freedom-seekers' calendar

NIGHT MARSH
in Los Angeles and San Francisco !

Don't miss Eric Kupers' culmination of
the UNDRESSED Project,
which performed to sold-out houses
at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis in May!

NIGHT MARSH

A vibrant ecosystem of naked bodies,
challenging cultural notions about
body, image, beauty and
death.

LOS ANGELES:
June 18-20: Electric Lodge
Fri./Sat. @ 8pm,
Sun. @ 2pm
(310) 306-1854
http://www.electriclodge.org


SAN FRANCISCO
June 25th - July 10th
(three weekends!)
Fridays and Saturdays, 8pm
$10- 15
Jon Sims Center for the Arts, San Francisco
1519 Mission St.
(415) 554-0402
http://www.jonsimsctr.org

Buy tickets early;
we're expecting full houses.

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NIGHT MARSH was created in residence
at the Jon Sims Center for the Arts.

Contains full nudity.

For mature audiences.

No one under 18 admitted without a parent/guardian.

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NIGHT MARSH Project Description:
Drawing on over two years of intensive research and exploration
through residencies at the Jon Sims Center for the Arts in SF,
Eric Kupers directs a cast of 15 dancers, diverse in size, shape,
color, age, orientation and physical ability in an intricately
choreographed journey through a world of naked bodies.

Beginning with an investigation of our culture's attitudes towards
body diversity and nudity, the piece then looks deeper at fears of
the body as it is and their relationship to fears of death and
dying.

NIGHT MARSH is performed completely naked, using nudity as a
tool for uncovering the often forgotten place of humans in the
wide spectrum of animals and the natural world.

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CALENDAR 4 FREEDOM-SEEKERS:
compiled by SaveFreedom, sfBarea, and SUN:
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JUNE 2004: San Francisco's Pride Month:
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CAL- nude dance performance:
NIGHT MARSH: (see text above):
June 18- 20 , Los Angeles.
June 25 - July 10, San Francisco
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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE: 21 June: summer officially begins.
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CAL, northern: Monday, June 21:
signature deadline for Oakland Cannabis Initiative?
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CAL: SF: 24 June, Thurs, 8pm to 2am: "Naughty Nurses and Dirty Docs":
benefit gala for St. James Infirmary, the sexworkers' clinic;
at DNA Lounge, 375 -- 11th St (near Folsom).
$25 at the door. Be 21 or more.
Event info at [ http://www.lovings.com/sji ]
Clinic info at [ http://www.stjamesinfirmary.org ]

[SUN asks: Top-optional ?? Clothing-optional?? ]
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USA: circa June 25: release of Michael Moore's documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11".
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CAL, northern: 34th annual SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE WEEKEND:

CAL:SF: 25 June, Friday: San Francisco Chronicle will publish special section,
"Gay Pride: The Wedding Album",
with stories from SF's historic "Winter of Love";
plus plans for Pride Weekend, June 26-27.
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CAL, SF: 26-27 June:
28th Annual
San Francisco FREE FOLK FESTIVAL:
Saturday-Sunday, June 26-27, 2004,
noon to around 11pm,
Roosevelt Middle School, 460 Arguello (at Geary). [ Take 38 bus, or 33. ]
Entirely FREE and open to the public.
For more info, please visit
[ http://www.sffolkfest.org/2004/frameset.html ]
[ Comment by SUN: This festival is excellent. But the 2004 festival conflicts, in part, with
SF's Dyke March (June 26 afternoon/evening) , Pink Saturday (June 26 evening/night),
Pride Parade & Pride Festival (June 27). We hope these events won't conflict in future years. ]
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CAL: SF: June 26: Dyke March:
[followed by Pink Saturday outdoor party]:

Women spend top-optional afternoon in Dolores Park; march shortly before sunset;
wind thru Mission District, eventually get to Castro & Market; dance thru the evening....

Women (past, present, future) can demonstrate here for equal marriage rights, peace, etc.

Men (except transmen) should just watch and applaud the Dyke March.
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But all genders can party afterwards, at CLOTHING-OPTIONAL Pink Saturday, outdoors on Castro Street.
Please donate generously when you enter the party zone, as net proceeds benefit worthy charities.
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CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday: Honor Del & Phyllis in the
gigantic queer parade.
March in peace contingent; or in marriage rights contingent.
Or with Radical Faeries?
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CAL: SF: June 27, Sunday afternoon: After the parade, Pride Festival in SF Civic Center probably will be
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL (as in June 2003).
Look for Faerie Freedom Village?
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USA: June 30: Iraq gets pseudo-sovereignty, while U.S. troops remain there.
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CAL, SF: 30 June, Wednesday evening, 5PM:
Anti-war protest at Union Square, in downtown San Francisco.
[ AYOR! Stay clothed and avoid arrest! ]
[Union Square, scene of rallies since Gold Rush days, is bounded by Powell, Geary, Stockton, Post;
near Powell BART/Muni station & many bus lines.
Nearby Maiden Lane is named, satirically, for the prostitutes who were rented there. ]
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JULY 2004:
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USA summer: July-August-September (overview): Bush needs average voters, especially those who depend on television for news, to be distracted from Iraq-related issues until after the November election. Republicans stage debate on same-sex marriage in U.S. Senate, starting July 12. Democratic national convention happens at Boston, late July. After the Dem-Con, TV viewers will turn to the Athens Olympics; and many will disengage from national life, for summer activities and travel, until Labor Day. In early September, seeking to profit from the 9-11 anniversary, Republicans will gather in New York City to coronate King George the Lesser; and to find out whether Cheney will continue as Veep candidate (a decision which is really up to Cheney, not Bush).
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CAL, northern: BurningMan Flambé Lounge events:
July 7-11, July 31, etc? : please visit:
[ http://www.burningman.com/blackrockcity_yearround/special_events/flambe_lounge/ ]
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OREGON: ___ July?: Deadline for fascists to get enough signatures
to put anti-queer constitutional amendment on November state ballot
(unless state legislature does their evil work for them?).
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USA: July 4, Sunday: Wear wedding regalia? Hoods?
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CAL: SF: 4 July, Sunday: Nude Freedom Day, at Baker Beach. CLOTHING-OPTIONAL. Free.
You're invited to bodypaint and get bodypainted, for freedom, equal rights, and peace on Nude Freedom Day, July 4, at Baker Beach, San Francisco. Free. Adults of all genders and orientations are welcome.
Directions: Take #29 Muni bus to Baker Beach (either of two stops; ask driver); or bike there; or walk from Geary Blvd. and 25th Ave. Walk to northern parking lot, which has water fountain & toilets. From parking lot, walk north on beach (toward Golden Gate Bridge), thru prude zone and into nude zone. Then visually follow the cable fence (separating usable beach from protected vegetation) until you see a Leather Pride Flag (bearing a red heart, with stripes of black, blue, and white). If you don't see the flag yet, just enjoy the beach on your own. Look again for flag, or bodypainters, each hour or two, especially near the log stairway.
Time?: Since the organizer must carry supplies on the bus, no reliable time can be guaranteed. He'll try to be there by 3PM, possibly earlier. Rain cancels. For last-minute changes, please visit [http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude].
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CAL: July 4: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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USA: July 12: U.S. Senate begins debate on the "Federal Marriage Amendment", which would ban same-sex marriages, etc. Bigots need 2/3 majority (67 votes) to pass a constitutional amendment through the Senate. They don't expect to get 67, but Bush hopes the debate will help him.
For details, please see June report in SF Chronicle:
[ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/19/MNGVD790E91.DTL ]
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MASS: Boston: July 25, Sunday, starting around 12 noon at Boston Commons:
demonstration(s) near Democratic Party national convention.
Make and bring your own equal-rights signs!
Wear wedding costumes?
Wear hoods?
For frequent updates, please visit Boston Indymedia
( http://boston.indymedia.org )

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CAL: SF: late July: Wear hoods at clothing-optional Dore Alley Fair.

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CAL, southern: late July:
Wear wedding costumes at San Diego Pride.
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AUGUST 2004:

USA: Traditionally, news media experience a shortage of "serious" news during "the dog days",
so this is journalism's "silly season", time to feature unusual events., especially those involving
nudity or sex.
If you're planning an unusual action, demo, or stunt, do it BEFORE the Olympics begin.
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CAL: Aug. 1st: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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GREECE: circa 13 August 2004:

Will Athens Olympics distract U.S. voters from political issues?
Or will Al Qaeda terrorists strike Athens to help Bush get elected?

Why would terrorists want Bush, whom they despise, to rule the USA?
Because he stupidly falls for their tricks
and plays into their hands;
thus alienating potential allies
and energizing potential opponents.
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CAL: circa Aug. 23: By this date, California Supreme Court might hand down a decision
about whether San Francisco city-county officials
acted illegally when they issued same-sex marriage licenses
(in SF's historic "Winter of Love", February-March 2004).
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MASS.: 25-29 Aug.: 2nd LGBTI Health Summit, in liberal Cambridge.
[ http://www.healthSummit2004.org ]
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SEPTEMBER 2004:

USA: (NYC?): Sept. 1: Mass PANTY-FLASHING by "the Axis of Eve":
at 3pm, one hundred women in trench-coats will perform a group flashing
of their slogan-bearing panties, to protest against the Bush regime.
For details of event, and to buy protest panties, please visit website
[ http://www.AxisOfEve.org ]
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USA: 4-5-6 Sept (?): Labor Day weekend (after which, voters traditionally
pay more attention to November elections).
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CAL: Sept 5: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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NEW YORK: Sept. __ - ___: NYC: Republican National Convention will attempt to
exploit a nation's traumatic memories of 9-11-2001, by portraying the
Bush regime as effectively "fighting terror". Some protesters will claim that Iraq War
has drained resources away from fighting Al Qaeda and similar groups.
Others will raise many issues, including equal marriage rights.
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MASS: 14 Sept., Tuesday: state primary election, in which candidates' chances
may (or may not) be affected by the MA same-sex marriage controversy.
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CAL: SF: late September: Wear hoods at clothing-optional Folsom Street Fair.

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OCTOBER 2004:

USA: Will Bush, and/or terrorists, stage another "October Surprise" ?
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NEW YORK: October 1st, Friday morning, early:
Spencer Tunick's next Naked Pavement photo-shoot will take place 1 October at 6:45 AM,
in New York City on 13th Street between Washington Street and the West Side Highway.
All are welcome to pose.
The shoot is part of Extremely Refrigerated, a two-week art and performance installation taking place in New York's meat-market district and on the Internet. It's being produced by the Floating Point Unit transmedia art collective.
More info at HotWired: Retina - Naked City:
[ http://hotwired.wired.com/retina/95/33/naked/ ]
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CAL: SF: circa 2-3 Oct. (first weekend): "Strictly Bluegrass" festival, in Golden Gate Park. Free.
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CAL: SF: early Oct. : Castro Street Fair.
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CAL: Oct 3: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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DC: Oct. 11, Monday: rally for equal marriage rights, in Washington, DC.
[ http://www.marriageEqualityCA.org/caravan.php ]
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USA: circa Oct. 11: National Coming Out Day:
Ask your local Congressperson and both of your Senators to oppose, or at least to delay,
any and all amendments to the U.S. Constitution concerning marriage.
If your politician is liberal, speak of equal human rights for all citizens.
If he or she isn't liberal, say that marriage is a state issue, not a federal issue.
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CAL: Halloween, Oct. 31: In SF's Castro district, "CastroWeen" offers
a chance to mock Bush and his pet bigots.
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NOVEMBER 2004:

USA: Nov. 2, Tuesday: Presidential election (unless cancelled....)???
Also, in several states (Georgia, Mississippi, Utah, Kentucky), voters decide whether their state constitutions
need anti-marriage amendments.
[Thought for today:
Would you buy democracy lessons from a man
who stole "his" national government? ]
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CAL: Nov. 7: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
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DECEMBER 2004:
CAL: Dec. 5: SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.

WORLD: Dec. 31: New Year's Eve, on which we may temporarily ignore the patriarchy, for a few care-free hours.
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For breaking news, go to Google, click on News.
Then, within News, search for a name, like "Frank Bearden", or "NYCLU", or "Multnomah".
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To get news of upcoming demos, check your local Independent Media Center.
If you don't know its URL, start in San Franni at the queer section of IndyBay:
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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To list upcoming events, send brief notice, in plain text (no HTML), in format shown above;
with URL where netizens can find details, to:
SaveFreedom [at] yahoogroups.com
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SaveFreedom highly recommends these links:
[CAL. marriage news] http://www.sfgate.com/samesexmarriage/
[CAL. events: MECA] http://www.MarriageEqualityCA.org/
[MarriageEqualityCA seeks civil marriage for same-sex couples. ]
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MASS. same-sex marriage news: [ http://www.boston.com/news/specials/gay_marriage/ ]
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OREGON s-s marriage news: [ http://www.oregonlive.com/special/gaymarriage/ ]
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N.Y. city/state/US/world news: [ http://www.nytimes.com/ ]
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For more links to groups, press, etc., please visit:
[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/links ]
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Recurring SF Bay Area events include:
WEEKLY:
-- SF main library screens free films, most Thursdays, 12 noon [ for info, please email < blaineW [at] sfpl.org > ]
-- SF, Cable 29: "Alternative Programming", each Wednesday night, 9pm.
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MONTHLY:
-- SF: Passion Dance: first Thursday of each month. [<http://www.passiondance.com>]
-- SF, Cable 29: "Outlook" [queer news], first Sunday, 5pm.
-- SF: free admission, on 1st Tuesday to: ASIAN ART MUSEUM; Legion of Honor; SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
-- SF: free admission, on 1st Wednesday, to: San Francisco ZOO; Fort Mason galleries; etc.
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ODD-MONTHLY: Perverts Put Out, in each odd-numbered month <http://www.blackbooks.com>:
clothing-optional literary salon at 848 Community Space.
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ANNUAL Bay Area clothing-optional [ or top-optional ] events MAY include: People's Park anniversary (late April?); Bay 2 Breakers (late May); SF Pride events (Dyke March, Pink Saturday, Pride Festival, all in late June); Nude Freedom Day (July 4 at Baker Beach); Dore Alley Fair (Up Your Alley) (last Sunday in July); Bonny Doon beach cleanup (Santa Cruz area, in Sept.); Folsom Street Fair (last Sunday in Sept.); Castro Street Fair (genitals banned, but female breasts okay); "Castro-ween" (Halloween in Castro district, Oct. 31); etc.
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