SF events 8.17 8:45AM Support Grand Jury Resister Nadia Winstead

more events: http://indybay.org Thursday Aug 17
8:45AM Support Grand Jury Resister Nadia Winstead
6PM Protest/Leaflet Ringling Bros. Circus in Oakland...
7PM Apocalypse Now - The U.S. and Israeli Master Plan...
7PM Queer Resistance in Lebanon and Palestine
7PM Queers and Palestine and Lebanon
7:30PM "Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary"
7:30PM Bay Area Video Coalition Youth Media Showcase
8PM SF: 11th Annual San Francisco Drag King Contest
More Events...

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Thu Aug 17

# Support Grand Jury Resister Thurs. 8/17 8:45am
The government has used the secret grand jury process to threaten, assault,
and try to destroy progressive movements that challenge the ruling powers.

Grand juries have attacked former Black Panthers, Puerto Rican independence
activists, animal liberation folks, earth liberation activists, Arab, Muslim
and South Asian community members, independent journalists, global justice
organizers, and more.

Some people, like Nadia Winstead below, refuse to be intimidated into
becoming an arm of a repressive government. If you're in the Bay Area, can
you spare some time this Thursday 8/17 to come stand in solidarity with her?

Wherever you are, you can help support folks who take a principled stand
against the abusive grand jury. Click to http://www.fbiwitchhunt.com to
learn more

Email mailto:info [at] fbiwitchhunt.com if you can donate to pay for food, legal,
health and other expenses that our neighbors need to keep fighting the
fight.

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Please Forward:

We will be gathering at 8:45am tomorrow at the Federal
Building (450 Golden Gate) to show our support for Grand
Jury resister Nadia Winstead. Details of the case below:


On Thursday, August 17, at 9:00 a.m., animal advocate
Nadia Winstead is scheduled to appear before a federal
grand jury at the Federal Courthouse (450 Golden Gate
Ave.). Winstead had appeared before the grand jury earlier
this year, whereupon she asserted her right to remain
silent. Although she was released from that subpoena
before the term of the grand jury expired in March, she
was re-subpoenaed in July to a newly-formed grand jury.
As she did previously, Winstead is expected to exercise
her Constitutionally-protected right to remain silent, an
action for which she could face an indefinite period of
incarceration.

This federal grand jury is the second to be convened in
San Francisco, ostensibly to investigate the possible
concealment of Daniel Andreas San Diego. He is a suspect
in a series of actions from 2003 that were aimed at local
pharmaceutical companies with ties to Huntingdon Life
Sciences, an animal-testing lab that is the target of an
international animal rights campaign.

While Andreas San Diego may be the nominal target of the
grand jury, activists see this as merely another excuse
for the government to harass and intimidate their
movements as part of the current Green Scare. In the
past year, grand juries have been convened in Eugene,
Denver and San Diego in order to investigate environmental
and animal liberation activists under the guise of
quashing terrorism. Most social activists, however, see
the investigations as part of a greater move by the
federal government to silence dissent.

As Winstead has said, These actions represent an attack
by the federal government aimed at straining our
resources, breaking our resolve, and are indicative of a
renewed wave of repression directed against all social
change movements.

Winstead is neither a target of the grand jurys
investigation, nor has she been charged with any crimes,
but she has stated her resolve to continue to resist the
grand jury system she sees as inherently unjust: I refuse
to cooperate with this or any other grand jury, regardless
of the consequences.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and
the American Bar Association have both recognized the need
for dramatic reform of the grand jury system in the United
States. Although grand juries were initially designed to
protect citizens, they have ironically since devolved into
instruments used to persecute activists and pursue
political agendas.

PEACE!

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# Taking Aim Bulletin August 3, 2006 Event August 17 in Berkeley
Please spread the word - distribute widely
Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone discuss: Apocalypse Now - The U.S. and
Israeli Master Plan for the Middle East.

Also, to be shown for the first time in the Bay Area: "The War in Lebanon:
An Inside View" including harrowing photos of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila
Massacre.

Thursday, August 17 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St., at Bonita Berkeley, CA,. $10 suggested
donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information
call 707.552.9992 or write takingaim [at] pacbell.net

Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone, producers of the national radio show “Taking
Aim,” present a dramatic exposé of the current wave of U.S. coordinated and
Israeli mass slaughter in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. They discuss in
compelling and heart-rending detail the U.S. and Israeli murderous agenda,
its timetable and the collusion of client Arab regimes in targeting the
peoples of the region.

From Rafah to, Ramallah and Nablus, from Bint Jbail, Tyre, Sidon and Beirut
to Tripoli, from 1947, 1967 to 1982 and now, an ongoing genocide has been
unleashed – part of a plan to visit the identical agony on the people of
Syria, Iran, Iraq and the region.

This murderous agenda proceeds under the cover of the false category of
terror for which 9/11 was planned, implemented and orchestrated by the U.S.
ruling class and its Israeli cohorts.

Heralded authors of “The Hidden History of Zionism,” “Prisoners of Israel”
and “Homage to Palestine,” Schoenman and Shone, reveal through first hand
testimony and shocking visuals the wholesale massacre and mass expulsion
that emptied Palestine of its population in 1948 and was repeated in an
identical operation in Lebanon in 1982.

In 1982-83, Schoenman and Shone lived in the Palestinian refugee camps as
these were reduced to rubble. They documented the round-up by the Israeli
invaders of males from ages 7 to 70 across Lebanon and took 6,000 affidavits
from the victims’ families. They witnessed and made a photo record of the
mass murder and the mass graves from Ain El Helweh, Rashidieh, Bourj al
Burajneh to Sabra and Shatila in Beirut.

Schoenman and Shone draw from their experiences in Palestine and Lebanon,
their testimony presented to the United Nations, Foreign Ministers and to
the Nordic Commission in Oslo, Norway as well as their years of advocacy on
behalf of the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.

Ralph Schoenman was Secretary General of the International Tribunal on U.S.
War Crimes in Indochina. He worked with Malcolm X with respect to the battle
for the Congo and has negotiated the release of political prisoners in many
countries. He was the Executive Director of the Committee in Defense of the
Palestinian and Lebanese Peoples and the Committee for a Democratic and
Secular Palestine. He is the author of “The Hidden History of Zionism,”
“Iraq and Kuwait: A History Suppressed,” and co-authored with Mya Shone
“Prisoners of Israel” (report for the United Nations) and “Homage to
Palestine.” Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone co-produce “Taking Aim with Ralph
Schoenman and Mya Shone” heard weekly on Pacifica’s WBAI-NY and nationally
on the Progressive Radio Network.

Mya Shone is an economist and has a long history as an activist involved in
political, community and labor issues. She worked closely with Casa
Nicaragua and Casa El Salvador during the struggles taking place in Central
America, was the coordinator of the Tri-County (Santa Barbara, Ventura, San
Luis Obispo) Labor Party chapter and co-coordinator of the Open World
Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence and Democratic Rights. She
was the coordinator of the Committee in Defense of the Palestinian and
Lebanese Peoples and the Committee for a Democratic and Secular Palestine.
Mya Shone was also an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well as a
newscaster at KPFK in Los Angeles.
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The first two parts of Taking Aim's series on the Middle East,
"Apocalypse Now: The U.S. and Israeli Master Plan for the Middle East" are
available on our website archive http://www.takingaim.info
Part 1: Death and Devastation in Lebanon
Part 2: The Meaning of Qana
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Ben Gurion and the Final Aim:
(an excerpt from "The Hidden History of Zionism" by Ralph Schoenman,
available from Veritas Press – see http://www.takingaim.info and Amazon.com)

In 1938, David Ben Gurion, who became the first Prime Minister of the
Israeli state, wrote in a letter to his son: "A partial Jewish State is not
the end, but only the beginning. I am certain that we can not be prevented
from settling in the other parts of the country and the region."

In 1937, he declaimed: "The boundaries of Zionist aspirations are the
concern of the Jewish people and no external factor will be able to limit
them."

In 1938, he was more explicit: "The boundaries of Zionist aspirations," he
told the World Council of Poale Zion in Tel Aviv, "include southern Lebanon,
southern Syria, today's Jordan, all of Cis-Jordan [the West Bank] and the
Sinai."

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Thurs. Aug. 17 7-10 pm Leaders of the 9/11 Truth,

Please come to one of the two 9/11-related events on Thursday.

Either our regular meeting in Oakland, at the Grand Lake Neighborhood Center,
530 Lake Park Ave, from 7:00pm - 10:00pm.

Or, join many of our members in attending a discussin with Ralph
Schoenmann and Mya Shone, in Berkeley at the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St (at Bonita), from 7:00pm - 10:00pm, $10
(no on turned away).

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Thu Aug 17 7-10pm Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone discuss: Apocalypse Now - The U.S. and
Israeli Master Plan for the Middle East.

Premiering in the Bay Area- the film- "The War in Lebanon: An Inside
View" including harrowing photos of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila
Massacre.

Thursday, August 17 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St.(at Bonita)
Berkeley, CA.
$10 suggested donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone, producers of the national radio
show "Taking Aim," present a dramatic exposé of the current wave of
U.S. coordinated and Israeli mass slaughter in Gaza, the West Bank and
Lebanon. They discuss in compelling and heart-rending detail the U.S.
and Israeli murderous agenda, its timetable and the collusion of
client Arab regimes in targeting the peoples of the region.

From Rafah to, Ramallah and Nablus, from Bint Jbail, Tyre, Sidon
and Beirut to Tripoli, from 1947, 1967 to 1982 and now, an ongoing
genocide has been unleashed - part of a plan to visit the identical
agony on the people of Syria, Iran, Iraq and the region.

This murderous agenda proceeds under the cover of the false
category of terror for which 9/11 was planned, implemented and
orchestrated by the U.S. ruling class and its Israeli cohorts.

Heralded authors of "The Hidden History of Zionism," "Prisoners
of Israel" and "Homage to Palestine," Schoenman and Shone, reveal
through first hand testimony and shocking visuals the wholesale
massacre and mass expulsion that emptied Palestine of its population
in 1948 and was repeated in an identical operation in Lebanon in 1982.

In 1982-83, Schoenman and Shone lived in the Palestinian refugee
camps as these were reduced to rubble. They documented the round-up by
the Israeli invaders of males from ages 7 to 70 across Lebanon and
took 6,000 affidavits from the victims' families. They witnessed and
made a photo record of the mass murder and the mass graves from Ain El
Helweh, Rashidieh, Bourj al Burajneh to Sabra and Shatila in Beirut.

Schoenman and Shone draw from their experiences in Palestine and
Lebanon, their testimony presented to the United Nations, Foreign
Ministers and to the Nordic Commission in Oslo, Norway as well as
their years of advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian struggle for
self-determination.

Ralph Schoenman was Secretary General of the International
Tribunal on U.S. War Crimes in Indochina. He worked with Malcolm X
with respect to the battle for the Congo and has negotiated the
release of political prisoners in many countries. He was the Executive
Director of the Committee in Defense of the Palestinian and Lebanese
Peoples and the Committee for a Democratic and Secular Palestine. He
is the author of "The Hidden History of Zionism," "Iraq and Kuwait: A
History Suppressed," and co-authored with Mya Shone "Prisoners of
Israel" (report for the United Nations) and "Homage to Palestine."
Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone co-produce "Taking Aim with Ralph
Schoenman and Mya Shone" heard weekly on Pacifica's WBAI-NY and
nationally on the Progressive Radio Network.

Mya Shone is an economist and has a long history as an activist
involved in political, community and labor issues. She worked closely
with Casa Nicaragua and Casa El Salvador during the struggles taking
place in Central America, was the coordinator of the Tri-County (Santa
Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo) Labor Party chapter and
co-coordinator of the Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union
Independence and Democratic Rights. She was the coordinator of the
Committee in Defense of the Palestinian and Lebanese Peoples and the
Committee for a Democratic and Secular Palestine. Mya Shone was also
an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well as a newscaster at KPFK
in Los Angeles.

Ben Gurion and the Final Aim:

(an excerpt from "The Hidden History of Zionism" by Ralph Schoenman,
available from Veritas Press - see http://www.takingaim.info and
Amazon.com)

In 1938, David Ben Gurion, who became the first Prime Minister of the
Israeli state, wrote in a letter to his son:

"A partial Jewish State is not the end, but only the beginning. I am
certain that we can not be prevented from settling in the other parts
of the country and the region."

In 1937, he declaimed:

"The boundaries of Zionist aspirations are the concern of the Jewish
people and no external factor will be able to limit them."

In 1938, he was more explicit: "The boundaries of Zionist
aspirations," he told the World Council of Poale Zion in Tel Aviv,
"include southern Lebanon, southern Syria, today's Jordan, all of
Cis-Jordan [the West Bank] and the Sinai."

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# Thurs. Aug. 17 - Black Rock Roller Disco CellSpace 2050 Bryant @ 18th / 19th St.
For more information, call the Cellspace at 415-648-7562 or D. Miles
Jr., the GodFather of Skating at 415-752-1967 http://www.cora.org

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# SF Drag King Contest Thu Aug 17 8:00pm - 3:00am $15. - $35.
DNA Lounge 375 11th St @ Harrison http://www.dnalounge.com/
lureadthis @ sbcglobal.net 415-282-5378 http://sfdragkingcontest.com

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# Aug 17-27 PROTEST THE CRUELEST SHOW ON EARTH!

BAY AREA CIRCUS PROTESTS

JOIN PROTESTS AGAINST THE CRUELEST SHOW ON EARTH

SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE.
SIGNS, BANNERS AND LEAFLETS PROVIDED

INFAMOUS CIRCUS KILLING SPREE CONTINUES
Ringling Kills 4 Baby Elephants In 8 Years
Bertha dead at a few months of age.
September 2005: Ringling did not announce Bertha's birth or death.

Riccardo dead at 8 months of age.
August 4, 2004: Ringling claims he fell off a 19-inch-high-round platform. After making Riccardo suffer all night with two broken legs, Ringling took him to a hospital the next morning where x-rays revealed "severe and irreparable fractures." Riccardo was killed that day.

Benjamin dead at 4 years of age.
1999: Drowned in a pond while attempting to avoid "trainer" Pat Harned, who witnesses said "poked" Benjamin with an ankus. A USDA investigator concluded that seeing and/or being "touched" or "poked" by Harned with an ankus caused physical harm and lead to Benjamin's death. This incident was videotaped but Ringling requested the USDA not release it to the public.

Kenny dead at 3 years of age.
1998: Ringling elephant "trainers" Gunther Gebel-Williams and Mark Gebel, against veterinarian orders, forced Kenny, who was bleeding from his rectum, to perform. Kenny died later that day after passing a large amount of blood from his rectum.

Ringling routinely uses ropes and chains to separate 18-month-old-baby elephants from their mothers. USDA told Ringling that this practice violates Federal law; Ringling defended it calling it "industry standard."

In the wild female elephants never leave their mothers; males leave at about age 13-15 years.

Chained Most of Their Lives
Elephants in the wild can roam up to 50 miles a day. Ringling keeps elephants chained by 1 front and 1 back leg for most of their lives; the rest of the time they are confined in small barren pens in parking lots.

OAKLAND COLISEUM ARENA
Meet inside by arena entrance.

Thursday 08/17 6pm
Friday 08/18 1:15pm & 6pm
Saturday 08/19 1:15pm & 6pm

SAN JOSE ARENA
Meet at Santa Clara St. & Autumn by arena entrances.

Wednesday 08/23 6pm
Thursday 08/24 6pm
Friday 08/25 5:15pm
Saturday 08/26 1:15pm & 6pm
Sunday 08/27 1:15pm & 6pm
NOTE:
TIMES ARE FOR PROTESTS DURING SHOWS, NOT SHOW TIMES

CONTACT (SPANISH/ENGLISH): ALFREDO KUBA 650 965-8705

"As long as there are slaughter houses, there will be battlefields" Leo Tolstoy

http://www.GoVeg.com

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Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening
On Friday, August 18, 2006, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the monthly Third Friday’s Art Reception in his City Hall office, Room 282. This month’s featured artists are the children of District 5.
On display will be art from children across District 5 who have collaborated together through participation in the following programs: Raising the Standard Children and Youth Outreach, The African American Art and Culture Complex, Hayes Valley Playground, the Japanese Community Youth Council, and The Ella Hill Hutch Community Center.
The show will include watercolor paintings, photographs, multi-media collages of African-American poetry, graphic art designs developed from student business plans, and masks.
What: Art Opening Reception for the Work of the Children of District 5
When: Friday, August 18, 2006, 5-8 pm
Where: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282, 415 554-7630
Cost: Free August 18, 2006 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM Polk @ Grove
San Francisco City Hall 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282 554-7630
http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6888&year=2006&month=08

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Fri, Aug 18, 2006 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
[view] Impeachapalooza Open Mike - Berkeley
Mediterraneum Cafe 2475 Telegraph Berkeley
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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8/18: Mumia film showing (berkeley) Friday Aug 18 - 7:00 PM
at the BFUU Hall 1924 Cedar St. at Bonita, Berkeley, California 94709
Conscientious Projector Film Series presents Jeff Mackler, Co-Coordinator of The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, with:
"A Case for Reasonable Doubt?" a film by John Edginton.
info: Frances Hillyard 526-4402
$5-10 donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Sponsored by BFUU's Social Justice Committee
Social Justice in the Heart of the East Bay! wheelchair access
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/195192775.html

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8/18: SHOWCASE @ 1015 Folsom (@ 6th St.) FRIDAY GET IN FOR FREE
Reply to: event-194758215 [at] craigslist.org FOR FREE ENTREE!
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/194758215.html

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# Bandwidth Shindig August 18 - 20, 2006 (4:00 PM - 4:00 PM)
Apple Store One Stockton, SF, California 94108
Music Panels! Performances! The Bandwidth Shindig is all about music and technology. F-R-E-E.
Saturday, August 19
The Apple Store, downtown San Francisco
Noon: Biggestbandintheworld.com - Your Band's Website
1:00 pm: Digital Love: Ways to get your Band Digitally Noticed
2:00 pm: Be Your Own Entertainment Mogul
3:00 pm: Recording In The Digital Age
Sunday, August 20
The Apple Store, downtown San Francisco
Noon: Podcasting SuperStar! - How to become a podcaster
1:00 Promoting your Band
2:00 pm: Download on Download: Music Online and Getting It Heard
3:00 pm: Get On The Bus: Setting Up A Tour Using The Web
http://www.bandwidthshindig.com
http://upcoming.org/event/85576

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William Rodriguez, 9/11 hero speaks

2006 FREEDOM RALLY!
August 18-20, 2006
in San Jose, CA

Speakers include, California Assemblyman Ray Haynes; Former IRS
Special Agent Joe Banister; Michael Shaw of Freedom 21; Idaho
Representative Phil Hart; David vonKleist, producer of "911 in Plane
Site;" Bill Still, Producer of The Money Master; Steve Hempfling, FES
Director; Peymon M., President of Freedom Law School; Attorney Larry
Becraft; Red Beckman; and William Rodriguez.

Details at http://www.freeenterprisesociety.com
The Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance will have a table at the event.

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Axolotl & Rituals of the Inner circle
Friday, August 18, 2006 - Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:00 PM
Location: Danceground Keriac 1805 Divisadero (at Pine) SF
More Info: (206)790-1645
http://www.bodyresearch.org/twoshows.html
AXOLOTL
directed by Karl Frost, Aug 18 &20

A participatory performance experience, psychological and kinesthetic: be blindfolded for 2 hours of exploration of self and other. Explore in interaction with other audience members and a group of actors, dancers and musicians researching the nature of
meaning. Not a singular event on a stage, Axolotl is a multiplicity of events occurring simultaneously in the minds of the members of the audience...

…" infantilizing and weird and extremely interesting. I highly recommend it." -ANNIE WAGNER, The Stranger (Seattle 2004)

"I left the theater shell-shocked. It was easily the oddest, most surprising performance experience I've ever had. And, against all expectations, one of the most rewarding. " -BRENDAN KILEY, The Stranger (Seattle 2005)

RITUALS OF THE INNER CIRCLE
directed by Felix Ruckert (Berlin), Aug 19

You are invited to join a temporary structured society exploring issues of power, status, and intimacy. Within a set of predetermined rules, we live out our curiosities, seeing what exists in our physical/emotional edges.

Ruckert questions the nature of live performance, allowing the spectator to play an active role in the performance, confronting him/her with intense emotion. Radical and controversial propositions of his have ranged from interactive experiences with the audience to pieces of pure choreographic research. Addressing the audience as individuals, he borrows the codes of well-known social activities and transposes them into performing spaces: the brothel (Hautnah, 1995), the art gallery (Stillen, 2000), the night-club (deluxe joy pilot, 2000), the underground itineraries of sexuality (SECRET SERVICE, 2002), the party (Love Zoo, 2004). Strong concepts, well thought rules-of-the-game and elegant esthetics give a strong frame to the Felix Ruckert's shows, that allow active artistic and emotional input from the performers as well as a safe cocoon for the spectator’s reactions.

Performers:
Isabelle Kirouac, Tanya Stotsky (Canada) Dasniya Sommer, Elske Seidel, Felix Ruckert (Germany) Claudia Anfuso, Laura Inserra (Italy) Ayano Oride (Japan) Andy Lundberg, Cammie Kelly, Karl Frost, Kim Harmon, Kincaide Reed, Leslie Castelano, Liz Erber (US) and guests...

All shows 8pm at Danceground Keriac
1805 Divisadero (at Pine), San Francisco
$12-$20 Limited audience capacity, so reservations recommended: bodyresearch [at] gmail.com,
(206)790-1645
http://www.bodyresearch.org/twoshows.html

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Sat Aug 19

# Aug 19 Nonprofit Boot Camp, CraigsList Foundation UC Berkeley
http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/index.php?page=Boot_Camp
http://upcoming.org/event/80529

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8/19: Marin Islands Kayak and Restoration Paddle
Saturday August 19 9 AM - 3:30 PM
Save The Bay is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore these beautiful North Bay islands that are generally off-limits to the public and home to the largest heron rookery in northern CA. Join us as we paddle out to the islands, discuss their rich natural history, and participate in projects that will help restore native habitat. Trip leaves from San Rafael.
Cost: Save The Bay Members $45, Non-members $55 To sign up visit:
http://www.saveSFbay.org/bayevents or call Jocelyn at 510-452-9261 x109.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/192020362.html

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Sat, Aug 19, 2006 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Basic Vegetable Gardening in the City
Garden for the Environment 7th Ave. at Lawton St. San Francisco
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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Sat, Aug 19, 2006 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
[view] Berkeley Farmers' Market Annual Tomato Tasting & Cooking Demonstration
Berkeley Farmers' Market Center St. @ MLK, Jr. Way Berkeley
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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8/19: DEPT OF PEACE CAMPAIGN MEETING...
Something positive to do... creating what we DO want -- to be in place when this house of cards falls...
If you are not in the SF Bay Area, you might want to get on the mailing list for information bulletins...and how you can help create the U.S. Department of Peace. http://www.dopcampaign.org. There are local groups all around the Bay Area working on this campaign. You can find one at the website.
Several cities in the U.S., like Berkeley, San Jose and others have passed resolutions supporting the creation of the U.S. Department of Peace.
...and read more about the Department of Peace, and read the legislation itself, at http://www.dopcampaign.org. You'll find out that peace (and the DoP) begins and is addressed by the DoP, not only in foreign policy, but in our homes, our schools, our communities, our prisons...and our country. This is the most amazing thing we could do for peace. And it creates a U.S. Peace Academy.
CAMPAIGN TO CREATE A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF PEACE
The Peace Alliance
All Northern California Leadership Meeting
Featured Speaker Dot Maver, Executive Director
The Peace Alliance and The Peace Alliance Foundation
Saturday, August 19th 11 am to 3 pm Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA 94707 510 526-3805
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/194316140.html

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# 08/19/06 - Women's Surf Fest Fundraising Party 3-8pm at El Rio 3158 Mission @ 30th St.

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# 8-19 6:00 PM WHERE THE CATWALK ENDS
A Roaming Renegade Fashion Show 2-5pm
location: from the marina to the mission and everywhere in between
Featuring: Miranda Caroligne Silver Lucy Bad Unkl Sista Domini Lara Grant
Wearable Art Sale 6-10pm
location: 440 Brannan St. San Francisco (between 3rd and 4th)
With selections from the above designers PLUS: Gytha Mander Helen O Fati Beloved
Molly Rebushatis Alexandria Von Bromssen Leora Pangburn & Georgia Varaday
Customers who purchase over $100 receive free photo shoot with makeup and hair styling.
For more information about Missing Piece, please visit:
http://www.missingpiece-sf.com

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EAST BAY LIVING FOODS RAW FOODS POTLUCK AUGUST 2006
Saturday, August 19th from 6.30 to 10:00PM
PLEASE TRY TO BE ON TIME! East Bay Living Foods Home:
The Upaya Center for Wellbeing, 478 Santa Clara
Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610 3rd Floor (Across from the Grand Lake Theater)

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8/19: Raw Food Potluck (san rafael) http://www.marinrawfood.org

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Sat Aug 19 Fig Party Guerneville AUGUST 19th and Vibrant Living Expo Ft. Bragg
http://www.raw-passion.com

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SATURDAY, AUG. 19 Josh Wolf benefit

Join musicians and activists to raise money for the
legal fees of Josh Wolf, the journalist incarcerated
for contempt of court for his refusal to hand over
unedited video he shot of a anti-G-8 rally held in the
Mission earlier this year. Spoken word artist Diamond
Dave Whitaker of Enemy Combatant Radio, Oregon-based
musician John Staedler, and DJ Chuck Gonzalez perform.
Speakers on Wolf’s behalf include Liz Wolf-Spada, his
mother; Krissy Keefer, the Green party congressional
candidate in the Eighth District; and Harland
Harrison, the Libertarian congressional candidate in
San Mateo.

7 p.m. Dance Mission 3316 24th St. @ Mission, SF (415) 273-4633 Donations accepted

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8/19: PIRATE CAT RADIO takes over the ATA this Saturday!
celebrating 10 years as a flagship Bay Area pirate FM and Internet station
8 pm this Saturday, August 19th, at the Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia St
Admission is $5; PCR dj's will host/MC; refreshments will be sold;
all proceeds from the event to be donated to St. James' Infirmary.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/195044441.html

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# NEXT ANON: Saturday, August 19th - Pre-Playa Sense-You-All!
ANON SALON coaxes out the
Sense -You-All!
A Pre-Playa Extra-vagance!

Saturday, August 19, 2006

@ ANON GALLERY
285 9th St. (@ Folsom/SF)
10pm UNTIL LATE!
Suggestive Donations:
$10 b4 10:30/ Tantalizing- $15/
Challenged - $20/
http://www.anonsalon.com/aug06

After party for Where the Catwalk Ends! (See Below)

Featuring...
Adverteasments
- GROUNDCHUCK (Dustfish)
- ADAM OHANA (Get Freaky)
- BEN CHUN (False Profit) vs.
- LAZY SLAVE (Dustfish, Anon)
Plus Special Guests

AromaTheater
- HOT MUTE (Alive Rock)
- KASHIA (Anon Salon)
- HALON (Fake Science, False Profit)
Gallerie A Gaga
- ATMOSPHERES & ITERATIONS/
Will Cloughley aka UNCLE PUZZLE/ Lush-ivious colors
& Brain Twisting Spaces w/ Ambient Sonic Resonance
by RED SEED (Trip-Hop Trance Groove)
- DUSTED!/ Joegh Bullock (Wow Camp)
Masked Portraits Of Black Rock/
- EYE CANDY/ Video by SATSI & RADIA
- KARAOKE CAKE / Lick The Lyric
- TOUCHY FEELY LOUNGE
- KARAOKE CAKE / Lick The Lyric
- TOUCHY FEELY LOUNGE
- WHORE DEARVES/ Slippery Finger Food
- Light Toyem/MICHAEL'S LIGHT TOYS
- Airbrushed Booty Parlor/ CLAY CHOLLAR
- Rose of Dawn: OCEANA
- Pink RoseMerry: DEE DEE RUSSELL
- Absinthe Truffles/ ZoECACAo
- LIGHTN' WIRE
- ROOF GARDEN & MORE!

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# Aug 19 - 20 Great Meadow, Fort Mason:
FOGG Festival Aug 19-20th http://www.foggfest.com - Featuring Vau de Vire Society, James Brown, Brian Setzer, Matty Nash and Friends, The Donnas, Lyrics Born, Los Amigos Invisables and many others. Vau de Vire will be hosting performances throughout the 2-day festival with featured shows on our very own stage Sat. 2:40, Sun: 2:30. (Press release, schedule and Info. below)
Tickets ($35-$49)\ including special two-day passes, and more information are available at http://www.foggfest.com and (415) 256-8499.
http://www.vaudeviresociety.com

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Sat, Aug 19, 2006 - Sun, Aug 20, 2006 10:00 am - 6:30 pm
Solfest XI Solar Living Center Hopland
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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# Dolphin Adventure Trips Aug. 19-26, 2006
Aug. 26- Sept. 2, 2006 http://www.dolphinpress.com

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The Bandwidth Shindig Aug 19-20
BANDWIDTH SHINDIG ANNOUNCES FREE EDUCATIONAL SERIES FOR MUSICIANS AND MUSIC LOVERS
Learn more about music and technology! It’s FREE!
The Bandwidth Shindig brings you two full days of free panel discussions on music and technology. The panelists are industry professionals who will discuss the business and dish out advice. All panels take place in the upstairs theater at the Apple Store in downtown San Francisco on August 19 & 20.
Saturday, August 19 12:00 pm
http://Biggestbandintheworld.com - Your Band's Website
How to create a fan digital community - how to make your website a truly functional promotional piece while keeping your fans involved.
PANELISTS: Tony Brooke, Silent Way - Harlow Newton, SF Station -
Kylee Swenson, Loquat - Todd Tate, Angry Coffee - Mike Tatsugawa, Stick am

Saturday, August 19 1:00 pm
Digital Love: Ways to get your Band Digitally Noticed
Fully embracing the power of the internet to gain fans and fortune (well, at least fans)
PANELISTS: Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian - Chris Rolls, CNET -
Elaine Gilmore, Rocknroadtripper.com - Matthew Johnson, The Birdman Group
Eric Shea, Parchman Farm - Shoshanna Zisk, Music Attorney

Saturday, August 19 2:00 pm
Be Your Own Entertainment Mogul
Your own label. Streamcasts. Media. P Diddy did it, now you can too - how to create and control your own musical empire!
PANELISTS: Gray Gannaway, CD Baby - Elise Nordling, SomaFM -
Krissy Teegerstrom, Sfist

Saturday, August 19 3:00 pm
Recording In The Digital Age
Whether recording at home or going into the studio, laying down tracks (and what you do with them after) is a continually evolving ballgame. This is the modern age.
PANELISTS: Markkus Rovito, Remix Magazine - Greg Gorden, Pyramind -
Stephen Fortner, Keyboard Magazine - John Lucasey, Studio 880 -
Steve Savage, Producer/Mixer

Sunday, August 20 12:00pm
Podcasting SuperStar! - How to Become a Podcaster
You should be rocking that mic! Putting together and promoting your own podcast.
PANELISTS: Michael Butler, "The Rock And Roll Geek" Podcast -
David Hargis, KUSF and Rock River Music - Ben Van Houten, thebaybridged.com
Stephen Page, KYOU Radio - Ted Leibowitz, Bagel Radio

Sunday, August 20 1:00 pm
Promoting Your Band
This new-fangled technology stuff is tops when it comes to getting your band noticed. How to master the power.
PANELISTS: Marc Hawthorne, The Onion - Cory Brown, Absolutely Kosher Records - Kate Izquierdo, music writer - Naomi Salazar, Amoeba - Toby Suckow, Bimbo's 365 Club

Sunday, August 20 2:00 pm
Download on Download: Music Online and Getting It Heard
The lowdown on downloads and getting your music out "there".
PANELISTS: Windy Chien, iTunes Store - Joe Gratz, joegratz.net - Ali Partovi, Garageband - Tim Mitchell, IODA

Sunday, August 20 3:00 pm
Get On The Bus: Setting Up A Tour Using The WebUsing the web to book and promote your tour. But you still have physically show up and play your instruments - some things never change.
PANELISTS: Ashli Lewis, Bandwidth Shindig - Lisa O'Hara, High Road Touring - Audra Angeli-Morse, Annie's Social Club - Deb Zeller, The Make Out Ro
More information on the panels and the other Shindig events is available at http://www.bandwidthshindig.com

August 19, 2006 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Apple Store downtown San Francisco, CA 94117
http://www.sfshindig.com

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Ozomatli, August 20Th! @ Stern Grove 19th Ave @ Sloat

Stern Grove Festival ends its 69th Season with the high-voltage star power of Ozomatli, the Los Angeles-based Afro-Latin-and-beyond group that won a 2005 Grammy for their album Street Signs.

The East Bay hip-hop collective Crown City Rockers sets the tone for an exciting season finale with their organic blend of classic soul samples, sharp live instrumentation, and old-school inflected rhymes.

http://www.sterngrove.org/082006.php

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Sun, Aug 20, 2006 2:00 pm Stern Grove
Free concert with OZOMATLI and Crown City Rockers
19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard San Francisco
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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We'll meet for hula hooping fun this Sunday at Dolores Park
(SE corner b/w 19th and 20th just off Dolores) from 2-5 pm.
To subscribe to this group, send a blank email to:
bah-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com

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# Funk n Trunk – Burningman August 20, 2006 4-7pm
Levende Lounge 1710 Mission @ Duboce
Featuring bad unkl sista, Ceiba, Domini, Emiko-o Reware, ESTAR, Fati Beloved, Futuretrybe, Get a Headcase, Greengirl, homeSpun Couture, Hungrypanda Clothing, Miranda Caroligne, miss velvet cream, Shauna Hoffman, Silver Lucy Design, Taste Of Brazil, ViaJay, Wild Card

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Marin Raw Food Potluck this Sunday!
Please join us for our monthly potluck this Sunday, August 20, 2006. Please note that this potluck will be held on a Sunday, since Rawstock is on Saturday. The potluck will start at 6 PM and is located at the La Plaza Conference Center in San Rafael. Please visit our website at http://www.marinrawfood.org for details and directions. As of today, we do not have a confirmed speaker for this event, since we are still waiting to hear from a couple of people. Please join us anyway for great food and company as always! Hope to see you there!

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Sunday, August 20, 6pm-on Summer Vegan Potluck, Outer Sunset, S.F.
Summer Vegan Potluck at Home of Bonnie Knight
for Members of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society, Veggie Jews and and an
open house for all veg*n friends
Please bring one dish with enough food to serve ten people and please bring
an index card listing the ingredients, thanks.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
6:00 p.m., socializing and appetizers
6:30 p.m. Dinner
2546 Great Highway between Ulloa and Vicente Streets
San Francisco, CA 94116-2613
RSVP: _Bonbonsf [at] aol.com_ (mailto:Bonbonsf [at] aol.com) or (415) 665-1583
Within a 5-minute walk of 3 MUNI lines - 18, 23 and L.
If the weather is mild, we'll eat in the backyard garden.
If the weather is cold, we'll eat inside.
If it looks like the weather could go either way, bring a sweater.
The backyard garden has a deep, unfenced koi pond, so no children under 12,
sorry. Well-behaved older children are welcome.
Allergy Alert: There are two in-house and in-garden dogs and one indoor cat
present.
Access to the garden is up a staircase to the main house and then down a
staircase to the garden.
There will be an opportunity, completely optional, to sign letters on behalf
of animals.
You need only bring your potluck contribution -- there is no charge for this
event -- it's FREE.
Hope to see you all!
http://www.sfvs.org The San Francisco Vegetarian Society:
For health and humanity, promoting vegetarianism since 1968.
SFVS is a non-profit organization that has been working in the Bay Area for

nearly 40 years promoting a vegetarian diet as a healthful and humane way of life.]

[As members of Veggie Jews know:
Veggie Jews is an on-line and real world organization with events in local
communities dedicated to supporting Jewish vegans and vegetarians and
spreading vegan, vegetarian and animal rights values into the Jewish
community. All Veggie Jews' events are open to Jews of all ages and our
non-Jewish friends. We are not a singles or religious group, although single and
observant people are always welcome. For group information or to join, please
go to _http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/veggiejews/_
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/veggiejews
(http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/veggiejews/) ) .
And remember: It's only kosher if it's cruelty free.]

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# Jerry McNerney for Congress
Dear Friends,

Please help save our country (and the planet).

This November we have an excellent opportunity to replace one of our worst Congressmen with a man of high integrity and strong environmental values. Jerry McNerney, a wind energy specialist, is challenging Richard Pombo, an anti-environmental zealot, for the Congressional seat representing San Ramon, Pleasanton, Lodi, Tracy, and most of Stockton.

Please join us at a fundraiser for Jerry McNerney in Palo Alto:

Sunday, August 20, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
At the home of Tom & Sharon Wagner
914 Matadero Court, Palo Alto

Jerry McNerney is the perfect candidate to take on Pombo. In the late 1970s, Dr. McNerney recognized our country’s need for a diversified energy supply and changed careers to serve that need. His innovations helped create the wind power industry we know today.

In 2004, Jerry recognized another need and took action. He ran against Pombo and did better than any challenger in that district since 1994. Jerry never stopped campaigning, and in a hard-fought primary this year, Jerry won a three-way race with 52.6% of the vote, getting almost twice as many votes as his main opponent, who outspent him 2-to-1.

Jerry wants to lead the nation away from the grip of foreign oil and transform the district into the “Silicon Valley of renewable energy.” This is our chance to make a real difference, in one of the key races nationwide.

Please join Jerry at an event hosted by Tom and Sharon Wagner at their lovely solar home in Palo Alto. Jerry looks forward to sharing his views and hearing what is important to each of you.

Sunday August 20, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
At the home of Tom & Sharon Wagner
914 Matadero Court, Palo Alto
Supporter: $100
Student/Low Income: $35

Event Sponsors: Peter Drekmeier and Carolyn Curtis
Please RSVP to Don Mayall – seleve [at] ix.netcom.com – 650-856-7579.

If you are unable to attend, but would like to volunteer or contribute to Jerry’s campaign, please visit http://www.jerrymcnerney.org or mail your donation to McNerney for Congress, PO Box 12022, Pleasanton, CA 94588.

---- Peter Drekmeier pdrekmeier @ earthlink.net (650) 223-3333

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MONDAY, AUG. 21 Animal vs. vegetable
Say yay or nay to off-leash areas and protecting
native plants in one minute or less at the Recreation
and Park Commission's continued hearing from last week
on its Natural Areas Plan. 8:30 a.m. City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416, SF
http://www.parks.sfgov.org SFBG

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# 21. HoopSexy. LOS GATOS. 2 Ms 5:00-6:30pm. Taught by Christabel. To register contact Carol at (408) 867-2224. A dance class using the hoop as a tool cultivate sensual confidence and empowerment.
http://hoopgirl.com

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Aug 16, 21 & 23. Beginner HoopDance Intensive. BERKELEY. W, M, W 7-8:30pm
Taught by Certified HoopGirl dance instructor Satise!
http://hoopgirl.com

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Tue, Aug 22, 2006 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Annual Tomato Tasting @ Berkeley Farmer's Market
Berkeley Farmer's Market Derby St. at MLK, Jr. Way Berkeley
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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Radical Love & Relationship Workshop Tuesday, August 22 8:00 PM
Location: Good Vibrations 1620 Polk Street (at Sacramento Street)
San Francisco, CA view map More Info: (415) 345-0400
8PM, $20, sliding scale, everyone welcome http://www.goodvibes.com

Workshop Description:
At a time when our nation is determined to keep us on the warpath, what better time to raise our voices against intolerance, hatred, and violence? At a time when our government propels us into a new dark age of fascism, what better time to talk about radical love, or the right to love who we want, how we want, and as many as we want? 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-O Matik is the author of Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships. As an educator, role model, and spokesperson for the polyamory community, Wendy has become a revolutionary activist of the heart. Since the release of her book, she has taught over sixty Radical Love & Relationship Workshops globally, excavating important social trends and reshaping the future of alternative relationship models for the 21st century. As an activist for social change, Wendy is pushing the boundaries on firmly rooted notions in mainstream society on relationships, love, gender, sexual equality, and sexual politics. She is available for educational and motivational discussions on the topic of alternative relationship models and responsible non-monogamy.

For more info: http://www.wendyomatik.com

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# Aug 22, 23 & 24. Beginner HoopDance Intensive. SAN FRANCISCO. T, W, R 7:30-9pm. Taught by Christabel, guest instructor on third evening... filling up fast! Don't miss out on the last class before the playa!
http://hoopgirl.com

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# Wed 23 AUGUST: Grab a free copy of today's SF BAY GUARDIAN.
http://sfbg.com Clip and save their list of FALL FESTIVALS !!!

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Wed, Aug 23, 2006 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Greenbrae (Marin)
Free Eco Film Night: The Power of Community-How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Marin Outdoor Living 2100 Redwood Highway Greenbrae
http://globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.php

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8/23: Krissy Keefer at the Bazaar (richmond / seacliff) 7 to 9 p.m.
San Francisco Green Party congressional candidate Krissy Keefer is joined by former Green Party congressional candidate/playwright/actress Terry Baum, performer/musician Scrumbly Koldewyn, and singer/songwriter Austin Willacy at a fundraiser at the Bazaar Cafe. Wednesday, August 23 7 to 9 p.m.
Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street (between 21st and 22nd avenues), SF, Ca. 94121
Free, but bring your check book!!! Nancy Pelosi has already raised more than $1 million in her campaign. Krissy, as a Green Party candidate, refuses corporate donations.
For more info, contact krissyforcongress [at] yahoo.com, go to
http://www.keeferforcongress.com, or call (415) 835-4748.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/194275887.html

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# Thursday, August 24, 2006 7pm - 9pm
Ecovillages Presentation by Lost Valley Educational Center
Find out what an ecovillage is and how the ecovillage movement
affects the environment, the economy, and social justice issues. An
informational slideshow will be followed up by a question and answer
session. Discover what you can do to join the ecovillage movement.
Presented by members of Lost Valley Educational Center, an aspiring
ecovillage and intentional community in rural Oregon.
Location: Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley.
Cost: No charge. Info: 510-548-2220 x233.

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# The Temple of Sirens invites you to Gypsy Nights expand your senses
Swaying hips, undulating bellies, and healing hands will consume you in this mystical evening. Restore yourself with healing touch intimate connections and the expansion of all your senses.
The evening peaks with the demonstration of a woman in extended orgasm.
Join the tribe and be carried through an evening of soul connections, exotic entertainment and desirable play.
Friday August 25, 2006 8 pm - midnight.
Preregistration recommended $65 for men, $25 for women $10 additional cost at the door
One Taste Urban Retreat Center 1074 Folsom @ 7th St. http://www.onetastesf.com
Spaces are limited. Reserve your space today by calling 415-503-1100 or email us at info @ onetastesf.com.
Temple of Sirens Where Women Free their Desires
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# 08/26/06 - First Year Anniversary Party for the 16th Ave Tiled Steps noon - 2pm 16th and Moraga there will be music, refreshments, games more info at
http://www.tiledsteps.org

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# SHAC 7 Benefit, Oakland, August 26
Saturday, August 26th 6 PM - 9 PM
L AK Press (674-A 23rd St, Oakland)
Event Info:
* Screening of Various Films
* A Special Presentations
* Vegan Desserts
* Alcohol- & Drug-Free Event
For more information about the SHAC 7, visit http://www.shac7.com
RSVP: shac7benefit [at] yahoo.com
To subscribe to Bay Area Animal Rights Network please send blank email to:
baarn-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com
For events:
Please see yahoogroups message archives and calendar at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baarn
Yahoo! Groups Links

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# Swim with Dolphins Adventure Aug 26 - Sep 2, 2006
http://www.thefirewithin.com/swimwithdolphins.htm or
http://www.dolphinpress.com and click on Dolphin Trip! Enjoy!

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Evolutionary Health and Well Being A Brief Introduction
MONDAY August 28th 7:00pm to 9:30pm [RSVP Required]
Arete Center for Excellence in SF 743 Clementina
between Folsom, Howard, 8th, 9th St. Why: Learn How:
• I virtually eliminated HIV from my system in a few months without
meds!
• To dissolve beliefs about what is and is not possible within your
body
• Bring evolutionary awareness to health and well being
+ Body: nutrition and fitness
+ Mind: How specifically to harness the power of the mind
for your healing and how to clear out significant negative
emotional experiences
• Which non-deity, non sectarian, spiritual practices I used
• Apply to the same technology to any illness or limitation in your
thinking
• Find out about the Evolutionary Health and Well Being™ workshop in
October All in one brief evening!
What if "incurable" diseases were curable? What if there were a mental
technology and a integral approach that could unlock that
possibility? Think this is impossible? Think again. Full Details are here:
http://evolutionaryawareness.com/events/intros/health.php

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)'( Aug 28 - Sep 4 2006 http://burningman.com fun in the desert )'(
goto Reno, turn North... 100 miles North of Reno is the Black Rock Desert
http://bmscreensavers.com Download screensavers for ideas of costumes, artcars, projects...
This year's street names will be:
Esplanade Anxious Brave Chance Destiny Eager Fate Guess Hope
Burningman from space:
http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&ll=40.753304,-119.239426&spn=0.019766,0.034332
<http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&ll=40.753304,-119.239426&spn=0.019766,0.034332> )'(


)'( Events at the Earth Guardians Pavilion, Burning Man 2006 )'(
http://www.tonyandkarina.us/eg/volunteer_events.htm )'(


)'( BRING ALOE VERA PLANTS and LEAVES to BURNING MAN! Best gift you can give!
Aloe Vera is the ONLY treatment that can prevent a sun burn AFTER exposure to sun.
Lavendar is helpful too, also for cuts and scratches. Info at Aloe Vera Camp! )'(


)'( COPS on the Playa - READ THIS!! )'(
undercover cops CAN and WILL lie to protect their identity...be VERY paranoid!!
http://www.flexyourrights.org/frequently_asked_questions )'(
READ more at bottom of online edition.


)'( PEEPSHOW MINIGOLF IS OFFICIALLY AT 7.30 )'(
PLAYA SIDE OF ESPLANADE out front of the red nose district )'(


)'( Remember the Flower? The Flower returns to the playa with its fearful
counterpart, a Venus Fly Trap. This year the two flowers will dance
together, with special performances as follows:

Wednesday night at the Temple of Breaks,
Thursday night at the ARTery,
Friday night, a choreographed show near the Man,
Saturday night post burn choreographed show at Red Nose District. )'(



)'( GREENING THE BURN-- Taking the climate-changing heat out of the burning
of the Man!

Burners Without Borders has collaborated with the brainiacs at
CoolingMan (http://www.coolingman.org) to figure out the climate change
impact of burning The Man, and how to "offset" that impact, making the
burn climate change neutral.

CoolingMan estimates that the burning of The Man will generate
approximately 100 tons of greenhouse gases (GHG). To more than
neutralize these emissions, CoolingMan is seeking 110 tons of GHG offsets.

Offsets come in variety of ways. You can plant a tree, which is good for
one ton, or buy a ton's worth by investing in renewable energy projects,
like wind and solar. Buying a ton is anywhere from $5 to $10, and we're
estimating high so we can make sure we're able to meet our goal.

Cool it forward by going to http://www.coolingman.com to help us
completely offset the impact of the burn before the start of Burning Man
2006--there you can also figure out your theme camp's impact, and offset
that as well. It's easy, cheap, and makes a huge difference. Be sure to
report your participation to CoolingMan so they can track and then
report on our progress.

We're off to a great start! We've already received $180 in donations,
enough to offset at least 18 tons!

More info: http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org )'(



)'( 2006 LNT TOUR OF THE CITY )'(

Leave No Trace Tour of the City wants YOU!

Each year we enjoy the fruits of a clean, beautiful, well organized City
and come up with better ways to manage our trash and play, eat, and
sleep in comfortable camps. We can be proud of the fact that Burning Man
is one of the largest Leave No Trace events in the country. We create a
temporary City in the desert, then help it disappear.

Now in its fifth year, the Leave No Trace Tour of the City features camp
showers, kitchens, trash management, grey water systems, good neighbors,
and repurposed structures. Model camps provide working examples for
those of us looking for ways to camp smarter at Burning Man.

A number of camps are returning to Burning Man with the same basic
structure or materials used in previous years. High traffic camps are
finding ways to minimize imported trash by planning ahead. Grey water is
being managed with an increasing number of solutions.

Model camps can feature any practice or technology. Theme camps of all
sizes and types are encouraged to join and need only be a registered
theme camp, subscribe to all seven principles of Leave No Trace, submit
their LNT Plan, and be willing to show their camp to interested
participants during the Burning Man event. The Tour is self-guided.
Model camps are featured on a large informational map in the Earth
Guardians Pavilion and are also eligible to win a coveted Camp of the
Day award.

The Camp of the Day contest, a separate LNT opportunity open to any
registered theme camp, awards 2 tickets to next year's event. Those
camps that best exemplify Leave No Trace will win. Theme camps can enter
the contest before or during the event.

Information on LNT at Burning Man can be found at
http://www.burningman.com/on_the_playa/environment_concerns/earth_guard_tips.html.

If your theme camp would like to be part of this year's LNT Tour of the
City, please contact Earth Guardians at lntcamps(at)comcast(dot)net. )'(




September 2006

Camp Democracy It's big this; September in D.C.
http://www.campdemocracy.org


# Upcoming dates: September 2, and October 7.
Walks are held the first Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Meet at the bookstore kiosk near the main gate of the San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum, 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way.
Darin Dawson of the San Francisco Botanical Garden, who is a plant expert. Angie Geiger returns in September.
http://www.sfnature.org


# 9/3/06 - Nor Cal Women's Surf Fest Linda Mar Beach Pacifica http://www.ncwsc.com


# Free History Tour of Dogpatch & Potrero Point
Sunday, September 3, 2006 (11:00 AM)
18th St. & Tennessee St. San Francisco, California
WHERE: starts at 18th and Tennessee
DETAILS: Designated as a San Francisco Historic District, this colorful neighborhood has important ties to many of the city's past commercial industries. From its historic working class cottages and industrial age relics to the current proliferation of ultra-modern lofts, we'll explore the past and present of this suprising, eclectic neighborhood in transition in this 2 hour walking tour. A $5 donation to SF City Guides (non-profit) is suggested, but optional.
http://upcoming.org/event/73267


# Sept 5, 6 and 7. Beginner HoopDance Intensive. SAN FRANCISCO. T, W, R 7:30-9pm. Taught by Christabel. Special Post Burning Man class to keep your spirits high during re-integration to city life...
http://hoopgirl.com


# September 8 - 21 Announcing Camp Democracy
Announcing Camp Democracy
Cindy Sheehan to Move Camp to National Mall
Cindy Sheehan and activists in the growing peace movement plan to
move Camp Casey to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., September
8 - 21. The camp on the Mall will carry the name Camp Democracy at
Fort Fed Up. Organizers intend the camp to bring together peace
activists with activists for social justice, united in demanding a
shift of public resources from war to the needs of people.
Participants will lobby Congress to end all funding of the
occupation of Iraq, and will demand that Congress hold the Bush
Administration accountable for the falsehoods that launched the war
and the abuses of power here at home that have accompanied it. Camp
Democracy is launching an outreach effort to include organizations
in the planning of the camp's activities, which are all in the
initial stages. Organizations already on board are listed on the
website:
http://campdemocracy.org
Participating organizations and guest experts and celebrities will
provide workshops and training sessions on a wide range of issues,
as well as on communications, voter registration, nonviolent civil
disobedience, lobbying, organizing, media production, and
performance arts. Congress Members and congressional candidates will
take part. Local elected officials will instruct attendees on
participation in local government. Musicians will perform concerts.
New films will be shown on a large screen. Participants will acquire
useful skills while demanding fundamental change.
Individuals can sign up and plan to come:
http://campdemocracy.org/user/2
And volunteer to help:
http://campdemocracy.org/about
Organizations, large and small, can sign up to participate:
http://campdemocracy.org/node/3
Organizations, trainers, speakers, educators, and performers should
propose activities that they believe would benefit thousands of
citizens who want to work for change:
http://campdemocracy.org/node/4
Internet activists, and anyone with a blog or a website, can help by
posting this information and link to the website using this link:

http://www.campdemocracy.org

http://campdemocracy.org/

A camp for peace, democracy, and the restoration of the rule of law.
Camp Casey will move from Crawford, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to
create a larger camp focused not only on ending the war but also on
righting injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush
Administration and Congress. Tents will provide activist activities,
trainings, workshops, and entertainment on these themes: War/ Peace/
Nonviolence | The Constitution/ Accountability/ Censure/ Impeachment
| Poverty/ Katrina/ Immigration/ Labor | Environment/ Health Care/
Education


# SEP 9 Power to the Peaceful Concert Free concert in Golden Gate Park Michael Franti
http://spearheadvibrations.com/index.html
http://www.stayhuman.org


# Sat Sep 9 5th Annual Rally and March for 9-11 Truth

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

This Year's theme- "Impeach the Terrorists!"
Rally 10:00 AM in San Francisco at the Panhandle (between Oak and Fell
at Ashbury),
10:30 AM March/Parade up Ashbury to Haight Street through Golden Gate
Park to Speedway Meadow (about 2 miles) to the-

8th Annual 9-11 Power to the Peaceful Concert
featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead
http://www.powertothepeaceful.org
beginning at 11:00 AM, free Concert & Social Justice Festival lasts
until 5:00 PM. (We are co-sponsors of the Power to the Peaceful
Concert/Social Justice Festival and will have a booth there.)

9-11 Truth for Peace and Justice Rally and March sponsored by the
Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance, 1-866-268-2320

http://www.communitycurrency.org
http:// http://www.911truth.org
http://www.sf911truth.org

Pictures of last year's march and rally- (It was fun!)
http://www.communitycurrency.org/9-10rally.html

To endorse, volunteer, contact Carol Brouillet, 650-857-0927, cbrouillet [at] igc.org



# Sokano Avenue Stroll “Send In The Clowns” Sunday, September 10, 2006
 Non-profit Information &/or Fundraising (New- Both Categories merged)
You may raise money by donation, raffles, memberships and/or materials donated to you.
You may sell or give away promotional materials about your organization.
Keep literature distribution and clipboard activity behind your table.
It you are hosting a game booth, no cash prizes or live animals are allowed. Small toys, balloons and other prizes are acceptable. We encourage you to have game booths rather than sell products. Call us for great booth ideas!
entry fee for a booth to be submitted Aug. 1


# Monday, September 11, 2006
Premiere of new film of David Ray Griffin- "9/11 the Myth and the Reality"
7:00- 10:00 pm
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Lake Avenue
Oakland, California

The film is being produced by Ken Jenkins, and drawn from David Ray
Griffin's talks last spring in the Bay Area.

Co-sponsored by the Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance


# 9/11/06, there will be a screening of David
Ray Griffin's historic talk at the Progressive Democrats of the East
Bay sponsored event. The film will show at the Grand Lake Theater,
September 11th, at 7pm.

Please come on Thursday in SF to talk politics, self-organize, and
create truth-finding.

911 - inside job. Demand investigation!
http://www.wtc7.net - http://www.physics911.org - http://www.911-strike.com
http://www.oilempire.us - http://www.dieoff.org - http://www.peakoil.net
http://bombsinsidewtc.dk - http://www.911review.com
http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/index.html
http://www.globalresearch.ca - http://www.cooperativeresearch.org
http://www.911review.com/index.html - http://www.911truth.org
http://www.911review.com/911review/index.html
http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org

http://www.deceptiondollar.com
http:// http://www.UnansweredQuestions.org
http://www.communitycurrency.org/9-11.html
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org
http://www.osamaskidneys.com

http://www.falloutshelternews.com
http://www.topica.com/lists/politicaldiary


# Also on September 11, 2006

In New York, at Ground Zero
http://s15.invisionfree.com/Loose_Change_Forum/index.php?showtopic=6271

NY911truth.org is also planning a series of events from 9/9