The Squid List

06/19/2013 - Bike to Lunch Day!

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0500

prior to the ride and bring a picnic blanket. This is an opportunity to enjoy lunch with a beautiful view and meet a fellow San Francisco bicyclist. We'll congregate just above the play ground. We will be the ones with lots of the bikes. You can't miss us.

You don't know the way to Mission Dolores Park? Meet up with bikers making the trek from Rackspace or Eventbrite at 11:45 and join the pack! Parties will be leaving at Noon of the dot so don't be late.

Meet up locations:

Rackspace: 620 Folsom Street #100 (btwn 2nd + Hawthorne) Eventbrite: 651 Brannan Street #110 (btwn 5th + 6th)

Would you like to host a meet up spot? Contact us to make it happen.

http://biketolunch.eventbrite.com

https://www.facebook.com/events/464356033654047

06/19/2013 - Sir Ken Robinson: Revolutionizing You

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Sir Ken Robinson, Speaker; Advisor on Education in the Arts; Author, The Element and Finding Your Element

Ninive Calegari, Co-founder, 826 Valencia; Co-author, Teachers Have it Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers; Producer, American Teacher

TED Talks rock star Robinson's 2006 talk about revolutionizing educationby having it nurture rather than undermine creativity is the most viewedin TED¹s history. He is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education and in business. Robinson works with governments and educational systems in Europe, Asia and the United States, with international agencies, Fortune 500 companies and some of the world¹s leading cultural organizations. He was a professor of education at the University of Warwick in the UK and author of The Element and its new follow-up, Finding Your Element, a practical guide to self fulfillment by converging your natural talents and personal passions.

06/19/2013 - Your Network is Your Net Worth

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 -0500

In today’s world, your network is your greatest asset. The most powerful currency in this interconnected new economy might not be money but connections. Relationships are key to success, wealth and happiness, and technology is further transforming the game of networking. In her new book, Your Network Is Your Net Worth, Gale lays out a how-to guide for increasing your net worth by strengthening those relationships and connections. Join us to learn the art of cultivating valuable relationships and how networking can help you meet your goals and beyond.

Porter Gale, Author, Your Network Is Your Net Worth In Conversation with Guy Kawasaki, Founder, Alltop.com; Author; Formerly Chief Evangelist, Apple

Tickets: http://bit.ly/networknetworth-EB

06/19/2013 - Room to Breathe - Piedmont Diversity Film

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:30:00 -0500

Room To Breathe is a surprising story of transformation of struggling children in a San Francisco public middle school as they are introduced to the practice of mindfulness meditation.

The film focuses on four troubled children in Marina Middle School in San Francisco: an African American boy trying to cope with his brother's murder; a highly social Latino girl with no interest in academics; a tough and disruptive Latino girl who is frequently in trouble with school administrators; and a defiant Latino boy who sees himself as unfairly persecuted by his primary teacher and other school officials. The film shows chaos in the classroom - children fooling around, shoving, and yelling.

How can teachers help these children develop the social, emotional, and attentional skills they need to succeed in and out of the classroom? Instead of just forcing the children to listen, the school administrators decide to experiment with "mindfulness," a new program in self-reflection that is being introduced to a handful of public schools across the nation.

While the mindfulness instructor's efforts are initially met with defiance, contempt for authority figures, and poor discipline, the teacher from Berkeley helps the four children and their classmates take greater control over themselves. A new sense of calm begins to permeate their worlds, in class and at home.

The root of the children's problems may be unique to each person, but the practice of mindfulness meditation has positive influence on all of them. Room To Breathe is an inspiring film that demonstrates a simple method that appears to have the potential to transform the ways in which children relate to their peers, their teachers, and their world, to reduce violence and bullying, and to create marked improvements in academic performance.

6:30 PM Doors open: Reception/7 PM Film/8 - 9 PM Discussion Co-sponsored by Piedmont League of Women Voters and Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee

Presented by Piedmont Diversity Film Series

06/19/2013 - Dating for Nerds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Explore new worlds with other smarties during an adventure-inspired singles mixer.

Blaze a trail to love with other brainy bachelors and bachelorettes over board games and trivia.

Swap stories during a nerd bucket list icebreaker. Check off geek feats like meeting Stan Lee, solving a Rubik's cube or setting a Guinness record.

Kit yourself out with prizes like a Pac-Man bike bell, a Captain America compass and a Portal 2 flashlight.

And, experience the exotic with drink specials like the Marianas Trench, the Carlsbad Cavern and the Space Station.

Price: $30. Registration required: nerdsatheart.com

Phone: 855-NERD-LOVE (855-637-3568)

06/19/2013 - Super Pop! Book Launch Party with Pop Culture Expert and Author Daniel Harmon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Join Zest Books editorial director and author Daniel Harmon to celebrate the release of his new book, Super Pop: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays. Just in time for summer movie blockbuster and beach reading season, Super Pop! showcases tips on not only what we all can watch, play, and read next, but also which top ten movies, music, comics, TV shows, and other types of entertainment will help us become more interesting at a dinner party, more fun on a date, and generally smarter and happier people. In his new book Harmon and organizes 500 movies, songs, video games, and books into top ten lists that not only have the power to entertain, but also to help create a new and better you!

http://www.birdbeckett.com http://zestbooks.net/events/

06/19/2013 - Root Division Presents: Strange Bedfellows Panel Discussion and Catalogue Release

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Featuring: EG Crichton + Barbara McBane Annie Sprinkle + Beth Stephens Tina Takemoto Chris Vargas + Greg Youmans

Moderated by Curator, Amy Cancelmo

About the Exhibition: Strange Bedfellows is a visual art exhibition exploring collaborative practice in queer art. Featuring the work of over twenty contemporary queer artists alongside ephemera loaned from the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archive, the show presents diverse strategies for collaboration and considers multiple authorship as a radical concept.

Strange Bedfellows is a nationally traveling exhibition with accompanying catalogue, and is a fiscally sponsored project of the Queer Cultural Center. The exhibition will debut in San Francisco at Root Division in June 2013 as part of the National Queer Arts Festival, and then travel to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania in Fall of 2013. It will next be presented in Chicago for the College Art Association Conference in February of 2014 as the sponsored exhibition of the Queer Caucus for the Arts. Additional funders for the project include Endeavor Foundation for the Arts + Rainbow Grocery.

Exhibition Dates: June 5 - 29, 2013 Gallery Hours: Wednesday- Saturday, 2�"6 pm (or by appointment)

Exhibiting Artists:

Bren Ahearn + Jesse M. Kahn Jordan Arsenault + POSTER VIRUS E.G. Crichton, Barbara McBane + Susan Working Sean Fader Alexander Hernandez* with Rude House Sarah Hirneisen Amos Mac + Juliana Huxtable LaDosha Tara Mateik billy ocallaghan Adrienne Skye Roberts Annie Sprinkle + Beth Stephens with Luke Wilson Julie Sutherland* Tina Takemoto + Angela Ellsworth Chris Vargas + Greg Youmans Angie Wilson + Amber Straus

* Root Division Studio Artist

About the Catolouge: Root Division is proud to present “Strange Bedfellows: Collaborative Practice in Queer Art,” a 70 page full color exhibition catalogue featuring curator’s essays and interviews with several exhibiting artists. Designed by Micah Rivera www.micahrivera.com, the catalogue will be available for sale for $20.

About the Panelists:

Elizabeth M. Stephens is interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator who has explored themes of sexuality, gender, queerness, and feminism through art for over 20 years. Her current passion is SexEcology: the art of exploring the Earth as a lover. This work is designed to create the desire in others to love, cherish and honor the earth as they would their own lover, instead of expecting the earth to take care of them as one might expect from one’s mother. SexEcology combines Stephens’ interest in sexuality and ecology in order to help stop environmental degradation and bring about environmental healing and pleasure. Some of her other works include the bronze sculptural installation, The Academic/Porn Star Panty Collection; the road trip performance piece Wish You Were Here; the video installation, Kiss, as well as her ongoing collaboration with Annie Sprinkle in the Love Art Laboratory. She has exhibited and performed in museums, galleries and festivals around the world. For more information about Elizabeth’s other work see http://www.elizabethstephens.org/ Annie M. Sprinkle is an internationally known multi-media artist whose work is often studied in History of Performance Art classes, gender studies and film studies at major Universities/Colleges. Sprinkle has continuously toured one-woman theater performances about her life since 1989, such as Post Porn Modernist and Hestory of Porn. One of the pivotal players in the 80’s “sex positive feminist movement,” Ms. Sprinkle’s art work has long championed sex education and equal rights. The film she produced and directed, The Sluts and Goddesses Video Workshop has played in well over 100 film festivals, at museums and galleries, including at the Guggenheim in NYC. She became the first sex film star to successfully bridge into the world of art, and to earn a Ph.D., which she was awarded from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, in 2002. She is a popular visiting artist at many Universities. Annie Sprinkle’s autobiographical book, Post Porn Modernist broke new ground in art books that include sexually oriented imagery. Her book,Hard Core From the Heart; The Pleasures, Profits and Politics of Sex in Performance was published by Continuum Press for the academic market and won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award (2002). For more information about Annie Sprinkle, go to her other web site, www.anniesprinkle.org.

Tina Takemoto is an artist and associate professor of visual studies at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her work examines issues of race, queer identity, memory, and grief. Her current project explores the LGBT experience of the Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II. She has presented artwork and performances internationally and has received grants funded by Art Matters, James Irvine Foundation, and San Francisco Arts Commission. Takemoto’s articles appear in Afterimage, Art Journal, Performance Research, Radical Teacher, Theatre Survey, Women and Performance, and the anthology Thinking Through the Skin. Takemoto is a board member of the Queer Cultural Center and co-founder of Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts. On occasion, she makes guerilla appearances as Michael Jackson and Bjork-Geisha. E.G. Crichton uses a range of art strategies to explore social issues, history, and site-specific subject matter. She often works within community settings and collaborates across disciplines with performers, writers, scientists and composers, to name a few. Her work has been exhibited in art institutions and as public installations in Europe, Asia, Australia and across the U.S. She is a professor in the Art Department at UCSC and the first Artist-in-Residence for the GLBT Historical Society.

Barbara McBane is a freelance writer, scholar, artist, and film-maker. Former head of Critical Studies at the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in France, she also worked for many years as an award-winning sound editor. She has taught gender studies, film and art-related courses at the University of California at Santa Cruz and Davis, and in Ireland and France. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Chris Vargas is a film + video maker whose areas of interest include queer/transgender history, tabloid biography, and radical politics. In 2011, he earned his MFA in Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently teaches digital video production. His solo video work includes Have You Ever Seen a Transsexual Before? (2010) and Libéraceon (2011). With Eric Stanley he is the co-director of the movie Homotopia (2006), as well as its forthcoming feature-length sequel, Criminal Queers (2012). www.chrisevargas.com

Greg Youmans is a film scholar as well as a videomaker. He earned his Ph.D. from the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and from 2012-13 he is a Scholar in Residence of the Beatrice Bain Research Group at UC Berkeley. His research explores the social and political role of queer filmmaking in the 1970s. In 2011, Arsenal Pulp Press published his book on the pioneering, Bay-Area documentary Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (dir. Mariposa Film Group, 1977). He is now at work on his second book, “Thank You Anita!”: Gay and Lesbian Filmmaking in the 1970s. www.gregyoumans.com

06/19/2013 - JONATHAN ALTER 'The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies'

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Hosted by Tina Bachemin

$12 advance tickets:: 800-838-3006 or Pegasus Books 3 locations), Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond Bookstore, DIESEL a Bookstore. SF: Modern Times ($15 door) Info:www.kpfa.org/events KPFA benefit

The 2012 election will be remembered as a fiercely critical moment in history. With huge victories in the 2010 midterm elections, the Republican Party had successfully blocked President Obama at every turn as they solidified plans to wrench the entire country sharply to the right. Facing free-spending billionaires, Fox News, a passionate Tea Party, and a ferocious effort in nineteen states to rig the election by suppressing Democratic votes, Obama repelled the assault and navigated the nation back to the center. Or did he?

Jonathan Alter uses his unmatched access and deep knowledge of politics to produce the first full account of America at a very dangerous crossroads. He pierces the bubble of the White House and of the presidential campaigns with exclusive reporting and rare historical insight. More than a campaign book, this is the epic story of an embattled president facing a historic moment many considered more profoundly pivotal than 2008.

Alter relates the untold story of Obama's decision to raid Osama bin Laden's compound, the debt ceiling fiasco, run-ins with black and Latino activists. He offers fresh details about the Koch brothers, Grover Norquist, and the online haters who suffer from "Obama Derangement Syndrome." He portrays the Obama analytics geeks working out of "The Cave" and the man who secretly videotaped Mitt Romney's infamous comments on the "47 percent."

Jonathan Alter is the author of two best-selling books: The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and The Triumph of Hope (2006) and The Promise: President Obama, Year One. Alter is a contributing correspondent to NBC News and is the lead correspondent on the website Bloomberg View.

Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM

06/20/2013 - Third Thursdays in Yerba Buena

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:30:00 -0500

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 from 3:30pm-10pm

Join us on the third Thursday of each month in downtown San Francisco's Yerba Buena neighborhood for a monthly outing full of arts, food, + drinks! Come be a part of this event and participate in events like this:

Wandering the blocks around Yerba Buena Gardens to soak in art and music Experiencing art immersion with special installations, performances, and events Pick up a wristband at participating galleries and museums for special Third Thursday all-night Happy Hour at participating bars and restaurants.

Third Thursdays' purpose is to promote the rich cultural businesses in the Yerba Buena neighborhood, cross-promote local clientele between the arts and food industries; as well as to create a sense of community by cooperatively providing a regular event for residents and visitors of the neighborhood. Each venue will offer a special performance, talk, event, or exhibit.

Our first event holding will be on June 20, 2013 from 3:30pm-10pm!

June Venues + Participants: *Contemporary Jewish Museum *Yerba Buena Center for the Arts *B Restaurant and Bar *Thirsty Bear Restaurant *UC Berkeley Extension Gallery *Yerba Buena Gardens *Novela Bar

As part of Third Thursdays, the Yerba Buena Alliance joins forces with Thirsty Bear to host a neighborhood mixer from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Join us for light food and organic beer brewed right here in Yerba Buena. This is a chance for Alliance members and the Yerba Buena community to interact and network. Come get to know your neighbors and enjoy the Yerba Buena Third Thursdays. All are welcome.

See the Third Thursday blog at http://thirdthursdaysf.wordpress.com/home/

Contact the Alliance if you would like to know more info on how to get involved, info@yerbabuena.org

Presented by Yerba Buena Alliance

06/20/2013 - Allison Smith: Living History

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:30:00 -0500

Opening reception and conversation with the artist, Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

During the reception we will be having a conversation between Allison Smith and Julia Bryan-Wilson, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at University of California, Berkeley Conversation

For her second exhibition at Haines Gallery, Bay Area based artist Allison Smith presents a series of photographic works on linen alongside sculptural pieces that continue her investigation of the cultural phenomenon underlying Living History �" or the reenactment of life from another time �" as it relates to early America. This tradition is founded on the principle that historical events gain meaning and relevance when performed live in an open-air, interactive setting. Smith reframes this rich set of activities and objects within the field of contemporary art, prompting content-based associations.

Smith’s research-based practice is revealed through these photographs, which initially operate as a form of rigorous anthropological note taking. Printed on texturally rich linens and displayed in wood frames, the works not only play at the distinction between photograph and painting, but also evoke the craft history they document. She photographs living history villages, museums and craft fairs throughout the United States, approaching these venues with a keen eye for scenes that relate to her work, but also instances of uncanny juxtaposition - moments where the contemporary challenges of framing this history reveal themselves. Isolated from their original contexts, the objects and environments depicted begin to function as props and sets for a performance you can imagine, but never see unfold. The absence of human presence in these pictures imparts a certain timelessness, encouraging interpretations beyond the purely historical.

The sculptural works restage early-American colonial craft and textile patterns. The unfinished tilt-top tables stand new and ready for use, like props for a reenactment. Smith, however, reinterprets the potential of these tables. She situates them in unusable positions, wrapping them in silks patterned with historical textiles rendered almost psychedelic through the manipulation of their colors and contrast. While referencing the history from which they are derived - most notably, the invention of the kaleidoscope - these reflector-like objects transform into decidedly contemporary works through Smith’s intervention.

Smith’s work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and projects at institutions and is included in many collections throughout the US including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Berkeley Art Museum; Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO. Later this month, Allison Smith: Rudiments of Fife - Drum will open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT. Smith is a tenured professor and Chair of the Sculpture Program at California College of the Arts.

06/20/2013 - Art Curious Summer Event - Artist Talk + Mixer at LIM GALLERY

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Color is the spice of life, a dynamic force behind fashion, food, art, and design. Join us for a special summer discussion over drinks at Lim Gallery in Potrero Hill, featuring artist talks by "Dynamic Color" artists April Hankins, Patter Hellstrom, and Saundra McPherson.

Are you Art Curious?

Seasoned collector? Art-interested newbie? Just looking? Art Curious events are for people who love art and are thirsty to learn more. ArtSpan's Art Curious events aim to demystify the boundaries between the art world and the real world and cultivate a space for learning and living with art.

About LIM Gallery:

LIM GALLERY | San Francisco Dynamic Color Hellstrom . Hankins . McPherson April 7 - June 30, 2013

Located at the base of Potrero Hill in the Design Center at the corner of 16th Street and Rhode Island, Lim Gallery is an innovative event-based space. Determined to suit a lifestyle occupied with art, tech, design, and culture in San Francisco, Lim Gallery serves as a meeting place for the city’s most influential artists, tech innovators, entrepreneurs and thinkers, all of whom have helped redefine what it means to live, work, and thrive in the digital world.

06/20/2013 - Crossing Borders: Closing Event

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Join Emergent Art Space as we celebrate the close of our International Juried Exhibition, CROSSING BORDERS, featuring the work of 37 emerging artists from 20 different countries.

Friends and musical guests O Presidente and Metacomet will take to the stage at 7:30 pm to help us close the show. Don't miss your last chance to see this exciting exhibition before it all comes down the next day!

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CROSSING BORDERS aims to investigate the geographical, political, social and metaphorical constraints that divide us, and to build bridges of communication across cultural differences.

Jurors: Courtney Fink, Director of Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; Eli Ridgway, Director of the Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Azru Mistri, Artist, Organizer + Educator at the Sritshi School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India; and Gadi Ramadhani, Artist, Curator, and Founder of the Koko'TEN Center for Curatorial Practices, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

For more information about Emergent Art Space and Crossing Borders please visit: emergentartspace.org

06/20/2013 - Introductions: Four Young Artists from Creativity Explored Step into the Spotlight

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

INTRODUCTIONS

Four Young Artists from Creativity Explored Step into the Spotlight

June 20 �" August 7, 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, June 20, 7 �" 9 PM

Creativity Explored Gallery 3245 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco Gallery hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 AM �" 3 PM; Thursday 10 AM �" 7 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 12 �" 5 PM

Creativity Explored presents recent work by four young studio artists who represent a range of artistic styles, perspectives and subject matter in its new summer exhibition, Introductions.

Kate Thompson, 24, expresses her vision in exquisitely detailed scenes using pen and ink on paper, one of which is licensed to the contemporary home furnishings store CB2 for an upcoming pillow design. Marcus McClure, 29, creates exuberant layered abstracts in mixed media using predominantly circular and other geometric forms; CB2 also selected two of McClure’s works as the basis for past rug designs. With black marker on canvas, Steven Liu, 24, fluidly renders intricate scenes with people�" all elaborately detailed and in a state of motion, reflecting his own active physical nature. Keenan Dietiker, 23, specializes in abstract landscapes using mixed media on paper.

The four artists have all attended Creativity Explored for at least one year, and are still evolving in their practice. “Each of these young artists incorporates a unique vision, approach and technique,” says Gallery Manager Amy Auerbach, co-curator of the exhibit. “We felt their combined pieces offer an intriguing spectrum of work, from very abstract to intricately rendered,” adds Gallery Assistant and co-curator, Janessa Post.

Introductions and other exhibitions presented during Creativity Explored’s 30th Anniversary are supported by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation. For more information: 415-863-2108; www.creativityexplored.org

06/20/2013 - Contemporary Historians Series : Top Secret America: A Short History of the New Security State Created After 9/11

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Now in its third season, the Contemporary Historians at the Presidio series features nationally renowned historians exploring themes in American and world history. The Contemporary Historians series is part of the Presidio Heritage Program, which offers immersive, informative, and emotionally engaging experiences revealing the Presidio’s rich and ever-evolving history.

The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. What kind of government have we created to defend us against terrorism? What have been the costs and trade-offs getting there? Are we safer? Journalist Dana Priest takes a critical look at America's security more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks.

Dana Priest is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and national security expert for The Washington Post. She was the newspaper’s intelligence and Pentagon correspondent for over a decade. She has received every major journalism honor, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "The Other Walter Reed" about the neglectful care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the CIA’s secret prisons and counterterrorism operations overseas. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Priest documented the largest covert action program in the CIA’s history as well as the unprecedented growth and use of the military’s clandestine special operations forces around the world. Recently she chronicled the proliferation of counterterrorism agencies in a series of articles and in the best-selling book Top Secret America: The Rise of the National Security State.

For more details: http://www.presidio.gov/Calendar/Pages/contemporary-historians-dana-priest-june-20.aspx

06/20/2013 - Dana Priest at the Presidio's Contemporary Historians Series

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Now in its third season, the Contemporary Historians at the Presidio series features nationally renowned historians exploring themes in American and world history. The Contemporary Historians series is part of the Presidio Heritage Program, which offers immersive, informative, and emotionally engaging experiences revealing the Presidio’s rich and ever-evolving history.

Dana Priest Top Secret America: A Short History of the New Security State Created After 9/11

The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. What kind of government have we created to defend us against terrorism? What have been the costs and trade-offs getting there? Are we safer? Dana Priest takes a critical look at America's security more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks.

Dana Priest is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and national security expert for The Washington Post. She was the newspaper’s intelligence and Pentagon correspondent for over a decade. She has received every major journalism honor, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "The Other Walter Reed" about the neglectful care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the CIA’s secret prisons and counter-terrorism operations overseas. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Priest documented the largest covert action program in the CIA’s history as well as the unprecedented growth and use of the military’s clandestine special operations forces around the world. Recently she chronicled the proliferation of counter-terrorism agencies in a series of articles and in the best-selling book Top Secret America: The Rise of the National Security State (Little Brown, 2011).

06/20/2013 - SHIPWRECK: Competitive erotic fanfiction.

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Presented by The Booksmith + Write Club SF:

Good theatre for bad literature? Marital aid for book nerds? Competitive erotic fan-fiction at its finest? Shipwreck is all of these things, plus an open bar.

Six Great Writers will destroy one Great Book (this time, The Great Gatsby), one Great Character at a time, in service of the transcendent and the profane (and also laughs). Marvel as beloved characters are plucked from their worlds and made to do stuff they were never meant to do in places they were never meant to see.

You choose the best Ship. The winning writer chooses the book for the next Shipwreck.

All stories will be recited by Shakespearean Thespian in Residence, Sir Steven Westdahl, from his private chamber at Booksmith Castle, both to preserve the majesty of the written work and to ensure the honesty of the audience when voting for a winner.

FEATURING THE TALENTS OF: Ken Grobe Sarah Griffin Nate Waggoner

06/20/2013 - Scapino

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Award-winning director James Dunn directs this outdoor production of "Scapino," a saucy, slapstick comedy about a devious valet who conspires a complex plot to help two pairs of lovers overcome parental opposition. "Scapino," an adaptation of the 1671 Commedia dell'Arte play "Les Fourberies de Scapin" by Moliere, debuted on Broadway in 1974 featuring Jim Dale as Scapino.

The production is presented in the outdoor amphitheater at the beautiful Marin Art + Garden Center. Audiences are encouraged to bring picnics. Warm clothing, jackets and blankets are recommended for evening performances.

Featuring Michael Barr,* Buzz Halsing,* Justin Dupuis, Don Wood, Natalie Palan, Carla Pauli, Candace Brown, Ellen Brooks, Christopher Hammond and Ryan Martin.

Directed by James Dunn

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. June 20 to July 13, 2013 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays and Monday, July 1. No performance July 4. Discounted preview performances are 7:30 p.m. June 20 and June 21.

WHERE: Redwood Amphitheatre, Marin Art + Garden Center 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross, CA

COST: $15 to $30 $15-25 in advance, $20-30 at the door Preview performances $15 per person.

ONLINE TICKETS: https://porchlight.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0NG000000FqCEAMA3

PHONE: 415-251-1027

WEBSITE: www.porchlight.net

PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/eSiq4CkKMNUEDazWKTJH0Q

06/20/2013 - THE FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL Transgender + Queer Performance Festival June 20-22, 2012

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Dates: Thursday-Saturday June 20-22, 2012 Time: All shows at 8pm Venue: Z Space (450 Florida Street between 17th Street + Mariposa, San Francisco) ASL Interpretation: Friday June 21

Tickets: $15-25 sliding scale Tickets: http://freshmeatfestival.bpt.me

The FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is the nation’s premiere transgender and queer performance festival. Outrageously popular, artistically outstanding, and always delicious, advance tickets are recommended for this very popular event.

Don’t miss this 3-nights-only event. A gala reception with DJ Miz Rowdy, photo booth, drinks and dancing follows the show each night.

Performances by AXIS Dance Company, the Barbary Coast Cloggers, Coyote Grace, Sean Dorsey Dance, Allan Frias / Mind Over Matter, Las Bomberas de la Bahia, Madakaze Daiko, Dana Morrigan, Shawna Virago and more! Check website for full lineup.

06/20/2013 - Strange Sinema 65 : Strange Stunts

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Oddball Films presents Strange Sinema 65: Oddities From the Archives, an evening of newly discovered and choice rarities from the stacks of Oddball Films’ 50,000 reel film archive. This installment of the strangest show in San Francisco - Strange Sinema 65: Strange Stunts features a horde of adrenaline junkies, High Wire Daredevils, Dust Eating Drivers, Human Boomerangs, and Strait-Jacket Escapes. The hair-raising feats include High Wire (1984), an early profile of high wire artist Philippe Petit (subject of the 2008 film Man On Wire) teetering between a skyscraper and the NYC Cathedral of St. John Divine, with sound score by Philip Glass; Dust Eaters (1955), rocking rebels in the stock car racing subculture of the early 50s; Houdini Never Died (1978), a doc featuring Harry Houdini’s strait-jacket escape over Niagara Falls achieved by magician and psychic debunker James Randi; Stunt Crazy (1930s), an assortment of fantastically foolhardy leaps, dives, and the like; excerpts from Niagara Falls (1985), an award-winning doc shot by Ken Burns serves as a background for the magnificent marvels of American stuntsmanship; and Rendezvous (1976), director Claude LeLouche’s one take high speed dash through the streets of Paris. All this and more with selected live electronic accompaniment by Indonesian musician Iman Fattah.

Date: Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 8:00PM Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street, San Francisco Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to: 415-558-8117 or programming@oddballfilm.com

Featuring:

Philippe Petit on High

High Wire (Color, 1984) Directed by Sandi Sissel. Philippe Petit (the recent subject of the doc “Man on Wire”) is a French high wire artist who gained fame for his spectacular walk between the Twin Towers in New York City on August 7, 1974. Here he metaphorically bridges the ancient and modern as he walks a high wire suspended between the towers at New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine and a sixteen story high-rise building across the street. With sound score by composer Phillip Glass.

A Day at the Jalopy Races!

Dust Eaters (B+W, 1955) Hot rods mean hot girls! In this expose into the underbelly of the stock car racing subculture, learn how NASCAR wasn’t the first instance of yokels slavering over car crashes. But in the 50s, we didn’t have things like airbags and anti-lock brakes, so when these cars crash, things get really hairy! Get an insider’s lesson on the terminology and styles of car racing elites, and witness some of the most dangerous driving (and flaming accidents) you’ll see this side of Indianapolis.

Mr. Houdini is All Tied Up at the Moment...

Houdini Never Died (Color, 1978) A insightful documentary about child vaudevillian, trapeze artist and legendary escape artist Harry Houdini (Born Erich Weiss in Budapest, Hungary (1874-1926) narrated by Burgess Meredith. Houdini… includes rare archival footage of Houdini, famed magicians Doug Henning and the magician Shimada. The film culminates with a escape from a strait jacket over Niagara Falls by famed psychic debunker James Randi.

Just a couple of Wing-Nuts!

Stunt Crazy (B-W, 1930s) We see here: one nutcase setting a table on a tightrope high above the Alps, another one who lives to joke about his dive off of the Seattle Bridge, and yet another who just barrel-y survives Niagara Falls. Over a Barrel for Niagara Falls Niagara Falls (Excerpts) (Color, 1985) There is only one place in the Western Hemisphere that has figured in the American imagination since its discovery -- Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls: The Changing Nature of a New World Symbol is a fast-paced, archival footage laced documentary that tackles the fundamental question of what a nation does with its symbols. The film incorporates newsreels, crazy “barrel over-the-falls” stunts, vacationers and honeymooners, interviews with an Iroquois native American, high wire aerialist Philippe Petit (“Man on Wire”) and archival and historical stills and moving images. In the 17th century, the Falls were seen as the quintessential wilderness symbol, vast and terrifying. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this symbol changed to represent the moral and national strength of the new world. The Falls have been written about, painted, and photographed more than any other site in the Americas. Hypnotic, overpowering, and magnificent, the Falls and their rainbows draw in the viewer. With civilization in the background, this film allows the viewer to see Niagara with the eye of the artist, the explorer, and the Iroquois. Directed by Diane Grey and Lawrence Holt with camerawork by Ken Burns. Blue Ribbon winner of the 1985 American Film Festival.

Lelouch sets up the shot of a lifetime

Rendezvous (Color, 1976) In 1976, at the end of a film shoot, Director Claude LeLouch (A Man and a Woman) found himself in possession of four things: a camera with ten minutes of film left, a gyroscopically stabilized camera mount, a sports car, and an idea: to film a mad dash (at speeds up to 140 mph) through the early morning streets of Paris. Denied the necessary permits, he shot the film guerrilla-style, in one take, with no special effects and no street closures. No one was hurt, his subsequent arrest was brief, and the film has become a legend. One take, no film tricks- you won’t believe your eyes.

Plus! Thrills on Wheels (B+W, c. 1950s) Wild homemade vehicles, stupid stunts and crashes galore. About Jakarta Musician Iman Fattah Iman Fattah is a musician, sound designer and producer from Jakarta, Indonesia. His father is a legendary Indonesian musician Donny Fattah. Fattah has been active in Indonesian rock and experimental music scene for the past 15 years, playing guitar in his own band called Zeke and the Popo and RAKSASA. Additionally he produces music for films, theater and commercials. In 2010 Iman collaborated with cutting edge film director Joko Anwar Indonesian as sound designer in the award winning theatrical performance Onrop.

Website: www.imanfattah.com Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/imanfattah Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/imanfattah

About Oddball Films Oddball films is the film component of Oddball Film+Video, a stock footage company providing offbeat and unusual film footage for feature films like Milk, documentaries like The Summer of Love, television programs like Mythbusters, clips for Boing Boing and web projects around the world. Our films are almost exclusively drawn from our collection of over 50,000 16mm prints of animation, commercials, educational films, feature films, movie trailers, medical, industrial military, news out-takes and every genre in between. We’re actively working to present rarely screened genres of cinema as well as avant-garde and ethno-cultural documentaries, which expand the boundaries of cinema. Oddball Films is the largest film archive in Northern California and one of the most unusual private collections in the US. We invite you to join us in our weekly offerings of offbeat cinema.

06/20/2013 - Big Blu Soul Revue - Live at Ashkenaz

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0500

Big Blu Soul Revue being their amazing mix of classic and modern Soul, Rhythm + Blues, Funk and Dance music to Ashkenaz in Berkeley on Thursday, June 20th. Don't miss your change to see this super high-energy live act, performing Soul, R+B and Funk classic from yesterday and today, along with some of their incredible original material. You'll be dancing and singing all night long.

06/21/2013 - The Style Setters Present Summer Fashion Fiesta

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0500

A Perfect girls night out! Come and see what's new in summer fashion while enjoying free wine and nail painting.

Meet fashion blogger Jennifer from JustAddGlam and get style advice from her.

Get goodies bags that include gifts from Yes To Carrrots and Outrage Fashion with VIP tickets.

A fashion extravaganza that showcases the best of fashion vendors, all under one roof.

Update your wardrobe with the latest designs in jewelry and accessories. A fun and colorful event to start off the Summer. Vendot inquiries: thestylesetterz@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheStyleSetters

06/21/2013 - like the air which we can't see

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

The exhibition like the air which we can’t see will bring together the work of Anna Wolfe-Pauly and Erin Colleen Johnson for the first time. Their practices merge and intersect as they both use text as a basis for creation, and iteratively transform the original. Wolfe-Pauly’s installation includes a series of prints that use the Oulipian technique of n+7 to translate the seminal conversations in Jean Piaget’s, The Child’s Conception of the World into iterative reconceptions. The text is accompanied by another series of translations following in the spirit of n+7 in which seven musicians interpret Wolfe-Pauly’s rubbings as graphic scores, turning them into sound.

Erin Colleen Johnson is currently working with an archive which contains forty years of sermons, willed to her by her late grandfather. These sermons point to an endless grasping at the unknowable and Johnson works to search the reverend’s search. The installation at Subterranean features her consultations with a variety of experts - a graphologist, labyrinth facilitator, and a psychoacoustics researcher - attempts to better understand his efforts and investigate ways that the archive can be understood outside of the overtly spiritual content. By reconfiguring the archive to tracing his handwritten words with a camera, she makes the archive speak again.

The show at Subterranean Arthouse is guest curated by Joanna Ruckman.

Opening (with live performances) June 21st 7 - 9 pm

Closing July 3rd 7 - 9 pm

additional viewing hours by appointment only : liketheairwhichwecantsee@gmail.com

06/21/2013 - The Fruit That Ate Itself

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Our second exhibition will be a two person show with new work by Joel Dean and Adrianne Rubenstein.

Though taking vastly different approaches to materials, both share a sense of sincerity and humor in their practices.

The Fruit That Ate Itself is hovering, piecemeal in different states of construction or in the mind, in the as-yet-to-happen.

Imagine half-modeled hulks of material, nacent forms drying on canvas, perhaps only to be covered by more paint or to be discarded all together.

A double declaration: this object is finished, this object is here (arranged amongst peers) for you to see.

Opening reception June 21, 2013 7:00-10:00pm June 21 - July 19 Et al. 620 Kearny Street San Francisco, CA 94108

06/21/2013 - Flamenco del Oro: explosive gypsy music and dancing

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

The Emerald Tablet is very pleased to welcome back Flamenco Del Oro, a flamenco music and dance troupe with attitude and spirit delivering syncopated and sensual rhythms made with passionate guitar, intoxicating vocals, and fiery beautiful dancing.

Join us for another unforgettable performance with Flamenco del Oro and very special guests. Admission is $10 suggested donation for the performers, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Red and white wine, Solera and complimentary food will be available. Ole’!

Flamenco del Oro core members are guitarist Gopal Slavonic and singer and dancer Kina Mendez. Guest dancers and musicians TBA shortly.

Kina Mendez was born into the Mendez clan of Gypsy artists of Jerez de la Frontera. Steeped in the flamenco tradition, she began singing under the influence of her aunt, legendary singer La Paquera de Jerez. Performing in festivals such as ‘La Fiesta de las Bulerias’ and ‘Las Fiestas de la Vendimia’ in Jerez de la Frontera, she has shared the stage with many renown flamenco artists including Manuel Agujetas, El Grilo and La Macanita. Kina was a featured artist at the prestigious Festival de Jerez in 2009 and her debut recording ‘de Sevilla a Jerez’ was released in 2008. Her explosive, expressive presence on stage and her dynamic vocal range has made her a sought after performer both in Spain and the US.

Gopal Slavonic trained at the prestigious ‘Fundacion de Arte Flamenco Cristina Heeren’ in Sevilla, Spain where he studied intensively with leading flamenco guitarists Miguel Angel Cortez, Jose Postigo, Antonio Carmona, Eduardo Rollabar, Tino Van Der Sman, and Joselito Galvez. In his 17 years of dedication to flamenco guitar, Gopal has returned to Spain to further his studies several times, most frequently to Jerez de la Frontera. He has performed with flamenco artists including Cerro Negro, La Fibi, Mark Taylor, La Carola, Roberto Zamora, Pilar Moreno, Zahara, and Jose Galvez. Gopal recently released his second CD ‘Dos Orillas’ and is the featured guitarist for Northern California’s Flamenco del Oro.

For more information, including videos and directions, visit http://emtab.org/flamenco-del-oro-jun-21-2013/.

06/21/2013 - This is Dedicated...

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

June 21-23: Fri-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 7pm

This Is Dedicated... Here Now Dance Collective's new dance theater performance game with rules, a referee, a winner, and lots of losers, featuring a projected set design and a live DJ. Partnering with other not-for-profit organizations in the community, HNDC finds more purpose for dance in our society.

THIS IS DEDICATED...utilizes the structure of a professional sports games, offering four 20-minute quarters complete with a half-time show and team mascot. Inspired by themes from WWI era dance-marathons and sports culture, the dance game appropriates what is successful and exploits the negative spectacle of the two particular phenomenons. Specifically, the structure of the work revolves around multiple movement games each with their own projection environment and rules of play. Each time the game is played/ the piece is performed, the order is unknown to the dancer players. A three surface projected set design by Hannah Ireland dictates, through randomization, which game within the game will be played and in what order.

As the structural frame and launching place for This is Dedicated... is sports and WWI dance-marathons, the work includes a competitive edge. HNDC found fuel and purpose in pairing with three Bay Area non-profits of the dancers' choosing: Larkin St. Youth Services, The Vasculitis Foundation and The Friends of Alemany Farm. Inspired by the desire to win support and visibility for their charity, each dancer is positioned to push themselves physically and competitively to win. Every minute the dancer players are able to stay in the game, and not be called "out" by the referee, they earn money for their chosen charity. Pledges have been collected ranging from $1-5 for every minute a dancer player dances.

For the live performances, audience members will have the opportunity to "bet" their ticket money on a dancer, knowing that the ticket proceeds will go toward the non-profit for which the dancer is representing/dancing/playing for.

Presented by Here Now Dance Collective

06/22/2013 - Lam Tung-pang: The Curiosity Box

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Artist reception Sat, June 22, 3-4pm; Exhibit June 22 - August 24 2013, Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

San Francisco--This summer the Chinese Culture Foundation is proud to debut the Hong Kong artist and 2012 Asian Cultural Council Fellow, Lam Tung-pang, in his first solo exhibition in the US.

The Curiosity Box is an experiment originated in Lam Tung-pang's apartment during his recent artist residency in the US. The project reflects the artist's attempt to turn his living space into a creative lab for documenting and sharing his internal psyche with the public.

As one of the most important rising stars from the Pacific region, Lam's work demonstrates how an individual navigates and negotiates in a constantly changing environment. The captivating illustrations veil the critical distance the artist creates between realities. Without compromising sensitivity and imagination, Lam injects a fresh energy to ignite the cultural conversation for our city and Hong Kong. His unique perspective of surroundings in transformation is not to be missed

Lam's work is derived from his extensive background of Chinese art history that involves producing paintings and installations that embody a love for traditional ink painting within a contemporary practice. Much of the work he produces relates to the history and memory of the settings he places himself in such as mainland China and Hong Kong. His painted works reflect both historical landscape imagery with imagined new realities, playing on the idea of permanence and impermanence, the submerging of new identities with the old.

As a part of his residency, Lam will also create new pieces inspired from his trip to San Francisco.

The Curiosity Box opens on June 22, 2013 10 - 4 pm, with an opportunity to Meet the Artist at 3pm. The exhibition is on view Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-4pm at the Chinese Culture Center 750 Kearny St., 3rd Floor (inside the Hilton Hotel). Admission to the gallery is free. For more information, please visit www.c-c-c.org or call 415-986-1822

Presented by Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

06/22/2013 - Swing into Summer

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0500

June 22 - 23 Swing into Summer Weekend Playland-Not-at-the-Beach brings the romance of the travelling carnival and the summer fair into an air-conditioned wonderland. Escape the heat with pinball and magic, exhibitions and games in a Museum of Fun loaded with amusements from bygone times.

The special events of Swing into Summer 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.

06/22/2013 - Heritage Sites Walking Tour: El Presidio, Main Post, and the Officers’ Club

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Come explore the changes that are being made on the Presidio’s Main Post. Presidio Trust specialists will discuss transformations including the Main Parade lawn, the Officers’ Club rehabilitation, and the interpretive adobe walls being constructed along Mesa Street. RSVP requested: rsvp@presidiotrust.gov

This program is part of Welcome to the Presidio: Presidio Milestones + the Next Chapter, a new exhibit on the Main Post. The exhibit shows visitors a glimpse of the Presidio's past, present, and future.

06/22/2013 - San Francisco Bicycle Music Festival

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0500

The World's Biggest and Best Bicycle Music Festival!

Join us for the world’s largest human-powered music festival happening in Golden Gate Park and in the Mission District, as well as live on bicycles en route between the two venues. The lineup features Grammy-winning bluegrass artists, Laurie Lewis + the Right Hands; Jason Brock of The X-Factor; Quinn DeVeaux + the Blue Beat Review; and Bill McKibben of 350.org.

The SF Bicycle Music Festival is a free, non-profit, all-day, all-ages, outdoor concert that champions bicycle mobility, full audience participation, and zero use of fossil fuels. Twenty-thousand watt sound systems are powered entirely by volunteer pedalers on stationary bikes, and all participants ride together in a bike parade between the two locations. En route, participants enjoy live performances from a bike-pulled mobile stage, amplified by full-sized concert speakers strapped to multiple bikes throughout the crowd and connected wirelessly.

The Festival begins 12 noon to 5pm at Pioneer East Meadow in Golden Gate Park (near Pioneer Log Cabin). The LiveOnBike music bike parade rolls out from the park at 5pm and travels to 22nd and Bartlett Streets in the Mission District where performances continue until 9pm.

Bike-blended smoothies and homemade pedal-churned ice cream will be served in the park and the Mission Community Market will serve fresh local fare for the Bartlett Street block party.

Festival Line up:

Laurie Lewis + the Right Hands
Bill McKibben
Jason Brock
Quinn DeVeaux + the Blue Beat Review
Earth Amplified
Classical Revolution
Justin Ancheta Band
The Seshen
Manicato
John Craigie
Heather Normandale
Uriah Duffy
CelloJoe
DJ Real
Shredder on Arial Hoop
and Giant Puppets Save the World

06/22/2013 - 35th Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 14:00:00 -0500

June 22 at 2 pm and 8 pm; June 23 at 2 pm

The 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival celebrates its third weekend with diverse, engaging performances of dances from around the world. The three performances of the third weekend feature dance companies such as Chinese Performing Arts of America (China), OREET (Egypt and Israel), La Tania Baile Flamenco (Spain), Vishwa Shanthi Dance Academy (India), Ballet Folklorico Mexico Danza (Mexico-Nuevo Leon), and Halau o Keikiali'i (Hawai'i). Other companies featured include Ensohza Minyoshu (Japan), Xpressions (India) and the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company (Liberia). Saturday, June 22, will also include a special free performance and workshop featuring an Ojo de Dios (God's Eye) making workshop with Ballet Folklorico Costa de Oro, followed by an Artist Dialogue with dance company director Steven KoneffKlatt. Held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Forum, this special event will begin at 11:30 am.

Thirty-five leading companies and more than 500 dancers and musicians will come together for the month of June to celebrate the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, highlighting the breadth and diversity of the Bay Area's world dance community. Festival Artistic Directors Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo shine a spotlight on cultural legacy and the artists who continue to inspire a new generation of Bay Area dancers and dance lovers. Since its inauguration in 1978, the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival has maintained its pre-eminent scope and reputation as one of the most comprehensive, widely respected, diverse, and engaging events of its kind in the world. The 35th Anniversary Festival runs June 7 through 30 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and other San Francisco venues.

Presented by San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

06/22/2013 - Esque Studio glass at Fouladi Projects

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:00:00 -0500

Reception on Sat, June 22nd, 3 to 6pm; Exhibition runs June 22nd through August 31st

Fouladi Projects' Maker Program is pleased to present two window installations by Esque Studio, featuring the glasswork of Justin Parker and Andi Kovel, in collaboration with Travis Harvey.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 22nd, 3 to 6pm

Powered by 15 years of experience collaborating within their medium, Portland, Oregon based Esque Studio has established itself as a master visionary in glass design. Owners Andi and Justin have skillfully merged their vast talents to create uniquely modern objects inspired by both nature and function. Playing with scale, traditional shapes and contemporary tastes, the two have succeeded in pushing the boundaries of how glass can be used, all the while celebrating the inherent elemental beauty and translucent light embracing qualities of their material.

For this exhibition, Esque has created a body of glass artwork referencing the concept of "Modern Heirlooms". It is inspired by the notion that people desire to be in the company of nostalgic objects as they are then reminded of a simpler, more comforting past. On view will be colorful organically shaped vases, birdhouses, hand sculpted figurines, and objet d'art.

About the Maker Program:

As a compliment to our stable of contemporary fine artists, the Maker Program aims to cultivate and further expand our ever-evolving community of artists, collectors and art enthusiasts. Ranging from wood furniture, ceramics, glass, and beyond, the functional art and design objects are all imaginatively conceived and exquisitely crafted. Alternating within our regular program of fine art exhibitions, Fouladi Projects will introduce new Makers throughout the year.

Presented by Fouladi Projects

06/22/2013 - 35th Annual Pride Concert: Ripped From The Headlines! Music Celebrating LGBT Stories

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

35th Annual Pride Concert: Ripped From the Headlines! Music Celebrating LGBT Stories

With two performances on one evening!

The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, in partnership with the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, proudly presents the 35th Annual Pride Concert: Ripped From The Headlines! Music Celebrating LGBT Stories. The show celebrates landmarks in the LGBT Civil Rights Movement and our nation’s progress toward equality for all. Tickets are $20.00-$30.00 (sliding scale) and may be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com/event/384734) or at the door.

The Chorus and Freedom Band are pleased to announce that the 35th Annual Pride Concert’s Emcee and Honorary Guest Host is Supervisor Scott Weiner . Special musical guests joining LGCSF and the Freedom Band at the 6:00 p.m. show include the Metropolitan Community Church and Vocal Minority, the small ensemble of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. The 9:00 p.m. concert includes the Metropolitan Community Church Choir and the Oakland-East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus, featuring its small ensemble OnQ.

Performances are at 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, SF, CA 94102.

"1st GOP senator backs same-sex marriage" "Justices signal narrow Prop. 8 ruling" "Romo delivers a message of pride" "Cautious optimism about an HIV 'cure'" "Gay athlete has options"

Recognize some of these headlines?

What used to be whispered behind closed doors is now splashed across the front page and infused in the national conversation.

Since it's inception the Pride Concert has been the premier concert of the Pride Celebration, and this year the concert features the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Vocal Minority (from the SF Gay Men's Chorus), the Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus, and the chorus of the Metropolitan Community Church.

06/22/2013 - Free Screening of new Robert Greenwald film 'War on Whistleblowers'

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

In his newest film, Robert Greenwald sets out to chronicle stories about people in government who try to expose shortcomings in their various departments. Such concerned folks are persecuted and threatened with losing their job or even going to jail. The issues include government overreach in the areas of weapons systems and other military-related hardware that doesn't work, excessive surveillance of citizens, and propaganda meant to persuade us to support going to war. Then there is military conduct in the midst of wars. As the truth is set free, the people who make it possible seem to risk their own freedoms.

The film is one hour and 6 minutes, and an open discussion will follow the screening. The UU is wheelchair accessible.

The film covers the case of Marine Corps scientist Franz Gayle, who reveals to the press his military branch's refusal to use a vehicle better suited to resist mines and IED's, and who loses first his security clearance, then his job. Lockheed Martin employee Michael DeKort, who exposed his company's subpar construction of Coast Guard cutters, intelligence expert Tom Drake in his role of revealing the National Security Agency's "data mining" program of Americans, and lawyer Thomas Tamm, a lawyer who uncovered the George W. Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program, are three other examples of individuals doing what they felt was right and having to change their lives because of it. Bradley Manning, who released a huge document trove for Wikileaks, is another.

Along with the victims of the "War on Whistleblowers," the film also features input from civil libertarians from organizations such as the Project on Government Oversight and the Government Accountability Project, as well as investigative reporters working to keep government and business honest about how they treat people who try to tell the truth. Don't miss this important documentary about brave people who set a unique example for activists everywhere.

Presented by Peace Action of San Mateo County

06/22/2013 - Opera Early and Ancient: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel)

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Ludus Danielis (or "The Play of Daniel") was written by students at the Beauvais Cathedral in France some time between 1227-1234 and is one of the earliest examples of what we now call opera. Its poetic text closely follows the story of the prophet Daniel at the court of the Persian king Belshazzar and is filled with satraps, soldiers, angels ... and of course lions. San Francisco Renaissance Voices' Assistant Music Director, Katherine McKee, will conduct this semi-staged production and will be joined by members of our dance troupe and an exciting array of instrumentalists playing shawm, curtal, recorders, bowed psaltery, harp, lute and all sorts of percussion.

Rabbi Reuben Zellman (also a San Francisco Renaissance Voices tenor who will be singing the part of Habbakuk) gives a pre-concert lecture forty-five minutes before each performance.

Join us for this exciting ending to our ninth season & a great show for the entire family!

06/22/2013 - MCO Presents: Tom Tom Magazine Benefit Show!

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0500

Tom Tom Magazine and MCO (Mission Creek Oakland Music and Arts Festival) Presents:

Dark Beach Upside Drown Bam!Bam! Silver Shadows

Proceeds will support the print edition of Tom Tom Magazine: A Magazine About Female Drummers! The Underground Nail Bar will also be doing a nail art fundraiser!

Saturday June 22 The Uptown NightClub 9PM//21+//$7

MCO is proudly co-presented by the East Bay Express!

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06/23/2013 - Family Free Day - Celebrate Juneteenth

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0500

Enjoy Free Admission on the opening weekend of MoAD's new exhibitions, J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Nigerian Photographer: Sartorial Moments and the Nearness of Yesterday, and Gordon Parks: Photographs at his Centennial.

Activities for the entire family include: All Day | Film: Juneteenth (documentary) 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Make your own musical instrument with teaching artist Zena Allen 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Interactive jazz workshop for families - Jazz as a Metaphor for Democratic Participation with Dr. Wes Watkins 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Sidewalk Chalk Art with Jamie Treacy 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Performance: Rhonda Benin presents There Ain't No Jazz Without the Blues

Presented by Museum of the African Diaspora

06/23/2013 - AN AFTERNOON WITH GARY SNYDER AT FORT ROSS

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0500

Join us on the spectacular Sonoma coast at Fort Ross State Historic Park on Sunday, June 23, 1 to 4PM, for wine and a poetry reading with Pulitzer Prize winning author Gary Snyder and up-and-coming Kashaya Pomo poet Martina Morgan. With the Pacific ocean as their backdrop, these poets will read their own works as well as poetry from Alexander Rotchev and Adelbert von Chamisso, the first European poets in Russian California.

Gary Snyder has influenced several generations with his writing, which is infused with an enthusiastic love of nature and informed by his Zen Buddhist studies. He won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Turtle Island (1974), and continues to share his prose and poems in public. Gary Snyder and Martina have graciously donated their day to this fundraiser for Fort Ross Conservancy.

Wine donated by local Fort Ross Vineyard and food from Raymond’s Bakery in Cazadero will be for sale.

Tickets are on sale now at www.fortross.eventbrite.com. $18 per person includes entrance fee to the park. Please carpool!

06/23/2013 - Hysterical Historical San Francisco

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Sundays at 7pm - 6/23/13 thru 7/28/13

Acclaimed comic Kurt Weitzmann takes you on a trip back in time and does the impossible: makes San Francisco funnier than it actually is. "Comic Genius." - SF Weekly "God that's funny." - San Francisco Chronicle.

Taking a refreshingly "incorrect" journey thrugh San Francisco's rich history Kurt pokes fun at everything from the Barbary coast to the Haight Ashbury.

Join the fun and find out why San Francisco became on of the strangest places on earth and why you'll never hear anyone say:

"Gee, you don't see that every day." - - Becuse you do...

BIO:

Kurt Weitzmann, an award winning director and playwright, has been performing comedy for over fifteen years. His act has been seen on Comedy Central, MTV, Clubs and Colleges, numerous comedy festivals, and on the stages of every San Francisco comedy venue ever to come or go.

Kurt began doing stand up at the infamous HOLY CITY ZOO where such personalities as Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, Rob Schneider, and Margaret Cho all honed their craft. In between Stand Up performances Kurt founded numerous Bay Area sketch groups, including NERVOUS LAUGHTER which was touted as "Funnier than any given season of Saturday Night Live in the last ten years" by BAM MAGAZINE. He also cofounded Comedy Noir, who hold the distinction of being the only comedy group to perform three different consecutive shows at the prestigious Vancouver Comedy Festival -The Jesus Roast, Hitler Rosast, and The Obama Roast (which was commissioned by the festival).

While in Los Angeles Kurt worked with such comedy luminaries as Dave Thomas (SCTV), Patton Oswalt (King of Queens), Dana Gould (The Simpsons), Kate Flannery (The Office), Tom Kenny (Sponge Bob Square Pants) + Eddie Pepitone, to name but a few. Kurt Weitzmann's comedy sketch album TALENTED is now available on AMERICAN DREAMS RECORDS. In 2010 his short film "Last Call" won best narrative short in the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival.

Presented by Comedy On The Square

06/23/2013 - Koans and Performance Project

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Koans and Performance Project is a multi-disciplinary musical theater performance inspired by Zen Koans, created by theater artists and musicians from Denmark, Poland, and the US, directed by Asa Horvitz and Lukasz Korczak. For the Meridian Gallery debut performance, a selection of multi-media and musical pieces will feature original and traditional musical compositions for vocal ensemble and percussion.

06/24/2013 - Snapshot Poetics Now: Queer Encounters with Allen Ginsberg

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:00:00 -0500

Inspired by Allen Ginsberg’s collection of inscribed snapshots on view in the exhibition Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg, Bay Area artists and scholars will create a unique performance-based tour of the gallery. Performances will be drawn from encounters with Allen Ginsberg and his legendary cohort of Beat writers, artists, and lovers. Performers and scholars include Jewelle Gomez, Richard Meyer, Tirza Latimer, Justin Chin, Jaime Cortez, and DL Alvarez.

Created by the Queer Cultural Center.

06/24/2013 - Platforms of Tomorrow: Connecting in the Cloud, Across Devices and Desires

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Transmedia SF Presents:

Platforms of Tomorrow: Connecting in the Cloud, Across Devices and Desires

Drinks, food, networking and discussions We live in a connected and always on world. As the number of our connected devices exceeds even the number of people on the planet, expectations only rise as to the ability to get information and access anywhere, anytime and to anything. Our entertainment and our education, our jobs and our hobbies, our homes, our cars - and even our glasses and our shoes are and will be connected. From multi-channel publishing to pervasive computing - it will be platforms that bring it all together.

Our panelists and presenters - all experts in the creation and deployment of platforms - will share insights and information and will provide a glimpse of the future via the platforms that they hope will shape how we further the human internet.

Panelists: Paul Cheng, Product and Business Expert, Entrepreneur, CEO Phigital

lex Lemay, CEO/Founder, Executive Producer The Shadow Gang - Galahad Platform

Steve Harshbarger, CTO, Entrepreneur, Advisor The Shadow Gang

Moderator: Beth Rogozinski, Co-Founder, Transmedia SF

06/24/2013 - Wearable Tech

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Ever wish you could take photos on the fly without fumbling with a camera or phone? The new generation of wearable technology is making this dream a reality.

Our next tech panel discussion will focus on the latest in wearable tech, from wristbands that track your sleep patterns to glasses that not only capture images hands free, but can also translate the menu at your favorite Chinese restaurant.

We've invited a variety of experts in the field to discuss current trends in wearables, including future possibilities, cultural implications, and the impact on fashion. This panel is hosted in collaboration with General Assembly.

The panel includes:

Ben Fullerton, Creative Director, Morse Project (Moderator) Roberto Tagliabue, Design Director, Jawbone

Brett Lovelady, Founder, Astro Studios, design team for Nike+ Fuelband

Kristin Neidlinger, Founder, SENSOREE, future concepts designer

Tim Roberts, VP, Interactive at Fitbit

06/25/2013 - The Epicenter: Karen Joy Fowler and Dorothy Allison

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Celebrating the launch of her new book, "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves," Litquake is thrilled to present Karen Joy Fowler in conversation with revered author Dorothy Allison ("Bastard Out of Carolina"; "Cavedweller"; "Trash").

Presented in conjunction with Hedgebrook: Women Authoring Change.

About the Authors

Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels and three short story collections, including "Sarah Canary" and "The Jane Austen Book Club." Her collection, "What I Didn't See," recently won the 2010 World Fantasy Award. She is a co-founder of the James Tiptree Jr Memorial Award and current president of the Clarion Foundation, which exists to support the annual Clarion Writing Workshop at UC San Diego. A new novel, "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves," is scheduled for publication on May 30, 2013.

Dorothy Allison grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of a fifteen-year-old unwed mother who worked as a waitress. Now living in Northern California with her partner Alix and her teenage son, Wolf Michael, she describes herself as a feminist, a working class story teller, a Southern expatriate, a sometime poet and a happily born-again Californian. She is the author of "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1992)," Cavedweller" (1998), and "Trash" (2002). She has won the Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction and her work has appeared in both Best American Short Stories and Best New Stories from the South.

Presented by Litquake Literary Festival

06/25/2013 - Nolan Bushnell, Atari Founder + author of 'Finding the Next Steve Jobs'

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

What are companies looking for in today’s work force? From startups to the Fortune 500, Bushnell explains what companies should be looking for in employees. He shares some of his own experiences and highlights how companies can recognize potential, identify talent, and nurture creativity.

06/26/2013 - Free Movie Screening: San Francisco �' Still Wild at Heart

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

Please join us for a screening of San Francisco�"Still Wild at Heart, the award winning documentary directed by Melissa Peabody. Still Wild at Heart is a virtual case study of the arrival of coyotes in our urban communities. This film has been described as “uplifting, lyrical, moving” and “an absolute treasure of a film.”

Unfolding first in San Francisco, the film follows the story of the coyote across the national canvas�"to New York City’s Central Park; to Chicago, where more than 2,000 coyotes live today; and to rural California, where sheep ranchers find promise in innovative non-lethal predator control methods to protect their livestock.

A discussion with Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute will follow the film.

About the filmmaker: Melissa Peabody’s credits include Turner Broadcasting (Dolphins In Danger) and an Animal Planet 13-part series (Wyland’s Ocean World), as well as many other documentaries for international TV broadcast. She is the executive producer and owner of Living World Films LLC.

RSVP requested at http://wildequity.org/locations/3088 or

http://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Wildlife-Enthusiasts/events/113613472/

Light refreshments provided.

06/26/2013 - Art by code

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

“Art by Code” is a triumph of human ingenuity and a tribute to artists who dare to imagine, invent, and test the limits.

Roll up Gallery and CODAME ART+TECH will present 12 artists in conjunction with the Techno Fashion event. “Art by code” Opening Wednesday June 26 6:00 to 9:00 pm Free 21+

“Art by Code” is about computer code, art + language, digital art, and conceptual art and artists who are pioneering powerful ways in bridging art and technology.

These artists use code as their primary artistic tool. Their creations represent dynamic systems incorporating algorithmic rules, simulation of physical properties, and complex systems theory that are generated by a variety of unique and complex written codes.

Artists:

Reza Ali http://www.syedrezaali.com/blog/

Inigo Quilez http://www.iquilezles.org/blog/

Matthew Cella http://www.matthewcella.com/

Ryan Alexander http://onecm.com/

Jon Kuzmich http://www.jonkuzmich.com/

Josh Nimoy http://jtnimoy.net/

Antonio Cortez http://www.antoniocortezdesign.com/

Tiffany Trenda http://www.tiffanytrenda.com/

Wes Grubbs https://twitter.com/pitchinc

Kim Rees https://twitter.com/krees

Kristin Henry http://underground-lab.com/

Nolan Love http://www.pollvault.com

The exhibition curated by:

Hanna Regev (http://thefutureimagined.com/) Bruno Fonzi, Co-Founder of CODAME ART+TECH(http://codame.com/) Betty Bigas, (Roll Up Gallery - http://publicsf.com/gallery).

About CODAME ART+TECH: Non-profit events bringing together artists, coders, game developers, creators, performers and musicians to experience the intersection of Art and Technology. CODAME FASHION+MUSIC event

https://www.facebook.com/RollUpGallery

06/26/2013 - Urban Permaculture Design Course in SF

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:30:00 -0500

Registration announced for Summer 2013 session of the Urban PDC in San Francisco. The course begins on June 26th.

This training offers the opportunity to develop professional skills and provides valuable education to enhance your current career or prepare you for your next venture or vocation. It is one of the few permaculture design trainings that match the schedule and tuition to the busy lives of urban professionals and full-time students.

There are many other wonderful PDC trainings in the region, but If you don't have time to take two weeks off and would prefer to learn permaculture skills in the city that you live in and work on designs that can be implemented in your city (and learn design principles and methods that can be applied anywhere), then this might be the permaculture certificate training for you.

Through a mix of classroom discussion time, small group work and hands-on activities, we will explore methods of designing and establishing regenerative communities and economies. We visit and participate at several permaculture projects here in San Francisco and the Bay Area, observing and interacting with Permaculture principles in practice.

Every PDC has a group project and we have a great selection of projects to pick from or you can bring your own ideas. These projects all have real potential to be implemented and many of our student designs have gone on to be real projects. We teach you the real skills needed to design and get these projects going, once your done with the class, the finished design you made can be put into action.

The course begins on June 26th, please see our website for all the dates. Our schedule is designed to fit into a busy urban work/school schedule while still leaving some time for you life on the weekend.

Visit our class page on the Urban Permaculture Institute website: http://www.upisf.com

Presented by Urban Permaculture Institute

06/26/2013 - Heritage Dialogue: Early California Heritage

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

People have been calling the Presidio and San Francisco home for hundreds of years. From the Ohlone to the Spanish to the Mexicans to the Americans, our region is layered with history. Experts in the history of early California will present on topics about the cultural heritage of the Presidio, followed by time for the audience to share their thoughts, opinions, and responses. Come be a part of the discussion!

This program is part of Pasados del Presidio: Commemorating the Presidio's Past Through Music, Dance + Lore, a series of free public events that commemorate the founding of the Presidio and celebrate the people of Early California with music, ceremony, and hands-on fun.

Other Pasados del Presidio events:

-Early California Heritage Dialogue - Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm -San Francisco's Birthday - Thursday, June 27, 11 am to noon -Afternoon Fun for Kids - Friday, June 28, 12 pm to 3 pm -Evening Fandango - Friday, June 28, 7 pm and Saturday, June 29, 7 pm

More details: http://www.presidio.gov/Calendar/Pages/heritage-dialogue-early-california-heritage-june-26.aspx

06/26/2013 - The Romane Event Comedy Show - Kevin Munroe headlines!

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

I am thrilled to have headlining the very funny Kevin Munroe along with Jesse Hett (SJ Improv), Anita Driesberg, Mike Spiegelman (Layover Lounge Comedy), Josef Anolin (Club Deluxe Comedy), Stefani Silverman (Comikaze Lounge) and hosted by me!", remarked Paco Romane (SF Weekly’s “Best Comedian” 2012). The Romane Event Comedy Show, is now in its 8th Year, which the SF Weekly called 'a stay unheard of in the SF comedy scene and an achievement in the general nightlife as well'. The Romane Event Comedy Show features the best in Bay Area comedy in an anything-goes-and-probably-will environment! The show has gotten a lot of attention because I always bring in top-shelf talent. The Romane Event is considered one of the best comedy shows in the Bay Area and is the longest running alt-comedy shows as well. I was recently interviewed for KQED Arts and was featured in SF Sketchfest 2012 which has helped bring more attention to this show! "SF comedian, Paco Romane, keeps audiences riveted and coming back for more with live shows and TV gigs."- KQED ARTS

06/26/2013 - Argentinian sound artist and musician, Melmann

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Sound artist and musician from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Melmann, presents an audio-visual performance creating a unity between the elements: an unfolding of hypnotic formations, symmetrical sine waves, introspective tones, and slices of life contained in amorphous shapes and shards of what resemble close-ups of butterfly wings:

https://vimeo.com/22377480

Melmann combines different musical dimensions, from electronics/electro through children's music, producing music for television, film, theater and installations, to his latest foray as a singer, always innovating from the composition, making test formats, exploring different sounds, resources and instruments.

06/27/2013 - The Long and the Short of It

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

The Long And The Short of It A Goforaloop Gallery + Studios Film Series

On Thursday June 27, 2013 at 7:00pm Goforaloop Gallery + Studios is offering you an exciting opportunity to be a part of building a community and network of filmmakers and cinephiles. We will view short films of local filmmakers, alongside the early works of today’s top directors. The Long And The Short of It is a monthly film series showcasing a variety of feature and short films, in an atmosphere dedicated to fostering connections between filmmakers.

This month will feature Martin Scorsese’s first feature film, Who’s That knocking at My Door. Released in 1967, this film marks Scorsese’s directorial debut and Harvey Keitel’s debut as an actor. Exploring themes of Catholic guilt, the story follows Italian-American, J.R (Harvey Keitel), as he struggles to accept the secret hidden by his girlfriend (Zina Bethune). It was the winner of the 1968 Chicago Film Festival.

Also being featured this month are the short films of four local filmmakers of the Bay Area. Ian Carruthers’ Loaded Paradise, Bruce Stanbery’s Studio 54: Behind the Velvet Rope, Michael Edwards’ Day 1824, and Andrew Ching’s For Cereal Lovers Only. These short films explore a variety of themes including rejection, New York City, and religion - themes explored in Who's That Knocking at My Door.

Future events will feature films by directors such as David Lynch, Joel and Ethan Coen, Quentin Tarantino, and more. June 27, 2013

Concessions + Refreshments / Reception @ 7pm

Locally Produced Short Films Order of appearance TBD

Ian Carruthers - Loaded Paradise Bruce Stanbery - Studio 54: Behind the Velvet Rope Michael Edwards - Day 1824 Andrew Ching - For Cereal Lovers Only @ 7:30pm

Who’s That Knocking at My Door Directed by Martin Scorsese @ 8:15pm

Goforaloop Gallery + Studios 1458 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco, CA 94110

Concessions including popcorn, candy, and beverages will be on sale.

Donations welcome at the door.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/115954948613461/

06/27/2013 - Clay Shirky: The Internet. Powered by Love.

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:30:00 -0500

Contrary to popular opinion, the Internet does not run on magic or a series of complex electronic and wireless signals. According to writer and big-thinker Clay Shirky, the Internet really runs on love - group love, that is. With decentralizing technologies, the Internet is facilitating new kinds of global cooperation via peer-to-peer sharing, wireless capability and open-source development. In his studies of the effects of the Internet on society, Shirky asserts that the actions of a group add up to something more than just the sum of individual actions, giving collaborative efforts online great potential for change. Join us as this leader among the digerati delves into how the production capacity of the Internet, plus the willingness of humans to share with one another, is allowing ordinary citizens to shape our culture in unprecedented ways.

Location: SF Club Office Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. networking reception Cost: General admission: $20 non-members, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID). Premium (includes reserved seating and premium reception with speakers): $35 non-members, $25 members

06/27/2013 - Pasados del Presidio: San Francisco's Birthday

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Join Early California descendants, known as Los Californianos, for a roll call honoring their ancestors and the arrival of the Anza Expedition settlers to San Francisco 237 years ago.

Pasados del Presidio: Commemorating the Presidio's Past Through Music, Dance + Lore is a series of free public events that commemorate the founding of the Presidio and celebrate the people of Early California with music, ceremony, and hands-on fun.

Other Pasados del Presidio events: -Early California Heritage Dialogue - Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm -Afternoon Fun for Kids - Friday, June 28, 12 pm to 3 pm -Evening Fandango - Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7 to 9 pm

More details: http://www.presidio.gov/calendar

06/27/2013 - 2013 Marin/Scapes Opening Night Gala

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:00:00 -0500

This year, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our unique fundraiser that benefits Buckelew Programs and its affiliates, The Helen Vine Recovery Center and Family Service Agency of Marin. This popular event offers works by more than 40 of California’s top fine artists and photographers including Kathleen Lipinski, Steve Emery, John McCormick, Davis Perkins and more. Many artists are present at our gala to meet art lovers and discuss their work.

06/27/2013 - Plastic Health Harm: Your Body and the Global Community

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Consumer plastics are ingredients in our daily lives that carry a hidden, global story through their production, use, and disposal. Sorting through the news about health harm, there can be too much information or not enough, leaving it unclear how to respond. How do plastics affect our bodies? How do plastics affect people’s health around the planet?

Join us for a special conversation with experts Dr. Marion Guyer and Monica Wilson about common bad actors like phthalates, PVC, BPA, flame retardants, and VOCs and their associated health impacts. How do the many types of plastic that we encounter differ in their toxicity? What factors contribute to disease? How can workers in plants be affected?

Monica Wilson, the US and Canada director of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), will examine the toxicity problems associated with reprocessing plastic waste and the impacts that plastic incineration has on frontline communities around the globe. Hear about organizations and legislative initiatives taking action on the worst chemicals and how measures such as Extended Producer Responsibility can reduce plastic packaging and the sources of harm.

This event is part of the Breaking the Chains of Plastic series co-sponsored by Plastic Pollution Coalition, Green Sangha, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, and Transition Berkeley.

06/27/2013 - In A Daughter's Eyes

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

In this taut drama (winner of the National New Play Network's 2011 Smith prize) by A. Zell Williams (Down Past Passyunk). The decades-old murder of an Oakland police officer brings two women, Rehema, the daughter of the Black Panther convicted of the crime, and Kathryn, daughter of the fallen cop, together years after the fact. Locked in a room, they try to heal their open wounds and discover the truth about the event that changed their lives forever. Noted actor and director Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe helms the West Coast premiere of this timely and provocative production at Brava Theater Center Studio.

Previews June 27 + 28, 2013 8pm

Runs June 29-July 14, 2013 Thur-Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm

06/27/2013 - F8 LIVE presents: Unnatural Ways, Impuritan + Venus Beltran

Thu, 27 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0500

Yet again, F8 brings you an incredible lineup with some seriously experienced beings for musicians, all on the same stage, with one of the best sound systems in the city. Come, take a load off with some delicious booze and blast your membranes with smart music...

- UNNATURAL WAYS (Local Guitarist Extraordinnaire, Ava Mendoza's 3-piece band -- mix of heavy rock, avant-jazz, and warped/noisy blues)

http://www.avamendozamusic.com/Unnatural%20Ways.html

- IMPURITAN (Four-piece band that blends psychedelic rock and ambient atmospherics, w/ local theatrical composer, David Molina)

http://www.impuritan.net/

- VENUS BELTRAN (Dave Han from Astral's solo project -- minimalist dream-pop with analog beats and drifty guitar collages)

http://www.myspace.com/venusbeltran

06/28/2013 - Pasados del Presidio: Afternoon Fun for Kids

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0500

Explore the stories of Early California and see history come to life. Enjoy live music, Ohlone storytelling, kid activities, exhibits, walking tours of the original Spanish fort known as El Presidio, living history, and Juanito the donkey.

New this year! Ballet Folklόrico Mexicano performs traditional Mexican dances. Food is available for purchase.

Pasados del Presidio: Commemorating the Presidio's Past Through Music, Dance + Lore is a series of free public events that commemorate the founding of the Presidio and celebrate the people of Early California with music, ceremony, and hands-on fun.

Other Pasados del Presidio events: Early California Heritage Dialogue - Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm San Francisco's Birthday - Thursday, June 27, 11 am to noon Evening Fandango - Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7 to 9 pm

More details: http://www.presidio.gov/calendar

06/28/2013 - Under the Influence: interdisciplinary performances

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Four artists perform work by some of their major influences, followed by original work created for the show that channels that influence. Artists have 15 minutes to perform and select the following month’s performers, so each show is inspired by the one before.

This month’s show feature Daniel Suarez channeling Naked Raygun, Natasha Huey divining Christian Drake, Maw Shein Win invoking the Minutemen, and Cheena Marie Lo responding to the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Don’t miss this!

For more information, including links, videos, and directions: http://undertheinfluence.emtab.org/upcoming.

Come see what turns people on and what they do about it. Who knows? You might take someone more than just home with you. Under the Influence: because some things last longer than homes.

Delicious complimentary food and drinks by donation. $5 at the door.

06/28/2013 - ¡Oye, Mira! Closing Party

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Free and open to the public

The Walter and McBean Galleries will transform for one night only into an underground tropical nightclub to celebrate the closing of ¡Oye, Mira! This transformation is prompted by curator Tony Labat’s personal ties to clubs of the early San Francisco punk scene via his band The A-holes, and follows in the tradition of pop-up nightclubs like the Mabuhay Gardens in North Beach (by day a Filipino restaurant, and by night an infamous punk club hosting such bands as DEVO, Ramones, Dead Kennedys, and Blondie).

Join SFAI for a night of mayhem featuring three cutting-edge, multimedia Bay Area bands that utilize video, sound, live DJing, and performance:

Shalo P is a San Francisco audio/visual artist interested in raw emotion and energy, offering up dense layers of sight and sound born out of universal themes of hatred, love, longing, and sorrow.

Gold Wood is a darkly energetic multimedia approach to traditional rock forms that pushes the boundaries of analog and digital soundscapes. Gold Wood consists of the band members C.I.A., $$$, and Urban Yetti, and is the evil brain child of Mauricio Ancalmo and Christine Ancalmo in axis with the abominable forces of Aaron Terry.

Future Twin�"originally brought together by the first all-girl moped gang in San Francisco, The Lockits�"juxtaposes tangible beauty with honest grit, earning comparisons to St. Vincent, Kathleen Hannah, and Grace Slick.

06/28/2013 - Minced Meat

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

June 28-29, 8pm to 9:30pm both days

An evening-length dance theatre piece exploring secret cravings confessed hungers, and the desperate acts we perform in an effort to feel satiated. Employing dark comedy, "Minced Meat" is a layered showcase of juxtaposed ideas, where the hilarious and macabre meet to wine and dine. Throughout the work performers explore fetishes and fantasies, exposing the secret acts people perform in an effort to fill up, all the while scrutinizing the role consumption plays when we feel less than adequate. "Perhaps we consume to feel more real. What we take in, identify with, and own represent us, and without it, we fear we just might disappear," notes Ashley Trottier, who co-choreographs the piece with Jochelle Perena. "As we ravenously strive to do more, have more and be more, we have less time to wonder if we will ever be satisfied. Do these things really make us who we are?"

During this surreal dinner party, without real boundaries between the audience and performers, reality and reason are suspended. As they watch the non-linear story of confessions and cravings unfold around them through movement and theatre, the audience has the opportunity to relate to, and even discover their secret selves reflected in the actions of the performers. Now voyeurs of their own private thoughts, these guests are invited to peek into their own subconscious, unlocking their own consumption psychology.

Sometimes graceful, sometimes grotesque, "Minced Meat" is always absurd and comical. Cartoon-like facial expressions, coupled with ridiculous scenarios - desperate struggles over the last hot dog, for example, or dancers devouring each other, body part by body part - keep the audience chuckling and chortling. However, as the audience laughs their way out of the theater, a question lingers like a sticky residue: are we in fact what we eat?

Presented by The Thick Rich Ones

06/28/2013 - Gifts

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

GIFTS is a duo show with actors, with puppets, a bowling trophy, steering wheel and electric sander, in three linked stories about love, loss, and gift.

Conrad Bishop + Elizabeth Fuller are 40-year veterans of experimental theatre, touring nationwide as The Independent Eye. Their radio series “Hitchhiking off the Map,” was broadcast on KPFA and stations throughout the US.

Video sampler at www.independenteye.org/plays/gifts.html

06/28/2013 - Film Night in the Park, a project of A.P.P.L.E. FamilyWorks presents Argo

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Film Night in the Park, a project of A.P.P.L.E. FamilyWorks presents a large screen presentation of "Argo" at 8 p.m. Friday, June 28.

The CIA and Hollywood collaborate in a life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis in this Academy Award winning film. The top-secret plan is so incredible, it could only happen in the movies.

Popcorn, candy and sodas will be sold. Bring blankets, pillows, backrest and low chairs. Film Night suggests leaving pets at home.

WHEN:    8 p.m. Friday - June 28, 2013 (Arrive by 8 p.m. / Films begin at dusk.)

LOCATION: Creek Park, 400 / 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo 94960

COST:          Free. Donations appreciated

PHONE:    415-272-2756

WEB SITE:   www.filmnight.org

PROMO VIDEO:   http://animoto.com/play/2uM0SB1gccEdJV4v3vaZsQ

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESR382L7Wo

06/28/2013 - Big Gay Birthday

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:00:00 -0500

It’s time to throw San Francisco the birthday bash it’s always deserved. Join us for an incredible night celebrating all things SF at the Old Mint on the eve of Pride Weekend.

Music by: DJ Carnita + DJ Brown Amy (Hard French)

DJ Jenna Riot (Fix yr Hair)

DJ Pink Lightning (Stay Gold)
Silent Disco by Silent Frisco with: Go Bang! Resident DJs Steve Fabus + Sergio Fedasz DJ Robin Simmons
More Excitement:

-Drag Performances
-Complimentary carnival fare all night by Straw SF
-6 bars with drinks by Tonic Beverage
-Photobooth by Snapfiesta
Event photos by Orange Photography.
Vault Parties:
-Playland Vault brought to you by Sidewalk
-Field Day Vault brought to you by Miller Lite
-Karl the Fog Vault
-Love Shack Vault brought to you by SwoonSF
-Movie Screening Vault
-VIP room with beer and chocolate pairings brought to you by Blue Moon
and more surprises...
There’s no one we love more than San Francisco. This city has caught on fire, crumbled under earthquakes, welcomed Summer of Love hippies, and taken us to the World Series and the Superbowl. So we thought it was time to give back and celebrate the hell outta this town for San Francisco’s 237th birthday on Friday, June 28 (the city was actually born officially on June 29). This giant birthday bash falls during another cornerstone of San Francisco’s identity, Pride weekend, so we’re combining two huge celebrations into one and calling this San Francisco’s Big Gay Birthday Party. Whether you love SF in a homo-, hetero-, bi- or totally non-sexual way, we invite you to come raise a toast to our city.
PLEASE NOTE TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR-ADVANCE SALES ONLY.

06/29/2013 - 35th Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:00:00 -0500

Saturday, June 29, at 2 pm and 8 pm; Sunday, June 30, at 2 pm

The 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival celebrates its fourth weekend with diverse, engaging performances of dances from around the world. The three performances of the final weekend feature dance companies such as Bolivia Corazon de America (Bolivia), Charlotte Moraga (Indian Kathak), Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco (Polish), Dimensions Dance Theater (New Orleans Jazz) and the Mona Khan Company Emerging Performers (Indian Bollywood). Other companies include LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble (Philippines), Suhaila Dance Company (Middle Eastern), Grupo Folklorico Raices de Mi Tierra (Mexican), Urban Jazz Dance Company (American Sign Language) and El Wah Movement Dance Theatre (Haitian). A special Artist Dialogue will take place on June 29 at 6:30 pm at the Museum of the African Diaspora.

Thirty-five leading companies and more than 500 dancers and musicians will come together for the month of June to celebrate the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, highlighting the breadth and diversity of the Bay Area's world dance community. Festival Artistic Directors Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo shine a spotlight on cultural legacy and the artists who continue to inspire a new generation of Bay Area dancers and dance lovers. Since its inauguration in 1978, the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival has maintained its pre-eminent scope and reputation as one of the most comprehensive, widely respected, diverse, and engaging events of its kind in the world. The 35th Anniversary Festival runs June 7 through 30 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and other San Francisco venues.

Presented by San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

06/29/2013 - Kathy Mata Ballet’s Summer Showcase

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:30:00 -0500

This lively performance will feature newly choreographed works as well as tried and true classics in a variety of dance styles, including classical and contemporary ballet, as well as modern, jazz and belly dance, with live musical accompaniment. The program will include the world premier of a work choreographed by celebrated Bay Area choreographer, Frederick Gaudette. Gaudette’s company, Blue Scorpion Dance Theater, will also be joining KMB as a special guest, along with Strong Pulse Dance Crew, a lyrical hip‐hop company directed by Kirstin E. Williams. For more information and to reserve your complimentary tickets, please visit www.kathymataballet.com.

06/29/2013 - Film Night in the Park presents 'Jurassic Park'

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Film Night in the Park, a project of A.P.P.L.E. FamilyWorks, presents a large screen, outdoor presentation of "Jurassic Park at Creek Park in San Anselmo.

A multi-millionaire unveils a new theme park where visitors can observe dinosaurs cloned using advanced DNA technology in this action-packed Academy Award winning film featuring effects created by Marin County’s Industrial Light + Magic.

Popcorn, candy and sodas will be sold. Bring blankets, pillows, backrests and low chairs. Film Night suggests leaving pets at home. Free. Donations appreciated

COST:      Free. Donations appreciated

PHONE:    415-272-2756

WEB SITE:   www.filmnight.org

PROMO VIDEO:   http://animoto.com/play/2uM0SB1gccEdJV4v3vaZsQ

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5gbNtYw9KA

06/29/2013 - VISITING THIS WORLD

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Recent Films by Paul Clipson + Sound/Super 8mm film performance with Marielle Jakobsons

This evening of recent films by San Francisco-based Paul Clipson will present a variety of short works on Super 8mm, made in collaboration with musicians and sound artists. The program will include THE CRYSTAL TEXT (2012) with Young Moon (Trevor Montgomery), DIFFICULT LOVES (2013) with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, ABSTEIGEND (2012) with Painted Caves (Evan Caminiti), ORIGIN (2012) with Che Chen, LANDSCAPE DISSOLVES (2012) with Alex Cobb, VOID REDUX (2013) with Barn Owl, and SPEAKING CORPSE (2012) with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. The event will showcase a live sound/film performance by Clipson and Marielle Jakobsons.

06/30/2013 - Earthworks, Greywater, Rainwater Catchment Design Tour

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Concerned about drought? Turn your house and yard into a water saving site with greywater systems, rainwater catchment, earthworks, and appropriate landscaping choices. You’ll learn about greywater design and take a tour of the EcoHouse systems - the first permitted residential constructed wetland/greywater system in California and the first greywater system in Berkeley to be permitted. We will discuss the principles and process of safely irrigating with shower, bathroom sink, and laundry waste water and include a presentation of greywater design and the application process. We’ll cover the fundamentals of how to collect rainwater from your house and store it in cisterns or directly in your garden. Earthworks such as berms, basins, french drains, swales, and diversion drains can also help offset your need for irrigation and minimize your water use as well as build soil fertility and stabilize soils. Return home with ideas and plans of your own!

The tour is led by EcoHouse co-founder, designer, and builder Babak Tondre who has been practicing and teaching natural building since 1994. Tondre is a principle with DIG Cooperative, a licensed general contractor whose mission is to connect people with ecology by offering comprehensive natural building solutions and integrated water systems that transform homes and cities into healthier and more productive environments for current and future generations. (http://www.dig.coop/)

Please specify when registering if ASL interpretation is requested, (at least 10 working days in advance). This workshop is not wheelchair accessible. Space is limited. Pre-registration ensures a spot. Purchase tickets through Brown Paper Tickets website.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/393

06/30/2013 - Meet the Scientists: Ocean and Atmosphere Day at the Exploratorium June 30, 2013

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:00:00 -0500

Meet oceanic and atmospheric scientists from NOAA who helped develop the latest Exploratorium exhibits, get a sneak peek at their research vessel the Bell M. Shimada, and explore marine biology with a fish head dissection.

Limited public tours of the 209-foot Bell M. Shimada will be available on a first-come first-served basis from 1-4pm only on June 30. Only about 250 people total will be given entry. All visitors will undergo ID checks. The 30-min. tour will include a visit to the ship bridge, laboratory, and the back fishing deck. Visitor requirements: flat, closed-toed shoes only. While there is no age limit, visitors must be mobile (able to climb ladders and gangways without assistance) and children must be accompanied by adults. No strollers or wheelchairs allowed. Bags are not allowed on board or will be searched.

The ship monitors protected species, observes weather, conducts oceanographic research, and surveys marine animal populations.

06/30/2013 - Method Writing: The Grotto's flash readings

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:00:00 -0500

The Emerald Tablet hosts a late afternoon of flash readings from students of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. The readings will all be original pieces composed in the Jack Grapes Method Writing Tuesday + Thursday night classes, taught by local writer Alexandra Kostoulas. Alexandra was a longtime student of Grapes’ and one of the first people to receive his blessing to teach this highly creative technique.

The craft of method writing works on the fundamental principle that the basic building block of all writing is voice. From a compelling voice comes interesting characters; interesting characters help create a dynamic plot. These elements work together to produce bold storytelling, and this class focuses on helping writers find and develop their own unique voice in poetry, memoir, and fiction.

This event will feature 19 3-minute readings! So come get some adrenaline and a slew of original voices.

This event is FREE, but donations gratefully accepted.  Delicious complimentary food. Drinks by donation. For more information, including links and directions, visit http://emtab.org/method-writing-jun-30-2013/.

06/30/2013 - Physics + Fastballs: The Science of Baseball

Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Presented by David Barker + Linda Shore

Sunday, June 30, 7:00

With baseball season in full swing, whose imagination doesn't turn naturally to dreams of green grass, peanuts and…science? Join us to hear what Exploratorium baseball experts (and fanatics) have to say about the science of America's favorite pastime. The presentation will utilize clips from both scientific documentaries and Hollywood films. Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible? Come learn the answers to these questions and whatever else you've been wondering about the physics, bio-neurology, and biomechanics of baseball. Program approximately 90 min.

The Science of Baseball program was conceived by two longtime employees (and fervent baseball fans) at the Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco: David Barker, designer and Art Director in the Institutional Media department, and Linda Shore, Director of the Teacher Institute and staff physicist. Collaborating with baseball teams and institutions, they have developed a series of exhibits, in-stadium demonstrations, videos, public programs, and publications that explore the physics of baseball and the biomechanics of how baseball players perform. Barker helped develop the Exploratorium’s award-winning Science of Baseball website.

07/04/2013 - Sparrow Creek Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:00:00 -0500

Breakfast and Front Row Seats at Sausalito's Charming 4th of July Parade

Sparrow Creek School rally's the community once again for their annual Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. Where neighbors and newcomers are invited to sit side-by-side eating delicious blueberry pancakes at family style eating tables delightfully decorated by the children of Sparrow Creek School. Live music entertains the festival goers and children dance in the street while they wait for the charming annual 4th of July Parade to pass by.

The $9 breakfast is served from 8am to noon at 304 Caledonia Street directly on the parade route. In addition to all-you-can-eat blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, festival goers will enjoy Starbucks coffee, orange juice, bacon, strawberries, and watermelon. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win exciting prizes, such as dinners at local restaurants and luxurious overnight getaways near and far.

This marks Sparrow Creek's nineteenth anniversary for the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast fundraiser. All proceeds go to the school's scholarship fund which is committed to bringing Montessori preschool education to children whose families cannot afford it.

Presented by Sparrow Creek Montessori School

07/04/2013 - Celebrate July 4th with the Exploratorium’s After Dark: Boom

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:00:00 -0500

What’s the science behind fireworks? How are implosions different from explosions? What happens when hot water is combined with liquid nitrogen? The Exploratorium’s After Dark: Boom celebrates July 4th with rumbling, roaring, and spectacular explorations of supernovas, sonic booms, earthquakes, taiko drumming, stepping, and other resonant topics.

Learn how the percussive powers of pyrotechnics are a time-honored and indispensible feature of every Andean fiesta at a special screening of Gustavo Vazquez’s Playing with Fire (Jugando con fuego). After Dark is for adults 18 years and older. Tickets are $15; $10 for members. One part theater, one part cabaret, one part gallery and one part Happy Hour, After Dark is a unique way to experience one of San Francisco’s most beloved museums.

07/04/2013 - July 4th Festival of Family Fun at Jack London Square

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:00:00 -0500

Celebrate Independence Day on the Oakland waterfront at Jack London Square’s July 4th Festival of Family Fun. This festive day will pack the Square with interactive activities and performers for both parents and children to enjoy including a bubble wrangler, jugglers, magicians, Uncle Sam stilt walkers, special petting zoo, face painters, balloon artists, hula hoopers, bike rentals, puppet shows, craft making, fire engine trucks and performances from the Circus Spire Youth Troupe. Families will also enjoy play rivers with earthy, kinetic environments for children, from Riveropolis, as well as a Conscious Carnival featuring several eco-games including Toss Out Tonsil Fuels, Recycle Swish, Seeds for Life and High Biker/Hi-Striker. Free to attend, the July 4th Festival of Family Fun will also feature tasty treats, drinks, music and much more! Visitors can bike, ferry or drive to Jack London Square.

07/05/2013 - ÜBERMENSCH

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 18:30:00 -0500

1AM is pleased to present, “Übermensch”, a solo show by Ales “BASK” Hostomsky that opens July 5th from 6:30-9:30pm. “Übermensch” will showcase works depicting children painted as superheroes on found and weathered surfaces that exhibit an energetic urban art aesthetic. The term “übermensch”, coined by Friedrich Nietzsche, refers to a state of being super-human; a state which Nietzsche believed mankind should strive to obtain. Expect to see a mix of iconic comic book imagery and playful representations of children upon panels and box frames.

During his childhood, the idea of God as a form of salvation seemed like a foreign concept, but the thought of becoming a super-man seemed obtainable or, at least, something worth striving for. BASK's highly textural works of child-like figures upon layered, urban backdrops with vibrant comic book iconography recall the fantastical imaginings of his youth.

Bask’s work has appeared in countless publications in both advertising and editorial capacities. He has been shown in the Florida International Museum as well as the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, which also has his work in its permanent collection. In addition to doing work for Death Cab For Cutie, Primus, and RIDE Snowboards, he was recently commissioned for a series of canvases for the backdrop in Iron Man 3.

For more information, visit www.1AMGallery.com. If you have any questions or would like to request media related material, please email maya@1AMSF.com.

07/05/2013 - 'The Spanish Tragedy'

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:00:00 -0500

Marin Shakespeare Company's 2013 outdoor summer season begins with Thomas Kyd's "The Spanish Tragedy." Lesley Schisgall Currier directs the West Coast premiere of this riveting play credited as the first Elizabethan revenge tragedy. All the rage of the Elizabethan stage, "The Spanish Tragedy" was hugely popular, widely performed and regarded as the inspiration for Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" and "Hamlet."

"Pay What You Will Preview" is 8 p.m. July 5. The opening night performance of "The Spanish Tragedy" is 8 p.m. July 12. The Marin Shakespeare Company summer long festival features a variety of special events and discounted ticket options including "Pay Your Age" for adults 20 to 37-years old and “Pay What You Will” preview performances. Single tickets are $20 to $37.50.

The Forest Meadows Amphitheatre opens one hour prior to show time for picnicking. Audiences are encouraged to bring picnics or purchase snacks at the Theatre Café. Warm clothing, jackets and blankets are recommended for evening performances. Parking is free.

WHEN: July 5 to Aug. 11, 2013 Performances presented in repertory at 8 p.m. on select Fridays and Saturdays and 4 or 8 p.m. Sundays. Visit the Marin Shakespeare web site for specific dates and performance times.

WHERE: Forest Meadows Amphitheatre 890 Belle Avenue, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, Calif. 94901

PARKING AREA: A parking area is available adjacent to the amphitheater entrance off of Belle Avenue. To access this parking area, proceed north past the main Dominican parking lot at the Conlan Recreation Center; take the first left onto Belle Avenue. Proceed one block (Marin Tennis Club will be on your right) and turn left into the entrance to the parking lot located at 890 Belle Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901. Additional parking located at the main lot on Grand Avenue.

TICKETS: $20 to $37.50

TICKETS ONLINE: http://www.marinshakespeare.org/pages/ticketorder.php

PHONE / BOX OFFICE: 415-499-4488

WEBSITE: http://www.marinshakespeare.org

PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/dNgv1vTQZrM0djLMu5HNZQ

07/05/2013 - Chance - A Musical Play about Love, Risk + Getting it Right

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:00:00 -0500

New Musical Theater of San Francisco presents… Chance - A Musical Play about Love, Risk + Getting it Right A World Premiere by Richard Isen Inspired by Quotations From the Writings of Oscar Wilde July 5 �" 28, 2013 Limited Engagement �" 19 performances Thurs. + Fri. - 8:00 pm / Sat. 2 Shows - 3:00 + 8:00 pm / Sun. - 5:00 pm Previews Fri. + Sat. July 5 and 6 Opening Night Sun. July 7, 2013 Press nights Sun. July 7 and Thurs. July 11 Alcove Theater in San Francisco http://chancethemusical.com/

TRAILER: http://chancethemusical.com/video.html

After its workshop production at the York Theatre in NYC in Nov. 2011, Chance - A Musical Play about Love, Risk + Getting it Right �"will be having the its world premiere staging at The Alcove Theatre in SF. July 5 �"28, 2013, with performances Thurs. + Fri. 8:00 pm / Sat. 2 shows �" 3:00 + 8:00 pm / Sun. �" 5:00 pm Previews are Fri. + Sat. July 5 and 6. Opening Night Sun. July 7, 2013 �" 5:00 pm Press nights Sun. July 7- 5:00 pm and Thurs. July 11 �" 8:00 pm Alcove Theatre - 414 Mason St. 5th floor, in SF 94102.

Tix are $40- $60 ($40 tickets are general admission; $60 “premium” seats include reserved stage-side cabaret seating, complementary wine, gift bag and more!) available at http://thealcovetheater.com For more info call 415- 992- 8168

A gay psychologist and a handsome young rent boy stumble down a unique path to healing when guided by a mysterious Hollywood glamor queen (played by gender illusionist). 55 year old Gregory has spent his adult life denying the loss he experienced as a young man during AIDS crisis. After a near-death experience, The Lady appears. Is she an inner guide from the Jungian collective unconscious? Or a musical hallucination resulting from a small stroke? Gregory is pushed out of his solitary reality, by his unlikely muse, and down the rabbit hole of mid-life crisis where he enters into a turbulent, dangerous relationship with a young male escort named "Chance." This production contains strong language, adult situations and partial nudity.

Directed by legendary theater icon Robert Kalfin (founder of the Tony Award-winning Chelsea Theatre Center) and musical direction by local jazz artist Tammy L. Hall, this unique theatrical cocktail will be one part fun, one part heart, and one part magic.

Chance - A Musical Play about Love, Risk + Getting it Right features Richard Hefner (Gregory) (YouTube viral hit Girls and Boys), Randy Roberts (The Lady) (Gender Illusionist - Randy Roberts LIVE), Ken Lear (Chance) (Naked Boys Singing �" NYC).

07/06/2013 - White Walls Presents: Unism, New Works by Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

White Walls is pleased to present Unism, the latest solo show by internationally acclaimed Niels‘Shoe’ Meulman, openingJuly 6, 2013 from 7-11pm. The exhibition will be on view through August 10, 2013 and is free and open to the public.

After he coined the term Calligraffiti to describe his work in 2007, artist Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman (Amsterdam, 1967) returns to San Francisco with a new phrase and eponymous exhibition: Unism (pronounced un-ism, not u-nism).

According to the designer-turned-painter, Unism incorporates all aspects of his expressionistic work:

Unism is about the power of reversal. For example 'turning darkness into light' taken from a monk's poem that describes both the illuminated letters in medieval scriptures, as well as the wisdom they brought to the dark ages. In those days, some were trying to turn lead into gold, so it's no coincidence that I use lots of metallic paints.

But Unism also refers to modern vocabulary in which we find many new words like 'unlike', 'unfollow' and 'undo'. I've been painting my signature repetitive strokes for years now. This started as a practice to get my hand, wrist, arm and body in the right flow. It became somewhat of a meditative act. The uncanny thing was that four of these strokes actually make up the letters 'u' and 'n'. Since my graffiti days I realized that every word is also an image and that writing can be painting.

I've been working with the word 'unruly' for years, which basically is a reaction to our overly-regulated society. That ended up in the throwing of paint bombs which contrasted nicely with the grid-like fields of the repetitive strokes. It ties into the ultimate example of my reversal theory; order and chaos.

Especially for this exhibition a 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine will be transported from New York City to San Francisco. This six-door limo was painted by Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman and presented at the notorious Wynwood Walls during Art Basel Miami 2012. The hood, trunk and other pieces will be sold as separate pieces during the exhibition.

Also on display during the exhibition: As a tribute to the game, Meulman will create a series of Calligraffiti works to fill theShooting Gallery Project Space depicting various baseball terms painted with official umpire's brushes. Unusual tools are standard practice for Meulman, who has used brooms to paint all over the world, from the streets of Singapore to the floor of a boxing ring for Louis Vuitton’s tribute videos to Muhammad Ali. Using traditional wooden plate brushes, the Dutch artist honors America’s favorite pastime with a sweeping elegance. And what better place to do this than in the World Series-winning San Francisco?

Born in Amsterdam in 1967, Niels ‘Shoe’ Meulman (NSM) is an internationally known artist, designer, and art director. NSM began tagging in 1979 with the moniker ‘Shoe,’ and quickly became a graffiti legend before his passion for lettering lead him to apprentice under the Dutch graphic design master, Anthon Beeke, and to later run his own Design Company. In 2007, NSM revolutionized the art of writing with an exhibition showcasing his fusion of calligraphy and graffiti in a style he fittingly termed ‘Calligraffiti.’ Widely acclaimed, NSM’s designs and artwork are in the permanent collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

07/07/2013 - 10th Annual Temescal Street Fair

Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:00:00 -0500

This family-friendly fair features three food courts and stages showcasing local performers, and 150 booths teaming with handmade crafts, local artistry and artisanship, representative of the area’s culturally rich milieu.

Information: www.temescaldistrict.org

07/07/2013 - Noertker's Moxie trio

Sun, 07 Jul 2013 19:30:00 -0500

Sunday, July 7, 2013 7:30pm Noertker's Moxie trio Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute Amber Lamprecht - oboe, flute Bill Noertker - contrabass •

also appearing Architect/Enchantress Jacob Felix Heule - Percussion Nava Dunkleman - Percussion Aaron Oppenheim - Laptop Jacob Peck - Guitar, Miscellany Tim Kim - Violin Rent Romus - Saxophones Joshua Marshall - Saxophones •

Outsound presents the SIMM Series at Musicians' Union Hall 116 Ninth Street (near Mission) San Francisco CA 94103 $10 general • $8 students + seniors

07/09/2013 - Mission and Valencia Green Gateway Community Open House #2

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:00:00 -0500

Join us anytime during the Community Open House where you can:

• See how the public input received online and in-person during the first planning phase ties into the proposed project designs. • Review and comment on the three project alternatives for the Mission + Valencia Green Gateway. • Give your feedback on design concepts and green infrastructure for the proposed plazas at Mission + Valencia and Tiffany + Valencia.

This project is a partnership of the SFPUC, SF Department of Public Works, and SF Planning Department.

07/10/2013 - A Taste of Lower Haight

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

BE SURE TO RSVP AT http://www.dishcrawl.com/lowerhaight/

Comprised of a colorful crowd of individuals and an even more culturally diverse restaurant selection, the Lower Haight neighborhood has a distinctly unique character. Despite it's small size, this dynamic locale is bursting with taste sensations sure to delight your palate. On Wednesday, July 10th, join us on a delicious tour of four Lower Haight restaurants and get a real taste of this exciting SF community. Don’t wait, get your tickets now!

It's a guessing game! We’re keeping the names of the restaurants we will be visiting a secret for now, but here and there we’ll give you some hints. Follow us on Twitter @DishcrawlSF and be the first to know!

Where to Meet Us: All ticket holders will be notified of meeting location via email, 48 hours prior to the event.

I’m a Vegetarian: Vegetarian options are available, however we may not be able to accommodate other dietary restrictions. If you have any particular requests or have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Beverage Policy: Drinks not inclusive in the ticket price. Drink specials and pairings may be available at discretion of the participating restaurant.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations are taken only if given 48 hours advance notice. All Dishcrawl events are held rain or shine.

Questions?: Contact me! I'm Dena, your San Francisco Dishcrawl Ambassador! My email is denab@dishcrawl.com.

About Dishcrawl: Food, Fun, and Exploration! We here at Dishcrawl aim to provide you with a premier culinary social experience by bringing together neighborhood restaurants, local chefs, regional food producers and fellow food enthusiasts. Join us if you'd like to embark on a one-of-a-kind gastronomic adventure!

07/10/2013 - Botany's Breath

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:30:00 -0500

The Conservatory of Flowers and Kim Epifano's Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater present Botany's Breath, a site-specific contemporary dance work with live music and video held at the Conservatory of Flowers, a living museum of rare tropical plants that is the oldest public glass and wood Conservatory in the US. Utilizing the Victorian edifice as provocateur, stage, musical instrument, and projection screen, Botany’s Breath will lead the audience on a walking journey through the galleries of the Conservatory - each one a different, highly nuanced ecosystem - and out into the surrounding grounds, in an exploration of the symbiotic relationship between plants and humans.

Collaborators include: composer and instrument-builder Peter Whitehead, musician Norman Rutherford, videographer Ellen Bromberg with Ben Estabrook, lighting designer Allen Willner, and costume designer Elaine Hamblin

NOTE: Two shows take place each night July 10-13, 2013 from 7:30-8:30pm and 9-10pm (in addition short, free outdoor video/dance performances take place on those same dates from 8:30-9pm)

07/11/2013 - Artist Reception: Joe Blum

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:30:00 -0500

The SFAC Galleries Art at City Hall Program presents The Bridge Builders, a photography exhibition featuring 70 of Blum’s large-format color photographs that give viewers an all-access look at the making of the new bridge.

Joe Blum has been hard at work on the Bay Bridge’s newly constructed eastern span, but his tools look a bit different than the men and women that surround him - his tools are a 35 mm Nikon camera, and occasionally a large format Pentax camera. From the Bridge project’s inception in 1989, Blum has been dutifully documenting the process of its expansion, and intends to continue until the Bridge’s completion and formal opening sometime this year.

07/11/2013 - Summer Breeze, A Group Show

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:30:00 -0500

Exhibition Dates: July 2nd-July 27th, 2013; Opening Reception: Thursday July 11th from 5:30-7:30pm

Sandra Lee Gallery is excited to present Summer Breeze, a group show featuring our brand new artist members alongside our current gallery artists. This exhibition is meant to showcase the outstanding works of our existing artists, while introducing fresh works by some exciting new members. At the height of the season, we throw an exhibition reflecting the intensity and exhilaration of Summer.

For the entirety of the month, Sandra Lee Gallery will showcase a number of innovative works by contemporary artists infused with and inspired by the summer season. As a group exhibition, the show will be both a reminder of our current artists' exceptional abilities as well as a thrilling introduction to the newest talent added to our recently enhanced roster of artists. This compelling exhibition will be a refreshing display of energized and uplifting new works.

Presented by Sandra Lee Gallery

07/11/2013 - Etsy Meet + Make: Craft Lab Bath Scrubs

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

Join San Francisco artist Katy Atchison in creating a Bath Scrub Set for yourself or a gift that is beautifully wrapped + 100% handmade by you! In this class you will have the opportunity to make two types of scrubs (a sugar + a salt scrub) and learn the natural benefits of each. Plus, we will have everything on hand to decorate your gift in unique "Pinterest-worthy" packaging. All materials included.

Admission is $10, or $5 if you're a Museum member, and includes supplies, instruction, and adult beverages sponsored by a local brewery. Registration recommended. For adults 21+. No walk-ins after 8 pm. Museum store and galleries open. Register at sfmcd.eventbrite.com.

Presented by Museum of Craft and Design

07/11/2013 - Details of Nature: Intimate Portraits of the Natural World Grand Opening

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

A formal opening for our new show "Details of Nature: Intimate portraits of the natural world" which will run from July 6th until September 3rd.

These works by Elizabeth Romanini, a mixture of original pen + ink illustrations, pencil drawings and archival-quality prints highlighting the wonders of nature in all it's beauty. Elizabeth's art focuses on a subtle exploration of shapes and structure that can be found in the natural world. Her drawings are single-plane studies of birds, insects and plants in their natural environment. Each work is an intimate portrait of the subject, so as to magnify the beauty that is all around us.

The opening will start at 7PM, and there will be free wine, pizza and calamari.

07/11/2013 - The Rape of Lucretia

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:30:00 -0500

July 11 at 7:30 PM and July 13 at 2:00 PM

Britten's emotionally charged chamber opera, The Rape of Lucretia, is at once powerful and devastating. Lucretia is considered the most virtuous woman by her peers and her husband Collatinus. However unbeknownst to Collatinus, his friend Tarquinius has travelled to Rome to "test" her virtue. Lucretia and her serving women give Tarquinius a place to stay for the night when he arrives, despite Lucretia's reluctance. At night Tarquinius comes into Lucretia's room and, although she remains true to her husband, he will not take no for an answer. Lucretia, faced with her own conflicting emotions and despair, ultimately takes her own life. A heartbreaking and poignant work, this opera is best suited for adult audiences.

By Benjamin Britten with libretto by Ronald Duncan, based on Andre Obey's play "Le Viol de Lucrece." Sung in English with English supertitles.

Conductor: Mark Morash Director: Peter Kazaras

Free pre-performance talk with Peter Kazaras one hour before the performance in Everett Auditorium.

Tickets: $60, $40, $25.

Students: $15. A very limited number of specially priced student tickets are made available for each performance. Student tickets may be purchased in advance, subject to availability. Student tickets must be purchased in person at the San Francisco Opera Box Office window, located inside the War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness Avenue. A valid student ID is required. Limit of 2 tickets per person for each performance.

Call San Francisco Opera Box Office at (415) 864-3330 to purchase tickets. Monday 10 AM - 5 PM or Tuesday - Friday 10 AM - 6 PM.

Presented by Merola Opera Program

07/11/2013 - 'Mi Barrio Es Tu Barrio' New Works by Victor De La Rosa

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:30:00 -0500

"Mi Barrio Es Tu Barrio"

New works by Victor De La Rosa

Saturday, June 29, 2013 - Saturday, August 3, 2013 Artist reception: Thursday, July 11

Galería de la Raza is pleased to present Mi Barrio Es Tu Barrio, featuring new works by Victor De La Rosa, opening Saturday, June 29. A reception with the artist in attendance, as well as subjects featured in the exhibition, will be held on Thursday, July 11.

De La Rosa’s textile work explores the intersection of technology, art, and design. His specialty and studio practice centers on computer-interfaced weaving and printing technology, utilizing resources such as jacquard power looms, digital fabric printers, and laser cutters.

Mi Barrio Es Tu Barrio features new textile works by De La Rosa that capture the stories of Mission residents, merchants, and visitors from interviews conducted in early 2013 at Galería de la Raza. These works utilize the traditional Mexican sarape textile with digital technology to create portraits of the diverse subjects that make up the Mission District today. This re-contextualization of the sarape as a Mexican icon reflects the cultural mash-up that is present in the Mission District and the multicultural experience across the nation.

Using United States Census Bureau information, De La Rosa examines the changing demographics of the Mission. “As the Latino population of the Mission morphs, and the entire city of San Francisco experiences continued change, the ideas of heritage, place, and belonging are continually shifting and blurred. My goal with these textiles pieces is to use images of everyday San Franciscans to give the viewer pause, and foster a moment for considering one’s values and beliefs towards fellow citizens and neighbors,” says De La Rosa. De La Rosa is a recipient of Galería’s 2012/2013 ReGen Artist Fund, a small grants/commission program that provides Latino artists with technical assistance and capacity building support to develop grant writing and artistic program planning skills. The ReGen Artist Fund encourages artists to explore strategies to make artistic projects compelling, to design projects that address the funders’ priorities, to target and develop an audience, to develop a project/program budget, and to create a biographical summary, thus creating opportunities for artists to create competitive proposals to access government and foundation arts funding.

About the artist: Victor De La Rosa works across a variety of media, both real and virtual �" fiber, film, and digital �" and has exhibited internationally. His filmmaking and film curatorial work has had international festival screenings in cities such as Berlin, London, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, as well as cities across the United States. His work has been covered in leading field publications such as the Surface Design Journal and Fiberarts, and in consumer publications from The New York Times to Rolling Stone Magazine.

De La Rosa’s regional, national, and international fine art exhibition participation include the Border Art Biennial / Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010, which is held concurrently at Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, the El Paso Museum of Art in Texas, and the 3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial in Riga, Latvia, in which he received a jury prize and was one of only three U.S. artists selected to participate.

Before deciding to pursue a path to the professorate, De La Rosa spent many successful years as an apparel, product, and textile designer. De La Rosa joined the fine arts faculty at San Francisco State University in 2006 after teaching on the East Coast at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Philadelphia University, and the Rhode Island School of Design, the latter of which he continues to teach in the summer textiles program. He received a Bachelors of Art from San Francisco State University [1999], a Masters of Fine Art from the University of California, Davis [2002] and most recently, a Masters of Fine Art in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design [2004], where he was a President’s Scholar and received honors including the Award of Excellence.

07/12/2013 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

July 12, 13, 18, 19 + 20 at 7pm; July 14 + 21 at 2pm

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, winner of eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical) was adapted in 1979 from Christopher Bond's play of the same name. The story of a barber driven to madness and revenge after returning to London from wrongful exile in Australia (loosely based on historical events), this musical thriller is a morality tale that masterfully blends Gothic melodrama with a surprising amount of levity and dark humor.

The 2007 film version, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, has made Sweeney Todd a household name and staple of pop culture. Out of the success of the film has come an opportunity for more staged productions to claim success, and for more theater-going audiences to find out why this musical is considered by many theater and music historians to be Stephen Sondheim's magnum opus.

In YMTC's upcoming production, audiences can look forward to hearing the Bay Area's most talented young performing artists, accompanied by a professional twenty-seven piece orchestra playing Jonathan Tunick's original orchestrations.

YMTC (Youth Musical Theater Company) is dedicated to providing exceptional training to young performing artists by producing professional musical theater. We bring together the Bay Area's most talented and dedicated young singer/actors (7th grade through University level) with professional directors, designers, and musicians to create theater that takes on challenging and sophisticated musical and dramatic themes, and that is always accompanied by a full, live orchestra.

Directed by Jennifer Boesing Musical Direction by David Moschler

Presented by YMTC - Youth Musical Theater Company

07/13/2013 - Santopalato BBQ Picnic

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Black Rock City's Santopalato is having a BBQ Picnic Fundraiser! Enjoy the day at Golden Gate Park and meet some of our awesome crew. We will have tons of food, drinks and a mean BBQ, Santopalato will take care of it all. So come solo, on a date or bring a group. There will be games and other surprises to enjoy!

Tickets available at: http://santopalatobbq.eventbrite.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/306311522835853/?fref=ts

07/13/2013 - 13th Annual Breastfest Beer Festival

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:00:00 -0500

It's time for one of the Bay Area's best beer festivals! The 13th Annual Breastfest Beer Festival welcomes over 80 breweries for a day to help raise money for the Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic (CMCC), a landmark public heath clinic that provides free complementary alternative medicine, supportive services and social services to women battling cancer and poverty.

It's wonderful opportunity to sample and compare hundreds of micro-brewed beers, enjoy delicious homemade BBQ, salads, sandwiches and hear live music �" all on the beautiful San Francisco waterfront. Featured musical guest is rock and roll party machine Wonder Bread 5!

Enjoy tastings from top breweries from the area such as Marin Brewing Co, Moylan’s, Russian River, Anderson Valley, 21st Amendment, Iron Springs, Lagunitas, Firestone Walker, Speakeasy Ales, and many, many more!

If attendees need a break from sampling some of the fine brews offered there is a photo booth from Snap Fiesta, skeeball with Joey the Cat, and cool hats from Goorin Bros Bold Hatmakers.

Buy Tickets at: http://thebreastfest.org

07/13/2013 - ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday July 2013

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

CHARACTER PROFILE NEW WORKS IN LANGUAGE, TEXT, + WORDPLAY Curated by: Jon Fischer

Second Saturday Reception: Saturday, July 13, 7-10 pm Featuring a solo performance by violinist / vocalist Dina Maccabee Including CREATIVE STATION, free all-ages art activities in our Studio 2 Classroom

Root Division presents Character Profile, a group exhibition featuring projects that explore intersections between the forms, mechanisms and meanings of language. Featuring a group of twenty-six artists including visual artists, writers, and craftspeople, Character Profile investigates novel functions of language through collaboration and a broad range of materials, media and approaches.

The artists in Character Profile present language as both a medium and a subject, and deftly maneuver words to both convey and critique meaning. Many works are interactive and dedicated to a spirit of engagement and play. The exhibition highlights art designed for direct interaction with visitors and work that provokes expanded meanings and alternative associations of language and test.

Artists: Amy Ahlstrom Kirkman Amyx Erin Bregman Lanell Dike Arash Fayez Jon Fischer Jonathan Frey Heather Gordon Jon Gourley* Benjamin Hill Clint Imboden Mike Kimball Helen Lee Yuki Maruyama John Patrick McKenzie Janice Miyagi Trevor Parham Meryl Pataky Kyle Peets Kristin Roeder Allyson Seal Laurie Szujewska Nowell Valeri David Wolf Nanette Wylde Amber Jean Young Daniel Yovino

*Root Division Studio Artist

Opening Reception: Saturday, July13, 7-10 pm Featuring a solo performance by violinist / vocalist Dina Maccabee Exhibition Dates: July 10 �" 27, 2013 Gallery Hours: Wednesday- Saturday, 2�"6 pm (or by appointment)

SUMMER YOUT STUDIO IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHARACTER PROFILE Mixed Media Art Class (for students entering Grades 6 - 8 Dates: 5 Class meetings / Monday through Friday, July 22 to 26, 2013 Time: 2:00 to 5:00 / Tuition: $250 (for all 5 days) **scholarships available**

Root Division is supported in part by grants from the The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission: Cultural Equity Grants, Grants for the Arts: San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, Phyliis C. Wattis Foundation, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Fleishhacker Foundation, and Bill Graham Memorial Fund. For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Amy Cancelmo at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org

07/13/2013 - Hot Buttered Rum

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:00:00 -0500

The Kanbar Center at the Osher Marin JCC Announces opening night of the 2013 Summer Nights Outdoor Music Festival featuring HOT BUTTERED RUM Saturday July 13, 2013, 7:00PM

The first of 5 Summer Saturday nights of live music, dinners, cocktails, picnics, dancing, a kid zone, and more will begin on Saturday July 13th with a California New Grass favorite, Hot Buttered Rum.

The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts is delighted to present their favorite opener for the Osher Marin JCC’s Summer Nights Festival. This local progressive bluegrass act aims to weave together traditional folk and bluegrass with modern influences, creative group values and uplifting harmonies. Initially formed as an acoustic string band, Hot Buttered Rum has evolved into a powerhouse that wows critics and fans alike. From “high altitude bluegrass” to “Left Coast Rock”, their music reveals an access to jazz, country, and world music, that few groups can match. A perfect concert to kick off this family-friendly celebration with friends, live music and the cultures of our Bay Area together in Marin.

The venue begs for picnicking but offers the choice of purchasing delicious and affordable meals on-site from San Rafael’s Roadside BBQ pop-up restaurant. No alcohol is allowed to be brought in, but is available for purchase. Bread + Roses hosts the Kid Zone, offering up an art project alongside the playground for youngsters. A Georgi + Willow pop-up shop will offer festival shopping and add to the full Marin community experience.

Ticket Information: Tickets are available online or by calling 415.444.8000 • Ages 17 and under are FREE, no tickets necessary • Subscribe- ALL 5 Concerts $80 �" includes early entry to field • Single tickets- $20 Advance/ $25 Day-of. • Reserve a Picnic Table for 8 or Intimate Cabaret Tables for 4 • Group discounts available

6:00pm- VIP table + Subscription Entry 6:15pm- General Admission Entry 7:00pm- Performance All performances are over before 10pm. The Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts is the Performing Arts Department within the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center in San Rafael, California. All are welcome, no membership is ever required to attend. The Center is a long-standing Marin non-profit, centrally located in Marin County and just 1/4 mile east off Hwy 101 Summer Nights 2013 7/13- Newgrass: Hot Buttered Rum 7/20- World Café Fusion: Rupa + the April Fishes with Classical Revolution 7/27- Hawaiian: Hapa 8/3- Latin: LoCura/Los Pinguos Two Bands~ Dance instruction + floor open

8/10 Louisiana Roots: Andre Thierry + Zydeco Magic Performing Stars “Zydeco Boys” and MSA Blues Band perform. Dance instruction + wooden dance floor.