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Made From Scrap: Recycling Workshops For The Resourceful We 'd like to announce San Francisco's re-source workshop warehouse, where recycling becomes everyday art. We transform the consumer routine of discarding things into a dapper dexterity for making new-fangled bird feeders, wallets, and wall-hangings. And this is just the beginning. Gathered between the walls of our Bayview warehouse location are resourceful learners, artists and enthusiasts mingling and creating, with an alluring eye for "re"-ing. Visit http://www.madefromscrap.org to sign u...
Posted: Thu, Sep 27, 2007 9:17am PDT
9/11 A Play in Three Acts Fictional account of Larry Silverstein's life and actions on 9/11. Three act play dramatizing false flag operations....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 5:34pm PDT
2nd Screening of Videoactivism and Independent Documentaries, Caracas January 2008 * The collective editors of the Venezuelan journal El Libertario and the Organizacion Nelson Garrido, have issued a call out for filmmakers and video activists from all over the world to present their recent autonomous works concerning active social movements in struggle. This will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, between the 21st and the 28th of January 2008....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 2:47pm PDT
A blatant attack on artistic freedom: Bengali writer, Taslima Nasreen assaulted by mob led by Indian legislators Tuesday, September 25, 2007 :The renowned Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen was physically assaulted August 9 by a group of Islamic fundamentalists led by three members of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, Afsar Khan and Moazzam Khan, from the All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (United Council of Muslims)....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:09am PDT
Newport Beach Film Festival - Submissions Now Open!!! The Newport Beach Film Festival will spotlight over 350 films from around the world including features, shorts, documentaries, and animation that will compete for a series of Jury and Audience Awards. In addition to film screenings, the Festival will host several premiere galas, yacht parties, and question and answer sessions with filmmakers. The Festival runs from April 24th through May 1st, 2008. The event is expected to attract more than 40,000 film devotees. SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW AND SAVE...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 1:38pm PDT
Ken Burns’ "The War" Teaches False History Lesson Monday, September 24, 2007 : Since the turn of the 20th Century, the United States has embarked on an almost continuous series of lengthy wars: the Spanish-American War, World War I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam and now Iraq. The nation has also regularly sent troops abroad to overturn democratically elected governments. The one struggle in which the United States fought heroically for freedom and to preserve its way of life is World War II, a struggle that conflicts with the nation’s tradi...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 7:23am PDT
Castro Community Braces for Halloween Monday, September 24, 2007 : There will be no sanctioned “Halloween” party this year, but the City has no public plans besides urging people to stay out of the Castro – and telling businesses to close early. A Task Force that Mayor Newsom and Supervisor Bevan Dufty launched last November never met, and efforts to move the party fell through when the City left other neighborhoods out of the process....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 7:23am PDT
SF Mime Troupe in Santa Cruz- need your... HELP!!! The San Francisco Mime Troupe needs your help!
SATURDAY SEPT 22:
11:00-12:30pm---- 6 to 8 Volunteers needed (Note: only one volunteer helped in 2005) :(
10:00pm-8.00am---- 2 or more volunteers with at least one Mime Troupe member
SUNDAY, SEPT. 23
8:00-10:00am---- 2-4 Volunteers (could include the folks that spend the night)
4.30-6:00 pm---- 6-8 Volunteers needed...
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 9:11am PDT
Afghan family fear for their lives over film's rape scene Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : The Kite Runner has run into trouble. The film version of a best-selling book that has put Afghanistan on the literary map will not be screened in Kabul after controversy erupted over a pivotal rape scene....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:45am PDT
"Cruising" Comes to the Castro Monday, September 17, 2007 : When I first heard that William Friedkin’s 1980 anti-gay classic “Cruising” was coming to the Castro Theater, I felt a rumble in the pit of my stomach. How could a film that was not only protested vehemently by the queer community, but also trashed by every reputable critic, be playing at the Castro Theater in the heart of San Francisco’s queer neighborhood? Just as raids on gay bars are things of the (not-so-distant) past that no one thinks about when they enter...
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2007 7:54am PDT
Trash Orchestra & Mime Troupe Parade - Sunday the 23rd Help us destroy the complacency and the eardrums of unsuspecting downtown shoppers as we lead a parade to the SF Mime Troupe's performance of Making a Killing....
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 12:04am PDT
WWE Death-O-Mania! Thursday, September 13, 2007 : Two committees of the House of Representatives are edging toward hearings this fall that will further define the blurred lines of our junk-besotted popular culture. The essential question before them is whether the lives of professional wrestlers are as highly valued as those of aging character actors and exploited children....
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 7:21am PDT
Direct Action News From Greece http://directactiongr.blogspot.com...
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 7:21am PDT
The Double Defeat of the Neo-Conservatives: A New Book by Olivier Roy From a Sunday, September 9, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 7:03am PDT
Stopping the Violence -- Rappers Take Responsibility Originally From New America Media
Monday, September 10, 2007 : What responsibility do rap artists have to help end the violence in Oakland? One MC -- Mistah F.A.B. -- teamed with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums to create a PSA that urges young people to consider alternatives to violence. Min Lee is an editor at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 6:57am PDT
Take Back Red California Hosts A Taste of the Red Counties Produce, wine, cheese, and other goodies from Northern California's rural counties will be available for sampling on Oct. 21 at the Marinwood Community Center. And Democratic activists from those counties will be on hand to introduce you to opportunities to help turn the tide against Republicans and keep California a Blue state....
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 9:59pm PDT
Acting in Movies While Asian Originally From New America Media
Saturday, September 8, 2007 : Rather than just a quick film review, Rita M. Gerona-Adkins provides us with a longer look at the minds behind the making and marketing of 'Falling for Grace.'...
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 8:14am PDT
"Unidentified Internet Encounter" To a free and open internet, where art can grow, in dreams....
Posted: Sat, Sep 8, 2007 11:33am PDT
First-Time Teachers Babes in the Wood Originally From New America Media
Friday, September 7, 2007 : Fifty percent of new teachers leave within the first three years. A new film, Chalk, opening in the Bay Area on Friday, addresses some of the causes of this exodus. In the mockumentary-style of Christopher Guest (This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show), Chalk gives us a “behind-the-scenes” look into one of the most important, yet unappreciated of professions—teaching. Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen is education writer for NAM....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 8:10am PDT
Australian comedy show crashes APEC meeting ELEVEN crew from the ABC comedy show The Chaser have been charged and granted bail following their arrest in Sydney today over a fake motorcade.
Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello, two of the on-screen stars of the satirical TV program The Chaser's War on Everything, were among 11 detained by police....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2007 9:17am PDT
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