The Squid List

07-23-2008 - Michelle Gagnon, Claire M. Johnson, and Simon Wood: Boneyard, Roux Morgue, and We All Fall Down

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We’re delighted to continue Mystery Month at Stacey’s with a panel of three local writers who have garnered rave reviews. In Michelle Gagnon’s Boneyard FBI special agent Kelly Jones searches for a serial killer and a copycat nemesis. Claire M. Johnson’s pastry chef/sleuth Mary Ryan investigates mysterious deaths at a San Francisco culinary school. Simon Wood returns to Stacey’s with We All Fall Down and looks at the deaths at a research firm that come on the heals of a high—level government project.

07-23-2008 - Transformed by Fire

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

“Transformed by Fire”, a NorthernCalifornia Enamel Guild (NCEG) exhibition and sale of contemporary enamelingwill be hosted August 13 — October 5, 2008 by the Collectors Gallery at theOakland Museum of California. Alecture on Contemporary California Enamel will be presented in the museumauditorium at 1:00 pm on August 23 to be followed by the opening reception inthe gallery from 2:00—4:30 pm.

For more information on the exhibition and the NCEG,please visit www.enamelguild.org, and on the Collector’sGallery at http://www.museumca.org/shop/gallery.html or call AnnaTai at (650) 566—8548.

07-23-2008 - 8th Annual International Bicycle Film Fest

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

What: 8th Annual International Bicycle Film Fest

When: Wednesday—Saturday, July 23rd —26th, 2008

Where: The Victoria Theater, 2961—16th Street, San Francisco 94103

Website: http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/sf/

Cost: $$30 festival pass, $$10 individual tickets.

The 8th Annual Bicycle Film Festival, an international, juried film festival arrives in San Francisco June 23rd—26th. The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates all styles of bikes and biking for a massive celebration of bike culture. This year's film festival will also feature an art show and street party—— what better way to celebrate the bicycle than four days of art, film, music and performance. All movies screen at The Victoria Theater. San Francisco is one of 17 U.S. and international cities hosting the festival. For more information and a schedule of movie, visit http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/sf/ Free Valet BIke Parking Provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.

07-23-2008 - Shamanic Inspirations: Art Show & Reception

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Normal 0 — “Shamanic Inspirations”, a solo installation by artist Charles Kruger, will be presented at The Marsh Theater Cafe/Gallery, 1070 Valencia Street, from July 15 through August 31. Artist’s reception: Wednesday, July 23, 6 to 8pm.

07-23-2008 - SF Online Community Report July MeetUp

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We've been on a brief summer break the past two months, but the SF Online Community Report MeetUp is back for July! Join us on the usual fourth Wed. of the month, July 23rd, where we'll be joined by Tiffany von Emmel of DreamFish. Tiffany will be speaking about the early stages of Dreamfish's launch to build a global social platform for sustainability and the process of moving from a vision to mobilizing a team to production to launch. Her presentation will kick off an informal discussion on starting and growing an online community and community management strategies and challenges. Looking forward to seeing you then for lively discussion and in—person socializing with other online community folks!

Date: Wed. July 23rd , 7 PM

Location: TechSoup headquarters, 525 Brannan Street, Suite 300, San Francisco

RSVP: MeetUp group

Speaker Bio: Tiffany von Emmel is the CEO of DreamFish. Now in beta, Dreamfish is a platform where people can create free or affordable custom social networks as collaborative workspaces. Nonprofits, communities, universities and businesses use Dreamfish for teaming, collaboration across organizations, marketing, learning spaces and sharing tools, jobs, events for social good and environmental sustainability.

Questions? Please contact community@techsoup.org

07-23-2008 - SF Online Community Report July MeetUp

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Location: TechSoup
headquarters, 525 Brannan Street, Suite 300, San
Francisco

RSVP: MeetUp group

Speaker Bio: Tiffany von Emmel
is the CEO of DreamFish. Now in beta, Dreamfish is a platform where people can create free or affordable custom social networks as collaborative workspaces. Nonprofits, communities, universities and businesses use Dreamfish for teaming, collaboration across organizations, marketing, learning spaces and sharing tools, jobs, events for social good and environmental sustainability.

Beverage Sponsor:
LIVE Energy Drink. LIVE Energy Drink donates 50% of the profit from every purchase directly to charity.

Questions? Please
contact community@techsoup.org

07-23-2008 - Edward Burtynsky presents The 10,000 Year Gallery

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long—term Thinking
http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/

Edward Burtynsky presents
The 10,000 Year Gallery

Edward Burtynsky's photography presents human industry in a simultaneously clinical and awe—inspiring fashion and through his work encourages us to take a second look at the scale of what we call progress.

In this lecture, he will explore his ideas about creating a '10,000 Year Gallery' as a component of Long Now's 10,000 Year Clock project.

Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand

Wednesday July 23, 02008

Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Located at The Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center
http://www.fortmason.org/directions/index.shtml

$$10 suggested donation

We recommend you arrive early; priority seating is available for Members of Long Now.
https://secure.longnow.org/members/

There will be a reception at the Long Now Museum & Store following the Seminar.
http://www.longnow.org/contact/

For more information contact:
Danielle Engelman
Community Development Director
danielle@longnow.org
415.561.6582 x1

The Seminars About Long—term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long—term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long—term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.

07-23-2008 - Lab Or

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The LAB Presents
Lab Or
featuring Scrap and Salvage

Performances: July 23 — August 2nd
Wednesday through Saturday nights, 8:00 PM
$$10 — 20 sliding scale admission

Lab Or is a new site—specific performance / installation created collaboratively by Scrap and Salvage and artists from a variety of mediums including sculpture, film—making, architecture, theater design, and music composition. The work is highly physical, visual, musical and almost entirely non—verbal. The Labor Temple, or Redstone Building, where The Lab is located is a historic landmark building on 16th street between Mission and South Van Ness. It was built in 1914 and played an integral role in the San Francisco Labor movement of the early 20th century. For this piece, artists from all mediums have been invited to investigate and respond to the space’s history, myths, legends, and ghosts. The room’s past, present, and potential future are distilled into a performance and installation that digs deeply into the conflict between humankind the world it has made for itself.

The LAB
2948 16th Street
@ Capp
San Francisco
415—864—8855

07-23-2008 - ARTiFACTS (Artists' Talk) @ Berkeley Art Center

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

From almost every place or time, random objects remain —— artifacts—— that offer a glimpse into human experiences often seemingly disparate from our own. Three formally dissimilar artists, painter Mary Black, photographer Kirk Crippens and book artist Linda Race, respond variously to such artifacts as an impetus for their own artistic journeys, both real and imagined.

Black's dense encaustic pictures are excavations of the subconscious, as she builds layers, then digs back down into them, discovering bits of found objects previously embedded. For Crippens, his Treasure Island series is a literal hunt amid a visual bounty left abandonned at a decommissioned naval base; ruins of a ghostly community set in the middle of the thriving San Francisco Bay Area metropolis. Committed to recording this journey without staging or manipulation, his photographs nonetheless evoke an otherworldly illumination and clever, poignant, even humorous juxtapositions of the content—rich objects he encounters. The magical microcosms Race creates are assembled as secular shrines of objects she encounters in life: a leaf, a toy, or a gift from a loved one. Set variously within boxes and books, these objects find a new identity and importance, often referencing the artist's personal memories or fantasies.

The artists in the exhibition were selected from other Finalist Awardees of the 2007 Members' Showcase. All Berkeley Art Center Artist Members are encouraged to submit one work of art to this annual winter exhibition.

07-23-2008 - For The Love Of Candye

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

For The Love of Candye: A Benefit for Candye Kane

Wednesday, July 23rd
The El Rio
3159 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm
Admission: $$10—20 sliding scale (no one turned away)

BBQ pit open from 7—10pm!
Bake Sale!
Raffle Prizes!

Produced by Lady Monster
Sponsored by The Center for Sex and Culture

MCs: Dr. Carol Queen and Lady Monster

All Candye, All Night – all performances will include Candye Kane songs

Performers:
Mr. Lucky with special guests: Ralph Carney and Joshua Raoul Brody
Singing with Mr. Lucky, Ralph Carney and Joshua Brody will be Veronica Klaus
www.myspace.com/veronicaklaus.
www.veronicaklaus.com

Also appearing will be:
Annie Sprinkle
Kitten on the Keys
Trauma Flintstone
Alotta Boutte
King TuffNStuff
Phat Fly Girls
Living Legend of Burlesque: Isis Starr
Jukie Sunshine
Diamond Daggers Burlesque
Velvet Siren
Bunny Pistol
Sassy HotBuns
Ruby Vixen
Honey Lawless
Lee Sanders
Anita Martini
Shannon Holbrook
Ophelia Coeur de Noir
Lily LeRouge with Leslie Presley
Leigh Crow, Nettie Hammar & John Ashfield (of Mighty Slim Pickens)
Miss Peppermint
Celestina Meow Meow

RAFFLE PRIZES DONATED BY:
AUTOGRAPHED BY CANDYE: The Big Book of Breasts
AUTOGRAPHED BY LEONARD NIMOY
Good Vibrations
Hard Rock Cafe
Dikenga Films
Red Meat
Thee Merry Widows
Dottie Lux
Bunny Pistol
Kitten on the Keys
Jay Mueller
Anje Vela
Marilyn Wann's YAY! Scale
Gift Baskets donated by Big Boogie Nights

All proceeds go to Candye Kane as she recovers from surgery to heal a rare type of pancreatic cancer. For more information about Candye, go to her websites: www.myspace.com/candyekaneband or www.candyekane.com.

I would like to thank my co—producers:
Dottie Lux
Madame Maraschino
Dr. Fudgie
And, Ken Dashner for donating his artwork for our beautiful flyers.

And, Val Killmore for videotaping the benefit so Candye can check out all the special tributes made just for her,

——and all of the performers and volunteers for the generous contributions to make this benefit happen!!

Also at the The El Rio that night:
Happy Hour special: Well and Pints (Intl/Dom) $$2.50, 5—9pm
TIKI—TASTIC! TROPICAL MAI—TAIS $$5.00 ALL NIGHT!! (starting at 5pm).

If you are unable to attend and want to help her, the following are options for your donations:
PayPal.com via candyekanetour@aol.com
Or you can send a check to:
Candye Kane Cancer Fund
315 S. Hwy 101 #47
Encinitas, CA 92024

07-23-2008 - Lounge Sessions with Queen Harish + Colleena + DJ Amar + Giamma

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Electric Vardo & Bollyhood Cafe presents:

Performances by Queen Harish and Coleena Shakti — Rajasthani Gypsy Dance and Bollywood Dance

DJ sets spanning global gypsy culture by DJ Amar & Giamma

tix at http://queenharish.eventbrite.com

at Bollyhood Cafe
3372 19th St., SF CA 94110
http://bollyhoodcafe.com

07-23-2008 - Vortexual Time Machine Party

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

This Thursday come join our Time Machine Party at UndergroundSF in the Lower Haight!

Ready for a trip to the future? Get ready because Vortexual has a newly upgraded TIME MACHINE to transport you to the future of dance music, and get you away from the humdrum 'same old, same old' and the 'same sh!t, different DJ' mentality. Our Time Machine delivers thrill inducing electric pleasure via the deft hands of operators/DJ's Rich DDT, Nisus, and Tonelov. We will take you out of the norm and harness the freshness that only the future can provide. Come join us and revel in the awesome power that we're unleashing into the present!

DJ LINEUP: 9pm: Tonelov, 10pm: Rich DDT, 11pm: Nisus, 12—2am Extra Special Guests from THE FUTURE!

Free before 11pm, $$5 after

Bus/Metro/BART: Buses 6/7/71 go past the door (Fillmore St stop is closest), BART 16th/Civic Center are best, http://tripplanner.transit.511.org/ will do the rest

PARKING: can be scarce around here, carpooling is encouraged

No dress code, but futuristic costumes will fit right in :)

07-24-2008 - Erich Origen and Gan Golan: Goodnight Bush: An Unauthorized Parody

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Erich Origen and Gan Golan’s Goodnight Bush is a publishing sensation. Sent to a publisher on spec, it quickly hit the bestseller lists. Goodnight Bush is a parody of the children’s classic Goodnight Moon and is a hilarious and poignant visual requiem for the Bush administration. In it we see a childlike George W. Bush tucked safely away in the confines of his own room and a quiet Dick Cheney whispering 'hush.”

07-24-2008 - Celebrate the Summer With Art!

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

You are invited!

Sausalito Studio Art Party

Thursday, July 24, 2008

4:00PM to 7:00PM

480 Gate 5 Road

Studios 259B & 259D

Sausalito, CA 94965

_________________________________________

Artists Sue Averell and Sherry Miller are hosting a Sausalito art party this Thursday.

We both have exciting, new work to share with you; mountains of good munchies and liquids too.

I have been traveling a bit and will have new works inspired by my journeys, along with 2 new San Francisco urban landscapes.

For the first time in my studio I’ve set up an area where you can participate in creating a piece of art. Young Picassos are welcome, but must be supervised by an adult.

_________________________________________

Please RSVP by either replying to this email or phone 415 706 5051.

Hope to see you there!

______________________

sue@sueaverell.com

www.sueaverell.com

07-24-2008 - World Affairs Council Presents The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Outsourcing has increased in government intelligence gathering. In recent years, intelligence contracting has grown into a private industry often blurring the lines between public and private sectors. In his new book, Spies for Hire, investigative journalist Tim Shorrock discusses the largely, unexaminded size, scope, and influence of this intelligence outsourcing and how sometimes it is at odds with congressional oversight and public accountability.

Check—in: 5:30 PM; Program: 6:00 PM

For more information, please visit our website, call us, or email info@wacsf.org.

07-24-2008 - OBAMA ART SHOW — HOTEL DES ARTS

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

GOT NEXT:

an exhibition + site specific installation at the ART HOTEL of artwork inspired by the candidacy of BARACK OBAMA.

07-24-2008 - Van Jones and Senator Darrell Steinberg: Green for All

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

How can green—color job development help the economy and the environment?

Could 'green—collar' jobs clean the 'dirty—energy economy' and lift people out of poverty? In the past, job creation and protecting the environment have been, some say, mutually exclusive. But in 2007, the Green Jobs Act and the founding of Green for All, an organization that focuses on green job training, marked the beginning of a movement to redefine economic growth. Is it possible to reconcile these historic opposites? Senator Steinberg and Green for All founder Jones talk about green economic development and its potential.

Underwritten by 11th Hour Project

INFORUM is a division of The Commonwealth Club by and for people in their 20s and 30s, with a mission to inspire debate around civic issues. INFORUM has 2,500 members. SPEAKERS: DARRELL STEINBERG, California State Senator; Incoming President Pro Tem, California Senate
VAN JONES, Founder and CEO, Green for All DATE: Thursday, July 24, 2008TIME: 6 p.m., Check—In | 6:30 p.m., Program | 7:30 p.m. wine and hors d'oeuvres reception PLACE: Club Office, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco
Directly outside of the Montgomery BART station.

PRICE: $$12 members, $$20 non—members, $$7 students (with valid ID)

Reservations (415) 597—6705 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org

07-24-2008 - 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

From Jewish heavy metal rockers to lovers star—crossed by the Middle East conflict to Italians under fascism, the 28^th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival proudly brings you the world in all its complexities via more than 50 films. Meet a British Bar Mitzvah boy with a penchant for party planning, enjoy Isaac Bashevis Singer stories on the big screen, and explore Israel’s diverse culture through Ethiopian singers, Bedouin filmmakers, Palestinian mothers, Russian artists, gay furriers and more. Experience the best of modern Jewish cinema, stimulating panel discussions, and rousing parties in a vibrant contemporary celebration of a culture 5768 years in the making. Tickets, All—festival passes and full schedule available June 24, 2008 at www.sfjff.org or 925—275—9490. Discount 10—Flix Card, Good for 10 tickets, save $$20 Join the Jewish Film Forum for ticket discounts and special benefits! July 24 to 31: Castro Theatre, San FranciscoAugust 2—3 and 9—10: JCCSF, San FranciscoAugust 2 to 9: Roda Theatre at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, BerkeleyAugust 2 to 7: CineArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo AltoAugust 9 to 11: Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael

07-24-2008 - The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

World Affairs Council presents: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing Thursday, July 24, 6:00pm—7:00pm, San Francisco

MORE INFO: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2271

Outsourcing has become par for the course in business and increasingly in government intelligence gathering as well. In recent years, intelligence contracting has grown into a multi—billion dollar industry, with privatization often blurring the lines between public and private sectors. Examples of private contractors can be found in places like Abu Ghraib, and in American intelligence centers throughout the world. Similarly, former high—ranking national security officials can be found in various consulting roles throughout the private sector intelligence industry. Yet, the size, scope, and influence of this intelligence outsourcing has been largely unexamined, and sometimes at odds with congressional oversight and public accountability. Join the Council for a conversation with investigative journalist Tim Shorrock as he discusses this topic in depth in his new book, Spies for Hire.

Speaker: Tim Shorrock, Investigative Journalist

DATE & TIME: Thursday, July 24, 6:00pm—7:00pm

LOCATION: World Affairs Council Auditorium, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 415—293—4600 http://www.itsyourworld.org

COST & REGISTRATION: Free/$$5/$$15. See registration page for details. http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2271

MORE INFO: http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2271 ** 415—293—4600

About World Affairs Council: The mission of the World Affairs Council of Northern California is to engage the public in the exploration of international issues and opportunities that transcend borders. Over two hundred speakers annually offer members of our community the opportunity to hear and participate in discussions with leaders from every field related to international affairs and foreign policy.

07-24-2008 - Joy Ride: The Bicycle Film Festival Art Show

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Joy Ride: The Bicycle Film Festival Art Show

What: Joy Ride, Bicycle Film Festival Art Show

When: Opening, Thursday July 24th, 6—10pm; Friday July 25—Saturday July 26; 2—10pm

Where: Bottlecapp Gallery, 180 CAPP Street. 3rd Floor (at 16th Street), San Francisco 94110

Website: http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/sf/joyride.php#a

How Much: Free

The Bicycle Film Festival's critically acclaimed art show 'Joy Ride', curated specifically for San Francisco features art inspired by the bicycle from renowned artists including Michael Gondry, Peter Sutherland, Taliah Lempert, and Bay Area local art stars Steve MacDonald, Andrew McClintock, Chris Brennan, among many others. The show opens Thursday July 24th and continues through Saturday, July 26th. The art show is part of the larger Bicycle Film Festival taking place in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 23—Saturday July 26. Free Valet Bike Parking Provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. For more information, visit http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/sf/joyride.php#a

07-24-2008 - Residency Projects 3

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

new exhibition KALA ART INSTITUTE
Residency Projects III, 2007 Kala Fellowship Exhibition
Richard T. Walker & Katsutoshi Yuasa

July 24 – August 30, 2008
Artists' Reception: Thursday, July 24, 6—8 pm
Artists’ Talk: Tuesday, July 29, 7 pm

Kala Fellowships are awarded annually to eight innovative artists working in printmaking, photography, book arts, installation, video and digital media. Fellowship artists are selected from a competitive field of applicants from the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. Recipient artists receive a financial award and up to six—months residency at Kala’s studio facility followed by an exhibition of their new work. The Kala Gallery is proud to present the first of our four—part exhibition series, Residency Projects, featuring work by our 2007—2008 Fellowship artists.

Spoken dialogue, text and original music compositions culminate in Richard T. Walker’s work to construct video and photography that investigates complex relationships between language, the environment and ourselves. In using a contemporary meditation on Romantic landscape and the Romantic individual Walker visually constructs and reveals inherent failures in language that highlight fickle inconsistencies within the current human condition. Using the experience of our environment as metaphor, these inconsistencies are used as a critical tool to reveal a point of confrontation between innate desire, cultural interpretation and reality. He will be presenting his latest work titled sometimes I like you more than othertimes, a two screen video installation. Richard received his MFA degree from Goldsmith’s College in London. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions, screenings and performances throughout England, Germany, Spain and Japan.
Tokyo—based artist Katsutoshi Yuasa creates large—scale woodcut prints based on his photographs. The photographs are a key element of the printmaking process as Yuasa records elements of his daily life. The photographic process also enables the artist to more fully engage in his wide—ranging world travels. A selection of these photographs serves as the basis for his dramatic, monochromatic woodcut prints that are laboriously carved by hand using a traditional Japanese knife. Each woodblock is then printed by entirely by hand using a baren, as opposed to a press. For his exhibition at Kala, Yuasa’s most recent woodblock print series is based on photographs he has taken in the Bay Area. Katsutoshi received his MA in Fine Arts/Printmaking from the Royal College of Art in London. His work has been presented in many solo exhibitions including galleries in Tokyo, New York, Edinburgh and Leipzig. The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science recently awarded Katsutoshi an artist’s residency in Amsterdam.

There will be an Artists’ Talk in the gallery with Richard T. Walker and Katsutoshi Yuasa on Tuesday, July 29 at 7:00pm. The talk is free and open to the public.

The next presentation in our Residency Projects exhibition series will open on September24 with new works by Kala Fellowship artists Adriane Colburn, Taraneh Hemami and Leslie Shows.

Kala Art Institute location and hours:
1060 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 549—2977
Gallery Hours: Tuesday — Friday, Noon — 5:30pm; Saturday, Noon — 4:30pm

Exhibitions are free and open to the public.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.kala.org

07-24-2008 - Defending Teen Safety: Take III — ACLU—NC Volunteer Activist Night

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Defending Teen Safety: Take III

ACLU of Northern California Volunteer Activist Night

Thursday, July 24 from 6 p.m. to 8:30p.m.

ACLU of Northern California

39 Drumm St.

San Francisco, CA 94111

In 2005 we defeatedProposition 73, in 2006 we defeated Proposition 85, and now we must step up todefeat Proposition 4: it’s the third verse, same as the first.

LEARN

about Parental Notification, the Campaign for Teen Safety, and the planto defeat Prop 4 on the November ballot.

CONNECT

with other civil liberties activists and key civil liberties experts.

TAKE ACTION

to stand up for the civil liberties of all Californians, and womeneverywhere.

Food, drink and activism opportunities provided.

For questions or to RSVP, contact volunteers@aclunc.orgor 415—621—2493 x372.

Monthly Volunteer Activist Nights will be held on the followingThursdays in 2008: July 24, Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, and Nov. 20.

07-24-2008 - Cinema Supper Club at the Legion of Honor: From the Golden Gate to the Silver Screen

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

CinemaSupper Club at the Legion of Honor

Fromthe Golden Gate to the Silver Screen

Thursday,July 24, 2008

Firstdinner seating, 6 pm

Featurefilm, 8 pm: What’s Up, Doc? (1972, 90 minutes)

Cinema Supper Club: From the Golden Gate to theSilver Screen continues this week at the Legion of Honor with a screening of What’sUp, Doc?(1972). On Thursday evenings at the Legion through August 21, enjoy after—hoursaccess to the special exhibition, Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, MaryCassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond, bistro favorites and drinks in the Legion Café,and a film in the historic Florence Gould Theater. The summer series, entitled “From the Golden Gate to theSilver Screen,” features movies filmed in the City by the Bay. On July 24, visitors can enjoy ascreening of Peter Bogdanovich’s What’s Up, Doc?. Inthis comedy, mixed—up suitcases add to the screwball zaniness when atrouble—prone college dropout (Barbara Streisand) pursues a musicologist (RyanO’Neal) at a San Francisco hotel. The feature film at Cinema Supper Club on July 31 will be So IMarried an Ace Murderer (1993, 93 minutes).

Film begins at 8 pm; exhibition open until 9pm. Tickets are $$20 ($$10 members)for the movie and special exhibition. For the special exhibition only,admission is $$15 (members are free). Tickets are on a first—come, first—served basis and do not includereservations or the price of dinner. Purchase tickets at museumtix.com or 866.912.6326. For tickets and moreinformation, visit www.legionofhonor.org. Dinner reservations must be madeseparately and in advance by calling 415.750.7633.

Eventlink:

http://www.legionofhonor.org

Event contact:

Nicole Schach

415.750.7694

nschach@famsf.org

07-24-2008 - Ballet Rendezvous

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) and San Francisco Ballet present Ballet Rendezvous: An Evening of Costumes & Cocktails, a party for young professionals featuring a private showing of MPD’s acclaimed exhibition, Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet. The event will feature specialty cocktails, live jazz by Saint John Coltrane Church musician Roberto Haven, a chance to meet company dancers from San Francisco Ballet, the opportunity to have your photo taken in actual ballet costume pieces and plenty of chances to socialize with other young professionals with an interest in the arts. Ballet Rendezvous will also feature a variety of social networking activities and the chance to win exciting prizes provided by San Francisco Ballet. Cocktails are included in the price of admission.

Art & Artifice includes original costumes, set models, and design sketches by such world—class artists as Tony Duquette, Irene Sharaff, Edward Gorey, and Willa Kim, and features video highlights from seventy—five years of San Francisco Ballet performances.

Ballet Rendezvous: An Evening of Costumes & Cocktails takes place on Thursday, July 24 from 7:00—9:00 pm at the Museum of Performance & Design. MPD is located in the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness (@ McAllister), 4th Floor. Advance tickets are $$10 general/$$8 MPD members; door tickets are $$15 general/$$10 MPD members. For reservations call 415 255—4800 or email tonyb@mpdsf.org

To learn more about the Museum of Performance & Design visit www.mpdsf.org