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FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Gay Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps), SFBG.com, ebar.com, et alii );
mainly for nudist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/

http://www.indybay.org/lgbtqi/
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For more "queer things to do"

please visit Larry-bob:

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

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Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 25, SF:
Campaign for human rights
Support human and civil rights, especially for the young and poor,
in the Bang4Change Festival,
sponsored by the Idris Stelley Foundation.
Listen to poets, artists, and musicians, enjoy a fashion show, ethnic market;
and educate people about current civil rights problems.
12 noon – 5 pm
Civic Center Plaza
FREE.
(415) 595-8251
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html

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SATURDAY, FEB. 25, SF:
African American authors
read at an event honoring Black History Month.
2pm – 5 pm
San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
Koret Theater, lower level, SF
FREE.
(415) 557-4400
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Berkeley:
SATURDAY, FEB. 25:
Celebrate community and African American history
at a multidimensional show --
fashion, spoken word, and the
Ben Oni Orchestra .....
1pm – 4:30 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis, Berk.
FREE.
(510) 981-6674
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Oakland:
SATURDAY, FEB. 25:
Immigration restrictions
Listen to immigrant farm workers share the hardships they've endured, and speak out against HR 44347, which would make it a felony to employ undocumented workers, or to be one,
at an event sponsored by the United Farm Workers and East Bay Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice.
12 noon – 2 pm
St Elizabeth's Elementary School
1516 33rd Ave., Oakl.
FREE
(510) 682-4302
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/x_alerts.html
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Sat 25, SF:
A Mexican Gypsy's Journey
@ LGBT Community Center
Opening reception: The San Francisco LGBT Community Center and Queer Cultural Center present: "A Mexican Gypsy's Journey," multimedia tapestries and paintings by Laila Espinoza, whose work uses woven fabric, thread and yarn to represent an inter-connectedness of life. Her work involves politics, spirituality, culture and sexuality.
Espinoza shares her poems and quotes from writers and musicians.
Free. Open to all.
7-9pm.
Show runs thru March 15.
SF LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St.
http://www.sfcenter.org
http://www.queerculturalcenter.org
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Berko:
thru 26 Feb, Sunday:
Human rights FILM FEST
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
at Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way, Berk.
$8 general;
$4 members;
$5 students, faculty, staff, seniors, youth, disabled

http://www.hrw.org

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Sun 26, SF:
Market of Vain Desires
@ Camaraderie Art Salon
Reception: "The Market of Vain Desires," featuring new work by Gustavo Villareal (photography), Jason Smart (stained glass), Eric Schum (lithographs), Rumi Missabu (photography), Brian Busta (photography), Bill Bowers (photography and wall hangings), Carl Linkhart (paintings) and Alex Nowik (paintings and drawings). Free. Noon-5pm, Sun. Feb. 26. Camaraderie Art Salon, 612 Waller St. at Pierce.
http://www.geocities.com/camaraderieartsalon
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Sun 26, SF:
Gay Men's Buddhist Sangha
Meditation followed by discussion with David Richo, Ph.D., M.F.T., psychotherapist, teacher, and writer who emphasizes Jungian, transpersonal, and spiritual perspectives in his work. He is the author of several books, including How to Be an Adult and more recently, The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness We Find By Embracing Them. Free, but donations gratefully accepted. Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 pm. Gay Men's Buddhist Sangha at Hartford Street Zen Center, 57 Hartford St., between 17th & 18th Sts. in the Castro. Please enter through door on right-hand side of building. All are invited, beginners and the Buddhist-curious are welcome.
http://www.hszc.org
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Mon 27, SF:
Porchlight @ Café Du Nord
"Porchlight," a storytelling series hosted by Beth Lisick and Arlene Klatte.
$12, 21+w/ID. Mon., Feb. 27, doors open 7pm, show at 8pm.
Café Du Nord, 2170 Market St.
http://www.cafedunord.com
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28 Feb., Tuesday,
11AM to 2PM:
SONOMA State University:
freedom-to-marry
celebration:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1801976.php
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MARCH 2006:

1 March: SF:
1st Wednesday: free admission to:
Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown) [ calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries; San Francisco Zoo.
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Wed 1, SF:
Intergenerational Writers Lab
@ space 180
Opening Night Reading & Reception: Poet/journalist Nguyen Qui Duc and poet/performer Robert Karimi join two of San Francisco's oldest arts organizations — Kearny Street Workshop & Intersection for the Arts — to share their diverse literary styles and celebrate the opening of the 2006 Intergenerational Writers Lab. Q & A session and reception to follow readings. $5-$15 sliding.
Wed., March 1, 7-9pm. space180, 180 Capp Street, @17th St.
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Clothing-optional possibilites in MARCH may include:
Raelians might celebrate "Femininity Day" in the Castro, SF (early March, near Int'l Women's Day?);
SF Anarchist Book Fair should occur in Feb. or March, in SF's Golden Gate Park
(anarchists and hipsters probably won't object to outdoor nudity;
but nudes should avoid square passers-by).
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Thu, 2 March
Family Jewels
@ Theatre Rhinoceros
Family Jewels: The Making of Veronica Klaus. Written by Veronica Klaus and Jeffrey HartgravesFamily Jewels is the comprehensive account of Veronica's life adventure. A story largely untold until now, Veronica's performance uses story and song to illustrate the humor, passion and human drama of her unique journey. She is the REAL Transamerica. $15 for Wed. performances; $20 for Thu., Fri., and Sun. (seniors and students $15); $25 for Sat. (seniors and students $20). Show runs March 2-April 1, Wed. - Sat. at 8pm. Sun., March 5 at 7pm. Other Sundays at 3pm. (No performance Thu., March 30). The Rhino, 2926 16th St. at South Van Ness Ave. Tix: 415-861-5079
http://www.therhino.org
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Thu, 2 March
Mitchel Obremski
@ Robert Tat Fine Photographs
Opening reception: "Mitchel Obremski — Vintage Photographs, 1930s-1940s". Dr. Mitchel A. Obremski (1904-1980) was active in the Syracuse Camera Club from the 1920s through the 1940s. His work ranges in style from pictorialism to modernism and abstraction.
Free. 6-9pm. Show runs thru March 31. 2344 Market St. Info: 415-861-2350
http://www.roberttat.com
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Thu, 2 March
2nd annual
'Maggotfest'
@ Eagle Tavern
"2nd Annual Maggotfest,"
a benefit for the film
Maggots and Men,
a provocative historical drama set in Russia in 1921,
recounting the tragic and heroic events of the Kronstadt uprising. ....
Maggots and Men pays tribute to the Kronstadt sailors and
their earnest pursuit of communist ideals.
A thoughtful homage to the Soviet silent era directors, the film expands on the homoeroticism of Battleship Potemkin.
Set in the all male environment of a Russian naval base, but cast with predominantly female-born actors from a range of masculine gender expressions,
Maggots and Men redefines male,
challenges the binary gender construct, and intentionally creates confusion.
LOCAL BANDS: Hey Willpower; Gavin Newsom (members of Fullmoon Partisans), Experimental Dental School; Weasel Walter's Quartet (members of XBXRX).
HARD-CORE, HOMO-CORE & MORE SLIDE SHOW by Martin Sorrondeguy.
FILM & VIDEO BY: Carlos Isael; Christa Erwin; Gary Fembot; David Gantz; Luke Woodward/ Jacob Perez; Siobhan O'Brian; Coral Short; Ilona Berger; Leah Meyerhoff; Justin Kelley/ Veronica Lipgloss; Scream Club; Devon Devine; Jose Rodriguez; Lydia Grey.
$6.
9pm.
The Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. near Harrison, SF
http://www.sfeagle.com
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7 March, SF:
1st Tuesday: free admission to: ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor; SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
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* SF, March 18:
Saturday, 11AM:
yet another ANTI-BUSH march,
marking 3rd anniversary
of his invasion of Iraq.
[ Where will queer contingent gather ??? ]

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28 March: 2nd day of
International Dadaism "Month".
[ The 3rd day will (you guessed it!) be April first.]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1793258.php
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2006 March-April: Nevada:
5th annual
BI MEN CONFERENCE
welcomes "all bi and gay adult men":
Las Vegas:
March 30 thru April 3rd.
Bi Men Network
bitxnmac @ msn. com

http://www.bimen.org

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+ news + opinion links:




SOUTH DAKOTA tries to ban abortion,
even when pregnancy is caused by rape or incest:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1804538.php

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AUSTRALIA will recognize intersex citizens:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1804041.php
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Freedom advocates sue censors:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=615

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Queer men's strain ( LGV) of CHLAMYDIA?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/06/national/w140611S99.DTL

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Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:

http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
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GENERATION GAP(s) among queers:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=480

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QUEERpodders:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=459

[ http://www.badweeds.com ]

[ http://www.Qpodder.org ]

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Film on COCKETTES and the Angels of Light:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=4426
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Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies

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Film on GAY SEX IN THE SEVENTIES:

http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=108

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Film on METH:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=605
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"PEEING IN PEACE"
( "bathroom activism"
resource guide for TG activists and allies):

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/11/1786719.php

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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:

http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html

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WORLD VIEWS -- how others see our U$A:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexn?blogid=15

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Queer HISTORY columns:

http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=pastout
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