SF events 2.24 BECHTEL

Join us in supporting marriage equality! http://www.millionformarriage.org
NO Homeland Security Textbook censors! http://www.petitiononline.com/nohr3077
Bush Gov't bends, hides facts, say scientists http://Bush-B-Gone.tribe.net
Prevent Breast Cancer: http://breastcancer.tribe.net http://bcaction.org
UNTIL WHEN? Democrats ask the Greens to delay party building—
but for how long? By Matt Gonzalez http://www.meshsf.com/mattg1
CONGRESS CENSORS DRUG POLICY REFORMERS http://legalize/decriminalize marijuana.tribe.net

# The action will take place on Tuesday February 24th "Grey Tuesday".
Download the Grey Album here: http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/grey.html
In the next few days we'll be organizing an online mass action in
support of "The Grey Album," a remix album based on samples from
Jay-Z's "Black Album" and the Beatles' "White Album". Rolling stone
called it "ingenious" and "ahead of its time"; http://www.downhillbattle.org

# Feb. 24 day of action to "Stop the Corporate Invasion of Iraq"?
International day of protest to end the corporate invasion of Iraq
and support Iraqi workers’ rights In your city, at the offices of
Halliburton, Bechtel, or another war profiteering company
415-385-5956 peace [at] globalexchange.org
415-575-5555 http://www.insanereagan.com

# Tue Feb 24th, 12 noon Stop The Corporate Invasion Of Iraq
Bechtel World Headquarters 50 Beale St @ Market / 1st
http://indybay.org ActAgainstWar.org needs web help!

# Tues. Feb 24 - Noon - Insane Reagan at Bechtel! HQ, 50 Beale St.
http://www.insanereagan.com or http://www.unitedforpeace.org
http://clownsnotbombs.tribe.net

# Future of Music Coalition is holding a free legal conference from 9
am to 5 pm Wed Feb 24th at Hastings Law School. Hyde @ McAllister
http://futureofmusic.org/events/hastings04/

# 2/24: Who saves open space in California — and how do they get away with it? Committee for Green Foothills presents an Environmental Forum:
Daniel Press, UC Santa Cruz Professor in Environmental Studies and author of Saving Open Space: The Politics of Local Preservation in California, will discuss the politics, techniques and power behind local efforts to preserve land and natural resources. In addition, local environmental and governmental organizations concerned with open space will present an Open Space Open House beginning at 6:30 pm and continuing after the talk. This is a great opportunity to learn why and how so many groups are working to protect local open space.
The author will sign books at the event, and refreshments will be served.
talk begins at 7pm; the Open Space Open House begins at 6:30pm and continues after the talk.
Hewlett-Packard Corporate Auditorium, Building 20A, 3000 Hanover St, Palo Alto
free http://www.GreenFoothills.org/calendar or call (650) 968-7243. events [at] greenfoothills.org

Hip Hop 1751 Mission St. at 13th St. on TUES. FEB 24 at 8pm Yoga and Vegan

# Community Forum on Iraq War P O I N T * C O U N T E R P O I N T
Andy Davis * Eve Libertone * George Feil * Aaron Pava * Tom Wrobel * Richard Reinholdt
Cell Space 2050 Bryant St. @ 18th Tuesday, February 24, 8:00pm
http://www.evite.com/pages/invit...ewInvite.jsp
panel discussion of the Iraq conflict.
* The Anthropology of Warfare
* RealPolitik in Iraq, the US, and the Middle East
* Iraq and the War on Terror
* WMDPRA: Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Related Activities
* Intervention and Global Citizenship
* The War on the Ground
* The Effects of Sanctions and War on Iraq's Women and Children
* Media Relations and Public Perceptions
* Strategic Assessment and the Case for Regime Change
* The Context, Motives, and Benefits of Intervention
* The Dangers of Nonintervention
* The Politics of Deception in the Bush Administration
* Strategic Alternatives to Intervention


# Dear released victims, reluctant saviours,and upholders of the golden rule,
This week continues the CHRYSALIS ENLIGHTENMENT SERIES with
HEALING THE AUDIENCE: Techniques for  healing and transforming trauma in
oneself. Techniques of touch with an audience.
This class will be a special exploration into the
embodiment of Healing and Transformation. This class
explores a connection to the process of Healing as a
vital part of the performer's art.
WHO:     JOHN INGLE is the greatest healer that I
know. He works with trauma victims, tracing the trauma
into emptiness to create something
vital and new. His skill is to transform anything
and he will bring this art to us this Wednesday.
WHAT:         We will explore our own trauma
history, explore touch with each other as a path to
soul retrieval and make experiments about
touching the audience.THIS CLASS IS A MUST FOR ALL
INTERACTIVE ARTISTS AND ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN TOUCHING AN
AUDIENCE, PHYSICALLY OR PSYCHICALLY. Wed Feb 25 6:30 to 9:30 pm
CELLspace annex (flea market Barn)
gate entrance on 18th st @ Florida: The space will be
heated and we are asking people to bring a comfort
object, ie blanket,pillow, stuffed
animal, whatever you can be made more comfortable by
it's prescence.. Cost: $15 to $25 none turned away!!! JUST SHOW UP!!!!!


# THURS. FEB 26 Dennis Kucinich Schedule:
10:30 - 11:30am SF Chinatown Walk and Outreach
Join the Chinese Progressive Alliance and SF School Board Member Eric
Mar as we walk Chinatown with Dennis to seek support from the Asian
Pacific Islander Community. noon - 1pm Rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza
(14th St. and Broadway), Downtown Oakland.
6:00 - 7:30 pm Democratic Presidential Debate, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, Bovard Auditorium. Co-sponsored by
CNN and the LA Times. Broadcast live by CNN.
Chili Cookoff Event at the Office on THURS. FEB 26 at 6pm. Please
call 415.553.4025 for more information

# Thu Feb 26 BCA Activist Meeting: Envisioning the Research Revolution
Light dinner at 5:30 Meeting from 6:00–7:30 PM BCA Office 55 New Montgomery St. Suite 323
Breast Cancer Action http://www.bcaction.org
http://bcaction.org/Pages/DoSomething/Events.html

# If you are interested in joining ISM, we are having a meeting on Thursday 2/26 at 6pm at St Boniface-133 Golden Gate Ave x Jones & Leavenworth. International Solidartiy Movement.

# Join San Francisco Supervisors Matt Gonzalez and Jake McGoldrick
Thursday, February 26th, 7 - 9 pm For a community workshop:
"Does Anyone Have a Housing and Land Use Plan for San Francisco?"
New College of California 777 Valencia St http://www.NewCollege.edu

# Mode 2 Exhibit Feb 26 7pm free graffiti artist
http://www.futureprimitivesound.com

# Oaklandish Screen - movie night part 3 Thu Feb 26 8:00pm Free
All Power to the People 1996, 116 Minutes, Lee Lew-Lee (in celebration of black history month) huey newton, the rise of black power, cointelpro... a series of hard
lessons in american civic life. power to the people covers the black
panther party from it's ideological infancy to the current struggle for
the release of many still captive political prisoners. Oaklandish
411 2nd St Oakland http://www.oaklandish.org



# The Bright River Feb 26th-Mar 20 doors 8pm $14 Transparent Theater
1901 Ashby Ave Berkeley htttp://http://www.epicarts.org
http://www.transparenttheater.org/2ndlv/map/map.htm


# Fri Feb. 27 7pm free between MLK and San Pablo near 19th St BART
Confronting Capitalism Release party at the AK Press Warehouse!
Release party with cover artist Eric Drooker, editor Eddie Yuen,
contributors and entertainment!
Confronting Capitalism, out on Soft Skull Press in February 2004,
is a document of key debates within the anti-Globalization
movement in the last few years. Confronting Capitalism, a revised
and updated sequel to The Battle of Seattle: The New Challenge to
Capitalist Globalization, edited by Eddie Yuen, Daniel Burton
Rose, and George Katsiaficas, is a dynamic contribution to
understanding and enhancing these unprecedented global social
movements. warehouse will be open for business
AK Press 674 A 23rd st Oakland http://www.akpress.org

# Sizzling Erotic Event at City Art benefit reception for Carol Queen and Robert Lawrence's Center for Sex and Culture, in conjunction with the gallery's erotic art show, The Back Room. CSC is raising money for their own space, which will house the largest publicly-accessible sex library in the US, an archive, and room for classes and workshops for all genders, orientations, and erotic interests.
Please join us Friday, February 27th, from 7 to 10 pm, at City Art gallery to support the CSC's vision of eclectic adult sex education and the preservation of our sexual cultures. The evening will feature lascivious art both for sale and at auction, licentious performances, prurient readings, and lustful burlesque. Artists featured in the erotic show include Carol Queen, Charles Gatewood, Laurie Toby Edison, Jane Cassell, Randy L. James, Victoria Heilweil, Phyllis Christopher, Katie Gilmartin, Jesus (Xtutxo) Perez, Ruby Pearl, Manta Ray, Lee Cline, Fred McMullen, Greg Larson, and Kevin Mosley. Wanton performances by Carol Queen, Kirk Read, Snatchy the Clown, Ruby Pearl, queer cabaret troupe The Diamond Daggers, and more! Suggested donation of $3-$10 at the door to support the CSC, no one turned away for lack of funds. Sumptuous attire requested.
City Art is a cooperative gallery, owned and operated by local artists. The gallery is at 828 Valencia, between 19th and 20th Streets (Parking garage located on 21st between Valencia & Mission. Bart: exit at 16th and Mission or 24th and Mission. MUNI lines 26, 14, 49). Hours: 12-9 Wed through Sun. Phone: 970-9900. For further information contact Katie Gilmartin at <a href="mailto:gilmartin [at] california.com">gilmartin [at] california.com or Carol Queen at <a href="mailto:mail [at] carolqueen.com">mail [at] carolqueen.com.

# Fri. Feb. 27 8 pm Peace Concert Benefit http://notinourname.net Oakland
GLASS HOUSE with special guest DEBORAH WINTERS organellerecords.com
Oakland Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph Oakland $15 8:00door/8:30pm



# "The War on Freedom: Repression at Home, Occupation Abroad"
SAT FEB 28 1-7PM Panelists will discuss these topics
in the context of their own constituencies:
Dr. Lana Habash and Dr. Rawan Barakat, founding members of

New England Committee to Defend Palestine and the Amer

Jubran Defense Committee.
Jack Heyman, Business Agent, ILWU; arrested in Oakland Port

antiwar demonstration.
Samina Faheem, National Steering Committee of Blue Triangle

Network; Founder of American Muslim Voice.
Kali Akuno-Williams, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and

Co-director, School of Social Justice, Oakland
Keynote address by:
Lynne Stewart, Radical human rights attorney falsely accused of

helping terrorists. Her new trial is scheduled for May 17th, 2004.
(Also: Questions and discussions; Documentary film footage from a 1968

Vietnam antiwar rally; Action/strategy discuss w/Lynne Stewart/panel )
A reception with Lynne Stewart and panelists will follow from 5-7PM.

Refreshments will be served. Bethany United Methodist Church

1268 Sanchez at Clipper, S.F. $5 ‹15.00 (including reception from 5-7pm)

# gala, Grand Opening Celebration Feb 28 Mesmerizing Music. Awe-inspiring Art.
dance! http://www.oaklandbox.com 1922 Telegraph @ 19th Oakland

# WOMEN’S VOICES RISE UP Culture Of Resistance To The Everlasting War
Sat Feb 28th 7:30pm doors@7p Women’s Building 3543 18th st , SF
A CONCERT OF WOMEN’S VOICES IN SONG, SPOKEN WORD, DANCE AND FILM
featuring: UCHECHI KALU SISTERZ OF THE UNDERGROUND SPARLHA SWA
SHAILJA PATEL SAMSARA ART AS REVOLUTION benefit for: http://rawa.org
10$ http://womensvoicesriseup.org volunteer: 415-642-9099 susan [at] riseup.net

# Sat. Feb. 28 9 pm Hamsa Lila - Oakland GRAND OPENING BASH
Oakland Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph http://www.oaklandbox.com $10

# FEB 28 http://opelproductions.com Cheb I Sabbah w/ Lorin bassnectar.net

# Anon Salon levitates one big happy new Leap oF Faith A new leap year's eve celebration SAT FEB 28 @ 285 9th St (@ Folsom) 10 pm - late $12 in leapin' fashuns/ $15 in gravitational duds
http://www.anonsalon.com featuring* ALCYONE (Live Deep House from NYE)
* SHAWNA (Apsara) * LARA * GAVIN HARDKISS (Six Degrees/SFby DEF)
* LAIRD (PsychoFunkoDiscoDelic) * ADNAN (Surviving Sounds/SFbyDEF)
* DJ CYBERVIXEN & KASHIA plus more TBA! * VIRTUAL PLAYA TOUR <http://www.virtualplaya.org/> * VIDEO by CHAOS CONSORTIUM
* M.S. HOVE (Gallery Show/ New Work plus Live Action Painting) plus more & more!


# Universal Uprising on Leap Day! You spend 365 days a year chained to the Man.
Why not use your "extra" day to show him what's what?!!!
In Berkeley, gather at downtown Berkeley BART to rampage through
downtown and build foundations for a world based on cooperation,
freedom, and respect for the earth. Bring pillows, potted plants,
running shoes, masks, your sense of humor, and a desire to be free.
Four years ago, the first Leap Day action was a fun filled romp past
many of Berkeley's more evil chain stores. The first Leap Day featured
a finger puppet reenactment of the WTO riots, this year may include 100
years of labor struggles as acted out in pillow fights. Or it may not.
The night promises to be full of surprises. Come with a hatred of
capitalism and a desire to see something different and you probably
won't be disappointed. We hope to see many of you in the streets.


# Propagating Party to Prepare Plants for Protest!
Sun Feb.29, 11am-3PM at Berkeley Ecohouse
The Protest‹the June 6-8 mobilization against the biotech
industry>conference being planned in San Francisco. We want to do more than
say no to corporate control of our food supply and of life itself. We want to
demonstrate the alternatives‹organic gardens, community food growing,
natural medicinals, street transformations, massive giveaways of organic
seeds and plants. To make this happen, we need to start now‹propagating
cuttings, saving seeds, starting seedlings. So come and help,
Sunday Feb. 29, 11am-3PM at Berkeley Ecohouse 1305 Hopkins Street
(Xstreet Peralta - 10 min walk from NBerk BART).
We1ll provide potting soil and some plant material and Root
Juice. You bring food and drink to share, your own pruners, your old
plastic pots (especially 4 inchers) that you1ve tried to recycle and can1t,
plant material if you have it. Don1t know how to propagate? We1ll teach you!
Scott McCandless Scott Free <mcscotfree [at] hotmail.com> (510) 524-5310

# Fashion Show by : modagalactica - Tiffa Novoa http://www.modagalactica.com
Performance by: El Circo http://www.elcirco.org
Music Random Rab of El Circo Lorin http://bassnectar.net Laura
more deejays to be announced. . . Truffles & Yummies Fuzzy Phillipe
Altar * Video Installation Sherri Huggi-Ma
Digital Imaging Siouxzen http://www.siouxzen.net
SUN FEB 29 @ WHISPER 535 Florida St. @18th (around the corner from Cell Space)


# 1 Mar 7pm, Al-Fanous SF furry get-together. Open to clubfurs, confurs, ponies, bears, bunnies, 'suiters, lifestylers, and [your definition here]. Al-Fanous Restaurant and Coffeehouse, 3170 16th St @ Guerrero / Valencia http://SF Bay Furries.tribe.net


# MARCH 3rd- JIM SANTI OWEN- DECODING DRUMMING: A Percussive
skills and theories class taught by long time Ali Akbar Khan student
and internationally reknowned tabla performer and teacher of adults and
children.Please write col-@isntitironic.org message at (415) 267-7634


# Emerging Green Builders Kick-Off Event: Berkeley Civic Center Tour & Social
Message If you're interested in learning more about Green Building or joining a community of emerging professionals, we are pleased to announce the kick-off event of the Emerging Green Builders, a committee of the Northern California Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. ?The event is on Friday, March 5 and will include a property tour of the Berkeley Civic Center with a social event to follow.? A complete invitation with RSVP information is posted at http://www.emergingbuilders.org




# March 5 Rally Farmworkers Organization against Taco Bell contact
dsolnit [at] riseup.net http://tacobellsucks.org http://indybay.org

# Fri Mar 5 5-9pm 1st Fridays art receptions @ Matt Gonzalez' office City Hall

# March 6th: Bassgasm in Tahoe, CA w/ Lorin bassnectar.net

# http://YLEM.org Artists Using Science and Technology
Forum: "Math Made Visible" Wed Mar 10, 7:30 PM
McBean Theater, http://Exploratorium.edu 3601 Lyon St FREE

# Eenor, Mystic Family Circus, March 11 @ 111 Minna
great green party celebrating spring and abundance - dance! great new music! Eenor, Breakfast, Dj" Garth and Laura...fun theatrical performances, good vibes w/ lots of lovers of life! come play! celebrate! get naked!?

# Anarchist Cafe Opening March 12 Benefit for the Anarchist Book Fair. @ The
Kitchen 225 Potrero Ave. DJ’s, Performers, Poets, Kids Zone, Food. 6pm –12.

# In collaboration with Californians for GE-Free Agriculture the Genetic
Engineering Action Network 2004 National GEAN Conference March 12th-14th
UC Berkeley http://www.geaction.org/conference2004.html
Bay-GEactivists-subscribe [at] topica.com

# Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair Sat Mar 13 10am to 6pm
County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park ( hall of flowers) . Free
9th @ Lincoln more than 50 exhibitors, plus fabulous speakers.

# Mar 15-30 Global Rainbow Gathering - Baja California, Mexico
Spring Equinox 2004 Global Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes. Baja California Sur, México Indigenous Peoples Prophecy When the Mother Earth is sick, and the animals dying, there will come a tribe of peoples from all cultures, who believe in deeds, not words, and they will restore the Mother Earth to her former beauty. This tribe will be called The Warriors of the Rainbow
http://www.welcomehere.org

# Mar 17-21 9a-6:30p SF Flower and Garden Show, Cow Palace.
SF veg Society seeks volunteers for tabling. http://sfvs.org
Suggest entering cowpalace and stickering and spreading lit.
As cow palace is heinously disrespectful of free speech space.


# Fri Mar 19th http://indybay.org REAL DEMOCRACY NOT EMPIRE!
7am Justin Herman Plaza. Mass Nonviolent Direct Action in conjunction with March 20th internationally coordinated protests against the war and occupation in Iraq.

# MARCH 20, 2004 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION http://indybay.org
FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the U.S. BOMBING and INVASION of IRAQ
* BRING the TROOPS HOME NOW! * END the OCCUPATION of IRAQ!
$ for JOBS, EDU , HEALTHCARE, HOUSING - NOT WAR! http://unitedforpeace.org

# 8000 SACRED DRUMS March 21 http://galactichardware.tribe.net

# Mar 28 lla-4:30pm Mad Cow Madness Symposium, SF County Fair Building.
Volunteers needed for all aspects of this event http://www.sfvs.org

# April 2-4 2004, 22nd National Pesticide Forum Unite for Change:
New Approaches to Pesticides and Environmental Health UCBerkeley
Berkeley, CA http://bcaction.org/Pages/DoSomething/Events.html
This forum, sponsored by Beyond Pesticides, Californians for Pesticide Reform, and Pesticide Action Network North America, will focus on pesticides and public health. For more information… http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum/

# Call to Action April 2004 Mobilization April 22-25 in Washington, DC
http://www.50years.org http://www.globalexchange.org

# April 24 noon - 5pm Berkeley Earth Day --Civic
Center Park, Berkeley. http://www.sfvs.org

# Sat Apr 24 1-5pm Breast Cancer Action's 7th Annual Town Meeting for Activists:
Taking Care in a Toxic Time 1–5 PM Oakland, Asian Cultural Ctr 388 9th St.
Oakland, CA http://bcaction.org/Pages/DoSomething/Events.html

 MARCH 24th - SARAH SHELTON MANN- The Breathe of Ecstacy -
   Finding the common pulse in dance and collaboration
 Please write col-@isntitironic.org message at (415) 267-7634

APRIl 21st - HIROKO TAMANO - BUTOh expressive form: a must for
any clown of the soul, any bridge builder of shamanism and the arts
 Please write col-@isntitironic.org message at (415) 267-7634

# "The March for Women's Lives" April 25, 2004
http://www.ppfa.org/about/pr/031216_march.html
Same march previously named: "March for Freedom of Choice"

# April 25 - March for Freedom of Choice - Washington, D.C. privacy
and right to choose abortion. http://www.marchforchoice.org

# TOAST IN ARIZONA, APRIL 28 - MAY 2 Arizona Regional Burn!
Come out to Witch Well Arizona at "Area 51" and Burn Toast.
artists, musicians, performers, participants. http://www.toast-town.org
To participate as greeters, rangers, lamplighters,earth guardians Toast-town [at] cox.net Arizona [at] burningman.com http://www.burningman.com

# April 2004 - Washington, DC - Anti-globalization/Anti-capitalist protests
during the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings. http://www.abolishthebank.org

# Say NO to Wal-Mart. WAL-Martyrs is a Tribe for those of us interested in " culture jamming " @ Wal-Mart and want to ACTIVELY voice our distaste of this mega-store that puts independent stores out of business & systematically abuses its employees by denying health care.
Join us in a national day of " Shopping for others " where we fill shopping carts on April 20th, 2004 at your local Wal-Mart and leave them @ the cash registers. http://www.Wal-Martyrs.tribe.net

May 14-16 Altered States & the Spiritual Awakening Conference - SF
Ram Dass and others. http://www.assacon.com/registration.html

# DAY OF MASSIVE DIRECT ACTION on June 8!!! ***JOIN THE SF JUNE 8 MOBILIZATION to RECLAIM DEMOCRACY & END CORPORATE RULE!**** For SONOMA GREEN BLOC's inspiring call-to-action, check out http://www.adoptanactivist.org/greenbloc/biotech2004.html

# June 12,13 2004 http://harmonyfestival.com Santa Rosa

# Pagan Ancient Ways Festival at Harbin Hot Springs, MIddletown, CA mid-June.

# August 29 - The World Says No to Bush - Worldwide Day of Action
and protests in NYC during Repub Nat'l Conv (Aug. 30 through Sept. 2)
http://www.unitedforpeace.org http://www.rncnotwelcom.org

# August, Santa Cruz mountains http://firedance.org

# Aug 30 - Sep 6 2004 http://burningman.com tix avail March 1st.
2x / month Newsletter: bman-announce-subscribe [at] burningman.com