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DESCRIPTION:Call for Reservations Now!      Stop Bush's Oil Wars: Carpool to the Fest: 
 http://www.spaceshare.com/rpf  Radical Performance Fest   Rocks the Bay 
 Area on March 26 & 27  The 10th year of the Bay Area's longest-running, 
 multi-disciplinary,   butt-kicking, political theater festival    FRIDAY:  
 The Dance Brigade, socially relevant, feminist dance company  Destiny Arts 
 Youth Performance Company, critically acclaimed, multicultural teen 
 performance group   Ed Holmes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, America's 
 Finest Political Comedy   Poets for Global Justice: Danielle Drake AKA 
 SoulsJourney  Youth Speaks Poets: Aimee Suzara/Adriel Luis  Samsara, 
 revolutionary a cappella music trio  Jack Hirschman, poet for the 
 generations  headRush, Oakland's satirical guerilla performance crew  
 SATURDAY:  devorah major, San Francisco Poet Laureate  DREAM, redefining 
 urban underground culture for the stage  Art in Action, Covenant House 
 Youth Poets: MC Cole/Gutta Grimey  Colored Ink, Brava's youth-led hip-hop 
 theater company  Sparlha Swa, music for spirit uprising  Poets for Global 
 Justice: Drew Dellinger  JB:Rap of Deep Dick Collective  Amanda Starr of 
 Circo Zero, angelic aerialist rope-climber with attitude  Also featured 
 both nights: Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez   
 (http://www.mattgonzalez.com for bio info)  Line up subject to change. 
 Evening will run approximately 100 minutes with a 10-minute intermission. 
 Food and beverages will be available by donation.  Socially-Conscious 
 Visual Arts Gallery Opening, photos, paintings and giant sculpture curated 
 by Carlos Martinez. Auction/Raffle of original art, massage and other gift 
 certificates.  March 26 - 27, 2004, Friday-Saturday 8:00pm - 10:30pm, Come 
 early, show may sell out!  SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan St, Between 8th and 
 9th Streets  SF/(415) 552-2131   $10-20 Sliding Scale  Food and beverages 
 available by donation  More info, to volunteer and reservations:  (415) 
 285-9734  http://www.cultural-links.org    SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 8, 
 2004 - Ten years after its inception at a tiny bar in the Tenderloin, the 
 Radical Performance Fest is still rocking the Bay Area by presenting 
 diverse, vital local artists who are changing the world with their 
 thought-provoking, passionate performances.   On March 26-27, 2004, the 
 Radical Performance Fest will present conscious visual and performing 
 artists in San Francisco in a two-night celebration. For the tenth year in 
 a row, Alli Starr of Cultural Links and Darryl Smith of the Luggage Store 
 Gallery have teamed up to produce what has become a spicy, critics-choice 
 Bay Area tradition. Artists are chosen not only because of the high caliber 
 of their work, but because their vision speaks directly to the need for 
 creative action in responding to the local and global issues of our times. 
 Dozens of socially-conscious artists bring their voices to The Fest by 
 presenting new poetry, dance, theater, hip-hop, a cappella singing, spoken 
 word, aerial circus and satire.  The Radical Performance Fest began as a 
 fundraiser for the San Francisco IN THE STREET Theater Festival in the 
 Tenderloin, and has since grown to be an institution in its own right. The 
 event now raises funds for youth scholarships for Art in Action camp, a 
 project of Cultural Links in collaboration with other youth activist 
 organizations. Art in Action’s 10-day gathering empowers young 
 visionaries from low-income urban communities through sharing art and 
 activism skills. Organizers will produce Art in Action camps in Santa Cruz, 
 California and Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are also proud/happy this year 
 to help fund Oakland hip-hop theater company DREAM, who is planning a 
 summer tour of their new work (see bio below).  All of the artists and 
 producers are donating their time, and 100 % of the proceeds after expenses 
 goes to the beneficiary groups.  " In the past few years we have seen a 
 resurgence of artists whose work speaks creatively to the issues of our 
 times both in the theaters and in the streets. Socially-conscious art is 
 needed now more than ever in this mad world.  Art helps us remember our 
 deepest humanity, and motivates us to take action." --Alli Starr.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/25/34193.php
SUMMARY:10th Annual Radical Performance Fest
LOCATION:Somarts Cultural Center  934 Brannan St. at 8th St.  SF, CA
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