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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 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 event, venue, performer(s), date, phone number.....
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REPOST freely.
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SF:
** Love, Sex, Death and Art
.... on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (?) ....
..... continuing until August 27 (?) .....
@ New Conservatory Theatre Center
Love, Sex, Death and Art, a new performance art piece
starring Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens.
Love story offers artistic response to violence of war, the anti-gay marriage movement;
+ explores lesbian courtship, artificial insemination, queer weddings, breast cancer, and more.
Mixing pleasure, pain, passion and juice, the "love artists" will stimulate the senses
and crack hearts open.
**Please Note:
This show contains
NUDITY.**
$15 - $25
8pm.
Runs Aug. 10 to 27 (please see website).
Decker Theatre, NCTC, 25 Van Ness Ave [near Market], Lower Lobby.
http://www.nctcsf.org
Tix/info: 415-861-8972
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[ SUN endorses these educational/artistic performances
by Sprinkle and Stephens. ]

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Fri 18 August
Retro-A-Go-Go
@ Stray Bar
GLBT Historical Society Party Features Vintage Drinks & Gear Head to Stray Bar in Bernal Heights for "Retro-A-Go-Go," an old-school party to benefit the GLBT Historical Society. The gorgeous, multi-gendered bartenders will be mixing up a special cocktail for the event, the "Mona-jito," to honor the legacy of Mona's 440, a nightclub that was widely touted as the first lesbian bar in the city. During World War II, butches and femmes flocked to Mona's to see cross-dressed performers such as Gladys Bentley belting out blues and jazz. The GLBT Historical Society will also hold a raffle and auction for some amazing vintage queer goodies, including t-shirts from the 1970s and 1980s, pulp fiction, and saucy porn.
Stray Bar, located in the heart of Bernal Heights, opened in June.
When people ask if it is a "straight" bar
or a "gay" bar, the staff simply says,
"We're a Stray Bar—where everyone is welcome!"
In that spirit, "Retro-A-Go-Go" is FREE
and open to all ( 21+).
Fri., Aug. 18, 8-11pm.
309 Cortland Street nr Bocana Street (Bernal Heights), SF
http://www.glbthistory.org

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Fri 18 August
Midnight Men Massaging Men
@ Heartwalker Studio, Oakland
Massage trade with other men, sensual &/or erotic (yet non-sexual). Experience three hours of receiving and giving nurturing touch and meeting and connecting with other great men. Experienced and inexperienced are encouraged and welcomed. Led by a Body Electric-trained facilitator in a safe environment. $30 ($25 if you bring your own sheet and towel).
Fri., Aug. 18, from 9 pm- midnight. First-come-first-served. Doors open at 8:30pm & close at 9pm. 4920 Telegraph Ave., Oakland.
http://www.heartwalkerstudio.com
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SATURDAY, AUG. 19
Electric vehicles
Try out a battery-assisted recumbent (recliner) bicycle
and learn about electric cars at the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association.
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
1484 16th Ave., SF
FREE
(415) 681-7716
http://www.sfeva.org


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Sat 19 August
Down & Dirty with Justin Kelly
@ Femina Potens Gallery
Femina Potens Gallery showcases its monthly film series
"Down & Dirty: the Intimate World of Queer Filmmaking,"
featuring selected shorts from queer filmmaker Justin Kelly whose films glow from brilliant color and outstanding use of light. A team-builder, his music videos have been major community collaborations for the San Francisco punk rock queer music scene, exposing bands like The Floating Corpses, Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes and Hey Willpower to a new film-going audience.
As an actor, he can be seen as Lenin's boy in the upcoming local film "Maggots and Men". .....
$5-$10 sliding (NOTAFLOF).
Sat. Aug. 19, doors at 7:30pm, show 8pm.
Femina Potens Gallery, 465 S. Van Ness btwn 15 &16th.
Info: 415-217-9340
http://www.feminapotens.com
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* SATURDAY, AUG. 19
Josh Wolf benefit
Join musicians and activists to raise money for the legal fees of Josh Wolf,
the journalist jailed for refusing to hand over unedited video he shot of a anti-G-8 rally.
Spoken word artist Diamond Dave Whitaker of Enemy Combatant Radio, Oregon-based musician John Staedler, and DJ Chuck Gonzalez perform.....
7 p.m.
Dance Mission
3316 24th St., SF
(415) 273-4633
Donations accepted
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Sun 20 August
Catherine Shaddix
@ Gay Men's Buddhist Sangha
Catherine Shaddix has been a student of Buddhism and Ashtanga yoga for 15 years. She has completed three teacher trainings with her main teacher in the West, Richard Freeman, and studies annually with Sri Pattabhi Jois. She has lived for over two years in a traditional Zen monastery with Sasaki Roshi, and is now training in the Dzogchen teachings with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Her teaching style is infused with the spirit of inquiry and the joy of awakening. Free, but donations gratefully accepted. All are invited. Sun., Aug. 20, 3 pm., Hartford Street Zen Center, 57 Hartford St., between 17th & 18th Sts. in the Castro.
http://www.gaysangha.org
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Sunday afternoon, 20 August
Flagging in the Park
@ AIDS Memorial Grove,
Golden Gate Park
Come enjoy an afternoon of sun, music, friends and flagging
in the beautiful National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.
Sounds by DJ Frank Wild.
A benefit for Project Open Hand.
Donations welcome.
1-4pm. Info:
http://www.flaggercentral.com
http://www.aidsmemorial.org
http://www.openhand.org

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San Jose,
Aug. 17-18-19-20:
Comcast S.J. Jazz Festival:
408-288-7557
http://www.sanjosejazz.org
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20 August, Sunday:
HAYWARD Pride:
on Main Street, two blocks from Hayward BART station,
11:30AM to 7:30PM:
[cost?] :

http://www.HaywardPride.com

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Mon 21 Aug.
The Sensuous Woman
@ Empire Plush Room ............
Margaret Cho presents "The Sensuous Woman," a new burlesque, comedy and bellydance showcase. ...
All proceeds from the evening( minus expenses), will be donated to
The Women's Community Clinic of SF.
Shows in SF on Mon., Aug. 21 at 8pm
and Tue., September 26 at 8pm.
Empire Plush Room, York Hotel, 940 Sutter St.
[ cost?? ]
Info/tix:
http://www.yorkhotel.com/plushroom.htm
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Wed 23 AUGUST:
Grab a free copy of today's
SF BAY GUARDIAN.
Clip and save their list of
FALL FESTIVALS !!!
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24 Aug -- Thursday -- Santa Rosa:
Crip Shots
@ Rialto Cinemas, Santa Rosa
Rialto Cinemas in partnership with Community Resources for Independence presents
"Crip Shots: A Collection of Shorts," in which Bay Area filmmakers bring their remarkable portraits of individuals who defy our expectations of what it means to be disabled. Featuring "Phoenix Dance" by Kariina Epperlein, "Outsider: the Life and Art of Judith Scott" by Betsy Bayha, "Crip Shots" by John R. Killacky and Larry Connolly, and "Dreaming Awake" and "Holding On" by Killacky.
Thu., Aug. 24 at 7:15pm. Rialto Cinemas, 551 Summerfield Rd., Santa Rosa. Info: 707-525-4840
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26 August, Sat.:
Sistahs Steppin' in Pride:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/06/18295193.php

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In AUGUST, please netsurf to

http://www.reggaeontheriver.com
http://www.pica-org.org/AlohaFest/
http://www.redwoodempirefair.com
http://www.vintagepaperfair.com
http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org
http://www.ybgf.org
http://www.sanjosejazz.org
http://www.HaywardPride.com
http://www.hairrison.org
etc.
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In SEPTEMBER, please netsurf to
http://www.bayareapaddlefest.com
http://www.hairrison.org
http://www.powertothepeaceful.org
http://www.bayareanaturists.org
http://www.sfLoveFest.org
http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/

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3 Sept. 2006,
Sunday:
3rd Annual Hairrison Street Fair
11 AM - 6 PM
http://www.hairrison.org
$5.
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+ NEWS and opinions:



How do HIV-positive "elite controllers" stay healthy?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/17/MNG10KJPRS1.DTL&type=health

[ An "elite controller" is a human who is infected with HIV,
but is able to control the virus completely with her own immune system. ]
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U.S. District Judge rules against warrantless wire-taps by Bush regime:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/17/18298223.php


"There are no hereditary kings in America
and no powers not created by the Constitution.''
--- U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor

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ANTI-HIV tactics for women:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/canada/articles/2006/08/14/anti_hiv_tactics_for_women_urged/

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"Dont!
Stop!
thinkin about a vac-cine! "

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/13/18297063.php
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COLORADO:

Could conservative state allow
domestic partnerships?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/07/MNGCMKCF4P1.DTL

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California:
Why bother to VOTE in November 2006 election?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/24/18290991.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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