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Laborfest: Opening Reception with Movies on all Arts and Labor

Date:
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Time:
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Event Type:
Party/Street Party
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St. at 8th St. San Francisco near Civic Center BART. Buses: 19, 27, 47

Artists include Skylaar Amann, Philippe Barnoud, Joe Blum, Paul Bouchard, Lenny Bové, Sherri Cavan, Michael Chomick, Mike Connor, Slobodan Dimitrov, Chris Dunker, Tom Griscom, Trudi Hauptman, Véronique Held, Mike Kimball, Anthony Lazorko, Jr., Kyle Levinger and Holley Coley, Doug McGoldrick, Douglas Minkler, Mimi Plumb, Aubrey Rhodes, John Robinson, Rachel Schreiber, Elizabeth Sibilia, elin o’Hara slavick, Angela Franks Wells, Marcia Weisbrot, Steve Zeltzer and Holly Wong. Margot Smith’s documentary film, WPA Murals in San Francisco / The WPA Murals of Bernard Zakheim / New Deal Public Art: The Works Progress Administration, will be screened throughout the run of the show.

A reception will be held on Thursday, July 9th, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5:00 p.m. The show will continue through July 25th.

A free screening follows of the Tim Robbins-directed The Cradle Will Rock, based on the story of the Federal Theatre Project’s aborted 1937 production of Marc Blitzstein’s labor musical. A host of characters include John Houseman, Diego Rivera, Nelson Rockefeller and Orson Welles.

In this multimedia show, curated by David Duckworth, contemporary artists from the United States and France provide provocative and compelling views on the effects of capitalism and the state of labor today.
See also:
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm
Added to the calendar on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 4:48AM
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