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Sources reveal that none of the SF Supes is likely to dare2bare4peace at 2006 St Stupid's Day parade, April first, marching from Pyramid (noon) along Columbus to Washington Square in North Beach; but look for the traditionally bottomless dancer in bird costume (or will this person switch to a Cheney mask?). Below, you'll find more events for freedomseekers; plus gnews gnotes.
FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps + SmackDab),
SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, 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/
........................
For many more "queer things to do"
please visit Larry-bob:
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
.........
APRIL first: "Happy nude year!":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811074.php
........
2006 APRIL first:
Saturday:
annual St. Stupid's Day (April Fool's Day) in SF
(top-optional?)
[ http://www.saintstupid.com ]
...
SF police try to prevent genital nudity at this event.
But they may ignore bare butts;
and they probably (no guarantees!) will ignore bare female breasts.
Regardless of law,
SFPD's de facto policies are very hard to predict.
....
Misdirections,
from official SaintStupid.com website:
"The 28st Annual SAINT STUPID'S DAY PARADE
Saturday April something
The pointy building @ noon
Its the weekend route this year.
Pointy bldg up columbus ave to Washington Sq park
for the FCLL's mini service (check your own oil)
with a stage for the 2 minute talent contest
and other s(n)ackreligious happenings.
Stay tuned for new developments.
http://www.saintstupid.com "
------
[ Comment by Tortuga:
Could the "pointy building" be the
Transamerica Pyramid, at 600 Montgomery?
Try to arrive by 11:30AM,
in case you (or the organizers) get lost.
Bring still and motion cameras;
water or other NON-alcohoolican beverage; portable snacks;
skimpy costumes;
signs praising our Stupe-in-Chief.... ]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811074.php
......
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
Laughing matter?
You know about the tragic San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906...
But do you know about the vaudeville shows and circus acts
that rose from the fire's ashes?
In the aftermath of destruction, wit and humor kept spirits high.
SF Public Library puts memorabilia from the era on display --
cartoons, theater programs, more ....
San Francisco Public Library, Skylight Gallery
downtown SF
FREE
http://www.sfpl.org
........
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
Bayview women in politics
Attend a one-day leadership seminar
designed by the National Women's Political Caucus to
get Bayview women politically involved in their community.
Enjoy free child care and lunch while listening to speakers,
including Willie Kennedy of Southeast Community Facilities Commission.
10 AM – 2 PM
Bayview–Hunters Point YMCA
1601 Lane, SF
Free, RSVP required
(415) 377-6722
nwpcsf [at] yahoo.com
..........
SF: April 1 - 22:
Fridays and Saturdays:
...
April 01 (Sat),
April 07, 08,
April 14, 15,
April 21, 22
at 10pm:
Tech Slave productions presents
SEX DIARIES:
What would your diary look like on a dark stage in a dark theatre?
Come take a peek at some of San Francisco's hottest freaks as they
show you what's between their pages.
Comedy, Video, Music, Spoken Word, Sketch and more Comedy.....
Featuring Meliza Banales, Sherilyn Connelly, Anomaly, The Cock T's, Angie Krass,
Will Franken, Melinda Adams, Kosmic Kitty, Alexia Staniotes, Uphill Both Ways,
Sparkle Motion, Buck Deerborn, Single Entendre, Jayne Entwistle, Krob, and more....
Tickets: $13 at the door or on Ticketweb.
http://www.darkroomsf.com/techslave
415.401.7987
Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission st.
between 19th and 18th streets, SF
...............
2 April 2006: SUNday:
Daylight savings time returns?
[ Date may change in 2007 ? ]
........
SAN MATEO:
Sunday, April 2:
wonderful world of RATS.
11AM - 4PM:
why rats make great pets!
..............
http://thewonderfulworldofrats.org
California:
YUBA COUNTY:
April 2 - 3 - 4: (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday):
Saint Stupid's Daze ... in the Forest:
please wear large "offensive" hats.
Activities may include tree planting, horse-shoes, bonfire,
knife throwing, shooting, music, more ....
info: Steven,
518.655.3625
.......
4 April:
SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor;
SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
.........
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Free MEDICAL FAIR
Receive free medical information and tests
at City College of San Francisco's
health fair.
Dental screenings, acupuncture, cholesterol tests, women's health appointments, HIV tests, blood drive, more.
9 AM to 12 noon
City College of San Francisco (Hayes campus)
1860 Hayes, SF
FREE
(415) 561 -1905
.....
5 April:
SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown)
[ http://calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries;
San Francisco Zoo.
..............
April 9,
Palm Sunday:
CAL-SF: toy faire:
buy or sell at BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange),
2pm to 5pm:
942 Mission St.,
between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2006 April 9,
August 13,
December 10.
....
Lady Thorn's SMCE:
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
(415).753.0703
( Fandango may follow? )
Celebrate PALM Sunday
by caning a friend with a palm frond?
.........
circa April 11:
TRUDELL
[ American Indian activist becomes
spoken-word performer ]
KPBS-TV:
"Independent Lens" series of documentaries:
for details and exact time/date
please see
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
..........
13 April,Thor's Day:
Passover.
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
...............
14A: Good Friday.
.......
15A: Good Saturday.
.........
16A: Easter Sunday.
,,,,,
18 April 2006, Tuesday:
0430 AM (brrrr....):
Gather at Lotta's Fountain in downtown SF,
near Market and Kearny,
to remember the great quake and fire of 1906.
http://sfrising.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
[ Singers may entertain the crowd with olde SF classics,
such as
"When you come
to San Fran Hattan,
be sure to wear
some dollars in your hair..... "
............
April 20 ("four twenty") 2006:
CANNABIS FREEDOM Afternoon:
at various locations,
including Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park, SF:
circa 3:20pm to 5:20 pm
(peaking at, you guessed it, 4:20).
Un-organized, un-sponsored, un-authorized.
Try to bring bodypaints, drums, freedom-seeking minds.
..............
APRIL, late:
37th annual People's Park anniversary celebration,
Berkeley ( Sunday, 23 April 2006, all day)
( top-optional anywhere;
possibly clothing-optional near the main stage).
[ ... If you can attend this event, by using public transit or walking or by bicycle, you'll have a fun day in a beautiful location; often with good weather, at low cost.
If you try to bring an automobile to this event, you'll suffer. ]
http://www.peoplespark.org
[ P.O. Box 89, Berkeley, CA 94701 ]
.....
+ NEWS and notes:
You don't need alcohol for health:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/30/MNGMTI0B3U1.DTL
.....
Chain stores ban mag --
because it prints anti-Muslim cartoons:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/national/a163611S00.DTL
..........
MASS fails:
highest state court says out-of-state same-sex couples can't marry in Taxachusetts:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/a072536S96.DTL
.........
AIDS prevention pill ?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/27/national/a145047S06.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/state/n143134S22.DTL
......
Nudophobes (and others) freak over
nude sculpture of
BRITNEY giving birth:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/28/entertainment/e124102S85.DTL
.........
Cutting INFANT FORMULA from Medi-Cal: (commentary):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811946.php
...........
Star Wars: nonscience in PSEUDOSPACE for air-heads: (rant):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1812107.php
............
Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:
http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
.....
Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies
.........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
...........
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom;
with help from Larry-bob (of HolyTitClamps + SmackDab),
SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, 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/
........................
For many more "queer things to do"
please visit Larry-bob:
[ http://www.sfqueer.com/ ]
.........
Please FORWARD freely,
to willing recipients only.
.........
APRIL first: "Happy nude year!":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811074.php
........
2006 APRIL first:
Saturday:
annual St. Stupid's Day (April Fool's Day) in SF
(top-optional?)
[ http://www.saintstupid.com ]
...
SF police try to prevent genital nudity at this event.
But they may ignore bare butts;
and they probably (no guarantees!) will ignore bare female breasts.
Regardless of law,
SFPD's de facto policies are very hard to predict.
....
Misdirections,
from official SaintStupid.com website:
"The 28st Annual SAINT STUPID'S DAY PARADE
Saturday April something
The pointy building @ noon
Its the weekend route this year.
Pointy bldg up columbus ave to Washington Sq park
for the FCLL's mini service (check your own oil)
with a stage for the 2 minute talent contest
and other s(n)ackreligious happenings.
Stay tuned for new developments.
http://www.saintstupid.com "
------
[ Comment by Tortuga:
Could the "pointy building" be the
Transamerica Pyramid, at 600 Montgomery?
Try to arrive by 11:30AM,
in case you (or the organizers) get lost.
Bring still and motion cameras;
water or other NON-alcohoolican beverage; portable snacks;
skimpy costumes;
signs praising our Stupe-in-Chief.... ]
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811074.php
......
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
Laughing matter?
You know about the tragic San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906...
But do you know about the vaudeville shows and circus acts
that rose from the fire's ashes?
In the aftermath of destruction, wit and humor kept spirits high.
SF Public Library puts memorabilia from the era on display --
cartoons, theater programs, more ....
San Francisco Public Library, Skylight Gallery
downtown SF
FREE
http://www.sfpl.org
........
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
Bayview women in politics
Attend a one-day leadership seminar
designed by the National Women's Political Caucus to
get Bayview women politically involved in their community.
Enjoy free child care and lunch while listening to speakers,
including Willie Kennedy of Southeast Community Facilities Commission.
10 AM – 2 PM
Bayview–Hunters Point YMCA
1601 Lane, SF
Free, RSVP required
(415) 377-6722
nwpcsf [at] yahoo.com
..........
SF: April 1 - 22:
Fridays and Saturdays:
...
April 01 (Sat),
April 07, 08,
April 14, 15,
April 21, 22
at 10pm:
Tech Slave productions presents
SEX DIARIES:
What would your diary look like on a dark stage in a dark theatre?
Come take a peek at some of San Francisco's hottest freaks as they
show you what's between their pages.
Comedy, Video, Music, Spoken Word, Sketch and more Comedy.....
Featuring Meliza Banales, Sherilyn Connelly, Anomaly, The Cock T's, Angie Krass,
Will Franken, Melinda Adams, Kosmic Kitty, Alexia Staniotes, Uphill Both Ways,
Sparkle Motion, Buck Deerborn, Single Entendre, Jayne Entwistle, Krob, and more....
Tickets: $13 at the door or on Ticketweb.
http://www.darkroomsf.com/techslave
415.401.7987
Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission st.
between 19th and 18th streets, SF
...............
2 April 2006: SUNday:
Daylight savings time returns?
[ Date may change in 2007 ? ]
........
SAN MATEO:
Sunday, April 2:
wonderful world of RATS.
11AM - 4PM:
why rats make great pets!
..............
http://thewonderfulworldofrats.org
California:
YUBA COUNTY:
April 2 - 3 - 4: (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday):
Saint Stupid's Daze ... in the Forest:
please wear large "offensive" hats.
Activities may include tree planting, horse-shoes, bonfire,
knife throwing, shooting, music, more ....
info: Steven,
518.655.3625
.......
4 April:
SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to ASIAN ART MUSEUM;
Legion of Honor;
SF MOMA;
Conservatory of Flowers (in Golden Gate Park); etc.
.........
TUESDAY, APRIL 4
Free MEDICAL FAIR
Receive free medical information and tests
at City College of San Francisco's
health fair.
Dental screenings, acupuncture, cholesterol tests, women's health appointments, HIV tests, blood drive, more.
9 AM to 12 noon
City College of San Francisco (Hayes campus)
1860 Hayes, SF
FREE
(415) 561 -1905
.....
5 April:
SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to Calif. Academy of Sciences ( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown)
[ http://calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries;
San Francisco Zoo.
..............
April 9,
Palm Sunday:
CAL-SF: toy faire:
buy or sell at BIZARRE FLEA
(SM Community Exchange),
2pm to 5pm:
942 Mission St.,
between 5th & 6th Streets;
$5 admission to fleamarket.
2006 April 9,
August 13,
December 10.
....
Lady Thorn's SMCE:
POB 16284, SF, CA 94116
(415).753.0703
( Fandango may follow? )
Celebrate PALM Sunday
by caning a friend with a palm frond?
.........
circa April 11:
TRUDELL
[ American Indian activist becomes
spoken-word performer ]
KPBS-TV:
"Independent Lens" series of documentaries:
for details and exact time/date
please see
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
..........
13 April,Thor's Day:
Passover.
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
...............
14A: Good Friday.
.......
15A: Good Saturday.
.........
16A: Easter Sunday.
,,,,,
18 April 2006, Tuesday:
0430 AM (brrrr....):
Gather at Lotta's Fountain in downtown SF,
near Market and Kearny,
to remember the great quake and fire of 1906.
http://sfrising.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/
[ Singers may entertain the crowd with olde SF classics,
such as
"When you come
to San Fran Hattan,
be sure to wear
some dollars in your hair..... "
............
April 20 ("four twenty") 2006:
CANNABIS FREEDOM Afternoon:
at various locations,
including Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park, SF:
circa 3:20pm to 5:20 pm
(peaking at, you guessed it, 4:20).
Un-organized, un-sponsored, un-authorized.
Try to bring bodypaints, drums, freedom-seeking minds.
..............
APRIL, late:
37th annual People's Park anniversary celebration,
Berkeley ( Sunday, 23 April 2006, all day)
( top-optional anywhere;
possibly clothing-optional near the main stage).
[ ... If you can attend this event, by using public transit or walking or by bicycle, you'll have a fun day in a beautiful location; often with good weather, at low cost.
If you try to bring an automobile to this event, you'll suffer. ]
http://www.peoplespark.org
[ P.O. Box 89, Berkeley, CA 94701 ]
.....
+ NEWS and notes:
You don't need alcohol for health:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/03/30/MNGMTI0B3U1.DTL
.....
Chain stores ban mag --
because it prints anti-Muslim cartoons:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/national/a163611S00.DTL
..........
MASS fails:
highest state court says out-of-state same-sex couples can't marry in Taxachusetts:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/30/national/a072536S96.DTL
.........
AIDS prevention pill ?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/27/national/a145047S06.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/29/state/n143134S22.DTL
......
Nudophobes (and others) freak over
nude sculpture of
BRITNEY giving birth:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/28/entertainment/e124102S85.DTL
.........
Cutting INFANT FORMULA from Medi-Cal: (commentary):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811946.php
...........
Star Wars: nonscience in PSEUDOSPACE for air-heads: (rant):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1812107.php
............
Texas:
the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:
http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
.....
Film explains INDIA's NUDE YOGIS:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/02/DDGJUG0QSG1.DTL&type=movies
.........
NUDES in the news:
http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news
.............
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
...........
For more information:
http://www.sfqueer.com/
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SF Bay Guardian political alerts,
[ edited ]
2006 APRIL 5 - 11
http://www.sfbg.com/
include:
.....
Wednesday, April 5
Cool symposium
See where art meets science.
San Francisco's Magic Theater puts global-warming issues
on center stage with a symposium titled
"The Ice-Breaker Panel on Climatology,"
which brings leading scientists together with the arts.
The evening is part of a series of plays the theater has commissioned on science and technology and, in particular, the current run of The Ice-Breaker, by David Rambo.
4 p.m.
Magic Theater
Building D, Fort Mason Center
Marina at Laguna, SF
FREE
(415) 441-8822
.............
Wednesday, April 5
Report from Chiapas
Hear a report from the front lines of the Zapatistas' "Other Campaign."
Eight Bay Area residents who recently returned from Chiapas discuss current conditions and present a new video of interviews with Zapatista leaders.
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck, Berk.
$5 – $15 sliding scale
(510) 654-9587
.........
Wednesday, April 5
US Foreign Policy 101
What I Have Learned about US Foreign Policy:
War Against the Third World.
The documentary sheds light on covert CIA activities over the past 50 years,
from the School of the Americas to the invasions of Panama and Iraq.
7:30 p.m.
Humanist Hall
390 27th St., Oakl.
$5
(510) 704-0268
................
Thursday, April 6
Silencing soldiers
Sir, No Sir,
a film that explores the suppressed GI voice in the movement to end the war in Vietnam. Sponsored by Global Exchange, the event also features Iraq war resister Pablo Paredes, music, and poetry. All proceeds go to Iraq Veterans Against War.
7 p.m.
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand, Oakl.
$10
(415) 255-7296
.............
[...]
...........
Saturday, April 8
Advocate collaboration
Join professionals working for social justice in a meeting to discuss how local grassroots organizations can work together to advocate social reform. Among the panelists is Maura Riordan, executive director of the Women's Education and Research Organization. The event coincides with the American Educational Research Association's annual conference.
6– 9:30 p.m.
San Francisco Women's Building
3543 18th St., SF
$5–$25, no one turned away for lack of funds
(510) 465-2094
......................
Saturday, April 8
Families stand ground
Join working families as they convene at City Hall and call on Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Board of Supervisors to support a $10 million budget agenda for affordable housing, child care, job training, and violence prevention.
10 a.m.–1 p.m.
City Hall
SF
(415) 239-0161
http://www.colemanadvocates.org
.............
Monday, April 10
Death penalty lecture
Learn about current social policy and ethics regarding the death penalty at the McCoy Memorial Lecture given by Judith Kay, the director of UC Berkeley's Death Penalty Clinic, and Elizabeth Semel, a professor of religious and social ethics at the University of Puget Sound.
4:30 p.m.
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
2400 Ridge Rd., Berk.
FREE,
RSVP appreciated
(510) 649-2420
jburrows [at] gtu.edu
.....................
Monday, April 10
Vision of peace
Listen to author Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, and Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, leader of West Africa–based Africanist Movement, share their dream of a peaceful Africa without imperialism, poverty, and war.
7:30 p.m.
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia, SF
FREE,
donations accepted
(415) 826-8971
http://www.burningspearuhru.com
[ ?] (Spelling? If this fails, try burningspearuhuru.
"Uhuru" means freedom, in Swahili. ]
....................................................
Tuesday, April 11
Shut down the plant
Join community members and Greenaction to protest PG&E's inability to shut down the Hunters Point power plant on the April 10 date it originally set. Protect community health by demanding that this plant, which is not necessary to the Bay Area electrical grid, be closed immediately.
Noon
PG&E Hunters Point Plant
Evans at Middlepoint, SF
FREE
(415) 248-5010
.........................
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