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... April events for freedomseekers; plus links to news and views...
FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps + SmackDab),
SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
........................
For many more "queer things to do"
please visit Larry-bob:
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
.........
2 April 2006: SUNday:
Daylight savings time returns.
Your clocks must "Spring forward" one hour.
[ New U.S. time-change dates will take effect in 2007.
( And what will Canada do then? ) ]
..................
SF, 2 April, Sunday:
POETRY event:
Tribute to Czeslaw Milosz
Main Library Koret Auditorium
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
FREE
Join us for a special poetic tribute to the Nobel prize laureate Czeslaw Milosz.
Featuring Robert Hass, Robert Faggen, Jane Hirshfield, Brenda Hillman,
Mark Danner, Michael Palmer, Anthony Milosz, Lillian Vallee and others.
.........
SAN MATEO:
Sunday, April 2:
wonderful world of RATS.
11AM - 4PM:
why rats make great pets!
http://thewonderfulworldofrats.org
...........
California:
YUBA COUNTY:
April 2 - 3 - 4: (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday):
Saint Stupid's Daze ... in the Forest:
please wear large "offensive" hats.
Activities may include tree planting, horse-shoes, bonfire,
knife throwing, shooting, music, more ....
info: Steven,
518.655.3625
.......
4 April:
SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to
ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor;
SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
.........
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Free MEDICAL FAIR
Receive free medical information and tests
at City College of San Francisco's
health fair.
Dental screenings, acupuncture, cholesterol tests,
women's health appointments, HIV tests, blood drive, more.
9 AM to 12 noon
City College of San Francisco (Hayes campus)
1860 Hayes, SF
FREE
(415) 561 -1905
.....
5 April:
SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown)
[ http://calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries;
San Francisco Zoo.
..............
5 April, Wednesday:
SF lit event:
25th Annual Northern California Book Awards
SF Main Library
5 pm - 8 pm
This year’s Fred Cody Award goes to Beat poet
Diane di Prima.
This year’s award-winning authors will read.
FREE.
...........
Thursday,
April 6, 2006
[ series on Cinematic San Francisco ]
Main Library
Koret Auditorium
12 NOON
Time After Time
(1979, 112 min.)
H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th century
when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
Starring Malcolm McDowell.
FREE
.........
SF:.... thru April 22:
... April 07 + 08 ( Fri, Sat);
April 14 + 15 ( Fri, Sat);
April 21 + 22 ( Fri, Sat);
at 10pm:
SEX DIARIES:
What would your diary look like on a dark stage in a dark theatre?
Come take a peek at some of San Francisco's hottest freaks
as they show you .....
$13.
http://www.darkroomsf.com/techslave
415. 401.7987
Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission St.
between 19th and 18th streets, SF
...............
April 9,
Palm Sunday:
CAL-SF: toy faire:
buy or sell at BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange),
2pm to 5pm:
942 Mission St.,
between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2006 April 9,
August 13,
December 10.
....
Lady Thorn's SMCE:
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
(415).753.0703
( Fandango may follow? )
Celebrate PALM Sunday
by caning a friend with a palm frond?
.........
circa April 11:
TRUDELL
[ American Indian activist becomes
spoken-word performer ]
KPBS-TV:
"Independent Lens" series of documentaries:
for details and exact time/date
please see
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
..........
13 April,Thor's Day:
Passover.
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
...............
14A: Good Friday.
.......
15A: Good Saturday.
.........
16A: Easter Sunday.
....
18 April 2006, Tuesday:
0430 AM (brrrr....):
Gather at Lotta's Fountain in downtown SF,
near Market and Kearny,
to remember the great quake and fire of 1906.
http://sfrising.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
[ Singers may entertain the crowd with olde SF classics,
such as
"When you come
to San Fran Hattan,
be sure to wear
some dollars in your hair..... "
............
April 20 ("four twenty") 2006:
CANNABIS FREEDOM Afternoon:
at various locations,
including Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park, SF:
circa 3:20pm to 5:20 pm
(peaking at, you guessed it, 4:20).
Un-organized, un-sponsored, un-authorized.
Try to bring bodypaints, drums, freedom-seeking minds.
..............
APRIL, late:
37th annual People's Park anniversary celebration,
Berkeley ( Sunday, 23 April 2006, all day)
( top-optional anywhere;
possibly clothing-optional near the main stage).
[ ... If you can attend this event, by using public transit or walking or by bicycle, you'll have a fun day in a beautiful location; often with good weather, at low cost.
If you try to bring an automobile to this event, you'll suffer. ]
http://www.peoplespark.org
[ P.O. Box 89, Berkeley, CA 94701 ]
.....
+ NEWS and views:
Battling over PORN:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/01/national/a131130S42.DTL
.......
U$A: 19 states worry about queer kids coming out in public schools:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1812812.php
............
GREEN DAY tries to energize young voters:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/01/MNGTRI1V2A1.DTL
..........
BAY STATE fails:
highest state court says out-of-state same-sex couples can't marry in Massachusetts:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/a072536S96.DTL
.........
AIDS prevention pill ?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/27/national/a145047S06.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/state/n143134S22.DTL
......
Nudophobes (and others) freak over
nude sculpture of
BRITNEY giving birth:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/28/entertainment/e124102S85.DTL
.........
Cutting INFANT FORMULA from Medi-Cal: (commentary):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811946.php
...........
Star Wars:
nonscience in PSEUDOSPACE for air-heads: (rant):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1812107.php
............
Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:
http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
.....
Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies
.........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
...........
###
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps + SmackDab),
SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
........................
For many more "queer things to do"
please visit Larry-bob:
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
.........
2 April 2006: SUNday:
Daylight savings time returns.
Your clocks must "Spring forward" one hour.
[ New U.S. time-change dates will take effect in 2007.
( And what will Canada do then? ) ]
..................
SF, 2 April, Sunday:
POETRY event:
Tribute to Czeslaw Milosz
Main Library Koret Auditorium
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
FREE
Join us for a special poetic tribute to the Nobel prize laureate Czeslaw Milosz.
Featuring Robert Hass, Robert Faggen, Jane Hirshfield, Brenda Hillman,
Mark Danner, Michael Palmer, Anthony Milosz, Lillian Vallee and others.
.........
SAN MATEO:
Sunday, April 2:
wonderful world of RATS.
11AM - 4PM:
why rats make great pets!
http://thewonderfulworldofrats.org
...........
California:
YUBA COUNTY:
April 2 - 3 - 4: (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday):
Saint Stupid's Daze ... in the Forest:
please wear large "offensive" hats.
Activities may include tree planting, horse-shoes, bonfire,
knife throwing, shooting, music, more ....
info: Steven,
518.655.3625
.......
4 April:
SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to
ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor;
SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
.........
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Free MEDICAL FAIR
Receive free medical information and tests
at City College of San Francisco's
health fair.
Dental screenings, acupuncture, cholesterol tests,
women's health appointments, HIV tests, blood drive, more.
9 AM to 12 noon
City College of San Francisco (Hayes campus)
1860 Hayes, SF
FREE
(415) 561 -1905
.....
5 April:
SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown)
[ http://calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries;
San Francisco Zoo.
..............
5 April, Wednesday:
SF lit event:
25th Annual Northern California Book Awards
SF Main Library
5 pm - 8 pm
This year’s Fred Cody Award goes to Beat poet
Diane di Prima.
This year’s award-winning authors will read.
FREE.
...........
Thursday,
April 6, 2006
[ series on Cinematic San Francisco ]
Main Library
Koret Auditorium
12 NOON
Time After Time
(1979, 112 min.)
H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th century
when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
Starring Malcolm McDowell.
FREE
.........
SF:.... thru April 22:
... April 07 + 08 ( Fri, Sat);
April 14 + 15 ( Fri, Sat);
April 21 + 22 ( Fri, Sat);
at 10pm:
SEX DIARIES:
What would your diary look like on a dark stage in a dark theatre?
Come take a peek at some of San Francisco's hottest freaks
as they show you .....
$13.
http://www.darkroomsf.com/techslave
415. 401.7987
Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission St.
between 19th and 18th streets, SF
...............
April 9,
Palm Sunday:
CAL-SF: toy faire:
buy or sell at BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange),
2pm to 5pm:
942 Mission St.,
between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2006 April 9,
August 13,
December 10.
....
Lady Thorn's SMCE:
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
(415).753.0703
( Fandango may follow? )
Celebrate PALM Sunday
by caning a friend with a palm frond?
.........
circa April 11:
TRUDELL
[ American Indian activist becomes
spoken-word performer ]
KPBS-TV:
"Independent Lens" series of documentaries:
for details and exact time/date
please see
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
..........
13 April,Thor's Day:
Passover.
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
...............
14A: Good Friday.
.......
15A: Good Saturday.
.........
16A: Easter Sunday.
....
18 April 2006, Tuesday:
0430 AM (brrrr....):
Gather at Lotta's Fountain in downtown SF,
near Market and Kearny,
to remember the great quake and fire of 1906.
http://sfrising.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
[ Singers may entertain the crowd with olde SF classics,
such as
"When you come
to San Fran Hattan,
be sure to wear
some dollars in your hair..... "
............
April 20 ("four twenty") 2006:
CANNABIS FREEDOM Afternoon:
at various locations,
including Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park, SF:
circa 3:20pm to 5:20 pm
(peaking at, you guessed it, 4:20).
Un-organized, un-sponsored, un-authorized.
Try to bring bodypaints, drums, freedom-seeking minds.
..............
APRIL, late:
37th annual People's Park anniversary celebration,
Berkeley ( Sunday, 23 April 2006, all day)
( top-optional anywhere;
possibly clothing-optional near the main stage).
[ ... If you can attend this event, by using public transit or walking or by bicycle, you'll have a fun day in a beautiful location; often with good weather, at low cost.
If you try to bring an automobile to this event, you'll suffer. ]
http://www.peoplespark.org
[ P.O. Box 89, Berkeley, CA 94701 ]
.....
+ NEWS and views:
Battling over PORN:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/04/01/national/a131130S42.DTL
.......
U$A: 19 states worry about queer kids coming out in public schools:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/04/1812812.php
............
GREEN DAY tries to energize young voters:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/01/MNGTRI1V2A1.DTL
..........
BAY STATE fails:
highest state court says out-of-state same-sex couples can't marry in Massachusetts:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/a072536S96.DTL
.........
AIDS prevention pill ?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/27/national/a145047S06.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/state/n143134S22.DTL
......
Nudophobes (and others) freak over
nude sculpture of
BRITNEY giving birth:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/28/entertainment/e124102S85.DTL
.........
Cutting INFANT FORMULA from Medi-Cal: (commentary):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811946.php
...........
Star Wars:
nonscience in PSEUDOSPACE for air-heads: (rant):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1812107.php
............
Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:
http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
.....
Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies
.........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
...........
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2006 APRIL 5 - 11
http://www.sfbg.com/
include:
.....
Wednesday, April 5
Cool symposium
See where art meets science.
San Francisco's Magic Theater puts global-warming issues
on center stage with a symposium titled
"The Ice-Breaker Panel on Climatology,"
which brings leading scientists together with the arts.
The evening is part of a series of plays the theater has commissioned on science and technology and, in particular, the current run of The Ice-Breaker, by David Rambo.
4 p.m.
Magic Theater
Building D, Fort Mason Center
Marina at Laguna, SF
FREE
(415) 441-8822
.............
Wednesday, April 5
Report from Chiapas
Hear a report from the front lines of the Zapatistas' "Other Campaign."
Eight Bay Area residents who recently returned from Chiapas discuss current conditions and present a new video of interviews with Zapatista leaders.
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck, Berk.
$5 – $15 sliding scale
(510) 654-9587
.........
Wednesday, April 5
US Foreign Policy 101
What I Have Learned about US Foreign Policy:
War Against the Third World.
The documentary sheds light on covert CIA activities over the past 50 years,
from the School of the Americas to the invasions of Panama and Iraq.
7:30 p.m.
Humanist Hall
390 27th St., Oakl.
$5
(510) 704-0268
................
Thursday, April 6
Silencing soldiers
Sir, No Sir,
a film that explores the suppressed GI voice in the movement to end the war in Vietnam. Sponsored by Global Exchange, the event also features Iraq war resister Pablo Paredes, music, and poetry. All proceeds go to Iraq Veterans Against War.
7 p.m.
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand, Oakl.
$10
(415) 255-7296
.............
[...]
...........
Saturday, April 8
Advocate collaboration
Join professionals working for social justice in a meeting to discuss how local grassroots organizations can work together to advocate social reform. Among the panelists is Maura Riordan, executive director of the Women's Education and Research Organization. The event coincides with the American Educational Research Association's annual conference.
6– 9:30 p.m.
San Francisco Women's Building
3543 18th St., SF
$5–$25, no one turned away for lack of funds
(510) 465-2094
......................
Saturday, April 8
Families stand ground
Join working families as they convene at City Hall and call on Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Board of Supervisors to support a $10 million budget agenda for affordable housing, child care, job training, and violence prevention.
10 a.m.–1 p.m.
City Hall
SF
(415) 239-0161
http://www.colemanadvocates.org
.............
Monday, April 10
Death penalty lecture
Learn about current social policy and ethics regarding the death penalty at the McCoy Memorial Lecture given by Judith Kay, the director of UC Berkeley's Death Penalty Clinic, and Elizabeth Semel, a professor of religious and social ethics at the University of Puget Sound.
4:30 p.m.
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
2400 Ridge Rd., Berk.
FREE,
RSVP appreciated
(510) 649-2420
jburrows [at] gtu.edu
.....................
Monday, April 10
Vision of peace
Listen to author Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, and Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, leader of West Africa–based Africanist Movement, share their dream of a peaceful Africa without imperialism, poverty, and war.
7:30 p.m.
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia, SF
FREE,
donations accepted
(415) 826-8971
http://www.burningspearuhru.com
[ ?] (Spelling? If this fails, try burningspearuhuru.
"Uhuru" means freedom, in Swahili. ]
....................................................
Tuesday, April 11
Shut down the plant
Join community members and Greenaction to protest PG&E's inability to shut down the Hunters Point power plant on the April 10 date it originally set. Protect community health by demanding that this plant, which is not necessary to the Bay Area electrical grid, be closed immediately.
Noon
PG&E Hunters Point Plant
Evans at Middlepoint, SF
FREE
(415) 248-5010
.........................
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