Earth dance, sex culture, more

FREEDOM-SEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN
[ http://pages.prodigy.net/seniornude ]
and SaveFreedom;
with help from HolyTitClamps.com, SFBG.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, and bohemian communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larrybob at HTC:

[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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CAL-SF: Thursday, July 14th
5:30 - 7:30pm
ADL-sponsored off-site event,
at the GLBT Historical Society
657 Mission Street, Suite 300, SF
"Song of The Loon" by Richard Amory.
re-release party
presented by the GLBT Historical Society and Arsenal Pulp Press
with guest speakers:
James Brogan,
Professor of English at San Francisco State University,
instructor of the course "Gay Love in Literature";
John Coriolan,
friend of Richard Amory and fellow gay novelist;
Cesar Love,
son of Richard Amory, journalist and poet.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information
please call (415) 777-5455
Book sales by A Different Light Bookstore.
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Berko: EARTH DANCE PARTY
Friday, July 15, party down at a benefit dance for environmental groups
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH)
and Earth First!
with the Funky Nixons,
Gary Gates Band,
the Day Late Fool's Band,
and Ren and Skimpy.
Videos screened in the "action room."
8 p.m.-2 a.m.,
Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center,
1317 San Pablo, Berk.
$10 and up, sliding scale.
(510) 548-3113
(510) 525-5099
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* CAL-SF: July 16, Saturday: 
Love Art Laboratory,
Peep Show
and Personal Service Auction for
Carol Queen's Birthday
and Benefit for Dixie*
[*Carol and Robert's beloved truck, Dixie,
badly smashed by a hit and run driver ]

Poster and Webpage:
http://www.bayswan.org/Events/dixierevival.html

featuring Annie Sprinkle, Elizabeth Stephens, 
Lady Monster, Mint Julep, Shanda-Leer,
Sadie Lune, Scarlot Harlot, Dee Dee Russell (of Dee Dee TV),
Charlie Anders, Melinda Adams and more!

* Visit Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens' famous interactive "Cuddle,"
from  "Love Art Laboratory" where art patrons can cuddle between them.
* Service Auction-
Bid on a lap dance, massage, or other personal services for the evening!
* Peep Show- Bid on a private show or a peek behind the curtain.

Saturday, July 16 
8-11 PM
Donation: $10 - $100
[ all funds raised go to the revival of Dixie (the truck, not the region) ]
Location: Center for Sex and Culture/Epicenter Gallery
398 -- 11th St., 
San Francisco

Volunteer & info: performers, services to auction, donors, artists and more.
carolleigh [at] bayswan.org  415-751-1659
If you prefer, you can donate through PAYPAL at
http://www.carolqueen.com/dixierevival

Party and play at the Love Art Laboratory/Peep Show/Auction where you can bid on a range of exciting treats and celebrate Carol Queen's Birthday! Join us for this fun, provocative and lucrative evening as we raise the roof and the funds for Dixie (the truck).


[ by Carol Leigh ]
Bay Area Sex Workers Advocacy Network
http://www.bayswan.org

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 CENSORING POLITICAL ART
Saturday, July 16, learn about artist activism
and government efforts to censor political artists
from the McCarthy era on
at a LaborFest-sponsored panel featuring artists
Louise Gilbert, Mike Alewitz, Doug Minkler, Susan Greene, Jan Cook.
1 p.m.
Modern Times Bookstore,
888 Valencia, SF.
FREE.
(415) 282-9246
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UNITED KINGDOM:
17 July 2005: Sunday:
nude photoshoots along the River Tyne,
near Newcastle and Gateshead.
Volunteer nude models needed.
For details, please see:

[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4564307.stm ]

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STOP TRANS-PHOBIA
Wednesday, July 20,
Community United Against Violence (CUAV),
the SF LGBT Community Center, and other local justice organizations
invite you to participate in a community dialogue on
how to fight transphobia....
7-9 p.m.,
SF LGBT Community Center, Rainbow Room,
1800 Market, SF.
FREE
(415) 777-5500
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LATIN AMERICAN worker films
Wednesday, July 20,
see three short films from Latin America, as part of LaborFest, about local workers' struggles.
"Street Love" documents efforts by Mexican SEX WORKERS
to organize and combat exploitation;
"No Olvidamos" recounts the massacre of civilians by police in Argentina...; and
"Piqueteros Carajo" reveals repression of this movement of unemployed workers
by the Argentina government.
7:30 p.m.
Humanist Hall, 390 -- 27th St., Oakl.
$5 requested donation.
(415) 642-8066
http://www .humanisthall.net
humanisthall [at] yahoo.com
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*** July 23, BERKELEY:
Sherry Glassner and Debbie Moore
will be performing
"Breast Not Bombs"
on Saturday, July 23rd in People's Park, Berkeley,
at noon.
This will also be the X-plicit Players' 14th Annual
Nude and Breast Freedom Parade.
FREE.
All welcome.

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CAL-SF:
23 July, Saturday:
U-U Pagan Interest Circle:
SF monthly "Moon Circle" celebration
(on a Saturday near the full moon,
7pm).

For info, please see

http://CUUPS.org

{ Next SF moon circle:

August 20 }
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 CAL-SF: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
ADLSFEvents [at] aol.com
[ check for possible last-minute changes]
Free.
Wednesday, July 27th
7pm
Wendell C. Stone 
CAFFE CINO:
The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway
"It's Magic Time!" That colorful promise began each performance at the Caffé Cino,
the storied Greenwich Village coffeehouse that fostered the gay and alternative
theatre movements of the 1960s....
As Off-Off-Broadway productions enjoy a deserved resurgence, theatre historian and actor
Wendell C. Stone re-opens the Cino's doors....
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 CAL-SF: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
ADLSFEvents [at] aol.com
[ check for possible last-minute changes]
Free.
Thursday, July 28th
7pm
Rich Merritt 
SECRETS OF A GAY MARINE PORN STAR
The story of a man who refused to allow himself to be defined by the standards of anyone else -- gay or straight. From the harsh realities of military life under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy to his porn past, this notorious Marine describes what it took to come through the fire.
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 CAL-SF: reading at
A Different Light, 489 Castro Street, SF 94114
http://www.adlbooks.com/events.cfm
415.431.0891
ADLSFEvents [at] aol.com
[ check for possible last-minute changes]
Free.
Friday, July 29th 7pm
Inga Muscio
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLUE-EYED DEVIL:
My Life and Times in a Racist, Imperialist Society
Inga Muscio is the author of Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
which, it seems, can't be kept on the shelves even after several years in publication.
"Blue-Eyed Devil" is her second book.....
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***July 31, SF:
DORE ALLEY fair ("Up Your Alley").
[ Folsom Fair's little brother]
11am - 6pm.
(Folsom St. near 9th St, etc.)
Please donate at gate
(NOTAFLOF).
http://www.folsomstreetfair.com
[SUN will demonstrate
nude 4 peace
at this
CLOTHING-OPTIONAL
event. ]

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CAL-SF:
spring and summer,
thru October 12:
SF Jazz Summerfest
(free outdoor concerts):

http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/outdoors

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FREE RIDES ON SMOG DAYS
in SF area:
in summer/fall 2005, thru Oct. 14:
make your morning commute a free one
by registering for "Spare the Air" days.
Thru Bay Area Air Quality Management District,
commuters get free public-transit rides
on poor air-quality days.
To get e-mails announcing "Spare the Air" days,
and to register,
please go to
http://www.511.org
or
http://www.sparetheair.org
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+ LINKS to news and opinion:

    

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"CITY OF LOVE" celebrations in 2007 ?
(see letter by SUN, in SF Bay Guardian, 13 July 2005):

http://www.sfbg.com/39/41/x_talkback.html

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SF PRIDE weekend photo gallery:

http://homepage.mac.com/trannytalk/PhotoAlbum65.html
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS:
what the anti-fascists want to do:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/05/MNGEQDJ4AA1.DTL

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SUNNYVALE, CA: new website exposes Bush:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/04/BAGBLDIP341.DTL

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Anti-war "BREASTS NOT BOMBS" womyn,
from Mendocino County,
demonstrate topfree in San Francisco (June) ;
and Berkeley (July):

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1750397.php

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IndyBay.org ignoring ELDERS?

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750582.php

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SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:

http://sfbaytimes.com/

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SF QUEER HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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FESTIVALS, summer 2005,
northern California:


http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_festivals.html

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ARAUJO re-trial
(spring-summer 2005) in Hayward:
for frequent news updates,
please visit The Argus newspaper:

http://www.theargusonline.com

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AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:

http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/