, The Failure of Success) is
an epic folk tale and musical journey set in the far distant future,
depicting the saga of a secret mission to save the universe. Blending fact
and fantasy, Hopkins wraps herself inside this outrageous sci-fi fairy tale
to reveal the real story about the mother she lost, her battle with
addiction and her own heroic survival. Once again teaming up with
designers Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg, and director D.J. Mendel, Hopkins
delivers a deeply personal and moving conclusion to her Accidental Trilogy,
a spellbinding, intergalactic adventure told through her signature hybrid
of storytelling forms, including mind-boggling and often humorous text,
heart-wrenching songs, innovative orchestral elements and immersive
videoscapes.
Artist Talk: Cynthia Hopkins + Erika Chong Shuch
FREE w/ RSVP
Join us in a conversation between two artists who delve deeply into the
stories of their own lives to create powerful work. YBCA brings together
Cynthia Hopkins, the New York writer-composer-performer with San
Franciscoâs own Erika Shuch. Cynthia will discuss her work The Success of
Failure (or, The Failure of Success), the third of a
autobiographically-based trilogy that is part outrageous sci-fi fairy tale
and part personal story about the mother she lost, her battle with
addiction and her own heroic survival. Both artists will speak to the
process of mining and crafting personal source material into a performance
piece and invite audiences to a Q+A.
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010 - Brian Godchaux and Sandy Rothman LIVE @ The
Eagle Tavern / A fundraiser for The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair
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Performing Live @ The Eagle Tavern
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
The Swamees / 12:10
Brian Godchaux and Sandy Rothman / 11:05
Greg Dale / 10:00
Bay Area musicians Brian Godchaux and Sandy Rothman
~will be performing an acoustic set at the benefit concert for the
Haight-Ashbury Street Fair
On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
at The Eagle Tavern, 398 12th Street, in San Francisco.
Also on the line-up for the HASF Benefit Show are
The Swamees
A Louisiana swampland influenced Psychedelic Rock band
And Greg Dale
A popular and veteran San Francisco musician with a Misery Blues repertoire
Brian Godchaux was a principle songwriter and vocalist for the âHeart of
Gold Bandâ CD; played violin and toured with the Dan Hicks bands âAcoustic
Warriorsâ and the âHot Licksâ for over 17 years; composed songs for Keith +
Donna Godchaux and The Jerry Garcia Band.
Sandy Rothman is one of the Bay Areaâs top Bluegrass artists and has
performed with many bluegrass legends such as Bill Monroe, Earl Taylor, Red
Allen, Jimmie Skinner, Larry Sparks and Clarence White. He also performed
and produced the 1988 âAlmost Acousticâ album by The Jerry Garcia Acoustic
Band.
The Haight-Ashbury Street Fair is a non-profit organization that has been
producing the annual street fair in the Haight for the past 33 years.
Proceeds from this benefit will help raise funds for its June, 2011, street
festival.
Doors open at 8:00 pm and the show begin at 9:00 pm.
Admission is $5-$10 at the door.
For more information on the benefit or HASF contact Robert M.Leon at
***@haightashburystreetfair.org or (415) 933-5116
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010 - Electronic Musicircus @ CCRMA
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Please join us for an evening of musical performances and sound
installations at CCRMA, the Center for Computer Research in Music and
Acoustics at Stanford University. The concert will feature works of all
types staged throughout the building in the character of a John Cage
Musicircus. The audience will be encouraged to amble through the building
with refreshments in hand and enjoy the many colors of CCRMA musicianship.
On the menu: live-electronics, analog synths, beat-oriented live sets,
sound installations, iPad demos, elevator music, broken pianos, video and
tape pieces... come check it out!
from Wikipedia:
Musicircus (1967) simply invites the performers to assemble and play
together. The first Musicircus featured multiple performers and groups in a
large space who were all to commence and stop playing at two particular
time periods, with instructions on when to play individually or in groups
within these two periods. The result was a mass superimposition of many
different musics on top of one another as determined by chance
distribution, producing an event with a specifically theatric feel.
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Friday, 19 November, 2010 - Radical ***@TE: Performance Anxiety
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Life is a stage, but life with images is a performance. Nao Bustamente has
a rep for off-kilter performances that have an edge of spoofy menace.
Bustamenteâs most recent large-scale undertaking, Silver + Gold, has her
cross-dressing as legendary filmmaker Jack Smith and his molten muse Maria
Montez. Projected video serves as a passageway between realms of
enchantment. Conceptualist Jonathan Keats feels that plants should travel
just like the rest of us. To provide that thrill, heâs made Strange Skies,
a moody montage of Italian skies for the stay-at-home shrub. Sound
improviser Theresa Wong will perform the score live, with flourishes just
for the gathered foliage. In 1975, Daryl Sapien (with Michael Hinton)
erected a thirty-five-foot wood pole in Gallery B, ascended the hefty post,
and then drove in wedges as he descended. Splitting the Axis had video
cameras and monitors positioned around the galleryâs ramps to provide a
dislocated view. Sapien will place monitors along those same ramps,
recreating Splitting the Axis, now dislocated by decades.
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Friday, 19 November, 2010 - Carl Theodor Dreyer Film Series: 'Medea' (Lars
von Trier)
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Made for Danish television, Lars von Trier's Medea belongs to an early,
pre-Dogma phase of his career, in which this vastly talented and infinitely
perverse filmmaker was just becoming acquainted with the visual
possibilities of video. Using a script that [âŠ] Dreyer adapted from
Euripides (with the collaboration of Preben Thomsen) but never filmed, Mr.
von Trier warms instantly to Medea, the original scorned woman whom hell
hath no fury like. Abandoned by Jason (Udo Kier), the adventurer she helped
with her black magic and violent will, Medea now turns her thoughts to
revenge. Using a soft-focus, high-contrast photographic style that converts
the smeary shortcomings of analog video into something approaching the
fading tints and exaggerated grain of a too-often-duplicated silent film,
Mr. von Trier places his heroine in a swampy, shifting world of burbling
water and reedy, spiky plants, which Medea harvests to create her potions.
No admirer of Mr. von Trier's work should miss this compelling rarity.âDave
Kehr, New York Times
⢠Written by Von Trier, Preben Thomsen, from an original script by Carl Th.
Dreyer. Photographed by Sejr Brockmann. With Kirsten Olesen, Udo Kier,
Henning Jensen, Preben Lerdoff Rye. (76 mins, In Danish with English
subtitles, Color, DigiBeta, From Danish Film Institute)
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Peter Pay Weekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach
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Peter Pan Weekend
November 20 - 21
J. M. Barrie's little boy who never grew up is the celebration this
weekend. Come enjoy Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys and all the
magic moments of this children's classic. Anyone in a Peter Pan character
costume wins an instant prize
The special events of Peter Pan 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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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Life on Edge: Coastal Hike to See and Save
Endangered Species
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Join local naturalist Matt Zlatunich on a 5-mile hike along the edge of the
North American continent. Weâll discover San Franciscoâs beautiful habitats
and learn about the endangered species that call the area home. Weâll
search for Marbled Murrelet, Western Snowy Plover, San Francisco Lessingia,
Humpback Whale and Southern Sea Otter. Bring food and water. Part of the
Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, a competition to
win $1,000 while seeing and saving the Parkâs endangered species. RSVP
Required: Please RSVP within the trip info:
http://wildequity.org/events/3155. Meet at the Baker Beach north parking
lot, Baker Beach, San Francisco, CA 94129.
The Golden Gate National Parks contains more endangered species than any
other National Park in continental North America. This is certainly cause
for celebration, but also for concern. Take part in the 2010 GGNP
Endangered Species Big Year and get to know these species while helping
them recover. It is free. For more information go to http://wildequity.org
and see the calendar for upcoming Big Year trips and activities.
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - KSW presents: BEYOND SURFACE Artist Talk
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Go in depth with artists Jacqueline Gordon, Christine Nguyen, Imin Yeh,
Jasmin Lim and Michael Namkung along with curator Lucy Kalyani Lin as they
discuss the concepts and processes behind the artwork in KSW's exhibition,
Beyond Surface.
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Book Launch--Lust for Justice, Meet Tony
Serra and Paulette Frankl
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LUST FOR JUSTICE: The Radical Life and Law of J. Tony Serra (Isbn #
0-615-38683-0) is the first and only book to appear about San Franciscoâs
charismatic counter culture lawyer, acclaimed one of the ten top criminal
defense lawyers of the century. His long career has made him an icon of the
underdog and a champion of civil rights leaders, a hero to some, a
trickster to others, always a force to be reckoned with in court. Get the
inside scoop on law through the eyes of one of its greatest practitioners
in this newly-released biography.
Serraâs successful defense of Black Panther leader Huey Newton launched him
into the orb of great criminal defense lawyers. His cases are the subject
of the Hollywood film âTrue Believerâ and TV docudramas. His tax issues
with the IRS landed him in Lompoc Prison Camp for 10 months, which he
chronicled in essays and poetry sampled in this book.
Meet Tony Serra and author/artist Paulette Frankl at the book launch from
5:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at the San Francisco Fort
Mason Center, Room C-370. Books as well as signed courtroom art in
original and print form will be available. More about LUST FOR JUSTICE can
be seen at www.lustforjustice.net
This book took seventeen years to come to fruition. Frankl spent over a
decade in and out of the courtroom with Serra in order to know her subject
in depth.
Book Launch
Lust for Justice: The Radical Life and Law of J. Tony Serra
Saturday November 20, 2010
5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Fort Mason Center, Room C-370
San Francisco 94123
Wheelchair accessible.
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Biosynthesis
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Biosynthesis new works by Yellena James and installation by Pete Belkin
Opening: November 2o, 2010, from 6-10pm.
Showing through: January 1, 2011
Gallery Hijinks presents Biosynthesis a collection of new works by Yellena
James and installations by Pete Belkin. Together the artists will transform
the space with saturated color mixed with organic forms and light. This
exhibit will entice the viewer to explore the intricate and delicate forms
that twist and float in the artists alluring ecosystem. Please join us for
the opening reception on November 20, 2010, from 6-10pm.
Yellena Jamesâ colorful arrangements of organic shapes and tangled lines
are at once floral and alien, organic and sci-fi. She creates each intimate
world with pens, inks, markers and acrylics, which possess their own ethos
and special ability to radiate emotion. By adding tiny little details in a
sort of compulsive meditation, her ethereal places are hauntingly familiar
and yet hypnotically exotic.
Yellena James grew up and attended art school in Sarajevo, Bosnia. At the
age of 18 she moved to the U.S. After gaining her BA in painting and
graphic design at UCF, she moved to Portland, OR. where she currently
resides.
Pete Belkin brings natural forms into hard-edged empty spaces. The
visceral explosion of color and mass in his installation morphs Gallery
Hijinks both internally and architecturally. His interested in the effects
of color and light on the psyche has inspired him to build psychoactive
environments and explore natural phenomena. Through painting, sculpture and
mixed media installation, he investigates the human relationship to the
natural world.
Peter Belkin was born in Moscow, Russia into a family of microbiologists.
In 2010 he received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work
has been exhibited both locally as well as Internationally.
Biosynthesis opens November 20, 2010 and will be on display until January
8, 2011 and is open to the public. For more information on the exhibit or
featured artists please visit galleryhijinks.com or email
***@galleryhijinks.com.
Provided bellow is a link to images:
http://bit.ly/dtvMD5
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School
Benefit Event @ Skylark Bar
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PARTIDO LOCO--cartel de super lujo
Join us for an amazing evening of entertainment and fun to benefit The
Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School.
Comedian ALEX KOLL and live music by BIAS TAPE and DANIEL DURRETT.
Music, Dancing, Raffle, Pancho Villa Taco Bar + more Yummy Stuff, Wrestling
Holds Photo Booth (with real pro wrestlers!)
A big thank you to: Southern Wine and Spirits, Bison Brewery, Svedka and
Red Bull
www.skylarkbar.com www.hacns.com $5, 21+
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - Celebrate People's History
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Book release party, poster exhibit and artist panel. Since 1998, Celebrate
Peopleâs History has been using posters to document social justice
movements. A complete set of these posters has just been published as a
book. The event includes a poster exhibit, artists signing books and a
panel with historian Lincoln Cushing and artist Favianna Rodriguez.
Admission is free, but donations benefit author Josh MacPhee and his
partner, Dara Greenwald, who is battling cancer.
Published by Feminist Press
Additional information and image can be seen at this link.
http://arthazelwood.com/temporary/cphistory.html
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010 - fabrications - Artwork by Pheonix Zoellick +
Emma Sancartier
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Mission: Comics + Art is proud to present - âfabricationsâ: a two-person
show featuring the artwork of Emma Sancartier and Phoenix Zoellick, both
San Francisco Bay Area based artists. Emma Sancartier and Phoenix
Zoellick's illustration work comes together to bring you this frenetically
fabulous, morbidly curious collection of myths, tales and creatures from
the unknown!
fabrications - Artwork by Pheonix Zoellick + Emma Sancartier
Showing: Nov. 20th - Dec. 15th
Opening Reception: Nov. 20th - 7:00pm
Emma grew up in Northern Ontario and studied illustration in Toronto at the
Ontario College of Art and Design. She now lives and works in a little
house in the forest south of San Francisco. Inspired by nature and stories
from mythology and fairy tales, she creates her work in pen and ink and
watercolor. 'The World is Your Oyster' is her fist published children's
book, and she is currently working on several new projects., including her
series of OddFAUNA little creatures.
Pheonix is originally from Boulder, Colorado and graduated from the the
Maine Collage of Art. Now in San Francisco, she has shiffted from making
serious âdeep, meaningfulâ work that âhad a stick up its overly-conceptual
behindâ, to now creating work that is FUN and as she says âFun to make, and
hopefully fun to look at, with a little depth and meaning thrown in for,
um, fun.â But even with all this fun, Pheonix had the time win Fluevog
shoeâs design competition this past Spring, and had her artwork featured in
a international print magazine advertising campaign. Her influences include
tattoos, pop culture and fairy tales. Sheâs also rather fond of fat little
birds and glitter, lots of glitter.
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Monday, 22 November, 2010 - S.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
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âS.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.â is a program of short films combining environmental
topics with D.I.Y. surrealism, selected by artist/curator Billy Miller. The
title âSolutionâ refers to both the idea of reconciliation and a chemical
state of suspension.
This collection presents a wide range of approaches. Included in the
program; cult musician/artist Genesis P. Orridgeâs âEva Adolf Braun Hitlerâ
(which proposes that Eva Braun and the famous dictator are the same person
and have been living in a basement in Williamsburg NY since WW2 !),
filmmaker Ashleigh Nankivellâs âHelping Johnny Rememberâ which deftly
portrays the sexual violence lurking beneath the surface of childrenâs
games, artist Jonah Freemanâs untitled short which feels like a Chinatown
accupressure video gone haywire, master collagist Lewis Klahrâs âFalse
Agingâ evoking the bittersweet passing of time through deft use of montage,
Lisa Kirkâs mock perfume commercial âRevolutionâ that presents a pipe bomb
as luxury item, Janie Geiserâs âGhost Algebraâ which takes the viewer on an
animated journey through the use of found objects and medical illustrations
to find the original meaning of the word âalgebraâ, Larry Carlsonâs
âContact The Star Peopleâ that puts the viewer in a trance via the marriage
of trippy music and visuals, Justin Loweâs âMoreâ which traces the graceful
movement of a killer whale as it (psychedelically) travels through the
water, Fritz Haegâs short video telling the story of one manâs attempts to
save the European Kingfisher bird, and finally we get a peek at Florent
Tillonâs âDetroit Wildlifeâ that shows the ghosts of that cityâs past as
well as a glimpse of itâs possible future. Also on tap are a few surprises
that youâll have to be there to experience (donât worry, itâs painless).
Total duration of program: 1 hour, 15 minutes.
An evening of fun for all⊠relax and float downstream!
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Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 - San Francisco Green Film Festival Screening
and Launch Party
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San Francisco Green Film Festival Screening and Launch Party
6:00 - 7:00pm Drinks and networking
7:00 - 9:00pm Film screening: a lively selection of short films and
trailers for the upcoming SF Green Film Festival, including:
THE KRILL IS GONE
Matt Briggs, USA, 4 mins
Winner, Best Animated Film, BLUE Ocean Film Festival 2010
DARK SIDE OF THE LENS
Mickey Smith, UK, 6 mins
Winner, Best Short Film, New York Surf Film Festival 2010
DIVE!
Jeremey Seifert, USA , 44 mins
Winner of too many festival awards to mention here! Inspired by a curiosity
about our country's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills,
the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert
and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage
receptacles of Los Angeles' supermarkets. In the process, they salvage
thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food - resulting in an inspiring
documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call
to action.
TICKETS:
The suggested donation is $10-$20. All proceeds will help bring films and
filmmakers to the first-ever festival in March 2011. Space is very limited
so please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Thank you for
your support!
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Wednesday, 01 December, 2010 - Silicon Valley Rocks! 2010
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Tech professionals by day, rockers by night â on December 1, 2010 at the
Great American Music Hall, they will pick up their instruments, venture
onto the big stage, and let their alter egos shine⊠for a good cause and
the love of music. Silicon Valley Rocks 2010 (year 3!) will bring together
the Valleyâs tech community â from VCs and entrepreneurs to bloggers and
software developers â to raise money for Music in Schools Today (MuST), a
Bay Area non-profit that seeks to rescue school music programs from budget
cuts. Last year, we raised over $30,000. This year, our goal is to raise
over $50,000.
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Thursday, 02 December, 2010 - Photography Exhibition: Reprise: Favorite
Photographs
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A selection of the most popular images from past exhibitions and the
Gallery collection. Featuring works by: Bill Heick, Imogen Cunningham,
Robert Doisneau, Judy Dater, Aaron Siskind, Helen Levitt, Michael Kenna,
Gerald Ratto, Lucien Clergue, Rebecca Martinez, James Bidgood, George Platt
Lynes, Mole + Thomas, Karl Struss, Oliver Gagliani and others.
December 2 - February 26, 2011.
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Friday, 03 December, 2010 - CAROL INEZ CHARNEY: Recent Work
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Carol Inez Charney approaches photography with the sensibility of an
abstract painter: she works in large formats, focusing on color,
composition, and light. In her newest series of work, she âpaintsâ with
vibrant digital color over a grid of architectural photograhy shot this
year, mainly in Los Angles and New York.
The filters of moving water that she builds into the surface are her way of
bringing gesture, movement, fluidity, and chance (qualities often
associated with abtract painting) into her work â but in a distinctly
photographic language. Note the completely different feel she gets when she
shoots fast, freezing the water in sharp focus, as opposed to the pictures
and passages where she allows the wash to disintigrate into a
blurry, rougher, texture. Charneyâs photographs are available as prints but
she prefers to present them mounted, either on masonite, or on aluminum
under a layer of plexiglass, attached to a stretcher that allows them to
hover a few inches in front of the surface of the wall. In this format, it
is easy to forget that
these are objects. Instead they become immaterial fields of purely
sensational imagery.
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Friday, 03 December, 2010 - String Fling: An evening of world music with
harps from Africa to Alameda
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Join us for a euphoric evening of eclectic, rhythmic and highly unearthly
global music incorporating harps from Africa to Alameda. This pre-holiday
harp festival will feature Daniel Berkman, performing 21st century ambient
African Kora, The Bindi Society and world-renowned Paraguaryan harp and
violin virtuoso Carlos Reyes. Bindi Societyâs music is inspired by an array
of global traditions accentuated by a deep love of ancient languages.
Haunting vocals sung in Ancient Gaelic, Sanskrit, Hebrew and English
accompany classically-tinged groove harp, harmonium and world
percussion--including marimba and santur. Carlos Reyes will dazzle and
delight, demonstrating his unique fusion of blues, rock, jazz, latin and
classical styles, with members of his band âThe Electrick Symphonyâ.
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Saturday, 04 December, 2010 - Takeshi Shikama: Silent Respiration of
Forests + Evanescence--Lotus
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This exhibition of luscious platinum/palladium photographs by Japanese
photographer Takeshi Shikama, celebrates the gentle flow of time--the
perfect antidote to the craziness of the holiday season.
A reception for the artist, which is open to the public, is scheduled for
Saturday, December 4, from 2 to 5 pm at the gallery.
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Saturday, 04 December, 2010 - Dangerous Beauty: Pandemonaeon CD Release
Party
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Oakland based Folk Metal Band Pandemonaeon performs in celebration of their
third album, Dangerous Beauty, on Saturday, December 4th, at Rhythmix
Cultural Works in Alameda. The long-awaited release of their 13-song CD
features Middle-Eastern tinged metal/rock ranging from the hard-hitting
Eater of Sorrow and Loverâs Pardon to the darkly haunting Hunter and the
epic Chalice + Blades. Fronted by Celtic vocalist Sharon Knight,
Pandemonaeon blends their driving rock sound with the delicate beauty of
folk instruments such as violin, oud, saz, mandocello, flute, and
percussion. Their sound has been described as 'gothic tribal folk metal,'
and 'dark tribal fusion with powerful vocals and metal accents.'
Joining Sharon and Winter are multi-instrumentalists Tim Rayborn (from
Canconier) on harmony vocals, oud, saz, and dumbek; and Gari Hegedus (from
Stellamara) on violin and mandocello; Paul Nordin on extreme vocals, Tina
âBeanâ Blaine (DâCuckoo) on percussion, Caith Threefires on bass, and Mark
Abbott (Box Set) on drums. Founded by a guitarist with a penchant for
unusual chords and a vocalist enchanted by Celtic melancholy, Pandemonaeon
creates soundscapes both modern and timeless by combining Middle-Eastern,
Scandinavian, and Celtic folk influences with modern rock stylings. At
times haunting and stark, at times driving and passionate, the result is
deeply evocative. Like the dark underworld of Faery that influences them,
one senses that beneath the seductive beauty of their music is a fearsome
witch come to slay you with poisoned tongue. More simply put, as one music
fan describes them, Pandemonaeon is âmusic for bellydancers in combat
boots.â The bandâs passion for dramatic outfits and black boots will be
another feature of the evening with their âBlack Boot Brigadeâ costume
contest. For more details go to www.pandemonaeon.net.
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Saturday, 04 December, 2010 - Stop + Go Rides Again
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Screening stop-motion work by visual artists and filmmakers. Animations by
Reed Anderson + Daniel Davidson, Kathy Aoki, Alessandra Ausenda, Lizzie
Black + Anna Maria Murphy, Paz de la Calzada + Michael Rauner, Deborah
Davidovits, Almut Determeyer, Owen Gatley + Luke Jinks, Sarah Klein,
Evelien Lohbeck, Miwa Matreyek, Tucker Nichols, David OâKane, Ara Peterson,
Mel Prest, Jen Stark, Melinda Stone + Sam Sharkey, Sjors Vervoort, Andy
Vogt, Scott Wolniak.
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Sunday, 05 December, 2010 - Gallery Talk with Andreas Marks: Bamboo and
Porcelain: The Art of Uematsu Chikuyu and Fukami Sueharu
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Andreas Marks, director and chief curator of the Clark Center for Japanese
Art and Culture in Hanford, California, will offer an in-depth look at the
contemporary component of Flowers of the Four Seasons: sculpture by two
leading artists working in the traditional mediums of bamboo and porcelain.
Since the 1950s, some artists have experimented with bambooâfor centuries
plaited by Japanese farmers and artisans into functional containers for
utilitarian and ritual purposesâas a purely sculptural form. One of the
highlights of Flowers of the Four Seasons is the work of Uematsu Chikuyu,
an artist of extraordinary technical skill who pushes the medium of bamboo
to new conceptual and technical limits.
Fukami Sueharu is internationally known for his razor-sharp, minimalist
porcelain sculptures. Their distinctive pale bluish glaze, seihakuji, is
inspired by later Song period Chinese celadons, but unlike their even
glaze, Fukamiâs work displays an exquisitely variable density of color. The
Clark Center will present a solo exhibition of Fukami, whose work is
represented in forty-seven museums worldwide, opening on March 26, 2011.
Marks, co-curator of Flowers of the Four Seasons with Senior Curator of
Asian Art Julia M. White, holds a Ph.D. in East Asian art history from
Leiden University. He has curated exhibitions on various aspects of
Japanese art and has published significantly on Japanese prints. He is
currently working on the book Fukami: Purity of Form to accompany the Clark
Center exhibition.
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