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Alberta, Monterey, Berkeley....
Queer Albertans afraid to marry? + July events in Monterey
County, Berkeley, etc.
County, Berkeley, etc.
CANADA:
Closeted gay community of Alberta still avoiding altar -
Just 5 couples wed on first legal day of same-sex weddings
Wyatt Buchanan, San Francisco Chronicle, 07/22/05
On the first day that gays and lesbians in this
conservative Canadian province
could get a license to marry,
just five same-sex couples did so.
But this province is known as the Bible Belt of Canada... [......]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/22/MNG2ADRVDE1.DTL
[In the Texas of Canada, Gay Rodeo outdraws Gay Pride. ]
..........
Will God damn Canada? [humor]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/01/notes070105.DTL
.................
CANADA fully legalizes same-sex marriage,
as 4th nation to do so:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/20/international/i151859D27.DTL
http://www.equal-marriage.ca
....................
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/
........................
For more "queer things to do"
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
*** BREASTS 4 PEACE IN BERKELEY
Saturday, July 23, head to Berkeley for the X-plicit Players' 14th Annual Nude and Breast Freedom Parade if you're a fan of parades but not a fan of war. Sherry Glassner and Debbie Moore also perform in People's Park as part of "Breasts Not Bombs." 12 noon, People's Park, 2556 Haste, Berk.
FREE.
(510)848-1985.
[-SFBT]
All welcome.
................
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 }
............................................
CAL:
Pride
in MONTEREY COUNTY:
Saturday, 23 July, noon to 8pm:
http://montereypride.org
1-877-839-8407
............
SF: MID-MARKET AREA planning
Monday, July 25, hear differing viewpoints on the
Planning Commission's proposal to redevelop
the mid-Market Street area,
at a Green Party seminar....
7-9 p.m.
First Baptist Church, 7 Octavia,
[near the LGBTI center,
Market & Octavia ]
SF.
FREE
(415) 826-2140
..............................
SAN POTOPOLIS?
Tuesday, July 26,
the Drug Policy Alliance asks the burning question,
"Is San Francisco Going to Pot?"
at a forum with DPA's Ethan Nadelmann and MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California,
SF.
FREE.
(415) 921-4987,
seldredge @drugpolicy.org
..................
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....
...........
CAL-SF: 27 July, Wednesday night:
3rd annual
BOOTIE BEAUTY Contest,
plus Spank-A-Thon, and more...
http://www.clubslick.com
http://www.bondage-a-gogo.com
http://bondageagogo.tribe.net
................
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.
..................
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.....
...................
***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. ]
......
CAL-SF:
spring and summer,
thru October 12:
SF Jazz Summerfest
(free outdoor concerts):
http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/outdoors
..........
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
.......
+ MORE NEWS LINKS:
Fewer new HIV infections in SF ???
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/20/MNG8CDQMG31.DTL&type=health
...............
Chron profiles eco-activist and actor WOODY HARRELSON:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/20/gree.DTL&hw=Dicum&sn=001&sc=1000
................
DYKAPHOBIA:
Prudish feds censor the D-word:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1752920.php
.................
"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
.............
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS:
what anti-fascists want to do:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/05/MNGEQDJ4AA1.DTL
...........
SUNNYVALE, CA: new website exposes Bush:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/04/BAGBLDIP341.DTL
..............
Anti-war "BREASTS NOT BOMBS" womyn,
from Mendocino County,
demonstrate topfree in San Francisco (June) ;
and Berkeley (July 23):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1750397.php
.................
IndyBay.org ignoring ELDERS?
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750582.php
.............................
SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:
http://sfbaytimes.com/
.............
SF QUEER HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php
...........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
FESTIVALS, summer 2005,
northern California:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_festivals.html
...................
AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:
http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/
Closeted gay community of Alberta still avoiding altar -
Just 5 couples wed on first legal day of same-sex weddings
Wyatt Buchanan, San Francisco Chronicle, 07/22/05
On the first day that gays and lesbians in this
conservative Canadian province
could get a license to marry,
just five same-sex couples did so.
But this province is known as the Bible Belt of Canada... [......]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/22/MNG2ADRVDE1.DTL
[In the Texas of Canada, Gay Rodeo outdraws Gay Pride. ]
..........
Will God damn Canada? [humor]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/01/notes070105.DTL
.................
CANADA fully legalizes same-sex marriage,
as 4th nation to do so:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/20/international/i151859D27.DTL
http://www.equal-marriage.ca
....................
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/
........................
For more "queer things to do"
please visit Larrybob at HTC:
[ http://www.holytitclamps.com/ ]
.........................
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
..........................
*** BREASTS 4 PEACE IN BERKELEY
Saturday, July 23, head to Berkeley for the X-plicit Players' 14th Annual Nude and Breast Freedom Parade if you're a fan of parades but not a fan of war. Sherry Glassner and Debbie Moore also perform in People's Park as part of "Breasts Not Bombs." 12 noon, People's Park, 2556 Haste, Berk.
FREE.
(510)848-1985.
[-SFBT]
All welcome.
................
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 }
............................................
CAL:
Pride
in MONTEREY COUNTY:
Saturday, 23 July, noon to 8pm:
http://montereypride.org
1-877-839-8407
............
SF: MID-MARKET AREA planning
Monday, July 25, hear differing viewpoints on the
Planning Commission's proposal to redevelop
the mid-Market Street area,
at a Green Party seminar....
7-9 p.m.
First Baptist Church, 7 Octavia,
[near the LGBTI center,
Market & Octavia ]
SF.
FREE
(415) 826-2140
..............................
SAN POTOPOLIS?
Tuesday, July 26,
the Drug Policy Alliance asks the burning question,
"Is San Francisco Going to Pot?"
at a forum with DPA's Ethan Nadelmann and MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM.
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
3200 California,
SF.
FREE.
(415) 921-4987,
seldredge @drugpolicy.org
..................
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....
...........
CAL-SF: 27 July, Wednesday night:
3rd annual
BOOTIE BEAUTY Contest,
plus Spank-A-Thon, and more...
http://www.clubslick.com
http://www.bondage-a-gogo.com
http://bondageagogo.tribe.net
................
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.
..................
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.....
...................
***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. ]
......
CAL-SF:
spring and summer,
thru October 12:
SF Jazz Summerfest
(free outdoor concerts):
http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/outdoors
..........
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
.......
+ MORE NEWS LINKS:
Fewer new HIV infections in SF ???
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/20/MNG8CDQMG31.DTL&type=health
...............
Chron profiles eco-activist and actor WOODY HARRELSON:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2005/07/20/gree.DTL&hw=Dicum&sn=001&sc=1000
................
DYKAPHOBIA:
Prudish feds censor the D-word:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1752920.php
.................
"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
.............
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS:
what anti-fascists want to do:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/05/MNGEQDJ4AA1.DTL
...........
SUNNYVALE, CA: new website exposes Bush:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/04/BAGBLDIP341.DTL
..............
Anti-war "BREASTS NOT BOMBS" womyn,
from Mendocino County,
demonstrate topfree in San Francisco (June) ;
and Berkeley (July 23):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1750397.php
.................
IndyBay.org ignoring ELDERS?
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1750582.php
.............................
SF QUEER NEWS, weekly:
http://sfbaytimes.com/
.............
SF QUEER HISTORY,
circa 1971 - 2005:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1749365.php
...........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
FESTIVALS, summer 2005,
northern California:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/32/cover_summer_festivals.html
...................
AUSTRALIA-based sexworker site:
http://libertarias.ebloggy.com/
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[ background info on "Breast Not Bombs" group,
from advance announcement of their June 30 demo: ]
[.....]
Contact Name:
Sherry Glaser
[ Warning by SUN: Some sources mis-spell her last name.]
Contact Email:
mothersmilk [at] mcn.org
[......]
DESCRIPTION:
BREASTS NOT BOMBS
Making the World Safer For Women and Children
A DEMONSTRATION TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS DECENT
AND WHAT IS NOT.
WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE DO NOT.
SIGNS MAY INCLUDE
WAR IS INDECENT - WAR PROFITEERING IS INDECENT - TORTURE IS INDECENT -
LYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS INDECENT - ELECTION FRAUD IS INDECENT -
DEPLETED URANIUM IS INDECENT - THE PATRIOT ACT IS INDECENT, ETC.....
OR
BREASTS NOT BOMBS, EDUCATION NOT BOMBS, MEDICINE NOT BOMBS,
HEALTHCARE NOT BOMBS, ETC.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US TO BARE WITNESS TO THE OUTRAGEOUS CORRUPTION
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND [ are] UNWILLING TO BE SILENT OR BULLIED INTO SUBMISSION.
BARING OUR BREASTS IN POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION
IS PROTECTED UNDER THE 1ST AMENDMENT.
[ ..... ]
.........................
[ Note by SUN:
BNB demonstrated in SF on 30 June 2005;
in Berkeley on 23 July;
etc.
To be notified of future demos,
please email:
mothersmilk [at] mcn.org ]
from advance announcement of their June 30 demo: ]
[.....]
Contact Name:
Sherry Glaser
[ Warning by SUN: Some sources mis-spell her last name.]
Contact Email:
mothersmilk [at] mcn.org
[......]
DESCRIPTION:
BREASTS NOT BOMBS
Making the World Safer For Women and Children
A DEMONSTRATION TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS DECENT
AND WHAT IS NOT.
WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE DO NOT.
SIGNS MAY INCLUDE
WAR IS INDECENT - WAR PROFITEERING IS INDECENT - TORTURE IS INDECENT -
LYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS INDECENT - ELECTION FRAUD IS INDECENT -
DEPLETED URANIUM IS INDECENT - THE PATRIOT ACT IS INDECENT, ETC.....
OR
BREASTS NOT BOMBS, EDUCATION NOT BOMBS, MEDICINE NOT BOMBS,
HEALTHCARE NOT BOMBS, ETC.
WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US TO BARE WITNESS TO THE OUTRAGEOUS CORRUPTION
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND [ are] UNWILLING TO BE SILENT OR BULLIED INTO SUBMISSION.
BARING OUR BREASTS IN POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION
IS PROTECTED UNDER THE 1ST AMENDMENT.
[ ..... ]
.........................
[ Note by SUN:
BNB demonstrated in SF on 30 June 2005;
in Berkeley on 23 July;
etc.
To be notified of future demos,
please email:
mothersmilk [at] mcn.org ]
selected political events
[extracted from SFBG ]
Picnic at the new park
Wednesday, July 27, picnic out on Hayes Green, the city's newest park, courtesy of the Neighborhood Parks Council, and meet new Recreation and Park commissioner David Lee. Chow down...while listening to Goucho Gypsy Jazz and Voodoo Cabaret and the African Outlet Drummers.
5:30-8 p.m., Hayes Green, Hayes and Octavia, SF.
Free, RSVP with Tonya Hodapp at (415) 621-3260
or
council [at] sfneighborhoodparks.org
......
[Note by SUN: This is part of the Octavia redevelopment,
stretching from Market St (near the SF queer Center) to Hayes. ]
......
TG media training
Wednesday, July 27, find out from Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Kathy Sanchez how to influence the media to focus on, and properly represent, trans issues, at the Transgender Media Training sponsored by the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, GLAAD, and the Transgender Law Center. 6:30-9:30 p.m., SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market, SF.
Free. RSVP at (323) 634-2022 or
sanchez [at] glaad.org
........................
Volunteer for AIDS project
Through Thursday, July 28, lend a hand to the UCSF AIDS Health Project by volunteering as a facilitator for peer-led HIV-positive, HIV-negative, and mixed-status support groups and workshops. Qualified participants who have a general understanding of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and recovery will attend a late-August weekend training as well as perform 10 to 12 hours of volunteer work for a minimum of six months.
Applications available from Julie Frank at (415) 476-3785
or John Tighe at (415) 502-7579.
.....................
Avoiding toxic toys
Friday, July 29, and Tuesday, Aug. 2, find out more about safe toys for toddlers from the "Chan Van," which roves the East Bay disseminating information about toxins in toys. Assembly member Wilma Chan, who initiated the program, appears at many of the stops. Fri/29, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Old Oakland Farmers' Market, Ninth St. between Broadway and Clay, Oakl.;
Tues/2, 2-4 p.m., Berkeley Farmers' Market, corner of Derby and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berk.
For information on other stops, call (510) 286-1670.
......................
Bike circus
Saturday, July 30, for the benefit of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Bay Area Ridge Trail Council,
New Belgium Brewing's Tour de Fat
returns to town for its 6th year of righteous cycle fun.
This year's festivities include a costumed parade on bikes around the park, an art bike display, live music, and copious amounts of New Belgium beer.
10 a.m.-5 p.m., meet at Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, SF.
(970) 231-1777
cwinn [at] newbelgium.com
[ Qeery: Is New Belgium part of the New Europe? ]
...................
Labor bike tour
Saturday, July 30, take a four-hour bicycle ride back in time with local historian Chris Carlsson. The tour, which benefits community and arts space CounterPulse, focuses on San Francisco's labor history and takes you to places where important labor struggles have occurred.
Noon, CounterPulse, 1310 Mission, SF.
$15-$50 sliding scale.
To register or inquire about the event, call (415) 626-2060.
.......................
SF arts to come
Saturday, July 30, join a town hall meeting organized by San Francisco's Arts Task Force, a new group appointed by the mayor and Board of Supervisors, and contribute your ideas about the future of arts in San Francisco and how public funds should be used.
10 a.m.-1 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF. (415) 552-6594, http://www.sfartscommission.org/programs/arts_task_force.htm
..............
Picket TICs
Sunday, July 31, join the San Francisco Tenants Union on a citywide picket of all housing where tenants have been evicted in order to make way for a tenants-in-common sale.
Noon, SF Tenants Union, 558 Capp, SF.
Food and transportation to the picket sites provided.
For more information call (415) 282-6543 or go to
http://www.sftu.org
......................
Test the vote
Monday, Aug. 1- Friday, Aug. 12,
participate in a mock election held by the San Francisco Department of Elections and help test two new voting systems the city is considering using in lieu of its current equipment.
9 a.m.-4 p.m., City Hall, Room 48, SF.
(415) 554-7780
.....................
* Transgender clinic party
Tuesday, Aug. 2, celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tom Waddell Health Center's Transgender Clinic.
Lipstick Conspiracy, Andy Toon, Veronica Klaus, Nicki Harris, and Ben Keim entertain ... in honor of the clinic's work with more than 600 active clients.
6-10 p.m., Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th St., SF.
Free.
Contact Mark Freeman, (415) 307-6290 or
mfreeman [at] 101pop.com
Mary Monihan, (415) 355-7588 or
mary.monihan [at] sfdph.org
http://www.centerforsexandculture.org
.........................
Water and globalization
Wednesday, August 3,
think about the community-versus-corporation conflict over water rights,
at the UN Film Festival screening and discussion of
THIRST,
with directors Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow,
who believe water can spark opposition to globalization.
6-8 p.m., World Affairs Council, 2nd floor conf. rm., 312 Sutter, SF.
$15 general,
$5 for students with ID,
free for members.
(415) 293-4600
http://www.itsyourworld.org
...................
[extracted from SFBG ]
Picnic at the new park
Wednesday, July 27, picnic out on Hayes Green, the city's newest park, courtesy of the Neighborhood Parks Council, and meet new Recreation and Park commissioner David Lee. Chow down...while listening to Goucho Gypsy Jazz and Voodoo Cabaret and the African Outlet Drummers.
5:30-8 p.m., Hayes Green, Hayes and Octavia, SF.
Free, RSVP with Tonya Hodapp at (415) 621-3260
or
council [at] sfneighborhoodparks.org
......
[Note by SUN: This is part of the Octavia redevelopment,
stretching from Market St (near the SF queer Center) to Hayes. ]
......
TG media training
Wednesday, July 27, find out from Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's Kathy Sanchez how to influence the media to focus on, and properly represent, trans issues, at the Transgender Media Training sponsored by the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, GLAAD, and the Transgender Law Center. 6:30-9:30 p.m., SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market, SF.
Free. RSVP at (323) 634-2022 or
sanchez [at] glaad.org
........................
Volunteer for AIDS project
Through Thursday, July 28, lend a hand to the UCSF AIDS Health Project by volunteering as a facilitator for peer-led HIV-positive, HIV-negative, and mixed-status support groups and workshops. Qualified participants who have a general understanding of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and recovery will attend a late-August weekend training as well as perform 10 to 12 hours of volunteer work for a minimum of six months.
Applications available from Julie Frank at (415) 476-3785
or John Tighe at (415) 502-7579.
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Avoiding toxic toys
Friday, July 29, and Tuesday, Aug. 2, find out more about safe toys for toddlers from the "Chan Van," which roves the East Bay disseminating information about toxins in toys. Assembly member Wilma Chan, who initiated the program, appears at many of the stops. Fri/29, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Old Oakland Farmers' Market, Ninth St. between Broadway and Clay, Oakl.;
Tues/2, 2-4 p.m., Berkeley Farmers' Market, corner of Derby and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berk.
For information on other stops, call (510) 286-1670.
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Bike circus
Saturday, July 30, for the benefit of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Bay Area Ridge Trail Council,
New Belgium Brewing's Tour de Fat
returns to town for its 6th year of righteous cycle fun.
This year's festivities include a costumed parade on bikes around the park, an art bike display, live music, and copious amounts of New Belgium beer.
10 a.m.-5 p.m., meet at Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, SF.
(970) 231-1777
cwinn [at] newbelgium.com
[ Qeery: Is New Belgium part of the New Europe? ]
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Labor bike tour
Saturday, July 30, take a four-hour bicycle ride back in time with local historian Chris Carlsson. The tour, which benefits community and arts space CounterPulse, focuses on San Francisco's labor history and takes you to places where important labor struggles have occurred.
Noon, CounterPulse, 1310 Mission, SF.
$15-$50 sliding scale.
To register or inquire about the event, call (415) 626-2060.
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SF arts to come
Saturday, July 30, join a town hall meeting organized by San Francisco's Arts Task Force, a new group appointed by the mayor and Board of Supervisors, and contribute your ideas about the future of arts in San Francisco and how public funds should be used.
10 a.m.-1 p.m., Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF. (415) 552-6594, http://www.sfartscommission.org/programs/arts_task_force.htm
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Picket TICs
Sunday, July 31, join the San Francisco Tenants Union on a citywide picket of all housing where tenants have been evicted in order to make way for a tenants-in-common sale.
Noon, SF Tenants Union, 558 Capp, SF.
Food and transportation to the picket sites provided.
For more information call (415) 282-6543 or go to
http://www.sftu.org
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Test the vote
Monday, Aug. 1- Friday, Aug. 12,
participate in a mock election held by the San Francisco Department of Elections and help test two new voting systems the city is considering using in lieu of its current equipment.
9 a.m.-4 p.m., City Hall, Room 48, SF.
(415) 554-7780
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* Transgender clinic party
Tuesday, Aug. 2, celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tom Waddell Health Center's Transgender Clinic.
Lipstick Conspiracy, Andy Toon, Veronica Klaus, Nicki Harris, and Ben Keim entertain ... in honor of the clinic's work with more than 600 active clients.
6-10 p.m., Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th St., SF.
Free.
Contact Mark Freeman, (415) 307-6290 or
mfreeman [at] 101pop.com
Mary Monihan, (415) 355-7588 or
mary.monihan [at] sfdph.org
http://www.centerforsexandculture.org
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Water and globalization
Wednesday, August 3,
think about the community-versus-corporation conflict over water rights,
at the UN Film Festival screening and discussion of
THIRST,
with directors Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow,
who believe water can spark opposition to globalization.
6-8 p.m., World Affairs Council, 2nd floor conf. rm., 312 Sutter, SF.
$15 general,
$5 for students with ID,
free for members.
(415) 293-4600
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