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...transmen retooling, gender pirates, Valencia Rose, DIY, Badas, veg, BDSM, Dept. of Homeland Transphobia, Can't Say That, judas goats, Africa, election-rigging, civilib, energy, Undressed, "Toilet Training: law and order in the bathroom"; + mouthwatering Michelle Tea visits 10 Speed...
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23 Feb, Wednesday evening:
GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
hosts closing party for
"St. Harvey" exhibit,
5:30pm to 7:30pm.
Free,
Open to the public.
657 Mission Street, Suite 300
(near Third Street).
415.777.5455
http://www.GLBThistory.org
...............................
Wednesday Feb 23, 7 pm: RETOOL & Grind --
FTM and friends open stage.
Guest host: Sherilyn Connelly. Last wed. of the month at EROS mens sex club. Be there at 7pm and sign up for a 5 minute space .... bring a song, dance, trumpet playing, jokes, reading or whatever. at Eros, 2051 Market St.
[SF] [Donations accepted; NOTAFLOF.]
...........
Wed Feb 23rd, Doors at 8:00 pm, Show 9-12, DJ till...
GENDER PIRATES featuring: emcee LYNNEE BREEDLOVE!
Carol Queen, Shawna Virago and the Deadly Nightshades, The Urban Hermitt, Jo Boyer, Billie Mandel, Contajus, MK, Eli Wise and many more.....
Superstar-DJs SAM DAVIS & HEGENONY spinning hip hop, queer 80s, punk rock, retro- electro & garbage
*a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups,
the Gender Education Speaker's Bureau.*
$5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
for all you: freaks, punks, queers, trannies, genderqueers, men, women, genderfuckers, multiples, femmes, intersexies, rockstars, shyboys, skaterz, strippers, activists, workers, artists, felons, and everyone else.
--all genders welcome!--
EL RIO! 3158 Mission @ Precita [SF]
..................
Bike lane meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 23, stand up to the opposition to a proposed bike lane on 14th Street between Market and Dolores Streets, at a meeting with the Department of Parking and Traffic organized by Sup. Bevan Dufty's office.
6 p.m., Castro Community Room, 501 Castro, S.F.
http://www.sfbike.org/bikeplan_14th
............
Wednesday Feb 23, 11 pm: TV show: In The Life
-- Guest hosted by Lesley Gore!
Includes segments on Billy Tipton, Bayard Rustin, and pioneering drag king Storme DeLarverie. on KQED Ch 9. Also repeated Feb 24 at 2 am, 6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm,. and 10 pm. http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=1290
..........
*24 Feb, Thursday, noon:
free film
at main SF Public Library:
THE ACLU: A History
(1997, 57 minutes)
...............
Bikestation opens at Embarcadero [noonish]
Thursday, Feb. 24, attend the grand opening of the first San Francisco Bikestation,
run by a nonprofit that offers services such as bike repair
and free attended parking for bikes during commuter hours.
12:30 p.m., Embarcadero BART station, mezzanine,
Market at Sansome, S.F. (415) 834-1049
http://www.bikestation.org
..................
*24 Feb, Thursday, 7pm:
authors present
VAGINAS:
AN OWNER'S MANUAL
at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books,
601 Van Ness, SF.
Free.
http://www.bookstore.com
.................
Same-sex marriage lecture
Thursday, Feb. 24, in honor of Mary Dunlap, the deceased civil rights attorney who advocated for the rights of women, gays, people of color, and people with HIV/AIDS, the Boalt Center for Social Justice holds a lecture on taking the next steps to legalizing marriage between same-sex couples.
5-6 p.m., UC Berkeley,
Booth Auditorium, Bancroft and Telegraph, Berk.
Free.
http://www.marycdunlap.org
......................
Thursday Feb 24, 6 pm: Valencia Rose Revisited.
Early Queer Theater -
In January 1982, Hank Wilson and Ron Lanza turned a former funeral home into what became one of the city's most prominent queer theatrical venues in the city. Home to comedy, plays, lectures and political organizing, the Rose featured such performers as Whoopi Goldberg, Lea DeLaria, Marga Gomez, Doug Holsclaw and Tom Ammiano. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of its closing in 1985, join invited guests Tom Ammiano, Doug Holsclaw, Ron Lanza, Karen Ripley and F. Allen Sawyer in a lively traipse down memory lane, as well as rare performance footage from the Rose.
Main Library, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove) SF.
FREE
...............
Thursday, February 24th at 7 PM: free DIY Book Arts and Entertainment
at Modern Times Bookstore featuring: readings by Masha Gutkin, Kat Case, Melissa Klein, slideshow by Sarolta Jane Cump, film by Gretchen Hildebran, and a "talk" by Sara Jaffe.
free popcorn! please come! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246)
...........
Thursday, February 24, 7:00pm: Best Lesbian Erotica 2005
Join guest judge Felice Newman, and authors Shannon Cummings, Jean Roberta, and Renee Rivera, for an evening of hot, hot, hot stories of lesbian desire.
A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro St., San Francisco (415) 431-0891
Free!
.............
BADAS art show
Thursday, Feb. 24, as part of Black History Month, the Black Disabled Artistic and Performance Group (BADAS) holds a show with visual art, music, stories, and spoken word...
7 p.m., New College of California Cultural Center, 766 Valencia, S.F.
Donation requested. (415) 437-3425
...............
SF: 25 Feb., Friday, 8pm:
free lecture on
AYURVEDIC vegetarian cooking.
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center,
1200 Arguello Blvd, SF 94122
http://www.SFyoga.com
415.681.2731
....................
*SF: 25 Feb.:
'Half Price Friday'
Open Play Party
at SF Citadel
8 PM to 1 AM
our special discount night of play -
only $10 per person!
RSVPs aren't required.
For work exchange, contact
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]
.......................................
Friday February 25 -- SF
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Queer Removal and Deportation:
Danita Ganzon Speaks Out!
Department of Homeland Security Targets Transgender Couple.
USF Main Campus, Maraschi Room, 2800 Turk Street at Parker, San Francisco, University of San Francisco
http://artsci.usfca.edu/servlet/EventsList?deptID=42
[Dept. of Homeland Transphobia?? ]
...............
Friday, February 25, 7:00pm: Reading for
You Can't Say That
by Charles Karel Bouley (radio host) at A Different Light, Castro and 18th; SF
............
Young Africans speak
Friday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 26, meet young leaders from Africa who are part of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization
African Initiative of the American Friends Service Committee, and hear them speak about how they intend to organize better societies in their respective home countries.
Fri/25, 6 p.m., Friends Meeting House, 65 Ninth St., S.F. Free. Sat/26, 5 p.m.,
Black Repertory Theatre, 3201 Adeline, Berk. Free. (510) 238-8080, ext. 309
jalkebulan [at] afsc.org
.....................
Get military recruiters off campuses
Saturday, Feb. 26, join teachers, students, antiwar activists, and veterans at a meeting to start a movement to kick U.S. military recruiters off high school and college campuses. 2 p.m., Women's Building, Audrey Lorde Room, 3543 18th St., S.F. (415) 412-4540
ragina [at] mac.com
[Compare & contrast: military recruiters for war;
judas goats at slaughterhouses...]
..................................
How to rig elections
Saturday, Feb. 26, participate in an all-day teach-in on the 2004 election that focuses on failures in our voting process. Bob Fitrakis, an attorney from Ohio and editor of the Columbus Free Press, appears along with KPFA-FM correspondent Larry Bensky, Butch Wing of Rainbow Push, and other election-reform organizers.
10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison, Oakl.
$10 (bring your own lunch).
http://www.democraticrenewal.us
......................................
Know your rights
Saturday, Feb. 26, get informed on potential threats to your rights at a Gray Panthers Civil Liberties Committee meeting with featured speaker Kai Lundgren-Williams, a teacher of activism and social change at
New College of California.
2 p.m., San Francisco Public Library, Park Branch, 1833 Page, S.F.
Free.
(415) 552-8800
..........................................
27 February, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on "Cents and Sensibility:
assessing our energy policy in the United States".
FREE
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
http://www.uusf.org
.............................
*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.
Sunday.... Feb. 27th,
3 - 5 pm,
Western Sky Studio,
2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley,
$15 – 30 sliding scale.
RSVP to
erickupers [at] hotmail.com
........................................................
Monday February 28, 2005 -- Oakland
7-8:30pm: Film Discussion and Screening-
Toilet Training: Law and Order in the Bathroom.
A documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination. SRLP provides free legal services to low-income transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming communities.
FREE!
Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. 510.655.2405
http://www.srlp.org
..................
###
PS:
Michelle Tea visits Ten Speed Press:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/21/x_lit_house_hunter.html
...........
( events + news-links
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii ):
........................
For more "queer things to do"
in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
.........................
For news of EduKink leather/BDSM classes,
please consider joining
[ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edukink ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
23 Feb, Wednesday evening:
GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
hosts closing party for
"St. Harvey" exhibit,
5:30pm to 7:30pm.
Free,
Open to the public.
657 Mission Street, Suite 300
(near Third Street).
415.777.5455
http://www.GLBThistory.org
...............................
Wednesday Feb 23, 7 pm: RETOOL & Grind --
FTM and friends open stage.
Guest host: Sherilyn Connelly. Last wed. of the month at EROS mens sex club. Be there at 7pm and sign up for a 5 minute space .... bring a song, dance, trumpet playing, jokes, reading or whatever. at Eros, 2051 Market St.
[SF] [Donations accepted; NOTAFLOF.]
...........
Wed Feb 23rd, Doors at 8:00 pm, Show 9-12, DJ till...
GENDER PIRATES featuring: emcee LYNNEE BREEDLOVE!
Carol Queen, Shawna Virago and the Deadly Nightshades, The Urban Hermitt, Jo Boyer, Billie Mandel, Contajus, MK, Eli Wise and many more.....
Superstar-DJs SAM DAVIS & HEGENONY spinning hip hop, queer 80s, punk rock, retro- electro & garbage
*a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups,
the Gender Education Speaker's Bureau.*
$5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
for all you: freaks, punks, queers, trannies, genderqueers, men, women, genderfuckers, multiples, femmes, intersexies, rockstars, shyboys, skaterz, strippers, activists, workers, artists, felons, and everyone else.
--all genders welcome!--
EL RIO! 3158 Mission @ Precita [SF]
..................
Bike lane meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 23, stand up to the opposition to a proposed bike lane on 14th Street between Market and Dolores Streets, at a meeting with the Department of Parking and Traffic organized by Sup. Bevan Dufty's office.
6 p.m., Castro Community Room, 501 Castro, S.F.
http://www.sfbike.org/bikeplan_14th
............
Wednesday Feb 23, 11 pm: TV show: In The Life
-- Guest hosted by Lesley Gore!
Includes segments on Billy Tipton, Bayard Rustin, and pioneering drag king Storme DeLarverie. on KQED Ch 9. Also repeated Feb 24 at 2 am, 6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm,. and 10 pm. http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=1290
..........
*24 Feb, Thursday, noon:
free film
at main SF Public Library:
THE ACLU: A History
(1997, 57 minutes)
...............
Bikestation opens at Embarcadero [noonish]
Thursday, Feb. 24, attend the grand opening of the first San Francisco Bikestation,
run by a nonprofit that offers services such as bike repair
and free attended parking for bikes during commuter hours.
12:30 p.m., Embarcadero BART station, mezzanine,
Market at Sansome, S.F. (415) 834-1049
http://www.bikestation.org
..................
*24 Feb, Thursday, 7pm:
authors present
VAGINAS:
AN OWNER'S MANUAL
at A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books,
601 Van Ness, SF.
Free.
http://www.bookstore.com
.................
Same-sex marriage lecture
Thursday, Feb. 24, in honor of Mary Dunlap, the deceased civil rights attorney who advocated for the rights of women, gays, people of color, and people with HIV/AIDS, the Boalt Center for Social Justice holds a lecture on taking the next steps to legalizing marriage between same-sex couples.
5-6 p.m., UC Berkeley,
Booth Auditorium, Bancroft and Telegraph, Berk.
Free.
http://www.marycdunlap.org
......................
Thursday Feb 24, 6 pm: Valencia Rose Revisited.
Early Queer Theater -
In January 1982, Hank Wilson and Ron Lanza turned a former funeral home into what became one of the city's most prominent queer theatrical venues in the city. Home to comedy, plays, lectures and political organizing, the Rose featured such performers as Whoopi Goldberg, Lea DeLaria, Marga Gomez, Doug Holsclaw and Tom Ammiano. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of its closing in 1985, join invited guests Tom Ammiano, Doug Holsclaw, Ron Lanza, Karen Ripley and F. Allen Sawyer in a lively traipse down memory lane, as well as rare performance footage from the Rose.
Main Library, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove) SF.
FREE
...............
Thursday, February 24th at 7 PM: free DIY Book Arts and Entertainment
at Modern Times Bookstore featuring: readings by Masha Gutkin, Kat Case, Melissa Klein, slideshow by Sarolta Jane Cump, film by Gretchen Hildebran, and a "talk" by Sara Jaffe.
free popcorn! please come! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246)
...........
Thursday, February 24, 7:00pm: Best Lesbian Erotica 2005
Join guest judge Felice Newman, and authors Shannon Cummings, Jean Roberta, and Renee Rivera, for an evening of hot, hot, hot stories of lesbian desire.
A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro St., San Francisco (415) 431-0891
Free!
.............
BADAS art show
Thursday, Feb. 24, as part of Black History Month, the Black Disabled Artistic and Performance Group (BADAS) holds a show with visual art, music, stories, and spoken word...
7 p.m., New College of California Cultural Center, 766 Valencia, S.F.
Donation requested. (415) 437-3425
...............
SF: 25 Feb., Friday, 8pm:
free lecture on
AYURVEDIC vegetarian cooking.
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center,
1200 Arguello Blvd, SF 94122
http://www.SFyoga.com
415.681.2731
....................
*SF: 25 Feb.:
'Half Price Friday'
Open Play Party
at SF Citadel
8 PM to 1 AM
our special discount night of play -
only $10 per person!
RSVPs aren't required.
For work exchange, contact
volunteers [at] sfcitadel.org
For Citadel street address,
and possible last-minute changes,
please see:
[ http://www.sfcitadel.org/ ]
.......................................
Friday February 25 -- SF
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Queer Removal and Deportation:
Danita Ganzon Speaks Out!
Department of Homeland Security Targets Transgender Couple.
USF Main Campus, Maraschi Room, 2800 Turk Street at Parker, San Francisco, University of San Francisco
http://artsci.usfca.edu/servlet/EventsList?deptID=42
[Dept. of Homeland Transphobia?? ]
...............
Friday, February 25, 7:00pm: Reading for
You Can't Say That
by Charles Karel Bouley (radio host) at A Different Light, Castro and 18th; SF
............
Young Africans speak
Friday, Feb. 25, and Saturday, Feb. 26, meet young leaders from Africa who are part of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization
African Initiative of the American Friends Service Committee, and hear them speak about how they intend to organize better societies in their respective home countries.
Fri/25, 6 p.m., Friends Meeting House, 65 Ninth St., S.F. Free. Sat/26, 5 p.m.,
Black Repertory Theatre, 3201 Adeline, Berk. Free. (510) 238-8080, ext. 309
jalkebulan [at] afsc.org
.....................
Get military recruiters off campuses
Saturday, Feb. 26, join teachers, students, antiwar activists, and veterans at a meeting to start a movement to kick U.S. military recruiters off high school and college campuses. 2 p.m., Women's Building, Audrey Lorde Room, 3543 18th St., S.F. (415) 412-4540
ragina [at] mac.com
[Compare & contrast: military recruiters for war;
judas goats at slaughterhouses...]
..................................
How to rig elections
Saturday, Feb. 26, participate in an all-day teach-in on the 2004 election that focuses on failures in our voting process. Bob Fitrakis, an attorney from Ohio and editor of the Columbus Free Press, appears along with KPFA-FM correspondent Larry Bensky, Butch Wing of Rainbow Push, and other election-reform organizers.
10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison, Oakl.
$10 (bring your own lunch).
http://www.democraticrenewal.us
......................................
Know your rights
Saturday, Feb. 26, get informed on potential threats to your rights at a Gray Panthers Civil Liberties Committee meeting with featured speaker Kai Lundgren-Williams, a teacher of activism and social change at
New College of California.
2 p.m., San Francisco Public Library, Park Branch, 1833 Page, S.F.
Free.
(415) 552-8800
..........................................
27 February, Sunday morning, 10am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on "Cents and Sensibility:
assessing our energy policy in the United States".
FREE
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
http://www.uusf.org
.............................
*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.
Sunday.... Feb. 27th,
3 - 5 pm,
Western Sky Studio,
2525 Eighth Street, Berkeley,
$15 – 30 sliding scale.
RSVP to
erickupers [at] hotmail.com
........................................................
Monday February 28, 2005 -- Oakland
7-8:30pm: Film Discussion and Screening-
Toilet Training: Law and Order in the Bathroom.
A documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination. SRLP provides free legal services to low-income transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming communities.
FREE!
Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. 510.655.2405
http://www.srlp.org
..................
###
PS:
Michelle Tea visits Ten Speed Press:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/21/x_lit_house_hunter.html
...........
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Wednesday Feb 23, 7 pm: RETOOL & Grind -- FTM and friends open stage. Guest host: Sherilyn Connelly. Last wed. of the month at EROS mens sex club. Be there at 7pm and sign up for a 5 minute space .... bring a song, dance, trumpet playing, jokes, reading or whatever. at Eros, 2051 Market St. [SF] [Donations accepted; NOTAFLOF.]
...........
Wed Feb 23rd, Doors at 8:00 pm, Show 9-12, DJ till...
GENDER PIRATES featuring: emcee LYNNEE BREEDLOVE!
Carol Queen, Shawna Virago and the Deadly Nightshades, The Urban Hermitt, Jo Boyer, Billie Mandel, Contajus, MK, Eli Wise and many more..... Superstar-DJs SAM DAVIS & HEGENONY spinning hip hop, queer 80s, punk rock, retro- electro & garbage
*a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups, the Gender Education Speaker's Bureau.*
$5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. for all you: freaks, punks, queers, trannies, genderqueers, men, women, genderfuckers, multiples, femmes, intersexies, rockstars, shyboys, skaterz, strippers, activists, workers, artists, felons, and everyone else.
--all genders welcome!-- EL RIO! 3158 Mission @ Precita [SF]
..................
Wednesday Feb 23, 8 pm: OUT with ACT night of the play "Well" by Lisa Kron (of Five Lesbian Brothers.) Directed by Leigh Silverman. Featuring Lisa Kron and Jayne Houdyshell. Special night: Out with A.C.T. -- Wednesday, February 23, 8pm: Meet Lisa Kron and the rest of the cast of Well at a complimentary post-show reception! Join us for the Bay Area's hottest night out for gay and lesbian theater goers. Mention "Out With A.C.T." when purchasing your tickets!
Tickets: $11-$68. Call 415.749.2228 or visit http://www.act-sf.org
At American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco
Wednesday, February 23rd, Show starts at 8pm Will Franken -- One man show: All Right Then, I'll Go To Hell). (Note: debut of another one-man show at the Marsh, new date and new time. Thanks to all who attended the 11pm installations. Going to see if I can go a bit more legitimate now and try to bring in a prime-time crowd; This will be a hodgepodge of old favorites and some brand-new stuff including the new Pixar/Disney trailer for Frog Race, the season premiere of the final episode of "Television", and a police briefing on the multibillion dollar money trade that is turning our children into addicts.) $8-$12. The Marsh Theatre, 1062 Valencia Street (between 21st and 22nd) http://www.willfranken.com
Wednesday Feb 23, Scream Club, So so many white white tigers, Romanteek. At the Hemlock, 1131 Polk St.
Wednesday Feb 23, 11 pm: TV show: In The Life -- Guest hosted by Lesley Gore! Includes segments on Billy Tipton, Bayard Rustin, and pioneering drag king Storme DeLarverie. on KQED Ch 9. Also repeated Feb 24 at 2 am, 6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm,. and 10 pm. http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=1290
..........
Thursday Feb 24, 6 pm: Valencia Rose Revisited. Early Queer Theater -
In January 1982, Hank Wilson and Ron Lanza turned a former funeral home into what became one of the city's most prominent queer theatrical venues in the city. Home to comedy, plays, lectures and political organizing, the Rose featured such performers as Whoopi Goldberg, Lea DeLaria, Marga Gomez, Doug Holsclaw and Tom Ammiano. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of its closing in 1985, join invited guests Tom Ammiano, Doug Holsclaw, Ron Lanza, Karen Ripley and F. Allen Sawyer in a lively traipse down memory lane, as well as rare performance footage from the Rose.
Main Library, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove) SF.
FREE
...............
Thursdays, 6pm-8 pm: Unka Lynnee's Academy for Ladeez and Gentelmen - radio show Hosted by Lynnee Breedlove. Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at http://www.piratecatradio.com/
Thursday, February 24th at 7 PM: free DIY Book Arts and Entertainment
at Modern Times Bookstore featuring: readings by Masha Gutkin, Kat Case, Melissa Klein, slideshow by Sarolta Jane Cump, film by Gretchen Hildebran, and a "talk" by Sara Jaffe.
free popcorn! please come! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246)
...........
Thursday, February 24, 7:00pm: Best Lesbian Erotica 2005
Join guest judge Felice Newman, and authors Shannon Cummings, Jean Roberta, and Renee Rivera, for an evening of hot, hot, hot stories of lesbian desire.
A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro St., San Francisco (415) 431-0891
Free!
.............
February 24, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m. Opening Reception for "The Pink Show" at Creativity Explored. More than 25 artists with developmental disabilities rethink pink in an exhibition of their work entitled "The Pink Show." John Patrick McKenzie offers an ode to the playful color in a series of text-based drawings, while Marcus Cortez redefines macho with his paintings of pink motorcycles. Sara O'Sullivan picks up the pink triangle theme with a spectacular series of drag queen portraits including such local luminaries as Kristy Kruise and the legendary Vicki Marlane. All artwork is for sale at San Francisco's most inspirational and affordable gallery of original artwork, Creativity Explored. Wearing pink at the opening reception is encouraged. Exhibit Dates and Times - February 24 through April 7, 2005, Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday 1 to 6 p.m. Creativity Explored Gallery, 3245 Sixteenth St. at Guerrero, San Francisco (415) 863-2108 http://www.creativityexplored.org
Every Thursday, 7 pm: Starting in February : Crafty Bitches, Too - a FREE and ALL AGES - weekly knitting, crocheting, needle pointng, crafting, chatting, circle for transfolk and ladies. There will be yummy snacks, tea, and drinks. Come hang out, make a scarf, make a friend, or bring a friend. If you don't know how to crochet or knit but want to learn come on down and bring some yarn and needles. We have some extra yarn for those who don’t have their own.
The First night is going to be February 3rd. The group is going to meet from 7-9pm at Femina Potens @ 465 South Van Ness.
e-mail contact is femina_potens [at] yahoo.com. http://www.feminapotens.com
Thursdays, 7:45 pm: Out in the Bay: New LGBT radio show with Eric Jansen, David Latulippe, and Susanna J. Hines. The show lasts 15 minutes and is between AIDS Update and the national gay radio program This Way Out. On KALW, 91.7 FM. http://www.kalw.org
Thursday Feb 24, 8 pm: Gay Comedy @ 50 Mason. Ronn Vigh hosts. With Jen Kober, Chantal, Nico Santos, Enzo Lombardo, and Lisa Geduldig. 50 Mason Comedy Club
http://www.50masonlounge.com
Thursday Feb 24, 9 pm: Liarbird (Olympia, WA), Secrets of Family Happiness, The Tuna Helpers (Austin, TX), and the Strangers (Olympia, WA). http://www.thetunahelpers.org/ [And Scream Club will be in the house but not performing.]
21+, $5. At the Eagle, 12th and Harrison. http://www.sfeagle.com
thursday Feb 24, 10 pm: Unisexy with The Wonderful World of Miss Edit Modular! Plus DJ Chicken and Mr. Anthony. At Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. $5. 21+.
Thursdays, 9pm-2am: HELLFIRE at The Stud Playing all your favorite rock'n'roll songs. Hang out play some pool or packman. Dance Dance Dance. 21+. The Stud. 9th.Harrison.
Thursdays 10 pm-2 am: Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie's Lounge. There's a new junkie on the block! Straight from the armpit of SOMA to the bowels of the TL, incorrigible retro/electro vinyl addict DJ Bus Station John ("Trash"/ "The ROD") continues the downward spiral of his career with his weekly club "The Tubesteak Connection" @ Aunt Charlies Lounge. Get liquored-up cheap ($2.50 well/beer all nite) and cruise your fellow cockgobblers, self-suckers, carpet grinders, and crotch-stuffers to the synthesized sounds of a forgotten era: late 70s/ early 80s gay bar & bathhouse hi-NRG, Eurodisco, NYC no-wave, disco rarities and more. Every Thursday. $3.00. 10pm - 2am. 133 Turk Street (btwn Jones & Taylor) http://www.auntcharlieslounge.com
Friday February 25 -- SF
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Queer Removal and Deportation: Danita Ganzon Speaks Out! Department of Homeland Security Targets Transgender Couple. USF Main Campus, Maraschi Room, 2800 Turk Street at Parker, San Francisco, University of San Francisco http://artsci.usfca.edu/servlet/EventsList?deptID=42
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Friday, February 25, 7:00pm: Reading for
You Can't Say That
by Charles Karel Bouley (radio host) at A Different Light, Castro and 18th; SF
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Friday Feb 25, 7pm-9pm: FIYAH! Brand New Queer Open Mic for San Jose. FIYAH is a chance for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex, or supportive straight to share their music, poetry, drag show, creative writing, comedy, and more! Free of charge; (we'll pass the hat). FIYAH! is the fourth Friday of each month Odd months are all-ages, even months, specially for Teens / Youth. There will be a feature performer each month. January's feature: Lea Arellano, aka Chola Priest. Co-hosted by FierceMiri of Fierce Words Tender, and Fred Salas of MACLA. For more information, e-mail MiriGrrrl [at] yahoo.com, or call (408)580-1150. At the Billy DeFrank Center - 938 The Alameda, San Jose.
Friday Feb 25, 7:30-9:30 pm: Live Music, this and every Friday night [except when it's Oral Fixation]. All Ages. At Dolores Park Cafe', 501 Dolores @ 18th st. San Francisco More info Call 415-621-2936 http://www.doloresparkcafe.org
Friday Feb 25, signup at 7:30, reading at 8 pm: Queer Open Mic at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Cafe. 2nd and 4th Fridays. Host Cindy M. Emch with feature. Adding to the mixing pot of spoken word in the city is a new open mike night at the SF LGBT Community Center. Pro grrrl, pro boi, and completely genderqueer in scope, the night aims to combine the raunchy enthusiasm of the Hole in the Wall, the warmth and community of Ashkenaz, the unapologetic queer of the Bearded Lady, the radical politics of Cafe Macondo and the sweet rhythms of El Rio to create a space for spoken word, poetry and performance that is feminist, multi cultural, multi gendered, completely inclusive and dynamic. LGBT Center, 1800 Market at Octavia, first floor cafe.
Friday February 25, Doors @ 7:30 - Show @ 8:30 Spencer Day to Benefit New Conservatory Theater. Tickets $25.00 plus two drink minimum. Call Stu @ 415-923-1452 or email to Stusmith97 [at] aol.com for info. @ The Pan Pacific Hotel, 500 Post Street @ Mason http://www.tinpanalley.org
Friday February 25 8PM: Sugartruck Recordings in association with Kitchen Sink Magazine presents "Something Different" The East Bay CD release for ***Katastrophe*** performing joints from his solo debut Let's F*ck, Then Talk About My Problems. with very special guest *Kirya Traber* At Mama Buzz Cafe (coffee! sammiches!!! beer and wine! kulcha!) 2318 Telegraph Avenue @ 23RD ST., Oakland (exit BART @ 19TH st. station) ****Free ADmission**** http://www.katastropherap.com http://www.sugartruckrecordings.com
Friday February 25th 9 pm: Rock Out w/o yr Cock Out with bands Boyskout, Paper Boats (with Cari Campbell), Scream Club (Olympia) and Romanteek.. Rock Out w/o yr Cock Out is a monthly queer and progressive rock and experimental noise event showcasing women and transgendered musicians in the bay area and beyond the final friday of every month. Come support women and transgendered musicians, eat some fish and chips, have a beer, and come see some kick ass performances for $5. Last month the place was packed wall to wall people so get there early to get up close and personal with the performers. at Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary)
Friday Feb 25, 10 pm-2 am: KARMA presents TeMA...Every Friday Night at El Rio. The Best World Music in the City!! DJ's Garcia ( KARMA, The End-Up) and Suresh (6 Degrees Records) bring you the hottest Salsa, Samba, Desi Beats, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Hip-Hop, Bhangra, and House! FREE before 10pm, $5 after. Hot Go-Go Dancers. Hookas on the patio. New Outdoor Heaters. All Nations and Persuasions Welcome. For more info go to http://www.elriosf.com or call 415-282-3325. El Rio is located at 3158 Mission St. SF Close to Bart (24th St.) and Muni 14 and 49 (exit at Precita) Also every Friday... ***FREE Oysters on the half shell 5pm-7pm. ***Happy Hour 5pm-9pm All well and draft pints $2.50
http://www.elriosf.com
Friday, February 25: opening night of Shadowplay, SF's omnisexual indie, new wave, electro, and discopunk club. Weekly on Fridays. Details are at http://shadowplaysf.com. At the Stud, 9th and Harrison.
Saturday Feb 26, 11am-noon: Wilde Chats put together by the SF Gay Men's Community Initiative. An ongoing chat of queer thought. When was the last tine you were involved in a stimulating discussion that challenged your basic assumptions about the direction of contemporary gay culture? Come and engage in a creative conversation with a group of compassionate gay men. The questions may be as exciting as the answers! At the Three Dollar Bill Cafe, SF Center, 1800 Market. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMCI
Saturday, February 26, 1:00pm - 7:00pm: Join Q-Force in Helping with the Academy of Friends Oscar Night Gala! LYRIC (http://www.lyric.org) has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Academy of Friends supporting their HIV/AIDS prevention efforts amongst LGBTIQQ youth! The Academy of Friends produces San Francisco's premier Oscar Night Gala, which in 20 years has given away in excess of $5,000,000 to Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. LYRIC works daily to mobilize LGBTIQQ youth to halt the spread of HIV. LYRIC will be contributing volunteers to the Gala, and Q-Force will be there on their behalf. The actual Gala is on Sunday, February 27, but the preparation is just as important as helping at the actual event. We’ll be helping with event setup on this date. Join Q-Force in supporting one of the most crucial organizations for youth in the Bay Area! To RSVP, email qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Hope to see you there! About Q-Force: Q-Force is a community-based organization for queer people, ages 18-28, of all genders. We bring queer young people together through volunteer opportunities, social events, and activism. For more info, please go to http://www.qforce.org or send an email to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com. Place: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion To RSVP: send a message to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Please feel free to call or email with questions. Cost: FREE
Saturday, February 26: Last Saturday Monthly Swing Dance Party at Synergy- Schedule: 7pm beginning swing! 8pm Intermediate swing! Donation: *Under 21 FREE! *Over 21 $10 for the night. *Dance Student Discount: Half off for Queer Dance Pass holders; For students in Monday Salsa and Ballroom Dance class Series and Wednesday Swing Dance Students! Fancy attire suggested; Comfortable leather soled shoes recomended! No Partner and Experience needed! These are Lesbian, Gay, BI and Trans All Ages dances open to everyone! Check out http://www.QueerBallroom.com Location: At Synergy School-1387 Valencia at 25th Street (check online for updates on locations).
Saturday February 26 @ 8:30pm: Hyena Homo Hour: Featuring: Nick Leonard, Chantal Carrere, Julie F. Potter, Enzo, Beck Mankowski, Desiree Unicorn, Dave Cox, Ronn Vigh, and Alana Devich $5-$8 sliding scale Hyena Comedy Institute, 2390 Mission Street Suite #305. contact: http://www.juliefuckingpotter.com
Saturday, Feb 26, 10 pm-2am: club night: "The Rod" Alchoholics Unanimous meets every 2nd Saturday @ The Rod. A new alterna-queer monthly facilitated by DJ Bus Station John (The Tubesteak Connection) & Jef Leopard (Smut Hut, K-Y). 70's/80's glittersleeze & discocheeze! Heavy cruising & hard hard cocktails! 1st drink free with 5 year sobriety pin (just kidding)! $5. At Underground SF (The Top) 424 Haight Street (btwn Webster & Fillmore)
Sunday Feb 27, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm: Radical Faerie coffee -- Call Telefaerie for information, 415-626-3369. [now at Cafe 16 (formerly Al-Fanous), 3170 16th Street between Guerrero and Valencia.]
Sunday, February 27, 2:30pm-7:30pm: Join Q-Force at the Academy of Friends Oscar Night Gala! LYRIC (http://www.lyric.org) has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Academy of Friends supporting their HIV/AIDS prevention efforts amongst LGBTQQ youth! The Academy of Friends produces San Francisco's premier Oscar Night Gala, which in 20 years has given away in excess of $5,000,000 to Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. LYRIC works daily to mobilize LGBTIQQ youth to halt the spread of HIV. LYRIC will be contributing volunteers to the Gala, and Q-Force will be there on their behalf. Volunteers for this event will need to attend a one-hour orientation on Friday, 2/25, at 7:00 pm, or Saturday, 2/26 at either 10:00 am or 1:00 pm at the Festival Pavillion. We'll be doing various tasks to keep the event running smoothly. To RSVP, email qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Hope to see you there! About Q-Force: Q-Force is a community-based organization for queer people, ages 18-28, of all genders. We bring queer young people together through volunteer opportunities, social events, and activism. For more info, please go to http://www.qforce.org or send an email to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com. Place: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion To RSVP: send a message to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Please feel free to call or email with questions. Cost: FREE
Sunday Feb 27, 7pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group, East bay meeting. At Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. http://www.unitedgenders.org
Sunday, February 27th, 8 pm: Live music with Femme Fatality and Midnight Serenade (electronica indie pop). Free El Rio is located at 3158 Mission St. SF
http://www.elriosf.com
Sunday Feb 27 at 8 pm: OutSpoken : local gay TV show on Comcast Channel 11.
Sunday Feb 27, 8 pm: Gay-prov jam -- improv jam for LGBT (and friendly straight) folks. $5 donation, no-one turned away. At Off Market Theater, 965 Mission at 5th.
http://www.cafearts.com/
Sunday Feb 27, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm: Heather Gold's "I look like an egg, but I identify as a cookie." Tonight's guest: Lisa Jervis (creator of Bitch Magazine, editor of LiP). Every show is different, but each night ends with an afterparty in which people get to really meet in an atmosphere that's gotten past the surface. And yes, every one gets fresh chocolate chip cookies. Buy tix in advance: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/698 1-800-838-3006 http://www.subvert.com
email cookie [at] subvert.com to see about volunteering.
Print out the flier image at http://www.subvert.com to receive a free glass of wine when you have dinner at the bistro Cafe Andre at the Rex before the show.
Every Sunday in February 2005. $30 General Admission, $50 Reserved front-row, The Hotel Rex, San Francisco, 562 Sutter @ Powell.
Mondays: 6:45 - 8pm: Women's Beginner Martial Arts Class at Femina Potens brought to you by Progressive Martial Arts. Strengthen your mind, body and spirit through modern self defense, mixed martial arts, and anti-oppression education. Taught by female instructors, we offer quality martial arts training in a safe an positive environment. Drop in fee of $10 per class or $45 per month. At Femina Potens, 465 South Van Ness.
Monday February 28, 2005 -- Oakland
7-8:30pm: Film Discussion and Screening-
Toilet Training: Law and Order in the Bathroom.
A documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination. SRLP provides free legal services to low-income transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming communities.
FREE!
Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. 510.655.2405
http://www.srlp.org
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Monday Feb 28th, 7 PM: The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is back in town! Canadian queerpunk teen author Kristyn Dunnion aka Miss Kitty Galore reads from her latest novel, MOSH PIT. Badboy balladeer Mick Gael performs songs and readings from his forthcoming novel, The Sorrows Of Alexis Cooper. Music by groovy Canadian songstress Snoovy, and from local punkdyke heartbreaker Sara Shortt! The show is all ages and pay what you can. Books and CDs will be for sale. Meet the artists, then take them for breakfast! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246) http://www.nomediakings.net/
Monday Feb 28, 7 pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group: At the LGBT Center in San Francisco, Room Q33, 3rd Floor, 1800 Market St. http://www.unitedgenders.org
Monday Feb 28, 8 pm: Sherilyn's radio show, Rush Hour on the Event Horizon, Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at http://www.piratecatradio.com/
You can call the studio at (415) 401-7393 if you wanna palaver.
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tho the 2 overlap... ]
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Wednesday Feb 23, 7 pm: RETOOL & Grind -- FTM and friends open stage. Guest host: Sherilyn Connelly. Last wed. of the month at EROS mens sex club. Be there at 7pm and sign up for a 5 minute space .... bring a song, dance, trumpet playing, jokes, reading or whatever. at Eros, 2051 Market St. [SF] [Donations accepted; NOTAFLOF.]
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Wed Feb 23rd, Doors at 8:00 pm, Show 9-12, DJ till...
GENDER PIRATES featuring: emcee LYNNEE BREEDLOVE!
Carol Queen, Shawna Virago and the Deadly Nightshades, The Urban Hermitt, Jo Boyer, Billie Mandel, Contajus, MK, Eli Wise and many more..... Superstar-DJs SAM DAVIS & HEGENONY spinning hip hop, queer 80s, punk rock, retro- electro & garbage
*a benefit for United Genders of the Universe! genderqueer/transgender support groups, the Gender Education Speaker's Bureau.*
$5-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. for all you: freaks, punks, queers, trannies, genderqueers, men, women, genderfuckers, multiples, femmes, intersexies, rockstars, shyboys, skaterz, strippers, activists, workers, artists, felons, and everyone else.
--all genders welcome!-- EL RIO! 3158 Mission @ Precita [SF]
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Wednesday Feb 23, 8 pm: OUT with ACT night of the play "Well" by Lisa Kron (of Five Lesbian Brothers.) Directed by Leigh Silverman. Featuring Lisa Kron and Jayne Houdyshell. Special night: Out with A.C.T. -- Wednesday, February 23, 8pm: Meet Lisa Kron and the rest of the cast of Well at a complimentary post-show reception! Join us for the Bay Area's hottest night out for gay and lesbian theater goers. Mention "Out With A.C.T." when purchasing your tickets!
Tickets: $11-$68. Call 415.749.2228 or visit http://www.act-sf.org
At American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco
Wednesday, February 23rd, Show starts at 8pm Will Franken -- One man show: All Right Then, I'll Go To Hell). (Note: debut of another one-man show at the Marsh, new date and new time. Thanks to all who attended the 11pm installations. Going to see if I can go a bit more legitimate now and try to bring in a prime-time crowd; This will be a hodgepodge of old favorites and some brand-new stuff including the new Pixar/Disney trailer for Frog Race, the season premiere of the final episode of "Television", and a police briefing on the multibillion dollar money trade that is turning our children into addicts.) $8-$12. The Marsh Theatre, 1062 Valencia Street (between 21st and 22nd) http://www.willfranken.com
Wednesday Feb 23, Scream Club, So so many white white tigers, Romanteek. At the Hemlock, 1131 Polk St.
Wednesday Feb 23, 11 pm: TV show: In The Life -- Guest hosted by Lesley Gore! Includes segments on Billy Tipton, Bayard Rustin, and pioneering drag king Storme DeLarverie. on KQED Ch 9. Also repeated Feb 24 at 2 am, 6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm,. and 10 pm. http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=1290
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Thursday Feb 24, 6 pm: Valencia Rose Revisited. Early Queer Theater -
In January 1982, Hank Wilson and Ron Lanza turned a former funeral home into what became one of the city's most prominent queer theatrical venues in the city. Home to comedy, plays, lectures and political organizing, the Rose featured such performers as Whoopi Goldberg, Lea DeLaria, Marga Gomez, Doug Holsclaw and Tom Ammiano. To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of its closing in 1985, join invited guests Tom Ammiano, Doug Holsclaw, Ron Lanza, Karen Ripley and F. Allen Sawyer in a lively traipse down memory lane, as well as rare performance footage from the Rose.
Main Library, Lower Level, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove) SF.
FREE
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Thursdays, 6pm-8 pm: Unka Lynnee's Academy for Ladeez and Gentelmen - radio show Hosted by Lynnee Breedlove. Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at http://www.piratecatradio.com/
Thursday, February 24th at 7 PM: free DIY Book Arts and Entertainment
at Modern Times Bookstore featuring: readings by Masha Gutkin, Kat Case, Melissa Klein, slideshow by Sarolta Jane Cump, film by Gretchen Hildebran, and a "talk" by Sara Jaffe.
free popcorn! please come! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246)
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Thursday, February 24, 7:00pm: Best Lesbian Erotica 2005
Join guest judge Felice Newman, and authors Shannon Cummings, Jean Roberta, and Renee Rivera, for an evening of hot, hot, hot stories of lesbian desire.
A Different Light Bookstore, 489 Castro St., San Francisco (415) 431-0891
Free!
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February 24, 2005 from 7 to 9 p.m. Opening Reception for "The Pink Show" at Creativity Explored. More than 25 artists with developmental disabilities rethink pink in an exhibition of their work entitled "The Pink Show." John Patrick McKenzie offers an ode to the playful color in a series of text-based drawings, while Marcus Cortez redefines macho with his paintings of pink motorcycles. Sara O'Sullivan picks up the pink triangle theme with a spectacular series of drag queen portraits including such local luminaries as Kristy Kruise and the legendary Vicki Marlane. All artwork is for sale at San Francisco's most inspirational and affordable gallery of original artwork, Creativity Explored. Wearing pink at the opening reception is encouraged. Exhibit Dates and Times - February 24 through April 7, 2005, Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday 1 to 6 p.m. Creativity Explored Gallery, 3245 Sixteenth St. at Guerrero, San Francisco (415) 863-2108 http://www.creativityexplored.org
Every Thursday, 7 pm: Starting in February : Crafty Bitches, Too - a FREE and ALL AGES - weekly knitting, crocheting, needle pointng, crafting, chatting, circle for transfolk and ladies. There will be yummy snacks, tea, and drinks. Come hang out, make a scarf, make a friend, or bring a friend. If you don't know how to crochet or knit but want to learn come on down and bring some yarn and needles. We have some extra yarn for those who don’t have their own.
The First night is going to be February 3rd. The group is going to meet from 7-9pm at Femina Potens @ 465 South Van Ness.
e-mail contact is femina_potens [at] yahoo.com. http://www.feminapotens.com
Thursdays, 7:45 pm: Out in the Bay: New LGBT radio show with Eric Jansen, David Latulippe, and Susanna J. Hines. The show lasts 15 minutes and is between AIDS Update and the national gay radio program This Way Out. On KALW, 91.7 FM. http://www.kalw.org
Thursday Feb 24, 8 pm: Gay Comedy @ 50 Mason. Ronn Vigh hosts. With Jen Kober, Chantal, Nico Santos, Enzo Lombardo, and Lisa Geduldig. 50 Mason Comedy Club
http://www.50masonlounge.com
Thursday Feb 24, 9 pm: Liarbird (Olympia, WA), Secrets of Family Happiness, The Tuna Helpers (Austin, TX), and the Strangers (Olympia, WA). http://www.thetunahelpers.org/ [And Scream Club will be in the house but not performing.]
21+, $5. At the Eagle, 12th and Harrison. http://www.sfeagle.com
thursday Feb 24, 10 pm: Unisexy with The Wonderful World of Miss Edit Modular! Plus DJ Chicken and Mr. Anthony. At Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. $5. 21+.
Thursdays, 9pm-2am: HELLFIRE at The Stud Playing all your favorite rock'n'roll songs. Hang out play some pool or packman. Dance Dance Dance. 21+. The Stud. 9th.Harrison.
Thursdays 10 pm-2 am: Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie's Lounge. There's a new junkie on the block! Straight from the armpit of SOMA to the bowels of the TL, incorrigible retro/electro vinyl addict DJ Bus Station John ("Trash"/ "The ROD") continues the downward spiral of his career with his weekly club "The Tubesteak Connection" @ Aunt Charlies Lounge. Get liquored-up cheap ($2.50 well/beer all nite) and cruise your fellow cockgobblers, self-suckers, carpet grinders, and crotch-stuffers to the synthesized sounds of a forgotten era: late 70s/ early 80s gay bar & bathhouse hi-NRG, Eurodisco, NYC no-wave, disco rarities and more. Every Thursday. $3.00. 10pm - 2am. 133 Turk Street (btwn Jones & Taylor) http://www.auntcharlieslounge.com
Friday February 25 -- SF
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Queer Removal and Deportation: Danita Ganzon Speaks Out! Department of Homeland Security Targets Transgender Couple. USF Main Campus, Maraschi Room, 2800 Turk Street at Parker, San Francisco, University of San Francisco http://artsci.usfca.edu/servlet/EventsList?deptID=42
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Friday, February 25, 7:00pm: Reading for
You Can't Say That
by Charles Karel Bouley (radio host) at A Different Light, Castro and 18th; SF
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Friday Feb 25, 7pm-9pm: FIYAH! Brand New Queer Open Mic for San Jose. FIYAH is a chance for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning, intersex, or supportive straight to share their music, poetry, drag show, creative writing, comedy, and more! Free of charge; (we'll pass the hat). FIYAH! is the fourth Friday of each month Odd months are all-ages, even months, specially for Teens / Youth. There will be a feature performer each month. January's feature: Lea Arellano, aka Chola Priest. Co-hosted by FierceMiri of Fierce Words Tender, and Fred Salas of MACLA. For more information, e-mail MiriGrrrl [at] yahoo.com, or call (408)580-1150. At the Billy DeFrank Center - 938 The Alameda, San Jose.
Friday Feb 25, 7:30-9:30 pm: Live Music, this and every Friday night [except when it's Oral Fixation]. All Ages. At Dolores Park Cafe', 501 Dolores @ 18th st. San Francisco More info Call 415-621-2936 http://www.doloresparkcafe.org
Friday Feb 25, signup at 7:30, reading at 8 pm: Queer Open Mic at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Cafe. 2nd and 4th Fridays. Host Cindy M. Emch with feature. Adding to the mixing pot of spoken word in the city is a new open mike night at the SF LGBT Community Center. Pro grrrl, pro boi, and completely genderqueer in scope, the night aims to combine the raunchy enthusiasm of the Hole in the Wall, the warmth and community of Ashkenaz, the unapologetic queer of the Bearded Lady, the radical politics of Cafe Macondo and the sweet rhythms of El Rio to create a space for spoken word, poetry and performance that is feminist, multi cultural, multi gendered, completely inclusive and dynamic. LGBT Center, 1800 Market at Octavia, first floor cafe.
Friday February 25, Doors @ 7:30 - Show @ 8:30 Spencer Day to Benefit New Conservatory Theater. Tickets $25.00 plus two drink minimum. Call Stu @ 415-923-1452 or email to Stusmith97 [at] aol.com for info. @ The Pan Pacific Hotel, 500 Post Street @ Mason http://www.tinpanalley.org
Friday February 25 8PM: Sugartruck Recordings in association with Kitchen Sink Magazine presents "Something Different" The East Bay CD release for ***Katastrophe*** performing joints from his solo debut Let's F*ck, Then Talk About My Problems. with very special guest *Kirya Traber* At Mama Buzz Cafe (coffee! sammiches!!! beer and wine! kulcha!) 2318 Telegraph Avenue @ 23RD ST., Oakland (exit BART @ 19TH st. station) ****Free ADmission**** http://www.katastropherap.com http://www.sugartruckrecordings.com
Friday February 25th 9 pm: Rock Out w/o yr Cock Out with bands Boyskout, Paper Boats (with Cari Campbell), Scream Club (Olympia) and Romanteek.. Rock Out w/o yr Cock Out is a monthly queer and progressive rock and experimental noise event showcasing women and transgendered musicians in the bay area and beyond the final friday of every month. Come support women and transgendered musicians, eat some fish and chips, have a beer, and come see some kick ass performances for $5. Last month the place was packed wall to wall people so get there early to get up close and personal with the performers. at Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary)
Friday Feb 25, 10 pm-2 am: KARMA presents TeMA...Every Friday Night at El Rio. The Best World Music in the City!! DJ's Garcia ( KARMA, The End-Up) and Suresh (6 Degrees Records) bring you the hottest Salsa, Samba, Desi Beats, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Afrobeat, Hip-Hop, Bhangra, and House! FREE before 10pm, $5 after. Hot Go-Go Dancers. Hookas on the patio. New Outdoor Heaters. All Nations and Persuasions Welcome. For more info go to http://www.elriosf.com or call 415-282-3325. El Rio is located at 3158 Mission St. SF Close to Bart (24th St.) and Muni 14 and 49 (exit at Precita) Also every Friday... ***FREE Oysters on the half shell 5pm-7pm. ***Happy Hour 5pm-9pm All well and draft pints $2.50
http://www.elriosf.com
Friday, February 25: opening night of Shadowplay, SF's omnisexual indie, new wave, electro, and discopunk club. Weekly on Fridays. Details are at http://shadowplaysf.com. At the Stud, 9th and Harrison.
Saturday Feb 26, 11am-noon: Wilde Chats put together by the SF Gay Men's Community Initiative. An ongoing chat of queer thought. When was the last tine you were involved in a stimulating discussion that challenged your basic assumptions about the direction of contemporary gay culture? Come and engage in a creative conversation with a group of compassionate gay men. The questions may be as exciting as the answers! At the Three Dollar Bill Cafe, SF Center, 1800 Market. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMCI
Saturday, February 26, 1:00pm - 7:00pm: Join Q-Force in Helping with the Academy of Friends Oscar Night Gala! LYRIC (http://www.lyric.org) has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Academy of Friends supporting their HIV/AIDS prevention efforts amongst LGBTIQQ youth! The Academy of Friends produces San Francisco's premier Oscar Night Gala, which in 20 years has given away in excess of $5,000,000 to Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. LYRIC works daily to mobilize LGBTIQQ youth to halt the spread of HIV. LYRIC will be contributing volunteers to the Gala, and Q-Force will be there on their behalf. The actual Gala is on Sunday, February 27, but the preparation is just as important as helping at the actual event. We’ll be helping with event setup on this date. Join Q-Force in supporting one of the most crucial organizations for youth in the Bay Area! To RSVP, email qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Hope to see you there! About Q-Force: Q-Force is a community-based organization for queer people, ages 18-28, of all genders. We bring queer young people together through volunteer opportunities, social events, and activism. For more info, please go to http://www.qforce.org or send an email to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com. Place: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion To RSVP: send a message to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Please feel free to call or email with questions. Cost: FREE
Saturday, February 26: Last Saturday Monthly Swing Dance Party at Synergy- Schedule: 7pm beginning swing! 8pm Intermediate swing! Donation: *Under 21 FREE! *Over 21 $10 for the night. *Dance Student Discount: Half off for Queer Dance Pass holders; For students in Monday Salsa and Ballroom Dance class Series and Wednesday Swing Dance Students! Fancy attire suggested; Comfortable leather soled shoes recomended! No Partner and Experience needed! These are Lesbian, Gay, BI and Trans All Ages dances open to everyone! Check out http://www.QueerBallroom.com Location: At Synergy School-1387 Valencia at 25th Street (check online for updates on locations).
Saturday February 26 @ 8:30pm: Hyena Homo Hour: Featuring: Nick Leonard, Chantal Carrere, Julie F. Potter, Enzo, Beck Mankowski, Desiree Unicorn, Dave Cox, Ronn Vigh, and Alana Devich $5-$8 sliding scale Hyena Comedy Institute, 2390 Mission Street Suite #305. contact: http://www.juliefuckingpotter.com
Saturday, Feb 26, 10 pm-2am: club night: "The Rod" Alchoholics Unanimous meets every 2nd Saturday @ The Rod. A new alterna-queer monthly facilitated by DJ Bus Station John (The Tubesteak Connection) & Jef Leopard (Smut Hut, K-Y). 70's/80's glittersleeze & discocheeze! Heavy cruising & hard hard cocktails! 1st drink free with 5 year sobriety pin (just kidding)! $5. At Underground SF (The Top) 424 Haight Street (btwn Webster & Fillmore)
Sunday Feb 27, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm: Radical Faerie coffee -- Call Telefaerie for information, 415-626-3369. [now at Cafe 16 (formerly Al-Fanous), 3170 16th Street between Guerrero and Valencia.]
Sunday, February 27, 2:30pm-7:30pm: Join Q-Force at the Academy of Friends Oscar Night Gala! LYRIC (http://www.lyric.org) has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Academy of Friends supporting their HIV/AIDS prevention efforts amongst LGBTQQ youth! The Academy of Friends produces San Francisco's premier Oscar Night Gala, which in 20 years has given away in excess of $5,000,000 to Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations. LYRIC works daily to mobilize LGBTIQQ youth to halt the spread of HIV. LYRIC will be contributing volunteers to the Gala, and Q-Force will be there on their behalf. Volunteers for this event will need to attend a one-hour orientation on Friday, 2/25, at 7:00 pm, or Saturday, 2/26 at either 10:00 am or 1:00 pm at the Festival Pavillion. We'll be doing various tasks to keep the event running smoothly. To RSVP, email qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Hope to see you there! About Q-Force: Q-Force is a community-based organization for queer people, ages 18-28, of all genders. We bring queer young people together through volunteer opportunities, social events, and activism. For more info, please go to http://www.qforce.org or send an email to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com. Place: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion To RSVP: send a message to qforcesf [at] yahoo.com or call 415-203-7498. Please feel free to call or email with questions. Cost: FREE
Sunday Feb 27, 7pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group, East bay meeting. At Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. http://www.unitedgenders.org
Sunday, February 27th, 8 pm: Live music with Femme Fatality and Midnight Serenade (electronica indie pop). Free El Rio is located at 3158 Mission St. SF
http://www.elriosf.com
Sunday Feb 27 at 8 pm: OutSpoken : local gay TV show on Comcast Channel 11.
Sunday Feb 27, 8 pm: Gay-prov jam -- improv jam for LGBT (and friendly straight) folks. $5 donation, no-one turned away. At Off Market Theater, 965 Mission at 5th.
http://www.cafearts.com/
Sunday Feb 27, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm: Heather Gold's "I look like an egg, but I identify as a cookie." Tonight's guest: Lisa Jervis (creator of Bitch Magazine, editor of LiP). Every show is different, but each night ends with an afterparty in which people get to really meet in an atmosphere that's gotten past the surface. And yes, every one gets fresh chocolate chip cookies. Buy tix in advance: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/698 1-800-838-3006 http://www.subvert.com
email cookie [at] subvert.com to see about volunteering.
Print out the flier image at http://www.subvert.com to receive a free glass of wine when you have dinner at the bistro Cafe Andre at the Rex before the show.
Every Sunday in February 2005. $30 General Admission, $50 Reserved front-row, The Hotel Rex, San Francisco, 562 Sutter @ Powell.
Mondays: 6:45 - 8pm: Women's Beginner Martial Arts Class at Femina Potens brought to you by Progressive Martial Arts. Strengthen your mind, body and spirit through modern self defense, mixed martial arts, and anti-oppression education. Taught by female instructors, we offer quality martial arts training in a safe an positive environment. Drop in fee of $10 per class or $45 per month. At Femina Potens, 465 South Van Ness.
Monday February 28, 2005 -- Oakland
7-8:30pm: Film Discussion and Screening-
Toilet Training: Law and Order in the Bathroom.
A documentary video and collaboration between transgender videomaker Tara Mateik and the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, an organization dedicated to ending poverty and gender identity discrimination. SRLP provides free legal services to low-income transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming communities.
FREE!
Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph Ave, Oakland. 510.655.2405
http://www.srlp.org
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Monday Feb 28th, 7 PM: The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is back in town! Canadian queerpunk teen author Kristyn Dunnion aka Miss Kitty Galore reads from her latest novel, MOSH PIT. Badboy balladeer Mick Gael performs songs and readings from his forthcoming novel, The Sorrows Of Alexis Cooper. Music by groovy Canadian songstress Snoovy, and from local punkdyke heartbreaker Sara Shortt! The show is all ages and pay what you can. Books and CDs will be for sale. Meet the artists, then take them for breakfast! at Modern Times (888 Valencia St, 415-282-9246) http://www.nomediakings.net/
Monday Feb 28, 7 pm: United Genders of the Universe: All ages genderqueer group: At the LGBT Center in San Francisco, Room Q33, 3rd Floor, 1800 Market St. http://www.unitedgenders.org
Monday Feb 28, 8 pm: Sherilyn's radio show, Rush Hour on the Event Horizon, Pirate Cat Radio, 87.9FM in San Francisco. If you're out of transmitter range you can listen online at http://www.piratecatradio.com/
You can call the studio at (415) 401-7393 if you wanna palaver.
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