Thursday, April 24

6:00pm FEELING SQUEEZED
We're all feeling it. Economist Jared Bernstein discusses the role played by politics and power behind economic challenges facing America today, including the "middle-class squeeze," globalization, inequality and environmental degradation. Bernstein is the author of "Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)." $15 www.commonwealthclub.org @ The Commonwealth Club (595 Market Street, 2nd Floor,SF)

6:50 p.m. PEACE AND IMPEACHMENT
Democrats.com and CODEPINK present, "Are Peace and Impeachment Possible?" a Town Hall Forum to discuss strategies to end the war, prevent war on Iran, and save the Constitution and the economy. Activist David Swanson is the keynote speaker. Panelists include Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and Norman Solomon. $10 www.democrats.com @ the Grand Lake Theater (3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland)

7:00 p.m. LEGACIES OF WAR
Why we should ban the cluster bomb. "Bombies" details the U.S. bombing campaign in Laos and the enduring legacy of unexploded cluster bombs that continue to maim and kill villagers 35 years after the end of war. A panel discussion follows the film featuring first-hand witnesses to the air war and its aftermath and activists urging an international ban on cluster bombs. @ American Friends Service Committee and Center for Lao Studies Offices (65 Ninth Street, SF)
$10 http://www.legaciesofwar.org/




Friday, April 25

Music:
Wooden Shjips + Citay + Jenny Hoyston @ Cafe Du Nord
Chow Nasty + Hottub @ The Uptown
The Coup @ Shattuck Down Low


7:00pm NON-WESTERN WESTERN FILMS
The Western is the epitome of American movie genres. It will then come as no surprise to you that the most popular Westerns in what should be a very American-dominant history were pretty much all made by non-American directors. God, America, can't you do anything right? $5 @ SFMOMA(151 3rd St , SF)

7:00pm GREEN SEX
Kick off Earth Day with a buzz! Ever wondered what makes a sex toy green? Join us for an exploration and explanation of our environmentally sustainable products. Find out how everything from vibrators to lube and massage oils are made of the best ingredients for you and the earth. Also, take 15% off everything in the store! @ Good Vibrations Berkeley 2504 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley. FREE!

7:00 pm- 4:00am DIGITAL BE-IN
Wow we live in a totally bizarre culture. this event is a combination symposium, take-action exhibition and multimedia entertainment extravaganza, the "Digital Be-In" features presenters and celebrities, musical, visual and performance artists, art installations and an exhibition featuring leading solutions for making cities -- and the homes and institutions that comprise them -- sustainable. Symposium at 7, Take Action Exhibit at 8, Live Music and DJ's at 9.@ Temple (540 Howard St., SF) $20 advance / $25 at door http://www.be-in.com/

6:00 p.m. LATENT ARGENTINA
The San Francisco International Film Festival presents "Latent Argentina," filmmaker Fernando Solanas' impassioned call for social and economic justice in Argentina. the movie argues that multinational corporations have corrupted Argentina with their wealth. @ Sundance Kabuki Cinemas (1881 Post St. SF)$12.50 http://www.itsyourworld.org/

9:00 pm SUITE JESUS!! ART! MUSIC!
Suite Jesus, it's time for another crazy as hell art party at 111 Minna. Art, DJs, drinks, dancing. You know the deal by now, People! If you RSVP and get there by 10:30 its free. if you RSVP and get there late, its $5. If you don't RSVP, I have no idea. @ 111 Minna Gallery (111 Minna St.SF)




Saturday, April 26

Music:
Rube Waddell , Vermillion Lies , Agent Ribbons @ Cafe Du Nord ($12 in adv. $15)
Black Fiction , Dame Satan , The Chapin Sisters @ El Rio ($7)

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. ART OF TRANSFORMATION
Disadvantaged youth find hope and self-expression in "The Art of Transformation," an exhibition featuring the creations of children who receive treatment from Bay Area nonprofits that provide mental health services. The evening includes a panel discussion, entertainment, hors d'oeuvres and beverages. $20-$50 suggested donation, sliding scale at the door @ Studio 333 Gallery (333A Caledonia Street, Sausalito) Sausalito = an excuse to ride the ferry. woo!

7:30 p.m. OPTIC ILLUSION
Optic Illusion features a live and silent art auction of works from 170 established and emerging artists, -- plus live performances, entertainment, creative projects, installations by local artists and food and wine. The evening benefits Southern Exposure's Exhibition, Artists in Education and Artists Resource programs. @ SomArts (934 Brannan Street, SF) $30 soex.org



Sunday, April 27



2:00 pm IRAN (IS NOT THE PROBLEM)
A screening of the new documentary, "Iran (is not the problem)," made as a response to the failure of the American mass media to provide the public with relevant and accurate information about the standoff between the U.S. and Iran, is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. $5. www.iranisnottheproblem.org @ the Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street, SF)

6:30 p.m. CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS
The Center for Political Education and Movement, Generation Justice and Ecology Project present "Climate Justice: Negotiating Solutions in a Time of Crisis," a presentation and discussion on the politics of climate policy. A panel of experts will review current proposals and policies in California, the U.S. and around the world. $5-$10 donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds. @St. John the Evangelist Church (1661 15th Street, SF)



Monday, April 28


6:30 pm GREEN MOVIE NIGHT
The Urban Alliance for Sustainability's Green Movie Night presents "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil," made by the Community Solution, a nonprofit organization that designs and teaches low-energy solutions to the fossil-fuel based, industrialized, and centralized way of living. After the movie the conversation continues at ELIXIR, San Francisco's second-oldest saloon. @ Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street, SF) $10 general admission, $5 students & seniors www.uas.coop



Tuesday, April 29

Wednesday, April 30

Music:
Master/Slave , Pants Pants Pants , Vows @ Hemlock Tavern ($6)
8:45 p.m. LOVE OF WATER
Tap into it. The San Francisco International Film Festival presents "Flow: For the Love of Water," a documentary featuring scientists, researchers and human rights advocates with case studies from Indian villages, African townships and communities in the U.S. that show the devastating effects of treating a natural resource as a commodity. @ Sundance Kabuki Cinemas (1881 Post Street, SF)

FRIDAY (3/14)

music:
Audion + John Tejada @ Mighty
Mi Ami , Steve Summers , Maxmillion Dunbar @ The Bike Kitchen

6:00 pm INDIE ART SHOW
Yet another art opening, but this one throws a wrench in the gears by offering not just wine and crackers but.... Smores! Also, the art. obvs. Also discounts on vintage/indie clothing, i.e., silk screened hoodies etc. @ Indie Industries Company Store *(2003 Milvia Street @ University, in Berkeley)

7-10p ALL THE SAINTS OF THE CITY OF ANGELS (BOOK LAUNCH)
Not just wine, not just crackers, no no. these people are offering a "picture yourself as a saint" photo booth. @ Community Music Center (544 Capp Street, in the Mission)

7pm ASK A SCIENTIST: PI DAY
Puzzle, Party + free round of drinks for winning team! Mr. Wizard's spirit lives on @ Bazaar Café (5927 California St. at 21st in the Inner Richmond)

6:30 WOMEN AGAINST WAR
A Storm of Roses: Women Against War, A Commemoration & Protest Against the Fifth Anniversary of the War in Iraq features performers Holly Near, Ferron, Anne Bluenthenthal & Dancers, Vicki Noble, Grrrl Brigade, Dance Brigade, Las Que Son Son, Melanie Demore & Mary Watkins and Al-Juthoor Palestinian Folk Dance. The event honors Code Pink, Barbara Lee, Carole Migden, Cindy Sheehan and Grandmothers Against the War. @ Herbst Theatre(401 Van Ness) Cost: $20-25. http://www.dancemission.com/

PLUS: HOTPANTS!






SATURDAY (3/15)

Music:
Beach House, Anaura , Best Wishes @ Bottom of the Hill
The Rabbles , Excuses For Skipping , The Dazzling Strangers @ Hemlock Tavern

9:00 am VINTAGE FASHION EXPO
The semi-annual Vintage Fashion Expo draws historical revivalists and fashion mavens by the hundreds. This clothes horse's paradise features retro attire that dates back as far as the Victorian era, from fin-de-si cle walking suits to perfectly tailored Ratpack-style tuxedo jackets. Also on offer are classy accessories (tortoiseshell frames, leather purses, and cuff links) that can add an unexpected twist to anyone's contemporary wardrobe. While many vendors accept credit cards, keeping cash on hand will serve you well, as will a stern dedication to a limited budget.Early buying takes place on Sat Mar 15 (9-10:30am). @ Nob Hill Masonic.

3pm, 6:30pm A GIRL IS A GUN
Luc Moullet's rarely screened meta-western A Girl Is a Gun (Une Aventure de Billy le Kid) (1971) stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as a long-haired gunslinger who gets into a t te- -t te with Rachel Kesterber's tanned seductress. Moullet named King Vidor's Duel in the Sun as a major influence, though A Girl Is a Gun is considerably more freewheeling than any comparable Hollywood product. The story is so minimalist it almost evaporates; Moullet's subversive psychedelia is a striking counterpoint to Sergio Leone's straighter spaghetti-western celebrations. The film's self-consciously absurd English dubbing adds yet another layer to Moullet's jagged comedy, and makes it a natural fit for SFMOMA's "Non-Western Westerns" series.@ SFMOMA, 151 3rd St

12:00 p.m. HARVEY MILK ACADEMY CARNIVAL
The Not So Silent Auction and Carnival raises funds for the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy's Outdoor Education Program with an afternoon of music, silent auction items and carnival games. The academy is a public alternative elementary school located in SF's Castro District and "dedicated to achieving academic excellence, teaching tolerance and nonviolence, celebrating diversity, and building a strong family-school-community connection." @ Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (4235 19th St., SF). FREE! http://www.harveymilk.com/

8:00 pm ROLLER DERBY!!!
Carrying on a legacy over half a century old, your San Francisco Bay Bombers return to action, taking on the Brooklyn Red Devils in the 2008 season opening match conducted on a classic banked track. @ Kezar Pavilion in San Franciso's Golden Gate Park. if you sign up for myBART.com you get a 50% discount.

7:00 pm PROGRESSIVE READING TO SAVE RENT CONTROL!
Maybe politics in this country would be in a better place if people drank more, read more, and had more of a good time. A simplistic argument, yes, but it was this philosophy that lifted the Progressive Reading Series off the ground. Tonight, the literati are out in force for intellectual fun and a cause: saving rent control in California. The lineup includes local superstar Amy Tan, punk-rock poet and comedian Bucky Sinister, Lebanese writer Rabih Alameddine, and novelist Jerry Stahl — whose career-igniting memoir, Permanent Midnight (and its 1998 Ben Stiller-starring film adaptation), delves into the harsh yet hilarious realities of drug addiction and television writing. @ The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St


SUNDAY (3/16)

11:am GUERILLA FASHIONISTA GREEN TRUNK SHOW!
Recycled fashion + revolutionary war tactics = guerilla-themed Green Trunk Show. AND: free champagne. Take that man!@ Foreign Cinema (2534 Mission)

5:00 pm IRAQ: FIVE YEARS TOO MANY
Sean Penn and Cindy Sheehan join the Reverend Gregory Stewart and other peacemakers to remember American and Iraqi dead and wounded on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Sponsored by the Iraq Moratorium-SF Bay Area, Unitarian Universalists for Peace and other local peace groups www.iraqmoratorium-sfbay.org @ Unitarian Universalist Church
(Franklin and Geary streets, SF)$5 to $10 suggested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

9:00 pm WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER???
Pub-quiz nights are a dime a dozen, but What's Your Answer? puts a twist on the concept by awarding points for the funniest responses. Accuracy is great, but non-sequiturs, zingers, and enough WTF moments to make up for all those questions that left you blanking on one-hit wonders of the '80s and sports statistics are far better. Sure, with the audience writing the jokes, there's bound to be a few groaners, but with a portion of the cash prize going to a local charity chosen by the winning team, suffering through the duds has extra perks@ Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St

MONDAY (3/17)

9:30 pm COLMA: THE MUSICAL
Joining the fine company of The Sound of Music and R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet, San Francisco natives H.P. Mendoza and Richard Wong's little-movie-that-could has reached the pinnacle of cult-film status by launching its own sing-along. Energetic and fresh, sweet and honest, Colma: The Musical captures the growing pains of young adulthood and the youthful need to follow your dreams. Channel your inner suburban teen as you belt out the unforgettable lyrics of "Crash the Party" and "Could We Get Any Older?" with Colma residents Billy, Rodel, and Maribel. @ Sundance Kabuki Cinema, 1881 Post St

8:00pm STILL MORE LIBERAL LAUGHS
Laughing Liberally Local 415 celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a "a black guy, a Jew and some other nonspecific white people." Comedians performing include W Kamau Bell of the acclaimed solo show "The W Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About an Hour" and Sammy Wegent of SPF7 and Hell to the Chief. LLL415 is a monthly comedy showcase where comedians test out political and social- commentary comedy. @ Make Out Room (3225 22nd St., SF) $8

TUESDAY (3/18)

MUSIC:
Oppenheimer (Belfast Ireland), 60 Watt Kid , Truxton @ Bottom of the Hill
(*** 60 Watt Kid is AWESOME!***)
Ming Ping , The Old Fashioned Way , Goh Nakamura @ Rickshaw Stop

7.30pm PRISON TOWN, USA.
A timely film given that the USA is now the leading nation in the world in incarcerating its citizens (which does not even count the imperial occupation gulags across Iraq or the non-citizen "detention" centers here in the USA).@ the intersection for the arts. here's a link to the INTERSECTION web site: http://www.theintersection.org/prisonproject/ FREE!

7:00 pm DOES YOUR VOTE COUNT IN CALIFORNIA?
Panelists Barry Fadem of National Popular Vote, Kathay Feng of California Common Cause and Steven Hill of the Political Reform Program of the New America Foundation discuss electronic voting, the issues facing California, the primary calendar and more. Moderated by Richard Gonzales of NPR. Presented by ITVS as part of its VOTE DEMOCRACY! Campaign. for info: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/votedemocracy/ @ Oakland Museum of California (really close to the lake meritt bart!) Cost: Free!

Wednesday: (3/19)

MUSIC
Black Moth Super Rainbow (rural PA), Lemonade , Maus Haus @ Bottom of the Hill

THURSDAY/March6/

Music:
The Ohsees + The Dodos + Master/Slave @ 12 Galaxies
Old Time Relijun + Wildildlife + Tea Elles @ Hemlock
Why? + Dose One + Cryptacize @ Great American Music Hall

/5pm-10pm/ FIRST THURSDAY ART CRAWL
This being the first thursday of the month, many of SF's art galleries will be throwing open their doors for le public and lavishing art viewers with free food and drink and free access to new exciting art. For info on the art: http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/firstth0208.html. Most people start at 49 Geary, an office building type location, where a a lot of the galleries are located.

/6:00am-6:00pm/ CITY + EAST BAY SIT-IN!
Congest traffic and spread free peace in hopes of ending the war. ALL DAY! Meet your fellow men! Share with your fellow people! This day is a day of generosity, on this day money is dead. anyone interested in spreading peace and having a good time then you are cordially invited. It is time to end this war. dress how you want, act how you want, be who you are and remember: Violence isn’t the answer, Resistance is! come in what ever mind state, just socialize, meet people, & broaden your horizons. if we stand by only ourselves nothing will change, the more people we have the farther our sound will travel. Locations: Haight St. SF, Market St. SF, Powell St. SF, City Hall, SF Telegraph, Berkeley. Clog up the streets with the people & peace.


/6:30pm/ NON-WESTERN WESTERN FILMS
Gunfighter el Topo (the Mole), played by Chilean director Jodorowsky, sets out with his son (played by his actual son, Brontis Jodorowsky) to avenge his dead wife in this Mexican adventure. Upon encountering a terrorized village, el Topo rescues a woman and embarks upon a quest to defeat four mystic master gunfighters. The metaphysical journey that ensues is full of biblical allegory, mysticism, lesbian sex, brutal violence, vengeance, and rebirth, resulting in a surreal, psychedelic Western. Filmed in the stark Mexican desert, El Topo borrows from Leone's spaghetti Western yet presents a bizarre landscape all its own. This restored 35mm print comes from ABCKO films. $5 general, students, and seniors. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket. @ SFMOMA

7 pm/ SUPER 8 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
kino21 brings together Robert Rich's dark ambient music and Paul Clipson's super-8mm illuminations for an evening of performance cinema in the galleries @ 657 Mission Street. 2nd Floor. $5 Public, $2 Students/Seniors, Free for Camerawork Members. http://www.sfcamerawork.org/


/8:00 pm/ JUNE IN A BOX (OPENING NIGHT!)
Intersection's Resident Theatre Company Campo Santo present a new play with live music inspired by the song El Corrido de June Robles that tells the tale of the real life kidnapping of 9 year old June Robles in the 1930's in Arizona that shocked the nation. Solis, who previously created The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy (2005) with Beth Custer and Campo Santo, unearths this mystery today told through more than 25 characters in memory, song, past and present. Intersection for the Arts is located in San Francisco's Mission District, on Valencia Street, between 15th and 16th Streets. $10-$25/sliding scale. To make reservations for performances, go to http://www.theintersection.org/reservations/reservations.php or call our box office at (415) 626-3311.



FRIDAY/March 7/

MUSIC:
Pigeons or Panthers + Battlehooch + Casey Chisholm @ The Uptown (oakland)
Honeycut + Sugar and Gold + Her Grace the Duchess @ Great American Music Hall
Heavenly States + Citay + The Boticellis @ Café Du Nord
The Cops + The Fall-Outs + Unnatural Helpers @ Hemlock


/5pm-10pm/ OAKLAND ART MURMUR
Pretty much the same as the SF art walk from thursday, only this one's in oakland, in the general vicinity of Telegraph and 25th. Take bart, walk north, see the crowds, follow them. done. also, when you're done with the art, check out the show at the uptown. http://www.oaklandartmurmur.com/pages/about.php

8:00 pm TAKE A WALK IN HER SHOES
Loco Bloco, The Women’s Building and Mission Girls present our 15th annual International Women’s Day Celebration: Take A Walk In Her Shoes. This year’s event will explore the various relationships women and girls experience as they journey through life. Join us as we present a collection of movement, music, theater and visuals, which reflect on self, family, community and environment. Intergenerational female artists from Loco Bloco, Mission Girls, Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Precita Center, Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club and other organizations will showcase their talents to provide an insightful view on the struggles and joys of the paths given to and chosen by women and girls. Performances will include stand up comedy from Betty La Bella, an intergenerational Dance of the Diaspora choreographed by Nkeiruka Oruche and a powerful explosion of rhythm from Las Locas (Loco Bloco’s all female bateria). @ The Women's Building (3543 18th Street, SF)


SATURDAY/March 8/

MUSIC:
Atlas Sound + Valet + White Rainbow @ Bottom Of The Hill
French Miami + Drone Hooligan + Street Pyramid @ Edinbourough Castle
Hot Challenge , The Catholic Comb , The Hundred days @ Café Du Nord

/11:30am - 3:30pm/ NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING!
On March 19, the 5th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq, Direct Action to Stop the War will shut down war profiteers and federal targets all over San Francisco. On March 15, we will shut down the Chevron Refinery in Richmond. This training will help you plug into an exciting week of actions. Training will include strategy and tactics, how to prepare for the actions, what happens if you get arrested, dealing with police violence, quick decision-making, affinity groups, and lots more. Please RSVP and spread the word. http://www.actagainstwar.net/ @ CellSpace, 2050 Bryant Street (between 18th & 19th), San Farncisco

/7:30-9:30/ WITERS WITH DRINKS!
The acclaimed reading series Writers With Drinks is back, with bigger sparkly zooms than ever. This time we feature: Fan Wu (February Flowers), Justin Courter (Skunk: A Love Story), Declan McCullagh, (News.com, Politech), Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (Words In Your Face, Dear Future Boyfriend), Blake C. Aarens (Herotica 5), Ryan McKee (New Orleans Comedy Festival). Cost: $3 to $5. All proceeds benefit the fight to save rent control and the CSC. @ The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St. @ Valencia) http://www.writerswithdrinks.com/


(PARA)NORMAL
The San Francisco Ghost Society provides free services concerning the paranormal. We offer confidential investigations that help document supernatural occurrences. We also offer free lecture series to educate the public and share evidence of ghosts. We are happy to announce our next FREE lecture series at the Park Branch Library in the Haight/Ashbury. Four Different One Hour Lectures Will Be Offered! Topics Are: Developing Psychic Skills, Investigation 101
Ghosts of Alcatraz Island, Ghost Evidence of The Bay Area. Pre-Registration Required and Space Will Fill Up Fast! Light Refreshments Will Be Served. For more information and to register please go to: http://www.sfghostsociety.org/html/events.html


SUNDAY/March 9/


/12:00pm/ AMBIENT AUDIO ADVENTURE!
This musical audio tour will guide you through the eastern edge of Golden Gate Park while you hear the stories, encounter the creatures and discover the mysteries that haunt our fair Victorian pleasure garden. To take the tour just stop by 2332 Fulton at Stanyan anytime between 12pm and 5pm on Sunday March 10th. Bring two hours to spare, an exploratory mood, a discman or walkman or mp3 player if you have one (not required, we have tons you can borrow), and a appetite for tea and biscuits! There are so many austere monuments in the park that the small, special, secret memorials hidden between the folds of its hills can be overwhelmed. Where is the feral cat colony? What is in those large green boxes? Who stole the stones from the spanish monastery? Who really assembles here at night? Can I eat that? Why do I feel so unusual? Why did that branch fall? Who is behind me? What is that in the bushes? How did you know that? Are coincidences merely chance events? Or is it somehow all connected? Will I ever make it home? And will my home even be there to return to? You can take the tour any day by downloading it from the website, but this is a special day to showcase and celebrate the tour and to meet and interact with other tour-goers. Go to http://www.theabsurdists.com/ifyouconsider.html for more information!


/5:00 pm/ IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
In the Year of the Pig is a 1968 documentary film about the origins of the Vietnam War, directed by Emile de Antonio. It was nominated for an Academy award for best documentary. While this isn't a "marxist" film, its implications are profoundly anti-imperialist. It is one of the great documentaries expressing the disgust with the Vietnam war in the U.S. Along with Sir, No Sir!, and Winter Soldier this documentary is an important record of the war and has many revealing parallels to the US invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq . No doubt this film will spark an interesting discussion! watch and discuss with the Revolutionary Film Club! The screening is free, but a collection for the Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign will be made. Everyone is encouraged to bring something to drink and to discuss the film afterwards. For the address (at a home in the Castro) and to rsvp, or email: adambrichmond@yahoo.com.


Monday/ March 10/

Music:
Persephone's Bees + The Duke Spirit + The Ting Tings + Hot Tub @ Rickshaw Stop

otherwise, stay home. read a book or something.




TUESDAY/ March 11/


/5pm - 11pm/ WEAR ORANGE
People in San Francisco and neighboring cities will wear orange for a day to symbolize the scope of incarceration. Join Plain Human, a local collaborative group of creators, designers and activists who have friends and family incarcerated in California and National Correctional Institutions, for a reception celebrating a day of community building. @ Intersection for the Arts (446 Valencia St. in SF). To participate, visit http://www.plainhuman.org/ or http://www.theintersection.org/prisonproject/ Free!




WEDNESDAY/March 12

MUSIC: PWRFL POWER, Battlehooch, Capilary Action, Ovens @ Elbo Room


/7:00pm/ CENSORED 2008
Come and meet Peter Phillips, director of "Project Censored",in a discussion of the book, "Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006-2007". @Revolution Books (2425 Channing Way, Berkeley...In the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of Telegraph). http://www.revolutionbooks.org./


/8:30 pm/ RAD MOVIE NIGHT
Screening: Salt of the Earth- Famous McCarthy era documentary about the struggles of striking mine workers in a small town in New Mexico. This film was promptly denounced by future presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, as communist propaganda and was responsible for furthering the careers of both those politicians as well as the blacklisting of the director and many of the actors for almost a decade. We encourage folks to watch and discuss the film and help participate in selection of films to show in the future. @ The Long Haul-3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA near Ashby Bart. http://thelonghaul.org./



THURSDAY/ March 13


/7pm/ RADICAL LOVE WORKSHOP
Loving openly and freely in these times, whether you are straight or queer, is a brave political act. We have been conditioned by outdated social norms that limit our perceptions and shackle us to unhealthy cycles of dissatisfying relationships. Yet we also live in a time when we can choose our gender and redefine our sexual identities. Don't we then have the right to decide what kind of relationship best suits our lifestyle? Declare yourself a revolutionary of the heart. Find out how you can expand your potential to love, transform your lifestyle, and together we can threaten the social forces of patriarchy! Wendy is the author of Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships.Wendy is pushing the boundaries on firmly rooted notions in mainstream society on relationships, love, gender, sexual equality, and sexual politics. For more info: http://www.wendyomatik.com or http://www.akpress.org./ Hosted by AK PRESS (674 A 23rd Street (near MLK) $15-10, sliding scale, Everyone welcome

THURSDAY: 2.21

MUSIC:

• 77 El Deora + Houston Jones + Rancho Deluxe @ Cafe Du Nord
• Pat Metheny @ Yoshi's SF
  

EVENTS:

8am CCA INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE EXHIBITION
Celebrating the art and experiences of CCA’s fall and spring 2007 international exchange students. Cost: FREE! @ California College of the Arts ... 5212 Broadway , Oakland, CA

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm WHEN COMPASSION TRIUMPHED
The Iranian Student Association of UC Berkeley presents the inspiring international documentary that remembers When Compassion Triumphed. In 2003 an earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck the city of Bam in Iran, killing and injuring tens of thousands of residents and two American tourists. The massive tremor destroyed nearly all of the beautiful ancient city of Silk Road fame. But it failed to shake the local tradition of hospitality to travelers. Relying on interviews that shatter common assumptions, the hour-long "Bam 6.6" follows the experiences of Adele Freedman, a Jewish American woman who was vacationing in Bam with her fiance, Tobb Dell'Oro, when the earthquake struck. Adele, who had to face Tobb's tragic death alone halfway around the world, found unexpected comfort when the Iranians around her reached out spontaneously and made her recovery a priority. Without narration, the film interweaves Adele's ordeal with the grief and open-mindedness of other survivors, emergency volunteers, medical professionals, and U.S. rescue and aid teams. The producer/director, Jahangir Golestanparast, will answer questions from the audience 8 to 9 pm. Dwinelle Hall, Room 145, UC Berkeley.

7pm OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS
Finally you'll know what they're talking about when they give out some of the lesser known oscars! All ten films will be screened during the course of the week, so check their calendar for showtimes. What's great about short films is if a film sucks, it'll be over quick and the next one will start. It's right up there with the attention span of the internet generation. @ Embarcadero Center Cinemas 1 Embarcadero Center

7pm OSCAR DOCS 2008
In the same vein as the previous event, the Doc Institute at SF State and Sundance Kabuki are sharing the love with three days of Oscar nominated documentaries. They'll be showing every nominated feature and short, so you have no excuse not to make an educated vote on your office's Oscar ballot this year. Some of the showings will have brief Q&A's with the directors afterwards: check the website for details. Cost: FREE! (?)@ at Sundance Cinemas Kabuki 1881 Post Street. Official Site: http://docfilm.sfsu.edu/

10pm SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
Shake that ass with queer cuties and support 4 young black lesbians convicted for defending themselves against a sexist and homophobic attack. ships in the night: queer dance party and benefit for the New Jersey 4. always a benefit ...always hot bodies on the ship: your favorite intimate queer dance party is back with DJ's Durt, Lil Manila,
and friends playing the booty jamz. at the Gangway! (841 Larkin, at Geary, SF) $3-5 to benefit the New Jersey 4: young black lesbians convicted for defending themselves against a sexist and homophobic attack. http://www.myspace.com/shipsinthanight

7:00 p.m. YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN
Power of the homeland. Author Sylvia Sellers-Garcia discusses "When the Ground Turns In Its Sleep," her novel based on first-person accounts gathered during Guatemala's 36-year long civil conflict. The story follows a Guatemalan man, raised in the U.S., who returns to his homeland to seek out the truth about his personal and political histories. @ Revolution Books (2425 Channing Way, Berkeley)

7:30 pm POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE
UC Berkeley’s renowned poetry program, June Jordan’s Poetry for the People is thrilled to present a new, 3-part, series of multigenerational, multidisciplinary performances featuring internationally-known, award-winning poets as well as acclaimed local writers and musicians. Featruring Tyehimba Jess (winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series and several other awards) as well as Berkeley spoken word artist and HBO Def Poet Rafael Casal and Bay Area phenom vocalist Jennifer Johns. $15. @ La Pena Cultural Center on Shattuck Ave, in Berkeley.




FRIDAY: 2.22

MUSIC

• Pidgeon + The Mumlers + Schande + Make Me + The Holy Kiss + White Pee @ Three Parkside (Benefit for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation!!
• Birushanah (japan) + Drain The Sky + Grayceon @ Annies Social Club
• Digital Underground @ Red Devil Lounge

EVENTS

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PEACE + KISSES!
Make-out for 2 hours in front of the Marine Recruiting Station and tell recruiters - and the nation - THIS is what we want in Berkeley, NOT soldiers! The recruiting station is at 64 Shattuck Square, just 2 blocks from the downtown Berkeley BART station - on Shattuck Ave where it runs one-way north, and just south of University Ave! Don't Enlist, Stay & Kiss: That way EVERYBODY makes out!

9pm SUITE JESUS
Two rooms, five DJs, eight artists, live painting by Ethen B. Luce and N8 Van Dyke. Phew -- we're exhausted already. Fashion. Art. Music. Sweet jesus, what else do you need?!@ 111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna St. , San Francisco, CA

RED HOTS BURLESQUE
Welcome to a show where burlesque has no boundries including bizarre beauties, senseless sideshow and burlesque burlesque burlesque! Not for the faint of heart or weak of humor. Performers include both local and visiting talent. And for the very first three shows feast your eyes on the Glamazon of the Amazon, direct from the shores of The Coney Island Circus Sideshow, Serpentina! She's nearly 6 feet of sexy woman excited to show you what the sideshow has taught her. The show also includes the spicy and seductive, absurd and amusing including: Dottie Lux, Sparkly Devil, Kellita, Lady Satan, Ruby White, RJ Owens, Lady Monster and more more more! Also at every event, enjoy the video stylings of the Red Hots Burlesque official videographer, Val Killmore. Every show includes a raffle where you get to choose where the night's donation goes to! Cost: $4-10 Official Site: http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/ @ El Rio 3158 Mission St

10pm SHE'S THE DJ
Once again DeeCee's Soul Shakedown highlights the Bay's best female DJs and performing artists at this all-star ladies' night. @ Club Six.

[all weekend]WONDERCON
With the Alternative Press Expo's recent move to November, SF's comic nerds and sci-fi dorks now have only one outlet for their obsessions this spring. WonderCon '08 features career panels hosted by LucasArts animators, historical lectures on the origins of manga, panel discussions with indie pen-and-ink star Beck Cloonan and DC Comics' retro-genius Darwyn Cooke, and sneak previews of some of this summer's biggest-budget, FX-enhanced flicks. Evening entertainment includes screenings of esoteric and mainstream anime, fan-film showcases, and the annual costume competition. There's a little something for the fanboy (and fangirl) in everyone. @ Moscone Center (747 Howard St)

6:30 pm A WALK INTO THE SEA
Andy Warhol's Factory has become nearly as famous for how it devoured artists and wild things as for how it manufactured them. That said, few still remember Danny Williams, the subject of A Walk into the Sea, which is helmed by his niece, Esther Robinson. Warhol's former lover and the director of more than 20 recently discovered films, Williams borrowed his mother's car at a 1966 family gathering and disappeared forever. Ultimately, that Williams has largely faded from public memory works to this documentary's advantage, which evenhandedly unpacks not only his ascent and descent, but the overall artistic fragility of the '60s. @ Roxie New College Film Center (3117 16th St) Price: $9

PASSION & POWER: THE TECHNOLOGY OF ORGASM
Don't be too complacent about that breezy Cosmo headline promising "ten G-spot toys you'll love." As Wendy Slick and Emiko Omori's documentary shows, the road to The View-approved Hitachi Magic Wands was paved with much faulty medical discourse, legal battles, and pioneering feminist scholarship over one contentious piece of plastic: the vibrator. Passion and Power traces the history of the love buzzer from its 20th-century inception as a hysteria suppressant to a pleasure tool reclaimed by first-wave feminists. The doc also critiques a strange, sexist double standard: some states prohibit the sale of vibrators, but allow men to buy Viagra.@ the Roxie (16th St. between Valencia and Guerrero).

ALSO: Stop by Good Vibes on your way for a pre-screening coctail!

SATURDAY: 2.23

MUSIC

• Six Organs of Admittance + I'm A Gun (Seattle WA) + Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month @ Bottom of the Hill
• Silian Rail (CD RELEASE PARTY!) @ El Rio
• French Miami + Master/Slave + The New Centuries + Death of a Party + Battlehooch + Shitkickers + Settler + Little Teeth + Thunder Thighs + The Bug Pedals + Top Critters + Godstomper + Bad Touch @ Thee Parkside (Benefit for The San Francisco AIDS Foundation)
• Deerhoof @ Phoenix Theater

EVENTS

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ZINE MAKING CLASS
1. The Long Haul created a little zine making space in the loft where they make Slingshot. If you're looking for a place to make your zine in the Bay Area, the Slingshot zine loft has everything you need for (non-computerized) cut and paste layout and design. We have a typewriter, copy machine, box of graphics, paper, saddle stapler, pens, scissors, light table, and razor blades. (The copy machine is for making graphics -- once you make your original in the loft, you need to take it to a copy shop to make copies of your zine. Then you can staple it in the loft.) They're going to have a zine-making workshop on February 23rd at 2:00 PM. Drop by to learn everything Slingshot knows about making a zine, with teaching by Matt Holdaway and others.

5:30 - 6:15 pm GAY SHAME MEETING
Gay Shame is a Virus in the System. They are committed to a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality. They will not be satisfied with a commercialized gay identity that denies the intrinsic links between queer struggle and challenging power. They seek nothing less than a new queer activism that foregrounds race, class, gender and sexuality, to counter the self-serving "values" of gay consumerism and the increasingly hypocritical left. They are dedicated to fighting the rabid assimilationist monster with a devastating mobilization of queer brilliance. Gay Shame is a celebration of resistance: all are welcome. Gay Shame meets every Saturday in the Reading Room of Modern Times Bookstore @ 888 Valencia btw 19th & 20th. http://WWW.GAYSHAMESF.ORG

10am CHINESE NEW YEAR COMMUNITY FAIR
Acrobatics, gooey new year's pastries and kite-making are just three of the reasons you should head to Chinatown for the New Year community fair. Gung hay RAT choy!

7:00 p.m. IT'S SLAMMING
They speak, we listen. Youth Speaks, the nation's leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs, presents the Teen Poetry Slam preliminaries, a showcase for young people in the Bay Area and beyond who are creators of social, artistic, educational and political change. @ Eastside Cultural Center (2277 International Blvd., Oakland)

10pm THATS THE BLAP (4th Ed.)
That's The Blap" is one of the most innovative shows to come around in years, just ask the SF Chronicle!! "Dnae Beats" will provide live BLAPS on 2 MPC 2500!!! If you love hip-hop w/ soul and energy, then this is a show you won't want to miss! This month's special guest is AZEEM from OM Records!! Not to mention we got The Gurp City All-Stars "CON-MAN" (Conceit and Z-MAN) who will join forces to devastate the mic!! To top it all off we got 2 of Bay Areas finest DJ's, B.cause & A-RON to rock the spot!! Need I say more? (maybe. like, what the hell is a blap? i dont know, but apparently it's amazing.) @ The Elbo Room ( 647 Valencia St) Also, if you rsvp and show up before 11pm there's reduced admission.

SUNDAY: 2.24

MUSIC

• The Lovely Public + Agent Ribbons (Sacramento) + Swallows (Portland OR) @ Hemlock
• 60 Watt Kid @ El Rincon
• Heart @ Wells Fargo Center For The Arts

EVENTS

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN REVISTED
Heath Ledger's death marks the loss of a prodigious talent. His American acting career began with lighthearted fare, but Ledger quickly branched out to challenging, provocative films, most prominently Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. Ledger gives a note-perfect performance as Ennis Del Mar, a reticent cowboy who must suppress his inner life to conform in an unforgiving society. The film's powerful depiction of love denied earned it critical acclaim and multiple awards; it's a sad reminder of the power Ledger had to move an audience. @ The Castro Theatre (429 Castro St) Price: $9.50

MONDAY: 2.25

7:30-9pm DISCUSSION:: ATTENTION DEPICTION DISORDERS
Working from the Information Age cliché that quantity overwrites quality (and over-stimulation trumps measured intake), RE/Search publisher V. Vale and Asphodel boss Naut Humon put together a suitably manic audio-visual discussion about our ADD culture. Not unlike the list compiled in J.G. Ballard's sci-fi story "Project for a Glossary of the 20th Century," Vale and Humon's musings on "the age of shuffle" and "infotainment" embrace radical possibilities while still retaining critical skepticism. Their talk, presented by Berkeley's Center for New Media, will conclude with a practical example: rare footage of a 2004 Survival Research Labs performance.@ Berkeley Art Museum Theater (2621 Durant Ave). FREE!

8:00 pm TRAMPOLINE HALL
At some point in your social life, you've probably found yourself in the awkward position of discussing a subject you're not terribly familiar with: finances, music, the presidential primaries. But talking yourself into a corner is precisely the point of Trampoline Hall, a roving literary salon devoted to impromptu punditry and makeshift expertise. Each night, three people give talks on subjects about which they only have a passing knowledge, and the audience is encouraged to play devil's advocate. Past lectures have covered everything from the number 32 to female poisoners in 18th-century France. Debate club this is definitely not.@ 12 Galaxies (2565 Mission St.) Price: $7

TUESDAY: 2.26

7:30pm DOCUMENTARY: CASTING A GLANCE
Minimalist filmmaker James Benning finds an ideal (and inanimate) muse in Robert Smithson's earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970). Built on the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake during a drought, Smithson's sculpture re-emerged in 1999 after three decades underwater. Cue Benning, who made 16 pilgrimages to document the site for this slow, meditative film. Made up entirely of stationary short takes, Benning's work bears witness to the mutable beauty of Smithson's masterpiece as it reveals itself through the seasons and tides. It's an incredible spectacle that Casting a Glance treats with something like awe. @ the Pacific Film Archive Theater (2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley) Price: $9.50

7:00 p.m. BLOODY BLING
Do you have blood on your fingers? Priority Africa Network Presents a screening of "Bling: A Planet Rock," a look at the diamond industry in war-torn Sierra Leone and its connection to hip-hop. Featuring Ishmael Beah, author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" and interviews with Kanye West, Big Daddy Kane, Jadakiss and Mr. T. Sponsored by the Black History Month Committee, Black Womens Collective, African Student Alliance and Ethnic Studies Department. @ the Student Union, Mills College (5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland)

WEDNESDAY: 2.27

MUSIC

• Minipop + Two Sheds @ Bottom of the Hill
• Girl in a Coma (Austin) + Perfect Machines + Killola (LA) @ Annies Social Club
• Broken West + The Walkmen @ The Independent

EVENTS

6:00 p.m. THE UGLY SIDE OF BEAUTY
What the beauty industry doesn't want you to know. Stacy Malkan, communications director of Health Care Without Harm and media strategist for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, reads from her new book, "Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry." Cosponsored by the Breast Cancer Fund. $8 suggested donation. @ The Women's Building (3543 18th Street #8, San Francisco).

FREE THE UC
A teach-in & forum featuring Gray Brechin, author, Imperial San Francisco, plus speakers from: Tuition Relief Now, Berkeley Stop the War, Berkeley NOW, Fiat Pax, Stop BP-Berkeley, International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, Students for Justice in Palestine, Students Organizing for Justice in the Americas, Save the Oaks, Student Worker Action Group, Third World Liberation Front and more! The goal of the Coalition to Free the UC is to transform the University of California from an elitist, corporate, militaristic, autocratic institution into a responsible, just, diverse equitable, democratically-governed body that educates and works for the common welfare. Join the discussion! @ 145 Dwinelle (on the UC Berkeley campus). http://www.freetheuc.org.

THURSDAY: 2.28

MUSIC:

• The Magnetic Fields + Stellastarr @ Herbst Theatre

FRIDAY: 2.29

MUSIC

• A Place To Bury Strangers + Holy Fuck + White Denim @ Bottom Of The Hill