jy20 free ferry; sketchedy, orisha; 3-year contraception; etc.

FREEDOMSEEKERS' CALENDAR
( events, etc., mostly in the San Franhattan Bare Area,
compiled by SUN and SaveFreedom; often taken from sfqueer.com, ebar.com,
sfbaytimes.com, SFGate.com, SFBG.com, ADLbooks.com, redvicmoviehouse.com, et alii ;
mainly for nakist, queer, and/or bohemian communities, et alii, 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/
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For many more "queer things to do", anytime,
please visit Larry-bob:
http://www.sfqueer.com/

On Thursday mornings, one might also find a few events at eBAR:
http://www.ebar.com/arts/arts.php?sec=outabout
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Is some worthy event NOT listed in the Freedomseekers' Calendar?
You can ADD it, as a comment.
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If URL fails, please google the event, venue, performer(s), date, phone number.....
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Please FORWARD freely, to willing recipients only.
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THURSDAY, SF Bay Area: July 20:
another SPARE THE AIR day--
free rides on most transit lines:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/20/BAGSEK23DI1.DTL


The Alameda/Oakland Ferry and Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry, which opted out of Monday's
[ July 17 ] Spare the Air program, are among the agencies offering
free rides today [ Thurs, July 20 ].

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Thu 20 JULY
When [ male ] Friends Screw Up On METH
@ Eureka Valley Recreation Center
"When Friends Screw Up On Meth,"
a community meeting for friends, partners, and buddies of [ male] meth users.
This is for those of us who live with, work with, play with, or love men who are into meth.
Thu., July 20, 7-9pm. Eureka Valley Recreation Center.
If you are a friend, partner, or buddy of a [ male ] meth user, please join us.
Eureka Valley Recreation Center, 100 Collingwood, between 18th & 19th, SF
[ in the Castro district ]

http://www.isparksf.com
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SF,
20 July thru 7 August:
the 26th annual SF Jewish Film Festival:

http://www.sfjff.org

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21-27 July:
Events selected by BAR:
http://www.ebar.com/arts/arts.php?sec=outabout
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Fri 21 JULY
Fastest Slug in the West
@ The Dark Room
New sketch-comedy show by Uphill Both Ways (UBW).
More than a dozen brand new comedy sketches, including...
a Fisherman's Wharf sea lion facing off with a Texan tourist...
$10.
Fri. July 21 and
Fri, July 28
and Fri. August 4,
10pm.
The Dark Room, 2263 Mission St (near 19th.)

http://www.uphillbothways.com

http://www.darkroomsf.com

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21-22 JULY, Fri-Sat
Voodoo Cabaret
@ Shotwell Studios
SPF2 presents VOODOO CABARET :
Tales & Songs of the African Powers.
....West African drumming and dance, original orixa [ orisha] songs,
butoh burlesque, sensuous bellydance, afroballet, etc.
$10-$20
.July 21 & 22 at 8pm Shotwell Studios, 3252 -- 19th St
Tix/info:  415-289-2000
Tix/info: http://www.ticketweb.com
http://www.ftloose.org

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SATURDAY, JULY 22, SF:
San Francisco for Democracy picnic
Enjoy a "politicnic" (cookout and town meeting)
with SF4D members ...
11:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
West Fort Miley
4150 Clement, SF
FREE (BYO).

http://www.sf4democracy.com
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22 JULY, Sat.
Q Jitterbugs
@ Synergy School
Jitterbugs Party with Lessons & Performance!
Celebrate the Queer Jitterbugs 6th anniversary at Synergy:
7:30pm basic swing lesson for beginners!
8:30pm taster swing lesson for beginners!
10pm Performances in Burlesque, Swing and more!
9pm to Midnight Dancing!
Sat., July 22.
FREE!
415-305-8242
http://www.queerjitterbugs.com

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23 July, Sunday morning,
9:45am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,
on surviving in Darfur, SUDAN.
FREE
1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
http://www.uusf.org
[ After today, there won't be any U-U forums
until September 17. ]

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Mon 24 JULY
Programs & Services
@ SF LGBT Community Center
San Francisco's LGBT Community Center provides a vast array of programs and services for LGBT people, their friends and families. Mon.'s offerings include: New Leaf's Men's Support Group (2-4pm); Shanti's Men's Hepatitis C Group (4:15-6pm); Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Mediation group (5:30-6:30pm); Narcotics Anonymous Women's group (6-7pm); Alcoholic Anonymous Support Group (6-7pm); New Leaf's Integration Writers (6-8pm); Three Dollar Bill Caf?'s "Mon. Night Knit" (7pm); Narcotics Anonymous, Sex in Recovery (8-9pm).
The Cyber Center offers 10 computer work stations with 17-inch monitors, a printer, 10 tables and chairs, and software including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Quark and Quicken, and major Internet applications,
allowing users to open an e-mail account
and have access to GeoCities for website hosting.
Mon.-Fri. 12 noon–10pm, Sat. 9am–10pm.
1800 Market St. at Octavia. 415-865-5555
http://www.sfcenter.org

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Tue 25 July

Cruel and Unusual
[ film on TGs in prison ]
@ El Rio
The Heads Up Collective presents "Televising the Revolution," a Radical Film Series at El Rio.
Tonight, a benefit screening for Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee [ TIP ]
of California Prison Focus .
View the documentary film Cruel and Unusual.
Most states separate prisoners by genitalia alone, so pre-op transgender women are placed in men's correctional facilities, where they find themselves vulnerable and preyed upon. This documentary portrays the challenges faced by these women.
Analysis and discussion with TIP organizers will precede the film.
[ Cost ? ]
8pm at El Rio, 3158 Mission St.
near Cesar Chavez. SF

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Wed 26 July
Latino Forum
@ SF LGBT Community Center...:
"Composing Cultures:
Queer Women Writers Speak About Diversity,"
a panel discussion featuring queer women writers and journalists....
FREE.
6pm to 8pm.
The event is free and open to the public.


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Thu 27 July, SF:
San Bruno Mountain
@ Randall Museum
[ near the Castro ghaytto]
San Francisco Natural History Lecture Series presents
guest speaker Philip Batchelder on
"San Bruno Mountain — Wild Nature Hidden in Plain Sight."
... -- one of the largest urban open spaces in the country,
an island of Franciscan coastal scrub, grassland, and oak-bay-buckeye forest,
a renowned hotspot of rare plants and insects.
Geared for adults;
all ages welcome.
Free.
7:30pm. Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way (off Roosevelt, above 14th & Castro).
Info: 415-554-9600
http://www.randallmuseum.org
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+ NEWS and opinion links:

Typical BLOGGER is young and sociable:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/19/AR2006071901900.html

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*** THREE-YEAR contraception *** :

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/19/MNG25K1MLU1.DTL

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Once-a-day AIDS PILL:

http://allafrica.com/stories/200607140523.html

http://news.worldfitness.ca/news/071206/FDASaysOkTo3-in-1HIVPill.php

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GAY MEN and their friendships:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/11/DDG8SJRVOJ1.DTL

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Breast cancer survivors need YOGA:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3927131.html

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SAFER " Lincoln Logging " :

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1822033.php

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Texas:

the PUBLIC GENITALS Project:

http://www.actlab.utexas.edu/pgp/
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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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NUDES in the news:

http://www.bayareanaturists.org/news

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OSCULAPHOBES rule Zimbabwe:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/17/18289023.php

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