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jn2 LosAltos, SantaCruz, election, Beats, etc.
Protest in Los Altos on Sunday, June 4;
then party in Santa Cruz?
then party in Santa Cruz?
FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom; with help from
Larry-bob (sfqueer.com), SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, ADLbooks.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
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.
........
JUNE 2006:
( featuring SF Dyke March, SF Pride, and more)
...
SF clothing-optional or top-optional possibilities in June MIGHT include:
Haight Street Fair (possibly top-optional?), SF (early June)
(probably police might ignore bare butts and
bare female breasts; but NOT bare genitals?);
SF Dyke March (late June) (a top-optional afternoon;
but don't go nude if you have male genitals)
[ http://www.dykemarch.com ];
SF Pink Saturday (late June, on & near Castro Street, evening, just AFTER Dyke March;
adukts of any gender can go nude or topfree);
SF Pride Festival (clothing-optional on Sunday afternoon,
after the Pride Parade).
....
[ One nakist says that the SF Pride festival is also clothing-optional on Saturday;
but SUN hasn't tested this assertion yet. ]
.......
FESTIVALS:
In JUNE, netsurf to
http://www.santacruzpride.org
http://www.sjgaypride.org
http://www.sffolkfest.org
http://www.sfnorthbeach.org
http://www.sfpride.org
http://www.sfjazz.org
etc.
........
* June 4,
Sunday:
LOS ALTOS:
historic queer-rights march,
led by high school students
(despite previous obstruction by city council):
:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/31/BAG3UJ4MK31.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=002&sc=925
[ TBL says:
If this Los Altos march repeats in 2007,
it should be held on a different day;
to avoid conflicting (again) with Santa Cruz Pride. ]
........
June 4, Sunday:
32nd annual SANTA CRUZ queer Pride:
http://www.santacruzpride.org/
.....
June 6: SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to: ASIAN ART MUSEUM (Civic Ctr.);
Legion of Honor (34th Ave.);
SF MOMA (downtown);
Yerba Buena (downtown);
Conservatory of Flowers (GG park); etc.
......
June 6, Tuesday:
CALIFORNIA: primary election.
[Comments by TBL:
(a) California queers WON'T face any state-wide anti-queer propositions in 2006.
Other states are considering anti-queer measures this year;
especially amendments to state constitutions.
(b) The best ( easiest + safest ) way to vote in California is by absentee ballot.
Any California voter can become a permanent absentee voter.
You DON'T need to be disabled, etc. ]
...............
June 7: SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to: Calif. Academy of Sciences
( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown) [ calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries; San Francisco Zoo; Exploratorium (Lyon St.).
........
June 7: SF, Wed.: 7pm,
"THE ZOOKEEPER":
gay novelist speaks at
A Different Light, 489 Castro St, SF:
http://www.ADLbooks.com
...........
June 8, Thurs:
"This is the Beat Generation"
Main Library,
Koret Auditorium
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Jerry Cimino, director of The Beat Museum,
and John Cassady present a multi-media show.
.........
June 8, SF, Thursday, 7pm:
"I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER":
gay novelist speaks at
A Different Light, 489 Castro St, SF:
http://www.ADLbooks.com
...........
9 June 2006, Friday:
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
daytime
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
help [at] projecthomelessconnect.com
...........
10 - 11 June, weekend:
SAN JOSE Gay Pride:
http://www.sjgaypride.com/
.............
Sunday, June 11, 2006
"Drag King Dreams"
SF Main Library,
Koret Auditorium
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Leslie Feinberg, author of the new novel "Drag King Dreams,"
the long-awaited follow-up novel to the award-winning "Stone Butch Blues,"
will be interviewed by activist/historian Susan Stryker, Ph.D. ...
.......
13 June, Tues, SF:
"Radar" Reading
SF Main Library
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
This month's Radar reading is in conjunction with the Queer Arts Festival.
This special event features Dorothy Allison, Kate Bornstein, Imani Henry and Nalo Hopkinson.
Hosted by Michelle Tea.
Cosponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Center.
........
+ NEWS:
LOS ALTOS:
queer-rights march coming up on Sunday, June 4:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/31/BAG3UJ4MK31.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=002&sc=925
........
Dr. Fritz Klein, BISEXUAL pioneer:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/01/BAGLFJ5ITI1.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=001&sc=1000
..........
BERKELEY: ice-skating rink settles with queers:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/11/BABADIGEST3.DTL
........
"BLUE NUDE" [novel about painters' model]:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/28/RVGV0IUK461.DTL&type=books
.....
Would MARILYN MONROE have become a feminist?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/01/DDGJNJ4M1O1.DTL
.........
More condoms mean less AIDS infections:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19323533-23289,00.html
.......
Blocked MOSCOW march --- Russia's Stonewall? :
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1825937.php
......
DON'T try to swim at SF's Ocean Beach:
[ nor at Baker Beach ]
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/26/BAG23J2OB51.DTL
.........
Researchers surprised to find NO LINK between
cannabis and lung cancer:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/26/MNGAKJ2S481.DTL&type=science
.......
FUTURE human-chimp hybrids?:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1824393.php
........
Clinic teaches SELF-HELP for chronic pain:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/26/BAG4CIFE701.DTL
.......
SAFER "Lincoln Logging" and "clean-dancing":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1822033.php
..........
HIPISTAN (alt-history of "new" [?] word):
HIPISTAN: hipsterdom. [ May 2006, IndyBay.org, SF ] (same as Hipstéristan) ....
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/message/46
.....
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
.............
For EVENTS at SF Public Library, please visit:
http://sfpl.org/news/events.htm
......
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 (sfqueer.com), SFBG.com, ebar.com, sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, ADLbooks.com, et alii );
mainly for nakist, queer, bohemian & cultural-creative communities, especially at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sfbarea/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SaveFreedom/
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.
........
JUNE 2006:
( featuring SF Dyke March, SF Pride, and more)
...
SF clothing-optional or top-optional possibilities in June MIGHT include:
Haight Street Fair (possibly top-optional?), SF (early June)
(probably police might ignore bare butts and
bare female breasts; but NOT bare genitals?);
SF Dyke March (late June) (a top-optional afternoon;
but don't go nude if you have male genitals)
[ http://www.dykemarch.com ];
SF Pink Saturday (late June, on & near Castro Street, evening, just AFTER Dyke March;
adukts of any gender can go nude or topfree);
SF Pride Festival (clothing-optional on Sunday afternoon,
after the Pride Parade).
....
[ One nakist says that the SF Pride festival is also clothing-optional on Saturday;
but SUN hasn't tested this assertion yet. ]
.......
FESTIVALS:
In JUNE, netsurf to
http://www.santacruzpride.org
http://www.sjgaypride.org
http://www.sffolkfest.org
http://www.sfnorthbeach.org
http://www.sfpride.org
http://www.sfjazz.org
etc.
........
* June 4,
Sunday:
LOS ALTOS:
historic queer-rights march,
led by high school students
(despite previous obstruction by city council):
:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/31/BAG3UJ4MK31.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=002&sc=925
[ TBL says:
If this Los Altos march repeats in 2007,
it should be held on a different day;
to avoid conflicting (again) with Santa Cruz Pride. ]
........
June 4, Sunday:
32nd annual SANTA CRUZ queer Pride:
http://www.santacruzpride.org/
.....
June 6: SF, 1st Tuesdays:
free admission to: ASIAN ART MUSEUM (Civic Ctr.);
Legion of Honor (34th Ave.);
SF MOMA (downtown);
Yerba Buena (downtown);
Conservatory of Flowers (GG park); etc.
......
June 6, Tuesday:
CALIFORNIA: primary election.
[Comments by TBL:
(a) California queers WON'T face any state-wide anti-queer propositions in 2006.
Other states are considering anti-queer measures this year;
especially amendments to state constitutions.
(b) The best ( easiest + safest ) way to vote in California is by absentee ballot.
Any California voter can become a permanent absentee voter.
You DON'T need to be disabled, etc. ]
...............
June 7: SF, 1st Wednesdays:
free admission to: Calif. Academy of Sciences
( aquarium, etc.; temporarily downtown) [ calacademy.org ];
Fort Mason galleries; San Francisco Zoo; Exploratorium (Lyon St.).
........
June 7: SF, Wed.: 7pm,
"THE ZOOKEEPER":
gay novelist speaks at
A Different Light, 489 Castro St, SF:
http://www.ADLbooks.com
...........
June 8, Thurs:
"This is the Beat Generation"
Main Library,
Koret Auditorium
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Jerry Cimino, director of The Beat Museum,
and John Cassady present a multi-media show.
.........
June 8, SF, Thursday, 7pm:
"I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER":
gay novelist speaks at
A Different Light, 489 Castro St, SF:
http://www.ADLbooks.com
...........
9 June 2006, Friday:
PROJECT HOMELESS CONNECT
[ http://www.projecthomelessconnect.com/ ]
daytime
in downtown San Francisco,
Bill Graham Auditorium,
Civic Center
( near BART/Muni Civic Center Station).
help [at] projecthomelessconnect.com
...........
10 - 11 June, weekend:
SAN JOSE Gay Pride:
http://www.sjgaypride.com/
.............
Sunday, June 11, 2006
"Drag King Dreams"
SF Main Library,
Koret Auditorium
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Leslie Feinberg, author of the new novel "Drag King Dreams,"
the long-awaited follow-up novel to the award-winning "Stone Butch Blues,"
will be interviewed by activist/historian Susan Stryker, Ph.D. ...
.......
13 June, Tues, SF:
"Radar" Reading
SF Main Library
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
This month's Radar reading is in conjunction with the Queer Arts Festival.
This special event features Dorothy Allison, Kate Bornstein, Imani Henry and Nalo Hopkinson.
Hosted by Michelle Tea.
Cosponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Center.
........
+ NEWS:
LOS ALTOS:
queer-rights march coming up on Sunday, June 4:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/31/BAG3UJ4MK31.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=002&sc=925
........
Dr. Fritz Klein, BISEXUAL pioneer:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/01/BAGLFJ5ITI1.DTL&hw=Wyatt&sn=001&sc=1000
..........
BERKELEY: ice-skating rink settles with queers:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/11/BABADIGEST3.DTL
........
"BLUE NUDE" [novel about painters' model]:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/28/RVGV0IUK461.DTL&type=books
.....
Would MARILYN MONROE have become a feminist?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/01/DDGJNJ4M1O1.DTL
.........
More condoms mean less AIDS infections:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19323533-23289,00.html
.......
Blocked MOSCOW march --- Russia's Stonewall? :
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1825937.php
......
DON'T try to swim at SF's Ocean Beach:
[ nor at Baker Beach ]
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/26/BAG23J2OB51.DTL
.........
Researchers surprised to find NO LINK between
cannabis and lung cancer:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/26/MNGAKJ2S481.DTL&type=science
.......
FUTURE human-chimp hybrids?:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1824393.php
........
Clinic teaches SELF-HELP for chronic pain:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/26/BAG4CIFE701.DTL
.......
SAFER "Lincoln Logging" and "clean-dancing":
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1822033.php
..........
HIPISTAN (alt-history of "new" [?] word):
HIPISTAN: hipsterdom. [ May 2006, IndyBay.org, SF ] (same as Hipstéristan) ....
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/franhattan/message/46
.....
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
.............
For EVENTS at SF Public Library, please visit:
http://sfpl.org/news/events.htm
......
NUDE BEACHES, northern California, 2005:
http://www.sfbg.com/nudebeaches/index.html
.........
For more information:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
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NQAF: Working for the Weakened
QBall
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The Queer Cultural Center and The SF LGBT Community Center present "QBall" Performance and Visual Arts Gala and Dance Party, the kick-off for the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF), a month-long presentation of groundbreaking music, dance, visual art, spoken word, theater, film, and video, offering more than 50 events and hundreds of performers in multiple venues throughout San Francisco (mainly at the LGBT Community Center and SomArts Cultural Center). Tonight's "Q Ball" offers highlights from the 2006 NQAF mixed freely with free food and drink! Opening Reception: Two visual art exhibits: "Le Vasa: Sea Change" — in which Samoan-Japanese fa'afafine/transgender performer and conceptual artist Shigeyuki Kihara from New Zealand joins California-based Samoan painter, poet and filmmaker Dan Taulapapa McMullin for conceptual photographs and paintings on the lives of fa'afafine today — and "Diwali" — a collection of photos that reflect the weekly gatherings and Diwali holiday celebration of a group of MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) in India — at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Café. Free! Sat., Jun. 3, 6pm Visual Artists Reception; 7:15pm performances. Info: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org; http://www.threedollarbill.com
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Sat 3 June
D*Face
@ New Conservatory Theatre Center
The New Conservatory Theatre Center announces that D*Face, a comedy by performer/playwright Michael Phillis, directed by Andrew Nance, returns to NCTC for an encore engagement as part of the theatre's Pride Month Celebration. $15 preview (June 2 at 8pm); $20 Wed. & Thu.; $25 Fri., Sat. & Sun. Performances are Fri. & Sat. at 8pm & Sun. at 2pm (no show Sun., June 4) except during Pride Week (June 21-24) when they are Wed.-Sat. at 8pm & Sun. at 2pm. New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Ave. Info: 415-861-8972; http://www.nctcsf.org
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Sat 3 June
Divas of San Francisco
@ Center for Sex and Culture
Opening Reception and Party: The Center for Sex and Culture presents "Divas Of San Francisco: Portraits of Transgender Women", an exhibition of 45 striking color portraits by photographer and writer David Steinberg. A revealing look at the complexity, diversity, and fierce integrity of the transgender women who frequent Divas — topless dancers, bartenders, lip-synch performers, disc jockeys, regulars, and visitors. SF Reception: Sat., June 3, 1006, 7pm–midnight, with performances by women in the photographs. No door charge. Donations accepted. Show runs May 25-June 27. The Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th Street (at Harrison, 3rd floor), San Francisco. Info: http://www.sexandculture.org
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Sat 3 June
THRIVE
@ The LGBT Center
Thriving in SF — a social group of guys, gay and HIV+, breaking the
isolation of HIV/AIDS and not only surviving the disease, but striving to THRIVE in spite of it! Donation suggested. 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month, 1–3pm. San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market St. at Octavia Blvd. Info: http://www.thrivinginsf.com — OR, join the YahooGroup email list: thriving-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com
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Sat 3 June
Berkeley World Music Weekend
@ Telegraph Ave., Berkeley
The "3rd Berkeley World Music Weekend", a free two-day showcase throughout the Telegraph Ave. district (between Bancroft Way and Parker Street) of Berkeley. Performances outdoors and inside Telegraph's many participating pubs, book stores, and cafes. Enjoy Celtic/Traditional Irish, Argentinian Tango, Indian Folk Songs, Dixieland and Klezmer, Reggae, New Latino Americana, Greek Blues, Arabeats, Salsa & Funk, Brazilian Choro, Australian Didgeridu and more. Sat., June 3 and Sun., June 4, noon-9pm. Special Events; On Sat. Amoeba Music Presents at People's Park (1-5pm) an all West African concert featuring Dijialy Kunda Kouyate, (Senegalese), Markus James and the Wassonrai with MC Stephen Kent (Mali Blues and didgeridu) and the legendary West African Highlife Band. On Sunday (1-4pm), in honor of Fred & Pat Cody's vision for a free speech corner outside of Cody's Books, Chilean singer Rafael Manriquez will perform, followed by the South African harmonies other freedom songs of the renowned choir, Vukani Mawethu. In
Once again Clark Sorenson transforms Ruby's Clay Studio Gallery into the most unusual bathroom display – FLUSH – offering New Urinal Sculptures in the shapes offlowers and shells. See Friday.
http://www.telegraphberkeley.com
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Sat 3 June
Campo Santo 10th Anniversary
@ Brava Theater Center
Campo Santo 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Meet the playwrights, artists, collaborators, designers, directors, volunteers and audience members who have made this past decade possible. This food and wine extravaganza will feature live music by the Howard Wiley Trio and Scheherazade Stone, a live auction and special opportunities to win one-of-a kind gifts, a dance party with live music by DJ Sake One, and more. The celebration will also include words and new work by Jessica Hagedorn, Charles Randolph Wright, Ntozake Shange, Philip Kan Gotanda, Denis Johnson, Naomi Iizuka and Octavio Solis. Sat., June 3, $25. 7pm. Get $5 off your Gala ticket when you attend any of Campo Santo 10th Anniversary events at Intersection. Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street. Info: http://www.theintersection.org; http://www.brava.org
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Sat 3 June
Chez J
@ Boca
Juanita MORE! artist extraordinaire and the Bar of Contemporary Art bring you Chez J. This is the official kick-off party for gay pride. DJ Neon Leon pounds the floor with rare disco and smoking house. Vogueing, crunking, snowball, double dutch, hustle, lap, break, pop and locking are all encouraged. Exhibition dancers, variety performers, spectators and promoters are all welcome. The dancers this evening will be live theater! Visuals by III. DJ Neon Leon (Fag Fridays). $5; Free before 10pm. Saturday, June 3, 9pm- 2am. Boca, 414 Jesse Street @ 5th. Info: http://www.juanitamore.com
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Sat 3 June
Chez Badunkadunk
@ The Cat Club
DragStrip presents: Chez Badunkadunk, offering the best in Strip & Burlesque in one hot, steamy, intimate, glamorous lounge. Lap-dancing, pole-dancing, fan dancing and more. Starring: The Lusty Ladies, Rose Pistola, Serena (Black Widows) Mai Tai, Darlin' LeBang (Kitty Kitty Bang Bang) and more! MC: Fudgie Frottage, and Hostess: Princess Pandora Door Goddess: Miss Gabrielle Dj's: D.I.E. (Simone 3rd Arm & Davide). Come enjoy the decadence! $10-$20. 21+w/ID. Sat., June 3; now every 1st Sat! The Cat Club, upstairs lounge, 1188 Folsom at 8th streets in SF.
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Sat 3 June
Community Planning Summit III
@ Eureka Valley Rec Center
The San Francisco Gay Men's Community Initiative presents The 3rd SFGMCI Community Planning Summit. Use your ideas and strategies to help make our community stronger, friendlier, healthier, more united, and more caring. Even if you did not attend the previous two planning summits, come and make your contribution by collectively planning and initiating action.. Sat., June 3, 11am-2pm. Second Floor Conference Room, Eureka Valley Recreation Center on Collingwood St. Info: 415-820-9606; info [at] sfgmci.org
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Sat 3 June
Positive Points
@ MCC-SF
Positive Being presents "Positive Points," a FREE workshop on Acupressure and Energy Medicine for People with HIV/AIDS. Participants will gain: an understanding of Energy Medicine as a complementary treatment; experience using key Acupressure points; self-care tools for living healthfully with HIV/AIDS. Positive Being is dedicated to improving, through touch, the quality of life for San Franciscans with HIV. Sat., June 3, 2–4:30pm. Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Sanctuary, 150 Eureka St., San Francisco. RSVP to 415-821-6477 or email info [at] positivebeing.org. Info: http://www.PositiveBeing.org
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Sat 3 June
SUPERFEST Int'l Disability Film Fest
@ La Peña, Berkeley
SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival, the primary international showcase for cutting-edge films that portray disability culture and experience in all its diversity. With a goal of improving perceptions and dispelling common misperceptions that many people hold about disability, SUPERFEST continues to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking, accessible cinema and the passionate exchange of ideas in the groundbreaking films they introduce to the Bay Area each year. The 14 films honored this year range from "down-and-dirty" low budget dramatizations to full length Oscar ready documentaries and explore themes as disparate as cochlear implants and the love lives of Russian school children. Featuring BEST OF SUPERFEST 2006 winner "WOOD DIARY", U.S. artist David Edwin Meyers' dreamlike interpretation of the life of Walker Woods, an isolated rural artist with a disability, who created haunting wood figures. A transcendent and shimmering reflection on the beauty of ritual and the power of unconditional love and commitment, WOOD DIARY will be screened June 3 and 4 at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley along with the other 13 SUPERFEST award-winning films. Sponsored by the Corporation on Disabilities and Telecommunication (CDT), a Berkeley-based non-profit. Public screenings of SUPERFEST films will take place on June 3 and 4, 12:30-5 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., in Berkeley. $5-$20/day sliding scale; tickets sold at the door. A "Meet the Makers" Reception and awards ceremony will take place from 6-9 p.m. on June 4. Reception is free and open to the public. Info: 510-845-5576; http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org
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Sun 4 JUNE
Hope & Healing in Times of War
@ SomArts Bay & Main Galleries
Artist Reception & Performances: Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), in conjunction with the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF), co-host a major exhibition that asks: How do artists, as individuals and as members of communities, spread hope among the population during times of increasing violence, political conflict and war? Qcc & APICC have collaborated with over 20 arts organizations to curate this exhibition. Live installations include Frank Pietronigro's audience participation work. Kathe Izzo - writer, lover and conceptual artist will freely fall in love with you, unconditionally and with unmitigated passion, for fifteen minutes. Performances by Kirk Read, Shanique Scott, Tara Jepson and Beth Lisick as the dipstick estrogen-powered dynamic duo of Carole Murphy and Mitzi Fitzsimmons, and "The Worst Spoken Word Artist In The World," Danny Thanh Nguyen, co-creator of the literary trash character DJ Berkley. FREE. June 4 at 1pm. Exhibit open May 6-June 22, 2-7pm Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm Sat.. Info: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org
More details at http://www.threedollarbill.com
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Sun 4 JUNE
Live Music
@ Octavia Lounge
Frank Jackson & Darlene Langston sings with Allen Smith, Harvey Robb, Greg Gotelli, John Clark & Larry O'Leno. No Cover, Beverage & Food Menus. Sundays, 3-6pm, Octavia Lounge, 1772 Market St. (across from Martuni's) between Valencia & Octavia streets. Info: 415-863-3515; http://www.samhoustonallred.com
Mon 5 June
Snapshots of Diversity
@ supperclub sf
supperclub san francisco hosts "Snapshots of Diversity," a special Gay Pride Month photography exhibition presented by the Bay Area Women of Color BDSM Photo Project. Photographers featured in this adult oriented artistic group include Andrew Morgan, Larry Utley and Refa One. Show runs June 5-30; opening night Thu., June 8 (see listing). 657 Harrison St. http://www.supperclub.com
http://www.bayareawoc.com
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Tue 6 June
Queer Tactics
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The National Queer Arts Festival 2006 presents " Queer Tactics, A Night of Queer Shorts", curated by Shani Heckman. Queer Tactics examines the visualization power of the queer community for social activism and protest through a series of short film works. Supporting the festival's theme of "Hope and Healing in Times of War" we provide Queer Tactics. $7 - $15 sliding scale. June 6 at 7:30pm. SF LGBT Community Center – Rainbow Room. Info: http://www.sfcenter.org
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Tue 6 June
Harlem of the West
@ SFPALM
On exhibit: "Harlem of the West — San Francisco Fillmore Jazz District 1940s-1950s" Exhibit runs to Aug. 26. Gallery Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm, Sat., 1-5pm. San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, Veterans Building, 4th Floor, 401 Van Ness Ave, SF. Info: 415-255-4800; http://www.sfpalm.org
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Wed 7 June
Thoth
@ Larkspur Café Theatre
Multi-disciplined virtuoso Thoth offers a "prayformance" of excerpts from his epic three-act "solopera", the Festad, this Wednesday, June 7 in Larkspur and on Friday, 9 June at San Francisco's Noe Valley Ministry. Thoth achieved worldwide fame as the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, and subsequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and in other media. Bay Area fans knew him before he left the West Coast. He sings, dances, and plays violin while moving. (He will be doing two walkabouts while in the Bay Area: One in Marin County on 6 June and one in San Francisco on 8 June.). Wed., June 7, Larkspur Cafe Theatre (http://www.larkspurcafetheatre.com, 415-924-6107). Dinner seating at 7pm; show starts at 8pm. Also: on Friday, June 9, at Noe Valley Ministry (http://www.noevalleymusicseries.com, 415-454-5238). Show starts at 8pm. Info: http://www.thothiscoming.com
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Wed 7 June
Roberta Donnay
@ Empire Plush Room
Empire Plush Room at The York Hotel invites you to an evening of music with Roberta Donnay and special guest tenor sax player Dave Ellis, both protégés of local jazz legend Orrin Keepnews, still an aggressive producer after 50 years on the job. Featuring songs from Donnay's new CD "What's Your Story?" Sultry, spirited renditions of the Great American Songbook. 8pm Wed., June 7. $20 in advance / $25 at the door. Empire Plush Room, The York Hotel, 940 Sutter St. Info: 415-885-6800
http://www.yorkhotel.com/plushroom.htm
http://www.robertadonnay.com/
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Wed 7 June
Confessions of the Other Mother
@ Harvey Milk Branch Library
Reading: "Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All." Four "lesbian dads" (Harlyn Aizley, Hillary Goodridge, Cynthia Benton and Polly Pagenhart) will talk about their experiences as "the other mother." Free. Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 6:30–8:30pm. Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library, 1 José Sarria Court (16th Street near Market). Info: 415-355-5616
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Thu 8 June
Celebrating Kathy Acker
@ Modern Times Bookstore
Bruce Boone, Robert Gl�ck, Rob Halpern, Kevin Killian, Rex Ray, Camille Roy, Jocelyn Saidenberg and Michelle Tea celebrate the Kathy Acker on the re-publication of Bodies of Work: Essays and the publication of Lust For Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker. Acker, known variously and notoriously as a consummate postmodernist, feminist, post-punk plagiarist, was one of the most original, subversive and inifluential writers of the late 20th century. Free. Thu., June 8, 7:30pm. Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St. Info: 415-282-9246; http://www.moderntimesbookstoroe.com
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Thu 8 June
Rainbows and Rice
@ City Hall Rotunda
The Office of the Mayor presents: "Rainbows and Rice", San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's Tribute to Gay Asian Culture & History. Mayor Newsom will hold his first-ever "Tribute to Gay Asian Culture and History" and will recognize the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance and A&PI Wellness Center for their contributions to the gay Asian community. Special guests include transgender celebrity Tita AIDA and Gay Asian Pacific Alliance co-founder Donald Masuda. Performances by the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Men's Chorus, Tinkletoes/Trikone South Asian dancers, Cameron Yeong Jang, and Jennifer Lin from the Asian Lesbian Comedy Troupe. Open to the public. Free of charge. Thursday, June 8, 5:30-7:30pm. SF City Hall (Rotunda), 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Info: 650-794-1810
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Thu 8 June
Queer Women of Color Film Fest
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The National Queer Arts Festival 2006 presents: 2nd Annual Queer Women Of Color Film Festival Queer Women Of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). From the tangled yearnings of Asian teenagers' desires to the texture of forgiveness a Black lesbian learns from her grandmother to the frayed legacy of a Mexican border crossing to a tight-knit community of Two-Spirit American Indians, these films by queer women of color intertwine self, family and spirituality to weave a rich tapestry of our communities. Madeleine Lim serves as Executive Director of QWOCMAP. Tonight (June 8): "Tender Justice: Young Queer Women of Color Shorts." June 9: "En Mi Piel: Borders Redrawn, A Bilingual Program of Queer Latina, Chicana & Mexicana Lesbiana Shorts." June 10: "Heart of the Flame - Queer Women of Color Shorts." Free! All Programs at 7pm. Community Center / Rainbow Room. Info: http://www.sfcenter.org
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Thu 8 June
Bareback Mountain?
@ SF LGBT Community Center
"Bareback Mountain? Would You Ask and Tell Before Doing Jack Nasty?" A community forum about disclosure of HIV status and the negotiation of sex play based on 'asking and telling' our HIV status with our sex partners.. A panel of counselors and representatives from the community will be on hand for an evening of discussion around the challenges. Everybody is invited! Thu., June 8, from 7-9pm, in the 4th floor Ceremonial Room of the LGBT Center, 1800 Market/Octavia. Info: 415-820-9606 or email
info [at] sfgmci.org
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Thu 8 June
Pepperspray
@ Eagle Tavern
Pepperspray, the infamous drag band, returns to the Eagle Tavern, the legendary SOMA bar where it all began. Absent from performing for 8 months, the band plans to play two sets featuring an abundance of new originals as well as their favorite cover tunes. Special guests: Mighty Slim Pickins. $5 cover. Thu., June 8, 10pm. Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. at Harrison. Info: 415-626-0880
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Thu 8 June
Snapshots of Diversity Party
@ supperclub sf
Opening Event: supperclub san francisco hosts a night of performance and imagery in conjunction with "Snapshots of Diversity," the special Gay Pride Month photography exhibition presented by the Bay Area Women of Color BDSM Photo Project. Performance artists for this one-night-only event include Waldermar, Kunst-Stoff Dance Company, Ms. Von Livid, and Master Hines. Guests encouraged to dress in their finest fetish wear. 21+w/ID. Opening night Thu., June 8. Dinner seating begins 7:30pm. $60 per person for a five-course feast. 657 Harrison St. Info: http://www.supperclub.com; http://www.bayareawoc.com
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Thu 8 June
Berkeley Early Music Festival & Exhibiton
@ First Congregational Church, Berkeley
The Eighth Berkeley Festival & Exhibition & Music Marketplace, one of the world's premiere festivals devoted to early music, involving performers, scholars, instrument makers, publlishers and other professionals, offers 10 main stage performances plus 40 Fringe events featuring music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Featuring the West Coast Premiere of "Baroque Carnivall" by Le Poeme Harmonique & Le Centre National Des Arts Du Cirque; Skip Sempe's Capricciio Stravagante Trio, plus performances by Musica Pacifica, Asteria, The King's Noyse & The Whole Noyse, Philharmonia Chamber players, Chanticleer & others. Presented by Cal Performances Early Music America, the SF Early Music Society, the Dept. of Music at UC Berkeley, American Bach Soloists, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. First Congregational Church, Berkeley.
Free.
Thu.-Sat., June 8-10.
12-5pm Thu.,
10am-5pm Fri. & Sat.
Info:
bfx.berkeley.edu
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QBall
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The Queer Cultural Center and The SF LGBT Community Center present "QBall" Performance and Visual Arts Gala and Dance Party, the kick-off for the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF), a month-long presentation of groundbreaking music, dance, visual art, spoken word, theater, film, and video, offering more than 50 events and hundreds of performers in multiple venues throughout San Francisco (mainly at the LGBT Community Center and SomArts Cultural Center). Tonight's "Q Ball" offers highlights from the 2006 NQAF mixed freely with free food and drink! Opening Reception: Two visual art exhibits: "Le Vasa: Sea Change" — in which Samoan-Japanese fa'afafine/transgender performer and conceptual artist Shigeyuki Kihara from New Zealand joins California-based Samoan painter, poet and filmmaker Dan Taulapapa McMullin for conceptual photographs and paintings on the lives of fa'afafine today — and "Diwali" — a collection of photos that reflect the weekly gatherings and Diwali holiday celebration of a group of MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) in India — at the Center's Three Dollar Bill Café. Free! Sat., Jun. 3, 6pm Visual Artists Reception; 7:15pm performances. Info: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org; http://www.threedollarbill.com
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Sat 3 June
D*Face
@ New Conservatory Theatre Center
The New Conservatory Theatre Center announces that D*Face, a comedy by performer/playwright Michael Phillis, directed by Andrew Nance, returns to NCTC for an encore engagement as part of the theatre's Pride Month Celebration. $15 preview (June 2 at 8pm); $20 Wed. & Thu.; $25 Fri., Sat. & Sun. Performances are Fri. & Sat. at 8pm & Sun. at 2pm (no show Sun., June 4) except during Pride Week (June 21-24) when they are Wed.-Sat. at 8pm & Sun. at 2pm. New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Ave. Info: 415-861-8972; http://www.nctcsf.org
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Sat 3 June
Divas of San Francisco
@ Center for Sex and Culture
Opening Reception and Party: The Center for Sex and Culture presents "Divas Of San Francisco: Portraits of Transgender Women", an exhibition of 45 striking color portraits by photographer and writer David Steinberg. A revealing look at the complexity, diversity, and fierce integrity of the transgender women who frequent Divas — topless dancers, bartenders, lip-synch performers, disc jockeys, regulars, and visitors. SF Reception: Sat., June 3, 1006, 7pm–midnight, with performances by women in the photographs. No door charge. Donations accepted. Show runs May 25-June 27. The Center for Sex and Culture, 398 11th Street (at Harrison, 3rd floor), San Francisco. Info: http://www.sexandculture.org
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Sat 3 June
THRIVE
@ The LGBT Center
Thriving in SF — a social group of guys, gay and HIV+, breaking the
isolation of HIV/AIDS and not only surviving the disease, but striving to THRIVE in spite of it! Donation suggested. 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month, 1–3pm. San Francisco LGBT Center, 1800 Market St. at Octavia Blvd. Info: http://www.thrivinginsf.com — OR, join the YahooGroup email list: thriving-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com
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Sat 3 June
Berkeley World Music Weekend
@ Telegraph Ave., Berkeley
The "3rd Berkeley World Music Weekend", a free two-day showcase throughout the Telegraph Ave. district (between Bancroft Way and Parker Street) of Berkeley. Performances outdoors and inside Telegraph's many participating pubs, book stores, and cafes. Enjoy Celtic/Traditional Irish, Argentinian Tango, Indian Folk Songs, Dixieland and Klezmer, Reggae, New Latino Americana, Greek Blues, Arabeats, Salsa & Funk, Brazilian Choro, Australian Didgeridu and more. Sat., June 3 and Sun., June 4, noon-9pm. Special Events; On Sat. Amoeba Music Presents at People's Park (1-5pm) an all West African concert featuring Dijialy Kunda Kouyate, (Senegalese), Markus James and the Wassonrai with MC Stephen Kent (Mali Blues and didgeridu) and the legendary West African Highlife Band. On Sunday (1-4pm), in honor of Fred & Pat Cody's vision for a free speech corner outside of Cody's Books, Chilean singer Rafael Manriquez will perform, followed by the South African harmonies other freedom songs of the renowned choir, Vukani Mawethu. In
Once again Clark Sorenson transforms Ruby's Clay Studio Gallery into the most unusual bathroom display – FLUSH – offering New Urinal Sculptures in the shapes offlowers and shells. See Friday.
http://www.telegraphberkeley.com
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Sat 3 June
Campo Santo 10th Anniversary
@ Brava Theater Center
Campo Santo 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration. Meet the playwrights, artists, collaborators, designers, directors, volunteers and audience members who have made this past decade possible. This food and wine extravaganza will feature live music by the Howard Wiley Trio and Scheherazade Stone, a live auction and special opportunities to win one-of-a kind gifts, a dance party with live music by DJ Sake One, and more. The celebration will also include words and new work by Jessica Hagedorn, Charles Randolph Wright, Ntozake Shange, Philip Kan Gotanda, Denis Johnson, Naomi Iizuka and Octavio Solis. Sat., June 3, $25. 7pm. Get $5 off your Gala ticket when you attend any of Campo Santo 10th Anniversary events at Intersection. Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street. Info: http://www.theintersection.org; http://www.brava.org
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Sat 3 June
Chez J
@ Boca
Juanita MORE! artist extraordinaire and the Bar of Contemporary Art bring you Chez J. This is the official kick-off party for gay pride. DJ Neon Leon pounds the floor with rare disco and smoking house. Vogueing, crunking, snowball, double dutch, hustle, lap, break, pop and locking are all encouraged. Exhibition dancers, variety performers, spectators and promoters are all welcome. The dancers this evening will be live theater! Visuals by III. DJ Neon Leon (Fag Fridays). $5; Free before 10pm. Saturday, June 3, 9pm- 2am. Boca, 414 Jesse Street @ 5th. Info: http://www.juanitamore.com
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Sat 3 June
Chez Badunkadunk
@ The Cat Club
DragStrip presents: Chez Badunkadunk, offering the best in Strip & Burlesque in one hot, steamy, intimate, glamorous lounge. Lap-dancing, pole-dancing, fan dancing and more. Starring: The Lusty Ladies, Rose Pistola, Serena (Black Widows) Mai Tai, Darlin' LeBang (Kitty Kitty Bang Bang) and more! MC: Fudgie Frottage, and Hostess: Princess Pandora Door Goddess: Miss Gabrielle Dj's: D.I.E. (Simone 3rd Arm & Davide). Come enjoy the decadence! $10-$20. 21+w/ID. Sat., June 3; now every 1st Sat! The Cat Club, upstairs lounge, 1188 Folsom at 8th streets in SF.
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Sat 3 June
Community Planning Summit III
@ Eureka Valley Rec Center
The San Francisco Gay Men's Community Initiative presents The 3rd SFGMCI Community Planning Summit. Use your ideas and strategies to help make our community stronger, friendlier, healthier, more united, and more caring. Even if you did not attend the previous two planning summits, come and make your contribution by collectively planning and initiating action.. Sat., June 3, 11am-2pm. Second Floor Conference Room, Eureka Valley Recreation Center on Collingwood St. Info: 415-820-9606; info [at] sfgmci.org
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Sat 3 June
Positive Points
@ MCC-SF
Positive Being presents "Positive Points," a FREE workshop on Acupressure and Energy Medicine for People with HIV/AIDS. Participants will gain: an understanding of Energy Medicine as a complementary treatment; experience using key Acupressure points; self-care tools for living healthfully with HIV/AIDS. Positive Being is dedicated to improving, through touch, the quality of life for San Franciscans with HIV. Sat., June 3, 2–4:30pm. Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Sanctuary, 150 Eureka St., San Francisco. RSVP to 415-821-6477 or email info [at] positivebeing.org. Info: http://www.PositiveBeing.org
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Sat 3 June
SUPERFEST Int'l Disability Film Fest
@ La Peña, Berkeley
SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival, the primary international showcase for cutting-edge films that portray disability culture and experience in all its diversity. With a goal of improving perceptions and dispelling common misperceptions that many people hold about disability, SUPERFEST continues to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking, accessible cinema and the passionate exchange of ideas in the groundbreaking films they introduce to the Bay Area each year. The 14 films honored this year range from "down-and-dirty" low budget dramatizations to full length Oscar ready documentaries and explore themes as disparate as cochlear implants and the love lives of Russian school children. Featuring BEST OF SUPERFEST 2006 winner "WOOD DIARY", U.S. artist David Edwin Meyers' dreamlike interpretation of the life of Walker Woods, an isolated rural artist with a disability, who created haunting wood figures. A transcendent and shimmering reflection on the beauty of ritual and the power of unconditional love and commitment, WOOD DIARY will be screened June 3 and 4 at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley along with the other 13 SUPERFEST award-winning films. Sponsored by the Corporation on Disabilities and Telecommunication (CDT), a Berkeley-based non-profit. Public screenings of SUPERFEST films will take place on June 3 and 4, 12:30-5 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., in Berkeley. $5-$20/day sliding scale; tickets sold at the door. A "Meet the Makers" Reception and awards ceremony will take place from 6-9 p.m. on June 4. Reception is free and open to the public. Info: 510-845-5576; http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org
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Sun 4 JUNE
Hope & Healing in Times of War
@ SomArts Bay & Main Galleries
Artist Reception & Performances: Queer Cultural Center (Qcc) and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), in conjunction with the National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF), co-host a major exhibition that asks: How do artists, as individuals and as members of communities, spread hope among the population during times of increasing violence, political conflict and war? Qcc & APICC have collaborated with over 20 arts organizations to curate this exhibition. Live installations include Frank Pietronigro's audience participation work. Kathe Izzo - writer, lover and conceptual artist will freely fall in love with you, unconditionally and with unmitigated passion, for fifteen minutes. Performances by Kirk Read, Shanique Scott, Tara Jepson and Beth Lisick as the dipstick estrogen-powered dynamic duo of Carole Murphy and Mitzi Fitzsimmons, and "The Worst Spoken Word Artist In The World," Danny Thanh Nguyen, co-creator of the literary trash character DJ Berkley. FREE. June 4 at 1pm. Exhibit open May 6-June 22, 2-7pm Tue.-Fri., 1-5pm Sat.. Info: http://www.queerculturalcenter.org
More details at http://www.threedollarbill.com
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Sun 4 JUNE
Live Music
@ Octavia Lounge
Frank Jackson & Darlene Langston sings with Allen Smith, Harvey Robb, Greg Gotelli, John Clark & Larry O'Leno. No Cover, Beverage & Food Menus. Sundays, 3-6pm, Octavia Lounge, 1772 Market St. (across from Martuni's) between Valencia & Octavia streets. Info: 415-863-3515; http://www.samhoustonallred.com
Mon 5 June
Snapshots of Diversity
@ supperclub sf
supperclub san francisco hosts "Snapshots of Diversity," a special Gay Pride Month photography exhibition presented by the Bay Area Women of Color BDSM Photo Project. Photographers featured in this adult oriented artistic group include Andrew Morgan, Larry Utley and Refa One. Show runs June 5-30; opening night Thu., June 8 (see listing). 657 Harrison St. http://www.supperclub.com
http://www.bayareawoc.com
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Tue 6 June
Queer Tactics
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The National Queer Arts Festival 2006 presents " Queer Tactics, A Night of Queer Shorts", curated by Shani Heckman. Queer Tactics examines the visualization power of the queer community for social activism and protest through a series of short film works. Supporting the festival's theme of "Hope and Healing in Times of War" we provide Queer Tactics. $7 - $15 sliding scale. June 6 at 7:30pm. SF LGBT Community Center – Rainbow Room. Info: http://www.sfcenter.org
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Tue 6 June
Harlem of the West
@ SFPALM
On exhibit: "Harlem of the West — San Francisco Fillmore Jazz District 1940s-1950s" Exhibit runs to Aug. 26. Gallery Hours: Tue.-Fri., 11am-5pm, Sat., 1-5pm. San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, Veterans Building, 4th Floor, 401 Van Ness Ave, SF. Info: 415-255-4800; http://www.sfpalm.org
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Wed 7 June
Thoth
@ Larkspur Café Theatre
Multi-disciplined virtuoso Thoth offers a "prayformance" of excerpts from his epic three-act "solopera", the Festad, this Wednesday, June 7 in Larkspur and on Friday, 9 June at San Francisco's Noe Valley Ministry. Thoth achieved worldwide fame as the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, and subsequent appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and in other media. Bay Area fans knew him before he left the West Coast. He sings, dances, and plays violin while moving. (He will be doing two walkabouts while in the Bay Area: One in Marin County on 6 June and one in San Francisco on 8 June.). Wed., June 7, Larkspur Cafe Theatre (http://www.larkspurcafetheatre.com, 415-924-6107). Dinner seating at 7pm; show starts at 8pm. Also: on Friday, June 9, at Noe Valley Ministry (http://www.noevalleymusicseries.com, 415-454-5238). Show starts at 8pm. Info: http://www.thothiscoming.com
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Wed 7 June
Roberta Donnay
@ Empire Plush Room
Empire Plush Room at The York Hotel invites you to an evening of music with Roberta Donnay and special guest tenor sax player Dave Ellis, both protégés of local jazz legend Orrin Keepnews, still an aggressive producer after 50 years on the job. Featuring songs from Donnay's new CD "What's Your Story?" Sultry, spirited renditions of the Great American Songbook. 8pm Wed., June 7. $20 in advance / $25 at the door. Empire Plush Room, The York Hotel, 940 Sutter St. Info: 415-885-6800
http://www.yorkhotel.com/plushroom.htm
http://www.robertadonnay.com/
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Wed 7 June
Confessions of the Other Mother
@ Harvey Milk Branch Library
Reading: "Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All." Four "lesbian dads" (Harlyn Aizley, Hillary Goodridge, Cynthia Benton and Polly Pagenhart) will talk about their experiences as "the other mother." Free. Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 6:30–8:30pm. Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library, 1 José Sarria Court (16th Street near Market). Info: 415-355-5616
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Thu 8 June
Celebrating Kathy Acker
@ Modern Times Bookstore
Bruce Boone, Robert Gl�ck, Rob Halpern, Kevin Killian, Rex Ray, Camille Roy, Jocelyn Saidenberg and Michelle Tea celebrate the Kathy Acker on the re-publication of Bodies of Work: Essays and the publication of Lust For Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker. Acker, known variously and notoriously as a consummate postmodernist, feminist, post-punk plagiarist, was one of the most original, subversive and inifluential writers of the late 20th century. Free. Thu., June 8, 7:30pm. Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St. Info: 415-282-9246; http://www.moderntimesbookstoroe.com
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Thu 8 June
Rainbows and Rice
@ City Hall Rotunda
The Office of the Mayor presents: "Rainbows and Rice", San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's Tribute to Gay Asian Culture & History. Mayor Newsom will hold his first-ever "Tribute to Gay Asian Culture and History" and will recognize the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance and A&PI Wellness Center for their contributions to the gay Asian community. Special guests include transgender celebrity Tita AIDA and Gay Asian Pacific Alliance co-founder Donald Masuda. Performances by the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Men's Chorus, Tinkletoes/Trikone South Asian dancers, Cameron Yeong Jang, and Jennifer Lin from the Asian Lesbian Comedy Troupe. Open to the public. Free of charge. Thursday, June 8, 5:30-7:30pm. SF City Hall (Rotunda), 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Info: 650-794-1810
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Thu 8 June
Queer Women of Color Film Fest
@ SF LGBT Community Center
The National Queer Arts Festival 2006 presents: 2nd Annual Queer Women Of Color Film Festival Queer Women Of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). From the tangled yearnings of Asian teenagers' desires to the texture of forgiveness a Black lesbian learns from her grandmother to the frayed legacy of a Mexican border crossing to a tight-knit community of Two-Spirit American Indians, these films by queer women of color intertwine self, family and spirituality to weave a rich tapestry of our communities. Madeleine Lim serves as Executive Director of QWOCMAP. Tonight (June 8): "Tender Justice: Young Queer Women of Color Shorts." June 9: "En Mi Piel: Borders Redrawn, A Bilingual Program of Queer Latina, Chicana & Mexicana Lesbiana Shorts." June 10: "Heart of the Flame - Queer Women of Color Shorts." Free! All Programs at 7pm. Community Center / Rainbow Room. Info: http://www.sfcenter.org
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Thu 8 June
Bareback Mountain?
@ SF LGBT Community Center
"Bareback Mountain? Would You Ask and Tell Before Doing Jack Nasty?" A community forum about disclosure of HIV status and the negotiation of sex play based on 'asking and telling' our HIV status with our sex partners.. A panel of counselors and representatives from the community will be on hand for an evening of discussion around the challenges. Everybody is invited! Thu., June 8, from 7-9pm, in the 4th floor Ceremonial Room of the LGBT Center, 1800 Market/Octavia. Info: 415-820-9606 or email
info [at] sfgmci.org
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Thu 8 June
Pepperspray
@ Eagle Tavern
Pepperspray, the infamous drag band, returns to the Eagle Tavern, the legendary SOMA bar where it all began. Absent from performing for 8 months, the band plans to play two sets featuring an abundance of new originals as well as their favorite cover tunes. Special guests: Mighty Slim Pickins. $5 cover. Thu., June 8, 10pm. Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. at Harrison. Info: 415-626-0880
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Thu 8 June
Snapshots of Diversity Party
@ supperclub sf
Opening Event: supperclub san francisco hosts a night of performance and imagery in conjunction with "Snapshots of Diversity," the special Gay Pride Month photography exhibition presented by the Bay Area Women of Color BDSM Photo Project. Performance artists for this one-night-only event include Waldermar, Kunst-Stoff Dance Company, Ms. Von Livid, and Master Hines. Guests encouraged to dress in their finest fetish wear. 21+w/ID. Opening night Thu., June 8. Dinner seating begins 7:30pm. $60 per person for a five-course feast. 657 Harrison St. Info: http://www.supperclub.com; http://www.bayareawoc.com
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Thu 8 June
Berkeley Early Music Festival & Exhibiton
@ First Congregational Church, Berkeley
The Eighth Berkeley Festival & Exhibition & Music Marketplace, one of the world's premiere festivals devoted to early music, involving performers, scholars, instrument makers, publlishers and other professionals, offers 10 main stage performances plus 40 Fringe events featuring music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque. Featuring the West Coast Premiere of "Baroque Carnivall" by Le Poeme Harmonique & Le Centre National Des Arts Du Cirque; Skip Sempe's Capricciio Stravagante Trio, plus performances by Musica Pacifica, Asteria, The King's Noyse & The Whole Noyse, Philharmonia Chamber players, Chanticleer & others. Presented by Cal Performances Early Music America, the SF Early Music Society, the Dept. of Music at UC Berkeley, American Bach Soloists, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. First Congregational Church, Berkeley.
Free.
Thu.-Sat., June 8-10.
12-5pm Thu.,
10am-5pm Fri. & Sat.
Info:
bfx.berkeley.edu
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