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Coconut oil: healthier than unsaturated fats - Introduction http://www.vegsource.com/campbell/messages/7316.html Cocunut a day for better health! So here's some articles on Young Coconuts and HIV: http://www.living-foods.com/articles/coconutbenefits.html http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/may/18/text/nat_4-1-p.htm http://www.coconut-connections.com/res1.htm (Oh this has great history of young coconuts and the only recent myth/mis-information surrounding saturated fats and the HIV info.) So there is just a few because there are hundreds if not thousands of articles out there on the wonders of coconuts, so go to your local china town or asain market and pick up a box costing around $7-10 for 9, on average that's cheaper than a bottle of water. Sea Shepherd Crew Members Assaulted by Sealers and Arrested! Please help with media and outreach: http://www.seashepherd.org To the Forest Guardians: Stuptown Earth First! erected a 30 foot tripod in downtown portland this morning, right in front of the region 6 headquarters for the US Forest Service. http://www.o2collective.org/ for more info. For the wild~ http://oregon.tribe.net/listing/0...05c-feb2-48f3-b675-57469998b542 Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1447921,00.html '10 YEARS TO SAVE PLANET' http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-13312011,00.html The Man Who Invented Ecotopia http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0512/050323_news_callenbach.php Author Ernest Callenbach talks about localism, the future, and the state of Ecotopian ideals. The State of the World? It is on the Brink of Disaster http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=624667 An Authoritative Study of the Biological Relationships Vital to Maintaining Life has Found Disturbing Evidence of Man-made Degradation "All natural" claim on food labels is often deceptive; foods harbor hidden MSG and other unnatural ingredients http://www.NewsTarget.com/005778.html Subliminal Behavior Modification Through TV Described in US Patent http://www.WantToKnow.info/050331behaviormodificationtv MILLIONS OF CITIZENS COUNTERING MONSANTO'S BUSINESS PRACTICES Given Monsanto's ongoing, criminally irresponsible record of disregarding human health and the environment, the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is stepping up the pace in our "Millions Against Monsanto" campaign. If you're talking about Agent Orange, rBGH, water privatization, PCBs, or DDT, you're talking about Monsanto. Sign the "Millions Against Monsanto" petition now, and forward this Alert to your friends and colleagues. TAKE ACTION HERE: http://www.organicconsumers.org/monlink.html Ok so Alex Jones is anti-enviro and anti-left, but who else has such good coverage of police state? And make no mistake about it: corporate fascism ala BushHitler is the biggest enviro threat. U.S. to create list of 'unstable' nations U.S. intelligence experts are preparing a list of 25 countries deemed unstable and, thus, candidates for intervention. http://FromTheWilderness.com New 'Eco-Terrorist' Legislation A Hidden Assault On All Americans It is important for us to protect the freedoms of both the right and left otherwise we'll be caught in a police state vice which will crush us from both sides. This has nothing to do with stopping over-zealous environmentalist whackos and everything to do with classifying American citizens as terrorists under broader legal frameworks. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2005/300305hiddenassault.htm Rescue Worker Drops New 9/11 Revelations Sgt. Matthew Tartaglia was a rescue worker at 9/11. He joined Alex to discuss how rescuers were prevented from doing their jobs properly, were not protected from harmful asbestos, and how explosives, possibly tactical nukes, brought down the towers. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2005/300305newrevelations http://www.prisonplanet.tv/audio/300305tartaglia.htm USATODAY US Tanks take a beating in Iraq Built to stand Russian tanks but blown apart by Iraqi Home Made Bombs http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-03-29-abrams-tank-a_x.htm How Germans Fell for the 'Feel-Good' Fuehrer http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,347726,00.html Marburg virus disease in Angola, 102 cases identified so far What Happens Once the Oil Runs Out? Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up' Ebola-like virus death toll rises The toll from the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola has risen to 122, after a baby died in the northern town of Uige, a government spokesman said. http://FromTheWilderness.com Afghanistan: 'One Huge US Jail' http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/040105C.shtml # Get Up, Stand Up! - 2005 NORML Conference Thursday, March 31 2005 - Saturday, April 2 2005 Cathedral Hill Hotel 1101 Van Ness @ Geary, SF More Info: 800-622-0855 http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6437 Get Up, Stand Up! Stand Up For Your Rights! Where do freedom-loving citizens like YOU gather annually? Answer: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law's annual conference! This year's 2005 National NORML Conference will be held in America's most hemp-friendly city: SF Join special guests, very important smokers, and supporters of decriminalization like: -best-selling author and TV travel guru Rick Steves -NORML's new executive director Allen St. Pierre -former NFL star Mark Stepnoski -WAMM's Valerie Corral -more According to NORML's new executive director Allen St. Pierre, "This year's conference marks NORML's return to the Bay area, which was host to NORML's highly successful 2002 and 2003 annual gatherings, and will offer attendees a unique opportunity to network with other marijuana law reformers." "This year's reduced hotel room rate, coupled with free parking for hotel patrons in one of the most 'NORML-friendly' cities in America sounds like a prescription to me for fun and education. If a person is serious about changing America's misguided cannabis laws, the annual NORML conference is the gathering place for medical cannabis patients, cannabis consumers and concerned citizens." Complete conference information - including this year's conference agenda and guide to after-hour events - will be available shortly. http://www.norml.org/index.cfm April 2005 # SECOND ANNUAL National "I'm Embarrassed by the pResident" Day, April 1st, 2005. WEAR A BROWN RIBBON, official button, brown clothing in protest of all the BS coming out of the White House http://www.democracymeansyou.com/brown # I'm forwarding this, which I think is important because Amy Goodman is one of the mainstays of Left Gatekeepers, tiptoeing around 9/11 and the stolen 2004 election. She interviewed David Ray Griffin on the May 26 2004 DN show, and ambushed him with "attack dog" Chip Berlet. Chip steered the interview to the no-jetliner-hit-the-Pentagon and used it to discredit The New Pearl Harbor, even though it's only one part of one chapter. -Jim of http://wtc7.net - here are sites that could teach Amy Goodman a thing or two - 911 - inside job: demand investigation into cover-up! http://wtc7.net - http://911visibility.org - http://911truth.org http://oilempire.us - http://dieoff.org - http://peakoil.net http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/index.html http://globalresearch.ca - http://cooperativeresearch.org http://deceptiondollar.com - http://911review.com http://communitycurrency.org - http://septembereleventh.org http://cooperativeresearch.org - http://911visibility.org * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 * TIME: 12 PM Working Assets Lunchtime Speakers Series FRB Auditorium 101 Market Street, 1st Floor SF 94105 This event is free and open to the public. Attendees must RSVP by calling 415-369-2150, leaving the names of everyone in the party (spelled out), and a contact phone number. Places are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. The free lunch begins at 11:30 am http://www.workingassets.com * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 8 PM Palace of Fine Arts Theater 3301 Lyon St. @ Lombard, SF http://www.palaceoffinearts.org $12 in advance, $15 door http://www.kpfa.org or call (510) 848-6767 x611 # Declare Independence from Oil! Protest at Broadway Ford in Oakland on the Second Annual FOSSIL FOOLS DAY Fri, Apr 1, 2005 5:00 pm Broadway Motors Ford Dealership 2560 Webster St (Broadway and 25th St ) Oakland (Fossil Fools Day) Why: To call on America’s worst gas-guzzler to break our oil addiction What: On Friday, April 1, dozens of communities across the US and Canada will stage interventions at Ford dealerships to demand that Ford take immediate action to dramatically increase the fuel economy of its cars and trucks. How much more greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate chaos can the earth tolerate? How many more US soldiers will have to die in wars for oil? How many more rainforests will we allow to be converted into oil fields? How many more oil spills? How much longer can Ford Motor Company get away with having the worst fuel economy among America's major automakers? We can’t afford to wait any longer for change. The time is NOW to break America’s oil addiction and Jumpstart Ford, the worst gas-guzzler in the industry. The Oakland protest will feature giant helium balloons, eye-catching banners, and exciting street theater. Please join us and help break America’s oil addiction. For more info, contact: Jason Mark Global Exchange 415-558-9490 cleancars@globalexchange.org or visit: http://www.jumpstartford.com http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # 2600 Meeting Fri Apr 1 5-7PM PST (GMT-08:00) SF: 4 Embarcadero Plaza (inside). Payphones: (415) 398-9803, 9804, 9805, 9806. # The Oakland Museum of California Presents: 2005 EarthDance: The Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival & After Party Friday, April 1, 2005 6 p.m. - Midnight Can't handle another hit of bad enviro news - oil spills, clear cuts, melting Arctic ice caps? Then check out the second annual EarthDance Film Festival - A celebration of independent, alternative films that promote environmental awareness through humor and hope. EarthDance features documentary, animated, and dramatic short films (2 - 20 minutes) by 14 domestic and international filmmakers. James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94607 Friday, April 1 6 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 7 ? 9 p.m. Film Screenings & Awards 9 p.m. ? Midnight After Party w/ DJ Dragonfly, Video Artist/VJ CaroLuna, Dinner Vendors & cash bar EarthDance and After-Party are included with $8 museum admission. After-Party alone is $5. http://www.museumca.org # First Try Friday, April 1 7:00pm-11:00pm drink donation WAREHOUSE 1310 presents FIRST TRY music by: THE MAN FROM DYATRON 1310 Potrero ave @25th st. http://www.tinkin.com/1310 # St. Stupids Day After Party Friday, April 1 7pm - 2am 12 Galaxies Mission @ 21st http://www.12galaxies.com Thrills, Chills and Spills! Come titillate all your senses (and beyond) after the St. Stupid's Day Parade (now in it's 27th year!)! Mark your calendars and get yourself down to the 12 Galaxies for a fun filled extravaganza guaranteed to expand your mind (or at least expand something) and provide hours of entertainment for all. Come SEE the kaleidoscope and dizzying array of bands, performance and other sensory delights. Come HEAR the oratory skills of such San Francisco luminaries as: Bishop Joey (First Church of the Last Laugh), Dr. Hal (Ask Dr. Hal), Michael Peppe (Michael Peppe) and others, Come FEEL the vibrations and musical styling of: K-Rob (Musical Mastermind), Los Banos (Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Band), Fluff Grrl (Minstrels of post modern, old school rag-time), Rube Waddell (Modern Americana rock), Church of The Sub Genius (Purveyors of Bob) and more.TASTE the excitement and thrill of being at the coolest place you could be right now.TOUCH yourself and know that it's all true! All this and oh so much more awaits you! The festivities and frolic will commence ON TIME.bands and performance start at 7pm. There will be an opening benediction by the snackreligious Bishop Joey and the rest of the excitement will go until the wee hours (or until we get kicked out). A mere $10 fee gets you in the door ($8 if in costume) and the ample booze will at least keep you hydrated. Located at the beautiful 12 Galaxies Ballroom, 2565 Mission Street @ 22nd, in the lovely Mission District, easily accessible by MUNI (lines 14, 47 and 49) and the BART (use 24th street stop). DON'T be fooled by charlatans and imitators, this is THE place to be on April Fools Day and THE place to go after the parade! Hope to see you all there! # FRIDAY APRIL 1 Joke-e-Oke Rx, 132 Eddy Street 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm FREE http://rxgallery.com April fools its Joke-e-oke. In case you haven't heard this is karaoke with standup comedy material. Everyone wants the chance to be a comedian with killer material in front of a laughing crowd. With Joke-e-oke, people can live out their comedy dream of being a comedian on stage! The Joke-e-okie catalog selection is quite diverse. It's categorized by particular comedians (Chris Rock, Robin Williams or Jerry Seinfeld) or by specific topic categories (TV commercials, relationships, the difference between dogs and cats). Or think of a combative "Yo Mama"-off as two people do a Joke-e-oke duet on stage going back-and-forth. Joke-e-oke was recently featured on Wired News, March 24, 2005 Come by for this special April Fool's edition. Among the growing number of Joke-e-Oke enthusiasts, NPR's Morning Edition is even rumored to be coming to the show to tape for an upcoming segment, so come on down and be famous! # Fri 4/1: 8pm: Oakland: Films Against the War Screening to Benefit Indybay $5 AK Press Warehouse 674 23rd st., Oakland http://indybay.org # 415 Friday, April 1 9:00pm-2:00am $10 A very special evening celebrating San Francisco culture in two adjacent venues for one nice price. djs:: ANDREW JERVIS (On The One/Ubiquity) APOLLO (Invisibl Skratch Piklz/Triple Threat) DAVID HARNESS (Taboo/Loveslap!) GARTH (Wicked/Grayhound) MAURICIO AVILES (Metro Jazz/Loveslap!) PAM THE FUNKSTRESS (The Coup) PAUSE (Pause-a-tivity/Red Wine) RASTA CUE-TIP (Jazid Up/Budonkadonk) ROMANOWSKI (Soulvation/Future Primitive Sound) TOM THUMP (Groove Merchant/Budonkadonk) TOMAS (On The One/XLR8R) TOPH ONE (Pepper/Red Wine) live painting:: SIRRON NORRIS EZRA EISMONT BRIAN BARNECLO/GREG 'PNUT' GALINSKY/FERRIS PLOCK (aka the Loose Cannons) goods by DREAM NEFRA 9pm-2am, 21+, $10 at the door Brought to you by fabric8.com in collusion with Red Wine Sponsored by Bosa, Exact-Science, FTC, Function 8, Future Primitive Sound, Harputs Adidas, Loveslap! Recordings, SF Station, TRUE, Upper Playground, Virgin 69, and XLR8R Magazine http://www.fabric8.com/party/ 111 Minna Gallery AND House of Shields 111 Minna @ New Montgomery and 39 New Montgomery # Get Freaky Fri April 1 at 1015 Folsom 10pm-6am 21+ More Info: http://www.an-ten-nae.net A night of trickery, laughter, and play.... Featuring a midnight performance by El Circo Tayo (Skint, UK) Deekline (Botchit & Scarper, UK) Baobinga (Hardcore Beats, UK) Benchun Adam Ohana Drum and Bassment by Groundscore Photek (Metalheadz/UK) Photek Producuctions UFO (Eklektik) Basshop/Electorofunk Ooah El Papa Chango Jocelyn Ripple Mozaic Inner Sanctum Chillout Lounge Darin Schaffer darinschaffer.com Rena Jones (DigitalBliss) www.renamusic.com Ft. Jagjit Chada and Negmeddin Shaheen on Percussion Candescent Orkestra / B-Smiley (Late night Sneaky) Fusion Chamber hosted by G.O.A. Play Son Kite (live & dj set) (Digital Structures, Sweden) BLVD KJ Michael Liu Psynthetic D?cor by Fuzzy's Fabulous Fluff Altars by Desiree $15 Presale tickets available at: Distractions and Ceiba in SF on Haight street Skills on Telegraph in Berkeley $20 at the door. Buy a presale ticket and avoid lines. Sat Apr 2 # Sat 4/2 - Reclaim The Streets (RTS) street party: a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits in SF noon @ Dolores Park. Its a masquerade ball, so D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... # a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits SF in the form of a reclaim the streets (RTS) street party on SATURDAY @ NOON, APRIL 2, DOLORES PARK. Its a masquerade ball, so if you dont want to hang for it later, you better D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1 pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... Download publicity (or make your own) at http://sfrts.tribe.net or http://www.rts-sf.org and put them up anywhere and everywhere. # **SPRING VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT TOWN MEETING & POT LUCK** Sat April 2 12 PM - 3 PM at the historic Swedish American Hall above Café DuNord, 2174 Market Street (at 15th Street) meet the behind-the-scenes superstars who make Burning Man happen, and find a way for YOU to get involved. As you may know, Burning Man is a volunteer-driven event, with 3,000 people pitching in to make the event happen. Meet the project managers and volunteer coordinators who bring it all together. Ask questions and sign up to learn more, or to jump right in! From building our city with the DPW on the Black Rock Desert playa, riding the "edge of chaos" with the Rangers, greeting new arrivals, supporting art at the Artery, to SF office and technical help, lamp lighting, fielding questions at Playa Info, or erasing any trace after the event, there are many opportunities to fully participate in the Burning Man project. It's a great way to meet people, and to become more connected to the "burner" community. This meeting is free and open to the public. Check it out! http://www.swedishamericanhall.com/index.html http://www.burningman.com/news/townhall_05.html http://burningman.com # Rally to Reform the PATRIOT Act! Sat Apr 2 12:30 PM "Civic Center Plaza" SF More Info:(415) 291-9233x212 The PATRIOT Act infringes upon some of the most basic of our previously guaranteed civil and human rights - for both citizens and non-citizens. Come help us urge Congress to allow the "sunset" provisions to expire and to repeal the most egregious portions of the USA PATRIOT Act! This is part of a national effort by AIUSA. Human rights advocate Banafsheh Akhalagi is speaking, and we will have petitions to sign! http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/92c91fe3-bb52-4af7-8cbd-034acbcb84e8 # Sat 4/2 2pm: San Francisco: ComMUNIty Mutiny Against Transit Fare Hikes On April 2nd at 12noon SF Reclaim the Streets and the Coalition for Transit Justice are inviting the community to come out to Dolores Park for a street party to oppose a MUNI fare increase. The party will leave the park at 1pm. RTS says that people should "Dress to Impress," since the event will be a masquerade ball. Organizers say, "Make sure you and your friends aren't marooned on the desert island of loneliness... Think of something fun to bring, share, or do at the party. If you want to see something happen, make it happen!" http://indybay.org # 8TH ANNUAL EAT AND BE MARY! /BERKELEY - 4.2.05 1037 Murray Street Berkeley Doors open at 6:30 POTLUCK | CLOTHING SWAP | FASHION SHOW | POETRY SLAM | TALENT SHOW http://www.rsneight.com/mary/ - Time to drag out those dusty musty garments that have accumulated in your closet all year - Time to pit your skills against those scary kitchen implements; and - Time to gather your nerves and show us what you've got. Literally! WHAT TO BRING: - CLOTHES TO SWAP ( Please bring all the clothing you've been meaning to give to Goodwill or wherever. And don't bring just crap, we will use it in the Fashion Show and then donate whatever hasn't been taken to a homeless shelter. The tax-deductable donation receipt will be graciously given to our lovely host to show our appreciation. Please don't bring anything but clothes. ) - DELECTABLE MORSELS TO SHARE - Poetry to recite for the POETRY SLAM - Strange and unusual talents for the TALENT SHOW - A fork - A plate - A sense of humor & unbridled enthusiasm WHAT TO REMEMBER: - Plan ahead - Get plenty of rest - We're a veggie friendly habitat. ***** THIS IS NO ORDINARY POTLUCK ***** This "event" promises to be a gathering of the minds...as well as the stomachs. Not only will there be a return of the fantastic FASHION SHOW, but we'll have an open mike stage set up to allow you to express yourselves with prose and song in the POETRY SLAM/TALENT SHOW. Be stoopid...be original...show us what you got. This is not a joke. signed...The Ambassadors of Potluck # tired of NOISY activities? come to the QUIET PARTY !! You go to a bar. Music is too LOUD. Cell phones RINGING all around you. Some guy is standing next to you SCREAMING. You know what we are talking about, right? How about a refreshing change of pace? Come to the Quiet Party. No loud music, no yelling, no cell phones - in fact: no talking AT ALL!! Maybe you'll even find love through silent dating! The Quiet Party is a totally unique experience. We provide paper, wine, water & soda - you just bring a pen & your wits. Pass notes around - be mischievous, have a little fun, meet some new people! San Francisco's inaugural Quiet Party is: Saturday April 2 7 pm to 9 pm sharp at Shoppe Unusual 345 Gough Street (in Hayes Valley between Hayes & Fell streets) FREE for more details see http://www.quietparty.com see ya there.... shshshshshsh!!!! # FIRST FLAMBE LOUNGE OF THE SEASON: an intimate gathering of the absurd, not to be missed!!! Flambe Lounge takes over Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center and presents a costumed ICESCAPADE and BLACKLIGHT BOWLING extravagargantua mixed-up mixer!!! APRIL FOOLS SK(b)OWLING NIGHT! At Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center http://www.skatebowl.com (Take elevator/stairs on Folsom St side between 3rd and 4th Streets up a level) $10 in Stupid/FOOLish costume or blacklight sensitive clothing; $15 street clothes (includes cost of ice skate rental.) Those who come early enough can bowl and skate! This is below usual cost. A great chance to catch up with playa friends and make new ones—whether you sk(b)owl or not! ATTEND AT YOUR OWN RISK AND RISK YOUR OWN ATTENDANCE! SCHEDULE: 7:30-8:00 Gather with friends in playground outside skating rink 8:00 sharp-10pm Blacklight Bowling (wear blacklight clothing! Limited to 110 people/hr) 9:00-11:00 Ice Skating (can enter rink 8:30pm and accommodate 700 skaters on ice at a time and 1100 in the rink. DESCRIPTION: Join April fools and festive tricksters as we take over BOTH the Yerba Buena Bowling alley AND Ice Skating Rink and refurbish them with costumed revelers, games, wacked-out Black Rock City djs, and all manner of burner tomfoolery! Dress in blacklight reflective clothing and play Survival Bowling (instructions provided upon arrival). But who’s keeping score! Lane changing is encouraged at this two-hour mix and MIS-matched championshipwreck bowl-off! Bring your own bowling shoes or rent for $3. Then skate on over to the Ice Skating Rink for figure skating and go round and round and round to musical skating madness and fun fun FUN! Expect random Burning Man Emergency Broadcasts, old school funk and 70s roller disco ice music by the Godfather of Skating and The Black Rock Roller Disco ON ICE!, polkas, exotica and other musical prepostera! We’ll also unveil the map with the new city layout and have other helpful playa info on hand! (If skating, wear athletic socks. They suggest long pants, sleeves and gloves, but not required. But earmuffs are always stylish!) Beer and food may be ordered in the bowling alley; food available in ice skating rink. # 4/2: 8pm Robots on the March! (mission district) On Saturday April 2 ATA's Other Cinema presents "Robots on the March!", an evening of robotic performance art. This audience participatory program focuses on local artists working with technology. Artists presenting work include Kal Spelletich, Kristin Lucas, Amy et Stijn, Michael Shiloh, XK SAZ, Sean Talley, Virgil Polit and Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Jack Buffington, Joe McKay, Darrel Licks, Aimee Friberg, Liam McNamara, Beth Waldman, plus a new video from the Institute for Applied Autonomy. At the end of the evening there will be an open "show and tell" session, and if you bring your own robotic creation you get in for free! Also, look for the sustainable robotics window installation by Amy Franceschini and SFMicrocontrollers, which will be up though the month of April. Saturday, April 2, Doors 8pm, show @ 8:30pm Artist Television Access 992 Valencia St. @ 21st St. $5 http://atasite.org # Sat Apr 2 Groove Garden Marin's Monthly Dancetribal Gathering! $15 2398 Sir Francis Drake-Fairfax http://www.thegroovegarden.com # DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER 4/2/05 @NIMBY in Oakland Every year we hear complaints about not enough LIVE MUSIC on the Playa, and every year, DUSTFISH goes to the Playa, builds a stage and bar, plugs in the lights and PA, and presents HOT LIVE MUSIC, and DJS...last year we presented a Stilt Ballet and the searing music of KAN'NAL, among other things. Here's your chance to support LIVE ART on the Playa and have a Blast doing it! Whether it's live music or djs or just a fun good vibe you're after, you'll find it this night... LIVE (inside stages) *DR. ABACUS* *GOOFERMAN* *FUNKY BEULAH* *ECC (Evolution Control Committee)* *ALT TAL* *ARTEMIS* *KURT WAHLBERG* *LA MALINCHE (Flemenco)* *GROUNDCHUCK* *FIRE ARTS COLLECTIVE* and believe it or not a *FLASH & LORD HUCKLEBERRY DUET* and, should you feel like dancing your booty off around the fire: DJS (outside) *OOAh* *SMOOVE* *NoMe* *LARON aka SWAN* *DAISY CRAVE* *SHRIMP* *LEO* Plus: * INTERACTIVE SMUT by DR. FRIENDLY* *ART INSTALLATION by JOE MANGRUM* *VISUALS by SATSI* and Games: WHIP OR WHIPPED RING TOSS (Suffer the Lash if you Fail) *NONO THE NAUGHTY NAKED APE (You Be The Monkey)* *BOOTIE CHECKPOINT #11 (Free Your Bootie)* Raffle: WIN A TICKET TO BURNINGMAN! Plus: *PORN KLOWNS* *STILTERS* *HOOPERS* *CAGE, ROPE, GOGO, AND FIRE DANCERS* and more.... @NIMBY ( http://www.nimbyspace.org ) for directions...(just over the Bridge if coming from SF) 4/2/05 9pm-??? (you might wanna bring your sunglasses?) $5 b4 11pm $10 after http://www.clubego.net for changes, more (yes, more!) and updates...Festive (Playa) Attire Highly Encouraged...now, I'm laughing my ass off....... and, many, many thanks, in advance...DUSTFISH LOVES YOU! (now, bend over and crack a smile!) THE PARTY IS IN YOUR HEAD {SPICE MUST FLOW} DUSTFISH FUNRAZOR at NIMBY 4/2/05 28th @ Peralta, Oakland. details at http://www.clubego.net Sun Apr 3 # The Building Education Center offers a one-day seminar on Strawbale Construction and Cob this Sunday, April 3, 10 am - 5 pm. The class will be taught by Dietmar Lorenz of DSA Architects (strawbale construction) and John Fordice (cob) . The Class on Strawbale Construction will include a visit to the Shorebird Nature Center http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/marina/marinaexp/newbldg.html in the Berkeley Marina. The Shorebird Nature Center is one of the first civic buildings with straw bale walls. The BEC is located on 812 Page Street (@ 6th Street) in Berkeley, call 510-525-7610 to register, 10am-3pm M-F. Please forward this posting to people who might be interested in these exciting alternative building methods. http://www.bldgeductr.org/seminars.html # GREEN PARTY / CESAR CHAVEZ CELEBRATION Sun April 3 11AM-5pm The Green Party is participating in this year's festivities with a marching contingent for the parade and a booth at Civic Center. Look for the Green Party banner at Justin Herman Plaza, 11 a.m. (at the foot of Market St. / Embarcadero BART/Muni) and join us! http://www.sfgreenparty.org info@sfgreenparty.org CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY PARADE AND FESTIVAL 2005 Focusing on workers in education, health care and public service. Barbara Lee, Grand Marshal. Walter Johnson, former secretary/treasurer of the SF Labor Council, and other speakers. MUSIC Bayonicks, Jorge Santana and Bandido, Los Mocosos. Special Health & Education Pavilion and lots of great food! # War Tax Resistance Workshop- Berkeley Sun Apr 3, 1-4pm 3122 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (1 block East of Ashby BART) Unhappy about the U.S. policy on militarism, stop paying your taxes. More than half of our federal income taxes are being used for war. Find out more about this form of conscientious objection at our introductory workshop. Topics will include: -- Creative legal protests -- Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience -- Living below the level of taxable income -- Phone tax resistance -- Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations -- Local support networks for war tax resisters Northern California War Tax Resistance (510) 843-9877 http://www.nowartax.org Thank you for working for peace! # Stop Media Consolidation! Hold Comcast Accountable! Sunday, April 3 2:00 PM STOP MEDIA CONSOLIDATION! SPEAK UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES! DEFEND WORKERS’ RIGHTS! Comcast and other giant cable monopolies control more and more of our media. They dominate more than just cable--they also control how many of us access the Internet. They use this power to raise rates and invade customers' privacy, to harass and punish employees who speak up for their rights, and to ignore the demands of the communities where they operate. In the Bay Area alone, Comcast holds over 100 cable franchises, most of which function as monopolies. Comcast is holding our communities hostage. Comcast has sued San Jose and Walnut Creek, has failed to pay the money it owes to Sacramento, and won’t renew contracts that expired years ago in dozens of other cities. Now Comcast is sponsoring a cable industry convention in San Francisco, a city where cable negotiations are just starting. HOLD COMCAST ACCOUNTABLE! We call on everyone opposed to corporate domination of the media, and in support of local democracy, community media, and workers' rights, to join our protest against Comcast. RALLY AT THE NATIONAL CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONVENTION! Sunday, April 3, 2005, 2:00 p.m. Moscone Center, corner 3rd and Howard Streets, San Francisco Sponsored by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Media Alliance, Global Exchange and Code Pink. For more information contact CWA Local 9415 (510) 834-9415 or CWA Local 9423 (408) 278-9423, organize@cwa9423.com More info on Comcast: http://www.comcastwatch.com More info on SF negotiations: http://www.mediasf.org # Comcast is coming to town. Come and protest April 3rd at 2 pm! The big cable companies will be having its annual meeting in San Francisco Apr 3-5. Communications Workers of America and Media Alliance are planning to welcome Comcast with a protest rally on Sunday April 3rd at 2 pm. Come to the rally and bring others with you. We are looking for organizational endorsements for this event. Please contact me at this email if you have any questions or if you can give us your endorsement. For more information about the rally, go to http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050310231129497 Thanks to your calls, we won! Thanks to everyone who called the San Francisco's Public Utility's Commission on Tuesday. Despite industry lobbying, the PUC approved the money to study the feasibility of municipal broadband in San Francisco. http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050309192522624 Comcast gets an earful in Marin The big corporations have money and power, but our communities have people. Check out what happened in Marin County when 200 crowded in San Rafael's City Hall to vent their frustration about Comcast. "It is extremely unusual to have this many people show up on a weeknight for this meeting," Supervisor Susan Adams said. "I don't recall ever having this many people at one of our Board of Supervisor meetings, and for every person here, I'm sure there are dozens more who feel the same way." Read the whole article at http://www.mediasf.org/index.php/news/150 -- QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUBSCRIBE? SUBSCRIBE? Contact Sydney Levy at sydney@media-alliance.org or at 510-832-9000, ext 303 San Francisco Media Advocates' Coalition http://www.mediasf.org --> Check our website for updated information! # Hey Hoopers! Forecast is calling for rain this Sunday, so let us gather at Cellspace for one last round, shall we? We've had a SUPER time there this winter, so let's send off the rainy season in style. We have the main space, and of course the kickin' sound system. Sunday, April 3 - 2-5pm http://Cellspace.org - 1050 Bryant (btw 18th & 19th) The following Sunday (4/10) is the re-scheduled Sunset Party (previously rained out), at Stafford Lake in Novato, and BAH will be joining in the fun. We can arrange carpooling as the time approaches. After that, we'll pretty much be outdoors for the next 6 months. Yaaaay. Hoop on! - Jason # IMAGINING PEACE: A concert benefit for A WORLD WITHOUT ARMIES Sunday, April 3 7:30 PM Freight & Salvage 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley http://www.songwritingworks.org/ip Sunday April 3rd, 2005, 8pm 7:30pm : Doors open with Silent Auction and gallery of Kaz Tanahashi paintings 8:00pm: Concert program begins Tickets: $17.50 in advance/$18.50 at the door, Available at: the Freight & Salvage box office: 510/548-1761 Tickets on-line via: http://www.thefreight.org http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/4dc9e6d7-84c0-4b51-880c-35f5d43e09a6 # Carl Djerassi, best-selling author and co-inventor of "The Pill" at free Forum Sunday, April 3 9:30 PM Carl Djerassi was one of the scientists who invented the oral contraceptive. In addition to being a professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, he has developed a second career as a novelist and playwright. He has written several best-sellers that reflect the moral, ethical and biological dilemmas created by scientific researchers. Djerassi will discuss the art of science, and tell how he transformed his career as a chemist into his stunning work as a playwright and novelist. Guest: Carl Djerassi, chemistry professor, Stanford University & best-selling author and playwright Moderator: The Very Rev. Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral Where: Gresham Hall, on the Crypt Level of Grace Cathedral When: Sunday, April 3, 2005 9:30 am - 10:30 am Pacific Time Tickets: Free, donations accepted http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/165124fa-3d03-4c12-bf6c-5baf1be0fd9b Mon Apr 4 # Grassroots Media and the Law @ Stanford Monday, April 4 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. with Dan Gillmor CIS Fellow Room 180 (Stanford Law School) Free and Open to all! Lunch Served The opportunities abound for a new and vibrant kind of "citizen's media" - weblogs, podcasting, video and more - but the law may thwart this democratization. In particular, copyright to defamation may become barriers to the most important shift in media power in generations. Do we need better defenses, better laws, or both? Dan Gillmor is author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People" (O'Reilly Media, 2004), a book that explains the rise of citizens' media and why it matters. He is working on a project (dangillmor.typepad.com) to enable and expand the reach of grassroots journalism. From 1994-2004, Gillmor was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. He joined the Mercury News after six years with the Detroit Free Press. Before that, he was with the Kansas City Times and several newspapers in Vermont. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Vermont, Gillmor received a Herbert Davenport fellowship in 1982 for economics and business reporting at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. During the 1986-87 academic year he was a journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he studied history, political theory and economics. He has won or shared in several regional and national journalism awards. Before becoming a journalist he played music professionally for seven years. Also, check-out the upcoming, "Cyberlaw in the Supreme Court" conference cyberlaw.stanford.edu/supreme/ Lauren Gelman Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School (ph) 650-724-3358 cyberlaw.stanford.edu/ CA Bar No. 228734 http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/244cf53c-1e8a-4c77-a008-2674f9d1d47e # weekly donation only kundalini yoga class on Mondays. This class is great for all levels even if you've never done yoga before in your life. when: 8p - 9:30 where: 1805 divisadero at bush (next to king of falafel) what to bring: a yoga mat & donation ($5 suggested minimum) this is an all levels kundalini yoga class. parking's free. hope to see you there! and don't forget your yoga mat. Tue Apr 5 # 4/5 International Pajama Day http://www.craigslist.org/eve/65432366.html # NCRA's Recycling Update 2005 -- Annual Conference Tuesday, April 5, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm in San Francisco $80 non-members, $65 NCRA members --includes meals ($65.00 + $40 NCRA Annual Dues = $105) Online Reg http://ncrarecycles.org/ru/ru-promote.html # MONEY IN - FAVORS OUT That’s what Arnold’s all about! Governor Schwarzenegger has raised more political contributions than any governor in California history. Join the growing group of nurses, firefighters, teachers, public service workers and others who are protesting this governor’s incessant fundraising and delivery of favors to his donors at the expense of working families. TUESDAY APRIL 5th 5:00 PM MEET-UP Ritz Carlton 600 Stockton Street/Pine SF Cable car: Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines (direct stop) Beware of Ritz Carlton Parking Fee: $45. Hi all, We have gotten word that the Governor will be in San Francisco On april 5 at 5:00 p.m. We are joining in with the CNA, teachers, fire fighters, and others to protest the governor's fundraising practices and his policies that favor his corporate donors. Tell everyone to come out and protest and make their voices heard. Last night the protest in Orange County drew more than 2,000 people! San Francisco should be able to do at least that much. An SEIU flyer is attached. I will also be following up with phone calls. # Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in San Francisco on APRIL 5th at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at 6:30pm. 600 California at Stockton at 6pm. Labor and community groups will be welcoming him with a huge protest initiated by the California Nurses Association. On April 5 San Francisco's corporate leaders will gather at the Ritz Carlton to line Arnold's pockets. Join nurses, working families, patients and Californians from around the state to stop his corporate sell-out! Tell the Governor and his donors: "Not in Our Town!" For more information: 510-273-2240 # Tuesday, April 5-School Closure Meeting 6:00 PM Location: SFUSD 555 Franklin @ Grove San Francisco, CA view map Tuesday, April 5 at 6 p.m., SFUSD, 555 Franklin-The San Francisco Board of Education will be meeting on finalizing the list of schools that will be considered for closure. Parents, teachers, students and the community are invited to participate in the discussion. Slated schools to be possibly closed include-Golden Gate Elementary School at Pierce & Turk, William DeAvila Elementary at Haight and Ashbury, New Traditions Elementary at 2049 Grove, Dr. William Cobb Elementary at 2149 California, William McKinley Elementary at 14th & Castro, Starr King Elementary at 1215 Carolina, Enola Maxwell Middle School on DeHaro and 20th, Luther Burbank Middle School in Viz Valley and Benjamin Franklin Middle School at Geary & Scott. http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/event/17d32736-2d4d-4a26-a596-e45ea4b90b32 # Hotel Palestine: Killing the Witness A powerful film documenting the US military’s killing of Spanish journalist José Couso in Iraq With special guest speakers: Javier Couso, the brother of José Couso and Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of Global Exchange and CodePink -- Tuesday, April 5th at 7:00pm New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street (on Valencia St between 18th and 19th Streets). San Francisco, CA Suggested donation $10. No one turned away for lack of funds. Sponsored by: Global Exchange and New College Center for Education and Social Action -- Thursday, April 7, 2005 at 7:00pm The Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA Tickets $10. No one turned away for lack of funds. Advance tickets available at www.virtuous.com or the Grand Lake Theater Box Office. Sponsored by: Global Exchange, Grand Lake Theater and KPFA Free Speech Radio For more info contact: June Brashares at Global Exchange at 415-575-5542 june@globalexchange.org http://globalexchange.org # Tue, Apr 5, 2005 - Wed, Apr 6, 2005 The Future of Food Documentary Red Vic Moviehouse Haight St. @ Shrader/ Cole SF The Future of Food, directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, will screen at the Red Vic Movie House on Tuesday April 4th and Wednesday April 5th. This excellent documentary examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat, as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today. (88m) Showtimes are Tues: 7:15, 9:15 Wed: 2:00, 7:15, 9:15 Tickets are: $7.00 for evening screenings; $5.00 for the 2:00 matinee; kids and seniors are $4:00 at all times. http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com http://www.thefutureoffood.com/ http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php Wed Apr 6 # 4/6 Benefit for the Forest Defenders' Pepper Spray Q-tip lawsuit. Bay Area premier of Bernadine Mellis' "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI", a new documentry about Judi Bari and her successful lawsuit challenging the FBI repression of local forest activists. WHEN: Wed April 6 2005 7pm WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley (near the Ashby BART). Meet Plaintiffs and Lawyers in the upcoming Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial starting April 11 at the SF Federal Building. Admission $10 no one turned away for lack of funds. Info: (510) 658-9178 THE FOREST FOR THE TREES Judi Bari v. the FBI 54 minutes directed by Bernadine Mellis In 1990, environmentalist and union organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. "The Forest for the Trees follows" Judi Bari's story, culminating in her First Amendment case against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari's lawyer's daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying on-screen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win. Bernadine Mellis' first film, Born, is an experimental short that has screened at galleries and festivals in San Francisco (recently at The Lab's "Inside of Inside" and Madcat International Women's Film Festival) and New York City (including Galapagos Gallery, the Pioneer Theater, and Lady Fest East). The Golden Pheasant, an Orphan's Tale, a children's story Mellis wrote and directed, has also screened in museums and schools nationally , as well as on public television. Her father's role as lead attorney in Earth First! activist Judi Bari's civil case led Mellis to make The Forest for the Trees , her first documentary. -- Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) 2530 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley, CA 94702 phone: 510 548 3113 email: bach@headwaterspreserve.org http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org # Wednesday, April 6, 7pm Meeting to Organize MOOS-Bay Regional Counter Recruitment Conference AFSC office in SF, 65 9th St. Between Mission and Market, San Francisco Youth are invited to take the lead in shaping this conference!, near Civic Center BART. For more info: awe@objector.org or 510-468-1617 x 4 # TRIBE FIESTA! 18 and over! Wed April 6 9:30pm Glas Kat (aka The Troc) 520 4th St @ Bryant http://www.bondage-a-go-go.com Once again it's time for TRIBE FIESTA!!! All night long, free admission for TRIBE.NET members! Just RSVP to this event and you're on the guest list! Just our way giving back to tribe.net and the community. 9:30pm - 2:30am. $5 ‘til 10:30 $7 after BONDAGE PLAY SPACE INDOOR SMOKING ROOM 2 BARS ON 2 LEVELS GO GO DANCERS CHAIR MASSAGE DEATH DISCO AT ITS FINEST death rock - industrial - nuwave - nowave - electro - indypop RESIDENT DJs: Damon & Shatter GUEST DJ: Starr DRESS CODE ENFORCED (NO JEANS, OR SPORTS GEAR) Bondage a go go is not a sex club. Creeps and haters are not welcome. Thu Apr 7 # COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET & SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE INJURED BY OAKLAND POLICE A Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs; Willow was permanently injured by the Oakland Police on April 7th, 2003. Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m. Café Van Kleef (21 and over) 1621 Telegraph @17th, Oakland (19th Street BART) MUSIC: · Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty (East Bay Express called her "the complete performer in her use of cranked emotions in her singing, edgy rock energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." ) & Friends · Henri Ducharme with TaraLinda – New French music and beyond (accordion & vocals) · Spoken Word Performance VIDEO: · “Shots on the Docks” the documentary depicting the events at the Oakland Docks on April 7, 2003 by Steve Zeltzer of the Labor Video Project will screen. SPEAKERS: · Jack Heyman, ILWU rank and file activist who was arrested by police April 7, 2003 and fought and won bogus charges against him. · Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article on the corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization (2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer. · Member of Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED On April 7 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire on nonviolent people with wooden bullets, shot-filled sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two hours. Their actions injured 60, including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the press, in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war movement, and was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights. Picketers caused the docks to shut down on April 7, 2003; and a month later on May 12 and one year later on April 7, 2004. Those arrested and facing bogus charges won their cases and there have been some reforms to police practices won in civil suits in the aftermath, but the OPD and Mayor Jerry Brown (who may run for California Attorney General) remain unaccountable and dangerous. Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social justice activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be diverted to anti-war organizing. HOW YOU CAN HELP · Forward this email to your lists and friends · Donate money in any of the following ways 1. On line with a credit card at actagainstwar.org 2. Send a check to Willow Rosenthal PO Box 611 Berkeley, CA 94701 3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person. Sponsored by friends of Willow and the Transit Workers Solidarity Committee Contact: Dorrit 510-981-1967 dorrit@riseup.net # April 8-11 Make Radio, Not War! - Hands-on Radio Camps, Build an FM Broadcast Transmitter - 2005 Schedule A four day hands-on workshop session sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley. During the 4 days you will learn how to build FM broadcast transmitters (and other related items such as antennas) and set up a low power (5-100 watt) community radio station capable of covering a broadcast radius between 3 and 15 miles depending on power, terrain and antenna height. The workshop tuition is $150-$200 sliding scale. Transmitter kits are provided for assembly experience. These may be also purchased during the workshop session so you can walk away at the end with an assembled and tested transmitter. Average cost for a broadcast station kit package (transmitter, antenna, cabling power, supply) is just $300 to $700, depending on kits and power level chosen. Radio Camp sessions, which run Friday through Monday (10 am to 6 pm), will be held at FRB’s Oakland location on the following dates: April 8-11, 2005 May 27-30, 2005 July 1-4, 2005 August 5-8, 2005 September 2-5, 2005 Make Radio Not War! Break the corporate stranglehold on the free flow of information, ideas, art and cultural expression with your own radio station Contact Free Radio Berkeley for further information or to register for the radio camp Free Radio Berkeley, 1442A Walnut St., Suite 406, Berkeley, CA 94709 510-625-0314 xmtrman@pacbell.net http://www.freeradio.org Sat Apr 9 # VEGETARIAN FEED-IN April 9 Noon Burger King, 13th and Broadway, Oakland Info: Outside the fast food restaurant, advocates will distribute information on the benefits of a vegetarian diet and serve vegetarian 'deli slices' to customers. http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org # Please join singer/songwriter/activist Margie Adam for a facilitated labyrinth walk to mark the occasion of BCA's fifteenth anniversary. BCA activists will re-energize and reaffirm their commitment to the work ahead by walking the labyrinth together, a unique act of community-building. This event is BCA's way of thanking people like you who have been generous participants in BCA's work over the past fifteen years. I hope you will join us for this very special occasion. With gratitude and appreciation, Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director Saturday, April 9, 2005, 1-4 p.m. Women's Building Auditorium 3543 18th Street, San Francisco Light refreshments will be provided RSVP : Sarah Lightfoot at 415.243-9301 ext. 17 or via email at slightfoot@bcaction.org http://bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action, New Montgomery St, SF # Apr 9 RAW IN TEN MINUTES is now available in SF at: Valencia St Bookstore 569 Valencia St Thank you Amanda for putting all the books in the Window! Support Valencia Bookstore! My booksigning will be April 9th there! http://www.rawinten.com # http://www.sfvs.org April Potluck & Free Lecture by Dr. Rick Dina (D.C.) Saturday, April 9: Socializing & Appetizers at 6:00 p.m.; Dining at 6:30 p.m.; Lecture at 8:00 p.m. Location: IOA. 3600 Geary Boulevard (see March 6 potluck for direction details). $1 suggested donation for members, their guests, and students bringing food for potluck, $2 for non-members bringing food (add $8 to each category without food). Following the potluck, there will be a lecture on ?A Vegan Diet for Optimum Health.? Dr. Dina has been studying and practicing optimal vegan nutrition for 18 years. After earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Atlanta, GA in 1997, he joined the staff at the True North Health Center under Dr. Alan Goldhamer. In addition to his clinical duties helping patients recover from diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, etc., he conducted informative weekly presentations on pertinent health and nutrition topics. In 2001 he moved to Seattle, WA where he also taught nutrition and natural hygiene principles at Bastyr University, the leading 4-year school for Naturopathic Medicine. He now practices nutrition counseling and chiropractic at the Vitality Health Center of Marin in San Rafael with his wife, Karin, a 15-year vegan who just completed her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in March of 2005. Check their website, http://www.vitalityhealthmarin.com or call them at 415-472-7070. Also, he and Karin just returned from their vegan raw food retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii held in February. For more information on his retreats, past and future, visit his website http://www.hawaii-live.com # Something Else Presents: SPIN THIS! A nite of Dark Electronix “In the beginning there was noise, the noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.” - Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead Come to where the rhythm and noise dance and stomp with one another! SATURDAY April 9th A bold and tantalizing melting mixture of danceable Power Noize, Psy-Trance, Industrial, Drum & Bass,IDM, Breaks, Dark Jungle, Digital Hardcore, Dark Electro ... and anything else that will keep you freaks on the dance floor! Your hosts and musical tourguides: members of The Dark-Tekno Collective= Jawa (Assimilate/Burning Chrome/BAGG/Loma Prieta) Phreaki Boi (PsychoSynthesis/Loma Prieta/The Haven) RMS (katabatik, MMS, POLAR) Sparkle(Astral Psyentists/Outpost23) Featuring very special guests (!!!) Alaric (Necropolis/Infinate Kaos/Video Salon) Mitch (Death Guild Upstairs/Meat)!! Our funky, quirky venue is flipping awesome! We are at the EZ5, located at 682 Commercial St. San Francisco Off of Kearny between Sacramento and Clay. 7p-2a Saturday March 12 21+ w/proper ID FREE B4 9, $1 between 9-11, $3 after Drink special- Sierra on Tap $3 from 7-10 http://www.dark-tekno.com/spinthis/ http://www.ez5bar.com/ http://dark-tekno.tribe.net # Have dinner with us Stay all night - Electric Vardo SF UPdATE - NEXT ELECTRIC VARDO: Sat. April 9 March 11th was a phenomenol night - I hope you'll join us for the upcoming Electric Vardo on April 9th (Saturday) with Ultra Gypsy Dance theater, Rena Jones, Sukhawat Ali Khan, DJ Sep, DJ Dragonfly, Amar, a special Student dance Performance with Ultra gypsy, plus culinary delights from the seriously gourmet kitchen. 8pm-4am. I forgot to mention, JANAKA Selekta of Dhamaal will be joining us. Call me for dinner reservations. Menu and lineup will be posted on http://www.electricvardo.com soon. # April 9, 2005 at the Old Mint in SF ARTSFEST presents: SPECTRABALL http://artsfest.inhousetickets.com/info.php?i=844 # Sun Apr 10 Dear Animal Friends, Please mark your calendars for the Dog March at UCSF Mission Bay Campus! When: Sunday, April 10th, 2005 at 10:45 A.M. Rain or shine. The gathering and the march will last about an hour. Where: Corner of 16th Street and Owens Street, at the Mission Bay Campus Parking: From 16th Street, turn into the unnamed street between Owens and 3rd Street. (3rd Street intersects with 16th Street on the east end.) The parking lot is free on Sunday. The Mission Bay Campus is on the east side of San Francisco, not far from the bay. This is a newly-built branch campus. It is more spacious than the older campus. However, it is likely that the dog experiments, and countless other cruel and unnecessary experiments on monkeys, cats, pigs, sheep, rabbits, mice, hamsters, etc., are still being done at the old main campus. At any rate, we do know that experiments on smaller animals such as mice and rats, or hamsters and guinea pigs, are happening at the new Mission Bay Campus. It has been said that one of the new buildings there will house more monkeys. The buildings are humongous, especially the UCSF Genentech Hall. It would be ideal to have as many well-behaved dogs there as possible, but if you don't have dogs please come, too! There will be snacks and drinks and water for people and pooches. J Sunday is chosen because too many people can’t make it on a weekday, and we need to tell the media that they can expect 100 pooches and people to be there. Please mark your calendars. Please kindly email or call me if you can make it this day: noanimalexperiment@yahoo.com, 650-619-9713, so we can have a minimum confirmed count to promise the media. Thank you for all you do!!! J Sincerely, Michelle (on behalf of groups and people who care) P.S. Please feel free to outreach in any way you can!! Any ideas are welcome, too!! # DOG MARCH AGAINST UCSF EXPERIMENTS Sunday, April 10th, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. The gathering and the march will last an hour. Corner of 16th Street and Owens Street, at the Mission Bay Campus Please Sign Up with noanimalexperiment@yahoo.com Dogs are much-loved pets. But at the University of California San Francisco, they are nothing more than devices for so-called “medical research” to attract millions of dollars of grant money financed by taxpayers. Investigations by animal advocates uncovered recently that UCSF's Dr. Jeffrey Olgin will torment and murder 750 dogs in the next three years, claiming to study the stages of human heart failure. His team will implant pacemakers to make the dogs' hearts beat outrageously fast; they will also surgically destroy their heart valves – all to cause artificial heart failure, from which to gather artificial data to publish. The dogs will suffer in great pain for a period of time ranging from several days to as long as six months before they die, depending on the degree of problems and injuries caused. These experiments are not going to advance human medicine because it is already known that dog hearts - both anatomically and at the cellular level - are very different from those of humans, and better results can be achieved using humane human-based research methods. Cardiologist John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., a member of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, calls these experiments “contrived” and “futile.” He states, “Better information is available from clinical and epidemiological observations, surgical and procedural results, autopsies, and human studies involving cardiac imaging and electrophysiological tests.” It is already known that a dog’s heart is significantly different from that of a human anatomically, physiologically, and on the cellular level. 100 dogs and their people will gather at UCSF’s newly built Mission Bay Campus to show public outrage towards UCSF's dog experiments, along with other useless and cruel experiments. Animal advocates have made many civilized attempts to persuade the Chancellor J. Michael Bishop to end cruel projects. As the Institutional Official under the Animal Welfare Act, the Chancellor has the power to end projects, but he chooses not to do so. UCSF and its researchers receive $166 Million in grants financed by our tax dollars from the National Institutes of Health per year for projects involving animals. In their response to people's letters, UCSF has stated that they will not dialogue with people concerned about their animal experiments. What follows is a link to the details of Dr. Jeffrey Olgin's dog experiments along with some of the most egregious experiments at UCSF recently uncovered: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1727680.php # Sunset PARTY noon - 8pm Stafford Lake, Novato, FREE! ($7parking fee) http://pacificsound.net 415 820 1664 DJs, Mega sound system, picnic, frisbee, hulahoop! # Faye Carol / Off the Hook Blues Band --Sun Apr 10, 6pm and 8pm $20 The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors proudly presents the dynamic Miss Faye Carol & her Off The Hook Blues Band. With special guests, Sista Kee (Kito Gamble), & the voices of MITC Coming for 2 shows at the Black Repertory Group, 3201 Adeline St., Berkeley. For more information call CCCO at 510-465-1617 Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO). The GI Rights Hotline (800) 394-9544 http://www.objector.org # A Discussion for Kinky Rape Survivors Many in the Leather Community are survivors of rape and sexual assault. We identify in different ways, yet all share the common bond of being kinky survivors. Please come with your experiences and a willingness to listen and support other survivors as we create a safe space in this community to discuss rape. It?s up to us to have this needed dialog. Potential discussion topics include: empowerment through alternative lifestyles, rape fantasy/ play, and how we can support kinky survivors. Join Jessi as she facilitates this discussion. Sunday, April 10th 6PM at the Center for Sex & Culture 398 11th St. @ Harrison Strret Donations welcome; Walk-ins welcome but RSVP appreciated. Jessi_Ross2545@hotmail.com Jessi Ross is a queer switch and kinky survivor. For the past year, she has served as the cashier for Society of Janus. She is currently attending City College of San Francisco working on her sex educator certificate. She is facilitating this discussion as part of her Ending Sexual Violence: Peer Education coursework and as an effort to open up discussion within her community. # April 11 STOP PEPPER SPRAY Q-TIP TORTURE ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS! http://www.nopepperspray.org You're ALL invited to the Pepper Spray Trial! Come witness the trial that will decide the fate of protest and chemical weapons in these times! We need a presence in the courtroom to show support! Trial starts April 11th, 2005 onwards San Francisco Federal Building, Judge Susan Ilston's Courtroom 450 Golden Gate Ave. at Polk (Civic Center BART stop) **Must bring photo ID to get in** Call 510-835-6303 for more info # SAVE THIS DATE – APRIL 12 2005 - AND JOIN US TO HELP PROTECT OUR WHALES AND MARINE MAMMALS FROM LIFE THREATENING ACTIVE SONAR Public Hearing Marin County Board of Supervisors Resolution For a Moratorium on Loud Sonars Known to Harm Whales What: Public Hearing for Resolution When: April 12th at 6:30 PM Where: County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael (Room 329) An opportunity to show your support to protect our whales and other marine mammals is coming up on the evening of April 12 at the Marin County Board of Supervisors meeting room at the Marin Civic Center. We are delighted to announce that the Seaflow Resolution, which opposes the deployment of high intensity active sonar, will be introduced to the Marin Board of Supervisors at their meeting by Charles McGlashan, as his first act of legislative sponsorship. The Resolution has a much better chance of being passed by the Board if there is significant public support for it. The Resolution emphasizes that, as Marin residents we are privileged to have whales migrate along our coastline, how we benefit economically from having them here, and how, in turn, we have a responsibility to help protect our whales and marine life from life threatening active sonar. We now know that whales and marine life are threatened by active sonar that blasts through thousands of cubic miles, compromising marine habitat and even killing marine life. Recent evidence links whale and dolphin mass strandings and deaths with U.S. Navy mid frequency active sonar exercises. The Navy would like to be exempt from environmental laws regulating ocean noise, despite the increasing global consensus that ‘ocean noise’ is threatening marine life. It is very important to note that there are other more benign technologies already, or soon to be deployed, that do not harm marine ecosystems and can perform the same function as these sonars. Please email this to your friends and join us! For further information about Seaflow and/or the Resolution, please refer to the Seaflow website http:///www.seaflow.org or email info@seaflow.org. For events: Please see yahoogroups message archives and calendar at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baarn # Reminder: Expose Victoria's Dirty Secret on April 14th Day of Action and Join the Coalition Sign-on Letter http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net/ Victoria's Secret prints 395 million catalogs each year predominately on virgin paper from Endangered Forests. On April 14th you can help stop the devastation caused by these catalogs by |
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Arts Filling In the Many Gaps in American Surrealism By ROBERTA SMITH The New York Times March 31, 2005 "Surrealism USA" is the most ambitious exhibition to be seen at the National Academy Museum in some time. It is also informative, high-spirited and humbling. Persons: Gorky, Arshile;Pollock, Jackson;Rothko, Mark;Motherwell, Robert Keywords: Art YOUNG FUN by PETER SCHJELDAHL NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Basquiat’s best work. Arts / Cinema TWO WOMEN by DAVID DENBY NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 “Look at Me” and “The Upside of Anger.” Arts / Music A Cascade of Rippling Figures By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times April 1, 2005 Ms. Lee gave energetic but consistently clear-textured readings of works by Mozart, Granados, William Bolcom and Schumann at Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday. Keywords: Classical Music Digging Up High Art From Ordinary Places By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times April 1, 2005 The players performed challenging works by Silvestre Revueltas, Alberto Núñez Palacio and Leo Brouwer with enthusiasm at Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday. Keywords: Classical Music With Copland as the Classic, a Sampling of the Contemporary and Quirky of Judaica By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times March 31, 2005 Continuum's performance at the Jewish Community Center on Monday explored music with Jewish themes. Persons: Sachs, Joel;Seltzer, Cheryl Keywords: Music;Classical Music A Series Polishes Its Mission With Works Often Neglected By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times March 31, 2005 The program Jaime Laredo offered on Tuesday included works by Boccherini and Kodaly that are sufficiently rare to qualify as welcome novelties. Persons: Laredo, Jaime Keywords: Music;Classical Music A Familiar Story Is Told Once Again, With Some Unfamiliar Faces By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times March 30, 2005 Monday's performance of "Don Giovanni" was a nice demonstration of how consistent quality beats star power any night of the week. Keywords: Opera Beyond Polemical Battles in Music By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 30, 2005 Conductor James Levine offered a mix of new and old works which included John Harbison and Charles Wuorinen in Monday's vibrant performance at Carnegie Hall. Persons: Levine, James Keywords: Classical Music The Metamusic of Steve Reich By JEREMY EICHLER The New York Times March 29, 2005 The young ensemble gave a mesmerizing performance of Steve Reich's "Drumming" at Columbia University on Friday. Persons: Reich, Steve Keywords: Classical Music With Ring of Glass Bowls, A Partch Rarity Is Revived By BRIAN WISE The New York Times March 29, 2005 By offering a steady diet of offbeat works, the directors of the new Kasser Theater at Montclair State University hope to establish the space as an incubator for experimental productions. Keywords: Art;Theater;Music A Cultural Ambassador Bred in Cultural Revolution By RICHARD BERNSTEIN The New York Times March 29, 2005 Wang Jin is one of a handful of Chinese conductors working in Europe, proving that China can export Western goods other than children's Christmas toys. Keywords: Classical Music Playing It Straight in Sexy Gypsy's Tale By ANNE MIDGETTE The New York Times March 28, 2005 The company offered a streamlined version of Bizet's "Carmen" on Saturday, with a decent cast which included Katharine Goeldner and Robert Mack. Keywords: Opera Songs of Sin Transform Opera House Into Cabaret By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 28, 2005 Ms. Lemper gave a riveting performance of Kurt Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins" with the Brooklyn Philharmonic on Saturday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Persons: Lemper, Ute Keywords: Nightclubs and Cabarets;Music Joan of Arc Rendered in Russian By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times March 28, 2005 Tchaikovsky's "The Maid of Orleans" enjoyed strong performances by Mirella Freni, Evgeny Nikitin and Vladimir Moroz among others at the Kennedy Center on Saturday. Persons: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Keywords: Opera With Surgery, Soprano Sheds a Brünnhilde Body By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 27, 2005 Deborah Voigt, arguably the leading dramatic soprano singing today, recently underwent gastric bypass surgery. Persons: Voigt, Deborah Keywords: Weight;Opera;Surgery and Surgeons The Mystery Composer By ANNE MIDGETTE The New York Times March 27, 2005 Anu Tali sounds even better on an iPod than she does on disc. Keywords: Music;Classical Music James Levine, John Harbison and Charles Wuorinen The New York Times March 27, 2005 Following is an edited transcript of a discussion with two composers and a conductor. Schoenberg, Bach and Us By DANIEL J. WAKIN The New York Times March 27, 2005 Two composers and a conductor discuss tonality, innovation and how to tell art from entertainment. Includes audio excerpts. Persons: Levine, James;Harbison, John;Wuorinen, Charles Keywords: Manuscripts;Monuments and Memorials;Motion Pictures;Museums;Music;Classical Music Arts / Theatre GLASS HOUSES by HILTON ALS NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 A delicate reimagining of Tennessee Williams’s classic. Blurb Mayor Mike NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 This week in the magazine, John Cassidy writes about New York City’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, focussing on Bloomberg’s businesslike style and his obsession with building a sports stadium on the West Side of the city. Here, with The New Yorker’s Ben Greenman, Cassidy discusses Bloomberg and his first administration. Books In a Tantalizing Labyrinth of Painful Memories By ANDRÉ ACIMAN The New York Times April 1, 2005 Joseph Lelyveld, the former executive editor of The Times, looks back on his childhood with the dispassionate eye of a reporter. Persons: Lelyveld, Joseph Keywords: Books and Literature;Biographical Information Composing the Work an Ill-Fated Poet Never Began By ALAN RIDING The New York Times March 31, 2005 To introduce the Russian poet Marina Tsvetayeva to a Western audience, Tzvetan Todorov has organized her personal papers into what he calls her autobiography. Keywords: Books and Literature;Poetry and Poets;Writing and Writers;Biographical Information A Lolita, Dropped in Houston, Learns Lessons of Others' Prejudice and Her Own Power By JANET MASLIN The New York Times March 31, 2005 In Alicia Erian's nervy, coyly sexy novel, a 13-year-old girl is left to make her own way among adults and their desires. Keywords: Books and Literature A Literary Star Who Finds Art in Happiness, Not Pain By CHARLES McGRATH The New York Times March 31, 2005 Ian McEwan says he drew on his own life for his new novel, "Saturday," which tries to convey a sense of life and its puzzlements in the early 21st century. Persons: McEwan, Ian Keywords: Books and Literature;Writing and Writers;Biographical Information A City Gripped by Crisis and Enraptured by the Yankees By WILLIAM GRIMES The New York Times March 30, 2005 Jonathan Mahler's book about New York in 1977 portrays a dysfunctional city that found some solace in a winning baseball team. Persons: Mahler, Jonathan;Jackson, Reggie Keywords: Books and Literature Cheney's Daughter Says She'll Write Memoir By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and EDWARD WYATT The New York Times March 30, 2005 Mary Cheney has sold the rights to a memoir to Simon & Schuster for an advance of about $1 million, according to two people involved in the negotiations. Persons: Cheney, Mary;Cheney, Dick Keywords: Books and Literature An Idea Paul Wolfowitz and Kofi Annan Can Agree On By MICHIKO KAKUTANI The New York Times March 29, 2005 David Rieff, formerly a "convinced interventionist," explains how he came to be skeptical of the use of military force for humanitarian ends. Persons: Rieff, David Keywords: Books and Literature;Freedom and Human Rights;United States International Relations;Politics and Government;United States Armament and Defense UNFORGETTABLE by JOYCE CAROL OATES NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 A new thriller from an unheralded master of suspense. Keywords: “Oblivion” by Peter Abrahams DINING OUT by ADAM GOPNIK NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 The food critic at table. Things Fall Apart (Especially in California in the 70's) By JANET MASLIN The New York Times March 28, 2005 Maritta Wolff's posthumous novel, set among affluent, unhappily married California couples, finds that she is still, quite evisceratingly, in fighting trim. Keywords: Books and Literature Books / First Chapters 'Boss Tweed' By KENNETH D. ACKERMAN The New York Times March 27, 2005 "[William Magear Tweed] had been the single most influential man in New York City and a rising force on the national stage." Keywords: Books and Literature 'A Changed Man' By FRANCINE PROSE The New York Times March 27, 2005 "[S]trolling into the office of World Brotherhood Watch with Waffen-SS bolts on one bicep and a death's-head on the other might make it harder for Nolan to get his point across . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature 'March' By GERALDINE BROOKS The New York Times March 27, 2005 "The enemy was firing from the cliff top by then. Some few of our men commenced tying white rags to sticks and climbing back up to surrender." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Fat Girl' By JUDITH MOORE The New York Times March 27, 2005 "This is a story about an unhappy fat girl who became a fat woman who was happy and unhappy." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Unnatural Wonders' By ARTHUR C. DANTO The New York Times March 27, 2005 "Biennial 2000 is not an American 'Sensation,' and one almost felt sorry for the disconsolate camera crews prowling the press opening in unrewarded pursuit of visual scandals . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Whose Bible Is It?' By JAROSLAV PELIKAN The New York Times March 27, 2005 "On this, at least, Jews and Christians are in agreement, and so are their Bibles, that there was a Word of God before there was a written Bible of any kind . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature Books / Sunday Book Review Up Front By THE EDITORS The New York Times March 27, 2005 As the new century begins to take shape, several of America's most solidly established institutions have entered periods of soul-searching -- reluctantly in most cases. The list includes the C.I.A., the Roman Catholic Church and many of the major media organizations. This week, the Book Review examines yet another institution now deep in self-questioning mode, Harvard University. Under its outspoken president, Lawrence H. Summers, who took office shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, Harvard has become a proving ground for debate on topics ranging from grade inflation and watered-down curriculums to globalization and the Iraq war. In ''The Tempest in the Ivory Tower,'' Rachel Donadio, a writer and editor at the Book Review, discusses two timely books about Harvard: Richard Bradley's ''Harvard Rules'' and Ross Gregory Douthat's ''Privilege.'' In her essay, she looks beyond the fleeting controversies over Summers's personality and leadership style and suggests that his repeated clashes with members of the Harvard faculty point to larger social and political transformations in American academia. If Harvard is seen as a stand-in for America, Donadio argues, then the current debates ultimately place Harvard and Summers at the center of ''the broader, more vexed debate about the role America should hold'' in today's world. Her essay begins on Page 12. The Editors On the Web Featured Author: A retrospective on the career of Francine Prose, the author of ''A Changed Man.'' Readers are invited to submit questions for Kurt Eichenwald, author of ''Conspiracy of Fools.'' From the Archive: The obituary of William Marcy Tweed, the subject of Kenneth D. Ackerman's book. First Chapters: Excerpts from ''March,'' by Geraldine Brooks; ''Fat Girl,'' by Judith Moore; and other books. Books Update E-mail: Receive a selective overview of new book reviews and features every Friday. nytimes.com/books . Persons: Summers, Lawrence H Keywords: Books and Literature 'Boss Tweed': The Fellowship of the Ring By PETE HAMILL The New York Times March 27, 2005 In his excellent new biography, Kenneth D. Ackerman tells the story of the man who remains the epitome of big-city corruption. Persons: Ackerman, Kenneth D;Tweed, William M Keywords: Books and Literature;Politics and Government;Biographical Information;History 'A Changed Man': The Survivor and the Survivalist By LIESL SCHILLINGER The New York Times March 27, 2005 In Francine Prose's novel, an American ex-neo-Nazi enlists a Jewish human rights leader to help mend his ways. Persons: Prose, Francine Keywords: Books and Literature 'Break, Blow, Burn': Well Versed By CLIVE JAMES The New York Times March 27, 2005 Hoping to lure students into the world of poetry, Camille Paglia analyzes more than 40 short works. Persons: Paglia, Camille Keywords: Books and Literature;Poetry and Poets Editors' Choice The New York Times March 27, 2005 Recently reviewed books of particular interest. 'Conspiracy of Fools': Hopping Down the Money Trail By STEVE FRASER The New York Times March 27, 2005 Kurt Eichenwald pursues the tracks of Enron's remarkable success and its colossal failure. Persons: Eichenwald, Kurt Keywords: Books and Literature;Accounting and Accountants;Executives and Management;Energy and Power Fiction in Translation: The Scars of the Past By ANDERSON TEPPER The New York Times March 27, 2005 Six recent books in translation reveal a variety of approaches to history. Persons: Bolano, Roberto;Cozarinsky, Edgardo Keywords: Books and Literature 'March': Pictures From a Peculiar Institution By THOMAS MALLON The New York Times March 27, 2005 Geraldine Brooks's novel concerns slavery, the Civil War and Mr. March of "Little Women." Persons: Brooks, Geraldine Keywords: Books and Literature Sax and Violence By MARILYN STASIO The New York Times March 27, 2005 Rupert Holmes presents an interactive mystery, complete with a CD of original swing music and 20 illustrations of pre-World War II San Francisco. Persons: Barr, Nevada Keywords: Books and Literature 'Fat Girl': Big By JANE STERN The New York Times March 27, 2005 Judith Moore has been overweight all her life, and makes no apologies. Persons: Moore, Judith Keywords: Books and Literature;Obesity;Food;Dieting 'Confessions of a Teen Sleuth': Secret of the Old Crock By MELANIE REHAK The New York Times March 27, 2005 In this affectionate parody, by Chelsea Cain, Nancy Drew grows up and grows old. Persons: Cain, Chelsea Keywords: Books and Literature 'Unnatural Wonders': Art for Arthur's Sake By BARRY GEWEN The New York Times March 27, 2005 Artists, Danto says, are free to do whatever they want — to slice up dead animals, to mold images of themselves out of their own blood. Persons: Danto, Arthur C Keywords: Books and Literature;Art 'Whose Bible Is It?': God Speaks; Man Translates By JAMES KUGEL The New York Times March 27, 2005 At many times and places, Jaroslav Pelikan says, the Bible meant whatever its commentators said it meant. Persons: Pelikan, Jaroslav Keywords: Books and Literature;Bible;Christians and Christianity;Jews Elizabeth Bowen; Federalism; Booker Brouhaha The New York Times March 27, 2005 Keywords: Books and Literature Canada Suit by Detainee on Transfer to Syria Finds Support in Jet's Log By SCOTT SHANE The New York Times March 30, 2005 Aviation records appear to corroborate a man's account of being sent to Syria by U.S. officials as he changed planes in New York. Keywords: Terrorism;Suits and Litigation Energy Drawing the Line on Energy By JAMES BROOKE The New York Times March 29, 2005 Long cocooned by water buffers, Japan is suddenly bumping shoulders over undersea oil and gas resources with China, South Korea and Russia. Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;International Relations Essay Pundits & panjandrums by Anthony Daniels The New Criterion March 2005 Ever go to hear an intellectual pundit, a Nobel laureate maybe, hoping for deep insights? Did you leave a tad disappointed? The evolutionary revolutionary By Drake Bennett Boston Globe March 27, 2005 The young Robert Trivers fought bitterly with his father: exactly the kind of thing that evolutionary biology ought to explain. Fiction SOLACE by DONALD ANTRIM NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Health Massachusetts Lawmakers Approve Stem Cell Research By PAM BELLUCK The New York Times April 1, 2005 Legislation authorizing embryonic stem cell research passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by an overwhelming margin. Keywords: Stem Cells A Drug Used After Organ Transplants Could Fight Some Cancers By WARREN E. LEARY The New York Times March 31, 2005 A new drug that suppresses the body's immune response is showing promise in reversing a skin cancer, researchers in Italy said. Keywords: Cancer;Medicine and Health For Chronic Fatigue, Placebos Fail the Test By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 29, 2005 A new study has found that people who have the syndrome respond at a lower rate to placebos than patients with other diseases. Keywords: Medicine and Health Signals: For Men, a Belt Test for Diabetes By ERIC NAGOURNEY The New York Times March 29, 2005 A quick look at a man's waistband may provide a big clue about his risk for diabetes. Keywords: Diabetes;Diet and Nutrition Abilities: The Smart Side of Cholesterol By ERIC NAGOURNEY The New York Times March 29, 2005 People with high levels of cholesterol do better on a variety of tests measuring mental ability, researchers from Boston University have found. Keywords: Cholesterol;Intelligence Risk and Remendies: A Lens Lesson By ERIC NAGOURNEY The New York Times March 29, 2005 A newer generation of contact lenses has a much lower risk, a new study finds, and researchers studying them suggest that people who insist on wearing contacts in their sleep should use them. Keywords: Eyes and Eyesight Patterns: Sleeping Through the Danger By ERIC NAGOURNEY The New York Times March 29, 2005 For the millions of people who have obstructive sleep apnea, heart attacks are much more likely in the sleeping hours, a new study finds. Keywords: Apnea (Sleep Disorder);Heart;Medicine and Health The Claim: Melatonin Can Help You Conquer Jet Lag By ANAHAD O'CONNOR The New York Times March 29, 2005 Experts say research on the hormone's effectiveness as a way to beat jet lag is far from clear-cut. Keywords: Hormones;Sleep 'Diabesity,' a Crisis in an Expanding Country By JANE E. BRODY The New York Times March 29, 2005 What is the reason for the runaway epidemic of diabetes? Being overweight or obese, especially with the accumulation of large amounts of body fat around the abdomen. Keywords: Diabetes;Obesity;Diet and Nutrition The Best Way to Keep Control Is to Leave Instructions By DENISE GRADY The New York Times March 29, 2005 The case of Terri Schiavo may help motivate people to adopt advance directives like living wills. Keywords: Death and Dying;Medicine and Health Out of Nowhere, a Devastating Tangle in the Brain By DENISE GRADY The New York Times March 29, 2005 As surgeons learn more, a rare but deadly brain disorder called moyamoya disease has slowly become treatable. Keywords: Medicine and Health;Brain;Surgery and Surgeons In Battling Cancer, a Genome Project Is Proposed By ANDREW POLLACK The New York Times March 28, 2005 Federal officials are planning to compile a complete catalog of the genetic abnormalities that characterize cancer. Keywords: Cancer;DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Health / Pharmaceuticals Oil and water mix for better drugs by Rachel Nowak New Scientist 28 March 2005 Medicines that could be very useful, but which have toxic side effects, could become safer and more widely available thanks to some unexplained chemistry. Health / Policy Judge Blocks Rule Allowing Companies to Cut Benefits When Retirees Reach Medicare Age By ROBERT PEAR The New York Times March 31, 2005 A judge blocked a Bush administration rule that would have allowed employers to reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they reach age 65. Keywords: Health Insurance;Aged Medicinal Marijuana on Trial By DAN HURLEY The New York Times March 29, 2005 Despite efforts to legalize medical marijuana, there remains much confusion over whether it in fact has any significant medical effect. Keywords: Marijuana;Medicine and Health Bread and Shelter, Yes. Psychiatrists, No. By SALLY SATEL, M.D. The New York Times March 29, 2005 As the South Asian tsunami showed, Western responses to disaster can be a bad fit in other societies. Keywords: Disasters;Mental Health and Disorders;Third World and Developing Countries PIECEWORK by ATUL GAWANDE NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Medicine’s money problem. Magazine The Soul of the New Exurb By JONATHAN MAHLER The New York Times March 27, 2005 Radiant megachurch in Arizona offers financial planning, child care, counseling and Krispy Kremes with every sermon. Welcome to the expanding conservative frontier. Keywords: Religion and Churches;Christians and Christianity The Wounded By JOHNNY DWYER The New York Times March 27, 2005 Treating combat trauma on the ground in Iraq. Keywords: United States Armament and Defense Le Pop Star By BENOIT DENIZET-LEWIS The New York Times March 27, 2005 The broodingly sexy singer-songwriter Benjamin Biolay may hate French music, but he has made chanson très cool again. Keywords: Music Broke By WALTER KIRN The New York Times March 27, 2005 Why is a nation that considers spending a civic duty approving harsher ways to punish the bankrupt? Keywords: Bankruptcies;Finances;Credit Bill Cosby's Not Funny Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON The New York Times March 27, 2005 The professor and writer talks about his new book criticizing the comedian's criticism of poor black Americans. Persons: Cosby, Bill Keywords: Books and Literature;Blacks Is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Winning? By RICHARD A. CLARKE The New York Times March 27, 2005 Why it's springtime for Tehran's fundamentalists. Keywords: Terrorism;International Relations;United States Armament and Defense Smooth Move By ROB WALKER The New York Times March 27, 2005 A stretch-mark cream uses a cognitive dissonance strategy to connect with beauty consumers. Keywords: Cosmetics and Toiletries;Skin;Marketing and Merchandising Working the Latte Beat By RANDY COHEN The New York Times March 27, 2005 "Years ago while working in a Philadelphia coffee shop, I was told not to charge policemen for their drinks. ..." Keywords: Ethics;Police;Restaurants Kifaya! By WILLIAM SAFIRE The New York Times March 27, 2005 The Arab world gets the word. Keywords: Language and Languages;Blacks Our Town By MAURA EGAN The New York Times March 27, 2005 In Reggio Emilia, the Maramottis of MaxMara fame are the new Medicis — after a fashion. Keywords: Apparel The Arsenal By AMANDA HESSER The New York Times March 27, 2005 Early spring can be a frustrating time for cooks. This menu is one way to go. Keywords: Cooking and Cookbooks;Recipes Eternal Sunshine of an Addicted Mind By ALICIA ERIAN The New York Times March 27, 2005 His love could make me forget other men. So why couldn't I forget him? Keywords: Drug Abuse and Traffic Media Settlement in Freelance Writers' Suit By REUTERS The New York Times March 30, 2005 Freelance writers agreed to a settlement worth as much as $18 million with publishing companies in a copyright infringement case involving work posted online. Keywords: Decisions and Verdicts;Copyrights;News and News Media;Suits and Litigation In the Blog Era, Liz Smith Wonders if There's Room for the Pro By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE The New York Times March 28, 2005 The gossip industry has become so pervasive and ruthless that it is difficult to break through with a distinctive voice. Persons: Smith, Liz Keywords: News and News Media Opinion We Can't Remain Silent By BOB HERBERT The New York Times April 1, 2005 The awful legacy of prisoner abuse. Persons: Rumsfeld, Donald H;Bush, George W Keywords: Torture;Freedom and Human Rights;United States Armament and Defense Following their own path The Economist Mar 30th 2005 The problems and the opportunities for George Bush in managing his party's most fervent supporters Torturing the United Nations The Economist Mar 30th 2005 Something rotten happened. But wait for all the facts before demanding Kofi Annan's head Two months on, still no Iraqi government The Economist Mar 30th 2005 Iraq’s parliament, which has again failed to choose a government, is looking like a poor advertisement for democracy, two months after its election. Unless agreement is reached soon, an opportunity to quench the still-raging insurgency may be missed I Spy a Screw-Up By MAUREEN DOWD The New York Times March 31, 2005 It is possible to view today's big story on the tremendous intelligence failures before the Iraq war as either comedy or tragedy. Keywords: United States International Relations Rice's Poker Hand By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times March 31, 2005 The secretary of state's challenge is to make the four fragile democratizations unfolding in the Middle East self-sustaining. Persons: Rice, Condoleezza Keywords: United States International Relations Rumsfeld And the Generals By David Ignatius Washington Post Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Sometime this summer President Bush will pick a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to lead a U.S. military that has been battered by the war in Iraq. When you ask military officers who should get the job, the first thing many say is that the military needs someone who can stand up to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. When Marriage Kills By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The New York Times March 30, 2005 President Bush's abstinence program in Africa is misplaced, since it is marriage, more than promiscuity, that kills young women here. Keywords: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome What's Going On? By PAUL KRUGMAN The New York Times March 29, 2005 Once the Schiavo case settles, look for more intimidation in the name of God and undermining of the rule of law from the right. Persons: Schiavo, Terri Keywords: United States Politics and Government Hands Across North America By RAFAEL FERNÁNDEZ de CASTRO and ROSSANA FUENTES BERAIN The New York Times March 28, 2005 The U.S. and its North American neighbors must move beyond a mere economic partnership. Keywords: International Trade and World Market Is No One Accountable? By BOB HERBERT The New York Times March 28, 2005 The administration has behaved as if it were above the law when it comes to prison abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Keywords: Torture;Suits and Litigation When David Steals Goliath's Music Editorial The New York Times March 28, 2005 Even in the free exchange of ideas, individual creators of music, movies and books still must be paid for their work. Keywords: Copyrights;Music;Computers and the Internet Geo-Greening by Example By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times March 27, 2005 How will future historians explain why President George W. Bush decided to ignore the energy crisis staring us in the face? Persons: Bush, George W Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;Environment;Atomic Energy;Energy and Power The Vatican Code By MAUREEN DOWD The New York Times March 27, 2005 It's obvious that Vatican officials did not read to the end of "The Da Vinci Code" or they never would have denounced it. Persons: Brown, Dan Keywords: Christians and Christianity;Popes;Easter and Holy Week Science Study of Social Interaction Starts With a Test of Trust By HENRY FOUNTAIN The New York Times April 1, 2005 Scientists are reporting that they have succeeded in visualizing feelings of trust developing in a specific region of the brain. Keywords: Brain An Early Wartime Profile Depicts a Tormented Hitler By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times March 31, 2005 Cornell University has posted what is believed to be the first psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. Persons: Hitler, Adolf Keywords: Psychology and Psychologists Controlling the Urge By C. CLAIBORNE RAY The New York Times March 29, 2005 Can you train yourself to urinate less frequently by waiting longer to go? Keywords: Biology and Biochemistry When Sentiment and Fear Trump Reason and Reality By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS The New York Times March 29, 2005 The "reality-based community" is losing the fight for hearts and minds throughout the country to a marketing program that plays on sentiment and fear. Keywords: Science and Technology;United States Politics and Government The 10,000-Pound Parrot By HENRY FOUNTAIN The New York Times March 29, 2005 In Kenya, a 10-year-old elephant named Mlaika seems to think she's a truck. Keywords: Animals Now, Can You Find Its Square Root? By HENRY FOUNTAIN The New York Times March 29, 2005 An eye surgeon in Germany has discovered the world's largest known prime number — or at least his computer did. Keywords: Mathematics;Insects;Space In Lab's High-Speed Collisions, Things Just Vanish By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times March 29, 2005 The bits and pieces flying out from the high-speed collisions of gold nuclei at a laboratory have not been behaving quite as physicists had expected. Keywords: Physics;Science and Technology From Budapest to Los Alamos, a Life in Mathematics By CLAUDIA DREIFUS The New York Times March 29, 2005 In the world of modern mathematics, Dr. Peter D. Lax, professor emeritus at New York University, ranks among the giants. Persons: Lax, Peter Keywords: Mathematics Science / Environment E.P.A. Sued Over Mercury in the Air By ANTHONY DePALMA The New York Times March 30, 2005 New Jersey and eight other states filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging a new federal rule that they claim does not do enough to control mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Keywords: Suits and Litigation;Environment;Air Pollution Fish Farms Tied in Study to Imperiling Wild Salmon By CORNELIA DEAN The New York Times March 30, 2005 Canadian researchers suggest that fish farms are such prodigious producers of parasites that juvenile fish become heavily infested just by swimming near them. Keywords: Fish and Other Marine Life How Foxes in the Aleutian Henhouse Doomed Islands' Plant Life By CHARLES PETIT The New York Times March 29, 2005 Foxes may not graze, but a new scientific study describes how their arrival on Aleutian islands destroyed rich grasslands and left only sparse tundra. Keywords: Animals;Environment Science / Space Life on Mars? Could Be, But How Will They Tell? By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times March 29, 2005 The ingredients for life are present on Mars, but if life exists, how will we find it? One way may be Earth-based simulations. Keywords: Mars (Planet);Biology and Biochemistry;Space Talk A NIGHT AT THE OPERA by Masha Lipman NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Last week, the political talk in Moscow was mainly about yet another popular revolution, in yet another corner of the old Soviet imperium. First Georgia, then Ukraine, and now the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, where the fallen autocrat abandoned his palace just ahead of the demonstrators seizing his rooms. What could Vladimir Putin be thinking, people asked, as he read his intelligence reports? NIGHT VISITORS by Mark Singer NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Alexis Swerdloff and her friends Laura Perciasepe, Avni Bhatia, and Anna Arkin-Gallagher, a quartet of eye-on-the-main-chance nouvelles Yale graduates who late last summer set up housekeeping in the East Village, in a four-bedroom apartment that they really, really liked, but then realized that they liked a lot less when, not long after they moved in, all were viciously assaulted by bedbugs. ROUND-TRIP by Nick Paumgarten NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 the Ford Motor Company staged a race, of sorts, on the major arteries leading into Manhattan, for the purpose of determining which route was most congested during the morning commute. MATTERS OF LIFE by Hendrik Hertzberg NewYorker Issue of 2005-04-04 Last week, Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo, known to cable-news viewers and talk-radio listeners as Terri, was as ubiquitous as Elián González and Laci Peterson once were. Technology Thwack! Whir!... Whir? Segway Polo Is Born By JOSH SENS The New York Times April 1, 2005 When Alex Ko and his companions took up polo, they decided to ride Segways, the self-balancing transportation devices, instead of horses. Crowned at last by Paul Markillie The Economist Mar 30th 2005 The claim that “the customer is king” has always rung hollow. But now the digital marketplace has made it come true Grokster and StreamCast face the music The Economist Mar 30th 2005 The entertainment industry has taken its battle against illegal downloading to America’s Supreme Court. But attacking the technology behind file-sharing could stifle innovation without tackling the industry’s long-term problems Telecommuters Not Exempt From New York Tax By MICHAEL COOPER The New York Times March 30, 2005 A ruling handed down on Tuesday by New York's highest court found that the growing ranks of telecommuters from out of state must now pay as well. Keywords: Income Tax;Commuting;Labor Online, Anything and Everything Can Be a Museum Piece By SARAH BOXER The New York Times March 30, 2005 The age of MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art, is over. The age of MoOM, the Museum of Online Museums, is upon us. Keywords: Art;Museums;Computers and the Internet Lively Debate as Justices Address File Sharing By LINDA GREENHOUSE The New York Times March 30, 2005 The Supreme Court showdown in the Grokster case between old-fashioned entertainment and new-fangled technology found the justices responsive to the software maker. Keywords: Computers and the Internet;Suits and Litigation On the Internet, 2nd (and 3rd and . . . ) Opinions By SARAH BOXER The New York Times March 29, 2005 On the Internet, the traditional objects of culture are being replaced with reviews of reviews, museums of museums and many, many lists. Keywords: Computers and the Internet;Music;Books and Literature;News and News Media Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend By TODD BENSON The New York Times March 29, 2005 Since taking office two years ago, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has turned Brazil into a tropical outpost of the free software movement. Persons: da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula Keywords: Computer Software;Copyrights Online Searchers for Job Seekers By BOB TEDESCHI The New York Times March 28, 2005 So far, there's a truce between the big job search boards and new employment sites that scan the big boards' listings. Keywords: Computers and the Internet;Advertising and Marketing;Employment Agencies Sell? No, We'll Wait, One Start-Up Says By GARY RIVLIN The New York Times March 28, 2005 The founders of Aruba Networks turned away a chance at instant riches when Cisco Systems came calling. Keywords: Executives and Management;Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Newest Chip Is Combination of Fiber Optics and Electronics By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times March 28, 2005 A small start-up plans to announce a new class of silicon chips that blur the line between electronic computing and optical communications. Keywords: Computer Chips;Fiber Optics A Supreme Court Showdown for File Sharing By SAUL HANSELL and JEFF LEEDS The New York Times March 28, 2005 The Supreme Court will hear a case in which the recording and film industries seek to hold makers of file-sharing software liable for illegal copying. Keywords: Music;Recordings (Audio);Computers and the Internet;Copyrights;Advertising and Marketing The Future of the 30-Second Spot By LORNE MANLY The New York Times March 27, 2005 The TV commercial is becoming craftier. A host of companies are selling technology to customize ads by neighborhood, household and even by viewing habits. 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MSN Video Downloads Delivers Food Network, FOX Sports, Children's Programming, News and More for Portable Media Centers and Select Smartphones and Pocket PCs Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of MSN® Video Downloads, which will provide daily television programming, including video content from MSNBC.com, Food Network, FOX Sports and IFILM Corp., for download to Windows Mobile (TM) -based devices such as Portable Media Centers and select Smartphones and Pocket PCs. Since the launch of the Microsoft® Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Center last fall, more than 20 new content partners, including CinemaNow Inc., MLB.com, MSNBC.com, MSN Music, MTV Networks Music, Napster Inc., SnapStream Media Inc. and TiVo Inc., have agreed to make video available online specifically formatted for Windows Mobile-based multimedia devices. "The launch of Portable Media Centers in 2004 began a new era of portable entertainment, and today's announcement solidifies the continued momentum we've seen for portable video," said John Pollard, director of Windows Mobile Applications and Services Marketing at Microsoft. "With content from some of the most recognized brands in entertainment, MSN Video Downloads helps bring this vision to life, allowing people to take their favorite television shows with them whether they are on the train, waiting for a doctor's appointment, or keeping the kids occupied in the back seat of the car." "Readily available digital video content remains a key driver for the portable multimedia player market," said Josh Martin, associate research analyst at IDC. "The proliferation and growth of video service providers will serve to fill the existing video content void and increase adoption of portable multimedia players such as Windows Mobile-based devices." MSN Video Downloads: Keeping People Informed and Entertained Anywhere MSN Video Downloads is available in the United States today at http://www.msnvideodownloads.com . A one-year premium membership to the MSN Video Downloads service with access to all available videos is $19.95 (U.S.). In addition, people can access a limited amount of free content without a paid membership. The MSN Video Downloads service is designed to keep people better entertained and informed, wherever and whenever they want. With great content provided daily, such as sports highlights, news headlines, children's programming, music videos, independent films and comedy shows, MSN Video Downloads is one of the first online video download services dedicated to portable entertainment. In its debut, the MSN Video Downloads service was previewed at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show in January. People subscribing to the premium service will be able to select the content they want to receive from the Web site. Digital videos are downloaded daily to a Windows Media® Player 10 library, ready to be synchronized with Portable Media Centers and other devices. The video content is compliant with PlaysForSure (TM) devices that play video, and is optimized for Portable Media Centers and compatible with Smartphones and Pocket PCs that support Windows Media Player 10 Mobile. New with the final launch of the service is the ability to select the specific content downloaded to the subscriber's Windows® XP-based PC each day. Subscribers can also activate a new automatic deleting feature that specifies how long video from the MSN Video Downloads directory will remain on their PC, thus avoiding a large backlog of clips. The following programming will be available on MSN Video Downloads: MSNBC.com. News and business headlines updated throughout the day, as well as segments from "Today" BreakTV. Behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews with television's hottest celebrities COOKIE JAR Entertainment Inc. , a global producer and marketer of children's entertainment, offering children's programs such as "Paddington Bear," "Animal Crackers" and many other popular kids' television series DIY Network. Videos about home improvement, crafts, hobbies, indoor-outdoor living, and kitchen and bath remodeling FINE LIVING TV Network. Inspiring programs featuring travel destinations, mind and body enrichment, ideas for entertaining and home design as well as videos for automobile enthusiasts FOX Sports. In-depth news, analysis and unparalleled national and regional coverage of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the National Basketball Association, and select college basketball and football highlights, as well as FOX Sports Net original programming including "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" and "Beyond the Glory" Food Network. Fun and interesting videos featuring grilling tips, ideas for entertaining, healthy eating, quick-and-easy recipes and pop-culture food specials Fun Little Movies. Specializing in original, live-action comedy content; new "Fun Funny Phone Films" including the following series: humorous headlines in "Comedy USA," sci-fi parody "Spacey Movie," and the "Mini-Bikers," where little people on little motorcycles fight crime, a little at a time Headliners Entertainment Group Inc. (OTCBB:HLEG) , the operator of Rascals Comedy Clubs, presenting a selection of comedy clips from Rascals Comedy Classics, including performances from popular stars such as Tim Allen, Rosie O'Donnell, Drew Carey and Ray Romano; only Rascals can bring viewers comedy superstars, before they were stars, and the breaking stars of tomorrow, today Home & Garden Television (HGTV). Selected programs featuring remodeling, home-building, design and decorating, kitchen and bath to enhance a home's curb appeal IFILM. Movie trailers, viral videos, short films and other IFILM-exclusive content TotalVid. Deep selection of action sports clips including surfing, snowboarding, skiing, windsurfing, street racing, kiteboarding, skateboarding, climbing, kayaking, off-road, Moto X, mountain biking, inline skating, BMX and more Want Media. Music videos, live concerts, Broadway shows, extreme sports and motor sports programs, full-length films from independent filmmakers and underground cinema The following are content partners for Windows Mobile-based devices: ATI Technologies BreakTV* CinemaNow Inc. COOKIE JAR* DIY Network FINE LIVING TV Network* Food Network* FOX Sports* Hauppauge Computer Works Inc. Headliner Entertainment Group* HGTV* IFILM* MediaPass Network LLC MLB.com MSN Music MSNBC.com* MTV Networks Napster NVIDIA Pinnacle Systems Inc. SnapStream Media Inc. TiVo Inc. TotalVid* Want Media* watchmusichere.com About Windows Mobile Windows Mobile software for Pocket PCs, Smartphones and Portable Media Centers reduces the complexity and constraints that hobble the flow of personal and business communications while also enabling people to enjoy rich media experiences. With Windows Mobile, individuals and organizations are empowered to achieve their productivity goals and also realize the excitement of the digital lifestyle -- from music and memories to television, movies, gaming and communication. More information can be found at http://www.windowsmobile.com . About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft, MSN, Windows Mobile, Windows Media, PlaysForSure and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
::ON A PERSONAL NOTE:: Other personal notes before I get to the linkage... While I was at the docs office the other day (the urologist) they had me wait in a conference room for a few minutes until the doctor became available. The room had many books and videos on stuff urolgoists are interested in and one such item was a video mini-series entitled "A complete guide to self catherization". Yikes! Okay, this is the second time in a row I have blogged about my urologist. I think this may be becoming a urology blog (which I believe would be a first).Fresh Trampoline installation went well and the kids were able to use it and argue about it and hate each other over it in no time at all! Now it will just be a matter of time before our first ER visit. Daughter turned 5 yesterday. We had a good time. I know have 15 years of parenting experience. Unreal. Even though Alexa says my new rig is a lemon, it has now been running very well after a bumpy first week. I already have 1300 miles on it (very sad). But I still have not farted in it--which is not always easy to do. But enough about me, on with the stuff you probably came here for.
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Watch Movies For Free At Internet Archive Filed under: Animation, Classics, Documentary, Horror, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Shorts Thanks to boing boing, I just discovered that the Internet Archive - the "digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form" - has a slew of films (both features and shorts) available for download. You've heard of Reefer Madness - but have you seen Sex Madness, its sister treatise on the scourge of syphillis? It's all public domain stuff, but a lot of it is hard to find - D.W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln, Frank Capra's Why We Fight, early Merrie Melodies cartoons, plus campy sci-fi like The Phantom Planet and Three Stooges shorts - in any kind of decent video format. Almost everything can be downloaded and/or streamed at a variety of different sizes and speeds, and it's all free, free, free.
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MSN Video Downloads Finally Launches
Since the launch of the Microsoft® Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Center last fall, more than 20 new content partners, including CinemaNow Inc., MLB.com, MSNBC.com, MSN Music, MTV Networks Music, Napster Inc., SnapStream Media Inc. and TiVo Inc., have agreed to make video available online specifically formatted for Windows Mobile-based multimedia devices.Some of the content if free, but most of it is available for just $19.99 a year. That is a great deal, considering the content:
I'm not saying you should expect Oscar or Emmy-worthy content with this, but for 20 bucks you get some nice little video. Considering that you just paid hundreds of dollars for a device, this is nice way to add a little extra something for your purchase. |
International Energy Agency Proposes Ban-Rationing-Enforced Quotas on Oil Consumption - Measures Would Apply in US http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/032505_world_stories.shtml#1 WE ASK all of you to petition your cities and towns to support community gardens and only plant fruit-bearing trees in public parks. Let our streets be lined with apples and pears! Demand that all parking lots be landscaped with fruit trees which provide shade, clean the air and feed the people. http://www.fallenfruit.org/index.html http://www.greenanarchy.org/zine/GA19/all-indigenous.php WE WERE ALL INDIGENOUS, AND CAN AGAIN BECOME . . . Jumpstart Iraq Withdrawal - In order to participate YOU MUST SIGN UP BY TUES, MARCH 29 AT NOON at http://www.PeaceNotPoverty.org Click to Save the Arctic Refuge! http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/features/details?item_id=796496 Conversations on Chemtrails- The truth about what is happening in America http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5585 Colombian indigenous people take on multinationals http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/137659/index.php Now even the recruiters are going AWOL!! "At least 37 members http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/nyregion/27recruit.html Tue Mar 29 # 3/29: Ecuador's Indigenous Resists Big Oil Exploits (san rafael) Reply to: colleenrose@citycom.com MARIN INTERFAITH TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS PO Box 2481, Mill Valley CA 94942 Dale Sorensen 415-924-3227 geodale1@earthlink.net Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas will sponsor a Film and Slide presentation by Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch and Marisa Handler, San Francisco-based writer and activist. Having recently visited the Amazon region of Ecuador, they will report on their work in support of the indigenous community of Sarayacu, where the people have been successfully resisting oil exploitation. The event: Tuesday, March 29, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley (at 4th St.) San Rafael. Benefit for the Sarayacu people, $5-10 donation, wheelchair access. Info: 415-924-3227. http://www.craigslist.org/eve/63520376.html # Also, you might be interested in some free movie screenings SF IndieFest is co-presenting with a club called Drunken Monkey, Tuesdays at the Cat Club, 1190 Folsom at 8th. Doors are at 9p, movie starts at 10p, DJ spins 12a till close at 2a. Cats is 21up: March 8: Fight Club, March 15: Airplane, March 22: Boondock Saints, March 29: Repo Man Wed Mar 30 # Hot Off the Press Wed Mar 30 5pm to 7pm free featuring local artists Triton Hotel, the Mezzanine Gallery 342 Grant Ave (@bush St. SF http://www.artworksf.com/events/hotpress/index.htm # Wed, Mar 30 7pm JUDI BARI'S VICTORY TRIAL Humanist Hall 390 27th St. @ Broadway & Telegraph, Oakland http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # Robotspeak Sessions 2.6 Wed Mar 30 8p - 11p Free! ROBOTSPEAK SESSIONS is an intimate event where the performer and audience can interact, discuss tools, techniques, influences, etc. This Month Features... CHRIS de GIERE California-based composer whose principal interest is with random and chaotic generative systems. Under varied styles, his music is like a breath of spontaneity inhabiting a rigid electronic universe. LUCID BROADCAST SOUND Blue J and Shmichel formerly of Beyond Race, Breakfast, Channel 23 and Eenor of Les Claypools' Flying Frog Brigade. JESSE CLARK Microindustrial mad sound scientist OR broken-noise-hypno-hop conductor Robotspeak 589 1/2 Haight @ Steiner http://www.robotspeak.com # Wednesday March 30th at 8pm $5 Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia St.(at 21st), San Francisco http://www.atasite.org http://www.atasite.org/about/ directions Friday April 1st @ 8pm AK Press Warehouse 674 23rd st., Oakland Both screenings benefit the SF Bay Independent Media Center http://www.indybay.org Deep Dish Television announces special San Francisco and Oakland screenings of an installment of their recently completed series Shocking and Awful: A Grassroots Response to War. http://www.deepdishtv.org/shocking/index.htm (DVDs can also be purchased online) The Real Face of Occupation, which includes rarely seen footage of the war in Iraq shot by videographers David Martinez and Urban Hamid. Their work can also be seen in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Martinez's footage from Fallujah is being used to as key testimony in the World Tribunal on War Crimes in Iraq which will take place in Istanbul this coming June. The Real Face of Occupation was co-coordinated by producers Jacquie Soohen and Brandon Jourdan for Deep Dish TV. The Real Face of Occupation shows footage from March 2003 to April 2004. From civilian testimony of a US military attack on a clearly marked ambulance to the destruction of sewage systems, the daily struggle of Iraqis to meet their basic human needs is the focus of this installment of the series. It is one of thirteen programs in the Shocking and Awful series that comprises the work of over 100 independent video activists from around the world. Several hundred-community cable channels around the United States have carried the shows, as well as Free Speech TV on the Dish Network. The first national satellite network to reach access channels, Deep Dish TV was founded in 1986. It aims to produce thought-provoking programming that educates viewers by showing them a perspective rarely seen on mainstream news. 'Mandate?', a half-hour documentary by Indymedia Video and the Glass Bead Collective, shows resistance at the January 20th inauguration of George W. Bush. The film shows the issues behind the re-election of Bush and the reaction from protestors to the most expensive inauguration in US history. After the screening, there will be a screening of footage from Fallujah, a new film from Deep Dish producer's Brandon Jourdan and Brian Drolet. The footage includes rare, never-before seen footage from the US military offensive in November and December 2004. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Deep Dish producer and filmmaker Brandon Jourdan. About Brandon Jourdan: Brandon is an independent filmmaker, journalist, and writer. He was a coordinating producer and editor on Deep Dish's award-winning Shocking and Awful series, which has played at the Museum of Modern Art in January of 2005. He is a founder of the North Carolina Independent Media Center and has worked over the last year with the NYC Indymedia Video Team on a half-hour weekly television show entitled Blacked-Out Media. He has contributed to Democracy Now!, Now with Bill Moyers, Free Speech Television, the INN World Report, and to Amnesty International video projects. He was a media coordinator with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine during June and July of 2002. While in North Carolina, he worked with Academy-Award winning director Barbara Trent on two Empowerment Project documentaries. He has spoken at various universities about the role of independent media and has been a guest on NPR Talk of the Nation. -- Steve Rhodes http://ari.typepad.com blog http://tigerbeat.textamerica.com photo/moblog http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ lots more photos http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat interesting articles & sites # TATTOO-A-PALOOZA! Wed Mar 30 9:30 PM Glas Kat (aka The Troc) 520 4th Street @ Bryant http://www.bondage-a-go-go.com Thu Mar 31 # Thu Mar 31Raw Food book booth at the SF Tunk Show, ART, Fashion, music and more: http://www.pomelocreative.com http://www.rawinten.com # March 31 National call to action No Draft, No Way! On March 31, the Selective Service System (SSS) will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement the draft within 75 days. Right now, the SSS is staffing local draft boards, training volunteer registrars to work on high school and college campuses, and streamlining its induction process. They have also gained access to the Department of Education's computer files, to ensure maximum registration. It is clear that the Bush Administration is preparing for a draft. They are desperate for new soldiers to continue the occupation of Iraq and to prepare for new wars against Iran, Syria, and elsewhere. At the same time that Bush is looking to youth to supply cannon fodder for his wars, he is busy cutting financial aid and slashing social programs. The same young people that Bush wants to use to fight his wars are finding it harder to pay for their education, find jobs that pay a living wage, or obtain basic necessities, like health care or affordable housing. It is time for young people, who are already under attack from the Bush Administration, to take a stand. On March 31, the same day that the Selective Service System is reporting that the draft is ready to go, youth all over the country will report that they will refuse to go. Local No Draft, No Way organizers and other anti-draft activists are planning protests, walkouts, and direct action at recruiting centers, selective service offices, and other sites. We call upon students, youth, and antiwar activists to organize local actions on March 31 to say "No Draft, No Way!" http://www.nodraftnoway.org # Thu, Mar 31 4-7pm No Draft, No Way Demonstration Courthouse Square Santa Rosa http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # "Writers Vs. Ryders" @ FIFTY24 SF Mar 31 Free Art opening 7- 9:30 248 Fillmore @ Haight # Shellmound Thu Mar 31 7:30pm $8, $4 UCB students There are plenty of brand names and bright lights to distract shoppers at the new Bay Street shopping center in Emeryville. Few people realize they are walking on a burial ground thousands of years old, steeped in a century of toxic sludge. Shellmound is a 21-minute documentary that examines the decisions made during the toxic cleanup, excavation, and construction of the Bay Street mall through the eyes of the City, the developer, the archaeologists, and the native Californians who worked on the site. Pacific Film Archive 2575 Bancroft Way Berkeley 510-642-0808 http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu # Get Up, Stand Up! - 2005 NORML Conference Thursday, March 31 2005 - Saturday, April 2 2005 Cathedral Hill Hotel 1101 Van Ness @ Geary, SF More Info: 800-622-0855 http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6437 Get Up, Stand Up! Stand Up For Your Rights! Where do freedom-loving citizens like YOU gather annually? Answer: The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law's annual conference! This year's 2005 National NORML Conference will be held in America's most hemp-friendly city: SF Join special guests, very important smokers, and supporters of decriminalization like: -best-selling author and TV travel guru Rick Steves -NORML's new executive director Allen St. Pierre -former NFL star Mark Stepnoski -WAMM's Valerie Corral -more According to NORML's new executive director Allen St. Pierre, "This year's conference marks NORML's return to the Bay area, which was host to NORML's highly successful 2002 and 2003 annual gatherings, and will offer attendees a unique opportunity to network with other marijuana law reformers." "This year's reduced hotel room rate, coupled with free parking for hotel patrons in one of the most 'NORML-friendly' cities in America sounds like a prescription to me for fun and education. If a person is serious about changing America's misguided cannabis laws, the annual NORML conference is the gathering place for medical cannabis patients, cannabis consumers and concerned citizens." Complete conference information - including this year's conference agenda and guide to after-hour events - will be available shortly. http://www.norml.org/index.cfm April 2005 # SECOND ANNUAL National "I'm Embarrassed by the pResident" Day, April 1st, 2005. WEAR A BROWN RIBBON, official button, brown clothing in protest of all the BS coming out of the White House http://www.democracymeansyou.com/brown # Friday April 1st for a Billion Bunny March as part of the St. Stupid's Day Parade! Noon Justin Herman Plaza http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html Market @ Embarcadero # I'm forwarding this, which I think is important because Amy Goodman is one of the mainstays of Left Gatekeepers, tiptoeing around 9/11 and the stolen 2004 election. She interviewed David Ray Griffin on the May 26 2004 DN show, and ambushed him with "attack dog" Chip Berlet. Chip steered the interview to the no-jetliner-hit-the-Pentagon and used it to discredit The New Pearl Harbor, even though it's only one part of one chapter. -Jim of http://wtc7.net - here are sites that could teach Amy Goodman a thing or two - 911 - inside job: demand investigation into cover-up! http://wtc7.net - http://911visibility.org - http://911truth.org http://oilempire.us - http://dieoff.org - http://peakoil.net http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/index.html http://globalresearch.ca - http://cooperativeresearch.org http://deceptiondollar.com - http://911review.com http://communitycurrency.org - http://septembereleventh.org http://cooperativeresearch.org - http://911visibility.org * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 * TIME: 12 PM Working Assets Lunchtime Speakers Series FRB Auditorium 101 Market Street, 1st Floor SF 94105 This event is free and open to the public. Attendees must RSVP by calling 415-369-2150, leaving the names of everyone in the party (spelled out), and a contact phone number. Places are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. The free lunch begins at 11:30 am http://www.workingassets.com * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 8 PM Palace of Fine Arts Theater 3301 Lyon St. @ Lombard, SF http://www.palaceoffinearts.org $12 in advance, $15 door http://www.kpfa.org or call (510) 848-6767 x611 # Declare Independence from Oil! Protest at Broadway Ford in Oakland on the Second Annual FOSSIL FOOLS DAY Fri, Apr 1, 2005 5:00 pm Broadway Motors Ford Dealership 2560 Webster St (Broadway and 25th St ) Oakland (Fossil Fools Day) Why: To call on America’s worst gas-guzzler to break our oil addiction What: On Friday, April 1, dozens of communities across the US and Canada will stage interventions at Ford dealerships to demand that Ford take immediate action to dramatically increase the fuel economy of its cars and trucks. How much more greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate chaos can the earth tolerate? How many more US soldiers will have to die in wars for oil? How many more rainforests will we allow to be converted into oil fields? How many more oil spills? How much longer can Ford Motor Company get away with having the worst fuel economy among America's major automakers? We can’t afford to wait any longer for change. The time is NOW to break America’s oil addiction and Jumpstart Ford, the worst gas-guzzler in the industry. The Oakland protest will feature giant helium balloons, eye-catching banners, and exciting street theater. Please join us and help break America’s oil addiction. For more info, contact: Jason Mark Global Exchange 415-558-9490 cleancars@globalexchange.org or visit: http://www.jumpstartford.com http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # The Oakland Museum of California Presents: 2005 EarthDance: The Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival & After Party Friday, April 1, 2005 6 p.m. - Midnight Can't handle another hit of bad enviro news - oil spills, clear cuts, melting Arctic ice caps? Then check out the second annual EarthDance Film Festival - A celebration of independent, alternative films that promote environmental awareness through humor and hope. EarthDance features documentary, animated, and dramatic short films (2 - 20 minutes) by 14 domestic and international filmmakers. James Moore Theatre, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94607 Friday, April 1 6 p.m. Wine & Cheese Reception 7 ? 9 p.m. Film Screenings & Awards 9 p.m. ? Midnight After Party w/ DJ Dragonfly, Video Artist/VJ CaroLuna, Dinner Vendors & cash bar EarthDance and After-Party are included with $8 museum admission. After-Party alone is $5. http://www.museumca.org # First Try Friday, April 1 7:00pm-11:00pm drink donation WAREHOUSE 1310 presents FIRST TRY music by: THE MAN FROM DYATRON 1310 Potrero ave @25th st. http://www.tinkin.com/1310 # St. Stupids Day After Party Friday, April 17pm - 2am 12 Galaxies Mission @ 21st http://www.12galaxies.com Thrills, Chills and Spills! Come titillate all your senses (and beyond) after the St. Stupid's Day Parade (now in it's 27th year!)! Mark your calendars and get yourself down to the 12 Galaxies for a fun filled extravaganza guaranteed to expand your mind (or at least expand something) and provide hours of entertainment for all. Come SEE the kaleidoscope and dizzying array of bands, performance and other sensory delights. Come HEAR the oratory skills of such San Francisco luminaries as: Bishop Joey (First Church of the Last Laugh), Dr. Hal (Ask Dr. Hal), Michael Peppe (Michael Peppe) and others, Come FEEL the vibrations and musical styling of: K-Rob (Musical Mastermind), Los Banos (Cyclecide Bike Rodeo Band), Fluff Grrl (Minstrels of post modern, old school rag-time), Rube Waddell (Modern Americana rock), Church of The Sub Genius (Purveyors of Bob) and more.TASTE the excitement and thrill of being at the coolest place you could be right now.TOUCH yourself and know that it's all true! All this and oh so much more awaits you! The festivities and frolic will commence ON TIME.bands and performance start at 7pm. There will be an opening benediction by the snackreligious Bishop Joey and the rest of the excitement will go until the wee hours (or until we get kicked out). A mere $10 fee gets you in the door ($8 if in costume) and the ample booze will at least keep you hydrated. Located at the beautiful 12 Galaxies Ballroom, 2565 Mission Street @ 22nd, in the lovely Mission District, easily accessible by MUNI (lines 14, 47 and 49) and the BART (use 24th street stop). DON'T be fooled by charlatans and imitators, this is THE place to be on April Fools Day and THE place to go after the parade! Hope to see you all there! # 415 Friday, April 1 9:00pm-2:00am $10 A very special evening celebrating San Francisco culture in two adjacent venues for one nice price. djs:: ANDREW JERVIS (On The One/Ubiquity) APOLLO (Invisibl Skratch Piklz/Triple Threat) DAVID HARNESS (Taboo/Loveslap!) GARTH (Wicked/Grayhound) MAURICIO AVILES (Metro Jazz/Loveslap!) PAM THE FUNKSTRESS (The Coup) PAUSE (Pause-a-tivity/Red Wine) RASTA CUE-TIP (Jazid Up/Budonkadonk) ROMANOWSKI (Soulvation/Future Primitive Sound) TOM THUMP (Groove Merchant/Budonkadonk) TOMAS (On The One/XLR8R) TOPH ONE (Pepper/Red Wine) live painting:: SIRRON NORRIS EZRA EISMONT BRIAN BARNECLO/GREG 'PNUT' GALINSKY/FERRIS PLOCK (aka the Loose Cannons) goods by DREAM NEFRA 9pm-2am, 21+, $10 at the door Brought to you by fabric8.com in collusion with Red Wine Sponsored by Bosa, Exact-Science, FTC, Function 8, Future Primitive Sound, Harputs Adidas, Loveslap! Recordings, SF Station, TRUE, Upper Playground, Virgin 69, and XLR8R Magazine http://www.fabric8.com/party/ 111 Minna Gallery AND House of Shields 111 Minna @ New Montgomery and 39 New Montgomery # Get Freaky Fri April 1 at 1015 Folsom 10pm-6am 21+ More Info: http://www.an-ten-nae.net A night of trickery, laughter, and play.... Featuring a midnight performance by El Circo Tayo (Skint, UK) Deekline (Botchit & Scarper, UK) Baobinga (Hardcore Beats, UK) Benchun Adam Ohana Drum and Bassment by Groundscore Photek (Metalheadz/UK) Photek Producuctions UFO (Eklektik) Basshop/Electorofunk Ooah El Papa Chango Jocelyn Ripple Mozaic Inner Sanctum Chillout Lounge Darin Schaffer darinschaffer.com Rena Jones (DigitalBliss) www.renamusic.com Ft. Jagjit Chada and Negmeddin Shaheen on Percussion Candescent Orkestra / B-Smiley (Late night Sneaky) Fusion Chamber hosted by G.O.A. Play Son Kite (live & dj set) (Digital Structures, Sweden) BLVD KJ Michael Liu Psynthetic D?cor by Fuzzy's Fabulous Fluff Altars by Desiree $15 Presale tickets available at: Distractions and Ceiba in SF on Haight street Skills on Telegraph in Berkeley $20 at the door. Buy a presale ticket and avoid lines. Sat Apr 2 # Sat 4/2 - Reclaim The Streets (RTS) street party: a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits in SF noon @ Dolores Park. Its a masquerade ball, so D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... # a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits SF in the form of a reclaim the streets (RTS) street party on SATURDAY @ NOON, APRIL 2, DOLORES PARK. Its a masquerade ball, so if you dont want to hang for it later, you better D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1 pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... Download publicity (or make your own) at http://sfrts.tribe.net or http://www.rts-sf.org and put them up anywhere and everywhere. # **SPRING VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT TOWN MEETING & POT LUCK** Sat April 2 12 PM - 3 PM at the historic Swedish American Hall above Café DuNord, 2174 Market Street (at 15th Street) meet the behind-the-scenes superstars who make Burning Man happen, and find a way for YOU to get involved. As you may know, Burning Man is a volunteer-driven event, with 3,000 people pitching in to make the event happen. Meet the project managers and volunteer coordinators who bring it all together. Ask questions and sign up to learn more, or to jump right in! From building our city with the DPW on the Black Rock Desert playa, riding the "edge of chaos" with the Rangers, greeting new arrivals, supporting art at the Artery, to SF office and technical help, lamp lighting, fielding questions at Playa Info, or erasing any trace after the event, there are many opportunities to fully participate in the Burning Man project. It's a great way to meet people, and to become more connected to the "burner" community. This meeting is free and open to the public. Check it out! http://www.swedishamericanhall.com/index.html http://www.burningman.com/news/townhall_05.html http://burningman.com # tired of NOISY activities? come to the QUIET PARTY !! You go to a bar. Music is too LOUD. Cell phones RINGING all around you. Some guy is standing next to you SCREAMING. You know what we are talking about, right? How about a refreshing change of pace? Come to the Quiet Party. No loud music, no yelling, no cell phones - in fact: no talking AT ALL!! Maybe you'll even find love through silent dating! The Quiet Party is a totally unique experience. We provide paper, wine, water & soda - you just bring a pen & your wits. Pass notes around - be mischievous, have a little fun, meet some new people! San Francisco's inaugural Quiet Party is: Saturday April 2 7 pm to 9 pm sharp at Shoppe Unusual 345 Gough Street (in Hayes Valley between Hayes & Fell streets) FREE for more details see http://www.quietparty.com see ya there.... shshshshshsh!!!! # FIRST FLAMBE LOUNGE OF THE SEASON: an intimate gathering of the absurd, not to be missed!!! Flambe Lounge takes over Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center and presents a costumed ICESCAPADE and BLACKLIGHT BOWLING extravagargantua mixed-up mixer!!! APRIL FOOLS SK(b)OWLING NIGHT! At Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center http://www.skatebowl.com (Take elevator/stairs on Folsom St side between 3rd and 4th Streets up a level) $10 in Stupid/FOOLish costume or blacklight sensitive clothing; $15 street clothes (includes cost of ice skate rental.) Those who come early enough can bowl and skate! This is below usual cost. A great chance to catch up with playa friends and make new ones—whether you sk(b)owl or not! ATTEND AT YOUR OWN RISK AND RISK YOUR OWN ATTENDANCE! SCHEDULE: 7:30-8:00 Gather with friends in playground outside skating rink 8:00 sharp-10pm Blacklight Bowling (wear blacklight clothing! Limited to 110 people/hr) 9:00-11:00 Ice Skating (can enter rink 8:30pm and accommodate 700 skaters on ice at a time and 1100 in the rink. DESCRIPTION: Join April fools and festive tricksters as we take over BOTH the Yerba Buena Bowling alley AND Ice Skating Rink and refurbish them with costumed revelers, games, wacked-out Black Rock City djs, and all manner of burner tomfoolery! Dress in blacklight reflective clothing and play Survival Bowling (instructions provided upon arrival). But who’s keeping score! Lane changing is encouraged at this two-hour mix and MIS-matched championshipwreck bowl-off! Bring your own bowling shoes or rent for $3. Then skate on over to the Ice Skating Rink for figure skating and go round and round and round to musical skating madness and fun fun FUN! Expect random Burning Man Emergency Broadcasts, old school funk and 70s roller disco ice music by the Godfather of Skating and The Black Rock Roller Disco ON ICE!, polkas, exotica and other musical prepostera! We’ll also unveil the map with the new city layout and have other helpful playa info on hand! (If skating, wear athletic socks. They suggest long pants, sleeves and gloves, but not required. But earmuffs are always stylish!) Beer and food may be ordered in the bowling alley; food available in ice skating rink. # 4/2: 8pm Robots on the March! (mission district) On Saturday April 2 ATA's Other Cinema presents "Robots on the March!", an evening of robotic performance art. This audience participatory program focuses on local artists working with technology. Artists presenting work include Kal Spelletich, Kristin Lucas, Amy et Stijn, Michael Shiloh, XK SAZ, Sean Talley, Virgil Polit and Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Jack Buffington, Joe McKay, Darrel Licks, Aimee Friberg, Liam McNamara, Beth Waldman, plus a new video from the Institute for Applied Autonomy. At the end of the evening there will be an open "show and tell" session, and if you bring your own robotic creation you get in for free! Also, look for the sustainable robotics window installation by Amy Franceschini and SFMicrocontrollers, which will be up though the month of April. Saturday, April 2, Doors 8pm, show @ 8:30pm Artist Television Access 992 Valencia St. @ 21st St. $5 http://atasite.org # DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER 4/2/05 @NIMBY in Oakland Every year we hear complaints about not enough LIVE MUSIC on the Playa, and every year, DUSTFISH goes to the Playa, builds a stage and bar, plugs in the lights and PA, and presents HOT LIVE MUSIC, and DJS...last year we presented a Stilt Ballet and the searing music of KAN'NAL, among other things. Here's your chance to support LIVE ART on the Playa and have a Blast doing it! Whether it's live music or djs or just a fun good vibe you're after, you'll find it this night... LIVE (inside stages) *DR. ABACUS* *GOOFERMAN* *FUNKY BEULAH* *ECC (Evolution Control Committee)* *ALT TAL* *ARTEMIS* *KURT WAHLBERG* *LA MALINCHE (Flemenco)* *GROUNDCHUCK* *FIRE ARTS COLLECTIVE* and believe it or not a *FLASH & LORD HUCKLEBERRY DUET* and, should you feel like dancing your booty off around the fire: DJS (outside) *OOAh* *SMOOVE* *NoMe* *LARON aka SWAN* *DAISY CRAVE* *SHRIMP* *LEO* Plus: * INTERACTIVE SMUT by DR. FRIENDLY* *ART INSTALLATION by JOE MANGRUM* *VISUALS by SATSI* and Games: WHIP OR WHIPPED RING TOSS (Suffer the Lash if you Fail) *NONO THE NAUGHTY NAKED APE (You Be The Monkey)* *BOOTIE CHECKPOINT #11 (Free Your Bootie)* Raffle: WIN A TICKET TO BURNINGMAN! Plus: *PORN KLOWNS* *STILTERS* *HOOPERS* *CAGE, ROPE, GOGO, AND FIRE DANCERS* and more.... @NIMBY ( http://www.nimbyspace.org ) for directions...(just over the Bridge if coming from SF) 4/2/05 9pm-??? (you might wanna bring your sunglasses?) $5 b4 11pm $10 after http://www.clubego.net for changes, more (yes, more!) and updates...Festive (Playa) Attire Highly Encouraged...now, I'm laughing my ass off....... and, many, many thanks, in advance...DUSTFISH LOVES YOU! (now, bend over and crack a smile!) THE PARTY IS IN YOUR HEAD {SPICE MUST FLOW} DUSTFISH FUNRAZOR at NIMBY 4/2/05 28th @ Peralta, Oakland. details at http://www.clubego.net Sun Apr 3 # The Building Education Center offers a one-day seminar on Strawbale Construction and Cob this Sunday, April 3, 10 am - 5 pm. The class will be taught by Dietmar Lorenz of DSA Architects (strawbale construction) and John Fordice (cob) . The Class on Strawbale Construction will include a visit to the Shorebird Nature Center http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/marina/marinaexp/newbldg.html in the Berkeley Marina. The Shorebird Nature Center is one of the first civic buildings with straw bale walls. The BEC is located on 812 Page Street (@ 6th Street) in Berkeley, call 510-525-7610 to register, 10am-3pm M-F. Please forward this posting to people who might be interested in these exciting alternative building methods. http://www.bldgeductr.org/seminars.html # GREEN PARTY / CESAR CHAVEZ CELEBRATION Sun April 3 11AM-5pm The Green Party is participating in this year's festivities with a marching contingent for the parade and a booth at Civic Center. Look for the Green Party banner at Justin Herman Plaza, 11 a.m. (at the foot of Market St. / Embarcadero BART/Muni) and join us! http://www.sfgreenparty.org info@sfgreenparty.org CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY PARADE AND FESTIVAL 2005 Focusing on workers in education, health care and public service. Barbara Lee, Grand Marshal. Walter Johnson, former secretary/treasurer of the SF Labor Council, and other speakers. MUSIC Bayonicks, Jorge Santana and Bandido, Los Mocosos. Special Health & Education Pavilion and lots of great food! # War Tax Resistance Workshop- Berkeley Sun Apr 3, 1-4pm 3122 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (1 block East of Ashby BART) Unhappy about the U.S. policy on militarism, stop paying your taxes. More than half of our federal income taxes are being used for war. Find out more about this form of conscientious objection at our introductory workshop. Topics will include: -- Creative legal protests -- Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience -- Living below the level of taxable income -- Phone tax resistance -- Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations -- Local support networks for war tax resisters Northern California War Tax Resistance (510) 843-9877 http://www.nowartax.org Thank you for working for peace! # Stop Media Consolidation! Hold Comcast Accountable! Sunday, April 3 2:00 PM STOP MEDIA CONSOLIDATION! SPEAK UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES! DEFEND WORKERS’ RIGHTS! Comcast and other giant cable monopolies control more and more of our media. They dominate more than just cable--they also control how many of us access the Internet. They use this power to raise rates and invade customers' privacy, to harass and punish employees who speak up for their rights, and to ignore the demands of the communities where they operate. In the Bay Area alone, Comcast holds over 100 cable franchises, most of which function as monopolies. Comcast is holding our communities hostage. Comcast has sued San Jose and Walnut Creek, has failed to pay the money it owes to Sacramento, and won’t renew contracts that expired years ago in dozens of other cities. Now Comcast is sponsoring a cable industry convention in San Francisco, a city where cable negotiations are just starting. HOLD COMCAST ACCOUNTABLE! We call on everyone opposed to corporate domination of the media, and in support of local democracy, community media, and workers' rights, to join our protest against Comcast. RALLY AT THE NATIONAL CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONVENTION! Sunday, April 3, 2005, 2:00 p.m. Moscone Center, corner 3rd and Howard Streets, San Francisco Sponsored by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Media Alliance, Global Exchange and Code Pink. For more information contact CWA Local 9415 (510) 834-9415 or CWA Local 9423 (408) 278-9423, organize@cwa9423.com More info on Comcast: http://www.comcastwatch.com More info on SF negotiations: http://www.mediasf.org # Comcast is coming to town. Come and protest April 3rd at 2 pm! The big cable companies will be having its annual meeting in San Francisco Apr 3-5. Communications Workers of America and Media Alliance are planning to welcome Comcast with a protest rally on Sunday April 3rd at 2 pm. Come to the rally and bring others with you. We are looking for organizational endorsements for this event. Please contact me at this email if you have any questions or if you can give us your endorsement. For more information about the rally, go to http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050310231129497 Thanks to your calls, we won! Thanks to everyone who called the San Francisco's Public Utility's Commission on Tuesday. Despite industry lobbying, the PUC approved the money to study the feasibility of municipal broadband in San Francisco. http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050309192522624 Comcast gets an earful in Marin The big corporations have money and power, but our communities have people. Check out what happened in Marin County when 200 crowded in San Rafael's City Hall to vent their frustration about Comcast. "It is extremely unusual to have this many people show up on a weeknight for this meeting," Supervisor Susan Adams said. "I don't recall ever having this many people at one of our Board of Supervisor meetings, and for every person here, I'm sure there are dozens more who feel the same way." Read the whole article at http://www.mediasf.org/index.php/news/150 -- QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUBSCRIBE? SUBSCRIBE? Contact Sydney Levy at sydney@media-alliance.org or at 510-832-9000, ext 303 San Francisco Media Advocates' Coalition http://www.mediasf.org --> Check our website for updated information! Tue Apr 5 # 4/5 International Pajama Day http://www.craigslist.org/eve/65432366.html # NCRA's Recycling Update 2005 -- Annual Conference Tuesday, April 5, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm in San Francisco $80 non-members, $65 NCRA members --includes meals ($65.00 + $40 NCRA Annual Dues = $105) Online Reg http://ncrarecycles.org/ru/ru-promote.html # MONEY IN - FAVORS OUT That’s what Arnold’s all about! Governor Schwarzenegger has raised more political contributions than any governor in California history. Join the growing group of nurses, firefighters, teachers, public service workers and others who are protesting this governor’s incessant fundraising and delivery of favors to his donors at the expense of working families. TUESDAY APRIL 5th 5:00 PM MEET-UP Ritz Carlton 600 Stockton Street/Pine SF Cable car: Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines (direct stop) Beware of Ritz Carlton Parking Fee: $45. Hi all, We have gotten word that the Governor will be in San Francisco On april 5 at 5:00 p.m. We are joining in with the CNA, teachers, fire fighters, and others to protest the governor's fundraising practices and his policies that favor his corporate donors. Tell everyone to come out and protest and make their voices heard. Last night the protest in Orange County drew more than 2,000 people! San Francisco should be able to do at least that much. An SEIU flyer is attached. I will also be following up with phone calls. # Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in San Francisco on APRIL 5th at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at 6:30pm. 600 California at Stockton at 6pm. Labor and community groups will be welcoming him with a huge protest initiated by the California Nurses Association. On April 5 San Francisco's corporate leaders will gather at the Ritz Carlton to line Arnold's pockets. Join nurses, working families, patients and Californians from around the state to stop his corporate sell-out! Tell the Governor and his donors: "Not in Our Town!" For more information: 510-273-2240. # Tue, Apr 5, 2005 - Wed, Apr 6, 2005 The Future of Food Documentary Red Vic Moviehouse Haight St. @ Shrader/ Cole SF The Future of Food, directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, will screen at the Red Vic Movie House on Tuesday April 4th and Wednesday April 5th. This excellent documentary examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat, as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today. (88m) Showtimes are Tues: 7:15, 9:15 Wed: 2:00, 7:15, 9:15 Tickets are: $7.00 for evening screenings; $5.00 for the 2:00 matinee; kids and seniors are $4:00 at all times. http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com http://www.thefutureoffood.com/ http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php Wed Apr 6 # 4/6 Benefit for the Forest Defenders' Pepper Spray Q-tip lawsuit. Bay Area premier of Bernadine Mellis' "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI", a new documentry about Judi Bari and her successful lawsuit challenging the FBI repression of local forest activists. WHEN: Wed April 6 2005 7pm WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley (near the Ashby BART). Meet Plaintiffs and Lawyers in the upcoming Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial starting April 11 at the SF Federal Building. Admission $10 no one turned away for lack of funds. Info: (510) 658-9178 THE FOREST FOR THE TREES Judi Bari v. the FBI 54 minutes directed by Bernadine Mellis In 1990, environmentalist and union organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. "The Forest for the Trees follows" Judi Bari's story, culminating in her First Amendment case against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari's lawyer's daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying on-screen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win. Bernadine Mellis' first film, Born, is an experimental short that has screened at galleries and festivals in San Francisco (recently at The Lab's "Inside of Inside" and Madcat International Women's Film Festival) and New York City (including Galapagos Gallery, the Pioneer Theater, and Lady Fest East). The Golden Pheasant, an Orphan's Tale, a children's story Mellis wrote and directed, has also screened in museums and schools nationally , as well as on public television. Her father's role as lead attorney in Earth First! activist Judi Bari's civil case led Mellis to make The Forest for the Trees , her first documentary. -- Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) 2530 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley, CA 94702 phone: 510 548 3113 email: bach@headwaterspreserve.org http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org # Wednesday, April 6, 7pm Meeting to Organize MOOS-Bay Regional Counter Recruitment Conference AFSC office in SF, 65 9th St. Between Mission and Market, San Francisco Youth are invited to take the lead in shaping this conference!, near Civic Center BART. For more info: awe@objector.org or 510-468-1617 x 4. Thu Apr 7 # COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET & SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE INJURED BY OAKLAND POLICE A Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs; Willow was permanently injured by the Oakland Police on April 7th, 2003. Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m. Café Van Kleef (21 and over) 1621 Telegraph @17th, Oakland (19th Street BART) MUSIC: · Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty (East Bay Express called her "the complete performer in her use of cranked emotions in her singing, edgy rock energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." ) & Friends · Henri Ducharme with TaraLinda – New French music and beyond (accordion & vocals) · Spoken Word Performance VIDEO: · “Shots on the Docks” the documentary depicting the events at the Oakland Docks on April 7, 2003 by Steve Zeltzer of the Labor Video Project will screen. SPEAKERS: · Jack Heyman, ILWU rank and file activist who was arrested by police April 7, 2003 and fought and won bogus charges against him. · Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article on the corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization (2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer. · Member of Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED On April 7 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire on nonviolent people with wooden bullets, shot-filled sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two hours. Their actions injured 60, including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the press, in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war movement, and was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights. Picketers caused the docks to shut down on April 7, 2003; and a month later on May 12 and one year later on April 7, 2004. Those arrested and facing bogus charges won their cases and there have been some reforms to police practices won in civil suits in the aftermath, but the OPD and Mayor Jerry Brown (who may run for California Attorney General) remain unaccountable and dangerous. Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social justice activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be diverted to anti-war organizing. HOW YOU CAN HELP · Forward this email to your lists and friends · Donate money in any of the following ways 1. On line with a credit card at actagainstwar.org 2. Send a check to Willow Rosenthal PO Box 611 Berkeley, CA 94701 3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person. Sponsored by friends of Willow and the Transit Workers Solidarity Committee Contact: Dorrit 510-981-1967 dorrit@riseup.net # April 8-11 Make Radio, Not War! - Hands-on Radio Camps, Build an FM Broadcast Transmitter - 2005 Schedule A four day hands-on workshop session sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley. During the 4 days you will learn how to build FM broadcast transmitters (and other related items such as antennas) and set up a low power (5-100 watt) community radio station capable of covering a broadcast radius between 3 and 15 miles depending on power, terrain and antenna height. The workshop tuition is $150-$200 sliding scale. Transmitter kits are provided for assembly experience. These may be also purchased during the workshop session so you can walk away at the end with an assembled and tested transmitter. Average cost for a broadcast station kit package (transmitter, antenna, cabling power, supply) is just $300 to $700, depending on kits and power level chosen. Radio Camp sessions, which run Friday through Monday (10 am to 6 pm), will be held at FRB’s Oakland location on the following dates: April 8-11, 2005 May 27-30, 2005 July 1-4, 2005 August 5-8, 2005 September 2-5, 2005 Make Radio Not War! Break the corporate stranglehold on the free flow of information, ideas, art and cultural expression with your own radio station Contact Free Radio Berkeley for further information or to register for the radio camp Free Radio Berkeley, 1442A Walnut St., Suite 406, Berkeley, CA 94709 510-625-0314 xmtrman@pacbell.net http://www.freeradio.org # Please join singer/songwriter/activist Margie Adam for a facilitated labyrinth walk to mark the occasion of BCA's fifteenth anniversary. BCA activists will re-energize and reaffirm their commitment to the work ahead by walking the labyrinth together, a unique act of community-building. This event is BCA's way of thanking people like you who have been generous participants in BCA's work over the past fifteen years. I hope you will join us for this very special occasion. With gratitude and appreciation, Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director Saturday, April 9, 2005, 1-4 p.m. Women's Building Auditorium 3543 18th Street, San Francisco Light refreshments will be provided RSVP : Sarah Lightfoot at 415.243-9301 ext. 17 or via email at slightfoot@bcaction.org http://bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action, New Montgomery St, SF # Apr 9 RAW IN TEN MINUTES is now available in SF at: Valencia St Bookstore 569 Valencia St Thank you Amanda for putting all the books in the Window! Support Valencia Bookstore! My booksigning will be April 9th there! http://www.rawinten.com # http://www.sfvs.org April Potluck & Free Lecture by Dr. Rick Dina (D.C.) Saturday, April 9: Socializing & Appetizers at 6:00 p.m.; Dining at 6:30 p.m.; Lecture at 8:00 p.m. Location: IOA. 3600 Geary Boulevard (see March 6 potluck for direction details). $1 suggested donation for members, their guests, and students bringing food for potluck, $2 for non-members bringing food (add $8 to each category without food). Following the potluck, there will be a lecture on ?A Vegan Diet for Optimum Health.? Dr. Dina has been studying and practicing optimal vegan nutrition for 18 years. After earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Atlanta, GA in 1997, he joined the staff at the True North Health Center under Dr. Alan Goldhamer. In addition to his clinical duties helping patients recover from diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, etc., he conducted informative weekly presentations on pertinent health and nutrition topics. In 2001 he moved to Seattle, WA where he also taught nutrition and natural hygiene principles at Bastyr University, the leading 4-year school for Naturopathic Medicine. He now practices nutrition counseling and chiropractic at the Vitality Health Center of Marin in San Rafael with his wife, Karin, a 15-year vegan who just completed her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in March of 2005. Check their website, http://www.vitalityhealthmarin.com or call them at 415-472-7070. Also, he and Karin just returned from their vegan raw food retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii held in February. For more information on his retreats, past and future, visit his website http://www.hawaii-live.com # Something Else Presents: SPIN THIS! A nite of Dark Electronix “In the beginning there was noise, the noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.” - Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead Come to where the rhythm and noise dance and stomp with one another! SATURDAY April 9th A bold and tantalizing melting mixture of danceable Power Noize, Psy-Trance, Industrial, Drum & Bass,IDM, Breaks, Dark Jungle, Digital Hardcore, Dark Electro ... and anything else that will keep you freaks on the dance floor! Your hosts and musical tourguides: members of The Dark-Tekno Collective= Jawa (Assimilate/Burning Chrome/BAGG/Loma Prieta) Phreaki Boi (PsychoSynthesis/Loma Prieta/The Haven) RMS (katabatik, MMS, POLAR) Sparkle(Astral Psyentists/Outpost23) Featuring very special guests (!!!) Alaric (Necropolis/Infinate Kaos/Video Salon) Mitch (Death Guild Upstairs/Meat)!! Our funky, quirky venue is flipping awesome! We are at the EZ5, located at 682 Commercial St. San Francisco Off of Kearny between Sacramento and Clay. 7p-2a Saturday March 12 21+ w/proper ID FREE B4 9, $1 between 9-11, $3 after Drink special- Sierra on Tap $3 from 7-10 http://www.dark-tekno.com/spinthis/ http://www.ez5bar.com/ http://dark-tekno.tribe.net # Have dinner with us Stay all night - Electric Vardo SF UPdATE - NEXT ELECTRIC VARDO: Sat. April 9 March 11th was a phenomenol night - I hope you'll join us for the upcoming Electric Vardo on April 9th (Saturday) with Ultra Gypsy Dance theater, Rena Jones, Sukhawat Ali Khan, DJ Sep, DJ Dragonfly, Amar, a special Student dance Performance with Ultra gypsy, plus culinary delights from the seriously gourmet kitchen. 8pm-4am. I forgot to mention, JANAKA Selekta of Dhamaal will be joining us. Call me for dinner reservations. Menu and lineup will be posted on http://www.electricvardo.com soon. # April 9, 2005 at the Old Mint in SF ARTSFEST presents: SPECTRABALL http://artsfest.inhousetickets.com/info.php?i=844 # Sun Apr 10 Dear Animal Friends, Please mark your calendars for the Dog March at UCSF Mission Bay Campus! When: Sunday, April 10th, 2005 at 10:45 A.M. Rain or shine. The gathering and the march will last about an hour. Where: Corner of 16th Street and Owens Street, at the Mission Bay Campus Parking: From 16th Street, turn into the unnamed street between Owens and 3rd Street. (3rd Street intersects with 16th Street on the east end.) The parking lot is free on Sunday. The Mission Bay Campus is on the east side of San Francisco, not far from the bay. This is a newly-built branch campus. It is more spacious than the older campus. However, it is likely that the dog experiments, and countless other cruel and unnecessary experiments on monkeys, cats, pigs, sheep, rabbits, mice, hamsters, etc., are still being done at the old main campus. At any rate, we do know that experiments on smaller animals such as mice and rats, or hamsters and guinea pigs, are happening at the new Mission Bay Campus. It has been said that one of the new buildings there will house more monkeys. The buildings are humongous, especially the UCSF Genentech Hall. It would be ideal to have as many well-behaved dogs there as possible, but if you don't have dogs please come, too! There will be snacks and drinks and water for people and pooches. J Sunday is chosen because too many people can’t make it on a weekday, and we need to tell the media that they can expect 100 pooches and people to be there. Please mark your calendars. Please kindly email or call me if you can make it this day: noanimalexperiment@yahoo.com, 650-619-9713, so we can have a minimum confirmed count to promise the media. Thank you for all you do!!! J Sincerely, Michelle (on behalf of groups and people who care) P.S. Please feel free to outreach in any way you can!! Any ideas are welcome, too!! # DOG MARCH AGAINST UCSF EXPERIMENTS Sunday, April 10th, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. The gathering and the march will last an hour. Corner of 16th Street and Owens Street, at the Mission Bay Campus Please Sign Up with noanimalexperiment@yahoo.com Dogs are much-loved pets. But at the University of California San Francisco, they are nothing more than devices for so-called “medical research” to attract millions of dollars of grant money financed by taxpayers. Investigations by animal advocates uncovered recently that UCSF's Dr. Jeffrey Olgin will torment and murder 750 dogs in the next three years, claiming to study the stages of human heart failure. His team will implant pacemakers to make the dogs' hearts beat outrageously fast; they will also surgically destroy their heart valves – all to cause artificial heart failure, from which to gather artificial data to publish. The dogs will suffer in great pain for a period of time ranging from several days to as long as six months before they die, depending on the degree of problems and injuries caused. These experiments are not going to advance human medicine because it is already known that dog hearts - both anatomically and at the cellular level - are very different from those of humans, and better results can be achieved using humane human-based research methods. Cardiologist John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., a member of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine, calls these experiments “contrived” and “futile.” He states, “Better information is available from clinical and epidemiological observations, surgical and procedural results, autopsies, and human studies involving cardiac imaging and electrophysiological tests.” It is already known that a dog’s heart is significantly different from that of a human anatomically, physiologically, and on the cellular level. 100 dogs and their people will gather at UCSF’s newly built Mission Bay Campus to show public outrage towards UCSF's dog experiments, along with other useless and cruel experiments. Animal advocates have made many civilized attempts to persuade the Chancellor J. Michael Bishop to end cruel projects. As the Institutional Official under the Animal Welfare Act, the Chancellor has the power to end projects, but he chooses not to do so. UCSF and its researchers receive $166 Million in grants financed by our tax dollars from the National Institutes of Health per year for projects involving animals. In their response to people's letters, UCSF has stated that they will not dialogue with people concerned about their animal experiments. What follows is a link to the details of Dr. Jeffrey Olgin's dog experiments along with some of the most egregious experiments at UCSF recently uncovered: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1727680.php # Faye Carol / Off the Hook Blues Band --Sun Ap 10, 6pm and 8pm $20 The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors proudly presents the dynamic Miss Faye Carol & her Off The Hook Blues Band. With special guests, Sista Kee (Kito Gamble), & the voices of MITC Coming for 2 shows at the Black Repertory Group, 3201 Adeline St., Berkeley. For more information call CCCO at 510-465-1617 Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO). The GI Rights Hotline (800) 394-9544 http://www.objector.org # April 11 STOP PEPPER SPRAY Q-TIP TORTURE ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS! http://www.nopepperspray.org You're ALL invited to the Pepper Spray Trial! Come witness the trial that will decide the fate of protest and chemical weapons in these times! We need a presence in the courtroom to show support! Trial starts April 11th, 2005 onwards San Francisco Federal Building, Judge Susan Ilston's Courtroom 450 Golden Gate Ave. at Polk (Civic Center BART stop) **Must bring photo ID to get in** Call 510-835-6303 for more info # Reminder: Expose Victoria's Dirty Secret on April 14th Day of Action and Join the Coalition Sign-on Letter http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net/ Victoria's Secret prints 395 million catalogs each year predominately on virgin paper from Endangered Forests. On April 14th you can help stop the devastation caused by these catalogs by challenging Victoria's Secret to stop using paper coming from the world's last remaining Endangered Forests and switching to high post-consumer recycled paper. Don't let Victoria's Secret destroy the Original Spring Collection; our earth's last remaining Endangered Forests! http://www.forestethics.org # BREAST CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT & PROSTATE CANCER AND DIET ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE SERIES Public Health through Environmental Health Thursday, APRIL 14 6:30PM-9:00PM Sponsored by the Santa Clara County Medical Association and Collaborative on Health and the Environment Medicine today focuses most of its attention on diagnosing, controlling or "curing" illness after it has developed, while preventative medicine has taken a back seat. Asthma rates, cancer rates, endocrine disorders and learning disorders are all on the rise. Although diet, smoking cessation and exercise are important, a growing body of scientific evidence points to chemical pollution in the air, water, and food as a major contributor to diseases of our modern culture. Research on endocrine disruptors, heavy metals and industrial pollutants has spawned the emerging field of medicine called Environmental Health. Learn about the important connection between environmental health and public health. This event is one in a series of conferences for physicians. This particular event is free and also open to the public. You are welcome to inform others of this event as well. 6:30PM - Honorable Ira Ruskin, 21st Assembly District * Chairman of the Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials 7:00PM - Breast Cancer and the Environment: State of the Evidence *Jeanne Rizzo, Executive Director, Breast Cancer Fund 7:45PM - Prostate Cancer Suppression using Diet *Natalie Ladesma, R.D. , Nutritionist at UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Location/directions: Santa Clara County Medical Association, 700 Empey Way, San Jose. Take Winchester Blvd. off highway 280 and go south on Moorpark for 1 _ miles. Shortly after highway 17 crosses above you turn right on Empey Way. At the end of the street turn left into the parking lot . 700 Empey Way is a two story brick building. Conference will be held in the upstairs conference rooms. For Information call Jason Deboer at 408-998-8850 ext 3008. # NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION - INCOME TAX IS VOLUNTARY Do not feed the machine April 15th. GENERAL STRIKE Northern California War Tax Resistance announce list. (510) 843-9877 Infor/support for conscientious war tax resisters in the SF Bay Area. http://www.nowartax.org nowartax-subscribe@lists.riseup.net # Five years after thousands of activists came to Washington DC in the first mass show in the U.S. of dissent and solidarity with the global struggle against the World Bank and IMF, the Mobilization for Global Justice is calling for people to come to Washington DC April 15-17th, 2005 to protest the institutions during their semi-annual spring meetings and to celebrate the other, more just world that is under construction due to the daily resistance of millions of people worldwide! For More Information and to Get Involved: Visit http://www.globalizethis.org E-mail mgj@riseup.net # 4/15-17 Washington DC: Spring Mobilization against the World Bank and IMF http://www.ActionLA.org # Chillin' 7th Anniversary brings you 60 fashion designers 60 painters/photographers 60 filmmakers Music by; DJ JOHANSON, Kerowak, DJ Shon, Russell Vargas, Laron, Dirtyhertz and Dave Madix Saturday April 16, 2005 from 8:00pm-2:00am Mezzanine (444 Jessies Street, SF CA 94103) http://www.chillinproductions.com 21+ $5 # 5th Annual Conference for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer Feb 19-20, 2005; 96th Meeting American Association for Cancer Research April 16-20, 2005; SABCS 2005 http://bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action # Let?s create an Environmental Teach-In April 22, which will lead up to Green Cities for the Planet and World Environment Day! Make our city awake! Make San Francisco green! Find a school, classroom, coffee shop, park, church, corner, or other place that will hold a Teach-In on April 22 and organize a learning event for our beautiful planet Earth! Let?s get everyone involved, and create events like talks, slide shows, discussion groups, music, poetry, and open mikes for Earth, all over the place on April 22! Recruit expert speakers to increase our community's knowledge! Post your event! Add refined ideas that come from the events on the World Environment Day Green Cities Declaration draft WIKI http://www.wed2005.org/wiki for our children?s children here on Earth! # XARA DULZARA - SOUTHERN CAL. EVENT 4/22-4/24 Xara's Third Annual Creative Mythology Festival The Xara Project April 22-April 24 http://members.cox.net/xara-project/default.htm other regional events: http://burningman.com # Apr 22-24 Bay Area Polyfamilies Campout Mt. Tamalpais State Park. http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=471 carpool: Sally 415- 310-8351 or email brightfritz@comcast.net # Earth Day Beach Clean Up! (sunset / parkside) Sat Apr 23, 1-4pm Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) and The Surfrider Foundation meeting near entrance #17, across from the Beach Chalet (between Fulton and Lincoln on the Great Highway). Clean up Ocean Beach in the name of Earth Day while winning great prizes and learning more about our aquatic environment. The clean up will take approximately 1-1.5 hours and clean-up contest winners and the Raffle Prize drawing will begin immediately after the clean up. What to Bring and Wear: Clothes appropriate for the weather, snacks, sunscreen, hat, water and whatever else you feel like bringing for a day at the beach. Please B.Y.O food, if you want, for post-even activities. http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=ADWBTNLBJFOLIFQUDLEF # Sunday, April 24, 2005, ALL Day MARIN EARTH DAY 2005 College of Marin, Kentfield # Mon. April 25, 2005, 11 a.m. - 12 noon Corporate Globalization: Michael Greger, M.D. Trading Away Our Right to Protect Animals Ocean Avenue Campus City College of San Francisco 50 Phelan Street Conlan Hall, Room E - 101 # "Stopping Cancer Before It Starts." April 25, free Dr. Michael Greger will be speaking for SFVS on Monday evening, April 25, 2005 on "Stopping Cancer Before It Starts." He will be speaking at 3600 Geary, at 7:30 p.m. He needs an LCD monitor or projector (equipment that can be plugged into his laptop in order to project pictures on a screen). Does anyone out there have an LCD that he could use that evening? If so, please e-mail Nancy Loewen at nloewen@ioaging.org to let her know. Thank you so very much. This will help enormously. http://www.bayareaveg.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFVeg/ http://www.vegdining.com http://www.sfvs.org Living Foods: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFLivingFoods/ due to my high amount of emails, I am unable to answer everyone's emails on vegetarian questions. # Mon, Apr 25 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Arcadia 2005: Artists Celebrate Trees http://SomArtsk.org Gallery 934 Brannan @ 8th St. http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # TOAST! ARIZONA REGIONAL BURN April 28-May 1st, 2005 Witch Well, Arizona Announcing Toast! the Arizona regional burn 2005, brought to you by the Azburners, Burning Man's Arizona regional community. Come out to Witch Well Arizona and enjoy 4 days of artistic creation and interactive participation within the ethos and culture of Black Rock City. Toast 2005 is April 28th -May 1st . Tickets are already on sale. For more info see http://www.toast-town.org Be there or be square! For more info on Arizona based regional events contact Arizona@burningman.com, Phoenix@burningman.com or check out the regional website, http://www.azburners.org May 2005 # Build It Green Home Tour - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! May 1st, 2005 11am-5pm Locations throughout Alameda & Contra Costa Counties http://www.buildgreennow.org http://www.urbanecology.org/volunteer.htm # Bicycle Film Festival: Call For Entries Sunday, May 1 2005 - Tuesday, May 31 2005 New York, Los Angles, San Francisco, Tokyo, and London! Haight Ashbury 212 726 8505 http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com # San Francisco Sex Worker Festival 2005 Sunday, May 1 2005 - Sunday, May 8 2005 Roxie Cinema 3117 16th St @ Valencia http://www.bayswan.org Providing information about sex worker rights and issues. BAYSWAN is specifically geared towards sex workers as well as activists, students and faculty. BAYSWAN, Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network, is a collaborative project providing information for sex workers and about the sex industries. 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Perhaps a new simple document type which includes a couple of fields; Enthusiasts call Web feed next big thing By Frank Bajak, AP Technology Editor, 2/27/2004 NEW YORK E-mail is crippled, concussed by an irrepressible spam stream. Web surfing can be equally confounding, a wobbly wade through bursts of pop-ups and loudmouthed video ads. ADVERTISEMENT And that may explain the excitement these days over a somewhat crude but nifty software tool that automatically delivers updated information to your computer directly from your favorite Web sites. Enthusiasts see these Web feeds as sketching the outline of the next Net revolution. The technology behind them is called RSS and I rely on it daily to consult The New York Times, the BBC, CNET News, Slashdot and a few dozen other Web sites that employ RSS to make the very latest news stories or bits of commentary available for the plucking. Aided by software on my computer that goes out and retrieves my feeds, I swiftly sort through headlines and summaries. By clicking on included hyperlinks, I can visit originating sites for more detail. For an average Internet user who regularly visits about 50 Web sites, rather than have to go visit those 50 sites wouldnt it be cool if those sites could somehow visit you? And not only that, but if they could also tell you when theyve changed? said Greg Reinacker, head of NewsGator, which sells an add-on for Microsofts Outlook e-mail client that offers one leading way to read feeds. Hundreds of thousands of Web feeds are available, spurred by the popularity of Web logs, which account for their bulk. One site that has been sorting feeds since 2001, Syndicat8.com, added 7,326 in Januaryits biggest monthly jumpto its collection of more than 53,000 information streams. Some of that upsurge was election year fever as Democratic presidential candidates led by Howard Dean daily turned on the RSS spigot to broadcast to supporters. But Web feeds are no Howard-come-lately. Info generators of all kindsbig media, government and non-profits alikeare embracing them. Disney leverages the technology to deliver video clips for ESPN.com and ABCNews.com. Apples iTunes generates a feed to alert subscribers to its latest sounds. Anyone who builds a Web site can incorporate Web feeds. If it lives on the Web, it can be brought to your desktopor to your wireless device, for that matter. Human Rights Watch keeps activists current with feeds sorted by region. The U.S. Geological Surveys feeds let seismologists immediately know where the world is shaking. The U.S. Product Safety Commission just began providing recall notices via RSS. General Motors offers feeds on topics including safety and automotive tech. And a growing number of companies use feeds to disseminate info internally. If youre not reading it in RSS youre wasting your time, declaimed Microsofts blogging evangelist, Robert Scoble, who says he subscribes to nearly 1,300 feeds. RSS has been called the TiVo of the Web, the first killer app of the anticipated automation of social and commercial transactions online using the Webs second-generation XML (extensible markup language) standard. Alas, youll not find the tools for handling RSS in your Microsoft Windows operating system. Not yet, anyway. Youve got to go out and get them, just like you had to download Netscape or one of its competitors in 1994 when you wanted a Web browser. But the writing is on the wall. And its not graffiti; the feeds are spam-freethough advertising may be pumped through some eventually. Yahoo and Google recently embraced Web feeds, and Microsoft is expected to incorporate tools for managing them in its next-generation operating system, code-named Longhorn. Yahoos new search engine trolls through RSS feeds in addition to Web pages. And a five-person company called Feedster.com is trying to build a business around customizing searches of 500,000 feedsand then delivering you the search results in a single feed. RSS feeds vary in length and capability. Depending on how a Web site decides to serve them up and how a given aggregator wants to organize them, feeds can be simple, spare text or bold and multimedia-flashy. And thats what makes them both exciting and frustrating. First, its not simple for the non-techie to configure RSS. If theyre obvious on a Web page, the feeds generally are offered as orange buttons that read XML or RSS. Theres no uniformity to feeds, though the best include a good headline and a succinct summary. You can choose to have feeds delivered to your desktop or gathered by a Web-based service. It can be really hard to get people to look at it. I tried to get my father, who is a news junkie, to look at it and he wouldnt, conceded blogging guru Dave Winer, who created the Web-based aggregator Radio Userland. Programmers whove developed rival versions of RSS since its 1999 inventionprimarily by Winer and folks at Netscapecant agree on what RSS is supposed to stand for. Winers preference is Really Simple Syndication (RDF Site Summary and Rich Site Summary are the other options). At least its nothing like the fiasco of 1997 known as push technology and incarnate in PointCast, which wrote its death warrant by clogging hard drives and crashing operating systems as it delivered updated information to subscribers. RSS is more pull than push. Your aggregator retrieves the updated material from the feed-offering Web site at set time intervals. For an introduction, My.Yahoo.com offers a dumbed-down beta version. Web-based aggregators including FastBuzz.com and Bloglines.com are popular because theres no software to downloadand theyre free. FeedDemon, a downloadable cross between an e-mail client and a Web browser, is feature-packed and costs $30. NetNewsWire for the Mac, also a download, costs $40. If only the RSS prophets would stop squabbling. Winer is among those who consider the standard complete; others insist it must become more versatile if its to be an engine of the next-generation Interneta smarter, two-way street rather than just a blind delivery vehicle. Anil Dash, vice president of business development for Six Apart, whose Movable Type is among the Webs leading blogging products, says RSS is broken. He promotes a more robust and flexible alternative called Atom that got a big boost when Blogger.com, Googles blogging service, began supporting it in January. As with most technologies, the market will settle these scores. But first, the market itself has to develop. Major content providers want to ensure that any feeds they offer drive traffic back to their Web sites. The benefit to us is were distributing our headlines and the users come back to the site, said Catherine Levene, vice president for business development at New York Times Digital, which has been quietly offering feeds for two years. Many RSS-watchers predict Web feeds will eventually morph into ad-delivery vehicles because it can be expensive to run a Web site that serves up hundreds of thousands of feeds daily, draining bandwidth. Nevertheless, boosters like Jeremy Zawodny, a software engineer at Yahoo who promoted RSS feeds there, are convinced that 2004 will be the year the technology goes mainstream. Remember when you first starting seeing URLs appear on billboards and at the end of movie trailers? Zawodny wrote in his blog in December. Its going to be like that. One day were just going to look around and realize that RSS is popping up all over the place. And a couple years later, well all wonder how we ever got along without it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Bajak can be reached at techeditor(at)ap.org Posted in General | Edit | No Comments » GOOGLE FEEDS RSS FEEDS LINKS February 19th, 2005 RDF Resources tools Dave Becketts RDF Resource Guide http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/rdf/resources/ An extensive and annotated collection of links to RDF documents and software, updated frequently. Extensibility http://www.rundom.com/extensibility/ Details on this XML, Semantic web, and web services metablog and news aggregator. Hyphen.info http://www.hyphen.info/ Repository of RDF hierarchies. Introduction to RSS News Feeds http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/w-rss.html Find out how to create and use RSS files and learn what they can do for you. See why companies like Netscape, Userland, and Moreover use RSS to distribute and syndicate article summaries and headlines. This article includes sample code that demonstrates elements of an RSS file, plus a Perl example using the module XML::RSS. PML - http://iw.stanford.edu/pmldescription.html Proof Markup Language is used to build OWL documents representing both proofs and proof provenance information. RDF Interest Group http://www.w3.org/RDF/Interest/ The main discussion forum for RDF developers and users. RDF Logic Mailing List http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-rdf-logic/ Provides a forum for technical discussion concerning the design of logic-based languages for use on the Web. RDF Resources http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/rdf/ Links to various documentation of RDF sources. RDF-DEV : A Site for RDF Developers http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/discovery/rdf-dev/ Resources database containing links to guides, papers, tools, and standards in addition to the archives of the (now closed) RDF-DEV mailing list. Resource Description Framework http://www.w3.org/RDF/ Official pages from the World Wide Web Consortium, includes the specification, resources and news, and a links collection. SchemaWeb http://www.schemaweb.info/ Repository for RDF schemas expressed in the RDFS, OWL, and DAML+OIL schema languages. Posted in General | Edit | 1 Comment » December 31st, 1969 elcome to WordPress. This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! 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Arts / Cinema REVENGE by ANTHONY LANE NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 A successful journalist and single mother, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), moves from Seattle to the small coastal town of Astoria, Oregon. She makes the change, accompanied by her young son, Aidan (David Dorfman), for all the usual reasons. One, because now is a good time to escape from the dripping, milk-white spectre of a woman that used to rise out of a dark well and freeze the Kellers’ existence into a howling wasteland of intolerable fear; and, two, because we can all use a little downsizing. Keywords: “The Ring Two” and “Oldboy.” Arts / Music Finding the Innocence in Experience By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times March 26, 2005 At Carenegie Hall on Thursday, this pianist, in good form at age 74, played difficult works with studied spontaneity and thoughtful thoughtlessness. Persons: Brendel, Alfred Keywords: Music;Classical Music From a Former Child Prodigy, a Bold Statement on Beethoven By JEREMY EICHLER The New York Times March 26, 2005 The Canadian violinist, a former child prodigy, is a formidable talent whose playing combines spontaneity and a technique with old-world charm. Persons: Cerovsek, Corey Keywords: Music;Classical Music Complexities and Wonder in the Otherworldly Visions of Bach and Messiaen By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 26, 2005 Though he failed to gel with the Philharmonic when he made his debut in 1987, the conductor Kent Nagano is back in a big way. Persons: Nagano, Kent The Protocols of Going to the Danish Opera (and Going Home) By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 26, 2005 In Denmark's popular but still controversial new opera house, arriving early and lingering late seem to be part of the experience. Keywords: Opera Interpreting Bach's Interpretation of Contemporaries By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times March 25, 2005 Mr. Tharaud offered crisply articulated and vividly etched playing in his program of works by Vivaldi and both Alessandro and Benedetto Marcello at the Miller Theater on Wednesday. Keywords: Classical Music Wrestling With a 'Lolita' Opera and Losing By DANIEL J. WAKIN The New York Times March 24, 2005 The composer John Harbison pulled the plug on his opera based on Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" after being widely counseled to drop the project. Persons: Harbison, John;Nabokov, Vladimir Keywords: Opera;Classical Music A 3-Day Walk Sharpens the Appetite for a Concert By JAMES R. OESTREICH The New York Times March 24, 2005 A three-day, 33-mile Bach walk through New Jersey and Staten Island? It's not easy to explain. Keywords: Music;Classical Music;Walking Beyond Minimalism: The Later Works of John Adams By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times March 23, 2005 Carnegie Hall's composer in residence led a student ensemble in a zesty account of his Chamber Symphony on Monday. Persons: Adams, John Keywords: Classical Music Baroque, but Swelling and Fading Into Another Era's Style By ALLAN KOZINN The New York Times March 22, 2005 The orchestra played its program of Pergolesi and Salamone Rossi with unbridled lushness at the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday. Keywords: Classical Music In a Contest of Young Voices, a Battle Over What May Be By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times March 22, 2005 Many of the young finalists in the Met's competition on Sunday showed promising vocal qualities that should warm and deepen with time. Keywords: Opera Trading the Dangers of War for the Perils of Love By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 22, 2005 The new production of Handel's "Orlando" has a splendid cast, headed by the exciting countertenor Bejun Mehta in the title role. Persons: Mehta, Bejun Keywords: Opera KAFKA SINGS by ALEX ROSS NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 The Danish composer Poul Ruders is one of contemporary music’s free agents—a lover of sweet melodies with a yen for dark chords, a comedian with a flair for apocalypse. His previous opera, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” made sonic thunder out of Margaret Atwood’s novel of a dystopian America ruled by Christian fundamentalists. Keywords: Two new operas: Ruders’s “Kafka’s Trial,” Adamo’s “Lysistrata.” Absence Makes a Concert Rarer and More Tragic By BERNARD HOLLAND The New York Times March 21, 2005 The trio chose interesting works by Mozart, Schubert and Gideon Klein to suit their violin-viola-cello combination at Zankel Hall on Saturday. Persons: Zehetmair, Thomas Keywords: Classical Music Songs From Mother Russia, Delivered by a Native Son By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 21, 2005 The splendid recital at Carnegie Hall on Friday by baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and pianist Ivari Ilja included works by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rachmaninoff. Persons: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri Keywords: Classical Music Boisterous Beethoven, Brooding Brahms ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 20, 2005 Martha Argerich has ideal collaborators for a recording of Beethoven concertos; new works by Esa-Pekka Salonen; the London Philharmonic plays Brahms. Persons: Argerich, Martha;Abbado, Claudio Keywords: Music;Classical Music;Recordings (Audio) Handel, Outside the Lines By PAUL GRIFFITHS The New York Times March 20, 2005 For "Orlando," Handel borrowed from an epic to create a bold and fantastical opera. Keywords: Opera;Music;Classical Music Wanted: A New Cheerleader for Opera By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The New York Times March 20, 2005 Who will take Beverly Sills's place as a media personality, as the public face of opera and the performing arts? Sad to say, no one. Persons: Sills, Beverly;Burnett, Carol;Carson, Johnny;Fleming, Renee;Bernstein, Leonard;Voigt, Deborah Keywords: Opera;Television;Classical Music Arts / Theatre MARCH MADNESS by JOHN LAHR NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 Silliness is an assertion of youthfulness, a playful raspberry blown at everything that weighs us down—history, theology, psychology, and, especially, mortality. If you’re looking for a theme to the inspired antics of “Spamalot” (at the Shubert)—a musical that is, according to the marquee, “lovingly ripped off” from the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”—you’ll find it on a twenty-five-dollar T-shirt that’s for sale in the lobby: “i’m not dead yet . . .,” it says. Blurb The Scalia Court NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 In this week’s print issue, Margaret Talbot profiles the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Here, she talks to The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson about Scalia’s legal philosophy, why conservatives love him, and why he makes so many people so angry. Books Baseball's Greatest, Bleakest Season By MICHIKO KAKUTANI The New York Times March 25, 2005 Readers' reactions to two new books about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry will depend on their team allegiances. Persons: Shaughnessy, Dan Keywords: Books and Literature;Baseball;World Series We All Have a Life. Must We All Write About It? By WILLIAM GRIMES The New York Times March 25, 2005 The memoir genre has become so inclusive that it's almost impossible to imagine which life experiences do not qualify as memoir material. Persons: Grant, Ulysses S;Moore, Judith;Gomez, Carlos;Ruhlman, Michael;Fleischer, Ari;Walls, Jeannette;Beck, Martha;Wilder, Gene;Holland, Barbara;Bentley, Toni;Moaveni, Azadeh;Orwell, George;Levison, Iain;Zinsser, William;Seligman, Daniel;Sacks, Oliver;Atlas, James Keywords: Books and Literature;Writing and Writers Revolutionary Science by Jed Z. Buchwald American Scientist March-April 2005 Revolutionary science -- the forging of science in France Keywords: "Science and Polity in France: The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Years" by Charles Coulston Gillispie Untangling the Threads of the Enron Fraud By CHARLES R. MORRIS The New York Times March 24, 2005 Written in a cinematic style, Kurt Eichenwald's book reconstructs a monumental business disaster. Persons: Eichenwald, Kurt Keywords: Books and Literature;Frauds and Swindling;Bankruptcies;Executives and Management;Securities and Commodities Violations Founding Curmudgeon Who Spared the Nation a War By WILLIAM GRIMES The New York Times March 23, 2005 James Grant approaches Adams with deep sympathy and admiration, while acknowledging his character flaws. Persons: Grant, James;Adams, John Keywords: Books and Literature;Biographical Information;History Intelligence in Recent Public Literature Reviewed by Hayden B. Peake CIA No spy novel can capture the twists and turns that a genuine spy goes through in pursuit of his mission of treachery and betrayal. Keywords: "The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage Reality of Espionage" By Frederick P. Hitz. A Boy's Epic Quest, Borough by Borough By MICHIKO KAKUTANI The New York Times March 22, 2005 Jonathan Safran Foer's new novel explores the nature of grief through the experiences of a 9-year-old boy whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. Persons: Foer, Jonathan Safran Keywords: Books and Literature Briefly Noted NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 SOMETHING ABOUT KATHY by LOUIS MENAND NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 The triangle is a standard one: Kathy is attracted to Tommy; Tommy gets involved with Ruth, who is also Kathy’s best friend; Ruth knows that Tommy is really in love with Kathy; Kathy gets Tommy in the end, although they both realize that it is too late, and that they have missed their best years. Their lives are short; they know that they are doomed. So the small betrayal leaves an enormous wound. As is customary with Ishiguro, the narrator, Kathy, is ingenuous but keenly desirous of telling us how it was, the prose feels self-consciously stilted and banal, and the psychology is not deep. Keywords: “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro INCOMMENSURABILITY by JOHN UPDIKE NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 Garff’s compendious yet lively work is undeniably a Danish biography; it assumes on the part of its readers a prior acquaintance with, say, the poetry of Adam Oehlenschläger and the intellectuality of King Christian VIII, a firm sense of what the rix-dollar could buy in the eighteen-forties, and a Copenhagener’s inherent familiarity with the saga of his world-famous, locally notorious fellow-townsman Magister Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. Keywords: “Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography” by Joakim Garff, translated from the Danish by Bruce H. Kirmmse For Every Predicament, a Thingamajig to Solve It By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH The New York Times March 21, 2005 Kenji Kawakami's and Richard Ross's books prompt speculation regarding what the world might be like if ingenuity were applied to less unuseless projects. Keywords: Books and Literature;Inventions and Patents A German-Jewish Publication Adjusts to Changing Times By ANDREAS TZORTZIS The New York Times March 21, 2005 Aufbau, formerly one of the world's most important Jewish voices, resumed publication in February with the bold goal of pushing Europe's German-speaking Jews. Keywords: Books and Literature;Jews For 'Code' Author, 24 Months in a Circus By EDWARD WYATT The New York Times March 21, 2005 Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code," has all but gone into hiding, as fame — and expectations for his next novel — grows bigger every day. Persons: Brown, Dan Keywords: Books and Literature;Writing and Writers The Flawed Report on Dan Rather By James C. Goodale The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 Report of the Independent Review Panel on the September 8, 2004 60 Minutes Wednesday Segment "For the Record" Concerning President Bush's Texas Air National Guard Service by Dick Thornburgh and Louis D. Boccardi A Double Life in Black and White By Patricia Storace The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 The two volumes of Persepolis, the implacably witty and fearless "graphic memoir" of the Iranian illustrator Marjane Satrapi, relate through an inseparable fusion of cartoon images and verbal narrative the story of a privileged young girl's childhood experience of Iran's revolution of 1979, its eight-year war with Iraq, her exile to Austria during her high school years, and her subsequent experience as a university student, young artist, and wife in Tehran after her return to Iran from Europe in 1998. After the Last Battle By Margaret Atwood The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 The novella-length fiction Visa for Avalon by the writer who called herself Bryher was first published in 1965 and was reissued by the Paris Press in 2004, before the US presidential election of that year. Since it is set in the future—a future in which violent mass movements are causing uproar and a controlling government is restricting the freedom of ordinary citizens—it was seen by both its publisher, Jan Freeman, and by its introducer, Susan McCabe, as a book with a lot to say about the squeeze being put on liberal democracy by such draconian measures as the Patriot Act in the United States, and by similar tendencies elsewhere. Keywords: "Visa for Avalon" by Bryher, with an introduction by Susan McCabe Welcome to New Dork By John Leonard The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 Keywords: "Men and Cartoons" by Jonathan Lethem. "The Disappointment Artist" by Jonathan Lethem. "The Fortress of Solitude" by Jonathan Lethem The Making of William Faulkner By J. M. Coetzee The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 "Now I realise for the first time," wrote William Faulkner to a woman friend, looking back from the vantage point of his mid-fifties, "what an amazing gift I had: uneducated in every formal sense, without even very literate, let alone literary, companions, yet to have made the things I made. I don't know where it came from. I don't know why God or gods or whoever it was, selected me to be the vessel." Keywords: "One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner" by Jay Parini More Than Fit to Print By Anthony Lewis The New York Review of Books April 7, 2005 It was June 13, 1971, when The New York Times began publishing long articles on, and excerpts from, what came to be known as the Pentagon Papers: a secret history of the Vietnam War, prepared in the Pentagon. The uproar occasioned by the publication is dim and distant now; even among those who remember it, many probably think the whole episode did not matter much in the end. But it mattered a lot. Keywords: "Inside the Pentagon Papers" edited by John Prados and Margaret Pratt Porter Books / First Chapters 'Saturday' By IAN McEWAN The New York Times March 20, 2005 "Henry thinks the city is a success, a brilliant invention, a biological masterpiece — millions teeming around the accumulated and layered achievements of the centuries . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Blockbuster' By TOM SHONE The New York Times March 20, 2005 "One audience member got up and ... ran to the bathroom, where he promptly threw up before returning to his seat. That's when Spielberg knew he had a hit." Keywords: Books and Literature 'The Big Picture' By EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN The New York Times March 20, 2005 "In an average week in 1947, 90 million Americans, out of a total population of only 151 million, went to a movie, paying on the average forty cents for a ticket." Keywords: Books and Literature 'The Angel of Forgetfulness' By STEVE STERN The New York Times March 20, 2005 "New York in 1969 was not hospitable to my brand of wistful self-pity. In truth, I was tired of it myself . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature 'DisneyWar' By JAMES B. STEWART The New York Times March 20, 2005 "Even though [Roy E. Disney] had brought [Michael] Eisner to the company almost twenty years ago, he now felt deceived and betrayed by him." Keywords: Books and Literature 'When Trumpets Call' By PATRICIA O'TOOLE The New York Times March 20, 2005 "Pledged to silence on American politics, [Theodore] Roosevelt uncaged his political energies on behalf of British imperialism." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Who the Hell's in It' By PETER BOGDANOVICH The New York Times March 20, 2005 "The first and only star I ever asked for an autograph was Marlon Brando; he was also the first star I had met." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Enchantments' By LINDA FERRI The New York Times March 20, 2005 "Not long after that I see an upheaval in our house and a parade of furniture, trunks, and suitcases going down the stairs." Keywords: Books and Literature 'Rebels on the Backlot' By SHARON WAXMAN The New York Times March 20, 2005 "In the 1990's the buzz machine, the sprawling, relentless entertainment media, became the very engine that made Hollywood run . . ." Keywords: Books and Literature Books / Sunday Book Review Up Front By THE EDITORS The New York Times March 20, 2005 IN this issue, we feature two pieces on one of publishing's less savory open secrets: ghostwriting. In his essay ''Ghosts in the Machine,'' on Page 7, Joe Queenan rails against ghosted books, especially those supposedly written by politicians and public figures, and argues that readers (and voters) should care who wrote the words they're reading. And from London, Sarah Lyall writes on the unmasking of Jennie Erdal, whose forthcoming book, ''Ghosting,'' documents how she wrote everything from newspaper columns to novels for the businessman and publisher Naim Attallah. For the article, Lyall interviewed both ghost and ghosted. ''What struck me most in talking to them was that, like a couple in the aftermath of an emotional divorce, neither seems quite to have recovered from or resolved their lingering feelings about the other,'' she says. Lyall, who has been a keen observer of the literary scene for some time, was one of The Times's liveliest publishing reporters when she had the beat in the early 90's. After starting as a news clerk in the Washington bureau in 1986, Lyall covered the New York City Police Department, Long Island and Albany. But nothing quite prepared her for publishing, an industry that likes reporters in theory but not always in practice. ''The New York State Legislature may have been a hotbed of gossip, treachery and paranoia, but it was nothing compared to the publishing industry,'' she says. ''Never have the people I covered parsed my articles so carefully or taken them so seriously.'' Since 1995 Lyall has been a reporter in The Times's London bureau. She finds publishing culture in London ''a little more relaxed'' than in New York. ''British publishers like to affect an insouciance that Americans don't have,'' she says. ''And they certainly drink a lot more.'' The Editors. Persons: Queenan, Joe;Lyall, Sarah Keywords: Books and Literature 'Saturday': One Day in the Life By ZOE HELLER The New York Times March 20, 2005 In a world that can present us with the phantasmagorical spectacle of 9/11, thinks Ian McEwan's protagonist, what has fiction to offer? Persons: McEwan, Ian Keywords: Books and Literature Ghosts in the Machine By JOE QUEENAN The New York Times March 20, 2005 By positioning a ghostwriter between a celebrity and the public, the publishing industry is doing fans of the joyously cretinous a terrible disservice. Persons: de Gaulle, Charles;Malraux, Andre;Kennedy, John Fitzgerald;Barkley, Charles;Clinton, Hillary Rodham;Gingrich, Newt;Russert, Tim;Mallon, Thomas;Quayle, Dan Keywords: Books and Literature;Writing and Writers 'Blockbuster' and 'The Big Picture': I Am Large, I Contain Multiplexes By NEIL GENZLINGER The New York Times March 20, 2005 New books by Tom Shone and Edward Jay Epstein describe the seismic change in the way movies are conceived, made and marketed. Persons: Shone, Tom;Epstein, Edward Jay Keywords: Books and Literature;Motion Pictures;Advertising;Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Inside the List By DWIGHT GARNER The New York Times March 20, 2005 A prequel to the "Left Behind" series describes the birth of the Antichrist; also, most readers find books by word of mouth, a survey says. Persons: LaHaye, Tim;Jenkins, Jerry B Keywords: Books and Literature Editors' Choice The New York Times March 20, 2005 Recently reviewed books of particular interest. 'God's Gym': Pumping Irony By TERRENCE RAFFERTY The New York Times March 20, 2005 John Edgar Wideman flirts with a deeply personal kind of literary madness in these stories. Persons: Wideman, John Edgar Keywords: Books and Literature Paperback Row By IHSAN TAYLOR The New York Times March 20, 2005 Titles recently available in paperback. 'Dark Hero of the Information Age': The Original Computer Geek By CLIVE THOMPSON The New York Times March 20, 2005 Norbert Wiener, the inventor of cybernetics, should be better known, say his biographers, Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman. Persons: Wiener, Norbert Keywords: Books and Literature;Science and Technology Science Fiction: Across the Universe By GERALD JONAS The New York Times March 20, 2005 In Peter Watts's "Behemoth," the creator of a massively destructive microbe has regrets. Also reviewed: Mark Budz, Justina Robson and Douglas Adams. Persons: Watts, Peter;Adams, Douglas Keywords: Books and Literature 'Husband of a Fanatic': Sleeping With the Enemy By CHRISTOPHER DE BELLAIGUE The New York Times March 20, 2005 Amitava Kumar, an Indian Hindu who married a Pakistani Muslim, ruminates on Hindu-Muslim tensions in India and its diaspora. Persons: Kumar, Amitava Keywords: Books and Literature;Hinduism;Islam;Marriages 'The New New Journalism': Gonzos for the 21st Century By JACK SHAFER The New York Times March 20, 2005 Robert S. Boynton interviews representatives of the next generation of journalists, who regard truth as more important than a fancy prose style. Persons: Boynton, Robert S Keywords: Books and Literature;Writing and Writers;News and News Media 'The Angel of Forgetfulness': Migration of Souls By FERNANDA EBERSTADT The New York Times March 20, 2005 Steve Stern's new novel travels back and forward in time, from New York to Arkansas to Prague. Keywords: Books and Literature 'Disneywar': The Mickey Mouse Club By JOHN LEONARD The New York Times March 20, 2005 James B. Stewart takes us inside the corporate boardroom at Disney in the reign of Michael Eisner. Persons: Stewart, James B;Eisner, Michael Keywords: Books and Literature;Motion Pictures 'When Trumpets Call': Not Speaking Softly By JEFF SHESOL The New York Times March 20, 2005 Theodore Roosevelt was a royal pain after he left the White House. Patricia O'Toole's chronicle of those years is a parable of powerlessness. Persons: O'Toole, Patricia;Roosevelt, Theodore;Taft, William Howard Keywords: Books and Literature;Biographical Information;History;Politics and Government;Presidents and Presidency (US) 'Who the Hell's in It': Breathless By STEPHANIE ZACHAREK The New York Times March 20, 2005 Peter Bogdanovich is plainly dazzled by the movie stars he profiles in this collection. Persons: Bogdanovich, Peter Keywords: Books and Literature;Motion Pictures;Actors and Actresses 'Enchantments': All in the Famiglia By MINNA PROCTOR The New York Times March 20, 2005 This first novel by Linda Ferri, an Italian screenwriter, traces a child's attempts to find some order in her world. Persons: Casey, John Keywords: Books and Literature 'Rebels on the Backlot': Fight Club By KEN TUCKER The New York Times March 20, 2005 Sharon Waxman studies six directors who are conquerors some of the time and rude, eccentric man-boys all of the time. Persons: Waxman, Sharon;Tarantino, Quentin;Soderbergh, Steven;Fincher, David;Anderson, Paul Thomas;Russell, David O;Jonze, Spike Keywords: Books and Literature;Motion Pictures Churchill; Subtitles; Sins of Commission in Iran The New York Times March 20, 2005 Keywords: Books and Literature Canada Canada May Be a Close Neighbor, but It Proudly Keeps Its Distance By CLIFFORD KRAUSS The New York Times March 23, 2005 With the possible exception of France, no traditional ally has been more consistently at odds with the United States than has Canada. Keywords: International Relations;International Relations;History Essay Where to build a power station to save the world? Let’s toss for it by Anjana Ahuja Times Online March 21, 2005 So where do we build the world's biggest fusion reactor? Trading Places by Peter F. Drucker The National Interest Spring 2005 There were 7,258 multinationals in 1969. By 2000, there were 63,000, with 80% of the world’s industrial output. And that’s just for starters Cloak and Classroom By DAVID GLENN The Chronicle of Higher Education March 25, 2005 Call it an ROTC program for the CIA: young researchers are trained to analyze global conflicts in the interests of national security. Give nukes a chance: Can the spread of nuclear weapons make us safer? By Drake Bennett Boston Globe March 20, 2005 “Any country that gave nukes to terrorists to turn on the U.S. would disappear from the face of the earth.” But what will have disappeared first? Don't Fear the Shiites By Reuel Marc Gerecht The American Enterprise Online April/May 2005 The deeply religious Shiite clerics--who exhibit little personal warmth, are inclined to talk elliptically or dismissively to foreigners, and are endowed with the hubris of accomplished lawyers--were not exactly backslapping partners. Bird's Eye By Karl Zinsmeister The American Enterprise Online April/May 2005 The first Islamic democracies will not likely be places for a family vacation. They may even be quite anti-American. But so is France. The Gulag: Lest We Forget by Anne Applebaum Hoover Digest 2005 Winter Issue Russia today: the old Soviet secret police kept their apartments, dachas, and pensions. Their victims, Anne Applebaum explains, remain poor and marginal. Fiction A SECRET STATION by DAVID GATES NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 Health Florida Officials Seek a Link in 15 Cases of a Kidney Illness By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The New York Times March 26, 2005 Fifteen people in Florida who visited agricultural fairs have developed a life-threatening kidney disease or are infected with bacteria that can cause it. Keywords: Children and Youth;Livestock F.D.A. Approves Monthly Osteoporosis Pill By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The New York Times March 26, 2005 A once-a-month pill to help women battle the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Keywords: Bones New Vaccine Said to Offer Hope Against Deadly Bacterium By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The New York Times March 25, 2005 A vaccine tested in West Africa could save thousands of children who die each year from bacterial infections, scientists reported. Keywords: Vaccination and Immunization;Bacteria;Third World and Developing Countries India Alters Law on Drug Patents By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The New York Times March 24, 2005 India, a major source of inexpensive AIDS drugs, passed a new law that activists fear will choke off their supply to poor countries. Keywords: Drugs (Pharmaceuticals);Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) A Study Ties Loss of a Child to Mental Ills By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times March 24, 2005 The death of a child not only alters a family but also sharply increases the risk that parents will later be hospitalized for a mental illness, researchers said. Keywords: Mental Health and Disorders;Medicine and Health TB Declines, but Not in Immigrants By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The New York Times March 22, 2005 Tuberculosis rates in the United States reached an all-time low in 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week. Keywords: Medicine and Health Prevention: When the Smoke Doesn't Clear By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 22, 2005 Schools around the country offer a wide variety of programs to keep students from smoking, but a new study suggests that they all have one thing in common: they don't work. Keywords: Smoking and Tobacco;Education and Schools Hazards: Play It Safe and Don't Be a Turkey By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 22, 2005 For hunters, the most dangerous game may be turkeys, at least in Pennsylvania. Keywords: Hunting and Trapping Infections: No Flier Miles for Airborne Germs By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 22, 2005 Even though diseases as serious as SARS and tuberculosis have been spread on airline flights, the air in a jetliner is probably no more likely to carry infections than most other closely confined spaces, a review of studies has found. Keywords: Airlines and Airplanes;Respiratory Diseases Where We Live: Highest Heights for Added Years By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 22, 2005 A new study of a Greek village may show that living high may mean living longer. Keywords: Age, Chronological New Openness in Deciding When and How to Die By JOHN SCHWARTZ The New York Times March 21, 2005 Many Americans are taking an active role in their own deaths, some with the help of their doctors and others through actions of their own that blur the definition of suicide. Persons: Schiavo, Terri Keywords: Death and Dying;Suicides and Suicide Attempts;Medicine and Health You Think Your Elbow Hurts! Well, Let Me Tell You . . . By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. The New York Times March 22, 2005 Eventually, doctors learn to keep their pains to themselves. Keywords: Doctors;Medicine and Health The Claim: Babies Tend to Look Like Their Fathers By ANAHAD O'CONNOR The New York Times March 22, 2005 Does the baby look like me? Studies suggest that, for fathers, the answer is usually yes. Keywords: Babies Finding Medical Destiny on the Family Tree By NICHOLAS BAKALAR The New York Times March 22, 2005 Genes play an essential role in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer and screening for genetic heritage may be a vital test. Keywords: Cancer;Genetics and Heredity;Breast What's Good for the Heart Is Good for the Head By JANE E. BRODY The New York Times March 22, 2005 Healthy habits may prevent more than heart disease and possibly some cancers: they may protect the brain too. Keywords: Medicine and Health;Brain;Diet and Nutrition New Openness in Deciding When and How to Die By JOHN SCHWARTZ The New York Times March 21, 2005 Many Americans are taking an active role in their own deaths, some with the help of their doctors and others through actions of their own that blur the definition of suicide. Persons: Schiavo, Terri Keywords: Death and Dying;Suicides and Suicide Attempts;Medicine and Health Health / Behavior Better in the Long Run by Marianna Krejci-Papa Science & Spirit The most psychologically healthy members of society believe life has purpose and meaning. A Pill That Helps Ease Grip of Irrational Fears By ANAHAD O'CONNOR The New York Times March 22, 2005 A tuberculosis drug with surprising effects on the brain has given psychiatrists hope that a new approach to phobias and other severe anxiety disorders may be in the offing. Keywords: Mental Health and Disorders;Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) At War With Their Bodies, They Seek to Sever Limbs By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG The New York Times March 22, 2005 Psychologists are struggling to define a rare disorder that makes people want to amputate their own limbs. Keywords: Mental Health and Disorders;Surgery and Surgeons Hypomanic? Absolutely. But Oh So Productive! By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times March 22, 2005 Mental health experts are exploring the upside of frenzied emotional heights. Keywords: Mental Health and Disorders;Medicine and Health Health / Policy Battling Insects, Parasites and Politics By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The New York Times March 22, 2005 Mosquito nets are technically very simple but in their own mundane way, in rural Africa, they are highly political objects. Keywords: Medicine and Health Humour Disengagements by Larry Doyle NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 Brynne Scavullo and Sean Martini hooked up at a party two weeks ago. Ms. Scavullo and Mr. Martini hooked up again at a party the following weekend. When they failed to hook up at a party this past Saturday, Ms. Scavullo lamented that it was the end of what could have been a beautiful arrangement. Magazine The Politics of Ibrahim Parlak By ALEX KOTLOWITZ The New York Times March 20, 2005 How did a political refugee who became a cafe owner in a Michigan town suddenly become a terrorist in the eyes of the government? Keywords: Terrorism;Immigration and Refugees;Kurds DGrassi Is tha Best Teen TV N da WRLD! By BEN NEIHART The New York Times March 20, 2005 A 25-year-old Canadian TV show set in a high school called Degrassi grows up to be an American cult hit. Keywords: Television;Children and Youth Toward a Unified Theory of Black America By STEPHEN J. DUBNER The New York Times March 20, 2005 Roland Fryer says he wants to use the tools of economics to figure out where African-Americans "went wrong" — starting with his own family. Keywords: Blacks;Economics;Discrimination Bad Connections By CHRISTINE ROSEN The New York Times March 20, 2005 Personal technologies like our cells and TiVos have put us out of touch with the manners and mores of public life. Keywords: Science and Technology;Cellular Telephones;Computers and the Internet Blogged Down Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON The New York Times March 20, 2005 The would-be reporter talks about the controversy over his White House press pass, his relationship with Scott McClellan and the revelations about his personal life. Keywords: News and News Media The Survivor By MICHAEL YOUNG The New York Times March 20, 2005 The longtime leader of Lebanon's Druse community is now a leader of the opposition demanding a Syrian exit. Keywords: Politics and Government Nocturnal Fever, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Joint Pain By LISA SANDERS, M.D. The New York Times March 20, 2005 Figuring out the cause of a patient's woes sometimes takes round-the-clock observation. Keywords: Medicine and Health For Kicks By ROB WALKER The New York Times March 20, 2005 Creating the folk art of a global consumer subculture, one shoe at a time. Keywords: Shoes and Boots;Marketing and Merchandising Aren't Juries Grand? By RANDY COHEN The New York Times March 20, 2005 "I'm on a grand jury. We've been given cases involving someone who views pornography on his computer behind locked doors and someone caught in the presence of marijuana. ..." Keywords: Ethics;Jury System;Photography Nuclear Options By WILLIAM SAFIRE The New York Times March 20, 2005 Or will the Senate go nukular? Keywords: Language and Languages;United States Politics and Government The Things They Carried By LYNN HIRSCHBERG The New York Times March 20, 2005 Fashion didn't invent the Status Bag. It's a concept as old as the bag itself. Keywords: Apparel;Luggage Kitchen Voyeur: Girl Meets Grill By JONATHAN REYNOLDS The New York Times March 20, 2005 Kate Hirson, a documentary film editor, doesn't let winter get in the way of dinner. Keywords: Cooking and Cookbooks;Recipes Making the Grade By KUMIKO MAKIHARA The New York Times March 20, 2005 Getting my son into an elite school in Tokyo was never going to be easy. But being a divorced mother didn't help. Keywords: Education and Schools Media THE NEW PITCH by KEN AULETTA NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 In the introduction to his 1963 best-seller, “Confessions of an Advertising Man,” David Ogilvy apologized for writing “in the old-fashioned first person singular.” In the intervening decades—the years of, among others, Madonna and Donald Trump—that modest impulse has faded. The inclination now is more toward emphatic self-promotion. Linda Kaplan Thaler, who today enjoys an Ogilvy-like reputation as one of advertising’s creative talents, co-wrote a book on marketing in 2003, and advised her peers, “Don’t worry about whether the news is good or bad. Just get covered. . . . PR breeds PR.” The Book Stops Here By Daniel H. Pink Wired March 2005 It seemed preposterous that an encyclopedia could be written and edited by just anyone. Maybe that’s what Wikipedia really is. Opinion Morality and Reality By DAVID BROOKS The New York Times March 26, 2005 The Terry Schiavo case represents a clash of two serious but flawed arguments. Persons: Schiavo, Terri Keywords: Death and Dying Where Faith Thrives By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The New York Times March 26, 2005 With Easter approaching, here I am in the heart of Christendom. Africa. Keywords: Christians and Christianity Me and My Hybrid By OLIVER SACKS The New York Times March 25, 2005 Americans could save 50 billion gallons of gas a year by switching to hybrid vehicles. Persons: Sacks, Oliver Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;Automobiles;Energy and Power;Roads and Traffic Coal in a Nice Shade of Green By THOMAS HOMER-DIXON and S. JULIO FRIEDMANN The New York Times March 25, 2005 The combination of gasified coal plants and geologic storage can be our bridge to the clean energy of the 22nd century and beyond. Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;Coal;Electric Light and Power What Happens Once the Oil Runs Out? By KENNETH S. DEFFEYES The New York Times March 25, 2005 The controversy over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a side issue. The problem we need to face is the impending world oil shortage. Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;Production The Era of Exploitation By BOB HERBERT The New York Times March 25, 2005 President Bush believes in an "ownership" society, which means that except for the wealthy, you're on your own. Persons: Bush, George W Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting A Wall of Faith and History By DAVID FROMKIN The New York Times March 24, 2005 Why the Mideast's 2005 is unlike Europe's 1989. Persons: Fromkin, David Keywords: International Relations;Communism DeLay, Deny and Demagogue By MAUREEN DOWD The New York Times March 24, 2005 The president and his ideological partners don't believe in separation of powers. They just believe in their own power. Persons: Bush, George W;Shays, Christopher;Schiavo, Terri;DeLay, Tom;Frist, Bill Keywords: Christians and Christianity George W. to George W. By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times March 24, 2005 Killing prisoners of war, presumably in the act of torture, is an inexcusable outrage. Persons: Hughes, Karen P Keywords: Freedom and Human Rights;Armament, Defense and Military Forces;Murders and Attempted Murders The God Racket, From DeMille to DeLay By FRANK RICH The New York Times March 27, 2005 The religio-hucksterism surrounding the Schiavo case makes DeMille's Hollywood crusades look like amateur night. Persons: Schiavo, Terri;Frist, Bill;DeLay, Tom Keywords: Politics and Government;Religion and Churches;Television;Freedom of Religion;Public Opinion Lending the Good Loan By JAMES P. RUBIN The New York Times March 22, 2005 Though criticisms of his miltary decisions are valid, Paul Wolfowitz is the right person to lead the World Bank. Persons: Wolfowitz, Paul D;Rubin, James P The Return of Latin America's Left By ÁLVARO VARGAS LLOSA The New York Times March 22, 2005 The new wave of leftist governments in Latin America must seize this opportunity to make aggressive reforms. Keywords: Politics and Government Masters of Sleaze By DAVID BROOKS The New York Times March 22, 2005 Jack Abramoff didn't reach the highest order of sleaze on the Indian-tribe gambling scene on his own. It took a village. Persons: Abramoff, Jack Keywords: Gambling;Indians, American Keeping Sgt. Lazo Out of Cuba By BOB HERBERT The New York Times March 21, 2005 Tough new restrictions on travel to Cuba are keeping Sgt. Carlos Lazo, a true American patriot, away from his family. X-celling Over Men By MAUREEN DOWD The New York Times March 20, 2005 Research published last week in the journal Nature reveals that women are genetically more complex than men. Keywords: Genetics and Heredity;Men;Women Science For Scientists of All Ages, Mixed Thoughts on a T. Rex in the Flesh By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON The New York Times March 26, 2005 The news this week that a Tyrannosaurus Rex has reportedly yielded soft tissue stirred a variety of reactions from visitors at the American Museum of Natural History. Keywords: Paleontology;Cloning Republicans Discuss Vote on New Stem Cell Policy By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK The New York Times March 26, 2005 A vote this year on stem cell research policy could open another contentious moral, theological and scientific debate about when life begins and ends. Keywords: Stem Cells Dinosaur Find Takes Scientists Beyond Bones By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD The New York Times March 25, 2005 A 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex has apparently yielded soft tissues, including blood vessels and possibly cells lining them. Keywords: Paleontology;DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid);Biology and Biochemistry Alien Planets Show Themselves for First Time By DENNIS OVERBYE The New York Times March 23, 2005 Astronomers said Tuesday that they, or at least their telescopes, had laid eyes for the first time on planets beyond the solar system. Keywords: Space;Hubble Space Telescope Startling Scientists, Plant Fixes Its Flawed Gene By NICHOLAS WADE The New York Times March 23, 2005 The finding implies that some organisms may contain a cryptic backup copy of their genome that bypasses the usual mechanisms of heredity. Keywords: Genetics and Heredity;DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Researchers Toil With Genes on the Fringe of a Cure By CLAUDIA DREIFUS The New York Times March 22, 2005 Dr. Huda Y. Zoghbi discusses her research on neurological diseases and the challenges of being a woman scientist. Keywords: Science and Technology;Nerves and Nervous System Material as Tough as Steel? The Abalone Fits the Bill By CHARLES PETIT The New York Times March 22, 2005 Times may be hard, but the abalone shell is harder. Now, an engineer tries to figure out how to mimic it. Keywords: Fish and Other Marine Life;Engineering and Engineers Illness in Childhood By C. CLAIBORNE RAY The New York Times March 22, 2005 Is it true that diseases are worse when you get them as an adult? Keywords: Medicine and Health Religion and Natural History Clash Among the Ultra-Orthodox By ALEX MINDLIN The New York Times March 22, 2005 Is a rhinoceros kosher? Trying to reconcile Jewish Scripture and natural history. Keywords: Jews;Evolution;Animals You Can Run, but So Can He By HENRY FOUNTAIN The New York Times March 22, 2005 Vampire bats have the ability to walk, enabling them to sneak up on sleeping prey. Keywords: Animals Origami May Be an Art, but Nature Got There First The New York Times March 22, 2005 It turns out that nature has an origami trick or two, including ones previously developed by humans. Keywords: Flowers and Plants At NASA, Clouds Are What You Zoom Through to Get to Mars By CORNELIA DEAN The New York Times March 21, 2005 Scientific research at NASA could become a casualty of accounting changes and of the Bush administration's emphasis on sending people to the Moon and Mars. Persons: Bush, George W Keywords: Space;Budgets and Budgeting;Science and Technology Predictions Vary for Refuge as Drilling Plan Develops By FELICITY BARRINGER The New York Times March 20, 2005 One crucial question is whether there is enough oil scattered underneath the coastal plain section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be commercially viable. Persons: Bush, George W Keywords: Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline;Environment Science / Space Meant for Space, but Useful on Earth By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The New York Times March 22, 2005 NASA is testing a device that would recycle astronauts' sweat, urine and even the moisture from their breath into drinking water. Keywords: Space;Recycling of Waste Materials Shattered Craft Yields a Few Bits of Data From the Sun By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times March 22, 2005 Scientists have successfully extracted particles of the Sun out of the spacecraft Genesis's battered and shattered collection plates. Keywords: Space;Sun Unexpectedly, the Mars Rovers Are Still Going Strong By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times March 22, 2005 The Mars rover Spirit has found itself rejuvenated and is making some of its most significant discoveries about Mars' past. Keywords: Space;Mars (Planet) Talk LOCAL ZEROES by James Surowiecki NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 Between 1996 and 2002, HealthSouth overstated its profits by $2.7 billion, according to prosecutors. Seventeen of its executives have pleaded guilty to cooking the books. Scrushy, who is now on trial for his alleged role in the fraud, insists that he knew nothing about it, but that has made little difference. POPSTROLOGICALLY SPEAKING by Nick Paumgarten NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 What a week. Well, maybe not, but, still, the news of the world summoned up the usual apprehension and puzzlement. Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Iger, the brothers Giambi, Lil’ Kim: how is a guy to make sense of it all? STREETCAR UPDATE by Lillian Ross NewYorker Issue of 2005-03-28 The Roundabout Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’s “A St |
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Full moon today~ Friday, March 25 2005 - Saturday, March 26 2005 12:45 PM Next Full Moon 5 degrees 18 Mins. In Libra March 25, 2005 12:58:29 PST Until saturday-when the moon goes into scorpio..meow For the whole weekend! 08:27 Moon sextile Pluto 18:26 Moon enters Scorpio home.online.no/~kafox/VOC_E.html JUPITER OPPOSES MERCURY Entering Mar 25 2005 Lacking tact and diplomacy during. Danger of being opinionated and blunt. It would be useful to think before you speak. A little restraint could go a long way. the month of march says~ The 4th –8th time frame augurs the possibility of big tides, flood, storm and seismic risk. Mercury conjunct with the Sun on the 14th portends political correctness: smart but not wise, leading edge but wrong. People say what they mean only when they let something slip at times like this. Venus being conjunct Neptune the following day, sweet lies and crazy notions abound. Watch for these entertaining trends to be an undercurrent from about the 12th through the 18th. The 18-27th showing electrical storms, damaging winds, hail and flash floods or mudslides look like newsmakers. Peril at sea, storm-tossed airplanes, power outages due to downed lines . That said, analysis may offer a few pointers as to the most vulnerable locations. Southern California, the Baja Peninsula and eastern Nevada up into Idaho and western Montana make up one such zone, while the Pacific Northwest coast from northernmost California into British Columbia comprises another. Stormy weather. # Fri Mar 25 FULL MOON # Fri, Mar 25 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Join us for a MEMORIAL & PROTEST VIGIL outside the Colombian Consulate 595 Market St (at 2nd Street, near Montgomery BART) SF http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # 3/25: Muir Woods by Moonlight (mill valley) Explore the magic of Muir Woods under a full moon, learning about the secret nightlife of an old-growth redwood forest. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight. Children under 8 years not advised. Less than 2 miles, flat and paved. Limited to 30 people. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Reservations required: (415) 388-2596 NOTE: this program often fills quickly, so make your reservation early! http://www.craigslist.org/eve/61987245.html # Fri 3/25 - San Francisco Critical Mass bike ride. Gather 5:30pm @ Justin Herman Plaza, SF. Ride leaves at 6pm. http://critmasssf.tribe.net Ride will end up at 225 Potrero: Anarchist Cafe! ( see below ) # Fri 3/25 - 8th Annual Anarchist Cafe, SF. (benefit for the Attica to Abu Ghraib Conference) $5 donation. None turned away. 6pm - Midnight at 225 Potrero Ave. at 16th Street in San Francisco. Performances, videos. Dinner: 7 - 8pm. All ages. Kid space! # ***please forward***** The 8th Annual *****A N A R C H I S T C A F E***** Vegan dinner!! Music!! Spoken Word!! Surprises!! Friday, March 25, 2005 6pm on "The Kitchen" 225 Potrero Ave., at 16th St SF $5 - $15 donation requested No one turned away VIDEO by Video Activist Network dinner 7 - 8 performers indoors 7-10:30 video 8-9 all ages! kid space! drug and alcohol free space. indoor/outdoor wheelchair accessible. volunteers needed to help volunteer, email anarchistcafe2005@yahoo.com This year’s Anarchist Café is a benefit for The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, which supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war http://objector.org; and for From Attica to Abu Ghraib: An Organizing Conference on Human Rights, Torture, and Resistance, sponsored by the International Human Rights Initiative http://www.attica2abughraib.com http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php http://www.craigslist.org/eve/62189960.html # No Confidence Movement here: http://guvwurld.blogspot.com Election Reform Workshop - The No Confidence Movement Friday, March 25 @ 7:30pm SF Green Party HQ - 1028 A Howard Street, between 6th and 7th # Ggreg's List Bonfire WHEN: Friday 25 March, 8:00pm til midnight WHERE: Ocean Beach at the end of Fulton HOW MUCH: Well FREE of course http://ggreg.com # Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot and Carol Queen invite you to… $pread Magazine Release Party-An unapologetic evening of hedonistic art, music, burlesque, and other erotic delights The Center for Sex and Culture 398 11th St. 3rd Floor at Harrison in SF Friday, March 25th 8-11pm Suggested donation $10-100 (no one turned away) Free copy of the magazine with all $10+ donations! Featuring: Lip Stick Conspiracy Best SF Girl Band in 2004! (SFBay Guardian Best of the Bay) Clever, Cute and Kinky Cabaret! Kitten on the Keys Erotic Readings by Melissa Gira and Yalith Fonfa Burlesque Performances by The Lollies, Stigmata Hari and Miss Julep Roky Roulette The World's only Pogo Strip Tease Artist Branding and Saddling with Urban Cowgirls Kick and Rain Cosmic Sound by DJ Seofon Special Appearances by: The Vagina Lady Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot Erotic Art by: Ruby Pearl David Steinberg Dorian Katz Craig Scoffone Helen Khlystova This event is brought to you by $pread Magazine http://www.spreadmagazine.org Sex Workers Outreach Project http://swop-usa.org http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # This friday night, at the Center for Sex and Culture, located at 398 11th St. at Harrison, in SF, Spread Magazine is having it's release party. AND, some figurative art will also be on display. This should be a hoot. Lots of 'sex workers' will be in duh house. 8pm - Midnight. # Have a Freaky Good Friday Fri Mar 25 8:00pm $7 21+ Pets are Wonderful Support (PAWS): dedicated to preserving the human-animal bond. PAWS representatives will also be attending. Performers: Lily LeRouge is a gothic princess burlesque performer. She has been performing old fashioned styled striptease shows with a modern gothic twist all over town for a couple of years. http://www.lilylerouge.com The Amazing Omer most annoying street musician in Frisco. Ever. Freedom Rock is a spastic guitar duo who play psychedelic, retarded noise ballads about hippies, prayer rabbits & psych meds. http://www.freedomrock.com Eric CornForth is a pretty-boy singer-songwriter who's very sensitive. The ladies dig him. He's been described as "Kurt Cobain meets Burgess Meredith". Actually, he's never been described like that by anyone. I just made it up. Sorry. The Turks feature members of the legendary punk cacophony Alice Donut & Heavy Hindenburg which, oddly enough, is a Zeppelin cover band. PAWS assists people with AIDS in keeping and caring for their pets, and recognizing their mental and physical therapeutic value. http://www.pawssf.org About Kat's Kradle: Kat's Kradle is an experimental film, some would just say incoherent, about a demented, if not psychotic, cat seeking to escape the cold cruel comforts of domestication & return to his wild origins. Kat's Kradle was filmed entirely at some of San Francisco's most spectacularly seedy locales: The Tenderloin, 6th & Mayhem, Toxic Beach, Dogpatch, Hunter's Point & Bill's apartment. For more info check out http://www.piktograf.com Varnish Fine Art is a gallery that deals contemporary fine art with a beer & wine bar & a library & a really cool dog named Hector. Varnish is also a meeting place for everyone who loves fine (& not so fine) art & believes that galleries should be fun. Varnish Fine Art is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco 77 Natoma Street (between 1st & 2nd / Mission & Howard) right by the overpass where people go pee-pee. http://www.varnishfineart.com # (pix from the last one: http://whichever.com/gallery/youbigdummy Sockpuppet Soundsystem says: It's Spring Again! djs sir thx-a-lot, k-mac, and jaybee bring you the old-school hip-hop, funk, and soul heat -- free of charge and free of reggaeton. tonight yr gonna party like it's 1989! Friday March 25 10PM - 2AM Free! 21+ w/ID StudioZ Gallery 1515 Folsom @ 11th St, San Francisco 415.252.7666 http://www.StudioZ.tv # Fri Mar 25 Opulent Temple and Get Yer Freak On presents A First Step into the Mind's Eye The Opulent Temple will rise again this year on the playa for more shared good times, sacred dance, incredible music, and much more. Celebrating it's 20th incarnation, Burning Man this year is looking to be a cut above past years, and the Opulent Temple is poised to bring greater joys and more beautiful moments to Black Rock City. But only with your help. The camp will blow psyches to the extent the community can help make it happen. Here's a first step.... with... El Papachengo (El Circo) Laird (Get Yer Freak On / Lush Camp) Golidlox (djgoldilox.com / Brass Tax) Syd Gris (Opel / Opulent Temple) Felix the Dog (Groundscore) Deep Eddy (House of Lotus) Donna Matrix (Newsbreakz / Space Cowboys) Kevin Knapp (Opulent Temple / Momentum) Nathan Vain (Opulent Temple) Laron (Psychofunkdiscodelic) 8 Ball (Space Cowboys) + Table selling CD's from the Opulent Temple 2004: Hybrid, Scumfrog, D:Fuse, and more. The first 50 people through the door who ask will receive a FREE copy of Syd Gris's set from BM2K4. : ) @ Mighty 119 Utah @ 15th, SF $10-$15 sliding donation 10pm-4am 2 rooms of big Mighty sound + more goodies tba... # Friday, March 25 Nuin Moon Esbat Intention and Fruition – Cause and Effect What seed will you plant? with DJs: Polygroover (house) Terrac (techno) -db- (techno/electro) Red Stickman (downtempo) ~ Coast Side Location, 12-6am ~ Call the voicemail *night-of* for directions: 415-705-0600 # Mar 25-27 Fri, Mar 25, 2005 - Sun, Mar 27, 2005 EYES WIDE OPEN: THE HUMAN COST OF WAR San Francisco Civic Center and on Sunday, Union Square SF Eyes Wide Open traveling memorial of military boots and civilian shoes WHO: American Friends Service Committee, SFUSD School Board, American Muslim Muslim Voice, Archidioces of San Francisco Commission of Public Policy and Social Concer, Bay Area Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Quaker Meetings, Military Families Speak Out, and other organizations in the Northern California region WHY: To honor fallen US military personnel (1499 +) and Iraqi civilians (est. 100,000) and to see the human cost of war For More Information: 415-565-0201 x 12, http://www.afsc.org or smcneil@afsc.org Pictures available at http://imageportal.afsc.org/ Log in as "visitor" with the password afscafsc Search for "Eyes Wide Open A traveling memorial exhibition, Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War is coming to the Fresno Courthouse, San Francisco Civic Center and Union Square, All Wars Memorial at Capitol Park in Sacramento, March 22 through 31. Organized by the American Friends Service Committee, this exhibition honors fallen US military personnel a: 415-565-0201 x 12, http://www.afsc.org or smcneil@afsc.org http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php Sat Mar 26 # 3/26: Wildflower Hike on Mt. Tam (mill valley) Join a Muir Woods ranger for a 5-mile somewhat strenuous hike experiencing the colorful wonders of spring. Meet Ranger Jim MacDonald at the Muir Woods Visitor Center. Wear sturdy shoes, bring water and a snack. Rain cancels. Limit of 25 people. 10 am to 2 pm Please call 415-388-2596 for reservations. For more information, visit the Muir Woods website at http://www.nps.gov/muwo/programs http://www.craigslist.org/eve/61987575.html # Sat 3/26 - 10th Annual Bound Together Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair, SF. Free. 10am - 6pm @ SF County Fair Building, near 9th ave & Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park, SF # ? Golden Gate Park ? Stanyan @ Waller / Kezar Pavillion ? 10th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair March 26th Speakers confirmed so far include: Barry Pateman - archivist at the Kate Sharpley Library, and senior editor at the Emma Goldman Papers. The most recent volume of Emma Goldman - A Documentary History Of The American Years Volume 2: Making Speech Free, 1902-1909 has just been published by University of California Press,and he has authored introductions to both the new edition of Alexander Berkman's 'What Is Anarchism' and The Voltairine De Cleyre Reader Ward Churchill - reknowned scholar activist and troublemaker is the author and editor of numerous books and audio CDs. His latest work is On The Justice Of Roosting Chickens Eric Drooker - legendary graphic artist whose work has graced a thousand walls, posters, t shirts and book covers. His seminal novel without words, Flood! is now available again in a new elegant edition Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - pioneering feminist, and perennial activist is the author of two (to date) autobiographies - Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie, and her memoir of the 60s, Outlaw Woman Peter Werbe is an editor of Fifth Estate, the longest-running anarchist journal in America today. Chris Carlsson spent 13 years stealing office supplies to produce Processed World, a zine that chronicled the drudgery of 9-to-5 desk jobs. He helped bring Critical Mass into being, and created SHAPING SAN FRANCISCO: The Interactive Multimedia Excavation of the Lost History of San Francisco Entartete Künst (German for 'degenerate art') is an anarcho-electro/hip-hoppers put out political electronic music that fuses low- and high-brow culture (think dark, slow hip-hop with Noam Chomsky samples) into a potent mix that challenges the status quo. Sat 3/26 - 2nd Annual BADASS (Bay Area Direct Action Soccer Series) Tournament 2005 West Bay vs. East Bay All-Star Anarchist Soccer Showdown! @ Golden Gate Park during the Anarchist Bookfair. Match time to be announced on http://www.indybay/arts # Hello SF Living Foods! I'll be at Rainbow Grocery Co-op next Saturday offering a tasting of our Brownie Bite and Coconut Ginger Bite: Saturday, March 26th 11am-2pm Rainbow Coop - 1745 Folsom St http://www.smartmonkeyfoods.com I'm guessing these are for humans. They also make raw foods for non-human animals. Our dog is actually 100% raw vegan. She is a Rhodesian Ridgeback (we did research and found that this breed does well on a vegan diet) We adopted her, and she was very ill: kennel cough, was loosing chunks of fur, was skin and bone (45 lbs!), and very depressed. We converted her diet over a 2 month period, and now she just eats nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies, and weighs 90lbs. So often we are stopped on the street and people want to touch her because her fur is amazingly silky soft and super shiney, and no shedding and no oder! She has her own favorite pate recipe, which we have in our uncookbook: The Art of Raw, which is available on our website: http://www.smartmonkeyfoods.com # Sat Mar 26 11am http://wiseasswisdom.org THEY say that of Cheap, Fast, and Good, you can pick two, but you can't ever have all three. THEY are wrong. My friends have put together an amazing day-long event with great speakers and teachers to share their wisdom on a variety of fantastic topics (Good). They have condensed what they are sharing to get you several experiences in different areas all in one day (Fast). They're offering it all for less than the price you'd often pay to work with just one of them (Cheap). Get signed up now while there are still openings left. Here's the deets: What's next for you? What do you really want? Wha-th'hell you waitin' for? What's with all the questions? Many of us are seeking new relationships with work, money, creativity, spirituality, sex, love…''' So a dozen freaks of different trainings in various wisdom sources are bringing a day-long experience to our San Francisco scene. Through discussion, exercises and interactive games we'll share with you how we've poked and prodded our passions awake. After an introduction we'll offer over four hours of sessions throughout the day, with several classes to choose from in each session. Including an hour for lunch, we'll provide breaks with different options to connect and reflect. Then a new relationship/sexuality improv troupe will bring the day to a, uh... climax. Let’s tinker with spirituality despite the confusion of organized religion. Let’s translate empowerment from the new agey dialect. Let’s shoplift transformation from the self-help sales craze. Regardless of what stand up comedians mock, let’s cobble together tools from the fascinating mind-fuck of self-awareness to create whole new lives for ourselves through each other. The event will also serve to collect books, tapes and discs – inspiring source material you would like to share – to create a communal library or donate to a cause. http://www.wiseasswisdom.org Go there. Click on WHAT. Choose from the fascinating courses and discussions offered by fellow freaks. Sign up for times ASAP to ensure your favorite classes don't fill up without you. WHO: Find out here: http://wiseasswisdom.org/who.html WHAT: Find out here: http://wiseasswisdom.org/what.html WHEN: Saturday, March 26th from 11am to 6:30pm. WHERE: Center for Sex and Culture: 11th St / Harrison St., SF COST: $25 in advance. $30 at the door (if space is still available). $5 cash back for arriving with ponderings written in crayon. Details will be emailed to registered participants. Wise-ass Wisdom will: --unsnag the snaggletoothed. --octane boost the pyromaniacked. --wow even those who think they are wowier than thou. --perpetuate the practice / continue the inspiration of the teachers, producers, staff and attendees. Questions? Just write us at wisasswisdom@yahoo.com # Saturday Jams @ Xenodrome continue March 19th & 26th ~ 12 noon till 3 pm. Musicians coming together, just to make music...What a concept! http://Xenodrome.com ?, 1320 Potrero @ 25th & Cesar Chavez # 3/26: Time to End the Outrageous Secrecy of Our Police (sunnyvale) Between 2 and 4pm, at Sunnyvale Public Library, I will lead a demonstration showing the compelling need for our police departments to start mandating technological monitoring of themselves (concerning contacts between suspect and officer), to ensure factual evidence of what takes place between these two parties. Endless people go to jail, and have their lives entirely ruined due to misleading, false, or otherwised altered police reports in this country. And this must stop. Check out the following website: http://Policewatch.org Rich # The Ethical Slut, with Dossie Easton and Janet Harding Sat Mar 26 2:30 PM $10 245 8th St http://www.sfcitadel.org OK, so you want to have lots of sex and lots of S/M with lots of wonderful people ... who wouldn't? But the realities are often challenging: even the most joyous slut may experience insecurity, feelings of clumsiness and/or incompetence, guilt, and, of course, jealousy. Dossie and Janet will discuss lifestyles that go beyond the traditional monogamous model. Can you maintain supportive relationships in a world where the only sexual boundaries are the ones you set yourself? How do you feel secure when your partner has a date (with someone cuter than you)? What is jealousy, and can it be overcome? Come listen, talk and learn about how to build the lifestyle you want. Admission: $10 per person Janet Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is the president of Greenery Press Inc. Under her various pen names, she is the author or co-author of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM. Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible SM switch who has shared her lifestyle knowledge at workshops and conferences internationally. Dossie Easton is a San Francisco therapist who specializes in helping couples, triads and groups to navigate the tricky byways of slut lifestyles. An active sex radical since 1961, Dossie is a well-known bottom who also tops, and has taught dozens of classes on S/M techniques, skills and philosophy. She was one of the first members of the Society of Janus in San Francisco. The two women have co-authored five books, including "The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities" and "Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence." # HOLI ka DANDIA- Sat March 26- Cubberley ( 4000 Middlefield )Palo Alto Join in the fun! Come party and dance with scintillating Bay Area Performer Ms. USHMA VAHIA & Party! Welcome Spring or HOLI season.on Saturday, March 26,2005 at the Cubberley Auditorium in Palo Alto- 4000 Middlefield Road. 7:30PM to 11:00 PM This event highlights DANDIA RAAS a traditional PARTICIPATORY Stick dance from India - with a Line/Circle of Dancers engaging in the Community Stick Dance. The Music is Pulasating, Rthymic and "Jhoom" means to SWAY IN Rhthym. Come Dance with or without partners. Free Dance Lessons provided. No Color Powders allowed. Only Dancing. Snacks and Dandia Sticks will be available for purchase. More details and Photos from past events: Tickets online till sold out http://www.indian-american.org # Closing receptions for two shows, Red Ink Studios: Paul Hayes, 'PaperWork' 989 Market @ 6th. sat 3/26, 7 - Midnight. # Bunny Jam 5: Adventures in BunnyHOPolis! Saturday, March 26th, 8pm till 6am 1919 Market St, Oakland (2 blocks South of West Grand) $10 FullBunny; $15 SumBunny; $20 UnBunny Join the mass EGGsodus! Hop from HARE to absurdity! Tumble through the RABBIT hole and discover a congrEGGation of bunnies in BunnyHOPolis, an EGGstrordinary city sprawling with EGGsistential questions: Will you take the red jellybean or the blue jellybean? Is BunnyHOPolis a physical state or state of mind? HOPpiness itself? Or an EGGsercise in FURtility? Oh hippety hoppers of harebrained HOPpenings, HARE we go again!!! ART • PERFORMANCE • PROJECTIONS • FURIGINAL BUNNY MUSIC • HOPPING! Abu Bunny De-humanization Station - The Golden Carrot Cabaret & Egglight District - The Dreamland HOPstacle Course - A HOPolopalicious Ho-down in The Bunnydrome - Oracle Forest & HOPpy Haunty Cemetary - The Hopalopolis Egg Hunt! - The Bunny Hole Express to Blacklight Briarpatch - The Bunny Arts District - Dr. Frankenpeep’s Recombinant P(eep)NA Lab - Bunny Boingers - A Midnight Bunny Toss - Maypole Polkas & InEGGural Balls - Kali Bunny Shrine & Buddhabunny Temple - Hare Apparent Projections - 18 Carrot Mango & Bubbleberrybop Punches - The Annual FURshion Show (featuring U!) - Hippety Puppety Theatery - The Evolution Carrot Committee Presenting Fluph-in! - Easter Egg Scramble for Bunnyside-ups ++ Including the incomparable talents of the Bay Area’s finest bunnyflippin’ artists, VJs, DJs, and perFURmers: Dr. Furiendly - Dr. Wabbitkiss (feral-minded cartoon jazz) - Mein HARE! - RunRabbitRon Harebert - Spoonish Bunny - Furtographer - DJ NeonBunny - GoofeRABBIT (purveyors of hippety hop euphonics) - Carrot Lewis - Starbunny - Shimmery Bunny - Kharmabunny - Bunny Fodder - Marcia Crosbunny - Little Bunny John - Los Lunch Bunnies - DJ Helgabunny - SugarBunni - Jackie Jackrabbit - The Evolution Carrot Committee (ECC) - Jenny Peep - John Mosbunny - Simbunny - Nambla the Bunny - Marin Bunny - Holcomb Bunnylite - The FUR Arts Collective (carrot spinning) - Skibit - CameraBunny - Ether Bunny - Justin YoungBunny - Dr. Boris Rabid! - Dr. Frankenpeep - Superspacebunny - Mobunny Molitov - Bunnies with Chainsaws! +++ Sponsored by the Department of Hareland Security, BJ1, BJ2, etc and so what! Hooray! Also join us April 1st for a Billion Bunny March as part of the St. Stupid‘s Day Parade! See http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html for details http://www.bunnyjam.com Please enter and exit vewy vewy quietly! # YOGA TAI-CHI COLLECTIVE PRESENTS FERTILE In celebration of the spring equinox Saturday March 26th At STUDIO RASA 933 Parker St (8th & 9th) Berkeley Ca 94710 8:30pm DOORS 9:00 YOGA DANCE with TENLEY 10:00 Tai-Chi with PATRICK KING 11:00 The DJ?s Fire it UP DJ?s: MAXIMILLIAN (TFEP) El PAPA CHANGO (El Circo) CLAY (Yoga Tai-Chi) MOONDOGGY (yoga Tai-Chi) $10 before 10pm $15 After This is a shoe Free event ? Please bring your yoga mat All ages welcome # Rapture: Living in Love SpiralMuse House Party and Fundraiser** Saturday, March 26 9 pm to 2 am http://www.spiralmuse.org/events_event_Rapture.html DJ’s:: Soulsalaam (future juju)::Syd gris (opel)::Shanti (triple power) Swami (the community)::Chakka (02 bar)::Yehudit (mysticscave) DEEEELIGHTS:: * First 100 guests receive Living in Love 3CD music set * Two floors of luxuriantly lush chill * Sumptuous healing and massage * Treats & elixirs to titillate your senses * Fabulous silent auction – (want to contribute? See how: http://www.spiralmuse.org/silentauction.htm * Candlelight ceremony at midnight $20 donation requested* ~ pre-sale only ~ This event will sell out, so buy early. To purchase Tickets online: http://www.spiralmuse.org/events_event_Rapture.html To purchase Tickets by hand: elana@spiralmuse.org # Sat Mar 26 10pm fireside concert at the "interval" 1284 W. Grand ave. @ poplar st. in Oakland $5-$20 (no one turned away for lack o $) http://markgrowden.com # BOUNTY Sat Mar 26 10:00 PM Infinite Kaos 136 Taylor Street @ Turk / Eddy http://infinitekaos.com Celebrate abundance with Infinite Kaos & El Circo. Featuring a cornucopia of musicmakers: Geeno (IK), a midnight performance manifesting abundance and transition as Infinite Kaos changes its name to ?????? At 12:15 Oo-ah (LABA) & Dorfex Bos (FSCK) work their dynamic duo. El Papachango (El Circo) returning from Miami to bless this house. Kitty D (Kitty-ology/El Circo) slows it down 33 1/3 stylie. And Chris Sia (IK/El Circo) brings in the dawn. You can bet Desiree will be there with her fan! Phidelity (Organic Light Industries) and Andres (IK) handling the chill chamber all night long! Refreshments of all kinds served to keep you here all night long! And Kitty D and Chris Sia bring you Tobiko Freako Sushi Lounge the next night, Sun March 27, 10pm-2am, at Ryoko's Restaurant & Bar. Cuz you know how good fish is when you're cracked out after the pahtee. Come for the groovin' ethnoslut sounds and slowed down grungy breaks, slam down some sake and maki. Always, no cover and under the covers. MEOW!!!!!!! # $$$ LIQUIDATE $$$ Saturday, March 26 43 Norfolk St $10, all night http://www.false-profit.com/events/liquidate As you may know, ownership of FPHQ has recently changed hands, and The Company is moving to new a new, soon-to-be-announced location in San Francisco. So on March 26, False Profit is saying goodbye to 43 Norfolk with LIQUIDATE, the last party ever to happen at that location! The Company is clearing out all the old late-night entertainment to make room for the new models - all the fun must go! - Tung - Donna Matrix - Kraddy - Smoove - Laird - Kap'n Kirk - Joe Encarnacion - ALXNDR - benchun - more TBA... Learn more about our new Memorable Moments technology and get up-to-the-minute information about the line-up at: http://www.false-profit.com/events/liquidate The Life You Enjoy May Be Your Own! # For those not going to Miami this year, you're in luck. False Profit has a great deal for you: http://false-profit.com/events/liquidate Final Sale; Best Deals of the Millenium! As you may know, ownership of FPHQ has recently changed hands, and The Company is moving to new a new, soon-to-be-announced location in San Francisco. So on March 26, False Profit is saying goodbye to 43 Norfolk with LIQUIDATE, the last party ever to happen at that location! The Company is clearing out all the old late-night entertainment to make room for the new models - all the fun must go! A Memory Good Enough To Buy Do you remember the time when you came to the party at FPHQ and had to step over the sewage water to get to the porto-potty? Or when you heard that DJ set at 43 Norfolk that made you start rubbing yourself? How about the time when the cops shined a Maglite right in your huge pupils? Or that hilarious time when your friend took just a little too much to be at a warehouse full of people? And when you met that extreme hottie and never got their number? Now you can come reminisce about these good times - and many more - using False Profit's exclusive new life-enhancement product: Memorable Moments. At LIQUIDATE, partygoers will have access to licenses* for Memorable Moments - with each license, you can go to the scene of one of your favorite memories at FPHQ and think about it once! Make them count! Share them with friends!** Now, how much would you expect to pay for a license for one Memorable Moment? Guess lower. Still lower. No, fool, even lower! That's right, you get three Memorable Moments absolutely free with your donation at the door! You will not want to miss this special, one-time offer. So you get the fun, the dancing, the Corporate love, and the Memorable Moments, all for the suggested donation of $10 ... With a spectacular all-star DJ lineup including: Donna Matrix / Kraddy / Smoove / Laird / Kap'n Kirk / 8Ball / Joe Encarnacion / ALXNDR / benchun / halon / and more TBA... * Note: The licenses are not physical, tangible, or in any sense real. Guests are expected to use three at maximum. Company agents will be watching. Re-selling of licenses is expressly encouraged. ** Note: in a group recollection, each participant must use one Memorable Moment license. http://false-profit.com/events/liquidate _______________________________________________ false profit : invest yourself http://lists.false-profit.com/listinfo/investors # Sat 3/26 - Anarchy Magazine benefit show at 924 Gilman, Berkeley. Resist and Exist, Takaru, Gather, Resistance Culture, Killdashnine $5 # Tantra Surround presents: Saturday, March 26th 10pm-6am, 18+ The Blue Cube 34 Mason St., San Francisco IN THE LAB (Psychedelic) DIGITAL TALK (Acidance Records, France) - Luc and Julien are really excited to be coming back to SF and promise lots of rocking new music. Live and DJ set. GHREG ON EARTH (Wirikuta/Mistress of Evil Records) celebrating his upcoming (April 2005) debut release: SigilWeaver, "a mysterious and ominous themed mystical journey captured in trance, taking the dance floor and listener on a quantum leap into the future of sound" Liam Shy (Tantra) Barratt (Synchronize) KJ (Tantra) IN THE CUBE (Melodic) Akasha (Auracle Resonance) Spook (Phoenix Family) Mayur (Spectra, NYC) Sentient (Thump, Synchronize) Helios (Magic Glasses) Sound by KV2 Audio (http://kv2audio.com/) Gourmet vegetarian foods plus full bar Visuals by Chaos Consortium Tickets $20 at the door or online at http://www.tantrasf.com 415-820-3201 # "Donating garden plants...SF Port bulldozers coming April 1, 2005" http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/ef9fa237-34e8-499e-b33b-28fd4599f102 Because the "bull dozer coming/donating garden plant" posting has resulted in nearly 200 responses, I have chosen to respond with this simple letter to all, due to my lack of time and typing skills. The donation times will start at 10 AM and end around 5 PM this coming Saturday and Sunday, March 26th and 27th. I hope to rent a small Bobcat to excavate the larger bushes and trees, but hoping one of you is a more proficient operator than myself. Please bring your own tools, pots or burlap to wrap root balls, albeit, I have a few here. Heavy duty trash bags or 6 mil plastic are also useful. The Muwekma Ohlone Park is opposite 1884 Illinois Street,here in San Francisco, near Marin, and closest intersection is Cesar Chavez and Third Street. Here is a Mapquest link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=1884+Illinois+St.%0D%0A&city=San+Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94124 Should you get lost, I will have my cell: 415 902 7700 Thanks in advance for all your love for things green and living. David Erickson Park: http://www.islaiscreek.org/ Radio Show last week about Port Bridge and other related issues: http://www.enemycombatantradio.net/ecr/ecr-hi/ecr-hi_2005-03-14_18:55:41.mp3 http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/ef9fa237-34e8-499e-b33b-28fd4599f102 Because the "bull dozer coming/donating garden plant" posting has resulted in nearly 200 responses, I have chosen to respond with this simple letter to all, due to my lack of time and typing skills. The donation times will start at 10 AM and end around 5 PM this coming Saturday and Sunday, March 26th and 27th. I hope to rent a small Bobcat to excavate the larger bushes and trees, but hoping one of you is a more proficient operator than myself. Please bring your own tools, pots or burlap to wrap root balls, albeit, I have a few here. Heavy duty trash bags or 6 mil plastic are also useful. The Muwekma Ohlone Park is opposite 1884 Illinois Street,here in San Francisco, near Marin, and closest intersection is Cesar Chavez and Third Street. Here is a Mapquest link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=1884+Illinois+St.%0D%0A&city=San+Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94124 Should you get lost, I will have my cell: 415 902 7700 Thanks in advance http://www.islaiscreek.org/ Radio Show last week about Port Bridge and other related issues: http://www.enemycombatantradio.net/ecr/ecr-hi/ecr-hi_2005-03-14_18:55:41.mp3 Sun Mar 27 # Sun 3/27 - BASTARD Anarchist Conference @ UC Berkeley. 10am - 6pm http://sfbay-anarchists.org/conference # BASTARD Conference Sun Mar 27 10 am - 5 pm $2+ donation Come to the fifth annual BASTARD (Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory And Research and Development) conference and develop anarchist theory in a comfortable and non-sectarian environment. The conference will be held from 10-5 at Barrows Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. There will be an hour break for lunch. Some of the highlights this year will include a panel discussion on anarchism and spirituality, a performance of the shadow puppet play 'John Z's Vision Quest' that has only been performed once before (at this summer's Black and Green gathering), and a workshop by Bob Black and many other anarchists. Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Campus - South end, Berkeley At the end of Telegraph (where it meets the campus) head about 2 buildings NE to find Barrows. conference@sfbay-anarchists.org http://sfbay-anarchists.org/conference/ # Sun 3/27- Anarchist Pride Month Parade in SF. 11am. Dolores Park. 18th @ Dolores. March towards Civic Center at noon. There will be a free punk show post-parade. # Indulgence in the Park '05 Sun Mar 27 11:00am - 4:00pm FREE!! Continuing their mission to promulgate Universal Joy, the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. are proud to announce "Indulgence in the Park," an Easter picnic and celebration. This very San Francisco event brings together children, families, friends, artists, and community activists all on one lawn to celebrate the Sisters' 26th Anniversary and enjoy a day in Dolores Park. The event is free to the public. "Indulgence in the Park" promises to be lively and vivacious incorporating stage performances, children's activities, and two cash-prize contests. On this year's performer line-up, Sister Selma Soul adds, "This year's Easter stage will feature the venereal... I mean venerable... talents, of Kitten on the Keys and Trauma Flintstone, as well as those rising stars of the silver screen The Ethel Mermen Experience, taking time out from their Craig's List: The Movie promotional tour. Hoping to get a rise out of the crowd, we will be joined by one of our favorite local bands Polkacide, celebrating their 20th anniversary." At 1:00pm, participants will line up to parade across the stage in their Easter finest for our Bonnet Contest. Later at 3:15pm, this year's "Hunky Jesus" will be chosen. Both winners will receive $100 cash prize. In addition to providing an afternoon of merriment for the community, the Sisters also hope to raise money for a whole year of grants awards. "Our cherished San Franciscans have always been very generous, and over the past 26 years have donated half a million dollars to Sisters' Grants recipients, often one dollar at a time. The Sisters just love to give as much as we get, and we dig it when you dig deeply. Contributing to our Grants fund makes your gift last all year long," adds Sister Roxanne Roles. http://www.thesisters.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. March 27 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Dolores Park (20h & Dolores), San Francisco http://www.craigslist.org/eve/63534857.html includes sisters/bunny photo! # Sun Mar 27 2-5.Bay Area Hula Hoopers @ cellspace annex: 2955 18th street between florida and alabama bah-subscribe@yahoogroups.com # Sun, Mar 27 1:30 pm Town Meeting on Counter-Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Options Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita) Berkeley Panel: Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star (Military) Families for Peace, Isa Shaw-Gulf War vet, Steve Morris of the GI Rights Hotline, and Berkeley High School Student Robert Reynolds. Discussion will be moderated by Craig Scott-UU minister, lawyer and Viet Nam vet. Find out what life in the military is like, options and alternatives to being drafted. Young people and parents are especially welcome. What better way to spend Easter afternoon? "Dear George, When you sent me a letter offering your condolences on the death of my son, Spc. Casey Qustin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq, you called me Cindy, so I naturally assume we are on a first name basis....I do have a big mouth and a righteous cause, which still mean something in this country....The 56,000,000 plus citizens who voted against you and your agenda have given me a mandate to move forward with my agenda...." --Cindy Sheehan, broken hearted mother. Preceded by 1:00 pm press conference, open to the public. Relevant Films afterwards, at 3:30, for those who can stay. Information tables too. $10 requested, $5 student/low-income, NO ONE TURNED AWAY for LACK of FUNDS Benefits the Central Committee on Conscientious Objectors and Alternatives to War A project of the Berkeley Fellowship of UU's Social Justice Committee, who voted to prepare easy action(s) to take at these events. Yes, get informed AND TAKE ACTION! http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php lesser version http://www.craigslist.org/eve/64671016.html # Ostara Egg Hunt Sun Mar 27 3-4pm FREE! Change Makers 6536 Telegraph Ave Oakland Ca 94609 view map http://www.changemakersforwomen.com Children of All Ages are encouraged to join in this egg hunt in our garden to Celebrate Spring's Arrival. FREE! (donations of small prizes for inside the plastic eggs are appreciated!) What to Bring: A small basket, a potluck item to share RSVP/Info: 707-761-7781 or faerieceilidh@hotmail.com # Sun 3/27 - Iron Maiden Party (benefit for Critical Mass sound system). Maiden tribute band: I Yearn 4 Maiden. Eddie look-alike contest. Trashy Metal Vixen Contest. Maiden karaoke. 8pm. $5 donation. Berkeley location. Call 1-800-GUN-NUMB for directions. http://www.spaz.org # Iron Maiden Party benefit for Critical Mass sound system Sunday, March 27 8:00pm - 11:30pm $5 Watch out all you metalheadz (and non-metalheadz)... Iron Maiden Party (benefits the Berkeley/SF Critical Mass bike sound system) Live on stage: I Yearn 4 Maiden (Maiden tribute band) Eddie look-alike contest Best Trashy Metal Vixen Contest Best Headbangin Metal Dude Contest Maiden karaoke. Berkeley location. Call 1-800-GUN-NUMB on the day of for directions. http://www.spaz.org soydog@spaz.org 1-800-GUN-NUMB Mon Mar 28 Monday, March 28th at 10:00 am Getting Commuter Rail on Track: Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Presents A Community Forum on Transportation & Rail with Special Guest Governor Michael Dukakis, Former Vice Chair Amtrak Reform Board Participating will be Mayor Robert Jehn, Chair and Mayor Al Boro, Vice Chair - Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Please join Congresswoman Woolsey, Governor Dukakis and Local Transportation Leaders in a Lively Discussion About Multi-Modal Traffic Relief Marin County Civic Center Board of Supervisors Chambers 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael Please call (415) 507-9554 for more information # SF Rope Bondage Peer Workshop Mon Mar 28 7:30 PM SF Citadel 245 8th St http://www.sfrope.org/ Mar 28, 2005, the Fourth Monday SF Rope Bondage Peer Workshop @ SF Citadel www.sfcitadel.org 245 8th Street, San Francisco 7:30pm - 9:30pm Look for the Big Red Heart on the building. Hosted by Rae $5-10 rec'd (but not req'd) donation to help cover venue costs. host @ sfrope.org http://www.sfrope.org/ Tue Mar 29 # 3/29: Ecuador's Indigenous Resists Big Oil Exploits (san rafael) Reply to: colleenrose@citycom.com MARIN INTERFAITH TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS PO Box 2481, Mill Valley CA 94942 Dale Sorensen 415-924-3227 geodale1@earthlink.net Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas will sponsor a Film and Slide presentation by Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch and Marisa Handler, San Francisco-based writer and activist. Having recently visited the Amazon region of Ecuador, they will report on their work in support of the indigenous community of Sarayacu, where the people have been successfully resisting oil exploitation. The event: Tuesday, March 29, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley (at 4th St.) San Rafael. Benefit for the Sarayacu people, $5-10 donation, wheelchair access. Info: 415-924-3227. http://www.craigslist.org/eve/63520376.html # Also, you might be interested in some free movie screenings SF IndieFest is co-presenting with a club called Drunken Monkey, Tuesdays at the Cat Club, 1190 Folsom at 8th. Doors are at 9p, movie starts at 10p, DJ spins 12a till close at 2a. Cats is 21up: March 8: Fight Club, March 15: Airplane, March 22: Boondock Saints, March 29: Repo Man Wed Mar 30 # Wed, Mar 30 7pm JUDI BARI'S VICTORY TRIAL Humanist Hall 390 27th St. @ Broadway & Telegraph, Oakland http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php # TATTOO-A-PALOOZA! Wed Mar 30 9:30 PM Glas Kat (aka The Troc) 520 4th Street @ Bryant http://www.bondage-a-go-go.com Thu Mar 31 # Thu Mar 31Raw Food book booth at the SF Tunk Show, ART, Fashion, music and more: http://www.pomelocreative.com http://www.rawinten.com # March 31 National call to action No Draft, No Way! On March 31, the Selective Service System (SSS) will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement the draft within 75 days. Right now, the SSS is staffing local draft boards, training volunteer registrars to work on high school and college campuses, and streamlining its induction process. They have also gained access to the Department of Education's computer files, to ensure maximum registration. It is clear that the Bush Administration is preparing for a draft. They are desperate for new soldiers to continue the occupation of Iraq and to prepare for new wars against Iran, Syria, and elsewhere. At the same time that Bush is looking to youth to supply cannon fodder for his wars, he is busy cutting financial aid and slashing social programs. The same young people that Bush wants to use to fight his wars are finding it harder to pay for their education, find jobs that pay a living wage, or obtain basic necessities, like health care or affordable housing. It is time for young people, who are already under attack from the Bush Administration, to take a stand. On March 31, the same day that the Selective Service System is reporting that the draft is ready to go, youth all over the country will report that they will refuse to go. Local No Draft, No Way organizers and other anti-draft activists are planning protests, walkouts, and direct action at recruiting centers, selective service offices, and other sites. We call upon students, youth, and antiwar activists to organize local actions on March 31 to say "No Draft, No Way!" http://www.nodraftnoway.org # "Writers Vs. Ryders" @ FIFTY24 SF Mar 31 Free Art opening 7- 9:30 248 Fillmore @ Haight April 2005 # SECOND ANNUAL National "I'm Embarrassed by the pResident" Day, April 1st, 2005. WEAR A BROWN RIBBON, official button, brown clothing in protest of all the BS coming out of the White House http://www.democracymeansyou.com/brown # Sat 4/2 - Reclaim The Streets (RTS) street party: a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits in SF noon @ Dolores Park. Its a masquerade ball, so D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... # a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits SF in the form of a reclaim the streets (RTS) street party on SATURDAY @ NOON, APRIL 2, DOLORES PARK. Its a masquerade ball, so if you dont want to hang for it later, you better D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1 pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... Download publicity (or make your own) at http://sfrts.tribe.net or http://www.rts-sf.org and put them up anywhere and everywhere. # **SPRING VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT TOWN MEETING & POT LUCK** Sat April 2 12 PM - 3 PM at the historic Swedish American Hall above Café DuNord, 2174 Market Street (at 15th Street) http://www.swedishamericanhall.com/index.html http://burningman.com # I'm forwarding this, which I think is important because Amy Goodman is one of the mainstays of Left Gatekeepers, tiptoeing around 9/11 and the stolen 2004 election. She interviewed David Ray Griffin on the May 26 2004 DN show, and ambushed him with "attack dog" Chip Berlet. Chip steered the interview to the no-jetliner-hit-the-Pentagon and used it to discredit The New Pearl Harbor, even though it's only one part of one chapter. -Jim of http://wtc7.net - here are sites that could teach Amy Goodman a thing or two - 911 - inside job: demand investigation into cover-up! http://wtc7.net - http://911visibility.org - http://911truth.org http://oilempire.us - http://dieoff.org - http://peakoil.net http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/index.html http://globalresearch.ca - http://cooperativeresearch.org http://deceptiondollar.com - http://911review.com http://communitycurrency.org - http://septembereleventh.org http://cooperativeresearch.org - http://911visibility.org * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 * TIME: 12 PM Working Assets Lunchtime Speakers Series FRB Auditorium 101 Market Street, 1st Floor SF 94105 This event is free and open to the public. Attendees must RSVP by calling 415-369-2150, leaving the names of everyone in the party (spelled out), and a contact phone number. Places are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. The free lunch begins at 11:30 am http://www.workingassets.com * Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 8 PM Palace of Fine Arts Theater 3301 Lyon St. @ Lombard, SF http://www.palaceoffinearts.org $12 in advance, $15 door http://www.kpfa.org or call (510) 848-6767 x611 # DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER 4/2/05 @NIMBY in Oakland Every year we hear complaints about not enough LIVE MUSIC on the Playa, and every year, DUSTFISH goes to the Playa, builds a stage and bar, plugs in the lights and PA, and presents HOT LIVE MUSIC, and DJS...last year we presented a Stilt Ballet and the searing music of KAN'NAL, among other things. Here's your chance to support LIVE ART on the Playa and have a Blast doing it! Whether it's live music or djs or just a fun good vibe you're after, you'll find it this night... LIVE (inside stages) *DR. ABACUS* *GOOFERMAN* *FUNKY BEULAH* *ECC (Evolution Control Committee)* *ALT TAL* *ARTEMIS* *KURT WAHLBERG* *LA MALINCHE (Flemenco)* *GROUNDCHUCK* *FIRE ARTS COLLECTIVE* and believe it or not a *FLASH & LORD HUCKLEBERRY DUET* and, should you feel like dancing your booty off around the fire: DJS (outside) *OOAh* *SMOOVE* *NoMe* *LARON aka SWAN* *DAISY CRAVE* *SHRIMP* *LEO* Plus: * INTERACTIVE SMUT by DR. FRIENDLY* *ART INSTALLATION by JOE MANGRUM* *VISUALS by SATSI* and Games: WHIP OR WHIPPED RING TOSS (Suffer the Lash if you Fail) *NONO THE NAUGHTY NAKED APE (You Be The Monkey)* *BOOTIE CHECKPOINT #11 (Free Your Bootie)* Raffle: WIN A TICKET TO BURNINGMAN! Plus: *PORN KLOWNS* *STILTERS* *HOOPERS* *CAGE, ROPE, GOGO, AND FIRE DANCERS* and more.... @NIMBY ( http://www.nimbyspace.org ) for directions...(just over the Bridge if coming from SF) 4/2/05 9pm-??? (you might wanna bring your sunglasses?) $5 b4 11pm $10 after http://www.clubego.net for changes, more (yes, more!) and updates...Festive (Playa) Attire Highly Encouraged...now, I'm laughing my ass off....... and, many, many thanks, in advance...DUSTFISH LOVES YOU! (now, bend over and crack a smile!) THE PARTY IS IN YOUR HEAD {SPICE MUST FLOW} DUSTFISH FUNRAZOR at NIMBY 4/2/05 28th @ Peralta, Oakland. details at http://www.clubego.net # War Tax Resistance Workshop- Berkeley Sun Apr 3, 1-4pm 3122 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (1 block East of Ashby BART) Unhappy about the U.S. policy on militarism, stop paying your taxes. More than half of our federal income taxes are being used for war. Find out more about this form of conscientious objection at our introductory workshop. Topics will include: -- Creative legal protests -- Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience -- Living below the level of taxable income -- Phone tax resistance -- Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations -- Local support networks for war tax resisters Northern California War Tax Resistance (510) 843-9877 http://www.nowartax.org Thank you for working for peace! # Comcast is coming to town. Come and protest April 3rd at 2 pm! The big cable companies will be having its annual meeting in San Francisco Apr 3-5. Communications Workers of America and Media Alliance are planning to welcome Comcast with a protest rally on Sunday April 3rd at 2 pm. Come to the rally and bring others with you. We are looking for organizational endorsements for this event. Please contact me at this email if you have any questions or if you can give us your endorsement. For more information about the rally, go to http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050310231129497 Thanks to your calls, we won! Thanks to everyone who called the San Francisco's Public Utility's Commission on Tuesday. Despite industry lobbying, the PUC approved the money to study the feasibility of municipal broadband in San Francisco. http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050309192522624 Comcast gets an earful in Marin The big corporations have money and power, but our communities have people. Check out what happened in Marin County when 200 crowded in San Rafael's City Hall to vent their frustration about Comcast. "It is extremely unusual to have this many people show up on a weeknight for this meeting," Supervisor Susan Adams said. "I don't recall ever having this many people at one of our Board of Supervisor meetings, and for every person here, I'm sure there are dozens more who feel the same way." Read the whole article at http://www.mediasf.org/index.php/news/150 -- QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUBSCRIBE? SUBSCRIBE? Contact Sydney Levy at sydney@media-alliance.org or at 510-832-9000, ext 303 San Francisco Media Advocates' Coalition http://www.mediasf.org --> Check our website for updated information! # MONEY IN - FAVORS OUT That’s what Arnold’s all about! Governor Schwarzenegger has raised more political contributions than any governor in California history. Join the growing group of nurses, firefighters, teachers, public service workers and others who are protesting this governor’s incessant fundraising and delivery of favors to his donors at the expense of working families. TUESDAY APRIL 5th 5:00 PM MEET-UP Ritz Carlton 600 Stockton Street/Pine SF Cable car: Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines (direct stop) Beware of Ritz Carlton Parking Fee: $45. Hi all, We have gotten word that the Governor will be in San Francisco On april 5 at 5:00 p.m. We are joining in with the CNA, teachers, fire fighters, and others to protest the governor's fundraising practices and his policies that favor his corporate donors. Tell everyone to come out and protest and make their voices heard. Last night the protest in Orange County drew more than 2,000 people! San Francisco should be able to do at least that much. An SEIU flyer is attached. I will also be following up with phone calls. # 4/6 Benefit for the Forest Defenders' Pepper Spray Q-tip lawsuit. Bay Area premier of Bernadine Mellis' "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI", a new documentry about Judi Bari and her successful lawsuit challenging the FBI repression of local forest activists. WHEN: Wed April 6 2005 7pm WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley (near the Ashby BART). Meet Plaintiffs and Lawyers in the upcoming Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial starting April 11 at the SF Federal Building. Admission $10 no one turned away for lack of funds. Info: (510) 658-9178 THE FOREST FOR THE TREES Judi Bari v. the FBI 54 minutes directed by Bernadine Mellis In 1990, environmentalist and union organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. "The Forest for the Trees follows" Judi Bari's story, culminating in her First Amendment case against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari's lawyer's daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying on-screen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win. Bernadine Mellis' first film, Born, is an experimental short that has screened at galleries and festivals in San Francisco (recently at The Lab's "Inside of Inside" and Madcat International Women's Film Festival) and New York City (including Galapagos Gallery, the Pioneer Theater, and Lady Fest East). The Golden Pheasant, an Orphan's Tale, a children's story Mellis wrote and directed, has also screened in museums and schools nationally , as well as on public television. Her father's role as lead attorney in Earth First! activist Judi Bari's civil case led Mellis to make The Forest for the Trees , her first documentary. -- Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) 2530 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley, CA 94702 phone: 510 548 3113 email: bach@headwaterspreserve.org http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org # Mon Apr 7 What The Bleep Group (“Bleepers' Anonymous”) Intense, informative, fun! Do you have a passion to find out …”What The Bleep It’s All About?” Then this group is for you. It combines a focus on deep ideas as well as direct experience. Bob Eige is the group leader. His life’s focus has been the study of cosmology, Zen, healing and art*. Each meeting is unique and creative. Participants share their ideas and experiences regarding, “What The Bleep” and related subjects. Learning how to be more effective in creating our own realities is an important objective of group. The next meeting is Monday evening, April 11th at 7:00 PM, in San Rafael - bring your humor and your wits! Check out the new, “What The Bleep Study Guide”! http://www.whatthebleep.com/guide *To check out Bob’s unusual art visit: http://www.homepage.mac.com/rabirdx # COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET & SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE INJURED BY OAKLAND POLICE A Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs; Willow was permanently injured by the Oakland Police on April 7th, 2003. Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m. Café Van Kleef (21 and over) 1621 Telegraph @17th, Oakland (19th Street BART) MUSIC: · Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty (East Bay Express called her "the complete performer in her use of cranked emotions in her singing, edgy rock energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." ) & Friends · Henri Ducharme with TaraLinda – New French music and beyond (accordion & vocals) · Spoken Word Performance VIDEO: · “Shots on the Docks” the documentary depicting the events at the Oakland Docks on April 7, 2003 by Steve Zeltzer of the Labor Video Project will screen. SPEAKERS: · Jack Heyman, ILWU rank and file activist who was arrested by police April 7, 2003 and fought and won bogus charges against him. · Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article on the corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization (2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer. · Member of Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED On April 7 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire on nonviolent people with wooden bullets, shot-filled sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two hours. Their actions injured 60, including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the press, in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war movement, and was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights. Picketers caused the docks to shut down on April 7, 2003; and a month later on May 12 and one year later on April 7, 2004. Those arrested and facing bogus charges won their cases and there have been some reforms to police practices won in civil suits in the aftermath, but the OPD and Mayor Jerry Brown (who may run for California Attorney General) remain unaccountable and dangerous. Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social justice activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be diverted to anti-war organizing. HOW YOU CAN HELP · Forward this email to your lists and friends · Donate money in any of the following ways 1. On line with a credit card at actagainstwar.org 2. Send a check to Willow Rosenthal PO Box 611 Berkeley, CA 94701 3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person. Sponsored by friends of Willow and the Transit Workers Solidarity Committee Contact: Dorrit 510-981-1967 dorrit@riseup.net # April 8-11 Make Radio, Not War! - Hands-on Radio Camps, Build an FM Broadcast Transmitter - 2005 Schedule A four day hands-on workshop session sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley. During the 4 days you will learn how to build FM broadcast transmitters (and other related items such as antennas) and set up a low power (5-100 watt) community radio station capable of covering a broadcast radius between 3 and 15 miles depending on power, terrain and antenna height. The workshop tuition is $150-$200 sliding scale. Transmitter kits are provided for assembly experience. These may be also purchased during the workshop session so you can walk away at the end with an assembled and tested transmitter. Average cost for a broadcast station kit package (transmitter, antenna, cabling power, supply) is just $300 to $700, depending on kits and power level chosen. Radio Camp sessions, which run Friday through Monday (10 am to 6 pm), will be held at FRB’s Oakland location on the following dates: April 8-11, 2005 May 27-30, 2005 July 1-4, 2005 August 5-8, 2005 September 2-5, 2005 Make Radio Not War! Break the corporate stranglehold on the free flow of information, ideas, art and cultural expression with your own radio station Contact Free Radio Berkeley for further information or to register for the radio camp Free Radio Berkeley, 1442A Walnut St., Suite 406, Berkeley, CA 94709 510-625-0314 xmtrman@pacbell.net http://www.freeradio.org # Please join singer/songwriter/activist Margie Adam for a facilitated labyrinth walk to mark the occasion of BCA's fifteenth anniversary. BCA activists will re-energize and reaffirm their commitment to the work ahead by walking the labyrinth together, a unique act of community-building. This event is BCA's way of thanking people like you who have been generous participants in BCA's work over the past fifteen years. I hope you will join us for this very special occasion. With gratitude and appreciation, Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director Saturday, April 9, 2005, 1-4 p.m. Women's Building Auditorium 3543 18th Street, San Francisco Light refreshments will be provided RSVP : Sarah Lightfoot at 415.243-9301 ext. 17 or via email at slightfoot@bcaction.org http://bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action, New Montgomery St, SF # Apr 9 RAW IN TEN MINUTES is now available in SF at: Valencia St Bookstore 569 Valencia St Thank you Amanda for putting all the books in the Window! Support Valencia Bookstore! My booksigning will be April 9th there! http://www.rawinten.com # http://www.sfvs.org April Potluck & Free Lecture by Dr. Rick Dina (D.C.) Saturday, April 9: Socializing & Appetizers at 6:00 p.m.; Dining at 6:30 p.m.; Lecture at 8:00 p.m. Location: IOA. 3600 Geary Boulevard (see March 6 potluck for direction details). $1 suggested donation for members, their guests, and students bringing food for potluck, $2 for non-members bringing food (add $8 to each category without food). Following the potluck, there will be a lecture on ?A Vegan Diet for Optimum Health.? Dr. Dina has been studying and practicing optimal vegan nutrition for 18 years. After earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Atlanta, GA in 1997, he joined the staff at the True North Health Center under Dr. Alan Goldhamer. In addition to his clinical duties helping patients recover from diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, etc., he conducted informative weekly presentations on pertinent health and nutrition topics. In 2001 he moved to Seattle, WA where he also taught nutrition and natural hygiene principles at Bastyr University, the leading 4-year school for Naturopathic Medicine. He now practices nutrition counseling and chiropractic at the Vitality Health Center of Marin in San Rafael with his wife, Karin, a 15-year vegan who just completed her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in March of 2005. Check their website, http://www.vitalityhealthmarin.com or call them at 415-472-7070. Also, he and Karin just returned from their vegan raw food retreat on the Big |
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Full moon today~
Friday, March 25 2005 - Saturday, March 26 2005 12:45 PM Next Full Moon 5 degrees 18 Mins. In Libra March 25, 2005 12:58:29 PST Until saturday-when the moon goes into scorpio..meow For the whole weekend!
08:27 Moon sextile Pluto 18:26 Moon enters Scorpio home.online.no/~kafox/VOC_E.html
JUPITER OPPOSES MERCURY Entering Mar 25 2005 Lacking tact and diplomacy during. Danger of being opinionated and blunt. It would be useful to think before you speak. A little restraint could go a long way.
the month of march says~ The 4th –8th time frame augurs the possibility of big tides, flood, storm and seismic risk. Mercury conjunct with the Sun on the 14th portends political correctness: smart but not wise, leading edge but wrong. People say what they mean only when they let something slip at times like this. Venus being conjunct Neptune the following day, sweet lies and crazy notions abound. Watch for these entertaining trends to be an undercurrent from about the 12th through the 18th. The 18-27th showing electrical storms, damaging winds, hail and flash floods or mudslides look like newsmakers. Peril at sea, storm-tossed airplanes, power outages due to downed lines . That said, analysis may offer a few pointers as to the most vulnerable locations. Southern California, the Baja Peninsula and eastern Nevada up into Idaho and western Montana make up one such zone, while the Pacific Northwest coast from northernmost California into British Columbia comprises another. Stormy weather.
# Fri Mar 25 FULL MOON
# Fri, Mar 25 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Join us for a MEMORIAL & PROTEST VIGIL outside the Colombian Consulate 595 Market St (at 2nd Street, near Montgomery BART) SF http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php
# 3/25: Muir Woods by Moonlight (mill valley) Explore the magic of Muir Woods under a full moon, learning about the secret nightlife of an old-growth redwood forest. Dress for the weather and bring a flashlight. Children under 8 years not advised. Less than 2 miles, flat and paved. Limited to 30 people. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Reservations required: (415) 388-2596 NOTE: this program often fills quickly, so make your reservation early! http://www.craigslist.org/eve/61987245.html
# Fri 3/25 - San Francisco Critical Mass bike ride. Gather 5:30pm @ Justin Herman Plaza, SF. Ride leaves at 6pm. http://critmasssf.tribe.net Ride will end up at 225 Potrero: Anarchist Cafe! ( see below )
# Fri 3/25 - 8th Annual Anarchist Cafe, SF. (benefit for the Attica to Abu Ghraib Conference) $5 donation. None turned away. 6pm - Midnight at 225 Potrero Ave. at 16th Street in San Francisco. Performances, videos. Dinner: 7 - 8pm. All ages. Kid space!
# ***please forward***** The 8th Annual *****A N A R C H I S T C A F E***** Vegan dinner!! Music!! Spoken Word!! Surprises!! Friday, March 25, 2005 6pm on "The Kitchen" 225 Potrero Ave., at 16th St SF $5 - $15 donation requested No one turned away VIDEO by Video Activist Network dinner 7 - 8 performers indoors 7-10:30 video 8-9 all ages! kid space! drug and alcohol free space. indoor/outdoor wheelchair accessible. volunteers needed to help volunteer, email anarchistcafe2005@yahoo.com This year’s Anarchist Café is a benefit for The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, which supports and promotes individual and collective resistance to war and preparations for war http://objector.org; and for From Attica to Abu Ghraib: An Organizing Conference on Human Rights, Torture, and Resistance, sponsored by the International Human Rights Initiative http://www.attica2abughraib.com http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php http://www.craigslist.org/eve/62189960.html
# No Confidence Movement here: http://guvwurld.blogspot.com Election Reform Workshop - The No Confidence Movement Friday, March 25 @ 7:30pm SF Green Party HQ - 1028 A Howard Street, between 6th and 7th
# Ggreg's List Bonfire WHEN: Friday 25 March, 8:00pm til midnight WHERE: Ocean Beach at the end of Fulton HOW MUCH: Well FREE of course http://ggreg.com
# Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot and Carol Queen invite you to… $pread Magazine Release Party-An unapologetic evening of hedonistic art, music, burlesque, and other erotic delights The Center for Sex and Culture 398 11th St. 3rd Floor at Harrison in SF Friday, March 25th 8-11pm Suggested donation $10-100 (no one turned away) Free copy of the magazine with all $10+ donations! Featuring: Lip Stick Conspiracy Best SF Girl Band in 2004! (SFBay Guardian Best of the Bay) Clever, Cute and Kinky Cabaret! Kitten on the Keys Erotic Readings by Melissa Gira and Yalith Fonfa Burlesque Performances by The Lollies, Stigmata Hari and Miss Julep Roky Roulette The World's only Pogo Strip Tease Artist Branding and Saddling with Urban Cowgirls Kick and Rain Cosmic Sound by DJ Seofon Special Appearances by: The Vagina Lady Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot Erotic Art by: Ruby Pearl David Steinberg Dorian Katz Craig Scoffone Helen Khlystova This event is brought to you by $pread Magazine http://www.spreadmagazine.org Sex Workers Outreach Project http://swop-usa.org http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php
# This friday night, at the Center for Sex and Culture, located at 398 11th St. at Harrison, in SF, Spread Magazine is having it's release party. AND, some figurative art will also be on display. This should be a hoot. Lots of 'sex workers' will be in duh house. 8pm - Midnight.
# Have a Freaky Good Friday Fri Mar 25 8:00pm $7 21+ Pets are Wonderful Support (PAWS): dedicated to preserving the human-animal bond. PAWS representatives will also be attending. Performers: Lily LeRouge is a gothic princess burlesque performer. She has been performing old fashioned styled striptease shows with a modern gothic twist all over town for a couple of years. http://www.lilylerouge.com The Amazing Omer most annoying street musician in Frisco. Ever. Freedom Rock is a spastic guitar duo who play psychedelic, retarded noise ballads about hippies, prayer rabbits & psych meds. http://www.freedomrock.com Eric CornForth is a pretty-boy singer-songwriter who's very sensitive. The ladies dig him. He's been described as "Kurt Cobain meets Burgess Meredith". Actually, he's never been described like that by anyone. I just made it up. Sorry. The Turks feature members of the legendary punk cacophony Alice Donut & Heavy Hindenburg which, oddly enough, is a Zeppelin cover band. PAWS assists people with AIDS in keeping and caring for their pets, and recognizing their mental and physical therapeutic value. http://www.pawssf.org About Kat's Kradle: Kat's Kradle is an experimental film, some would just say incoherent, about a demented, if not psychotic, cat seeking to escape the cold cruel comforts of domestication & return to his wild origins. Kat's Kradle was filmed entirely at some of San Francisco's most spectacularly seedy locales: The Tenderloin, 6th & Mayhem, Toxic Beach, Dogpatch, Hunter's Point & Bill's apartment. For more info check out http://www.piktograf.com Varnish Fine Art is a gallery that deals contemporary fine art with a beer & wine bar & a library & a really cool dog named Hector. Varnish is also a meeting place for everyone who loves fine (& not so fine) art & believes that galleries should be fun. Varnish Fine Art is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco 77 Natoma Street (between 1st & 2nd / Mission & Howard) right by the overpass where people go pee-pee. http://www.varnishfineart.com
# (pix from the last one: http://whichever.com/gallery/youbigdummy Sockpuppet Soundsystem says: It's Spring Again! djs sir thx-a-lot, k-mac, and jaybee bring you the old-school hip-hop, funk, and soul heat -- free of charge and free of reggaeton. tonight yr gonna party like it's 1989! Friday March 25 10PM - 2AM Free! 21+ w/ID StudioZ Gallery 1515 Folsom @ 11th St, San Francisco 415.252.7666 http://www.StudioZ.tv
# Fri Mar 25 Opulent Temple and Get Yer Freak On presents A First Step into the Mind's Eye The Opulent Temple will rise again this year on the playa for more shared good times, sacred dance, incredible music, and much more. Celebrating it's 20th incarnation, Burning Man this year is looking to be a cut above past years, and the Opulent Temple is poised to bring greater joys and more beautiful moments to Black Rock City. But only with your help. The camp will blow psyches to the extent the community can help make it happen. Here's a first step.... with... El Papachengo (El Circo) Laird (Get Yer Freak On / Lush Camp) Golidlox (djgoldilox.com / Brass Tax) Syd Gris (Opel / Opulent Temple) Felix the Dog (Groundscore) Deep Eddy (House of Lotus) Donna Matrix (Newsbreakz / Space Cowboys) Kevin Knapp (Opulent Temple / Momentum) Nathan Vain (Opulent Temple) Laron (Psychofunkdiscodelic) 8 Ball (Space Cowboys) + Table selling CD's from the Opulent Temple 2004: Hybrid, Scumfrog, D:Fuse, and more. The first 50 people through the door who ask will receive a FREE copy of Syd Gris's set from BM2K4. : ) @ Mighty 119 Utah @ 15th, SF $10-$15 sliding donation 10pm-4am 2 rooms of big Mighty sound + more goodies tba...
# Friday, March 25 Nuin Moon Esbat Intention and Fruition – Cause and Effect What seed will you plant? with DJs: Polygroover (house) Terrac (techno) -db- (techno/electro) Red Stickman (downtempo) ~ Coast Side Location, 12-6am ~ Call the voicemail *night-of* for directions: 415-705-0600
# Mar 25-27 Fri, Mar 25, 2005 - Sun, Mar 27, 2005
EYES WIDE OPEN: THE HUMAN COST OF WAR San Francisco Civic Center and on Sunday, Union Square SF
Eyes Wide Open traveling memorial of military boots and civilian shoes
WHO: American Friends Service Committee, SFUSD School Board, American Muslim Muslim Voice, Archidioces of San Francisco Commission of Public Policy and Social Concer, Bay Area Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Quaker Meetings, Military Families Speak Out, and other organizations in the Northern California region
WHY: To honor fallen US military personnel (1499 +) and Iraqi civilians (est. 100,000) and to see the human cost of war
For More Information: 415-565-0201 x 12, http://www.afsc.org or smcneil@afsc.org Pictures available at http://imageportal.afsc.org/ Log in as "visitor" with the password afscafsc Search for "Eyes Wide Open
A traveling memorial exhibition, Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War is coming to the Fresno Courthouse, San Francisco Civic Center and Union Square, All Wars Memorial at Capitol Park in Sacramento, March 22 through 31. Organized by the American Friends Service Committee, this exhibition honors fallen US military personnel a: 415-565-0201 x 12, http://www.afsc.org or smcneil@afsc.org http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php
Sat Mar 26
# 3/26: Wildflower Hike on Mt. Tam (mill valley) Join a Muir Woods ranger for a 5-mile somewhat strenuous hike experiencing the colorful wonders of spring. Meet Ranger Jim MacDonald at the Muir Woods Visitor Center. Wear sturdy shoes, bring water and a snack. Rain cancels. Limit of 25 people. 10 am to 2 pm Please call 415-388-2596 for reservations. For more information, visit the Muir Woods website at http://www.nps.gov/muwo/programs http://www.craigslist.org/eve/61987575.html
# Sat 3/26 - 10th Annual Bound Together Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair, SF. Free. 10am - 6pm @ SF County Fair Building, near 9th ave & Lincoln Way in Golden Gate Park, SF
# ? Golden Gate Park ? Stanyan @ Waller / Kezar Pavillion ? 10th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair March 26th
Speakers confirmed so far include:
Barry Pateman - archivist at the Kate Sharpley Library, and senior editor at the Emma Goldman Papers. The most recent volume of Emma Goldman - A Documentary History Of The American Years Volume 2: Making Speech Free, 1902-1909 has just been published by University of California Press,and he has authored introductions to both the new edition of Alexander Berkman's 'What Is Anarchism' and The Voltairine De Cleyre Reader
Ward Churchill - reknowned scholar activist and troublemaker is the author and editor of numerous books and audio CDs. His latest work is On The Justice Of Roosting Chickens
Eric Drooker - legendary graphic artist whose work has graced a thousand walls, posters, t shirts and book covers. His seminal novel without words, Flood! is now available again in a new elegant edition
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - pioneering feminist, and perennial activist is the author of two (to date) autobiographies - Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie, and her memoir of the 60s, Outlaw Woman
Peter Werbe is an editor of Fifth Estate, the longest-running anarchist journal in America today.
Chris Carlsson spent 13 years stealing office supplies to produce Processed World, a zine that chronicled the drudgery of 9-to-5 desk jobs. He helped bring Critical Mass into being, and created SHAPING SAN FRANCISCO: The Interactive Multimedia Excavation of the Lost History of San Francisco
Entartete Künst (German for 'degenerate art') is an anarcho-electro/hip-hoppers put out political electronic music that fuses low- and high-brow culture (think dark, slow hip-hop with Noam Chomsky samples) into a potent mix that challenges the status quo.
Sat 3/26 - 2nd Annual BADASS (Bay Area Direct Action Soccer Series) Tournament 2005 West Bay vs. East Bay All-Star Anarchist Soccer Showdown! @ Golden Gate Park during the Anarchist Bookfair. Match time to be announced on http://www.indybay/arts
# Hello SF Living Foods! I'll be at Rainbow Grocery Co-op next Saturday offering a tasting of our Brownie Bite and Coconut Ginger Bite: Saturday, March 26th 11am-2pm Rainbow Coop - 1745 Folsom St http://www.smartmonkeyfoods.com I'm guessing these are for humans.
They also make raw foods for non-human animals.
Our dog is actually 100% raw vegan. She is a Rhodesian Ridgeback (we did research and found that this breed does well on a vegan diet)
We adopted her, and she was very ill: kennel cough, was loosing chunks of fur, was skin and bone (45 lbs!), and very depressed. We converted her diet over a 2 month period, and now she just eats nuts, seeds, fruits and veggies, and weighs 90lbs.
So often we are stopped on the street and people want to touch her because her fur is amazingly silky soft and super shiney, and no shedding and no oder!
She has her own favorite pate recipe, which we have in our uncookbook: The Art of Raw, which is available on our website: http://www.smartmonkeyfoods.com
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Get signed up now while there are still openings left. Here's the deets:
What's next for you? What do you really want? Wha-th'hell you waitin' for? What's with all the questions?
Many of us are seeking new relationships with work, money, creativity, spirituality, sex, love…''' So a dozen freaks of different trainings in various wisdom sources are bringing a day-long experience to our San Francisco scene.
Through discussion, exercises and interactive games we'll share with you how we've poked and prodded our passions awake. After an introduction we'll offer over four hours of sessions throughout the day, with several classes to choose from in each session. Including an hour for lunch, we'll provide breaks with different options to connect and reflect. Then a new relationship/sexuality improv troupe will bring the day to a, uh... climax.
Let’s tinker with spirituality despite the confusion of organized religion. Let’s translate empowerment from the new agey dialect. Let’s shoplift transformation from the self-help sales craze. Regardless of what stand up comedians mock, let’s cobble together tools from the fascinating mind-fuck of self-awareness to create whole new lives for ourselves through each other.
The event will also serve to collect books, tapes and discs – inspiring source material you would like to share – to create a communal library or donate to a cause.
http://www.wiseasswisdom.org Go there. Click on WHAT. Choose from the fascinating courses and discussions offered by fellow freaks. Sign up for times ASAP to ensure your favorite classes don't fill up without you.
WHO: Find out here: http://wiseasswisdom.org/who.html WHAT: Find out here: http://wiseasswisdom.org/what.html WHEN: Saturday, March 26th from 11am to 6:30pm. WHERE: Center for Sex and Culture: 11th St / Harrison St., SF COST: $25 in advance. $30 at the door (if space is still available). $5 cash back for arriving with ponderings written in crayon. Details will be emailed to registered participants.
Wise-ass Wisdom will: --unsnag the snaggletoothed. --octane boost the pyromaniacked. --wow even those who think they are wowier than thou. --perpetuate the practice / continue the inspiration of the teachers, producers, staff and attendees.
Questions? Just write us at wisasswisdom@yahoo.com
# Saturday Jams @ Xenodrome continue March 19th & 26th ~ 12 noon till 3 pm. Musicians coming together, just to make music...What a concept! http://Xenodrome.com ?, 1320 Potrero @ 25th & Cesar Chavez
# 3/26: Time to End the Outrageous Secrecy of Our Police (sunnyvale) Between 2 and 4pm, at Sunnyvale Public Library, I will lead a demonstration showing the compelling need for our police departments to start mandating technological monitoring of themselves (concerning contacts between suspect and officer), to ensure factual evidence of what takes place between these two parties. Endless people go to jail, and have their lives entirely ruined due to misleading, false, or otherwised altered police reports in this country. And this must stop. Check out the following website: http://Policewatch.org Rich
# The Ethical Slut, with Dossie Easton and Janet Harding Sat Mar 26 2:30 PM $10 245 8th St http://www.sfcitadel.org OK, so you want to have lots of sex and lots of S/M with lots of wonderful people ... who wouldn't? But the realities are often challenging: even the most joyous slut may experience insecurity, feelings of clumsiness and/or incompetence, guilt, and, of course, jealousy. Dossie and Janet will discuss lifestyles that go beyond the traditional monogamous model. Can you maintain supportive relationships in a world where the only sexual boundaries are the ones you set yourself? How do you feel secure when your partner has a date (with someone cuter than you)? What is jealousy, and can it be overcome? Come listen, talk and learn about how to build the lifestyle you want. Admission: $10 per person Janet Hardy (aka Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green) is the president of Greenery Press Inc. Under her various pen names, she is the author or co-author of ten books on sexuality, polyamory and BDSM. Janet is a bisexual, polyamorous, gender-flexible SM switch who has shared her lifestyle knowledge at workshops and conferences internationally. Dossie Easton is a San Francisco therapist who specializes in helping couples, triads and groups to navigate the tricky byways of slut lifestyles. An active sex radical since 1961, Dossie is a well-known bottom who also tops, and has taught dozens of classes on S/M techniques, skills and philosophy. She was one of the first members of the Society of Janus in San Francisco. The two women have co-authored five books, including "The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities" and "Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence."
# HOLI ka DANDIA- Sat March 26- Cubberley ( 4000 Middlefield )Palo Alto Join in the fun! Come party and dance with scintillating Bay Area Performer Ms. USHMA VAHIA & Party! Welcome Spring or HOLI season.on Saturday, March 26,2005 at the Cubberley Auditorium in Palo Alto- 4000 Middlefield Road. 7:30PM to 11:00 PM
This event highlights DANDIA RAAS a traditional PARTICIPATORY Stick dance from India - with a Line/Circle of Dancers engaging in the Community Stick Dance. The Music is Pulasating, Rthymic and "Jhoom" means to SWAY IN Rhthym.
Come Dance with or without partners. Free Dance Lessons provided.
No Color Powders allowed. Only Dancing. Snacks and Dandia Sticks will be available for purchase.
More details and Photos from past events: Tickets online till sold out http://www.indian-american.org
# Closing receptions for two shows, Red Ink Studios: Paul Hayes, 'PaperWork' 989 Market @ 6th. sat 3/26, 7 - Midnight.
# Bunny Jam 5: Adventures in BunnyHOPolis!
Saturday, March 26th, 8pm till 6am
1919 Market St, Oakland (2 blocks South of West Grand)
$10 FullBunny; $15 SumBunny; $20 UnBunny
Join the mass EGGsodus! Hop from HARE to absurdity! Tumble through the RABBIT hole and discover a congrEGGation of bunnies in BunnyHOPolis, an EGGstrordinary city sprawling with EGGsistential questions: Will you take the red jellybean or the blue jellybean? Is BunnyHOPolis a physical state or state of mind? HOPpiness itself? Or an EGGsercise in FURtility? Oh hippety hoppers of harebrained HOPpenings, HARE we go again!!!
ART • PERFORMANCE • PROJECTIONS • FURIGINAL BUNNY MUSIC • HOPPING! Abu Bunny De-humanization Station - The Golden Carrot Cabaret & Egglight District - The Dreamland HOPstacle Course - A HOPolopalicious Ho-down in The Bunnydrome - Oracle Forest & HOPpy Haunty Cemetary - The Hopalopolis Egg Hunt! - The Bunny Hole Express to Blacklight Briarpatch - The Bunny Arts District - Dr. Frankenpeep’s Recombinant P(eep)NA Lab - Bunny Boingers - A Midnight Bunny Toss - Maypole Polkas & InEGGural Balls - Kali Bunny Shrine & Buddhabunny Temple - Hare Apparent Projections - 18 Carrot Mango & Bubbleberrybop Punches - The Annual FURshion Show (featuring U!) - Hippety Puppety Theatery - The Evolution Carrot Committee Presenting Fluph-in! - Easter Egg Scramble for Bunnyside-ups ++
Including the incomparable talents of the Bay Area’s finest bunnyflippin’ artists, VJs, DJs, and perFURmers: Dr. Furiendly - Dr. Wabbitkiss (feral-minded cartoon jazz) - Mein HARE! - RunRabbitRon Harebert - Spoonish Bunny - Furtographer - DJ NeonBunny - GoofeRABBIT (purveyors of hippety hop euphonics) - Carrot Lewis - Starbunny - Shimmery Bunny - Kharmabunny - Bunny Fodder - Marcia Crosbunny - Little Bunny John - Los Lunch Bunnies - DJ Helgabunny - SugarBunni - Jackie Jackrabbit - The Evolution Carrot Committee (ECC) - Jenny Peep - John Mosbunny - Simbunny - Nambla the Bunny - Marin Bunny - Holcomb Bunnylite - The FUR Arts Collective (carrot spinning) - Skibit - CameraBunny - Ether Bunny - Justin YoungBunny - Dr. Boris Rabid! - Dr. Frankenpeep - Superspacebunny - Mobunny Molitov - Bunnies with Chainsaws! +++
Sponsored by the Department of Hareland Security, BJ1, BJ2, etc and so what! Hooray!
Also join us April 1st for a Billion Bunny March as part of the St. Stupid‘s Day Parade! See http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html for details
http://www.bunnyjam.com Please enter and exit vewy vewy quietly!
# YOGA TAI-CHI COLLECTIVE PRESENTS FERTILE In celebration of the spring equinox Saturday March 26th At STUDIO RASA 933 Parker St (8th & 9th) Berkeley Ca 94710 8:30pm DOORS 9:00 YOGA DANCE with TENLEY 10:00 Tai-Chi with PATRICK KING 11:00 The DJ?s Fire it UP DJ?s: MAXIMILLIAN (TFEP) El PAPA CHANGO (El Circo) CLAY (Yoga Tai-Chi) MOONDOGGY (yoga Tai-Chi) $10 before 10pm $15 After This is a shoe Free event ? Please bring your yoga mat All ages welcome
# Rapture: Living in Love SpiralMuse House Party and Fundraiser** Saturday, March 26 9 pm to 2 am http://www.spiralmuse.org/events_event_Rapture.html DJ’s:: Soulsalaam (future juju)::Syd gris (opel)::Shanti (triple power) Swami (the community)::Chakka (02 bar)::Yehudit (mysticscave) DEEEELIGHTS:: * First 100 guests receive Living in Love 3CD music set * Two floors of luxuriantly lush chill * Sumptuous healing and massage * Treats & elixirs to titillate your senses * Fabulous silent auction – (want to contribute? See how: http://www.spiralmuse.org/silentauction.htm * Candlelight ceremony at midnight $20 donation requested* ~ pre-sale only ~ This event will sell out, so buy early. To purchase Tickets online: http://www.spiralmuse.org/events_event_Rapture.html To purchase Tickets by hand: elana@spiralmuse.org
# Sat Mar 26 10pm fireside concert at the "interval" 1284 W. Grand ave. @ poplar st. in Oakland $5-$20 (no one turned away for lack o $) http://markgrowden.com
# BOUNTY Sat Mar 26 10:00 PM Infinite Kaos 136 Taylor Street @ Turk / Eddy http://infinitekaos.com Celebrate abundance with Infinite Kaos & El Circo. Featuring a cornucopia of musicmakers: Geeno (IK), a midnight performance manifesting abundance and transition as Infinite Kaos changes its name to ?????? At 12:15 Oo-ah (LABA) & Dorfex Bos (FSCK) work their dynamic duo. El Papachango (El Circo) returning from Miami to bless this house. Kitty D (Kitty-ology/El Circo) slows it down 33 1/3 stylie. And Chris Sia (IK/El Circo) brings in the dawn. You can bet Desiree will be there with her fan! Phidelity (Organic Light Industries) and Andres (IK) handling the chill chamber all night long! Refreshments of all kinds served to keep you here all night long! And Kitty D and Chris Sia bring you Tobiko Freako Sushi Lounge the next night, Sun March 27, 10pm-2am, at Ryoko's Restaurant & Bar. Cuz you know how good fish is when you're cracked out after the pahtee. Come for the groovin' ethnoslut sounds and slowed down grungy breaks, slam down some sake and maki. Always, no cover and under the covers. MEOW!!!!!!!
# $$$ LIQUIDATE $$$ Saturday, March 26 43 Norfolk St $10, all night http://www.false-profit.com/events/liquidate As you may know, ownership of FPHQ has recently changed hands, and The Company is moving to new a new, soon-to-be-announced location in San Francisco. So on March 26, False Profit is saying goodbye to 43 Norfolk with LIQUIDATE, the last party ever to happen at that location! The Company is clearing out all the old late-night entertainment to make room for the new models - all the fun must go! - Tung - Donna Matrix - Kraddy - Smoove - Laird - Kap'n Kirk - Joe Encarnacion - ALXNDR - benchun - more TBA... Learn more about our new Memorable Moments technology and get up-to-the-minute information about the line-up at: http://www.false-profit.com/events/liquidate The Life You Enjoy May Be Your Own!
# For those not going to Miami this year, you're in luck. False Profit has a great deal for you:
http://false-profit.com/events/liquidate
Final Sale; Best Deals of the Millenium!
As you may know, ownership of FPHQ has recently changed hands, and The Company is moving to new a new, soon-to-be-announced location in San Francisco. So on March 26, False Profit is saying goodbye to 43 Norfolk with LIQUIDATE, the last party ever to happen at that location! The Company is clearing out all the old late-night entertainment to make room for the new models - all the fun must go!
A Memory Good Enough To Buy
Do you remember the time when you came to the party at FPHQ and had to step over the sewage water to get to the porto-potty? Or when you heard that DJ set at 43 Norfolk that made you start rubbing yourself? How about the time when the cops shined a Maglite right in your huge pupils? Or that hilarious time when your friend took just a little too much to be at a warehouse full of people? And when you met that extreme hottie and never got their number?
Now you can come reminisce about these good times - and many more - using False Profit's exclusive new life-enhancement product: Memorable Moments. At LIQUIDATE, partygoers will have access to licenses* for Memorable Moments - with each license, you can go to the scene of one of your favorite memories at FPHQ and think about it once! Make them count! Share them with friends!**
Now, how much would you expect to pay for a license for one Memorable Moment? Guess lower. Still lower. No, fool, even lower! That's right, you get three Memorable Moments absolutely free with your donation at the door! You will not want to miss this special, one-time offer.
So you get the fun, the dancing, the Corporate love, and the Memorable Moments, all for the suggested donation of $10 ... With a spectacular all-star DJ lineup including:
Donna Matrix / Kraddy / Smoove / Laird / Kap'n Kirk / 8Ball / Joe Encarnacion / ALXNDR / benchun / halon / and more TBA...
* Note: The licenses are not physical, tangible, or in any sense real. Guests are expected to use three at maximum. Company agents will be watching. Re-selling of licenses is expressly encouraged.
** Note: in a group recollection, each participant must use one Memorable Moment license.
http://false-profit.com/events/liquidate _______________________________________________ false profit : invest yourself http://lists.false-profit.com/listinfo/investors
# Sat 3/26 - Anarchy Magazine benefit show at 924 Gilman, Berkeley. Resist and Exist, Takaru, Gather, Resistance Culture, Killdashnine $5
# Tantra Surround presents: Saturday, March 26th 10pm-6am, 18+ The Blue Cube 34 Mason St., San Francisco IN THE LAB (Psychedelic) DIGITAL TALK (Acidance Records, France) - Luc and Julien are really excited to be coming back to SF and promise lots of rocking new music. Live and DJ set. GHREG ON EARTH (Wirikuta/Mistress of Evil Records) celebrating his upcoming (April 2005) debut release: SigilWeaver, "a mysterious and ominous themed mystical journey captured in trance, taking the dance floor and listener on a quantum leap into the future of sound" Liam Shy (Tantra) Barratt (Synchronize) KJ (Tantra) IN THE CUBE (Melodic) Akasha (Auracle Resonance) Spook (Phoenix Family) Mayur (Spectra, NYC) Sentient (Thump, Synchronize) Helios (Magic Glasses) Sound by KV2 Audio (http://kv2audio.com/) Gourmet vegetarian foods plus full bar Visuals by Chaos Consortium Tickets $20 at the door or online at http://www.tantrasf.com 415-820-3201
# "Donating garden plants...SF Port bulldozers coming April 1, 2005" http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/ef9fa237-34e8-499e-b33b-28fd4599f102
Because the "bull dozer coming/donating garden plant" posting has resulted in nearly 200 responses, I have chosen to respond with this simple letter to all, due to my lack of time and typing skills.
The donation times will start at 10 AM and end around 5 PM this coming Saturday and Sunday, March 26th and 27th. I hope to rent a small Bobcat to excavate the larger bushes and trees, but hoping one of you is a more proficient operator than myself.
Please bring your own tools, pots or burlap to wrap root balls, albeit, I have a few here. Heavy duty trash bags or 6 mil plastic are also useful.
The Muwekma Ohlone Park is opposite 1884 Illinois Street,here in San Francisco, near Marin, and closest intersection is Cesar Chavez and Third Street. Here is a Mapquest link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=1884+Illinois+St.%0D%0A&city=San+Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94124
Should you get lost, I will have my cell: 415 902 7700
Thanks in advance for all your love for things green and living. David Erickson Park: http://www.islaiscreek.org/
Radio Show last week about Port Bridge and other related issues: http://www.enemycombatantradio.net/ecr/ecr-hi/ecr-hi_2005-03-14_18:55:41.mp3
http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/listing/ef9fa237-34e8-499e-b33b-28fd4599f102
Because the "bull dozer coming/donating garden plant" posting has resulted in nearly 200 responses, I have chosen to respond with this simple letter to all, due to my lack of time and typing skills.
The donation times will start at 10 AM and end around 5 PM this coming Saturday and Sunday, March 26th and 27th. I hope to rent a small Bobcat to excavate the larger bushes and trees, but hoping one of you is a more proficient operator than myself.
Please bring your own tools, pots or burlap to wrap root balls, albeit, I have a few here. Heavy duty trash bags or 6 mil plastic are also useful.
The Muwekma Ohlone Park is opposite 1884 Illinois Street,here in San Francisco, near Marin, and closest intersection is Cesar Chavez and Third Street. Here is a Mapquest link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&country=US&addtohistory=&searchtab=home&address=1884+Illinois+St.%0D%0A&city=San+Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94124
Should you get lost, I will have my cell: 415 902 7700
Thanks in advance http://www.islaiscreek.org/
Radio Show last week about Port Bridge and other related issues: http://www.enemycombatantradio.net/ecr/ecr-hi/ecr-hi_2005-03-14_18:55:41.mp3
Sun Mar 27
# Sun 3/27 - BASTARD Anarchist Conference @ UC Berkeley. 10am - 6pm http://sfbay-anarchists.org/conference
# BASTARD Conference Sun Mar 27 10 am - 5 pm $2+ donation Come to the fifth annual BASTARD (Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory And Research and Development) conference and develop anarchist theory in a comfortable and non-sectarian environment. The conference will be held from 10-5 at Barrows Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. There will be an hour break for lunch. Some of the highlights this year will include a panel discussion on anarchism and spirituality, a performance of the shadow puppet play 'John Z's Vision Quest' that has only been performed once before (at this summer's Black and Green gathering), and a workshop by Bob Black and many other anarchists. Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Campus - South end, Berkeley At the end of Telegraph (where it meets the campus) head about 2 buildings NE to find Barrows. conference@sfbay-anarchists.org http://sfbay-anarchists.org/conference/
# Sun 3/27- Anarchist Pride Month Parade in SF. 11am. Dolores Park. 18th @ Dolores. March towards Civic Center at noon. There will be a free punk show post-parade.
# Indulgence in the Park '05 Sun Mar 27 11:00am - 4:00pm FREE!!
Continuing their mission to promulgate Universal Joy, the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. are proud to announce "Indulgence in the Park," an Easter picnic and celebration. This very San Francisco event brings together children, families, friends, artists, and community activists all on one lawn to celebrate the Sisters' 26th Anniversary and enjoy a day in Dolores Park. The event is free to the public.
"Indulgence in the Park" promises to be lively and vivacious incorporating stage performances, children's activities, and two cash-prize contests. On this year's performer line-up, Sister Selma Soul adds, "This year's Easter stage will feature the venereal... I mean venerable... talents, of Kitten on the Keys and Trauma Flintstone, as well as those rising stars of the silver screen The Ethel Mermen Experience, taking time out from their Craig's List: The Movie promotional tour. Hoping to get a rise out of the crowd, we will be joined by one of our favorite local bands Polkacide, celebrating their 20th anniversary."
At 1:00pm, participants will line up to parade across the stage in their Easter finest for our Bonnet Contest. Later at 3:15pm, this year's "Hunky Jesus" will be chosen. Both winners will receive $100 cash prize.
In addition to providing an afternoon of merriment for the community, the Sisters also hope to raise money for a whole year of grants awards. "Our cherished San Franciscans have always been very generous, and over the past 26 years have donated half a million dollars to Sisters' Grants recipients, often one dollar at a time. The Sisters just love to give as much as we get, and we dig it when you dig deeply. Contributing to our Grants fund makes your gift last all year long," adds Sister Roxanne Roles.
http://www.thesisters.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. March 27 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Dolores Park (20h & Dolores), San Francisco http://www.craigslist.org/eve/63534857.html includes sisters/bunny photo!
# Sun Mar 27 2-5.Bay Area Hula Hoopers @ cellspace annex: 2955 18th street between florida and alabama bah-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
# Sun, Mar 27 1:30 pm
Town Meeting on Counter-Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Options Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall 1924 Cedar St. (at Bonita) Berkeley
Panel: Cindy Sheehan of Gold Star (Military) Families for Peace, Isa Shaw-Gulf War vet, Steve Morris of the GI Rights Hotline, and Berkeley High School Student Robert Reynolds. Discussion will be moderated by Craig Scott-UU minister, lawyer and Viet Nam vet.
Find out what life in the military is like, options and alternatives to being drafted. Young people and parents are especially welcome. What better way to spend Easter afternoon?
"Dear George, When you sent me a letter offering your condolences on the death of my son, Spc. Casey Qustin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq, you called me Cindy, so I naturally assume we are on a first name basis....I do have a big mouth and a righteous cause, which still mean something in this country....The 56,000,000 plus citizens who voted against you and your agenda have given me a mandate to move forward with my agenda...." --Cindy Sheehan, broken hearted mother.
Preceded by 1:00 pm press conference, open to the public. Relevant Films afterwards, at 3:30, for those who can stay. Information tables too.
$10 requested, $5 student/low-income, NO ONE TURNED AWAY for LACK of FUNDS Benefits the Central Committee on Conscientious Objectors and Alternatives to War
A project of the Berkeley Fellowship of UU's Social Justice Committee, who voted to prepare easy action(s) to take at these events. Yes, get informed AND TAKE ACTION!
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php lesser version http://www.craigslist.org/eve/64671016.html
# Ostara Egg Hunt Sun Mar 27 3-4pm FREE! Change Makers 6536 Telegraph Ave Oakland Ca 94609 view map http://www.changemakersforwomen.com Children of All Ages are encouraged to join in this egg hunt in our garden to Celebrate Spring's Arrival. FREE! (donations of small prizes for inside the plastic eggs are appreciated!) What to Bring: A small basket, a potluck item to share RSVP/Info: 707-761-7781 or faerieceilidh@hotmail.com
# Sun 3/27 - Iron Maiden Party (benefit for Critical Mass sound system). Maiden tribute band: I Yearn 4 Maiden. Eddie look-alike contest. Trashy Metal Vixen Contest. Maiden karaoke. 8pm. $5 donation. Berkeley location. Call 1-800-GUN-NUMB for directions. http://www.spaz.org
# Iron Maiden Party benefit for Critical Mass sound system Sunday, March 27 8:00pm - 11:30pm $5 Watch out all you metalheadz (and non-metalheadz)... Iron Maiden Party (benefits the Berkeley/SF Critical Mass bike sound system) Live on stage: I Yearn 4 Maiden (Maiden tribute band) Eddie look-alike contest Best Trashy Metal Vixen Contest Best Headbangin Metal Dude Contest Maiden karaoke. Berkeley location. Call 1-800-GUN-NUMB on the day of for directions. http://www.spaz.org soydog@spaz.org 1-800-GUN-NUMB
Mon Mar 28
Monday, March 28th at 10:00 am Getting Commuter Rail on Track: Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Presents A Community Forum on Transportation & Rail with Special Guest Governor Michael Dukakis, Former Vice Chair Amtrak Reform Board Participating will be Mayor Robert Jehn, Chair and Mayor Al Boro, Vice Chair - Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Please join Congresswoman Woolsey, Governor Dukakis and Local Transportation Leaders in a Lively Discussion About Multi-Modal Traffic Relief Marin County Civic Center Board of Supervisors Chambers 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael Please call (415) 507-9554 for more information
# SF Rope Bondage Peer Workshop Mon Mar 28 7:30 PM SF Citadel 245 8th St http://www.sfrope.org/ Mar 28, 2005, the Fourth Monday SF Rope Bondage Peer Workshop @ SF Citadel www.sfcitadel.org 245 8th Street, San Francisco 7:30pm - 9:30pm Look for the Big Red Heart on the building. Hosted by Rae $5-10 rec'd (but not req'd) donation to help cover venue costs. host @ sfrope.org http://www.sfrope.org/
Tue Mar 29
# 3/29: Ecuador's Indigenous Resists Big Oil Exploits (san rafael) Reply to: colleenrose@citycom.com MARIN INTERFAITH TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS PO Box 2481, Mill Valley CA 94942 Dale Sorensen 415-924-3227 geodale1@earthlink.net Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas will sponsor a Film and Slide presentation by Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch and Marisa Handler, San Francisco-based writer and activist. Having recently visited the Amazon region of Ecuador, they will report on their work in support of the indigenous community of Sarayacu, where the people have been successfully resisting oil exploitation. The event: Tuesday, March 29, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 9 Ross Valley (at 4th St.) San Rafael. Benefit for the Sarayacu people, $5-10 donation, wheelchair access. Info: 415-924-3227. http://www.craigslist.org/eve/63520376.html
# Also, you might be interested in some free movie screenings SF IndieFest is co-presenting with a club called Drunken Monkey, Tuesdays at the Cat Club, 1190 Folsom at 8th. Doors are at 9p, movie starts at 10p, DJ spins 12a till close at 2a. Cats is 21up: March 8: Fight Club, March 15: Airplane, March 22: Boondock Saints, March 29: Repo Man
Wed Mar 30
# Wed, Mar 30 7pm JUDI BARI'S VICTORY TRIAL Humanist Hall 390 27th St. @ Broadway & Telegraph, Oakland http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php
# TATTOO-A-PALOOZA! Wed Mar 30 9:30 PM Glas Kat (aka The Troc) 520 4th Street @ Bryant http://www.bondage-a-go-go.com
Thu Mar 31
# Thu Mar 31Raw Food book booth at the SF Tunk Show, ART, Fashion, music and more: http://www.pomelocreative.com http://www.rawinten.com
# March 31 National call to action No Draft, No Way!
On March 31, the Selective Service System (SSS) will report to President Bush that it is ready to implement the draft within 75 days. Right now, the SSS is staffing local draft boards, training volunteer registrars to work on high school and college campuses, and streamlining its induction process. They have also gained access to the Department of Education's computer files, to ensure maximum registration.
It is clear that the Bush Administration is preparing for a draft. They are desperate for new soldiers to continue the occupation of Iraq and to prepare for new wars against Iran, Syria, and elsewhere.
At the same time that Bush is looking to youth to supply cannon fodder for his wars, he is busy cutting financial aid and slashing social programs. The same young people that Bush wants to use to fight his wars are finding it harder to pay for their education, find jobs that pay a living wage, or obtain basic necessities, like health care or affordable housing.
It is time for young people, who are already under attack from the Bush Administration, to take a stand. On March 31, the same day that the Selective Service System is reporting that the draft is ready to go, youth all over the country will report that they will refuse to go. Local No Draft, No Way organizers and other anti-draft activists are planning protests, walkouts, and direct action at recruiting centers, selective service offices, and other sites. We call upon students, youth, and antiwar activists to organize local actions on March 31 to say "No Draft, No Way!"
http://www.nodraftnoway.org
# "Writers Vs. Ryders" @ FIFTY24 SF Mar 31 Free Art opening 7- 9:30 248 Fillmore @ Haight
April 2005
# SECOND ANNUAL National "I'm Embarrassed by the pResident" Day, April 1st, 2005. WEAR A BROWN RIBBON, official button, brown clothing in protest of all the BS coming out of the White House http://www.democracymeansyou.com/brown
# Sat 4/2 - Reclaim The Streets (RTS) street party: a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits in SF noon @ Dolores Park. Its a masquerade ball, so D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1pm sharp in search of fun and mischief...
# a comMUNIty mutiny against fare hikes hits SF in the form of a reclaim the streets (RTS) street party on SATURDAY @ NOON, APRIL 2, DOLORES PARK. Its a masquerade ball, so if you dont want to hang for it later, you better D r E s S t O I m p R e s S. We'll hit the streets at 1 pm sharp in search of fun and mischief... Download publicity (or make your own) at http://sfrts.tribe.net or http://www.rts-sf.org and put them up anywhere and everywhere.
# **SPRING VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT TOWN MEETING & POT LUCK** Sat April 2 12 PM - 3 PM at the historic Swedish American Hall above Café DuNord, 2174 Market Street (at 15th Street) http://www.swedishamericanhall.com/index.html http://burningman.com
# I'm forwarding this, which I think is important because Amy Goodman is one of the mainstays of Left Gatekeepers, tiptoeing around 9/11 and the stolen 2004 election. She interviewed David Ray Griffin on the May 26 2004 DN show, and ambushed him with "attack dog" Chip Berlet. Chip steered the interview to the no-jetliner-hit-the-Pentagon and used it to discredit The New Pearl Harbor, even though it's only one part of one chapter. -Jim of http://wtc7.net - here are sites that could teach Amy Goodman a thing or two - 911 - inside job: demand investigation into cover-up! http://wtc7.net - http://911visibility.org - http://911truth.org http://oilempire.us - http://dieoff.org - http://peakoil.net http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/index.html http://globalresearch.ca - http://cooperativeresearch.org http://deceptiondollar.com - http://911review.com http://communitycurrency.org - http://septembereleventh.org http://cooperativeresearch.org - http://911visibility.org
* Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 * TIME: 12 PM Working Assets Lunchtime Speakers Series FRB Auditorium 101 Market Street, 1st Floor SF 94105 This event is free and open to the public. Attendees must RSVP by calling 415-369-2150, leaving the names of everyone in the party (spelled out), and a contact phone number. Places are reserved on a first-come first-serve basis. The free lunch begins at 11:30 am http://www.workingassets.com
* Amy Goodman in San Francisco, CA: Fri, April 1 8 PM Palace of Fine Arts Theater 3301 Lyon St. @ Lombard, SF http://www.palaceoffinearts.org $12 in advance, $15 door http://www.kpfa.org or call (510) 848-6767 x611
# DUSTFISH CIRCUS and FUNDRAISER 4/2/05 @NIMBY in Oakland Every year we hear complaints about not enough LIVE MUSIC on the Playa, and every year, DUSTFISH goes to the Playa, builds a stage and bar, plugs in the lights and PA, and presents HOT LIVE MUSIC, and DJS...last year we presented a Stilt Ballet and the searing music of KAN'NAL, among other things. Here's your chance to support LIVE ART on the Playa and have a Blast doing it! Whether it's live music or djs or just a fun good vibe you're after, you'll find it this night... LIVE (inside stages) *DR. ABACUS* *GOOFERMAN* *FUNKY BEULAH* *ECC (Evolution Control Committee)* *ALT TAL* *ARTEMIS* *KURT WAHLBERG* *LA MALINCHE (Flemenco)* *GROUNDCHUCK* *FIRE ARTS COLLECTIVE* and believe it or not a *FLASH & LORD HUCKLEBERRY DUET* and, should you feel like dancing your booty off around the fire: DJS (outside) *OOAh* *SMOOVE* *NoMe* *LARON aka SWAN* *DAISY CRAVE* *SHRIMP* *LEO* Plus: * INTERACTIVE SMUT by DR. FRIENDLY* *ART INSTALLATION by JOE MANGRUM* *VISUALS by SATSI* and Games: WHIP OR WHIPPED RING TOSS (Suffer the Lash if you Fail) *NONO THE NAUGHTY NAKED APE (You Be The Monkey)* *BOOTIE CHECKPOINT #11 (Free Your Bootie)* Raffle: WIN A TICKET TO BURNINGMAN! Plus: *PORN KLOWNS* *STILTERS* *HOOPERS* *CAGE, ROPE, GOGO, AND FIRE DANCERS* and more.... @NIMBY ( http://www.nimbyspace.org ) for directions...(just over the Bridge if coming from SF) 4/2/05 9pm-??? (you might wanna bring your sunglasses?) $5 b4 11pm $10 after http://www.clubego.net for changes, more (yes, more!) and updates...Festive (Playa) Attire Highly Encouraged...now, I'm laughing my ass off....... and, many, many thanks, in advance...DUSTFISH LOVES YOU! (now, bend over and crack a smile!) THE PARTY IS IN YOUR HEAD {SPICE MUST FLOW} DUSTFISH FUNRAZOR at NIMBY 4/2/05 28th @ Peralta, Oakland. details at http://www.clubego.net
# War Tax Resistance Workshop- Berkeley Sun Apr 3, 1-4pm 3122 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA (1 block East of Ashby BART) Unhappy about the U.S. policy on militarism, stop paying your taxes. More than half of our federal income taxes are being used for war. Find out more about this form of conscientious objection at our introductory workshop. Topics will include: -- Creative legal protests -- Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience -- Living below the level of taxable income -- Phone tax resistance -- Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations -- Local support networks for war tax resisters Northern California War Tax Resistance (510) 843-9877 http://www.nowartax.org Thank you for working for peace!
# Comcast is coming to town. Come and protest April 3rd at 2 pm!
The big cable companies will be having its annual meeting in San Francisco Apr 3-5. Communications Workers of America and Media Alliance are planning to welcome Comcast with a protest rally on Sunday April 3rd at 2 pm. Come to the rally and bring others with you.
We are looking for organizational endorsements for this event. Please contact me at this email if you have any questions or if you can give us your endorsement.
For more information about the rally, go to http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050310231129497
Thanks to your calls, we won!
Thanks to everyone who called the San Francisco's Public Utility's Commission on Tuesday. Despite industry lobbying, the PUC approved the money to study the feasibility of municipal broadband in San Francisco.
http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20050309192522624
Comcast gets an earful in Marin
The big corporations have money and power, but our communities have people. Check out what happened in Marin County when 200 crowded in San Rafael's City Hall to vent their frustration about Comcast.
"It is extremely unusual to have this many people show up on a weeknight for this meeting," Supervisor Susan Adams said. "I don't recall ever having this many people at one of our Board of Supervisor meetings, and for every person here, I'm sure there are dozens more who feel the same way."
Read the whole article at http://www.mediasf.org/index.php/news/150 --
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SUBSCRIBE? SUBSCRIBE?
Contact Sydney Levy at sydney@media-alliance.org or at 510-832-9000, ext 303
San Francisco Media Advocates' Coalition http://www.mediasf.org --> Check our website for updated information!
# MONEY IN - FAVORS OUT That’s what Arnold’s all about! Governor Schwarzenegger has raised more political contributions than any governor in California history. Join the growing group of nurses, firefighters, teachers, public service workers and others who are protesting this governor’s incessant fundraising and delivery of favors to his donors at the expense of working families. TUESDAY APRIL 5th 5:00 PM MEET-UP Ritz Carlton 600 Stockton Street/Pine SF Cable car: Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines (direct stop) Beware of Ritz Carlton Parking Fee: $45. Hi all, We have gotten word that the Governor will be in San Francisco On april 5 at 5:00 p.m. We are joining in with the CNA, teachers, fire fighters, and others to protest the governor's fundraising practices and his policies that favor his corporate donors. Tell everyone to come out and protest and make their voices heard. Last night the protest in Orange County drew more than 2,000 people! San Francisco should be able to do at least that much. An SEIU flyer is attached. I will also be following up with phone calls.
# 4/6 Benefit for the Forest Defenders' Pepper Spray Q-tip lawsuit. Bay Area premier of Bernadine Mellis' "The Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI", a new documentry about Judi Bari and her successful lawsuit challenging the FBI repression of local forest activists. WHEN: Wed April 6 2005 7pm WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley (near the Ashby BART). Meet Plaintiffs and Lawyers in the upcoming Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial starting April 11 at the SF Federal Building. Admission $10 no one turned away for lack of funds. Info: (510) 658-9178 THE FOREST FOR THE TREES Judi Bari v. the FBI 54 minutes directed by Bernadine Mellis In 1990, environmentalist and union organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed. Within three hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. Still in the hospital, she was arrested, and labeled a terrorist in the national media. "The Forest for the Trees follows" Judi Bari's story, culminating in her First Amendment case against the FBI. At the heart of the film, made by Bari's lawyer's daughter, is Bari, a folk hero with an electrifying on-screen presence, and the legal battle against law enforcement that few believed she could win. Bernadine Mellis' first film, Born, is an experimental short that has screened at galleries and festivals in San Francisco (recently at The Lab's "Inside of Inside" and Madcat International Women's Film Festival) and New York City (including Galapagos Gallery, the Pioneer Theater, and Lady Fest East). The Golden Pheasant, an Orphan's Tale, a children's story Mellis wrote and directed, has also screened in museums and schools nationally , as well as on public television. Her father's role as lead attorney in Earth First! activist Judi Bari's civil case led Mellis to make The Forest for the Trees , her first documentary. -- Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) 2530 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley, CA 94702 phone: 510 548 3113 email: bach@headwaterspreserve.org http://www.HeadwatersPreserve.org
# Mon Apr 7 What The Bleep Group ("Bleepers' Anonymous") Intense, informative, fun! Do you have a passion to find out …"What The Bleep It’s All About?" Then this group is for you. It combines a focus on deep ideas as well as direct experience. Bob Eige is the group leader. His life’s focus has been the study of cosmology, Zen, healing and art*. Each meeting is unique and creative. Participants share their ideas and experiences regarding, "What The Bleep" and related subjects. Learning how to be more effective in creating our own realities is an important objective of group. The next meeting is Monday evening, April 11th at 7:00 PM, in San Rafael - bring your humor and your wits! Check out the new, "What The Bleep Study Guide"! http://www.whatthebleep.com/guide *To check out Bob’s unusual art visit: http://www.homepage.mac.com/rabirdx
# COMMEMORATE APRIL 7, 2003 OAKLAND DOCKS ANTI-WAR PICKET & SUPPORT ONE OF THOSE INJURED BY OAKLAND POLICE
A Benefit for Willow Rosenthal’s Medical Needs; Willow was permanently injured by the Oakland Police on April 7th, 2003.
Thursday April 7th, 7 p.m. Café Van Kleef (21 and over) 1621 Telegraph @17th, Oakland (19th Street BART)
MUSIC: · Andrea Pritchett (of Rebecca Riots), Shelley Doty (East Bay Express called her "the complete performer in her use of cranked emotions in her singing, edgy rock energy and swinging jazz guitar rhythms." ) & Friends · Henri Ducharme with TaraLinda – New French music and beyond (accordion & vocals) · Spoken Word Performance
VIDEO: · "Shots on the Docks" the documentary depicting the events at the Oakland Docks on April 7, 2003 by Steve Zeltzer of the Labor Video Project will screen.
SPEAKERS:
· Jack Heyman, ILWU rank and file activist who was arrested by police April 7, 2003 and fought and won bogus charges against him. · Antonia Juhasz, winner of the Project Censored Award for her article on the corporate invasion of Iraq, co-author of Alternatives to Economic Globalization (2nd Edition) and antiwar educator and organizer. · Member of Campaign for Community Safety and Police Accountability
HORS D’OEUVRES WILL BE SERVED
On April 7 2003 hundreds of Bay Area anti-war, labor and community activists picketed corporate war profiteers at the Oakland docks. The Oakland Police Department (OPD), after meeting days before with maritime bosses, opened fire on nonviolent people with wooden bullets, shot-filled sacks and concussion grenades and charged people with motorcycles for two hours. Their actions injured 60, including 7 long shore workers and 3 members of the press, in the most violent attack in recent history on the anti-war movement, and was denounced by the UN Commission on Human Rights. Picketers caused the docks to shut down on April 7, 2003; and a month later on May 12 and one year later on April 7, 2004.
Those arrested and facing bogus charges won their cases and there have been some reforms to police practices won in civil suits in the aftermath, but the OPD and Mayor Jerry Brown (who may run for California Attorney General) remain unaccountable and dangerous.
Willow Rosenthal, urban farmer, community organizer, and anti-war social justice activist, sustained permanent injuries on that day. We are a group of friends of Willow and local activists who are raising money to assist her with her medical expenses, as she has not received any compensation from the city of Oakland. In the event that her case settles, any unused funds raised will be diverted to anti-war organizing.
HOW YOU CAN HELP · Forward this email to your lists and friends · Donate money in any of the following ways 1. On line with a credit card at actagainstwar.org
2. Send a check to Willow Rosenthal PO Box 611 Berkeley, CA 94701
3. Or come to the benefit on April 7th and make a donation in person.
Sponsored by friends of Willow and the Transit Workers Solidarity Committee
Contact: Dorrit 510-981-1967 dorrit@riseup.net
# April 8-11 Make Radio, Not War! - Hands-on Radio Camps, Build an FM Broadcast Transmitter - 2005 Schedule
A four day hands-on workshop session sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley. During the 4 days you will learn how to build FM broadcast transmitters (and other related items such as antennas) and set up a low power (5-100 watt) community radio station capable of covering a broadcast radius between 3 and 15 miles depending on power, terrain and antenna height.
The workshop tuition is $150-$200 sliding scale. Transmitter kits are provided for assembly experience. These may be also purchased during the workshop session so you can walk away at the end with an assembled and tested transmitter. Average cost for a broadcast station kit package (transmitter, antenna, cabling power, supply) is just $300 to $700, depending on kits and power level chosen.
Radio Camp sessions, which run Friday through Monday (10 am to 6 pm), will be held at FRB’s Oakland location on the following dates:
April 8-11, 2005 May 27-30, 2005 July 1-4, 2005 August 5-8, 2005 September 2-5, 2005
Make Radio Not War! Break the corporate stranglehold on the free flow of information, ideas, art and cultural expression with your own radio station
Contact Free Radio Berkeley for further information or to register for the radio camp
Free Radio Berkeley, 1442A Walnut St., Suite 406, Berkeley, CA 94709 510-625-0314 xmtrman@pacbell.net http://www.freeradio.org
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