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19 Dec, 2007

Replaying Lost Landscapes: Film Fragments of San Francisco

2007-12-19T20:00:00-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Talks|

December 19 Rick Prelinger of the Prelinger Archive and Library returns to reprise his popular show from last year, with some new surprises. Drawing from silent and early sound films, exuberant early 1960s city views, diverse home movies and industrial films, this program includes rarely-seen views of San Francisco and invites the audience to help identify mystery scenes. Bring your parents!

9 Jan, 2008

Class and Power in Queer San Francisco

2008-01-09T20:00:42-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

January 9, 2008 What does ‘class’ or ‘community’ mean? How does the newbie Midwesterner serving burgers at a Castro street diner relate to the landlord and shop owner ‘Gay Community’ spokesmen? How do the schisms between different classes of women, whether lesbian or bi or undefined, show up in daily life and local politics (or not)? How does fear of gender bending impact trans and intersexed people when it comes to paying the rent? Solidad de Costa, Keith Hennessy, and

16 Jan, 2008

Art & Politics: Andrew Schoultz

2008-01-16T21:39:24-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

January 16 Schoultz’s distinctive murals full of strange animals, twisting buildings and floating birdhouses caught the angst of modern life. Lately he’s gone to a surrealistic sea and we’ll get a full look at his work and hear what he says about it tonight. podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=21

30 Jan, 2008

GGNRA Endangered Species Big Year

2008-01-30T20:00:05-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

January 30 The Golden Gate National Recreation Area sustains more federally threatened and endangered species than Yosemite, Yellowstone, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks combined. The San Francisco Bay Area is considered the 6th most important biological diversity hotspot in the United States by the Nature Conservancy. UNESCO has even granted the GGNRA “Biosphere Reserve” status, the same status granted to the Central Amazon rainforests. Come and learn about the amazing biodiversity in your own backyard! Brent Plater and Peter

13 Feb, 2008

Political & Community Spaces

2008-02-13T20:00:40-08:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

February 13 Community based public art spaces are stuck between business-like survival and serving their communities. Hear veterans of San Francisco’s Space Wars discuss how they’ve navigated the repressive dynamics of real estate, money, and power to hold open spaces for diverse communities to meet, talk, make art, and shape life. Jonathan Youtt (Cellspace), Robin Balliger (Komotion), Michael Med-o Whitson (848 and CounterPULSE). podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=31

27 Feb, 2008

The Birds Once Filled the Skies

2008-02-27T20:00:54-08:00By |Categories: Talks|

February 27 The Spanish explorers reported a deafening din from the millions of birds that would ascend into the air from the bayside. Most historic wetlands and riparian areas have been destroyed or severely altered, but San Francisco remains a birdwatcher’s bonanza. 250 species can be seen in the city throughout the year! In the Presidio’s Tennessee Hollow and Crissy Marsh we see what is severely imperiled, and what is possible for the future of ecological restoration of wildlife habitat.

12 Mar, 2008

Arab San Francisco

2008-03-12T20:00:43-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 12 Peoples from the Arab World have been migrating to San Francisco for over a hundred years. The earliest were mostly from the Levant: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine; and also Yemen. Most recent immigrants coming from North Africa’s Magrib region (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) and Iraq since the first Gulf War. Why did they come here? How have they affected SF life? What are their ongoing connections to “homelands” across the world? San Francisco, being a liberal progressive

19 Mar, 2008

Art & Politics: Favianna Rodriguez

2008-03-19T20:00:24-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 19 Favianna Rodriguez has been making art to make change for years. She will present remarkable posters, illustrations, stickers and more, and talk about art and politics, in the concluding event of our solo artist shows this season. podcast: http://diva.sfsu.edu/users/Chris.Carlsson/ssf_talks?podcast=44

26 Mar, 2008

Twin Peaks Bioregion and the Natural Areas Program

2008-03-26T20:00:06-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Podcast, Talks|

March 26 The Franciscan Bioregion is the unique ecological area of Planet Earth and the area of our keen interest, north of the San Francisco airport, from San Bruno Mountain to the Golden Gate. In the heart of the city is a series of hilltops, e.g., Mt. Davidson, Tank Hill, Corona Heights, as well as Glen Canyon, that are still rich with natural areas, wildlife habitats, and indigenous biodiversity. This “Twin Peaks Bioregion” is severely threatened by noxious weeds and

3 Apr, 2008

Intercontinental Collaborations 3—The Symmetry Project

2008-04-03T08:00:03-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Homepage Links, Images, Video|Tags: , , , , , , |

Jess Curtis/Gravity with Maria Scaroni and Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company Thurs.–Sun. Mar. 27-30, Apr. 3-6, 8pm $18 Thurs. & Sun, $20 Fri. & Sat. Two naked bodies interact through a highly structured improvisational score. Manipulating our perception, they reveal the body’s awkwardness, its potential failure and finiteness, creating space for the unknown, the wondrous, the infinite. Plus the premiere of a new work for Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company from Cork, Ireland. More Info: www.jesscurtisgravity.org PREVIEWS conversation with Jess

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