Homeless rally, Dark Valentine, Tommi...

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events + news-links
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps, SFBG, et alii ):
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For more "queer things to do"
in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
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For news of EduKink leather/BDSM classes, please join
[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edukink ]
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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
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CAL-SF: January 28,
Friday evening, 6-9 PM:
opening reception for art show:
"HAIRY BODIES"
January 28 - February 26
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-6 PM.
Hairy Bodies is a group exhibition inspired by the eroticisation and fetishization of large hairy men (bears).
Artists explore and abstract this ideal of beauty, quite outside of the mainstream,
through video, photography, and installation.
Sometimes playful and subversive works look at individual and group complexities, differences, and dynamics.
Come for an intimate look at the strange beauty of bear hair, sexuality, and body aesthetics in all forms and possibilities.
The Lab, 2948 16th Street near Mission.

http://www.thelab.org
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**CAL-SF: January 28, Friday night:
Open Play Party
at SF Citadel
Discount night of play
... only $10 per person!

For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]

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AIDS housing fundraiser
Friday evening, Jan. 28, attend a benefit performance of
Italian.Queer.Dangerous,
activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca's solo show about his life before SF,
and raise money for the AIDS Housing Alliance,
which helps people with HIV and AIDS find housing.
8 p.m., Jon Sims Center,
1519 Mission, S.F.
$5-$20 sliding scale.
(415) 554-0402
http://www.jonsimsctr.org
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Anarchist CD-release party
Friday, Jan. 28, help the Entartete Kunst hip-hop collective...
celebrate their new CD,
States of Abuse.
Watch performances by anarchist rappers
and a documentary about their mission,
Spreading Propaganda.
7 p.m., AK Press, 674A 23rd St., Oakl.
Free.
(510) 208-1700
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*CAL-SF: Saturday, January 29, afternoon:

Light My Fire!
a fire play class by Domina
2:30pm - 5:00pm

For cost, details, Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]
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*CAL-SF: Jan 29
Saturday night
[last show]
8 pm:
ITALIAN.QUEER.DANGEROUS:
a one-man show featuring Tommi Avicolli Mecca.....
Through monologue and spoken word, well-known San Francisco queer activist and writer
Tommi Avicolli Mecca tells his story of growing up in South Philly's working-class Little Italy.

At 19, fired up with new pride in being gay, he came out to the world
-- and his traditional Roman Catholic southern Italian famiglia --
on a TV talk show.....

$5-10 sliding scale
(no one turned away)

Jon Sims Center, 1519 Mission/
between Van Ness and 11th

http://www.jonsimsctr.org
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IRAQ: 30 January 2005, Sunday:
election???
Watch turnout percentages for Kurds, Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs.....
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CAL- SF: 30 JANUARY 2005, Sunday morning, circa 0945:
Sunday Forum
[secular discussion of social and political issues ]
at U-U Church:
Iraq's Election, and the U$A in the Mideast.
Free.
[ http://www.uuSF.org ]
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CAL- SF: 30 JANUARY 2005,
Sunday afternoon, 2 to 4pm:
performance by SF KOTO Ensemble,
Koret Auditorium,
SF Main Public Library.
Free.
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Join the SF land trust
Sunday, Jan. 30, attend the annual membership meeting of the San Francisco Community Land Trust, a recently incorporated organization working toward creating affordable housing in the city through limited-equity condo and co-op conversion programs. Nominate yourself for the trust's board of directors by sending in a letter detailing your interest, your qualifications, and why you want to be on the board. 3-5 p.m., Apollo Hotel, first-floor conference room, 420 Valencia, S.F. Send nominations to info [at] sfclt.org
or P.O. Box 420436, S.F. 94142.

http://www.sfclt.org
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Listen to homeless people
Sunday, Jan. 30, Religious Witness with Homeless People....
hosts an all-faith rally calling for compassion and greater understanding. The event features homeless people reading their poems, speeches by religious leaders, a sacred dance, and a performance by Vocolot Ensemble.
3-4 p.m., Civic Center Plaza, near corner of Polk and McAllister, S.F.
(415) 929-0785
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*CAL, northern: Berkeley:
UNDRESSED PROJECT classes continue...
Naked dance technique classes geared towards healing body image,
taught by Eric Kupers
and combining aspects of modern dance, improvisation, and
various somatic arts.
FOR ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE.
Sundays, Jan. 30th and Feb. 27th,
3 - 5 pm,
Western Sky Studio,
2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley,
$15 – 30 sliding scale.
RSVP to
erickupers [at] hotmail.com
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FEBRUARY 2005: time to think about love, sex,
and sexually transmitted diseases (STD's).
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SF: Save Harding Theater
Tuesday, Feb. 1, condo developers have obtained permits to demolish the historic Harding Theater, built in 1926. Meet with the Board of Supervisors in support of merchants who want to save the landmark by adapting it for reuse.
3:30 p.m., City Hall, Room 244,
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl., S.F. (415) 554-5184
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SF vigil for tsunami survivors
Tuesday, Feb. 1, gather at a vigil organized by the Asian and Pacific Islander Health Forum
to show support for those directly affected by the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, as well as family and friends in San Francisco.
5:30-6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl., S.F.
(415) 568-3306
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***CAL-SF: 3 February, Thursday:
doors open 7pm, program runs 7:30pm to 10:30pm:
"Your First Scenes" class,
in Angela and Iain's Newcomer's Series,
at The Citadel, SF.
Suggested donation $10. NOTAFLOF.

Adults (18+) of all genders, orientations, and roles are welcome.

For news of EduKink leather/BDSM classes, please join
[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edukink ]

For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]
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*CAL-SF:

" SEX LIVES OF THE ELDERLY"
exhibit runs thru Feb. 5:
"recent paintings from Heather Luque with writings by Johanna Hyman";
at Glama-Rama gallery,
417 S. Van Ness Ave, SF.
415.861.4526.

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CAL, northern:

Feb. 5, Saturday:

LGBTI electioneering in Napa:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/01/1714847.php

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*CAL-SF: Sunday, February 6

Dark Valentine's Sale
A BDSM Toy/Fetish Sale just in time for Valentine's Day
1pm - 5pm
$5 admission

For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]
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PS:
news and views in brief:




SPONGEMARY QUEERPANTS?

Fascists accuse SpongeBob Squarepants of promoting queerness...

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1344.html

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ACADEMICS ANALYZE DRAGANYMS

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/23/LVGT7ASCMR1.DTL

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OLDIES? SURELY NOT HERE!

In the Haight-Ashbury, three persons board the #33 bus, heading toward The Castro --
a young man, a young woman, and her child. They sit at the front of the bus.
Then the man says, "Let's move to the back, in case old people want these seats."

In my fruitiest voice, I assure them:
"Don't worry. Nobody in The Castro would ever ADMIT to being old...."

[ -- Tortuga Bi Liberty, January 2005 ]

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MEN'S OBESITY MAY MASK PROSTATE CANCER

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/99/105324.htm

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SAN FRANNI'S RIGHT WING

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/23/INGO0AS4D41.DTL

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DEAN WANTS TO LEAD DEMS

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/23/MNGBOAV2GV1.DTL

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TIME TO DECLARE VICTORY AND GET OUT

Open letter to President Bush:

After the Iraq election,
you will enjoy a brief window of opportunity,
in which you can declare victory,
and begin withdrawing U.S. troops
(at least from Arab areas of Iraq).

If you neglect this opportunity,
the new Iraqi government will
eventually kick you out.
Here's your last chance to save face.

CARPE DIEM!


Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
San Francisco
24 January 2005 [Monday]
http://seniornude.blogspot.com/
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SECOND-TERM BLUES

When a President has tried to deceive our nation,
he may yet get elected to a second term.

But later, as Nixon and Clinton each learned,
the cover-up may unravel.

Will a majority realize how Bush has fooled them?
Will they tell him to resign?
Or will they forgive him, as they did Reagan,
on grounds of mental incapacity?


Stay tuned....
-- TBL
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