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Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - The Time Machine: The 1096s

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600

Time Machine: The 1960s November 7 and November 8 Wear your bell bottoms and paisley shirts as we step back into the Summer of Love, the hippies movement, the entertainment (“Psycho,’ James Bond, The Pink Panther, “All in the Family”, Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mod Squad).

The special events of Time Machine Weekend: The 1060s are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses, carnivals, magic, side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball arcades, haunted houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Mumm Napa hosts 'Changing Earth' Photo Gallery Exhibit

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0600

Mumm Napa Winery is hosting a series of photo exhibits called, “Changing Earth: Photographer’s Call to Action” in conjunction with Ansel Adams and Blue Earth. It’s a truly inspiring gallery, featuring photos from renowned photographers who document the reality of earth’s environmental decline through their photographs.

The first exhibit is coming-up on November 7 from 10:30 – 11:30am, the documentary team Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele will present their photographs at Mumm Napa Winery.

They have been telling stories that connect people and nature through photography for almost a decade. Their personal project, Facing Climate Change, documents communities around the world as they confront and adapt to the complex issues surrounding global warming. You can check-out their work here: www.facingclimatechange.org

This lecture is free and open to the public (you must RSVP to reserve seating; 707-967-7740).

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - The Alameda Art Works: Fall Open Studios

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0600

The Alameda Art Works: Fall Open Studios San Jose, California—November 7 + 8, 2009—The Alameda Art Works will be hosting its Fall Open Studios. In this year’s event, the artists will be donating a portion of all sales to Sacred Heart Community Service, a social services charity that has been serving our community since 1964 (http://www.shcstheheart.org/nflash.html). Once a municipal auditorium and roller-skating rink, The Alameda Artworks is now one of the largest collections of artist studios in the South Bay. This is a great opportunity to see a large number of artists under one roof. The artists’ work will be on view as well as for sale.

The Alameda Artworks invites all art lovers to a reception celebrating the Fall Open Studios Event. Saturday- Reception: November 7, 2009 2 to 5PM (studios open from 11am to 5pm) Sunday- Open Studios: November 8, 2009 11am to 5pm

The history of The Alameda Artworks: In 1991, Falko Forbrich purchased the building that has become The Alameda Artworks. In the following year, he built 7 studios, leasing them out to an art center. Later, Forbrich built 14 more studios and began renting them out to individual artists. Now in 2009, the building is home to 39 artists. Due to the popularity and growth of the Alameda Artworks, Forbrich has had to create an ever-growing waiting list for new tenants.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - A Room Of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists In American Collections

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0600

Opening Reception: November 7, 5:30−7:00 pm

Curated by Nancy E. Green

Organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Organized to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of Bloomsbury’s beginnings, A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections will examine the American reception of the art produced between 1910 and the 1970s by the Bloomsbury artists and their associates and collaborators. The exhibition will include over 190 paintings, watercolors, drawings, books from the Hogarth Press, and decorative works from the Omega Workshops, and will focus on how this small group of artists made its imprint on the cultural thinking of their day.

“A hundred years after the Bloomsbury group was established,” says Nancy E. Green, the organizing curator and the Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Johnson Museum, “their story still resonates and brings together a variety of interests across many artistic and intellectual pursuits.”

The name Bloomsbury conjures up an image of early twentieth-century Bohemia, where a core group of literary friends that included Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, and E. M. Forster were joined by a host of other writers, including D. H. Lawrence; philosophers such as Bertrand Russell; economist John Maynard Keynes; and poets like T. S. Eliot. But Bloomsbury was much more richly patterned and complex than even this eminent list suggests. A group of fine artists, including Virginia Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell, critic and painter Roger Fry, Lytton Strachey’s talented cousin Duncan Grant, and Dora Carrington, Strachey’s longtime companion, formed the nucleus of visual Bloomsbury.

Although of another place and time, the Bloomsbury group confronted issues that are remarkably current: international crises, war, the value of craft in an industrialized world, women’s rights, environmental protection, and the search for the true, the good, and the beautiful in their art and their lives. The exhibition, by examining the group’s responses to these issues, provides a valuable mirror on how people can address similar concerns today. Two important works from the Mills College Art Museum are included in the exhibition. Self-Portrait, ca. 1926, by Vanessa Bell and Self-Portrait, by Duncan Grant are recent acquisitions generously bequeathed by Carolyn G. Heilbrun. A Room of Their Own is accompanied by a complete exhibition catalogue, distributed by Cornell University Press, with essays by leading Bloomsbury scholars: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, the Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor in Biography, Dartmouth College; Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Exeter in Devon, England; and author of Carrington: A Life; Benjamin Harvey, Assistant Professor of Art History, Mississippi State University; Mark Hussey, Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies, Pace University; and Christopher Reed, Associate Professor of English and Visual Culture, The Pennsylvania State University, who co-edited the catalogue with curator and contributor Nancy Green. Museum is open Tuesday-Sunday 11am-4pm, Wednesday 11am-7:30pm. For more information please contact museum@mills.edu or call 510-430-2164.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Special Election A First Colony event by Lordy Rodriguez A Public Program of the Exhibition Bellwether

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600

As part of his expanding project First Colony, Bellwether artist Lordy Rodriguez invites gallery visitors to become citizens of this new land and participate in a special election. With this special voting session, citizens are given the chance to vote on important issues concerning the colony such as expanding into neighboring indigenous lands or not. Each time a citizen votes, they jump up one status level and are given more benefits including having a street in First Colony named after them. Along with this special voting session, new and established citizens are welcome to stick around and learn about the preexisting Uo'kalani Village through the making of artifacts using traditional crafting techniques.

Don’t miss this chance to shape your new adopted community. Gaining citizenship is easy. Simple fill out an application and for a small fee you will receive a photo ID, a citizenship certificate and the right to vote.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - New Work: Lauren DiCioccio

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600

Jack Fischer Gallery Presents: New Work Lauren DiCioccio November 5– December 31, 2009 Artist reception November 7, 3-5 pm New Work by Lauren DiCioccio explores what happens when objects of mass-media, often take for granted, fade into obscurity. Mass-produced products are made precious, one-of-a-kind objects: newspapers, 35mm slides and plastic shopping bags are all memorialized by DiCioccio through meticulous handcrafting, given a less ephemeral life in fabric, thread and wood. What are the consequences, individually and as a society, when the physical process and sensation of relating to these materials is removed? DiCioccio addresses the advantage of informational efficiency, while pointing to the conceptual downsides of this physical detachment from our information systems and objects in our daily lives: “The tedious handiwork and obsessive care I employ to create my work aims to remind the viewer of these simple but intimate pieces of everyday life and to provoke a pang of nostalgia for the familiar physicality of these objects.”

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Mary Conrad: Lapidary Terrarium

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600

Michael Rosenthal is pleased to present Lapidary Terrarium, Mary Conrad’s San Francisco debut exhibition of installation works, paintings, and drawings. In this show, Conrad explores the concept of Lapidary Terrarium as the specialized and expertly crafted social and environmental spaces in which we enclose ourselves. Acting as an anthropologist, Conrad mediates a banal and strange world to examine the historical and social impacts on our shared consciousness of language, signs, currency and packaging. Sharing the same title as the exhibition, the large installation in the center of the gallery looms gallantly over and illuminates everyday objects and materials to suggest that there are other uses and meanings behind the mundane. Conrad takes a truly interdisciplinary approach to her art making that mirrors her academic background in literature and architecture, yielding results of poetic prowess.

Mary Conrad received her Bachelors of Arts, cum laude in English Literature from Cornell University and a Masters of Architecture from Columbia University after attending the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Conrad recently installed the sculpture Tell Your Stories Here in the Tenderloin National Forest – Luggage Store Annex, created in 2006 while in residence at the Luggage Store Annex. Born in the United States, Conrad lived abroad for many years in France and Indonesia as well as in Sri Lanka while in grade school.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm For more information on the exhibition please contact the gallery at (415)552-1010 or email Caitlin Denny at caitlin@rosenthalgallery.com or visit our website. www.rosenthalgallery.com. Michael Rosenthal 365 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94103.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0600

The Mills College Art Museum is pleased to present A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections from November 7 through December 13, 2009. Organized to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of Bloomsbury’s beginnings, the exhibition will examine the American reception of the art produced between 1910 and the 1970s by the Bloomsbury artists and their associates and collaborators. The exhibition will include over 190 paintings, watercolors, drawings, books from the Hogarth Press, and decorative works from the Omega Workshops, and will focus on how this small group of artists made its imprint on the cultural thinking of their day. “A hundred years after the Bloomsbury group was established,” says Nancy E. Green, the organizing curator and the Gale and Ira Drukier Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Johnson Museum, “their story still resonates and brings together a variety of interests across many artistic and intellectual pursuits.”

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Salon! You're On! - Storytelling, Dance, Poetry, Music

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0600

Eth-Noh-Tec presents San Francisco’s most eclectic blend of art, artists, and conversations with the community that loves them! This season, the salon series promises to illuminate the brightest creators found amongst our community. The alchemy will be magical!: a Hawaiian choir, vocal loop artist, a fabric artist, a Brooklyn born songwriter, a public art creator, circus artists, and dozens of other painters, poets, playwrights, and storytellers. They are here for you! Come and enjoy their work, and engage in the post-presentation conversation about why and how they serve their community, the diverse peoples of the SF Bay Area. Here are the artists of our very first salon this season: Genny Lim (Playwright&Poet) is a native San Franciscan poet and playwright. She is the author of the award winning play, Paper Angels, performed in the U.S., Canada and China, author of two collections of poetry, a book of plays and ISLAND; Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940. Genny has been featured in poetry festivals in Naples, Italy (2009) Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina (2007) and Caracas, Venezuela (2005) Where is Tibet? is her newest multimedia performance play, which will be presented as a work-in-progress at CounterPULSE, Dec. 5-6, 2009. Tsering Dorjee (Bawa) (Musician, Dancer), born in Toe Bawa (Nyari region) in the western part of Tibet. In 1986, he is admitted at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Dharamsala. India. He then graduated in Tibetan music, opera and sacred/monastic dance in 1994. He had completed his Master degree in 2000. He had also taught at the TIPA as an arts instructor. He had his credit on extensive research conducted in arts and culture. He tour worldwide to perform Tibetan arts and acted in numerous films including the year 2000 Oscar nominated film- ‘Himalaya’. Judith Kajiwara (Butoh Dancer) has created for several decades in the SF Bay Area with such notable performances as “The Ballad of Machiko” paying homage to the Issei pioneer women of Livingston, California, where Kajiwara grew up. Other recent performance titles such as “AD: The Final Fantasy” (2004) were performed for the Sacred Dance Guild Festival 2007, Berkeley, CA. Honor’s Kajiwara’s mother, Martha, who transitioned with Alzheimer’s Disease. The piece draws from Martha lived in a worry-free, timeless space of eternal youth and childhood in her final years and urges everyone to find whatever fantasy brings them closer to joy and spirit. Doris Feyling (Storyteller) works as the resident storyteller at a public school in San Francisco. She tells stories at assisted living facilities, nursery schools, and after-school programs. She tells folktales, fairy tales, and scary stories from around the world. She is a featured teller at the “Fairy Festival” and the “Blueberry Festival” in Maine each summer. Doris has been described as “bringing magic into the classroom. She has an infinite talent for using the spoken word to weave tales”… (Jean Robertson, principal Grattan School) Leon Sun (Painter&Poet): In this whimsical collection of paintings and poems, San Francisco artist Leon Sun shares little snippets of insight and wisdom arising from life with his Siberian Husky, Nikki. In Buddhism, dharma means universal transcendent turh, the way of all things. “Taking refuge in the dharma” means to live in truth. One pursues this way of life through study, meditation, guidance by a teacher and in engaging with a community of fellow seekers and practitioners. My dog and I form a micro community of our own. We teach each other things as we journey through the world. His name is Nikki. Times: 5:30 pm – Special art exhibition and gallery reception 7:00 pm – Salon performances We invite you to bring a dish to share with the new artists and community.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - 2009 CycleFest Dinner

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

Cocktails, Dinner, and Silent Auction supporting the NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League. This annual event, celebrating its sixth year is the premier gathering of Bay Area cyclists. This year's special guest is Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports and founder of the Garmin-Slipstream Professional Cycling Team. For more information and to purchase tickets visit norcalmtb.org.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Pro Arts 35th Anniversary Party

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

Come and celebrate the 35th anniversary of Pro Arts with a party and benefit auction at the Oakland Art Gallery.

The event celebrates Pro Arts’ rich history serving regional artists and public audiences, and showcases over 80 original artworks created by artists throughout the greater Bay Area.

The organization was founded in 1974 as the Alameda County Neighborhood Arts Program (ACNAP). Since its inception Pro Arts has provided job development and training to artists, as well as stipends for conducting workshops, producing installations, and performances. In 1980 the organization was renamed Pro Arts, and today exhibitions are the cornerstone of it programming.

Pro Arts’ 35th Anniversary Party is free to the public, and includes both a live and silent auction supporting Pro Arts’ Youth Fellows Initiative and annual programs. Artists were invited to create new works with found materials that reflect their own artistic practice. The materials for this year’s Box Art are recycled wooden cubes provided by The ReUse People (TRP).

Proceeds support the Youth Fellows Initiative, a program that supports the artistic development and artistic practice of Oakland’s next generation of artists.

Preview Exhibition November 3 - 7

For more info contact David Huff, Exhibitions + Programs Coordinator/Curator: david@proartsgallery.org or 510.763.4361

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - t r a n s p o r t : the alchemy of machine into awareness

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

t r a n s p o r t : the alchemy of machine into awareness Click for Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npG-0UH_fos You are invited to t r a n s p o r t yourself to the opening party for our installation of the infamous car deconstruction process at the FLOAT Gallery on November 7th, 6 to 9, Scribe will be alchemizing live experimental music. This is a multimedia event, with Film, sculpture and photography by Drake Logan and Julia Robertson. Witness the t r a n s f o r m a t i o n : a public interactive awareness process, a chance to make art with a usually untouchable machine. Witness the d e c o n s t r u c t i o n : a live sculptural process, with each unhinged piece unearthing new questions in participants. FLOAT, Floatation Center – Art Gallery 1091 Calcot Place, Unit # 116 (located in a store front loft of the historic cotton mill studios) Oakland, http://thefloatcenter.com/upcoming.html Directions: http://thefloatcenter.com/location.html

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - PEERS Le Bal Des Vampires

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0600

PLEASE NOTE: ALL TICKETS must be purchased in Advance. We expect this event to sell out.
$25.00 until October 24, 2009
$30.00 from October 25 - November 6, 2009
(Ticket sales will be discontinued when the event has sold out)

Ticket purchase info at:
http://www.peers.org/vamp09.html

Waltz the night away in a beautiful candlelit ballroom with the San Francisco Bay Area’s most glamorous Undead at the 16th Annual Le Bal des Vampires.

Suggested costume is evening dress of the century and country of your “rebirth.” This may include dress uniform, period costume (authentic or fantasy), vintage attire, or modern evening dress. There is no dress code for the ball (We certainly don’t expect Spike to attend in black tie!), but you will see some of the most gorgeous and creative costumes of the social season at Le Bal des Vampires.

This year there will once again be simultaneous dancing on two separate floors:

Our band in the elegant upstairs ballroom is the stylish but always dashing chamber ensemble Bangers + Mash. As usual, haunting waltzes dominate the program, but the evening will feature a variety of dance music from across the centuries – from 18th century Baroque contredanses to 19th century Victorian rotary and Viennese waltzes, polkas, and mazurkas; to elegant early 20th century tangos, blues, and fox trots and even some classic rock and roll Swing. Please note that the band’s first dance set will start at 7:45 pm sharp – 15 minutes earlier than usual. The dance sets will be unusually long, even by Bangers + Mash’s high standards, so if you do plan to dance, please be certain to wear shoes or boots you can actually dance in.

For those preferring a more modern style of dance music and free-style dancing, join us downstairs in Le Bal des Vampires’ Dracula’s Daughter’s Discotheque for a wonderfully varied repertoire of music to stir the blood and spirit from 6:30 p.m. to Midnight. Hosted by our principal DJ, Dark Moon, the disco also features a no-host (cash) bar and light refreshments for our mortal guests.

Our half-time show in the ballroom is a performance by the celebrated Le Theatre des Vampires. Not recommended for the faint of heart but highly recommended for fans of the genre.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Movie, Music, Martinis&Memories

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:00 -0600

Movie, Music, Martinis and Memories.... THIS Saturday evening, November 7th, 2009....See the new film, (Untitled)...afterparty at the Ritespot for music and paintings! Landmark Embarcadero Theatre, One Embarcadero Center, SF, 7:20pm (opens Friday)w/Party Saturday! Premier of '(Untitled)' the new film by Jonathan Parker and CatherineDiNapoli set in the NYC gallery scene...a satiric/romantic comedy...followed by a q&a with its creators at the theatre after theshowing. Got great reviews!!! '(Untitled') is also showing at the Regency Theatre in San RafaelFriday and Saturday, so it's opening in Marin as well.... '(Untitled)' is a satiric/romantic comedy set in the NYC avant gardegallery&music scenes, by the creators of Bartleby (with CrispinGlover) and The Californians (disclosure: Mr. Lucky / Pete Marvelacted in their previous two films). 'Acutely witty!' New York Times'Smart and funny!' LA Times'Grade-A!' Entertainment Weekly Followed by a small party at the Ritespot where I'll be singing a few great songs of the sixties....Ritespot, corner of Folsom and 17th Street, SF:Music by the Ramshackle Romeos,with Mr. Lucky singing a few, too!& Sudsy and the Surfers!Music will be 9-12ish. '(Untitled)' on-line: Please check out trailer at http://www.untitled-themovie.com Purchase your tickets in advance before they sell out:https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=224 Note: If you go Friday... afterwards, please join CatherineDiNapolifor a martini at Sens.http://www.sens-sf.com/ @4 Embarcadero, Promenade Level Saturday: Catherine will be doing a Q&A after the 7:20pm show atthe Embarcadero in San Francisco on Saturday night along withdirector, Jonathan Parker.Afterwards, please join us at The Rite Spot for drinks and music bythe Ramshackle Romeos and Mr. Lucky. http://www.ritespotcafe.net/home.html 2099 Folsom Street at 17th Don't forget to forward this email to all your friends who enjoy goodmovies. Ritespot: exhibition of a new painting series:'Persons of Interest'will be exhibited, along with a selectionof other paintings, all by Pierre Merkl.... 'Persons of Interest' are paintingsof individuals under investigation.... The exhibition will remain at Ritespotthrough 6th of January--so come on by anytime! No charge for admission.Ritespot bar seves beer, wineand makes perfect cocktails! Ritespot is a great spotfor food, drink, and music--never a cover charge.It is a reaonably priced restaurant,and under 21 is permitted.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - 'Ritual' Visual Art Exhibit

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0600

At Femina Potens we have always encouraged rituals that rejoice in identity, gender and sexual freedom through art. This November we invite you to pay sacrament to our beautiful and creative customs at our Visual Art Exhibit, 'Ritual'. Artists Jeeti Singh, Shelley Monahan and Daisy Eneix use a variety of intriguing techniques to explore and critique the rituals that make up our daily lives. On November 7 at 6pm we invite you to learn more about the practices of these talented artists at the Artist Discussion Panel for Gallery Members and Press. The Opening Reception will follow at 7:30 pm for everyone as we ceremoniously celebrate cutting edge art and artists. Show runs from November 5 - 29.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - La Jotiada

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

A night of collaborative performance work by group of fearless queers who encompass all genres of the bay area performance scene: La Jotiada will be a night of performance and sacred ritual not to be missed. You’ll see some drag, some theater, some poetry, and you might even see some skin!

About nosJOTrOS: A hybrid performance party crew that whose work incorporates street performance, mask work, ritual, performance art, dance and multimedia to weave surreal narratives that reflect their experience as queer, Latino performers in a very strange world.

$8 - $12 sliding scale

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Luxury Items

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

As part of her residency at ODC Theater, performance artist and dancer Monique Jenkinson follows up her wildly successful sold out run of Faux Real earlier this year with the debut of Luxury Items, a solo, evening-length, dance-theater-drag extravaganza that celebrates all that is deeply, vitally unnecessary.  

Faux Real starred her alter-ego, Fauxnique—the only biological female to win the coveted Miss Trannyshack title—who is expected to make an appearance in Luxury Items in a mad scene inspired by Marie Antoinette. Audiences for Luxury Items should prepare themselves for an evening as heady as a glass of just poured Veuve Clicquot yet as bracing as a good scrub (face, body and/or floor).

There will be vogueing

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Shotgun Players present The Shotgun Cabaret, hosted by Hubba Hubba Revue

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

SHOTGUN PLAYERS PRESENT The Shotgun Cabaret A Tantalizing, Titillating, Burlesque + Variety Show Hosted by Hubba Hubba Revue!

Over the years Shotgun Players have come across some of the great underworld performers of the Bay Area's delicious subculture: clowns, drag-queens, circus acrobats, strippers, vaudevillians and freakshow superstars. Sadly it hasn't been so easy to find a place for these folks in our plays. But we do sometimes have available nights...and we do have that liquor license...And so a Shotgun Cabaret was born! Nothing says old school theatre like a racy burlesque variety show.

Featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest, including: Kingfish + Edie, Bunny Pistol, Miss Information, Pin Key Lee, Wiggy Darlington, McPuzo + Trotsky, Sid Scenic, and Zip the What-Is-It??!

Saturday, November 7th. Two Performances: 8PM + 10PM.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - OTHER CINEMA: wobbly's history of sampling + RiP + muerto zoke

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0600

Jon “Wobbly” Leidecker has spliced together an hour-long historical review of audio pastiche, revisiting the benchmarks of the practice over the course of the last century. His assiduous survey moves through Ives, Oliveros, Cage, Buchanan&Goodman, Pierres Henry&Schaeffer, Perrey&Kingsley, Paik, Reich, Marclay, Oswald, et al. PLUS RiP: A Remix Manifesto, the world’s first open-source documentary about copyright and Fair Use. Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of intellectual property in the Information Age, mixing up the mediascape and shattering the wall between users and producers. His doc features mash-up master and Illegal Art exponent Girl Talk, who blends samples of existing music into new songs. Engaging interviews with creators, lawmakers, and consumers are interspersed with animation, collage, and archival footage in this righteous rave-up. Come early--8PM--for the brutal plunderphonics of Muerto Zoke.

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - 'Lost Animation 3' at Oddball Films

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0600

Event: “LOST ANIMATION 3” Guest curator Pete Gowdy and Oddball Films present an evening of rarely screened classics and obscurities of world animation. Most are quite scarce- despite scads of accolades and international awards. Films include: “HISTORY OF THE CINEMA”, great Halas/Batchelor short from Britain; “BALABLOK”; triangles and squares go to war; “VERY NICE, VERY NICE”, disturbing avant-garde attack on consumerism by Arthur Lipsett; “ONE TO ONE CORRESPONDENCE”, math fun with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick!; “LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW”, modern design tackles racism; “CHRISTMAS CRACKER”, Norman McLaren and friends on Christmas; 'THE SATIRIC EYE”, rarities from the Soviet Bloc; “CLAUDE”, a 3-minute tour-de-force and more TBA! Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8:30PM Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street, San Francisco 94110 Admission: $10.00 RSVP Only to: 415-558-8117 or info@oddballfilm.com Web:http://www.flarerecord.com/?p=382

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Chalice Consort Presents 'By The Waters of Babylon'

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

'By the Waters of Babylon' is a provocative program of choral pieces by the greatest English composer of the late Renaissance, William Byrd (c.1540-1623). Although Byrd continued writing for the Protestant Anglican Church as part of his official functions at Queen Elizabeth I's Court, he remained a Roman Catholic in private, at a time when this was increasingly dangerous. We first evoke Byrd's public conformity and official acceptance of the state religion; then come his private music of political protest, magnificent motets of lamentation and outrage, which gave voice to an oppressed community. The program ends with serene pieces from Byrd's private mission of solace.

MORE INFO: Rebekah ** http://www.chaliceconsort.org/index.html ** chaliceconsort@yahoo.com ** 415-520-6928 Presented by Chalice Consort

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Does media violence inspire real violence? What is our energy future? Is evolution really Darwinian? The Bay Area's finest researcher-teachers debate these provocative questions before general audiences at Wonderfest.

On Saturday evening, Earth's foremost planet hunter, astronomer Geoff Marcy, receives the $5000 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. Also, four intrepid university scientists take on a championship team of high school science students in The Mind Duel.

Throughout the day, science societies, club, and individuals share their explorations in the Amateur Science Forum.

Science comes alive at WONDERFEST, America's longest-running science festival!

MORE INFO: Tucker Hiatt ** http://www.wonderfest.org ** tucker@wonderfest.org ** 415-577-1126 Presented by Wonderfest / Branson School / Stanford / UC Berkeley

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - 2nd Annual REI Ridge Trail Service Day, Saturday November 7

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

The Bay Area Ridge Trail Council, REI + local park agencies will team up for the 2nd Annual REI Ridge Trail Service Day. Each Bay Area REI store will partner with a local park agency to build, improve, or restore a section of the Ridge Trail. With 11 different projects, there's sure to be one near you, so pitch in, get dirty and help build the Ridge Trail!

No experience necessary; tools + supervision provided. Projects vary @ each site. Morning refreshments provided by REI, Peets Coffee + Tea, + the Council. Advance registration required. For more information + to register, visit: http://ridgetrail.org/about/news_detail.cfm?id=182 or call the Council at 415.561.2595. Saturday, Nov 7, 8:30am to 3pm; times vary by project.

MORE INFO: Joel Gartland ** http://ridgetrail.org/about/news_detail.cfm?id=182 ** volunteer@ridgetrail.org ** 415-561-2595 Presented by Bay Area Ridge Trail Council

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Family Concert: Meet the Composers

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

The SFCO kicks off its new season of admission-free Family Concerts with 'Meet the Composers', a lively musical presentation of the personalities and music of Beethoven, Vivaldi, and a real live modern-day composer, Gabriela Frank. Enjoy a musical afternoon with the whole family at this fun and engaging concert for all ages. Program runs about 60 minutes and is absolutely FREE to attend!

This program will also feature two young cellists, Nathan Chan and Chloe Lula, and side-by-side musicians from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Prep Chamber Orchestra.

MORE INFO: Colleen Marlow ** http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/for-families/ ** info@sfchamberorchestra.org ** 415-248-1640 Presented by San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - ODC Theater Presents Fauxnique: Luxury Items

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Performance artist, dancer and ODC Theater Artist-in-Residence Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique) debuts her newest work, Luxury Items. This solo, evening-length, dance-theater-drag extravaganza celebrates all that is deeply, vitally unnecessary.

'Hilarious, with a wicked intellectual spark,' Monique Jenkinson is a local treasure of a performing artist whose work hurls itself into the gaps between dance, theater, drag and performance .

JOIN US! On Saturday: Informal Artist' Talk after the show. On Sunday: Pre-show reception with ODC Theater Director Rob Bailis at Bar Bambino! Saturday, November 7 at 8pm; Sunday, November 8 at 7pm.

MORE INFO: Cori Crowley ** http://odcdance.org/performance.php?param=21 ** boxoffice@odctheater.org ** 415-863-9834 Presented by ODC Theater

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra Fall Performance

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

A light hearted performance of music of classical music, including R. Schumann's Scenes From Childhood and Haydn/L. Mozart's Toy Symphony, with a few other musical jewels. We play instruments of the mandolin family (mandolin, mandola and mandocello), as well as guitar, double bass, and harp, and toys, on special occasions.

Refreshments will be provided, and there will be a chance to discuss these particular instruments.

MORE INFO: Sarah J. Bell, concertmaster ** http://www.sfmandolin.org ** sfmo@sfmandolin.org ** 510-649-9519 Presented by San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - United Methodist Bell Festival

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Six bell choirs will perform mass ring pieces that use special bell-ringing techniques.

MORE INFO: Bruce Pettit ** 415-504-7200 Presented by California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

Saturday, 07 November, 2009 - Hubba Hubba Review @ the Ashby Stage

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

A tantalizing, titillating burlesque and variety show! Tickets are limited! Do not miss this special one-night engagement featuring Kingfish&Eddie, Bunny Pistol, Miss Information, Pin Key Lee, Wiggy Darlington, McPuzo&Thotsky, Sid Scenic and Zip the What-Iz-It. Check out Hubba Hubba Revue here: http://www.hubbahubbarevue.com/ Two performances on one night only -- and tickets are just $20! The 8pm performance is sold out but we will sell a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets at the door for $10 each! The cabaret runs 1 hour and 45 minutes, including an intermission. Care for a teaser? Click here for a video featuring Pin Key Lee&Bunny Pistol! For Your Calendar Put this info in your calendar so you'll know when to come see us! Shotgun Players presents The Shotgun Cabaret hosted by the Hubba Hubba Revue ONE NIGHT ONLY! Two performances: 8pm and 10pm Saturday, November 7th Tickets $20 Find out more and get tix

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Puppet Show for Children

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0600

Goethe-Institut San Francisco Puppet Show 'Wilde Hummel' With their hand-made marionettes and puppets and lots of whit, “Wilde Hummel” takes the audience on a trip around the big world to tell wonderful stories from the beginning of time. In this world we encounter a turtle with magic powers, a brave sailor and a bad tempered rhino. This show will be in German. $7 per child Puppet Show: Wilde Hummel Children's Matinée Sunday, Nov 8, 11 AM Goethe-Institut San Francisco, 530 Bush Street

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Sunday Craft Market and BBQ

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600

The Royal NoneSuch Gallery is hosting a hand made craft market and BBQ. Find locally made handicrafts and art while you sip cold beer and eat food from the grill!

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Scavenger Crawl

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600

The Scavenger Crawl is a rockin’ new way to calculate your cool. Compete against other San Franciscans in a new scavenger hunt that challenges both your feet and your brain.

This scavenger crawl is a mash-up of scavenger hunt, fun run, and a costume parade. Teams will each be given a list of challenges at the starting point and the first to complete their selected checkpoints, and cross the finish line, will be the winner.

Why is crawl included? Well, the team heard quite a bit of feedback that adding a few bars to the hunt would increase the fun. And, we are all about fun. So this time around there’s some optional drinking stops involved with some sweet drink deals. Come thirsty!

Prizes include receiving a $250 cash prize, determining which local non-profit is the recipient of a healthy donation, and bragging rights. Hurry and tell your friends to sign up today!

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Water Mark Opening Reception

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0600

WE here at the WE artspace will be holding the opening reception for our November group show, Water Mark, on Sunday, November 8, 2009, from 4-8pm, with musical performances by Thomas Dimuzio, Electric Anaconda and Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa, starting at 5pm. WE will be accepting donations of disposable cameras on behalf of Tandra Froehlich of Oakland, who will be working with the the Girls Camp Kenya that is funded by the Center for Black Women, in Zurich. This program aims at empowering the local women to look beyond traditional life styles by empowering them through education. For more information visit: http://www.blackwomenscenter.ch/. Participating artists include: Lonnie Dean, Sean Jerd, Sebastian Caceres, Bryan Sutton, Gibson Cuyler, Flynn O’Brien, Alex Greenburg, Tina Dillman and Naaman Rosen. Water Mark, is a conceptual exploration in photography of the coming together of line and shape in the everyday landscape. Artist couple, Tina Dillman and Naaman Rosen in July 2009, founded WE art- space. It is the focus of the space to navigate culture through primarily two-dimensional, cutting edge art produced by Bay Area residents. Viewing hours are Thursday thru Saturday 11am -3pm and by appointment. To schedule an appointment please contact info@weartspace.com. WE artspace is located at 768 40th Street, Oakland, CA, 94609, on the corner of 40th and West Street, just two blocks west of the MacArthur Bart Station.

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - COMMUNITY WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA -KIDS CONCERT

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0600

Community Women's Orchestra - 25th Season (founded 1985) Dr. Kathleen McGuire, Conductor Yuchi Chou, Assistant Conductor Nan Washburn, Founding CWO Conductor Ann Krinitsky, Form II. Hop-Skip-Jump
III. Cowgirl Rondo
IV. Waltz for the Fun of It

Rumplestiltskin (with narrator) by June Bonacich - premiere of full orchestration (2009)
I. The Boastful Millier
II. The Greedy King
III. The Straw Is Spun Into Gold
IV. The Child Is Mine!
V. Rumplestiltskin Is My Name
VI. The Happy Ending

Farewell Symphony #45, by Haydn - commemorating the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death
I. Allegro assai
II. Adagio
III. Menuet: Allegretto
IV. Finale: Presto
Berkeley School children will perform with the orchestra Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
PLUS: Special Instrument Zoo for children and their families

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - 'NEUROTIQUE' 6 NEO-SILENT FANTASIES

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

PREMIERE SCREENING + DVD RELEASE PARTY SHORT FILMS BY NARA DENNING

Beauty, desire, fear, and unforgivable foolishness - all with an undercurrent of unsettled neurosis. These are the themes of the six-vignette feature 'Neurotique' that will premiere at the Make-Out Room on Sunday, November 8th in San Francisco. This is New Silent Film at its most dubious.

The premiere kicks off at 8:00 p.m. at the Make-Out Room beginning with music by Mister Odom&the Odom Poles (led by Stoo Odom of the Graves Brothers Deluxe). The 'Neurotique' series premieres at 8:30 followed by the short film 'Madalien the Small' with a live score performance by the Odom Poles and guest violist Charith Premawardhana. Topping off the evening are musical guests Cheeskos Junction.

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - The Josh Allen Large Ensemble

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Sax demon Josh Allen leads a behemoth twenty-piece avant-jazz ensemble featuring such local luminaries as William Winant, Darren Johnston, Henry Kaiser, Rob Ewing, Aaron Bennett, and Roberto de Haven of the Church of Coltrane. The music is improvised in accordance with the 'cell structure' principle developed by Cecil Taylor. The ensemble performs on three consecutive Sundays, with a different trio opening on each date, viz.:

Nov. 8 - Josh with Mike Guarino and Ava Mendoza.

Nov. 15 - Josh with Roger Riedlbauer and Eddie Pollard.

Nov. 22 - Henry Kaiser with Damon Smith and Weasel Walter.

Hear Josh at http://www.myspace.com/orrallenduo.

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Family Concert: Meet the Composers

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

This program will also feature two young cellists, Nathan Chan and Chloe Lula, and side-by-side musicians from Berkeley's Crowden School.

MORE INFO: Colleen Marlow ** http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org/concerts/for-families/ ** info@sfchamberorchestra.org ** 415-248-1640 Presented by San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - An Afternoon with Gilbert and Sullivan

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

The Valley Concert Chorale will present An Afternoon with Gilbert and Sullivan. This event, featuring a performance by the Valley Concert Chorale of choral arrangements from well-known Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, is the chorale's major fundraiser for the 2009-2010 season. Featured operettas included HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, Iolanthe, Yeoman of the Guard, Ruddigore, and Princess Ida. Guests will enjoy traditional British tea treats such as tarts, scones, finger sandwiches, and cakes and beverages, as well as have an opportunity to win raffle prizes. Seating is limited so advance ticket purchase is highly advised. Call (925) 866-4003 to order.

MORE INFO: http://www.valleyconcertchorale.org/ ** info@valleyconcertchorale.org ** 925-866-4003 Presented by Valley Concert Chorale

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - StartHereSF non salon on the road

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Join us for our first-ever 'non salon on the road' as we visit Liz Mamorsky at her fabulous studio, Lizland. Liz is both a painter and a sculptor. Her work ranges from Abstract Expressionism to Op Art to 3D anthropomorphic/zoomorphic creatures created from surplus electronic materials and foundry patterns.

In addition to Liz's fantastical creations, there will be readings and music by students from The Nueva School (Woodside, CA), which creates a dynamic educational model to enable gifted children to learn how to make choices that will benefit the world.

It's a perfect paring: established and next gen artists. Don't miss it!

MORE INFO: Doniece Sandoval ** http://startheresf.com ** info@startheresf.com ** 415-846-4988 Presented by StartHereSF

Sunday, 08 November, 2009 - Introducing--KOL TRUAH!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Kol Truah - The Jewish Choir of the East Bay kicks off its 2009-2010 season with a benefit concert and sing along for Congregation Netivot Shalom-INTRODUCING: KOL TRUAH! on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 4 PM.

The concert will take place at Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1316 University Avenue in Berkeley. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com, by calling 1-800-838-3006 or at the door. They are $10 - $36.

MORE INFO: Rachel ** http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86494 ** koltruah@yahoogroups.com ** 510-549-9447 Presented by Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed Book Release Party with Special Guest Breon Mitchell

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

Join the Center for the Art of Translation for its book release party to celebrate the publication of its anthology of literature in translation, Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed. Attendees can expect good food, good wine, and lots of opportunities to talk about literature with professional writers and passionate readers. The event is headlined by a reading from Breon Mitchell, whose re-translation of Gunter Grass’s The Tin Drum has just been published, and will include other readings of great literature, including Haitian poetry, Sudanese fiction—and a special tribute to the late Danish poet Inger Christensen. It all takes place in the beautiful LIMN Gallery, currently exhibiting a show of contemporary Chinese photography.

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - Leonardo Art Science Evening @ USF

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0600

Leonardo Art/Science Evening (LASER) Mountain View, 9 November 2009, 6:30pm c/o USF, Sa Fracisco 6:30pm-6:45pm Socializing/networking 6:45pm-8:45pm Presentations: Warren Sack (UC Santa Cruz) on 'Software Studies, Software Art, Software Design'
Jim Campbell (artist) on 'More is Less: Delving Into Lo-fi'
Phil Ross (artist) on 'It's Alive!: Curating life into the art realm'
Renetta Sitoy (artist) on 'The Internet as Media'
9:00pm- Discussion, socializing

Free and open to the public but RSVP required to p@scaruffi.com See the program at www.scaruffi.com/leonardo

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - Jon Carroll in Conversation with Brad Bird

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Jon Carroll, award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, will host an evening in conversation with Pixar’s Brad Bird. The internationally acclaimed director of Academy Award®-winning Disney•Pixar films Ratatouille and The Incredibles will share his extraordinary life’s path with one of the Bay Area’s most avidly read columnists in an evening of lively conversation. The evening’s proceeds benefit the academic and financial assistance programs at Park Day School in Oakland.

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - Improv Dating Scene - San Francisco

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Connect with other great singles - Improv Dating Scene is a fun, fresh, new approach without the 'hurry up and date'!

The Improv Dating Scene is a fun-filled night out where you'll:

(1) Laugh - Our world-class improvisers put on a dating-themed show based on your suggestions.
(2) Play - Dating Scene coaches lead you through some fun and easy improv games.
(3) Meet - Have a drink or snack and mix with the singles you connect with most.

Join us at the next Improv Dating Scene (http://www.improvdatingscene.com/) and add some fun to your dating life!

WHEN: Monday, November 9th at 7:00 pm WHERE: NOHspace 2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA (http://events.improvdatingscene.com/nov09sf-map) TICKETS: $60 (door) or Save $10 - $50 online (http://events.improvdatingscene.com/nov09sf)

GET TICKETS ONLINE NOW! http://events.improvdatingscene.com/nov09sf

Improv Dating Scene. Better people. Better connections. Better dates.

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - ATC Lecture: Ben Rubin, What's That Ticking Sound?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

New York based media artist, Ben Rubin presents his recent projects, including 'Shakespeare Machine', a sculpture for the Public Theater in New York and a luminous rooftop beacon for a new museum in Philadelphia and 'Moveable Type', a large-scale public artwork in the lobby of the New York Times headquarters building. He will also present his latest project, a theatrical performance in collaboration with statistician Mark Hansen and Elevator Repair Service, a New York theater company. He has been a frequent collaborator with artists and performers including Laurie Anderson, Diller+Scofidio, and Ann Hamilton. Rubin is based in New York City and is a faculty member at the Yale School of Art.

MORE INFO: http://atc.berkeley.edu ** info.bcnm@berkeley.edu ** 510-495-3505 Presented by UC's Berkeley Center for New Media

Monday, 09 November, 2009 - Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Professor David Orr, Oberlin College

Due to our refusal to live within the Earth's natural limits, we now face a multitude of problems that will have a severe negative impact on human civilization. Orr, an expert on environmental literacy and ecological design, further argues that political negligence, an economy driven by insatiable consumption and a disregard for future generations is only adding to our plethora of environmental challenges. Yes, we're hosed. Yet there is hope. Orr is working on creating a sustainable oasis around Oberlin college, in the heart of the rust belt, that incorporates clean energy, eco-friendly buildings, and green jobs.

MORE INFO: Greg Dalton ** http://www.climate-one.org ** climateone@commonwealthclub.org ** 415-597-6700 Presented by Climate One at The Commonwealth Club

Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 - Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600

The beloved Shakespeare comedy. Fall in love again, just like Olivia.

This beautiful, wise play is a rich example of Shakespeare’s unparalleled ability to take audiences to the heart of what it means to be human. Using exquisite poetry, his enduring characters suffer and survive the universal right of passage—falling in deep, helpless, turbulent love. At the end, these folks remain with us more as friends than as enactments.

Directed by William Peters

Nov. 10, 12-14, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 - Ask a Scientist [topic: bio invasion]

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

THIS MONTH'S TOPIC: Biological Invasion!

Humans are now moving around the world at a fantastic rate, carrying plants and bugs and diseases which have been trapped on separate continents for millions of years. The organisms we transport are changing our world — Sudden Oak Death and other pathogens are eliminating forests, human pandemics are shaking national economies, and invasive plants are homogenizing natural communities. There are striking parallels between these biological invasions and the 19th-century human disease outbreaks which spurred the science of epidemiology. Thankfully, solutions to our invasion crisis are as clear and simple as those early public health solutions. Daniel Gluesenkamp will give us an overview of this exciting stage in Earth’s evolution, review solutions to this challenge, and present examples of recent efforts to clean up our act.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Ask a Scientist is an informative, entertaining, monthly lecture series, held at a San Francisco cafe. Each event features a speaker on a scientific topic, a short presentation, and the opportunity to ask all those burning questions that have been keeping you up at night. No tests, grades, or pressure…just food, drinks, socializing, and conversation about the universe’s most fascinating mysteries. http://www.askascientistSF.com

ADMISSION IS FREE, but please support our generous hosts at Axis Cafe by bringing your appetite and enjoying dinner during the talk.

Tuesday, 10 November, 2009 - Saving Civilization Is Not A Spectator Sport

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Saving Civilization Is Not A Spectator Sport

Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute

Brown sees concern in the merging of world food and energy economies. Putting corn ethanol in gas tanks and grain-intensive food (beef) into more human bellies will drive up commodity prices and exacerbate fresh water scarcity. Though he believes the Earth is under stress, Brown is hopeful, in part because for the first time since the Industrial Revolution we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Brown also will comment on how the melting glaciers of Tibet could affect the price of a bagel in California.

MORE INFO: Greg Dalton ** http://www.climate-one.org ** climateone@commonwealthclub.org ** 415-597-6700 Presented by Climate One at The Commonwealth Club

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - Mayflower! The Movie

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0600

“No game.'

Marcus makes a bet that he'll go out with the next girl who walks through the Mayflower! bar doors. She just happens to cost $1000.

You'll never believe what happens next when he tries get $1000 to take the gorgeous Rhonda on a date.

Mayflower! debuts the gorgeous Jennelle Harris who convinces anyone that her on screen beauty is one of the best showcased by a vixen you will ever see.

Other cast members include the astonishing Ashanti aka Toi Minter, M. Jennings, Romus Reece, Scott Fitzgerald, Princess Donna, John Ryan and Kenny Kane.

Score by Rick Reeve. Their performances convey the love and devotion this crew had on set. The delivery of this comedy is sure to give you a laugh. By the time the film is done everyone will agree Sasquatch counts!

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - Artist Symposium with C.E.B. Reas, Camille Utterback&Stamen Design

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

When: Nov 11th – 6pm Where: Gray Area Foundation for the Arts Cost: Free!* Join us for a special free symposium with all three featured artists in GAFFTA’s critically acclaimed inaugural exhibition, OPEN. C.E.B. Reas, Camille Utterback and the team from Stamen Design will be on hand to shed light on the methods and meaning behind their latest creations and participate in a panel discussion showcasing their repertoire and, in context of the exhibition’s theme show, how they each explore openness, collaboration, public accessibility and participation in their work. Program 6:00 pm Artist Presentations -Camille Utterback -Stamen Design -C.E.B. Reas 7pm Break 7:15pm Panel Discussion with the artists moderated by Richard Rinehart, Digital Media Director&Adjunct Curator (Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkeley) *Space is limited, to reserve your seat please send an e-mail to rsvp [at] gaffta [dot] org

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - TAKING BACK THE LAND One Story at a Time!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

Los Viajes/The Journeys- a literary anthology

On November 11th, Prensa POBRE will host a talk story circle on Land, Migration and Resistance featuring poverty and academic scholars alike speaking on the UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples including Jose Cuellar, Tony Gonazalez, Solange Echeverria, Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia, silencio muteado, Nube FC, performances by the Poetas POBRES, the Los Viajes writers and artistas , food and Po’ Products!

The powerful Los Viajes book and audio project introduces a new lens on immigration and the migration of peoples that rebukes the concept of “illegal” migration, through a lens informed by the UN declaration on Indigenous Peoples which was adopted in General Assembly in 2007.

POOR Press will also release five new books from poverty scholars living and struggling in the Bay Area. The 2009 collection of authors include POOR Magazine co-editor, children's book writer, worker scholar, tenant activist and Filipino poet Tony Robles who is releasing his first collection of short stories and poems entitled: Filipino Building Maintenance Company on POOR Press.

The revolution begins with 'I'... come on down and get you some!

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents sfSound

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0600

Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents the sfSound Group. Over the last few years, sfSound has been presenting concerts of experimental music from the 60’s and 70’s avant garde alongside current music from the composition and improvisation scenes of today. For this event, they have taken the same approach with music from Germany and Austria. Helmut Lachenmann’s Dal niente (Interiur III) predates the “lowercase” improv scene by 30 years, while Olga Neuwirth’s Fondementa is inspired by recent trends in electronic music. The concert concludes with Karlheinz Stockhausen’s KURZWELLEN, which specifies amplified instruments, live electronics, and shortwave radios in an semi-structured graphic score. Performers include: Christopher Froh (percussion and shortwave radio), Matt Ingalls (clarinet and bass clarinet), John Ingle (baritone and tenor saxophone, and shortwave radio), Christopher Jones (electronics), and Monica Scott (cello, and shortwave radio).

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 - San Francisco International Animation Festival

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

November 11–15, 2009 Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema One of the most fertile practices in contemporary film and television, animation occupies a unique space between artistic, experimental, commercial and industrial media. The five-day San Francisco International Animation Festival celebrates San Francisco’s prominence as a hub for one of the most creative cinematic forms.

Opening Night Celebrate opening night with filmmakers in attendance. Buy a ticket to either the 7:00 pm or 9:30 pm screening of Wes Anderson’s newest feature Fantastic Mr. Fox and join us either before or after your screening for a the Opening Night party.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson applies his brilliantly idiosyncratic sensibility to Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s classic, in which Mr. Fox turns his back on a life of crime. George Clooney brings Mr. Fox to life with nimble character voicing, aided by a heavy-hitting cast.

The Breakdown Animation is especially suited to analysis of all sorts. It probes bodies, investigates movement and questions nature. Animation breaks down the world, love and desire. . . and ultimately the unconscious.

A Town Called Panic Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar (Panique au village, Belgium/France/Luxembourg 2009) This delightful film focuses on a town populated by a random assortment of plastic figurines whose daily activities recall children’s illogical narratives in their herky-jerky disjointedness, celebration of the quotidian and profound brilliance.

Walt Disney's Alice Comedies A little girl filmed in live action and placed in a cartoon world—that’s how Walt Disney established his Hollywood studio, producing 56 of these shorts between 1923 and 1927. SFIAF partners with the newly opened Walt Disney Family Museum to present a selection of these charming films.

Super Massive Suspension: Nate Boyce vs. Amy Hicks The animation catalogs of Amy Hicks and Nate Boyce will be on display in this animation throwdown. Hicks and Boyce represent two wildly differing approaches to animation, while retaining an independent ethos of personal creativity that is inspiring and challenging

The Best of Annecy Annecy is widely regarded as the most important festival for animation in Europe. SFIAF is pleased to once again present a selection of the best shorts to have appeared in Annecy this year.

Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai Mizuho Nishikubo (Miyamoto Musashi: Soken ni haseru yume, Japan 2009) Quite likely the first anime-style documentary, this wholly unique film by master anime director Mamoru Oshii is set in Japan’s early Edo period during the early 17th century.

Play it By Eye This year’s program of recent animated music videos—always a Festival favorite—mixes established vets including Roboshobo, Sean Pecknold and Joel Trussell with up-and-comers such as Claire Carré and design stalwart Frater.

Somewhere Where I Don't Know Where I Am The spaces we inhabit can be framed in a myriad of ways. These short animated films describe the humor, confusion, anxiety and poignancy of the many places we encounter, often in the most exceptional ways.

Metropia Tarik Saleh (Sweden 2009) In a bleakly beautiful 2024, call-center drone Roger Olafson (Vincent Gallo) begins hearing a voice inside his head that leads him to step out of his dull routine and into a world of would-be espionage.

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600

An Evening of food, drinks, films, music and more...

At the festival, you’ll LEARN new ideas from a selection of inspiring environmental films with hardhitting topics including bioengineering, water issues, wilderness preservation, citizen activism, and more. You’ll EXPERIENCE the adrenalin of kayaking the wildest rivers, climbing the highest peaks, and trekking across the globe with adventure films from around the world. You’ll EXPLORE the issues and movements with leading environmental activists and professionals, filmmakers, and celebrities.

www.accessfund.org/wseff for tickets and information

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - The First Bank of Antimatter - Grand Opening

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0600

Announcing The First Bank of Antimatter An Art Project By Jonathon Keats In the wake of global economic collapse, a conceptual artist has introduced a hedge against future catastrophe by creating a mirror economy designed to skyrocket as world markets plummet. The first holistic response to the great recession, this far-reaching financial innovation was formulated by Jonathon Keats, whose previous artistic enterprises include applying string theory to real estate development. 'Economic equilibrium is upset by our unbalanced pursuit of material wealth,' explains Mr. Keats. 'My plan is to offset materialism with modern science, by exploiting the economic potential of antimatter, which is the physical opposite of anything made with atoms, from luxury condos to private jets.' Backed by private Swiss funding, his scheme will be implemented beginning on November 12, 2009, when the First Bank of Antimatter opens in San Francisco's Monadnock Building, the location of Modernism Gallery. The bank will serve as a hub for antimatter transactions worldwide, eventually financing the building of antimatter infrastructure and providing the public with a full range of investment opportunities. 'But our first order of business will be printing money,' says Mr. Keats. 'Cash is the foundation of any economy, and an anti-economy is no exception.' Issued in three convenient denominations, ranging from 10,000 positrons to 1,000,000 positrons, and initially trading at an exchange rate of $10 to $1,000, the anti-money will be backed by antimatter stored in the bank's vault. Because matter and antimatter annihilate each other on contact, antimatter positrons will be continuously produced on location by decay of the radioactive isotope potassium-40. 'We want our customers to be confident that the antimatter is available on demand, but we're advising clients to conduct transactions strictly in paper currency,' says Mr. Keats, who has used his artistry to design the money in multiple colors including red, blue and green. 'The paper is cotton rag, archival enough to survive economic armageddon' he promises. 'It's an essential asset in any balanced portfolio. Antimatter is a natural haven for wealth when everything becomes worthless.' * * * Jonathon Keats is a conceptual artist, fabulist, and critic residing in San Francisco. Recently he choreographed the first ballet for honeybees at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. He has also exhibited extraterrestrial abstract artwork at the Judah L. Magnes Museum, unveiled a prototype ouija voting booth for the 2008 election at the Berkeley Art Museum, attempted to genetically engineer God in a petri dish in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, opened the world's first porn theater for house plants in the town of Chico, and petitioned Berkeley to pass a fundamental law of logic, a work commissioned by the city's annual Arts Festival. His projects have been documented by PBS, NPR, and the BBC World Service, garnering favorable attention in periodicals ranging from The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post, to Nature and New Scientist, to Flash Art and ArtUS. Additionally, Keats serves as the art critic for San Francisco Magazine and as a columnist for both Artweek and Wired Magazine. He's the author of two novels and an award-winning collection of stories recently published by Random House, as well as museum catalogue essays, monographs, and artist's books, and he is currently writing a book on linguistics for Oxford University Press. Since graduating summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1994, he has been a visiting artist at California and Montana State Universities, and a guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as the recipient of Yaddo and MacDowell fellowships. He is represented by Modernism Gallery in San Francisco. He can be contacted at jonathon_keats@yahoo.com

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Glide's Annual Holiday Festival - From the 'Hood to the House

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

GLIDE GOES “FROM THE ‘HOOD TO THE HOUSE” –

A Benefit to Honor Reverend Cecil Williams’ 45th Anniversary at Glide - Featuring Dr. Maya Angelou, Rita Moreno, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows and More

Click on the following link to view our fabulous 'Hold On' video honoring Glide and Rev. Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ne2ZWnl2So

Join honorary co-chairs Dr. Maya Angelou and United States Senator Dianne Feinstein as Glide celebrates Reverend Cecil Williams’ 45th Anniversary at Glide. In collaboration with the San Francisco Opera, “From the ‘Hood to the House” will take place on Thursday, November 12 at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House and feature an evening of music, spoken word and dance from special guests Maya Angelou, Rita Moreno, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley, the world-renowned Glide Ensemble Choir and Change Band with other luminaries and entertainers. The evening’s concert will be followed by a reception with lavish hors d’oeuvres and libations and entertainment from DJ David Harness and The Jaz Sawyer “Youth All-Star Quartet.”

The evening’s festivities will highlight Glide’s Reverend Cecil Williams and his 45 years of service at Glide. Reverend Williams, who will be awarded with Southern Methodist University’s Most Distinguished Alumni award and will have a homiletics (preaching) lab named for him on November 5, arrived at Glide in 1963 when it was a struggling congregation. With his determination to celebrate life and bring hope to people, Williams embraced and embodied the spirit of change that was raging through our country at the time. By the late 1960s, Glide had become home for San Francisco’s diverse communities and marginalized populations and was ground zero for the counter-culture’s political and spiritual aspirations.

About Glide Located at Ellis and Taylor in the Tenderloin, one of San Francisco's harshest urban environments, Glide Foundation is an oasis that has served the poor and disenfranchised for 45 years. From serving nearly one million meals a year, to holiday programs helping over 80,000, to operating a professional medical clinic, to youth job training, to offering weekly spiritual celebrations at Glide Church, and much more – Glide is many things to many people. Glide has helped thousands of disenfranchised and poor people get back on their feet and find their way to jobs, housing and spiritual fulfillment.

Each year, Glide’s Annual Holiday Festival raises funds for Mo’s Kitchen and Glide’s programs. Glide’s Mo’s Kitchen serves three meals a day to San Francisco’s poorest residents – nearly one million meals each year. Tickets for Glide’s Annual Holiday Festival, “From the ‘Hood to the House” range from $75 - $500 and are available through the San Francisco Opera Box Office, located at 301 Van Ness Ave, or by calling (415) 864-3330. Sponsorships start at $5,000. Please go to www.Glide.org or call (415) 674-6117 or email festival@glide.org for more information.

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Unraveling the Mystery of Sendak

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0600

Thursday, November 12 + 19, 6:30 – 7:45 PM In conjunction with the exhibition There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak, this class by Sheila Braufman will help unravel some of the mysteries in the work of this master storyteller by exploring the intensely personal undercurrents in his life and work through visual presentations and discussion. Class sessions will include a guided tour of the exhibition. Instructor Sheila Braufman has been lecturing and teaching throughout the Bay Area on the rich visual heritage of the Jewish people for over 25 years. She is an independent curator and museum consultant who was the Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley for 17 years. This program is co-presented with Lehrhaus Judaica.

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Feminists Turn Up the Heat for Healthcare

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Feminists Turn Up the Heat for Healthcare

What will it take to achieve affordable quality healthcare for all? President Obama’s statements that his national plan would not provide insurance for undocumented immigrants or extend federal funds for abortions echoes the right-wing’s racist and sexist agenda. The Democratic-led congress has tried to distance itself from single-payer or a public option. Bring your ideas and strategies to this roundtable discussion on building a grassroots movement to guarantee universal coverage for everyone.

Before the meeting you are invited to share a delicious autumn buffet, with vegetarian option, a fundraiser for the organization, at 6:15pm for a $7.50 donation.

New Valencia Hall, 625 Larkin Street, Ste. 202, San Francisco, CA 94109 (Five blocks from the Civic Center BART station, and on the #19 and #31 bus lines.) For more info, call 415-864-1278 or email baradicalwomen@earthlink.net. www.radicalwomen.org

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - JIGSAWMENTALLAMA - a group exhibition and weekly film/ video screening series

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

JIGSAWMENTALLAMA A group exhibition and associated program of weekly Film and Video screenings

Keith Boadwee > Scott Hewicker > Anne McGuire > Austin McQuinn > Toban Nichols > Sonja Nilsson > Margaret Tedesco > Skye Thorstenson > Grant Worth

With scheduled screenings of film and video works by:

Kenneth Anger > Harry Dodge + Stanya Kahn > Craig Goodman > Kalup Linzy > Anne McGuire > Jack Smith > Skye Thorstenson > Ryan Trecartin

November 12 - December 19, 2009 | Opening Reception Thursday November 12, 7-10 pm DCP Project Space - 1928 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 | Open Thurs - Sat Noon - 6pm (and by appointment)

David Cunningham Projects (DCP) is pleased to announce JIGSAWMENTALLAMA a group exhibition and weekly film and video screening series. A full schedule for the weekly screenings will be posted on the DCP website.

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Happiness is a Warm Projector Experiments in Cinema Film Festival

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Experiments in Cinema film festival (a Basement Films production - now in it’s 5th year) is designed to bring the international community of cinematic experimentalists to New Mexico and to expand our statewide conversation about movie making to include alternative cinematic histories. That is, As New Mexico imagines it’s future as a new media center, it is our civic responsibility as media makers, educators and movie fans to actively participate in, and help direct this sometimes anemic regional dialogue about all things cinematic. To this end it is the mission of Basement Films and Experiments in Cinema to nurture the next generation of movie makers and media theorists top become informed citizens of the world.

Basement Films travels to ATA to screen an international selection of un-dependent cinema from the first 4 years of Experiments in Cinema. This 75 minute program will feature contemporary experimental, underground and un-dependent films from Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, Panama, China, South Korea, Spain, and, although no one is truly sure why, Texas!

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Happiness is a Warm Projector Experiments in Cinema Film Festival

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Thursday, November 12, 2009. 8PM $6 Happiness is a Warm Projector Experiments in Cinema Film Festival

Presented by Artistic director Bryan Konefsky

Experiments in Cinema film festival (a Basement Films production - now in it’s 5th year) is designed to bring the international community of cinematic experimentalists to New Mexico and to expand our statewide conversation about movie making to include alternative cinematic histories. That is, As New Mexico imagines it’s future as a new media center, it is our civic responsibility as media makers, educators and movie fans to actively participate in, and help direct this sometimes anemic regional dialogue about all things cinematic. To this end it is the mission of Basement Films and Experiments in Cinema to nurture the next generation of movie makers and media theorists top become informed citizens of the world.

Basement Films travels to ATA to screen an international selection of un-dependent cinema from the first 4 years of Experiments in Cinema. This 75 minute program will feature contemporary experimental, underground and un-dependent films from Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, Panama, China, South Korea, Spain, and, although no one is truly sure why, Texas!

PROGRAM

God Bless America by Tadasu Takamine, Japan, Gruppenbild Mit Fahne by Nik Kern, Germany, Establishing Shots by Chris McNamara, Canada, Aria by Brooke Alfaro, Panama, Graphit Auf Leinwand by Hanni Welter, Germany, Energie by Thorston Fleisch, Germany, Alone by Gerard Friexes Ribera, Spain, No Silvery Song by Karen Hipscher, New Mexico, Icon by Chi Jang Yin, China, Let’s Get Married by Mary Magsamen and Stephen Hillerbrand, Texas, Dubus by Alexei Dmitiev, Russia Latent Sorrow by Shon Kim, South Korea, Soft Version by Erik Moskowitz, New York, Tale of the Sea’s Dream by Ben Popp, New Mexico, Little Clips by Julie Perini, Portland

Thursday, 12 November, 2009 - Mills Repertory Dance Company Concert- INTERSECTIONS

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

If you want to see the breadth of the contemporary modern dance scene, the Mills Repertory Dance Company's Fall 2009 Season 'Intersections' promises not to disappoint. Mills' dancers will be premiering five new and re-worked pieces by five prominent choreographers: Sean Curran, Sonya Delwaide, Molissa Fenley, Shinichi Iova-Koga and Brenda Way.

All Shows @ 8pm November 12* and 13, Lisser Hall, Mills College. 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA 94613 November 14, ODC Dance Commons, Studio B. 351 Shotwell St. San Francisco, CA 94110 *Special Appearance by ODC/Dance TICKETS AT DOOR Free to Mills Community with ID Nov 12th&13th ONLY $12 students/seniors $15 general admission Mills Repertory Dance Concert, November 12,13,14th @ 8 pm; November 12&13, Lisser Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA 94613&November 14, ODC Dance Commons, Studio B, 351 Shotwell St. San Francisco, CA 94110.

MORE INFO: Sheena Johnson ** http://www.mills.edu/academics/graduate/dnc/ ** sjohnson@mills.edu ** 510-430-2175 Presented by Mills College Dance Department

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Urban Renaissance

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0600

November 13 through December 6

The Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco and the Bay Area in conjunction with ACCI Gallery in Berkeley is pleased to present “URBAN RENAISSANCE, New Visions of Jewelry and Sculpture.,” the guild’s themed exhibition. The presentation features artworks by a large group of accomplished artists including Alison Antelman, Gayton Arrigotti, Shana Astrachan, Shael Barger, Suzanne Beaubrun, Taryn Bilstern, Barbara Louis Bowling, Susan Brooks, David Casella, Simma Chester, Cynthia Clearwater, Mona Clee, Luana Coonen, Sherry Cordova, Mary Ellin D'Agostino, Christine Dhein, Jo-Ann Maggiora Donivan, John Donivan, Ron Elson, Isabelle Eyman, Jennifer Cross Gans, Elliot Gaskin, Elaine Gerber, Eileen Gerstein, Aimee Golant, Cintra Harbach, Danielle Marie Henderson, Catherine Herdering, Celeste Howell, Sudha Irwin, Diana Shaio Keevan, Maya Kini, Ed Lay, Cheri Lewis, Kathleen Maley, Elle McDougald, Victoria Montgomery, Lydia Ocha, emiko oye, Sophia Park, Jenny Reeves, Meghan Riley, Cynthia Rohrer, Taiko Roskothen, Daria Salus, Monica Schmid, Willy Scholten, Neela Shukla, Alexa Simpson, Michael Singer, Jim Slaughter, Jennifer Smith-Righter, Sarah Suloff, and Carolyn Tillie.

STATEMENT: What does it mean to live, work, dress and move in today’s urban environment? “Urban” means many things today; cosmopolitan and sophisticated, popular culture and ethnic diversity, street savvy and fast-pace living, museums, shops and a multitude of architectural styles. Our cities throb with energy, creativity and diversity – 5-star restaurants, upscale fashion, high-tech and a banquet of cultural wealth contrasts with congestion, pollution, homelessness and garbage-ridden alleyways. Urban Renaissance explores these contrasts through the use of materials, form and construction, from found objects to environmental installations to heighten the awareness of our surroundings and our lives.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - ALBUM 01: In What Era Will You Get Stuck?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600

Electric Works print house and gallery will debut the premier issue of Paul Madonna's annual publication, Album, in conjunction with a solo exhibit of Madonna's corresponding original drawings. For the Electric Works (In What Era Will You Get Stuck?) show, Madonna, whose work redefines comics by combining art and literature, rethinks the process of creating a body of work for exhibition. Album puts the book first. As the primary show object, Album is the focus and final product, with the art hung on the walls serving as a catalog for the book.

A play on single panel cartoons, Madonna's large-scale (up to 50 by 60 inches) meticulously drawn pen and ink images of 1970s and 80s childhood-era toys, swell the poignancy of the punch line. Wanting the work to live beyond the large two-dimensional panels hung on a gallery wall, Madonna offers the book object as portable art, stemming from his life's career of zine and book-making, and the love of the book as a tangible, tactile art form. Transformed beyond merely a record of the exhibition, Album is as much a conversation between the artist and reader about the impetus that led to the creation of the drawings, as well as a document of the various completed works, some pieces of which have been purposely destroyed, buried under the final, displayed version.

As an artist who creates three weekly art series, one of which is published by the San Francisco Chronicle, Madonna created Album as a yearly publication, in order to work on a different timetable. Inspired by his love of music and respect for a musician's collection of songs as a recorded document of a creative process, and believing that the progression between albums is as valuable an indicator of the work as each individual album itself, Madonna set out to create his version of an album, in his preferred mediums of drawing and text.

Album 01 is replete with Liner Notes, where Paul Madonna discusses his process and approach to this premier issue. The art in this first issue of the new Album series (40pp., soft cover, 9.25x12.5 inches, list price $25), its conscious choice of time as a component, and that each facet focuses on visuals conjoined with language, not only captures the viewer's senses on a multiplicity of perpetually renewed levels, but defines the characteristics of this thoughtful, productive and meticulous artist, giving us a glimpse into what proves to be a lifelong career of expression. Expect a collection released annually from this prolific artist, with an arc of process and intentionality expressed over the course of years to come.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Art and Copy

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

ART + COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time -- people who've profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising's 'creative revolution' of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART + COPY were responsible for 'Just Do It,' 'I Love NY,' 'Where's the Beef?,' 'Got Milk,' 'Think Different,' and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion. Brain storm further at www.artandcopyfilm.com. Director by Doug Pray (HYPE!, SCRATCH), Executive Producers: David Baldwin, Gregory Beauchamp, Kirk Souder, Mary Warlick. U.S.A., 2008, , color. Running time: 86 mins. Showtimes: Nightly at 7:00 + 8:45. Additional Sat + Sun matinees at (3:00) + 5:00. (No 11/19, 7:00pm show.)

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Keith Raffel

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Palo Alto City Library presents a free author event with mystery writer, Keith Raffel. The author's Silicon Valley thriller series unfolds its dramatic plots within the unique culture of Silicon Valley and appeals to a wide range of readers. Free and open to the public.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Tabi Tabi Po - charity event @ 1:AM!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Our next art exhibition, titled 'Tabi Tabi Po', is dedicated to celebrating Filipino folklore through urban contemporary art. The Kapre, Manananggal, Dwende, Tikbalang, and Aswang are just a sampling of these haunting creatures that will be brought to life in this exhibit. A percentage of the art sales will be donated to the victims of typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng through BAYAN Philippines and BALSA (Bayanihan para sa Sambayanan).

The curator, James 'gaNyan' Garcia, has put together a killer lineup that includes Filipino artists from the US, Philippines, and even Norway.

The artists include:
Stateside: Angry Woebots, Stuter, gaNyan, Marikina, Gem Mateo, CeCe Carpio, Pancho Abalos, Mark Canto, Miguel (Bounce) Perez, Darvin (Boohi) Vida , England Hidalgo, Jerrell Conner, Nic Cowan, Andre Sibayan, Ciriaco Sayoc II, J2, Marc Aure, Peabe, Marlon Sagana Ingram, Minette Mangahas, Dyno, Cat Chiu Phillips, Isabel (Pepper), Roxas, John Yoyogi Fortes, Allison Torneros, Mel Vera Cruz, Simbulan, Ray Haguisan Philippines: Manuel Ocampo, Analog, Boy Agimat, Dexfernandez, Bru, Nelz Yumul, Katwo Puertollano, Jigger Cruz, Sam Ramos, Okto, Abi Dayacap, Melancholy, Liza Flores, Luis Lorenzana, Jon Jaylo, Mica Cabildo, Bjorn Calleja

Norway: Jet Pascua

With this exhibition, we aim to not only bring Filipinos of all generations into the gallery, but also welcome the greater SF Bay Area community. Since SF Bay Area has the largest population of Filipinos in America to date, Garcia and 1:AM gallery invite all to come celebrate and learn more about the colorful traditions of the Filipino culture and help raise money for the typhoon victims.

The opening reception is on November 13th from 7 - 10:30pm and will run through December 12th. For more information, visit www.1AMSF.com.

The month long event includes:

-Bindlestiff Puppet Show: Dec 5 from 5:30-8pm
-Closing Reception: Dec 12th from 6-9pm - Live performance by Baliktad
-Ongoing screening of 'Tabi Tabi Po' companion Film Documentary. Interviews from several artists participating in the exhibit. Filmed by Maya Santos, Glenn Aquino, James (gaNyan) Garcia, edited by Aiza Bonus
Co-sponsors: PABLO gallery, KULARTS, Bindlestiff Studio, Fabric8

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Eternal Beauty Rest by Jason Vivona

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Gallery Six is proud to present ETERNAL BEAUTY REST: the observation and classification of phantasmal specters and the interdimensional experience by Jason Vivona. This exhibition showcases more than sixty original drawings, paintings, masks, and mixed media works. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, November 13th 2009, from 7-11pm at 66 Sixth St in San Francisco. The art of Jason Vivona presents a combination of abstract expressionism, skate-punk culture, and design. An emphasis on spontaneity serves as a platform for surrealist work with unexpected juxtapositions. Initially unidentifiable visual elements meld to create cohesive, realized images that are often laced with cultural reference and satirism. Incorporating a diverse array of mediums including latex, aerosol, gouache, ink, and even tea or wine, Vivona creates complex and beautiful works on paper. Bright, vibrant colors explode with random drips and variations, other times with deliberate appearance using stencil and print making techniques. Jason Vivona is a gypsy, folk artist living in Northern California. He’s had solo exhibitions at Syracuse University and Homestar Modern in Portland, OR, as well as group shows at 111 MINNA in San Francisco, The Museum of New Art in Detroit, and Vitale Gallery in Florida to name a few. His work has been published in Juxtapoz, Transworld Skateboarding, WARP, DIW, Skyscraper and RELAX Magazines. Please join us for the opening reception of ETERNAL BEAUTY REST new works by Jason Vivona on Friday, November 13th 2009, from 7-11pm. This exhibit runs through December 11th 2009 and is open by appointment only. The first 25 people to attend the opening reception will receive a free limited edition print and mixed tape. For more information please visit our website at www.gallerysixsf.com or email us at 666gallerysf@gmail.com.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - An Evening Reading with Joe Loya

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0600

San Francisco Zen Center, as part of the NOTHING IS HIDDEN reading series, is excited to offer an evening with Joe Loya, author of the critically acclaimed memoir (the New Yorker called it “…genuinely thrilling…”) The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell: Confessions of a Bank Robber, which details Loya's spree of bank heists, seven years in prison, and extraordinary self-transformation while serving two years in solitary confinement. Loya will be reading from his latest work The Seven Things I Learned in Prison.

Loya’s essays and book reviews have been published in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, UTNE Reader, Washington Post and other national newspapers and magazines and in 2002 he wrote and performed his one-man show, The Man Who Outgrew His Prison Cell, at the Thick House in San Francisco. He has appeared on CBS News, CNN, MSNBC, FOX's O'Relly Factor, and other TV shows to comment on cultural events. In 2007 the documentary PROTAGONIST featured the story of his radical life change.

Nothing is Hidden is a monthly series of readings at SF Zen Center. Featuring contemporary writers whose work embodies a robust compassion and a keen cultural eye, the series hopes to create openings through which readers can see their own lives and the lives of others with a deeper sense of connection and possibility.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - The Go Go Spectacular

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Join us for an outrageous, theatrical tribute to the great 60’s variety shows like Laugh-In, Shindig, and Hullabaloo. The Go Go Spectacular will be an action-packed night filled with live performances by The Barbary Coasters and Deke Dickerson’s All Star Frat Band as well as special guests, comedy, historic tributes to the 1960s and as much shimmying as The Devil-Ettes and The Mini Skirt Mob can cram into two hours!

When: Friday and Saturday, November 13th and 14th, 2009
Where: The Brava Theatre, 2781 24th St, San Francisco, CA
How much: $25 in advance, $35 at door
Doors: 7pm, show 8pm
Contact: Baby Doe babydoe@babydoe.net
Website: www.devilettes.com

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - QUIJEREMÁ: Latin American Fusion Jazz and Venezuelan

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Quijeremá is a performing arts quartet that celebrates and expands the cultures of the Americas through original music, poetry and multi-media art installations. As writer, Willy Lizarraga puts it, Quijeremá “...manages to... render a whole constellation of South American rhythms into a jazz idiom...” Quique Cruz is a Chilean-born musician and composer who has performed, taught and recorded Latin American music for over thirty years. Cruz has recorded numerous albums with artists such as Jackson Brown, William Ackerman, Strunz and Farrah and has produced albums for the Chilean ensemble Grupo Raiz. Maria Fernanda Acuña specializes in a variety of drums and Latin American percussion instruments. Her unique approach plays a major role in defining the sound of Quijeremá. Acuña has worked with a variety of artists including Alex de Grassi, Rafael Manriquez, Jackeline Rago, The Venezuelan Music Project, The Latin American Sax Quartet and Eduardo Mendelievich with Creative Voices. Jeremy Allen is a multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer, producer, and audio engineer. He specializes in Venezuelan traditional music, and on the music of other Latin American countries and the Caribbean. Allen has worked and recorded with Jackeline Rago&the Venezuelan Music Project, Maria Marquez, Lichi Fuentes, Kachimbo with David Peñalosa, Julio Clemente's Orquesta Original, guitarist Alex de Grassi, and hip-hop groups Fiyawata and Empireal with Cava Menzies. Elijah Samuels is an up-coming talent in the Bay Area music scene. He is a saxophone and clarinet performer and arranger and has been collaborating in Afro-Cuban music projects with master musician John Calloway. John Calloway is a multi-instrumentalist performer, composer, arranger, and educator, specializing in Cuban popular, Latin and Latin jazz music. He has worked with such renowned artists as Israel 'Cachao' Lopez, Max Roach, Omar Sosa, John Santos, Pete Escovedo, and Manny Oquendo. He currently works with his own band, Diaspora, Quijeremá, the Bay Area Afro-Cuban All-Stars, and the John Santos Quintet. Luis Rodrigues is an experienced Venezuelan percussionist and past member of the renown Bay Area ensemble The Venezuelan Music Project. He has studied with master Venezuelan multi-instrumentalist Jackeline Rago and Alexander Livinalli, and has performed at the San Jose Jazz festival, the California World Music Fest, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and the Great American Music Hall among other events and venues. Quique Cruz (Chile) - Strings, Winds&Percussion Jeremy Allen (USA) - Bass&Percussion Maria Fernanda Acuña (Venezuela) - Percussion&Venezuelan Cuatro Elijah Samuels (USA) - Saxophones, Clarinet&Percussion * Special Guest on Percussion, Luis Rodrigues “A potent mix of Latin American folk music and jazz” -Jesse Hamlin, SF Chronicle http://www.quijerema.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quijerema/52371437780?ref=mf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEYyXM49cQ $12-15 admission. Doors open at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - The Possession of Mrs. Jones

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

The Possession of Mrs. Jones Book and Lyrics by D’Arcy Drollinger. Music by D'Arcy Drollinger and Ted Homer.

Directed by Nancy Prebalich

Evelyn Jones lives in a shiny happy suburban fantasy. But when God and Satan emerge from her washing machine to enlist her help in preventing a hostile corporate takeover of Heaven and Hades, Evelyn begins to unravel. Can she serve hors d'oeuvres while thwarting the devilish advances of her husband's boss? Is it the Valium or did biker chicks just stick up her Tupperware party? Are her whites really their whitest? Can she save her children and the world as we know it from the evil empire of Product-o-Matic?

WHEN: Nov. 13 to Dec. 6, 2009
8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays

LOCATION: 6th Street Playhouse - GK Hardt Theatre 52 West 6th Street, Santa Rosa Located in historic Railroad Square

TICKETS: $15 to $35

BOX OFFICE: 707-523-4185
Order tickets online, by telephone or at the door. Reservations recommended

WEB SITE: www.6thstreetplayhouse.com

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Magic Jester Improv Show

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Funny, inventive and full of heart, Magic Jester improv theater performances are entirely made up on the spot, inspired by suggestions from you, the audience. Seamlessly blending witty repartee, physical comedy, song and dance interludes, science fiction and fairy tales, Magic Jester improv troupes take the audience on a wild ride through an unpredictable imaginative landscape. Shows also feature guest musicians and poets. Appropriate for teens and up.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - OVERLAPPING WORLDS SUN CIRCLE / Films by Paul ClipsonDATE PALMS with filmsELM with video by Jon Parros

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Date Palms is Oakland-based musical duo Marielle Jacobsons and Gregg Kowalsky. Sound artist artist violinist Marielle Jakobsons 'creates a dim world where Eastern folk melodies meet damaged textures and desolate atmospheres.'-Aquarius 'Layered in textures and sound, Jakobsons knows how to weave an immaculate sonic tapestry that is stunning and profound.'-Fina. Gregg Kowalsky's compositions range from drone and noise pieces to meditative psychedelia, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live, multi-channel mixes.'- Kranky Kowalsky utilizes...an eclectic array of source material: tape cassettes, sine oscillators, contact mics, bells, bird callers and a computer.- Aquarius 'Elm is the solo project of Jon Porras who is half of duo Barn Owl. Porras uses guitars, vocals, harmonium, harmonica, drum and flute combined with a huge amount of talent and imagination to create his own mysterious world. There's a kind of underlying menace and bleakness but there's light shining through with gorgeous tones that I find very uplifting.' - Norman Records 'SUN CIRCLE is the duo of Greg Davis and Zach Wallace. Psychoacoustic minimalism meets psychedelic maximalism. Ecstatic high volume drones, long form trance musics and peace noise. Bowed strings, voices, organs, percussion, home-made and world instruments. Greg Davis lives in Burlington, Vermont. He has played shows all over the world with many different people and has released solo and collaborative albums on many different labels, including Carpark Records and Kranky. Zach Wallace lives in Swan Valley, Montana. He performs solo, with Memorize the Sky and SUN CIRCLE and has played with people ranging from Tony Conrad to Anthony Braxton.'-On Land Festival Paul Clipson is a San Francisco-based filmmaker who often collaborates with sound artists and musicians on live performances, films and installations. His work has screened this year at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the Cinémathèque Française and in the NYFF Views From The Avant Garde program.

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Chemystry Set's Astro Ball

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0600

CD + Book Release Party of Dancing on the Brink of the World a song cycle through the signs of the zodiac w/ special guests Luke Thomas Trio + Love, Isabel
Raffle + Visuals

Come dressed as your sun sign! Special advance ticket/CD combo now at www.ogdenpark.com

Come celebrate the completion of a cosmic song cycle and join Chemystry Set in a long overdue live performance of Dancing on the Brink of the World, a multimedia extravaganza that paints the ancient wisdom of astrology onto a creative contemporary canvas. This is going to be more than just a baker's dozen of tunes: Dress up as your astrological sign or have fun guessing others' costumes. Win a reading and other goodies in our astro raffle. Learn the ways of the zodiac from evolutionary astrology master Steven Forrest's creative interludes. The band spent five years composing, recording and mixing the 72-minute opus, which was released this year both as a CD as well as a book/CD package. Chemystry Set is poised to perform the suite for the first time in its entirety at the Astro Ball on November 13. In the words of Steven Forrest, “it's time for the astrology world to laugh, to cry, and perhaps — to boogie.”

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Cafe Flamenco at the Verdi Club

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Join us for our NEW FALL SHOWS at the Verdi Club! On Friday, November 13, we have present FUEGO, an evening of fiery and passionate flamenco with special guest artists from Los Angeles performing with the world-class artists of Caminos Flamencos including Yaelisa, artistic director, Jason McGuire 'El Rubio,' singer Felix de Lola from Sevilla, Spain, dancers Melissa Cruz, Christina Hall, Fanny Ara and Marina Elana. A wonderful opportunity to see contemprary flamenco and traditional in one evening. Enjoy our full bar, sit at a cocktail table of your choice and see great flamenco in a romantic setting of candlit tables with roses...an unforgettable experience of Spain close to home.

MORE INFO: Administrative Director ** http://www.caminosflamencos.com ** info@caminosflamencos.com ** 510-531-9986 Presented by Caminos Flamencos

Friday, 13 November, 2009 - Her Rebel Highness: The Official Public Debut!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

'Her Rebel Highness', a fully choreographed musical act with three female vocalists, dancers, 18th century costumes, baroque-pop songs and theatrics, makes its debut on Fri., Nov. 13 at J'LaChic Theater 39 at Pier 39 in San Francisco.

The show's central theme is empowerment and the one-of-a-kind production stars a soul singer, a mezzo soprano and a pop vocalist who take on the personas of rebellious 18th century princesses, determined to break out of their stereotypes and to take control of their destinies.

The evening will begin with guest performances by burlesque dance troupe, Kitty Kitty Bang Bang and magician Heather Rogers.

MORE INFO: Velia Amarasingham ** http://www.herrebelhighness.com ** velia@herrebelhighness.com ** 415-902-8536 Presented by Her Rebel Highness

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Tribute to Frontier VIllageWeekend at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0600

Tribute to Frontier Village
November 14 and November 15
Films, memorabilia and performers from the terrific amusement park that existed in San Jose. Come relive your favorite rides, attractions and personalities!

The special events of Murder Mystery Weekend are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors, and $15 for general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses, carnivals, magic, side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball arcades, haunted houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Water Walk by Emily Dippo

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0600

A Walk beginning at San Francisco Civic Center, heading north and concluding at Aquatic Park, is aided by viewfinders developed to guide the participants. The viewfinders are embedded with water stories relating to sites along the way, creating a portrait of the San Francisco water system from multiple perspectives. Participants are encouraged to use the viewfinders to reframe the sites and consider their connections to other elements of the water system not often seen. The viewers have been designed in poster format for cut-out and self assembly. Showing as part of 'Immediate Future: The Murphy and Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts,' San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, October 7 - December 12, 2009. '

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - KSW Roll Out!

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0600

West Oakland's own steam shop celebrates our new non-profit status and we're rolling out all the toys...

Come see : 'Pappy' The Mighty 15 Ton Steam Tractor
The Bone-Crushing 'Dingus'
The Thunderous Timber Fan
Steam Stirred Margaritas
The Double Decker Sky Box
Wicked Water Cannon
and Introducing: The Gory Pumpkin Guillotine

Bring your family • Bring your friends STEAM • SPECTACLE • SPORT

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Visit Pixar Animation Studios (with the Cartoon Art Museum)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600

http://cartoonart.livejournal.com/32989.html

Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Fundraiser at Pixar November 14

Spend the day at Pixar Animation Studios For the Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit! Saturday November 14, 2009

The Cartoon Art Museum, the only museum in the western United States dedicated to all forms of cartoons and comics, is delighted to host its sixth annual benefit on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Pixar Animation Studios. From Pixar’s inception in 1986 with the premiere of its iconic short film, Luxo Jr., to the studio’s latest full-length feature, Disney•Pixar’s Up, Pixar has wowed and charmed the world with its incredible computer animated creations. This year, there are two great ways to experience the magic of Pixar up close and personal at the studio’s Emeryville home:

The Family Fun Tier
(1:00 – 4:00 pm)
The Family Fun Tier is designed for families to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the world of Pixar. Entry includes the chance to get up close and personal to rarely seen Toy Story art, sculptures, and other items from the Pixar archives and experience a gallery exhibition featuring stunning pre-production artwork from Up. Family Fun Tier members will also be able to participate in a Silent Auction to bid on original and signed works by Pixar creators. Pixar artists will be on hand to teach kids how to draw Pixar characters. Finally, a selection of Pixar short films (including One Man Band, Lifted, Presto, Burn-E and several Cars Toons) will be showing in Pixar’s state-of-the-art screening room in a continuous loop.

For this Tier, doors open at 1 pm. Tickets are $35 for an individual or $100 for a Family Four Pack, which includes entry for 2 adults and 2 children under 18 (or 1 adult and 3 children).

The VIP Screening Tier (11:00 am — 4:00 pm) The VIP Screening Tier is designed for the biggest fans to help support the Cartoon Art Museum and to experience Pixar’s state-of-the-art digital theater. Entry includes access to everything from the Family Fun Tier plus access to Pixar’s Studio Store where guests can purchase Pixar items at employee prices. The centerpiece of the event is a noon time 3D screening that includes the rarely seen Cars Toon Tokyo Mater , and the feature film Toy Story 2. The screening will be hosted by Dr. Michael B. Johnson (Pixarian and CAM board member), who will lead a Q +A session along with several other Toy Story 2 crew members. The VIP Screening Tier also includes an offering of light lunchtime snacks, treats and conversation with the speakers and other Pixar employees.

For this Tier, doors open two hours early — at 11 am. Cartoon Art Museum members can purchase tickets for the reduced rate of $99, while the non-member rate is $149. Save money and become a member of the Cartoon Art Museum today! Reserved rows for ten are available for $1,500. Treat your friends or employees to an evening of animated fun.

Pixar Animation Studios is located in Emeryville, California. Free parking is available on site. Call 415-227-8666, ext. 300 to purchase tickets. Tickets will not be sold at the door.

About the Cartoon Art Museum: Founded in 1984, the Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the western United States dedicated to cartoons and comics. The Museum was started by a group of cartoonists and collectors who wanted to share their appreciation of this unique art form with the rest of the world. The Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms to benefit historians, cartoonists, journalists, artists, collectors and the general public.

About Pixar Animation Studios: A wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL•E, and most recently, Up. The Northern California studio has won 22 Academy Awards® and its ten films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The next film release from Disney•Pixar is Toy Story 3 (June 18, 2010).

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Bollywood Urban Scavenger Hunt for Charity

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0600

When you think Bollywood, do you think: choreographed pelvic thrusts, PG-rated love scenes, emotive ballads and uncomfortably cheesy acting? Do you also think...I COULD DO THAT? Well, now it's your chance to prove it.

Sign up at http://www.thegogame.c... as an individual or team to compete in an Indian-themed multimedia scavenger hunt through the streets of Haight Ashbury and see if you have what it takes to be crowned San Francisco's next Bollywood Star. The game goes from 1 - 3pm and more information will be provided once you sign up at: http://www.thegogame.c....

$20 suggested donation goes toward purchasing goats for tribal villagers in rural India and also puts you in the running to win our grand prize: A FREE ROUNDTRIP FLIGHT TO INDIA. Jai ho!

At the end of the game, judging will take place at the Poleng Lounge. Stick around and the party at Poleng will turn into a happy hour from 4-6pm, where you will get to see the EXCLUSIVE DEBUT of a VIRAL VIDEO that will take this effort 'round the world. Filmed entirely in Koraput, India, the video stars the villagers, their goats, and their moves in a rap music parody of the Lonely Island's 'I'm on a Boat' with a simple message: 'I Want a Goat'. Learn more at http://www.iwantagoat.com.

So dust off those early 90's dance moves and get ready to compete at the Community Game on Saturday, November 14th. Be sure to dress for success in bangles, turbans, sarees, kurtas, gem-tones, rave-wear or anything with jewels. It's going to get gaudy.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Gallery Three Presents Unseen on TV

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

“Unseen on TV”

New Works by Erik Foss

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 14th 2009, from 7-11pm

Through: December 5th 2009 and is open to the public.

Gallery Three is proud to present Unseen on TV new works by Erik Foss on Saturday, November 14th 2009. This overflowing, compulsive accumulation of works mirrors the chaotic conditions in which they have been made. Unseen on TV symbolizes the irony of our culture’s founding beliefs and ideologies, revealing America uncensored. Please join us at Gallery Three for the opening reception on Saturday, November 14th 2009 from 7-11 pm.

Seemingly naïve perceptions of sex, religion and politics are represented in the form of collage, combined to form a disordered setting for Erik Foss’ new exhibition, Unseen on TV. This collection is fueled by a sociological deviance from American culture, while at the same time reflecting the cultures very ideals. Foss’ raw collages on distressed paper are an assembled collection of antique pornography and photographs, dating as late as the 1800’s. Erotic cut out hearts cover the faces of stoic portraits, questioning the distinction between offensive vs. provocative or private vs. public concern. Manipulating American history and politics with fearful symmetries and collective despair, Foss dares to push the boundaries of relative understanding.

Erik Foss has been living and working in downtown Manhattan for over twelve years. This will be his second solo show at Gallery Three in San Francisco. He has also shown in several New York galleries including White Box, Dietch and Jonathan Levine, as well as The Contemporary Art Museum in Chicago, Collette in Paris and V1 Gallery in Denmark.

Unseen on TV exposes what is normally ignored, the taboos of human existence and the sort of things you can't see on TV. The truth. Please join us at Gallery Three for the opening reception on Saturday, November 14th 2009 from 7-11 pm. This exhibit is on display through December 5th 2009 and is open to the public.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Shooting Gallery Presents Wild Wild East

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

Wild Wild East

New Works By Yumiko Kayukawa

Showing: November 14th through December 5th, 2009 and is open to the public.

The Shooting Gallery is proud to present Wild Wild East, new works by Yumiko Kayukawa Saturday, November 14th 2009. Kayukawa’s parents and grandparents who were survivors of the tumultuous decade of 1950’s Japan inspired this collection. It represents a time of both positive and negative change, memories of the past and experiences of the present. Please join us for the opening reception of Wild Wild East from 7-11 pm.

Born in the small town of Naie in Hokkaido, Japan, Kayukawa’s paintings are drawn from the beauty of her childhood surroundings and understanding of its native animals. Kayukawa reveals an intimate connection to her culture by referencing Shinto Mythology, Japanese characters and folklore. As a recent transplant to the US, Wild Wild East also reveals mixed feelings of her experience “surviving” in two very different societies. This exhibition expresses a new perspective by melding both traditional Japanese cultures with her enthusiasm for American pop culture.

Yumiko Kayukawa’s pieces often tell a story communicating with dynamic composition, intriguing poses and fluid patterns. Scenic environments are electrified by bold imagery and color, painting with acrylic, using ink for outlines and accents on wood panels and canvas. Her traditional kanji characters enlighten the viewer with titles that give greater understanding to the piece. Emanating a certain famine appeal, Kayukawa plays on themes of nature, fantasy, fashion, eroticism and rock n’ roll.

As a teenager Kayukawa fell in love 'with the energy and giddiness' of American pop-culture through her exposure to MTV, film, and fashion. By the age of 16, she made her debut into the art world with a comic-book (Manga) feature. She continues to produce illustrative work, while showing in galleries internationally, including Japan, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Manchester, and Miami.

Please join us for the opening reception of Wild Wild East, new works by Yumiko Kayukawa Saturday, November 14th 2009, from 7-11pm. This show will be on exhibit from November 14th through December 5th, 2009 and is open to the public.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - RAW

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600

ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday November 2009 RAW An exhibition of new Bay Area sculpture and installation Curated by John K. Melvin SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Root Division is proud to present our November Second Saturday event, an exhibition of new Bay Area sculpture and installation, guest-curated by local artist and curator John K. Melvin. The work in RAW has a distinct materiality, and each of the artists is uniquely aware of its presence. Whether assembled from found objects or crafted from items not typically associated with fine art, the sculptures and installations featured in this show work to declaim the fundamental appeal of objectness. Artists like Colby Claycomb and Brandon Truscott evoke their own personal narratives by exploiting the built-in meaning of used materials. Others, like Barry Beach, John K. Melvin, and Kit Rosenberg take a more detached approach, boiling down a conceptual premise to its most essential material elements. But regardless of how each artist approaches their work, there is a shared enthusiasm to maintain the integrity of the chosen medium. Details are on-line at http://raw-rootdivisionsf.blogspot.com Artists: Barry Beach Colby Claycomb Benjamin Echeverria Sean Olson Christophe Piallat Kit Rosenberg* Brandon Truscott Jesse Walton Sarah Willis *Root Division Resident Artist Opening Reception: Saturday, November 14th, 7-10 pm Sliding Scale Suggested Donation: $2-$20 Exhibition Dates: November 11th-December 5th, 2009 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays- Saturdays, 2-6 pm (or by appointment) ROOT DIVISION 3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness&Shotwell) San Francisco, CA 94110 www.rootdivision.org 415.863.7668 ABOUT ROOT DIVISION: Root Division is an arts and arts education non-profit located in the Mission District of San Francisco. Root Division's mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area. Root Division is supported in part by grants from Grants for the Arts: SF Hotel Tax Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, and the Walter&Elise Haas Fund. The Second Saturday Exhibition Series is sponsored by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the San Francisco Arts Commission through a Cultural Equity Grant/Organizational Project Grant, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Selene Foster at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Museum by Tina Howe @ Kala Art Institute

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0600

Museum by Tina Howe

Directed by: Stephanie Renée Maysonave

Assistant Directed by:   Claire Zawa

Featuring an impressive cast of 38 performers!

Aficionados, snobs, obnoxious college girls, and a disgruntled security guard scrutinize a modern art exhibit on its final day. Performed in actual museums throughout the Bay Area, 38 actors grace the 'stage' prodding conceptual art as they observe three seemingly blank canvases and paper human figures hanging from a clothesline accompanied by a bowl of clothespins, which no one can seem to keep their hands off of.

Tickets: $19 Purchase your early bird tickets before November 1st and pay only $12

To purchase tickets visit www.boxcartheatre.org or call 1.800.838.3006 For show or theatre information call: 415.776.1747

***We encourage our patrons to sit, stand and move around. We have a limited number of benches, but also provide stools and pillows for those who ask.

The performance is 75 minutes.

Due to the unique nature of this event, we strongly encourage reservations ahead of time.

Kala: Located in what used to be the Heinz Factory with architecture Julia Morgan had a hand in designing, this vast open gallery offers an exceptional view of the show. Because of its incredible size, this only night in Berkeley performance can accommodate over one hundred patrons, even allowing a few lucky audience members the opportunity get up close and personal and sit right in the middle of the action. Don't worry though-you wont be pulled on stage. Some even say a hint of ketchup still lingers in the air... http://kala.org http://kala.org/event/event.html

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - The Great Liberation Upon Hearing

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Dance Brigade, the Bay Area’s cutting edge dance company, presents a new work, The Great Liberation Upon Hearing, a multi-media dance drama based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Artistic Director Krissy Keefer along with collaborating artists create a moving and compelling piece of theater that engages the audience both emotionally and intellectually. Ms. Keefer follows the journey as laid out in the Tibetan tradition from the time of death until a person is reincarnated into the next life. The remarkable cast of dancers includes Ramon Ramos Alayo, Tina Banchero, Sarah Bush, Clint Calimlim, Richelle Donigan, Karen Elliot, Folawole, Lena Gatchalian, Bruce Ghent, Fredrika Keefer, Krissy Keefer, Jose Navarrete, and Sonya Smith with Choreographic Contributions Sara Shelton Mann, Lighting Elaine Buckholtz, Video and Set Matthew De Gumbia, Film Ellen Bruno, Musical Director Floor Van Herreweghe and Taiko composed by Bruce Ghent.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - An Evening with Composer/Violinist Gloria Justen

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600

Gloria Justen, composer and violinist, will present a unique program on November 14th which ranges from subtle insect rhythms to passionate virtuoso violin playing. Original pieces for solo violin will be juxtaposed with digital sound collages played back on a multiple-speaker system. The violin compositions alternate between soulful singing passages and abstract lines, exploring the many sound colors which are possible on the instrument. These pieces are deeply influenced by Justen's musical idols J.S. Bach and Bela Bartok. The sound collages combine environmental field recordings, studio-recorded instruments, and digital processes to create evocative auditory dream trips. As part of the program Justen will lead listeners in a few games which potentially will attune them to enhanced ways of perceiving music and our sonic environment. Come hear this sound artist's work in the beautiful setting of a.Muse gallery, surrounded by the paintings and drawings of Thao Duong and Telopa. Recently transplanted to California, Gloria Justen performs with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Empyrean Ensemble, and other groups in the Bay area. She also continues to serve as Concertmaster for the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and to play occasionally with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Last season she toured with the Philip Glass Ensemble to Europe, Australia and Taiwan. She also performs her own music in intimate settings. Justen is an unusual combination of a classically-trained violinist in the best old-school tradition and an experimental artist who enjoys trying new approaches. She has collaborated with modern dancers, digital artists, and improvisational musicians.

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - marc manning, dorian wood, red maids at house of shields

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0600

November 14th 9pm House of Shields 39 New Montgomery st. SF CA DORIAN WOOD (myspace.com/dorianwood) twisted psych folk blues MARC MANNING, Everything is Fine (everything is fine.net) emotional drony feedback RED MAIDS (myspace.com/redmaids) fractured atmospheric flamenco

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Craig Caffall Band

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:00:00 -0600

Come hear Craig Caffall play songs from his award winning CD 'Hold Me Up' as well as some great old school R&B, funk, blues, rock and some Latin songs!! Bring your dancin' shoes as you won't be able to stay seated!!! Craig Caffall has been the lead guitarist for the past five years with legendary singer Maria Muldaur. Joining Craig Caffall will be drummer Kevin Hayes, bassist Paul Olguin and keyboardist Tony Lufrano. A big time will be had by all!!! More info to follow - make sure you put this one in your calendars! www.craigcaffall.com http://www.presidioyachtclub.org/PYCbrochure.pdf

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music Sacred Dance

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

In recent years the multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling monastery have taken the world by storm. Tibetan temple music is often known in the West as 'throat singining,' wherein each of the main chantmasters simultaneously intones three notes, thus each individually creating a complete chord. The Tibetans are the only known people who cultivate this extraordinary vocal ability. The tradition is also known as 'overtone singing' because it is accomplished by means of learning to control the muscles of the vocal cavity and then re-shaping it while singing, thus intensifying the natural overtones of the voice. In essence, the body is transformed into an effective overtone amplifier.

MORE INFO: Clara Lindstrom ** http://www.ciis.edu/publicprograms ** publicprograms@ciis.edu ** 415-575-6175 Presented by California Institute of Integral Studies, Public Programs

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - A Salon for Artists with Blanche Brown, Charlotte Gordon, and others

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Please join CIIS' Department of Writing, Consciousness&Creative Inquiry (WCC) for 'A Brief History of Consciousness: A Salon for Artists' with dancer, Blanche Brown; writer and poet, Charlotte Gordon; and philosophy and religion professor, Robert McDermott. The salon will be moderated by WCC faculty member and fiction writer Carolyn Cooke.

How can literature and the arts explore and embody consciousness? This conversation with three artistic and intellectual luminaries will probe how origin stories, myths, archetypes and ecstatic revelations can uncover the material given to us as artists, feminists, activists and earth-changers.

MORE INFO: Brynn Saito ** http://www.ciis.edu/News_and_Events/Event_Calendar/Carolyn_Cooke_Salon.html ** bsaito@ciis.edu ** 415-575-6264 Presented by Department of Writing, Consciousness&Creative Inquiry @ California Institute of Integral Studies

Saturday, 14 November, 2009 - Lecture/Painting Demonstration by Chen Jiang Hong

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

On Saturday, November 14th, 2009, Chinese-French artist and author Chen Jiang Hong will honor us with his presence, to give a lecture and painting demonstration. This event will be held at the Chinese Culture Center's gallery, from 12:00 to 1:45pm.

MORE INFO: http://www.c-c-c.org/?m=20091114&cat=22 ** clpape@c-c-c.org ** 415-986-1822 Presented by Chinese Culture Center

Sunday, 15 November, 2009 - Abhinaya Dance Presents Nritya Sangati - Dance Progressions

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0600

Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose, the Bay Area’s premiere South Indian classical dance company, presents their 2009 Fall concerts “Nritya Sangati: Dance Progressions.” The performances feature the work of special guest composer Kartik Seshadri foremost disciple of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Presented in the Bharatanatyam-style, the performance will feature choreography by Abhinaya Artistic Director and Founder Mythili Kumar, Rasika Kumar and Malavika Kumar.

The concerts will be held on November 14th at San Jose's Mexican Heritage Theater (7:00 pm) and November 15th (2:00 pm) at San Francisco’s Cowell Theater.

Sunday, 15 November, 2009 - Science Writer K.C. Cole at Exploratorium in November

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600

Celebrate the Exploratorium’s 40th Anniversary with Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up—A New Book by K.C. Cole K.C. Cole speaks at the Exploratorium on November 15, 2009, 3pm, joined by San Francisco Chronicle’s eminent science editor David Perlman who knew Oppenheimer and the Exploratorium at its founding. A new biography profiles Exploratorium's fascinating founder Frank Oppenheimer, brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer -- which, he wise-cracked, probably made him the “uncle” of the atom bomb. Like his famous brother, Frank was a brilliant physicist, and also black-listed by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee after the war. Ultimately, he was the guiding genius behind the Exploratorium, the place that started a worldwide revolution in museums and science education.