Oil Curse, rock4amnesty, sox4homeless, polit-events...

Chevron in South America
Thursday, Aug. 18, see a screening of
Oil Curse,
a documentary about how ChevronTexaco's oil-extraction operations
in Ecuador and Angola affect local communities.
8 p.m., Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia, SF. $5. (415) 824-3890, http://www.ata.org
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Learn to build green
Thursday, Aug. 18, learn sustainable building methods from Michael McCutcheon, head of a green design and building firm.
6-8 p.m., Harmonique Home, 1820 Solano, Berk. $20.
(510) 559-3229,
http://www.mcbuild.com
http://www.harmoniquehome.com
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Rock out of the woods
Thursday, Aug. 18,
Irish singer Casey Neill and flautist Hanz Araki,
known for playing at Earth First! gatherings,
perform at a radical bookstore...
7 p.m., AK Press Bookstore, 674A 23rd St., Oakl. $5. (510) 208-1700, akpress{at}akpress{dot}org
http://www.akpress.org
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SF City Hall art reception
Friday, Aug. 19, Sup. Ross Mirkarimi hosts an art reception at City Hall, featuring Iranian-born artist Mohammad Hourian.
5-8 p.m., City Hall, Room 282, SF. Free. (415) 554-7630
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Feel the love
Friday, Aug. 19, enjoy an evening of love storytelling from members of the Young Women's Arts Mentorship Program, which helps youths affected by incarceration find their own voices. Music and spoken word by ROOTS follows.
5-8:30 p.m., Red Ink Studios, 43 Ninth St., SF. Free. (510) 486-2340.
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SF: Rock for Amnesty
Friday, Aug. 19, Raising Days, Soul's Road, and Groovy Judy
play for Amnesty International
to stop violence against women.
9 p.m., Lost and Found, 1353 Grand, SF. $5. (415) 981-9557, tommy.york{at}gmail.com
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SF: Filipina American reading
Saturday, Aug. 20, Filipina American authors Leny Strobel, Marianne Villanueva, Barbara Jane Reyes, and Janet Stickmon read from recently published works. Kapalakiko Hawaiian Band performs after the reading.
4-10 p.m., Kaleo Hawaiian Cafe, 1340 Irving, SF. $5-$8 sliding scale.
(415) 753-2460
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SF: March for Hawaiian schools
Saturday, Aug. 20, join a march and rally to support Kamehameha Schools and scholarships funds, which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week were too exclusive. Noon, meet at Mission Dolores, corner of 16th St. and Dolores, SF. rsvp{at}justiceforhawaiians{dot}net,
http://www.justiceforhawaiians.net
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SF Rock in Raza Park
Saturday, Aug. 20,
donate new socks and underwear to homeless people at a concert featuring performances by Luce, Garrin Benfield, the Heather Combs Band, Corrine West, the Bittersweets, and the San Carlos Project and artwork by members of the ARTworksf collective.
Noon-6 p.m., La Raza Park, 25th St. and Potrero, SF. $5 or donated socks and undies.
http://www.artworksf.com
http://www.nextarts.org
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Shop for schools
Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21, bring your old MP3 players, cell phones, and digital cameras to the Emeryville CompUSA and get cash back to buy newer products. CNET and Schoolpop will donate 10 percent of your product's value to the local K-12 school of your choice.
11 a.m.-5 p.m., CompUSA Superstore, 3839 Emery, Ste. 100, Emeryville.
(510) 450-9500.
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Set yourself free
Sunday, Aug. 21, Tibetan lama and filmmaker Dzongzar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche speaks on personal liberation and overcoming fears. Proceeds benefit urbanPEACE and New Dharma Meditation Center.
7 p.m., Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts,
1428 Alice, SF. $20.
(510) 547-3733.
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Wander an indoor forest
Monday, Aug. 22, attend an art-auction fundraiser for
The Forest for the Trees,
a documentary about Judi Bari, the environmental activist arrested by the FBI in 1990 after explosives went off in her car and nearly killed her.
The auction features an indoor forest of tree-inspired art.
7 p.m., CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission, SF.
(415) 626-2060.
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[ polit-events from SFBG; re-edited by SUN ]
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+ NEWS:


Fundi-fascists try to prevent creation of .xxx suffix:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2005/08/16/domains16.DTL&type=tech

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TRANSI murder trial: defendant accuses his ex-friend:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/08/17/ARAUJO.TMP


[ Comment by TBL: Trapped rats attack each other? ]

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The Flaming Lotus Girls...

http://www.sfbg.com/39/46/cover_burning_man.html

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YOGA pioneer, Ms. Magaña Baptiste, still limber at 84:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/15/DDGM9E772M1.DTL

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REDSTATERS whine about gay-marriage joke in cartoon:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/13/MNG7GE7ISP1.DTL

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Scientific SF study confirms that METH SPREADS HIV:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/16/BAGGPE8CN41.DTL
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OUTED soldiers:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=3976

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New strategy against dormant HIV:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/08/11/international/i123142D63.DTL&type=health

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SF: 20th birthday of mainly-queer Alexander Hamilton Post:


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/07/BAGU6E4D5C1.DTL

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CAL November propositions- anti-teen, anti-teacher, anti-union, etc.....

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1759444.php

[ In Ahnold's "special erection", on 8 November 2005, California voters weigh several
bad ideas (props 74 thru 78); followed by two good ones (79 and 80). ]

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SF QUEER NEWS, each Thursday:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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SF QUEER/alt HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php

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SF's possible future, circa 2028:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1757768.php

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"CITY OF LOVE" as SF Pride's theme for 2007

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1758043.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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FESTIVALS,
summer 2005,
northern California:


http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_festivals.html

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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/