SF events 1.9

http://www.pieman.org/bushgijoke.htm

# meeting of the Urban Forest Council http://www.fuf.net
10 am Fri Jan 9 Room 400, SF City Hall Polk @ Grove

# Fri. Jan. 9 12 pm Meeting for the Rainbow Gathering in SF
Hippie Hill, Goldengate Park (Just inside the park near Haight Ashbury
For details, please see http://www.sfheart.com/Butterfly_Calendar.html

# Fri Jan 9 2:00PM, workers and community people will again rally to
protest the continuing charges against anti-war protesters and ILWU BA
Jack Heyman from the April 7, 2003 protest at the port of Oakland. The court
hearing will take place at the Oakland Courthouse at 661 Washington St./7th
St in Oakland. The hearing will be in courtroom Department 115. We want
to fill the hearing room.
Please come and show solidarity against this travesty of justice.
Also please bring your union banners. All labor must be united to protest
these police state tactics. Demand that all charges be dropped for
peacefully picketing and exercising trade union rights.
http://www.defendilwuba.com or call (415) 273-1649

# Art opening and poetry reading, Paul Blake, and ruth weiss,
Fri Jan 9 5 - 8PM. Matt Gonzalez's Supervisor Office. City Hall
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/1667217.php

# Lori Kay, artist in residence at SF Recycling & Disposal, Inc.
making art from recycled materials. LORI KAY: Numinous Objects
Fri 5-9 p.m., Jan 9 Sat 1-4 p.m. Jan 10 501 Tunnel Ave SF
http://www.norcalwaste.com/artist_in_residence.htm click "AIR Show 2004."

# All you single folks out there...Come with us this Friday! Date My Friend (DMF)
(club/art gallery) 111 Minna St SF Fri Jan 9, 6p-11:59pm $5<10pm>$10

# Inside of Inside Fri Jan 9 6-9 PM 2948-16th St@ Capp http://www.thelab.org

# Annual tree cycle 'drag n burn' Fri 1/9/04 6:30 meet at Duboce Triangle.
organized by no one in particular. Bike around SF Lasso xmas carnage,
drag it to Ocean beach ( N Judah ), enjoy a post-yule funeral pyre!

::SEEDS:: Fri Jan 9 Urban Forage, 254 Fillmore @ Haight 7pm - 10pm
SHAMANIC AND INDIGENOUS SACRED SEXUALITY: "Awakening Your Sexual Dream Body"
http://www.sfseeds.org http://www.cellularmemory.net
http://www.celebrationsoflove.com http://www.urbanforage.com

# Every Fri Dance Jam @ Western Sky 2525 8th St @ Dwight Berkeley

# Fri Jan 9 9pm-2:30am $5 dressed til 10pm, $10 dressed after, $15 drab (all night)
SIN! salutes the cardinal sin of Avarice Second Friday of every month
21+ Rawhide 280 Seventh St. at Folsom St. http://www.sinfusion.com

# freeform: Fri Jan 9 Downstairs New Asia SF 201 9th St @ Howard FREE
10pm - 3am http://www.hossfest.com/freeform/12_12_03/index.html
good electronic music. Do you like free drinks? We?ve got those. How about balloon sculptures by the most talented twister this side of the Pecos? We got those, too. Maybe you?re saying, ?If only they ran around with digital cameras, took pictures, and handed them to you a few minutes later?. Well, heh. Guess what? Yup. http://www.tribe.net


# 'Other Whirled' @ The End-Up 6th @ Harrison Sat Jan. 10th
Come get your afterhours groove on at the End-Up this Saturday morning, with resident Tracy and guests Mozaic (Spaceship Gaia, Santa Cruz), Ginger Vaughn (Hitgirl, SF/Seattle), and Alia (13moontribe, Santa Cruz). 6am-12noon. Hope you can make it

# San Francisco Gathering for Direct Action to Stop the War
DASW 2004 ASSEMBLY Saturday, January 10, 2004 11am-5pm
St. Boniface Church 133 Golden Gate San Francisco, CA
Food Provided (Please come on time and stay for the afternoon)
more: http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/01/1667217.php

# January 10 - Loose Improv Group Forming: Come Play With Us!- Cell Space,
2050 Bryant St., San Francisco-Noon to 2
Come play games and discover new ways to talk and move. Experience a plus
but not required. Be willing to dive in!

# Forum on Free Trade Agreements Sat Jan 10 2-5pm 522 Valencia St.
Come to a discussion on the agreements, including CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement), which was recently finalized between the US and 4 Central American countries. Its ratification will be facing strong opposition in Congress in 2004. Showing the short documentary: "Uprooted: Refugees of the global economy" Followed by a panel discussion

# Sat, Jan 10 3:00 pm Forum: Resistance to Imperialism in Latin America
Women's Building 18th between Guerrero and Valencia Join us to hear reports of the struggles for self-determination in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Cuba. http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php



# Jan 10 Raw and/or Vegan Potluck
KookNotCook with our friends Bay Area Vegetarians and the Upaya Center
invites you to: Raw and/or Vegan Potluck 1/10/04 Saturday, 5:00 pm
at the Upaya Center, 478 Santa Clara & Grand, Oakland.
*Don't use any ingredients taken from animals or bees without their written consent.
Non-violence: Don't Eat Them Long Life: Don't Heat Them

# art opening Sat Jan 10 7-10pm free Mark Mothersbaugh,
lead singer of DEVO produces Beautiful Mutants, 1800's photos,
altered 1841 Powell (at Columbus) http://www.capogallerysf.com

# Spoken Word jubilee in the Mission http://www.writerswithdrinks.com
Prof. Tricia Rose, Paul Reidinger, Julia Serano, Ronn Vigh Nadyalec,Keckler.
Sat Jan 10 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 7:00 PM
Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. @ Mission and Valencia $3

# An annual tradition, which is now in the process of being suppressed
by rigid authority, occurs in San Francisco at this time of the
year, when the last stand of sidewalk fir trees is logged by the
Friends of the Rootless Forest and then piled up on the beach for
some very rapid composting. Ocean beach in the Sunset district.
Saturday, January 10th. Meet at the giant Doghead, 2750 Sloat Blvd
at 7:30 PM. We'll hang out for an hour and then head west when the
coast is clear. Bring a christmas tree and libations. No glass on beach.
Ocean beach = no naked no alchohol no glass.
Baker beach @ Presidio = no fires no glass.

# Jan 10 FEMALE 2 - WOMEN IN THE NEW MILLENNIA-Balazo Gallery $5
2811 Mission, SF- 8PM-12PM http://www.lilycat.com/event.html
Art display, spoken word, dance, music, performance art, a film by Sumiko Saulson
film, photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media forty-five visual artists.
stage performance, spoken word, DJs and live music. http://www.artsf.org

# Cinemasports Screening - Movies Made Today Sat Jan 10 8-10PM $5
Filmarts Foundation 145 9th St #101 http://www.filmarts.org

# Dark Sparkle Sat Jan 10th at Studio Z 9pm-3am)! Siouxsie & The Banshees
tribute 9-10pm DJ's: Miz Margo & Sage Hosts: Michael & Kingfish 9pm - 3a
$5 21+ 314 11th St @ Folsom http://www.darksparkle.net

# Secret punk rawk show Sat Jan 10 9pm Spike is leaving!
free BYOB bands are playing, your local favorites
Stiletto Teenage Harlets Eddie Haskells
The directions are up at http://www.secretlocation.net

# The illbilly ho down Sat Jan 10 9p-1:30am $5 El Rio 3158 Mission

# Sat Jan 10 10pm-midnight or later. animal costumes,
fun faux fur, fursuits, Il Pirata 16th East of Potrero

# xmas tree burn Sat Jan 10 10pm Ocean beach@ Judah http://www.tribe.net
anybody else notice a lot of CHRISTMAS TREES around? Let's burn 'em!
Bring trees. Make sure there are no buckets or stands nailed onto them!
or saw 'em off... no glass bottles on the beach Cancelled if raining.
this is a more intimate setting than the Sloat burn, which is right near great Highway.
Keep fires legal on beach by discouraging others from buring toxic plywood or particle board,
painted wood, CCA / Copper Chromated Arsenic toxic treated wood. Pallets have nails = bad.

# Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10 and 11 – OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL (brand new), presenting films that celebrate the sea, marine life, and the people who live, work, and play in or near the ocean. 24 films, mostly documentaries, will be screened January 10 & 11 at Fort Mason Center beginning at 10:30 am. $6-$10 http://oceanfilmfest.org


# 1/11: Cat Adoption Fair and Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic
The Scratching Post is the Peninsula's newest feline only boarding facility. Join us on Sunday, January 11th for an adoption fair and vaccine clinic from 11-4 PM at 2992 Spring St, Suite D in Redwood City. We will have lots of kittens and cats ready for adoption, from a host of rescue organizations. All cats will have received up-to-date vaccinations, spay/neutering, flea/worm treatments and physical exams upon adoption. If you adopt a cat/kitten you will also receive a complimentary 3-6 month check up with Dr. Monica Thompson ($25 value for kittens/$35 for cats). Adoption fees vary by rescue group. Maine Coon Rescue and Homeless Cat Network and just two of the groups that will be there.
650-368-1419 If you already have cats, bring them in for low-cost wellness exams, vaccines and microchipping. Fees are as follows: FVRCP (MERIAL) $ 13 FELV (PFIZER LEUKOCELL) $13 FIP (PFIZER)$15
RABIES (MERIAL PURE-VAX) $20 HOME AGAIN MICROCHIP $25
Dr. Thompson and staff will also be on hand to provide Soft-Paws applications: The humane alternative to de-clawing.
http://www.craigslist.org/eve/22038248.html

# Trash Beachcombing, Sunday 1/11 anon-21891632 [at] craigslist.org 11 am,
if no rain meet up in front of the restrooms at Judah & La Playa (where the N stops)

# Troy Helming, CEO http://KansasWindPower.com
Distributed Wind Generation: Reducing dependence on fossil fuels
Sun Jan 11, 2004 1pm 3220 Sacramento @ Lyon http://sftesla.org

# Sun Jan 11 2 to 4pm http://Cellspace.org 2050 Bryant @ 18th St
join the hula hoop group: bah-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com

# Sun, Jan 11 5 pm Panel: The Military Occupation of Our Schools
Palo Alto Friends Meeting House (Wheelchair accessible) 957 Colorado Ave.
Palo Alto http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

# Sun Jan 11, 6pm SPEAK ON IT presented by Unity Life Youth Project
The first night of a series of dynamic spoken work and crucial vibe
sessions...come bring your poetry, floetry, wit and rhymes! If you have
something important to flow on, you're invited to see the community explore
your ideas using the powerful medium of spoken word! All ages welcome and we
are encouraging our youth to participate and perform! SPEAK ON IT will be
filmed as part of the feature full length motion pickture "DREADSTOCK"
This fundraiser will benefit ULYP's Computer Technology and Application and
Health, Wellness and Exercise programs. http://www.unitylifeyouth.org
Oakland Box Theater 1928 Telegraph Oakland http://www.oaklandbox.com

# Sun Jan 11 doors at 7, show at 8 $5 El Rio 3158 Mission
http://www.sfgoth.com/~sherilyn/wickedmessenger


# Mon, Jan 12 7pm Speaker: The Great Voting Machine Fraud
Beck Hall - Unitarian Universalists Corner of E. Santa Inez & N. Ellsworth St
San Mateo http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php


# 1/13: Indigenous Forests of Northern California
Join The Pachamama Alliance community for our monthly gathering featuring a presentation by scientist and scholar Dr. Lee Klinger. Long ago, on a hillside in Marin county, a band of Miwok called Olompali had a vision: a way to create abundance from these trees in seven generations based on a deep understanding of the living earth. Then, together, they worked hard to plant countless nut-bearing trees and to remineralize the earth. Today their ecological wisdom is cleverly recorded in the peculiar fire scars on downhill sides of trunks, in the strange white coatings on the bark, and in the odd placement of sea shells around the largest and oldest trees. Indeed, as we begin to look carefully we see - that the many crooked trunks of the older oaks are bent by design, trained to grow sideways and into the hill - that archeologists are finding hundreds of stone mortars in the area, grinding sites littered with splintered bones and seashells from waters outside the bay - that there are many mysterious shell middens, heaps of broken shells, bones, chunks of limestone, and ashes, piled up to 40 feet high with no evidence of any significant habitation nearby - that open slopes in and around oak forests are distinctly terraced. No longer a band of simple hunter-gatherers, legions of shaped and tended trees clearly reveal the Miwok to be a large tribe of sophisticated organic agriforesters who cultivated herbs, fruits and nuts in orchards and fields that extended to the horizon in all directions.
An introduction to The Pachamama Alliance will begin the evening at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner (no host) and the presentation. The Pena Pachamama Restaurant is located at 1630 Powell St. (between Union and Green) in North Beach , San Francisco. RSVP: call 415-561-4522 or email info [at] pachamama.org For more information about our organization, please see http://www.pachamama.org http://www.craigslist.org/eve/21953310.html

# Tue, Jan 13 7:30 pm Capitola: Author Event: Insurrection:
Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power
Capitola Book Café 1475 41st AVE Capitola
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

# Tue, Jan 13 7:30 pm Film: Fear and Favor in the Newsroom
Foundation for Global Community 222 High St Palo Alto $3
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php


# 1/14 Perpetual Motion Roadshow (Modern Times (888 Valencia 7:30pm
http://nomediakings.net/pmr-jan-sf.pdf http://www.nomediakings.net
http://www.craigslist.org/eve/21923109.html


# This year the Youth Commission's Youth Recreation & Services Committee
concluded that opportunities for youth in San Francisco are too
limited, and that we, as youth, must change this. With the upcoming budget cuts, it is crucial that we ensure that recreation for youth in San Francisco is
protected. With outdated entertainment laws, a lack of appealing
recreation options and recreation centers that are unsafe and in poor
condition, San Francisco youth face the worst recreation crisis in history.
The Rec Revolution will give youth a chance to state their opinions on
the current state of youth recreation and entertainment in San Francisco.
This hearing is on January 15th at 5:00 pm at City Hall, Room 250. If you
want change, COME TO THE REC REVOLUTION HEARING and voice YOUR opinions abouthow YOU want to change San Francisco's outlook on recreation and entertainment. We are the voice of the future, but that doesn't mean we can't change the present.

# MYSTIC FAMILY CIRCUS PRESENTS: UNDER ONE UMBRELLA
Beginning THU Jan 15 MONTHLY AT 111 MINNA St 8-2pm
BAD ASS LIVE BAND: FOXGLUV -Mythopoetic Messengers
DYNAMIC DJ's: OOAH - Subterannean Sound Research
CLAY - Yoga-Taichi Collective / Purple Sound AND FANTASTIC
CIRCUS THEATRICS Every 2nd THURSDAY of EVERY MONTH IN 2004
B.A.N.T.U. http://www.myticfamilycircus.org  / 415-267-7634
$5-$10 Sliding Scale - Support the ARTS and the Artists 8pm-2pm

# Matt Gonzalez party! Friday, 1/16, 8pm, Studio Z! 314 11th St @ Folsom
Join Matt Gonzalez musicians, artists, performers, poets and activists to celebrate MATT GONZALEZ'S HISTORIC CAMPAIGN for Mayor of San Francisco. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 8PM
STUDIO Z, 314 11th Street near Folsom DJ sets by MATMOS, and DJ Sake One!
Live Music by Marcus Shelby and Lavay Smith $20 to close out Matt's Historic
Campaign.
Participating artists include Jason Jagel, Carolyn Ryder Cooley, Liz Cohen, Jonn
Herschend, Lynn Hershman, Gelatin, Annabel Livermore, Oliver Halsman Rosenberg,
Jack Hirshman, Agneta Falk, and more! Studio Z is located at 314 11th Street near Folsom.

# SF Green party thanks Matt Gonzalez: Friday, 1/16/04 7-9 pm. Join the activists from the SFGP at a reception/talk featuring Matt Gonzalez and Green party activists. Light refreshments, wine will be served. Event is at SFGP office: 1028 A Howard Street, SF between 6th and 7th streets. For more info go to: http://www.sfgreenparty.org


# Saturday, Jan. 17 - WHALEWATCHING with Oceanic Society (not to mention Mark J. Palmer, who inspired this adventure). Reserve a spot by calling the Oceanic Society at 415-474-3385. Trip leaves Fort Mason at 9:30 a.m. (arrive at 9 a.m. to sign in) and returns after approx. 6 hours. Travel is along the coastline towards Pt. Reyes. Trips go rain or shine. Tickets are $63 for adults, $61 for seniors (over 60) and children (10-15). No kids under 10 are permitted. Trips sell out, so hurry to reserve your spot!

# January 17th- Hip Hop Film Fest- Black Box 1928 Telegraph
Oakland 7pm. $10 before 9pm and $15 after 9pm.
in honor of http://SFBayview.com http://www.HipHopFilmFest.com

# Queers for Matt "Un-auguration" Party Sat Jan 17th
Party with politically like-minded queer folks and allies next Saturday at
the home of Brian Busta, 266 Noe @ Market. 8pm 'til late. DJ Pusspuss
plenty of food and drink. Come out and celebrate future.
Feel free to bring friends, colleagues, significant others, etc. You can
contact Brian directly with any questions at 252-1381 or
flameon [at] pacbell.net sflg-announce-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com

# Jan 17 Storm Sessions: relationships. http://www.false-profit.com
http://storms.cloudfactoryarts.org/ $25 registration fee (incl dinner)


# Raw Love: Living your Life as Art Jan 17+18th 2004
This weekend a new tribe will converge.
A coming together of conscious individuals who are interested living their
life as art and being in community with others on the same path.
Two days of indulgence in....
....healing - scrumptous raw food - gourmet raw food preparation demonstrations - personal transformation - bodywork - music - visual art - meditation - relating - connecting - dance - ritual - ceremony - writing - spoken word..... and more....
Created by us...for us... Any of this turn you on?
then go to http://www.rawlove.org for more information and to register.


# Sun Jan 18 6-11 pm Kucinich Convergence Political Party
(KCPP) at StudioZ, 314 11th St @ Folsom, SF http://kucinich.us
Sue Blankman at 415-756-7419 or sue4kucinich [at] yahoo.com


# SF Commons Agenda: Matt and Beyond Tue Jan 20 7PM http://mattgonzalezformayor.tribe.net
http://SomArts.org Cultural Center, 934 Brannan @ 8th Suggest $5–10 Moderated by Adam Werbach, SF PUC Commissioner, this conversational session will feature leading activists, thinkers and you.

# Wed Jan 21 New Moon http://www.tortuga.com or http://www.13moon.com

# Uncovered Film + Forum Wed Jan 21 7:30PM http://www.mpjc.org
1st United Meth Church, 9 Ross Valley Dr @ 4th St San Rafael

# Veg 101 - Free Workshop - January 24
You're invited to attend a free introductory workshop that explores the
many reasons to go veg! Veg 101 will provide information on simple,
positive choices that you can make to adopt a plant-based diet. The
workshop will address factory farming, social justice, meat's effect on
the environment, vegetarianism and health, and how you can easily make
compassion a part of your daily life. Admission is free, but please
bring cash for a delicious lunch. http://generationv.org/veg101
Berkeley Public Library 2090 Kittredge St Sun Jan 24, 10:30 - 5:00

# http://Tribe.net party scheduled for Thu Jan 29 Boom Boom Room.

# Permanent Absentee Registration Event Jan 30 9:00pm
540 Club 540 Clement St. (at 7th Ave.) http://mattgonzalez.com

# Saturday, Jan. 31 – BAEER FAIR- (Volunteer Tablers Needed!)
Marin Civic Center 20 N. San Pedro Rd. San Rafael 10am-4pm
$7 If you love the outdoors http://www.baeerfair.org

# Fri Feb 6 full moon http://www.tortuga.com or http://www.13moon.com

# Feb 14 Valentine's day: reclaim the Streets: SF street party!
http://rts-sf.org  http://xinet.com/rts

# Costa Rica One World Gathering: Feb 20- Fullmoon April http://welcomehome.org

# Progressive Left Movement Conference Sun Feb 22, 10 AM -5pm
Women's Building 3543 18th St @Valencia and Guerrero n District
Don't mourn, organize!" http://mattgonzalezformayor.tribe.net

# Panthea Con Pan-theistic Pagan Conv.San Jose, CA on President's Wknd Feb

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

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

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

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

Map of deviant desires http://deviantdesires.com/map/mappics/map81002.gif
Fetish Club Hanky Code http://www.sexuality.org/l/bdsm/hanky.html