sep13 madcat, September Project, migrant workers; cannabis, 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, 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/

One might also find events at:
http://www.ebar.com/arts/arts.php?sec=outabout
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/events.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/events/
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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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Wed 13 September
Madcat Film Fest
@ El Rio
"Local Ladies,"
a MadCat Retrospective,
a selection of some of the best 16mm films by local directors
which have screened at MadCat over the years.
Plus stunning new works.
Filmmakers in person.
Wed., Sept. 13 at 8:30pm.
[....] Info: 415-282-3325
[ cost?? ]

http://www.elriosf.com

http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/10/PKG2IKVH951.DTL&type=events

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

The September Project:

POETS FOR PEACE
SF Main Library
Latino/Hispanic A

Library Sponsored Public Program
FREE
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Every year, on or around September 11, people worldwide attend discussions and reflections in public libraries for The September Project – a grass roots organization that encourages people to come together.
This year, the SFPL presents Poets for Peace.....

http://www.theseptemberproject.org

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17 September, Sunday morning, 9:45am:
Unitarian-Universalist Forum,

with SF poet laureate
JACK HIRSCHMAN.

1187 Franklin St, SF (near Geary & Van Ness).
FREE

http://www.uusf.org

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Sunday, September 17, 2006
THE MIGRANT PROJECT -
Opening Program and Panel Discussion
SF Main Library
Koret Auditorium
Library Sponsored Public Program
FREE
Event Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Photographer Rick Nahmias gives an overview of the exhibition, followed by a panel discussion on
current MIGRANT WORKER issues.....
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Related Exhibition: The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers/
El Proyecto Migratorio: Campesinos Contemporáneos de California,
from September 16 through December 31, 2006,
Main Library, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

POETS ELEVEN -- winners of District Four
Parkside Branch
1200 Taraval St. (at 22nd Ave.)
Library Sponsored Public Program
FREE
7 p.m.
SFPL, Friends of SFPL and SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman announce an innovative new literary series, "Poets Eleven." Each month,the Friends welcome poetry submissions from residents of one SF supervisorial district. Winners of that district will be chosen for a reading at a library branch.
September celebrates the winners of District 4.
For information on how to submit poems for future months.
please email poets11 [at] friendssfpl.org
or visit
http://www.friendssfpl.org
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* 20 Sept, Wed:
SMACK DAB open stage,
featuring Simon Sheppard
8pm
@ Magnet, 4122-- 18th St, SF,
near Castro St.
FREE.

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23-24 Sept. 2006:
At LoveFest and at Folsom,
nude-for-peace political demonstrators
may be displaying peace signs, and/or an Earth flag,
and passing out leaflets which say (in part):
" OUR BODIES SPEAK FOR US: Beyond mere words, our nakist bodies signify our ideals of human liberation. They represent the genome of the human species, surprisingly similar on every continent.
Our semantic nakity conveys messages of hope, and of danger. Our bodies speak for our souls.
Our anti-costume calls for freedom now. Our public nakity, open to sun and fog and wind, calls for understanding that our Mother Earth is mortal, and that we must come swiftly to her rescue.... "
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23 Sept: LoveFest
S.F. LoveFest ( formerly "Love Parade SF" )
[ Sat., 23 Sept. 2006 ---
on the day before Folsom ],

http://www.sfLoveFest.org


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** circa 23 Sept:

return of
Perverts Put Out.... !!!!!!
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24 Sept: Folsom Street Fair:
Folsom Street Fair (last Sunday in Sept.) [ 24 Sept. 2006 ]
[ http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/ ].

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakity/
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art by MITCHO
@ Magnet
Show runs thru September 2006.
Recent watercolors by local art icon Mitcho:
"These are autobiographical works dealing my personal journey as a queer man,
an environmentalist, and a survivor of rape. I have been through some dark and terifying terrain.
But much of it is quite beautiful as well....."
Magnet, 4122 18th St. in the Castro. Info: Mitcho at 415-307-3431
http://www.sfmagnet.org
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WHITE SHARK:
during September, watch new White Shark on webcam:

http://www.MontereyBayAquarium.org

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San Mateo county:
30 Sept -- Oct. 1,
Sat-Sun:

http://www.bayareapaddlefest.com

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1st Annual Good Vibrations
Amateur Erotic Film Competition:
Have you ever wanted to be in sexy cinema, or to produce it?
Have you ever wanted to see your work on the big screen? Well, here's your chance!
Make a short film (10 minutes max)
with a sexual or erotic theme,
fill out our entry forms and releases, and send it on in!
Prizes will be awarded!
Premiere screening will be at CASTRO THEATRE in SF.
Plus East Bay showing at Parkway Speakeasy Theater, Oakland.

Deadline to submit your film is:
30 September 2006,
by 7pm Pacific Time.

No purchase necessary, and NO entry fee!
For more information, forms and releases, and details,
please visit (soonest!):

http://www.goodvibes.com/Content--Amateur-Film-Festival--id-1874.html
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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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+ NEWS and views:

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Charm school for men seeking women:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/13/CHARMSCHOOL.TMP
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SF: less policng of cannabis?:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/12/BAGSPL3S1K1.DTL
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How has Nine-Eleven CHANGED YOU?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/11/18307753.php

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9-11: Can you still remember AFGHANISTAN?:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/12/18308219.php

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PHOTOS from POWER TO THE PEACEFUL concert/festival ( 9 Sept. 2006):

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/09/18307398.php

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P2P concert brought politics
to youth
via music
-- but will they actually vote ?

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/10/18307447.php

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The AGED needn't be frail:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/10/MNGRIL07L01.DTL

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FRINGE festival
( of theatre, in SF, 2006:)

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/09/DDGDHL1J081.DTL
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At global-warming event in Australia,
mild burlesk (pseudo-stripping)
upsets nudophobes:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/09/08/international/i050249D38.DTL

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Nudophobes freak out
when police chief's
large wife
poses nude:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/08/national/a121238D23.DTL&type=bondage

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Gay KIWI fights for rights of sex workers:

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1125

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TEE CORINNE:

http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=5456

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VERMONT public nudity stretches limits of liberal tolerance:


http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/04/18305976.php

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Varieties of fascists:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/08/18307279.php

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SF county Domestic Partner registry
welcomes ALL genders:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/26/18300991.php

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From Janus to IANUA (gateways):

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/30/18304521.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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