sep15 freedom-rappers, art-eco, pacifists invade Stonestown, 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.craigslist.org/eve/
http://www.bettyslist.com/
...
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/events/
http://sfgate.com/eguide/search/books/
http://sfgate.com/eguide/gay/
http://www.sfgate.com/listings/search.php?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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Friday SEPT. 15,
10 pm:
HEAVY ROTATION
-- a new queer flavored club for fat women and trans folk, chubsters, size rebels, BBWs, body activists, and our friends and lovers --
is starting THIS FRIDAY, September 15th at El Rio.
A monthly club benefiting different-size-positive organizations and activists,
the first HEAVY ROTATION will benefit
NoLose
with just $5 at the door!
from 10pm until you can't shake it anymore
-- put some wiggle back in your jiggle --

http://www.myspace.com/heavy_rotation

Heavy Rotation at El Rio, 3128 Mission near 26th St, SF
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continuing thru 16 September [ Sat.]:
AFROSOLO Arts Festival

http://www.afrosolo.org

http://www.sfgate.com/listings/event.php?events,e151662

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16 September [ Sat.]:

ANGEL ISLAND Art and Ecology Festival:
8am
http://www.sfgate.com/listings/event.php?events,e230222

  Pier 41,
Fisherman's Wharf area, SF
Artists, dancers, musicians and writers celebrate
natural environment of Angel Island.
See Web site for details.
http://www.art-eco.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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continuing thru 17 September, Sunday:

SF Fringe Festival:

http://www.sfFringe.org
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????
Berkeley?
"How Berkeley Can You Be?" parade???

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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
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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SF, exhibit continuing to 31 December 2006:
The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers
SF Main Library, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/12/18309109.php
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BERKELEY Sunday, Sept 17,
6pm -9 pm:
Queer Contra Dance
@ Ashkenaz.
First dance of the season for the fun, flirty, easy-to-learn American barndance.
Mavis McGaugh calls and Band du Jour provides live old-timey tunes at Ashkenaz,
Berkeley's home for world music and dance. A low-stress way to meet nice people.
Beginners always welcome. No special attire or partner needed.
$10 (or pay what you can)
1713 San Pablo Ave (near Gilman) in Berkeley.
Map & Directions:
http://www.ashkenaz.com/html/map.html
510.430.2833
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GIRLSTOCK: Sept. 2006:
9/17 and 9/23, SF
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/22/18290611.php
Come out and see some of SF's hottest girl and trans bands, and DJs!
http://www.girlstock.com

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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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SF, Friday Sept 22, signup at 7:30, reading at 8 pm:
Queer Open Mic at the queer Center's Three Dollar Bill Cafe.
Hosted by: Cindy Emch and Sherilyn Connelly.
Proceeds go to performers and Bitch Magazine.
All ages, $1-$5. No one turned away for lack of funds.
LGBT Center, 1800 Market at Octavia
http://www.threedollarbill.com/
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SD, Sept. 23: TRAINING on Saturday the 23rd,
for nonviolent disobedience action on Monday.
For details, please see Monday, Sept. 25.

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23 - 24 September weekend: SF:
AUTUMN MOON Festival,
11am - 6pm
http://www.sfgate.com/listings/event.php?events,e33711
 on Grant Avenue
between California St. and Pacific Ave, in Chinatown

http://www.moonfestival.org
--
Multicultural entertainment, lion and dragon dances, etc
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[...] For two days, the streets of Chinatown are shut off to vehicular traffic, transforming the stretch into a colorful cultural village, full of performers, food, crafts and art all in honor of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang O.
A 1,000-year-old Chinese tradition, the festival -- commemorating the 15th day of the eighth moon, when the moon is the brightest -- brings together martial arts and lion dancers, Chinese music, magic shows, street performers more. [...]
-- K. Reardanz, SF Gate
[ Suggestion by TBL: Wear red at this event. Don't wear white or black. ]
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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 ].
Parade along Market Street,
festival in Civic Center.
Please donate $5 if you can.

[ SUN says: "Festival in Civic Center was clothing-optional in 2005;
so SUN hopes for the best in 2006." ]
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[ TBL couldn't find any useful info, on Sept. 15, at official website:

http://www.sfLoveFest.org

http://www2.sflovefest.org/

Instead of providing info,
website invites you to subscribe to an email list.....]
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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/

http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/fair-info.php

http://www.folsomstreetfair.com/fair-map.php

http://maps.google.com/?hl=en&q=dore+and+folsom+st,+san+francisco&output=html
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SF, 25 Sept. Monday:
NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
against war and militarism:
following the examples of Thoreau, Gandhi, King, and many others:
4pm to 6pm at
Stonestown Ocean Recruiting Station,
561 Buckingham Way, SF 94132
[near 19th Avenue, Stonestown shopping center, and SF State University;
take M streetcar to Stonestown; allow at least 15 minutes to find the
military recruiting station. Buckingham runs around the north, west, and south sides
of the shopping center. In case of trouble, retreat into SFSU campus. ]
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[ Those who plan to be arrested should ALREADY have taken
Non-Violence Training,
on Sept. 23, Saturday, 1-5pm, at the Unitarian-Universalist center, 1187 Franklin
[near Geary + Van Ness], SF.
Can you remain calm when men hit you, call you names, etc.? Training helps.
For info, please email
sSchwartz [at] AFSC.org ]

Other protesters are also needed,
to witness these arrests;
to stand in solidarity.
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Please bring digital cameras,
and post photos soonest to

http://www.indybay.org/

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If you CANNOT remain quiet and polite, even when provoked by fascists or others,
then please skip this Sept. 25 pacifist demo.
You can be as noisy and hostile as you please on Oct. 5, at WorldCantWait.org demos.
There are many paths toward the top of the mountain. ]
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Background info:

http://www.afsc.org

http://www.declarationofpeace.org


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..... continuing thru 28 Sept.
SF, queer exhibit at
SF Mail Library, downtown, daily:
Life and Times of H.L. Perry:
http://www.sfgate.com/listings/event.php?events,e228676
Free.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4400
(Civic Center/Hayes Valley areas)
Display documents one of The City's unsung gay heroes.
Along with creating the Ducal Court and being the first grand duchess of San Francisco, Perry was actively involved with the first two Gay Freedom Day Parades,
Metropolitan Community Church, SIR Center [Society for Individual Rights],
Tavern Guild and Golden Gate Business Association.
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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.

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:

OAKLAND freedom-rappers seek
"end of mental slavery":

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/15/DDGHQL51DE1.DTL

[ SUN says:
"Freedom-seeking sings in many styles.
Freedom-rap can become to the early 21st century
what reggae was to the late 20th century;
what jazz and blues were to the early 20th century;
what double-meaning spirituals were to slaves in the 19th century.
Follow the Drinking Gourd! " ]

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Return of DDT?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/15/national/w073256D32.DTL&hw=DDT&sn=001&sc=1000

[ TBL says:
World Health Organization (WHO) wants to resume using DDT
to fight malaria-carrying mosquitos in tropical countries, but only indoors.
DDT was banned from U.S. agriculture because it harms the environment
(remember "Silent Spring"?).
Without DDT, U.S. hotels are experiencing epidemic of bedbugs.
Should DDT be allowed indoors at hotels, to fight bedbugs? ]

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Have you changed since "Nine-Eleven" ( 11 Sept. 2001) ?

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

[ Have you learned anything in the past half-decade? ]

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MARIJUANA helps treatment of HEPATITIS :

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_4328915

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POWER TO THE RICH !

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/09/14/18311539.php

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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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ELDERS needn't be frail:

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

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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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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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RISE ABOVE: The Tribe 8 Documentary :

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/12/DDGBKJSQ2U1.DTL&type=gaylesbian

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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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