BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//Refresh Web Development//Helios Calendar//EN X-FROM-URL:http://squidlist.com/events/ X-WR-RELCALID:The Squid List X-WR-CALNAME:The Squid List X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Mexico_City BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213586 DTSTART:20120517T200000 DTEND:20120517T220000 SUMMARY:Trash + Treasure DESCRIPTION:Guest Curator Soumyaa Kapil Behrens and Oddball Films present a collection of films dug up from the archive on things which clog up our natural earth and that which we seek to extract from her. It will be a night full of inciting issues and wondrous adventure. Jacques Cousteau and his team go on the hunt for Spanish Gold in Sunken Treasure (1970) and Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker\, Joan Konner asks tough questions in an excerpt of Danger: Radioactive Waste (1977). The historical footage of Open Pit Nickel Mining (1944) shows how violent and methodical mineral recovery is and the memorable environmental animation of D*sney’s The Litterbug (1961) features D*nald D*ck as our foppish guide through how and what we waste. Pepper the night with home movies rescued from the SF Dump and Flea Markets that illuminate the kind of gems that often get lost in our modern world and\, finally\, try and clear the air with The Run-Around (1970’s) through exaggeration\, music and animation. It is sure to be a night of fantastic voyages through history\, memory\, air\, land and sea. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Oddball Films - 275 Capp Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213640 DTSTART:20120517T200000 DTEND:20120517T220000 SUMMARY:Hot Mess 2: I Can't Believe It's Not Better DESCRIPTION:SF's newest sketch group comes out with another "show." We did it once\, we can do it again! (Right?) Set your expectations to "low\," and your phasers to "fun."Featuring stuff we call "art" by:David Cairns\, Logan Fox\, Kelly Gallamore\, Rosie Hallett\, Nick Lane\, Renee Levesque\, Dave Levine\, EDW Lynch\, Sal Mattos\, Colin McCarthy\, Sarah Moser\, Chris Quintos\, Sara Staley\, and Griffin TaylorAAAAND amazing musical guest Dave End!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:EXIT Stage Left - 156 Eddy St \, San Francisco\, CA 94102 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213544 DTSTART:20120517T193000 DTEND:20120517T213000 SUMMARY:The Asian Pacific American Vagina Monologues DESCRIPTION:On May 17\, 2012\, women activists will take the main stage at the historic Castro Theatre for an Asian Pacific American production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. This landmark theatrical performance profiles the intimate stories of women impacted by sexual assault\, war\, and pain\, but also lifts celebratory perspectives on sexual self-discovery\, empowerment\, and love.The APA Vagina Monologues is more than just a show. It's about igniting change\, raising the issues of Asian Pacific American women\, and ending violence (of all forms) against women everywhere.The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)\, the country’s only multi-issue women’s organization for Asian Pacific American women and girls\, and V-Day San Francisco are the proud co-presenters of this center piece event for San Francisco’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.Join us as we honor the strength and visibility of women\, our San Francisco Bay Area community\, and\, of course\, the venerable vaginawebsite | www.apavaginamonologues.comtickets | https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/233694donate | http://www.indiegogo.com/apavm12/twitter | @APAVaginasFacebook | www.facebook.com/APAVM\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Castro Theatre - 429 Castro St \, San Francisco\, CA 94114 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213537 DTSTART:20120517T200000 DTEND:20120517T200000 SUMMARY:GAZE film series: Screening 1\, HOME DESCRIPTION:In its first quarterly showcase of local and international works by women filmmakers\, GAZE presents a diverse collection of shorts on the concept of HOME.Featuring:Avo\, by Raquel ScheferSveit\, by Kyja-Kristansson NelsonHomecoming\, by Irina LeimbacherCanada\, by Anjali SundaramLongshore\, by Vera Brunner-SungInside\, by Mandy WilliamsBu Sahilde\, by Merve Kayan and Zeynep DadakGAZE is a film series dedicated to screening independent film and video made by women. GAZE promotes women’s artistic expression and creates dialogue related to the influence of this powerful medium.gazefilmseries.wordpress.com/\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Artist's Television Access - 922 Valencia Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213531 DTSTART:20120517T180000 DTEND:20120517T210000 SUMMARY:Performance by Jeremiah Jenkins at artMRKT DESCRIPTION:Ever Gold Gallery is pleased to announce an ongoing installation at artMRKT by artist Jeremiah Jenkins in addition to Ever Gold's booth\, 611.Bay area artist Jeremiah Jenkins will be staging a demonstration during the San Francisco Art Market art fair. He will be organizing himself into a solitary occupying encampment of the fair until tear gassed or until the fair ends. Representing "the 0.00000032%" Jenkins will be drawing a line and standing up to the other 99.99999978%. The inequality between individuals and everyone else must stop!The occupy movement was one of the biggest stories in the news this past year. While I personally support the message\, I felt a bit left out. I grew up poor\, have worked my whole life\, and am currently in one of the lowest tax brackets possible. The paradox is that as an artist I find myself drinking wine\, eating brie\, and enjoying art as much as any one percenter. I propose to occupy Art Market for the duration of the fair as a representative of myself\, the 0.00000032 percent. My encampment will be only big enough for myself and will have all the things I need to be there for the couple of days. My equipment will be a mix of practical and posh. I will wear a tuxedo everyday and have wine and cheese. I will not be protesting anything\, but instead I will just be there representing my singular perspective and my personal class. The goal is to bridge the gap that divides the 99 and the 1 percents\, by combining both lifestyles without conflict.HOURS:Thursday\, May 17\, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pmOpening Night Benefit Preview ReceptionThursday\, May 17\, 2012 - 8:00pm to 10:00pmOpening Night Party Regular Fair Hours:Friday\, May 18\, 2012 - 11:00am to 7:00pmSaturday\, May 19\, 2012 - 11:00am to 7:00pmSunday\, May 20\, 2012 - Noon to 6:00pm_________May 17th 6pm - May 20th 6pm\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Ever Gold Gallery - 441 O'Farrell St \, San Francisco\, CA 94102 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213499 DTSTART:20120517T193000 DTEND:20120518T000000 SUMMARY:PHANTOMS OF ASIA PREVIEW PARTY DESCRIPTION:Life. Death. The cosmos. What's it all about? "Phantoms of Asia" is the Asian Art Museum's bold new contemporary art exhibition that explores spirits\, spirituality\, the cosmos\, and the afterlife. Provocative artworks big and small from all over Asia - and some created on site for this exhibition - will fill the entire museum to reveal unique perspectives on life\, death\, the universe\, nature\, and everything in between. Pause and reflect on your own place in the universe\, all while seeing some amazing art. Get down with Phantoms before it opens to the public. We're gonna dim the lights and show you a good time. Renowned party music purveyor Vin Sol will bring his trademark hedonistic dance beats\, while King Most fills the courts with his soul\, RnB\, hip-hop\, 80s\, and other feel-good grooves. Sip refreshing suds courtesy of Kirin\, soothing shochu courtesy of Haamonii\, and award-winning tequila courtesy of Mi Casa\, and nibble on yummy bites courtesy of Sinto Gourmet and Polkadotties. All that gallery hopping and revelry got you feeling hunger pangs? Stop in our cafe_ open late just for you-for substantial refueling. Mix and mingle with artists whose works are in the show. Can't make it? See the exhibition FOR FREE on Saturday\, May 19. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Asian Art Museum - 200 Larkin Street (between Fulton & McAllister)\, San Francisco\, CA 94118 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213488 DTSTART:20120517T180000 DTEND:20120517T180000 SUMMARY:artMRKT San Francisco DESCRIPTION:May 17-20\, Thursday 6pm-10pm\, Friday + Saturday 11am-7pm\, Sunday 12pm-6pmartMRKT San Francisco returns to the Bay Area MAY 17 - 20 for its second year. Featuring over 70 galleries from around the nation\, this 4-day art fair includes an Opening Night Benefit Preview Party for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco\, intriguing arts programs and presentations\, a MRKTworks Auction\, and acess to an esteemed group of artists\, galleries\, and collectors. Tickets to artMRKT\, San Francisco's only Contemporary and Modern fair can be purchased at: www.art-mrkt.com/sf/tickets Don't miss out on the Opening Night Preview Party May 17th! May 17-20\, Thursday 6pm-10pm\, Friday + Saturday 11am-7pm\, Sunday 12pm-6pm. MORE INFO: http://www.art-mrkt.com/sf ** info@art-mrkt.com ** 212-518-6912 Presented by artMRKT Productions \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Concourse Exhibition Center - 635 8th St (at Brannan) \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213485 DTSTART:20120517T180000 DTEND:20120517T230000 SUMMARY:First Element: Mobile Theater Project and Dance Party DESCRIPTION:May 17\, 6pm to 11pm\, Limited TicketsMobile Performance: Tickets will be announced | 3 tours | limited seating | includes after-party admission 6pm- 9pm Bus Tours\, Dance Party to follow It's Campo Santo's First Element and mobile theater project. We bring you a one-of-a-kind live music and theater experience on wheels! ONE NIGHT ONLY. An intimate street art survey\,performances on the street followed by a Dance Party. -MC Battles\, Live Cypher\, Live Music Dance Party! -Felonious (Keith Pinto\, Tommy Shepherd\, Dan Wolf) -Wonway Posibul (Juan Amador) -Visual Artists -Mix'd Ingrdnts\, Female Mixed Styles Dance Crew -Hot Pocket Latin Funk Band SF -Yenni Lucero Afro Urban Fusion dance May 17\, 6pm to 11pm\, Limited Tickets. MORE INFO: Anthem Salgado (for press) ** http://theintersection.org ** info1@theintersection.org ** 415-626-2787 Presented by Intersection for the Arts \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Intersection for the Arts - 925 Mission Street\, #109 \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213439 DTSTART:20120517T200000 DTEND:20120518T020000 SUMMARY:UpOut and Level 4 presents Broke + Classy: Broke Ass Stuart's 10 year Anniversary of Living in San Francisco! DESCRIPTION:Just because you're young\, broke and beautiful doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to put on your nicest duds and have a spectacular night on the town.When was the last time you spent just $3 to see some of the best musical acts in the Bay\, fight cancer\, drink free booze and slurp free oysters? That's what we thought. UpOut\, Level 4 and Broke-Ass Stuart invite you to come celebrate Stuart's 10th year anniversary with them. Why? Because we're throwing a party worth waiting 10 years for. ---> Be sure to dress up and be ready to get down. HYPERLINK "http://www.upout.com/sf/do/ClassyBrokeAss"http://www.upout.com/sf/do/ClassyBrokeAss*click 'WANT' to get in on all the action + RSVP!----------------------------------------------------***Featuring Sounds By***Judgement Day*One bad a$$ instrumental "string metal" band from Oakland* HYPERLINK "http://www.stringmetal.com/"http://www.stringmetal.com/Birds & Batteries*A celebrated mainstay of the SF indierock scene*HYPERLINK "http://birdsandbatteries.com/"http://birdsandbatteries.com/Rach W *The Bay's favorite up and coming local singer/songwriter* HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/RachWMusic"http://www.facebook.com/RachWMusicDJ Carnita of Hard French*San Francisco's best soul dance party*HYPERLINK "http://hardfrench.com/"http://hardfrench.com/----------------------------------------------------An hour of sponsored fancy drinks + oysters provided by:Woodhouse Fish CompanyHYPERLINK "http://woodhousefish.com/"http://woodhousefish.com/Campari HYPERLINK "http://www.campari.com/"http://www.campari.com/----------------------------------------------------Fuel outiside to keep you partying all night long courtesy of:Dojo DogHYPERLINK "http://www.yelp.com/biz/dojo-dog-berkeley"http://www.yelp.com/biz/dojo-dog-berkeleyCreme Brûlée Cart HYPERLINK "http://thecremebruleecart.com/"http://thecremebruleecart.com/Photo Booth inside to immortalize all our shamefully fun\, broke ass moments by:Snap Fiesta HYPERLINK "http://www.snapfiesta.com/"http://www.snapfiesta.com/----------------------------------------------------***Sponsored By***UpOut *Revolutionizing the way people go out*HYPERLINK "http://www.upout.com/"http://www.upout.com/Broke Ass Stuart *The Man\, The Myth\, The Legend*HYPERLINK "http://www.BrokeAssStuart.com/"www.BrokeAssStuart.comLevel 4 PR*Representing only the finest events\, launches + artists in the US and abroad*HYPERLINK "http://www.level4pr.com/"www.level4pr.com----------------------------------------------------Public WorksThursday\, May 17th8pm-2am$3 cover *partial proceeds will go to Slap Cancer {Raising money to fight blood cancer}*******Must be 21 to attend. RSVP is required for entry. Invitation is non-transferrable.******MUST RSVP HERE -----> HYPERLINK "http://www.upout.com/sf/do/ClassyBrokeAss"http://www.upout.com/sf/do/ClassyBrokeAss*click 'WANT' to get in on all the action + RSVP!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Public Works Gallery - 161 Erie Street\, btwn 13th & 14th off Mission St. \, San Francisco \, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213433 DTSTART:20120517T190000 DTEND:20120517T210000 SUMMARY:Black Futurists Speak DESCRIPTION:A literary riff on the future of the future.Those that bend the WORD...over those who reflect SIGHT...Over mixed mediums of SOUND...***Hosted by D. Scot Miller***http://dscotmiller.blogspot.com/Readings by:---Eric K. Arnold: https://www.facebook.com/eric.arnold.16---Kwan Booth http://boothism.org/---Ayize Jama-Everett: www.theliminalpeople.com---Davu Flint: https://www.facebook.com/davu.flint---Shy Pacheco Hamilton: http://www.shyhamilton.com/---Malcolm Shabazz Hoover: http://deepculture.net/---Hella$ Quartet---Shawn Taylor: http://facebook.com/shawndtaylor---Veuxdo Child: http://www.Veuxdo.com/---Richard M. Wright: http://fem-men-ist.blogspot.com/Freestyle live painting by Black Diamond Shining and guests.And the launch of the ASTRO BLACK zineBlack FuturismBoom......... For Real\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Omiiroo - 400 14th St. \, Oakland\,\, CA 94612 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213425 DTSTART:20120517T193000 DTEND:20120517T213000 SUMMARY:Belva Davis Looks Back DESCRIPTION:Belva Davis Looks Back: Never In My Wildest DreamsAn on-stage conversation with Bill SchechnerBerkeley's Belva Davis (Berkeley High '51) was a laundress' daughter. She grew up to be the first African-American TV newswoman on the West Coast. She started as a clerk\, became a radio reporter\, endured harsh racism (she didn't get a TV job because the station "didn't hire negresses")\, rose to be a prize-winning TV journalist and one of the Bay Area's most familiar and trusted reporters. Along the way she interviewed people ranging from Muhammad Ali to Fidel Castro to Nancy Reagan\, yet never lost sight of her responsibility to also tell the stories of people others ignored. Her 40-year career is a combination of struggle and overcoming\, and an education in her era.Buy tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/240958\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:JCC of the East Bay - 1414 Walnut Street \, Berkeley\, CA 94709 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213306 DTSTART:20120517T113000 DTEND:20120517T133000 SUMMARY:PRG Lunch Seminars: Managing Design Risk DESCRIPTION:Successful new product development (NPD) involves the art of balancing schedules\, resources\, and costs to enable products that launch on-time\, with desired performance and at the right cost. Inevitably\, trade-offs and risks must be made along the way. Companies that manage these trade-offs and risks consistently outperform their competitors. MORE INFO: Michael Keer ** http://www.productrealizationgroup.com/index.php?/events/managing_design_risk/ ** info@productrealizationgroup.com ** 408-427-4645 Presented by Product Realization Group \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:National University - 3031 Tisch Way\, 100 Plaza East \, San Jose\, CA 95128 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=212838 DTSTART:20120517T180000 DTEND:20120517T210000 SUMMARY:Thinking Like a River: Art\, Advocacy\, and Legacy of David Brower DESCRIPTION:David Brower\, father of the modern environmental movement\, pioneered the concept of using photography for advocacy. In the year he would have been 100\, we celebrate his legacy with a special exhibition featuring the exhibit format books he championed\, as well as stunning work from photographers Bill Curtsinger and Joseph Holmes. The opening event will include a reception and artist talk with Curtsinger and Kenneth Brower\, writer and son of David Brower. All programs are free and open to the public. Space is limited\, RSVP recommended. RSVP to contact AT browercenter.org or (510) 809-0900 ext. 116\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Taraneh Arhamsadr - David Brower Center 2150 Allston Way\, Berkeley\, CA 94794 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213626 DTSTART:20120518T141500 DTEND:20120518T141500 SUMMARY:SFFS Presents: Exclusive Double Feature- ‘Four Adventures of Reinette’ and ‘Mirabelle + Le Rayon Vert (Summer)’ DESCRIPTION:Over the course of four episodes\, two young women-one from the city\, the other from the country -meet and bond over an exquisite atmospheric event just before daybreak known as the 'Blue Hour' and then room together in Paris\, where they encounter many of the inevitable characters of a modern city in 'Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle.' Declared the best movie of the year in 1986 by Andrew Sarris\, 'Le Rayon Vert' is frequently cited as a career triumph in a filmography that includes numerous great films. Rohmer stock player Rivière\, who assisted in writing her largely self-created role\, delivers one of the most captivating lead performances in any of the filmmaker’s works.Both films directed by Eric Rohmer.For more info please visit http://sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-Film-Society-Cinema/four-adventures-of-reinette-and-mirabelle.aspx and http://sffs.org/Exhibition/SF-Film-Society-Cinema/le-rayon-vert-summer.aspxMay 18 - May 24\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema - 1746 Post St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94115 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213552 DTSTART:20120518T200000 DTEND:20120518T220000 SUMMARY:Blackballed Cartoons! DESCRIPTION:Oddball Films presents Blackballed Cartoons! An evening of banned or censored cartoons filled with racism\, sexism\, drug references and more. Subjects routinely featured in American animation - many of these cartoons were shown on TV through the late 1960’s until they were pulled from distribution. Swept from the public eye as an embarrassment and considered a danger to the public\, these cartoons are nonetheless a part of American cultural and artistic history\, should be available\, and perhaps need to be seen. Titles include: Coal Black and The Sebben Dwarfs\, Tokio Jokio\, Little Black Sambo\, All This and Rabbit Stew\, The Rasslin’ Match (with Amos and Andy)\, Minnie the Moocher\, Bacall To Arms\, Lumber Jerks\, Buried Treasure and more.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Oddball Film + Video - 275 Capp St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213504 DTSTART:20120518T140000 DTEND:20120518T153000 SUMMARY:Crossroads 2012 Program 3: Woman with Flowers: Celebrating Chick Strand DESCRIPTION:Presented by SF CinemathequeSponsored by Ninkasi BrewingIn the early 1960s\, with co-conspirator Bruce Baillie\, Chick Strand was instrumental in the foundation of both Canyon Cinema and San Francisco Cinematheque\, presenting guerilla-style underground film screenings across the Bay Area for much of that decade. As a filmmaker known for a sensuous lyricism (frequently seen\, paradoxically\, in her “experimental ethnographies”) Strand’s films epitomized “west coast” American filmmaking at its very best\, with a matter-of-fact folk wisdom\, humor and profound sensitivity embodied in all of her varied works. SCREENING: Kristallnacht (1979): Dedicated to the memory of Anne Frank\, and the tenacity of the human spirit\; Soft Fiction (1979): a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality\, combining a documentary approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism\; Angel Blue Sweet Wings (1966): An experimental film poem in celebration of life and visions.NOTE: Chick Strand’s Señora con Flores is not screening in this program\, contrary to advance press.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213503 DTSTART:20120518T213000 DTEND:20120518T230000 SUMMARY:Crossroads 2012 Program 2: Awe Shocks: Illusion Reigns DESCRIPTION:Presented by SF CinemathequeSponsored by Ninkasi BrewingWorks by Anja Dornieden + Juan David González Monroy\, Ken Jacobs\, Katherin McInnis\, Christina McPhee\, Moyah Pravda Newsreel* and Deborah Stratman[*anticipated festival guest]SCREENING: rites of alchemy and movement (2011) by Moyah Pravda Newsreel: It begins in a celebration of the rites of alchemy\, the transformation of shit into gold\, the illumination of dark chaotic night\, into light\; time contracts and expands-[filmed at Occupy Oakland!]\; Village\, silenced (2012) by Deborah Stratman: …sound as a mode of social control and the larger historical implications of repetition. An homage to British documentarian Humphrey Jennings\; Penumbra Blind (2012) by Christina McPhee: digital abstraction of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill\; Snakes and Ladders (2011) by Katherin McInnis: A flicker film of possible narratives\, including an excavation of the Lindbergh kidnapping and associated tabloid frenzy\, and the cyclical nature of financial crisis\; Awe Shocks (2011) by Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy: An instructional film detailing the manufacture process of a whole new consumer product\, as well as its many uses\, applications and social benefits\; Seeking the Monkey King (2011) by Ken Jacobs: …a ‘60s vision happening today-beautiful\, terrifying and determined to storm the doors of perception.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213502 DTSTART:20120518T190000 DTEND:20120518T210000 SUMMARY:Crossroads 2012 Program 1: There is a presence lingering... DESCRIPTION:Presented by SF Cinematheque Sponsored by Ninkasi BrewingWorks by Bobby Abate*\, Peggy Ahwesh\, Tommy Becker\, Olivia Ciummo\, Paul Clipson*\, Christine Lucy Latimer\, Eliane Lima*\, Jesse McLean\, Linda Scobie* and Scott Stark[*anticipated festival guest]SCREENING: Remote (2011) by Jesse McLean: There is a presence lingering in the dark woods\, just under the surface of the placid lake and at the end of a dreary basement corridor\; Love Rose (2010) by Bobby Abate: The dimension beyond is rendered through the tubes of cameras nearly forty years old-trails of light\, black halos\, and scan lines swirling toward a fateful realization\; Leonora (2011) by Eliane Lima\, featuring George Kuchar: A dark drama of sexual sorcery and crippled creatures in the throes of a primitive passion that defies decency! With-Me-Not-Me (2011) by Olivia Ciummo: ...fragments of a never-taken all-American beach vacation and allusions to a tragic event reveal a desire to invent memories\; Song for the Collectors (2011) by Tommy Becker: A character’s search for fulfillment through the collecting of metaphysical experiences\; Craig’s Cutting Room Floor (2011) by Linda Scobie: A fragmented journey through cinema’s history taken right off the cutting room floor. One Way to Find Out (2012) by Scott Stark: Hand-printed sections from 35mm movie trailers create a chaotic and densely layered retelling of Hollywood form. The Pool (2011) by Christine Lucy Latimer: A hybrid project created using found 16mm film\, a broken glass plate\, two video cameras and a Vidiffektor\; Araneae (2011) by Paul Clipson: The fear dream of a spider\, a web and a factory\; The Ape of Nature (2010) by Peggy Ahwesh: Drifting in and out of lucidity\, these characters describe a series of mental journeys that speak to an industrial past\, while prophesizing an uncertain future.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213477 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120519 SUMMARY:ArtPadSF Benefit Party for the Black Rock Arts Foundation DESCRIPTION:Join the producers\, galleries\, and artists of the second annual ArtPadSF at the legendary Phoenix Hotel for an exclusive evening of emerging contemporary art\, commissioned performances\, and liberal libations. Proceeds from ArtPadSF's Friday Night feature celebration will benefit the Black Rock Arts Foundation. Celebrate the extraordinary contemporary artists and galleries that enrich the Bay Area and enjoy an exclusive evening of site specific performances\, live music\, and much more at this gala party for ArtPadSF\, May 18\, 2012\, 6:00 P.M. - 1:00 A.M.\, The Phoenix Hotel\, 601 Eddy Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94109\, Tickets: $30 - $125. More info at blackrockarts.org.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:ArtPadSF Benefit Pary - The Phoenix Hotel 601 Eddy Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94109 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213394 DTSTART:20120518T200000 DTEND:20120518T220000 SUMMARY:Oakland East Bay Symphony Presents 'Do That Voodoo' DESCRIPTION:Oakland East Bay Symphony wraps up its dynamic 2011-2012 season with "Do That Voodoo" on Friday\, May 18\, at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. Daniel Bernard Roumain-composer\, violinist and band-leader-blends his Haitian roots with classical and techno textures. Bay Area favorites Paula West and Taylor Eigsti and guest drummer Eric Harland add a jazz element to the evening\, with West performing a set backed by orchestra and Eigsti presenting the world premiere of his new work for jazz piano and orchestra. An engaging pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7 p.m. MORE INFO: http://www.oebs.org Presented by Oakland East Bay Symphony \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Paramount Theatre - 2025 Broadway \, Oakland\, CA 94612 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213381 DTSTART:20120518T190000 DTEND:20120518T220000 SUMMARY:Fourteen Hills 18.2 Release Party DESCRIPTION:International literary magazine Fourteen Hills announces the release party for their newest published edition\, 18.2. This event is set for Friday\, May 18th\, 2012 at Wix Lounge from 7pm to 10pm. Wix Lounge is located at 2601 Mission Street\, 3rd floor. The current issue will be featured\, as well as the infamous raffle\, music\, refreshments\, and guest readings by several of the edition’s talented contributing authors\, including Camille T. Dungy\, Rebecca Foust\, Gail Rudd Entrekin and Siamak Vooghousi.Fourteen Hills is an international literary magazine publishing original poetry\, fiction\, literary non-fiction\, and cross-genre work by writers in the U.S. and abroad\, many of which have won awards\, including Pushcart\, O. Henry\, and Flannery O’Connor prizes.Fourteen Hills publishes three titles every year. They include two volumes of Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review\, and the annual winner of the Michael Rubin Book Award.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Wix Lounge\, 3rd Floor - 2601 Mission Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213354 DTSTART:20120518T200000 DTEND:20120518T220000 SUMMARY:The Dick Show Evening Performance - Benefit for CSC DESCRIPTION:The Dick Show Evening Performance - Benefit for CSCLOCATION: CSC\, 1349 Mission Street (at Grace Street between 9th and 10th streets) in San FranciscoDATE: Friday May 18\, 8:00 PM Benefit for CSC!Spoken word\, story telling\, performance\, video\, installation.Performers include among others Jess Curtis\, Captain Snowdon\, Kirk Read\, Ed Wolf\, TTBaum\, Philip Huang\, Logan Knight and Cayenne.For more information: jackd_gv@yahoo.comDoor and pre-show 7:30 pm / Show 8:00 pm$10.00 - $40.00 sliding scalehttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/245517This event is in conjunction with The Dick Show art exhibit in the CSC gallery. Exhibit Dates: May 4-26\, 2012Viewings by appointment and at other CSC Events.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:CSC - 1349 Mission Street \, San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=212151 DTSTART:20120518T170000 DTEND:20120518T210000 SUMMARY:San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions: Work by Beau Buck and Karrie Hovey DESCRIPTION:Exhibition and reception for current artists-in-residence Beau Buck and Karrie Hovey. This exhibition will be the culmination of four months of work by the artists who have scavenged materials from the dump to make art and promote recycling and reuse.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Recology San Francisco Art Studio - 503 Tunnel Ave \, San Francisco\, CA 94134 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=209774 DTSTART:20120518T170000 DTEND:20120518T190000 SUMMARY:Gallery Talk: Xiaoyu Weng DESCRIPTION:As part of Asian Contemporary Arts Week San Francisco\, independent curator Xiaoyu Weng talks informally about three major works by celebrated contemporary Chinese artists in the BAM/PFA collection: the monumental photograph To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond by Zhang Huan\, Xu Bing’s Scroll\, and Li Jin’s large hand scroll Harvest II. The works will be on view in the Bancroft Lobby.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum - 2626 Bancroft Way \, Berkeley\, CA 94704 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213627 DTSTART:20120519T203000 DTEND:20120519T230000 SUMMARY:Vanessa Renwick's Charismatic Megafauna DESCRIPTION:In this co-presentation with SF’s Exploratorium\, Portland personal-doc artiste Vanessa Renwick brings to the Bay Area the ambitious debut of her loving tribute to wolves\, with live musical accompaniment! She interweaves Super8 and 16mm footage from her teenage life in inner-city Chicago\, living and hitch-hiking with a wolf dog\, with stunning documentation of the wolves’ reintroduction into the Western US.Seattle composer/cellist Lori Goldston performs her original score\, accompanied by vocalist Jessika Kenney\, guitarist Dylan Carlson (Earth)\, and percussion/horn-player Greg Campbell.PLUS Vanessa’s Mighty Tacoma opener\, and a live musical interlude.Doors open at 8pm\; Screening at 8:30pm.ARTIST BIOSVanessa Renwick: Born 1961 in Chicago\, Illinois. Film / Video / Installation artist. Lives in Portland\, Oregon. Working in experimental and poetic documentary forms\, her iconoclastic work reflects an interest in place\, relationships between bodies and landscapes\, and all sorts of borders. She is a naturalist\, born\, not made : a true barefoot\, cinematic rabblerouser\, of grand physique\, calm pulse and a magnetism that demands the most profound attention. http://www.odoka.orgJessika Kenney is a Northwest based vocalist and composer known for a haunting sense of timbre and ornamentation\, dedication to vocal traditions\, particularly of Javanese and Iranian classical forms\, and a wide range of collaborations since the mid-90s.Greg Campbell plays drums\, percussion\, and French horn in styles ranging from mainstream jazz to free jazz to classical to Afro-pop. He has worked with Bill Smith\, Stuart Dempster\, Hadley Caliman\, Matana Roberts\, the Tom Baker Quartet\, Wayne Horvitz\, Stuart Dempster\, the Young Composers Collective\, the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra\, Seattle EXperimental Opera\, and the Seattle Percussion Collective\, and co-leads the traditional Ghanaian drumming group Anokye Agofomma. He is a former student of Dave Holland\, Bob Moses\, Tom Collier\, and Michael Crusoe.Guitarist Dylan Carlson is the founder of the band Earth.Lori Goldston is a cellist and composer based in Seattle. Her work passes freely across boundaries that divide genres\, geography and time\; she collaborates with artists in a wide range of disciplines.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Artists' Television Access - 992 Valencia St at 21st Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213620 DTSTART:20120519T110000 DTEND:20120519T120000 SUMMARY:Using Science and the Imagination to Understand the Deep Prehistoric Past: A Science@Cal Event DESCRIPTION:Using Science and the Imagination to Understand the Deep PrehistoricPast: A Science@Cal EventTraditionally\, archaeologists have written about their ancientsubjects as anonymous entities. How else can you write a factual storyabout the deep past? Our speaker will introduce her ways\, as anarchaeologist-writer\, to combine these approaches and conjure upprehistoric actors in a way consistent with data from archaeologicalexcavations.Our speaker is UC Berkeley Prof. Ruth Tringham. She received her Ph.D.in Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.Cost:FreeDate and Time:May 19 at 11amLocation:UC BerkeleyGenetics and Plant Biology Building\, Room 100(See web page for directions)Phone:510-642-0352Web:http://scienceatcal.berkeley.edu/lectures\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:UC Berkeley - Genetics + Plant Biology Room 100 \, Berkeley\, CA 94720 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213557 DTSTART:20120519T191500 DTEND:20120519T221500 SUMMARY:Crossroads: Intersections of 20th Century Music and Film DESCRIPTION:5/19/12 Crossroads: Intersections of 20th Century Music and Film 7:15pm Pre-Concert Talk / 8:00pm Concert Old Mission San Jose 43300 Mission Blvd. in Fremont Tickets: $25 General\, $20 Student/Senior Robin Mayforth Violin - Karen Shinozaki Sor\, Violin - Mike Corner\, Clarinet Emily Onderdonk\, Viola Michael Graham\, Cello - Bill Everett\, Double Bass Aileen Chanco\, Piano - Loren Mach\, Percussion PROGRAM -Nino Rota Clarinet Trio op.28 -Erich Wolfgang Korngold Quintet op. 15 -Bernard Hermann Souvenirs de Voyage -Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet no. 8 -With Film Excerpts from: Battleship Potemkin (1926)\, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)\, Psycho (1960)\, The Godfather (1972) MORE INFO: Aileen Chanco ** http://www.musicatmsj.org ** info@musicatmsj.org ** 510-402-1724 Presented by Music at the Mission \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Old Mission San Jose - 43300 Mission Blvd. \, Fremont\, CA 94539 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213553 DTSTART:20120519T200000 DTEND:20120519T220000 SUMMARY:Pop Goes the Classroom DESCRIPTION:Oddball Films and guest curator Lynn Cursaro present Pop! Goes the Classroom: School Films in the Age of Groovy. Many 1960’s sensibilities trickled down to the educational films of the 1970s - with wild and beautiful results. Facts and dates gave way to concepts\, color and action. Narration-free documentary shorts\, such as Night People’s Day (1971) and Pier “73” (1970s)\, provided more than just information about hidden workplaces\, they gave students room to observe. Music was a natural subject here: Crash\, Bang\, Boom (1970)\, an early seventies oddity\, proved that “school” plus “band” could add up to "far out"\, while What is Rhythm? (1975) wants us plugged into the tempo of everything. Cans (1970) salutes the humble tin’s ubiquity and disposability in this DIY mini-doc. Basic Body Movement (1969) finds its charm in the disconnect between in vivid visuals and the laughable authority voiceover\; and the unforgettable Toes Tell (1969) shares the hippie-dippy odyssey of a girl and her curious barefeet. There’s MORE! Home-baked POP-centric gingerbread will be among the complimentary treats from the curator’s kitchen!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Oddball Film + Video - 275 Capp St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213546 DTSTART:20120519T200000 DTEND:20120520T003000 SUMMARY:Global Dance Party! Presented by ODC and Rhythm + Motion DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a feast of authentic Brazilian food made by beloved Afro-Brazilian teacher Tania Santiago. Then see a musical performance by Dandara\, a native of Salvador\, Bahia\, who is often called the "Brazilian Tina Turner" for her exceptional voice and contagious energy. Inspired by the richness and sensuous swing of Bahia's rhythms\, she blends rhythms from the Caribbean\, Africa\, and Cuba. She has shared the stage with many great names of Bahian Carnaval and cannot wait to share an evening with you! After the performance\, dance the night away with live percussion with a dance party! To purchase tickets call 415-863-9830 x100 or visit the ODC Dance Commons front desk MORE INFO: Samantha Allen ** http://odcdance.org/event_view.php?param=330 ** samantha@rhythmandmotion.com ** 415-863-9830 x100 Presented by ODC School/Rhythm + Motion Dance Program \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:ODC Dance Commons Studio B - 351 Shotwell Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213528 DTSTART:20120519T163000 DTEND:20120519T180000 SUMMARY:CROSSROADS 2012 Program 4: Contemplation is a monstrous task… DESCRIPTION:Presented by SF CinemathequeSponsored by Ninkasi BrewingWorks by Yin-Ju Chen + James T. Hong\, Erin Espelie*\, Jeanne Liotta*\, Charlotte Pryce*\, Jennifer Reeves\, Kathleen Rugh and Deborah Stratman[*anticipated festival guest]SCREENING: Don’t Look Directly into the Sun (2010) by Kathleen Rugh: Sunlight is abstracted and accentuated through alchemy. Through a pinhole lens\, then hand-processed and toned\, chases sunlight through its reflections in water and glass streaming through branches and clouds\; …These Blazeing Starrs! (2011) by Deborah Stratman\; Dark Enough (2011) by Jeanne Liotta: A virtual proscenium stage for poetry to play itself upon. Sound composed for 60-cycle speaker hum and Tibetan bell. A collaboration with poet Lisa Gill\; End Transmission (2010) by Yin-Ju Chen and James T. Hong: Strange messages are sent to humanity. They report of a takeover and the end of it all. “We were here before you.” “Fear is natural.” Landfill 16 (2011) by Jennifer Reeves: Exhumed 16mm film from an Indiana landfill\, a meditation on nature’s losing battle to decompose relics of our abandoned technologies. Curious Light (2011) by Charlotte Pryce: A manuscript illuminated: illustrations retreat into the fiber of the page\; a fleeting light dissolves into the emulsion of the film: an elusive story is revisited\; Valleys of Fear (2010) by Erin Espelie: Questions of origin and adaptation\, function and causation\, reason and meaning\, create endless cognitive puzzles.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213527 DTSTART:20120519T140000 DTEND:20120519T153000 SUMMARY:CROSSROADS 2012: Woman with Flowers: Celebrating Chick Strand [date correction] DESCRIPTION:In the early 1960s\, with co-conspirator Bruce Baillie\, Chick Strand was instrumental in the foundation of both Canyon Cinema and San Francisco Cinematheque\, presenting guerilla-style underground film screenings across the Bay Area for much of that decade. As a filmmaker known for a sensuous lyricism (frequently seen\, paradoxically\, in her “experimental ethnographies”) Strand’s films epitomized “west coast” American filmmaking at its very best\, with a matter-of-fact folk wisdom\, humor and profound sensitivity embodied in all of her varied works.SCREENING: Kristallnacht (1979): Dedicated to the memory of Anne Frank\, and the tenacity of the human spirit\; Soft Fiction (1979): a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality\, combining a documentary approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism\; Angel Blue Sweet Wings (1966): An experimental film poem in celebration of life and visions.Note: Chick Strand’s Señora con Flores is not screening in this program\, contrary to advance press.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213505 DTSTART:20120519T163000 DTEND:20120519T180000 SUMMARY:Crossroads 2012 Program 4: Contemplation is a monstrous task… DESCRIPTION:Presented by SF CinemathequeSponsored by Ninkasi BrewingWorks by Yin-Ju Chen + James T. Hong\, Erin Espelie*\, Jeanne Liotta*\, Charlotte Pryce*\, Jennifer Reeves\, Kathleen Rugh and Deborah Stratman[*anticipated festival guest]SCREENING: Don’t Look Directly into the Sun (2010) by Kathleen Rugh: Sunlight is abstracted and accentuated through alchemy. Through a pinhole lens\, then hand-processed and toned\, chases sunlight through its reflections in water and glass streaming through branches and clouds\; …These Blazeing Starrs! (2011) by Deborah Stratman\; Dark Enough (2011) by Jeanne Liotta: A virtual proscenium stage for poetry to play itself upon. Sound composed for 60-cycle speaker hum and Tibetan bell. A collaboration with poet Lisa Gill\; End Transmission (2010) by Yin-Ju Chen and James T. Hong: Strange messages are sent to humanity. They report of a takeover and the end of it all. “We were here before you.” “Fear is natural.” Landfill 16 (2011) by Jennifer Reeves: Exhumed 16mm film from an Indiana landfill\, a meditation on nature’s losing battle to decompose relics of our abandoned technologies. Curious Light (2011) by Charlotte Pryce: A manuscript illuminated: illustrations retreat into the fiber of the page\; a fleeting light dissolves into the emulsion of the film: an elusive story is revisited\; Valleys of Fear (2010) by Erin Espelie: Questions of origin and adaptation\, function and causation\, reason and meaning\, create endless cognitive puzzles.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Victoria Theatre - 2961 16th St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213465 DTSTART:20120519T100000 DTEND:20120519T130000 SUMMARY:Bay Area Health Collective presents affordable Pop - Up health and wellness clinic DESCRIPTION:Founded in 2011\, Bay Area Health Collective’s mission is to build\, sustain\, and promote health and wellness within the LGBTQI and Ally communities. Seven practitioners will be offering sliding scale services ($20.00 to $35.00\, Cash Only) for twenty to forty minute treatments. Reiki(Christopher Tellez)\, massage (Aiden Douglass)\, acupuncture\, life coaching (Fresh! White)\, sound healing (Hilary Reed)\, flower essence therapy (Joolie Geldner)\, and personal fitness and nutrition (Ace Morgan) will be offered. Please book on-line at http://www.bayareahealthcollective.org.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:SF LGBT Community Center - Ceremonial Room 1800 Market Street\, San Francisco\, CA 94102 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213458 DTSTART:20120519T140000 DTEND:20120519T150000 SUMMARY:Celebrating Everyday American Heroes DESCRIPTION:May 19 - 20Celebrating Everyday American Heroes at Playland-Not-at-the-BeachFor Armed Forces Day (Saturday\, May 19th)\, Playland takes TWO days to celebrate all of America's heroes�"peace officers and first responders\, teachers and nurses (all of whom have their own days in May). Show us your professional id or business card and receive a hero's discount of two dollars off admission and 100 free prize tickets as a thank you for all you do. The special events of Celebrating Everyday American Heroes Weekend are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors\, and $15 for general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built entirely by volunteers\, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses\, carnivals\, magic\, side shows\, penny arcades\, amusement devices\, pinball arcades\, haunted houses\, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Playland not-at-the Beach - 10979 San Pablo Avenue at Jefferson\, El Cerrito\, CA 94530 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213437 DTSTART:20120519T100000 DTEND:20120519T200000 SUMMARY:Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 DESCRIPTION:This family friendly festival showcases more than 600 “makers” sharing projects\, inventions and hobbies\, as well as a new “Do-It-Yourself Learning Pavilion” that invites kids of all ages to let curiosity guide what they learn. Open May 19 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and May 20 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at San Mateo County Event Center\, 1346 Saratoga Drive\, San Mateo. Tickets\, $8 to $30\, are on sale at www.makerfaire.com with early bird pricing until midnight May 9.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:San Mateo County Event Center - 2495 S. Delaware Street \, San Mateo\, CA 94403 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213399 DTSTART:20120519T080000 DTEND:20120519T170000 SUMMARY:South Bay Ridge Ramble: Hike/Ride Ridge Trail btw Los Gatos + San Jose DESCRIPTION:Join our newest event to explore the Ridge Trail btw Los Gatos + San Jose\; Outings from 3-23 miles. Enjoy wildflowers\, spectacular views of Mt. Umunhum + Sierra Azul\, Mt Hamilton + the Diablo Range\, and rural Almaden + Coyote Valleys. Take it easy\, or challenge yourself with a climb up 2999' El Sombroso. Learn how far away from it all you can feel within San Jose\, and how the Ridge Trail makes this possible. A supported event w/ rest stops\, lunch\, water\, and maps provided. Hike or ride at your own pace. Hikers + bikers transported by bus for a one-way hike\, equestrians arrange own shuttles. Advance registration is required and attendance is limited www.ridgetrail.org MORE INFO: Joel Gartland ** http://www.ridgetrail.org ** sbrr@ridgetrail.org ** 415-561-2595 Presented by Bay Area Ridge Trail Council \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Beautiful parks open spaces btw Los Gatos south San Jose - Bernal Road \, San Jose\, CA 95119 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213392 DTSTART:20120519T203000 DTEND:20120519T203000 SUMMARY:UnderCover Presents: Black Sabbath's Paranoid DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce UnderCover Presents: Black Sabbath's Paranoid featuring over 50 Bay Area Artists taking place on Saturday\, May 19\, 2012 at The Independent. Below please find the calendar listing information\, the press release for the show\, a sampler for the album/show\, and an invite to UnderCover Presents: Black Sabbath's Paranoid Listening for artists and key press taking place at the Red Poppy Art House on Friday\, May 4\, 2012 from 6-8 pm.Sampler/Teaser of Studio Recorded Album: http://soundcloud.com/undercover-presents/undercover-presents-paranoidListening Party Invite: http://paranoid.eventbrite.com/Please RSVP for the listening party and let us know if you would we could help facilitate any interviews\, MP3's\, studio recordings of the album\, images\, video clips\, media list guest spots\, etc. We hope to see you at The Independent!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Independent - 628 Divisadero Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94117 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213352 DTSTART:20120519T190000 DTEND:20120519T220000 SUMMARY:Murmurama DESCRIPTION:What: Murmurama - 16 Galleries and friends of the Oakland Art Murmur present a special Saturday night of art and festivities during the weekend of the San Francisco Art Fairs.When: Saturday May 19\, 2012\, 7�"10 PMWhere: Downtown Oakland\, CA Uptown Art Distric (Between Grand Ave and 26th St\, and between Telegraph Ave and Valdez St.\, close to 19th St BART (paid parking lots and street parking available nearby)At least sixteen galleries and mixed-use spaces within walking distance of one another will open their doors\, many hosting special events\, between the hours of 7 and 10 PM. Participating galleries include Chandra Cerrito Contemporary\, Classic Cars West\, Creative Growth\, FM\, Farley’s East\, Johansson Projects\, Krowswork\, Manna Gallery\, Mercury 20 Gallery\, PHOTO\, Slate Contemporary\, Shadravan’s\, Studio Quercus\, 25th Street Collective\, Vessel Gallery and Warehouse 416.Murmurama is free and open to the public.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Downtown Oakland - 22nd to 26th street\, btwn. Internationl and Broadway \, Oakland\, CA 94612 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213318 DTSTART:20120519T183000 DTEND:20120519T230000 SUMMARY:826 Valencia Fundraiser: Dr Veen's Caberet and Speakeasy! DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 19th 2012Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St.\, San FranciscoLiver Elixir Productions proudly presents\, for one night only\, Dr. Veen’s Cabaret + Speakeasy!An evening of entertainment to benefit 826 Valencia and the performing arts program at the June Jordan School for Equity.Venture back with us to the Roaring Twenties\, when the stock market and hemlines were high\; when Prohibition was in full effect and whiskey was plentiful. Experience the illicit glamour of a bygone era\, when private clubs hosted elegant parties for their members\, complete with a variety of entertainment\; sultry singers\, playful comedians and talented musicians and more.This event is strictly 21 and over.Your ticket price includes a selection of delicious period hors d’oeuvres available during our cocktail reception and art salon\, followed by a stunning night of entertainment showcasing:The musical stylings of Eggplant CasinoThe ivory-tickling Ms. Allison LovejoyThe hot club gypsy jazz of GauchoThe romantic crooning of Mr. “Kid” BeyondThe sultry showgirls Hot Pink FeathersThe sleight-of-hand of The MysteriumThe gravity-defying juggling of Ms. Bri CrabtreeThe suspenseful radio drama of Lights OutThe naughty and exotic shadow puppetry of Little Blue Moon Theatre!Comedy! Beautiful people! A chicken in every pot!Our bartenders have arranged several special cocktails\, priced low enough thatyou can have more than one - just this once.Opening reception with art salon\, period cocktails and hors d’oeuvres: 6:30 PMPerformance: 8 PMCocktails: until closingDuration: we will bid you adieu at approximately 11PMSuggested dress: Black tie optional. Dapper dandies\, pin striped suits\, tuxedos\, top hats\, flapper dresses\, slinky ball gowns\, beautiful hats\, fur stoles and glamorous pearls highly encouraged. Need suggestions? Check our collection of photos on Pinterest. Need more suggestions? Contact us.Buy TICKETS at: http://drveenscabaret.com/\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Verdi Club - 2424 Mariposa @ Potrero \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213316 DTSTART:20120519T160000 DTEND:20120519T180000 SUMMARY:S.F. Bay Area drumSTRONG 'drumming to BEAT cancer' Drummm Circle DESCRIPTION:DRUMMM Rhythmic Events presents: DrumSTRONG "drumming to beat cancer" Community Drummm Circle! Drum circles will be happening globally on this day to raise awareness and funds for cancer. 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Cancer Support Community of the San Francisco Bay Area.http://www.cancersupportcommunity.net/$10-25+ (Suggested donation). Bring a drum or noisemaker if you have one\, there will be extras on hand. No prior drumming experience required.Join DRUMMM founder Jeni Swerdlow\, MA-ATR and friends in a joyful celebration of rhythm! Group drumming can be a fun and effective way to reduce stress\, connect with oneself and others\, live in the moment\, and build musical skills. Jeni's facilitation makes drumming engaging\, accessible\, and meaningful for all ages\, all levels. Come play!Info: www.DRUMMM.com\, www.drumSTRONG.orgContact: Jeni@drummm.com or 510.316.2850\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Ashkenaz Music + Dance Community Center - 1317 San Pablo \, Berkeley\, CA 94702 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213294 DTSTART:20120519T183000 DTEND:20120519T230000 SUMMARY:Dr. Veen's Cabaret and Speakeasy DESCRIPTION:Venture back with us to the Roaring Twenties\, when the stock market and hemlines were high\; when Prohibition was in full effect and whiskey was plentiful. Experience the illicit glamour of a bygone era\, when private clubs hosted elegant parties for their members\, complete with dinner and entertainment\, sultry singers\, playful comedians and talented musicians. Opening reception\, period delicacies and art show: 6:30 PMPerformance: 8 PMCocktails: until closingDuration: we will bid you adieu at approximately 11PMSuggested dress: Black tie optional. Dapper dandies\, pin striped suits\, tuxedos\, top hats\, flapper dresses\, slinky ball gowns\, beautiful hats\, fur stoles and glamorous pearls highly encouraged.Tickets can be purchased here:http://drveenscabaret.com/buy-tickets/Your ticket price includes a selection of delicious period delicacies\, followed by a stunning night of entertainment showcasing:The musical stylings of Eggplant CasinoThe ivory-tickling Ms. Allison LovejoyThe hot club gypsy jazz of GauchoThe romantic crooning of Mr. “Kid” BeyondThe sultry showgirls Hot Pink FeathersThe sleight-of-hand of The MysteriumThe gravity-defying juggling of Ms. Bri CrabtreeThe suspenseful radio drama of Lights OutThe naughty and exotic shadow puppetry of Little Blue Moon Theatre!Comedy! Beautiful people! A chicken in every pot!More information at http://drveenscabaret.com/This event is 21+.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Verdi Club - 2424 Mariposa @ Potrero \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213249 DTSTART:20120519T100000 DTEND:20120519T120000 SUMMARY:San Mateo Woolly Sunflower Walk DESCRIPTION:Join Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute and Tim Sullivan of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for a leisurely walk into the usually inaccessible Crystal Springs watershed to search for the endangered San Mateo woolly sunflower. Park in the small parking lot slightly east of the Crystal Springs Road and Tartan Trail Road intersection\, in San Mateo\, CA 94010. RSVP required: within the trip info - see link below. For more info: http://wildequity.org/events/3361. Part of the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year\, a competitive event to help endangered species recover. The Golden Gate National Parks contains more endangered species than any other National Park in continental North America. This is certainly cause for celebration\, but also for concern. Take part in the 2012 GGNP Endangered Species Big Year and get to know these species while helping them recover. It is free. For more information go to http://wildequity.org and see the calendar for upcoming Big Year trips and activities.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Junction of Crystal Springs Road + Tartan Trail Rd - Park in the small parking lot slightly east of the Crystal Springs Road and Tartan Trail Road\, San Mateo\, CA 94010 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=212657 DTSTART:20120519T210000 DTEND:20120519T210000 SUMMARY:CD RELEASE PARTY FOR BRASS FARTHING’S THIRD ALBUM 'PLUG NICKEL' DESCRIPTION:Victorian\, Steampunk and Western attire encouraged The stalwart lads of Brass Farthing are proud to announce the release of their third CD ‘Plug Nickel’. The breakout mostly a cappella music hall group travel across the pond to the Colonies with songs of the sea and traditional Americana as well as original material. Join the boys as they were meant to be heard - in a pub! Their brand of 19th century music hall humor and 8-and-a-half part harmonies will light up the Plough and Stars as they regale the audience with songs about beer\, dogs\, love\, and more beer. Now in their sixth year\, Brass Farthing are in top form\, winning the 2011 Bay Area Harmony Sweeps\, performing at the Maker Fair in San Mateo\, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair\, Gold Rush Days in Old Sacramento\, steampunk events and corporate parties throughout Northern California. Opening the show are the 2nd place winners of the 2012 Bay Area Harmony Sweeps - SOLSTICE\, a group of lovely ladies with an eclectic repertoire of classical\, pop\, folk and jazz specifically written by women or for women’s voices. For bookings\, photos\, videos and more infomation\, visit WWW.BRASS-FARTHING.COM and on Facebook.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Plough and the Stars Pub - 116 Clement Street (at 2nd Avenue) \, San Francisco\, CA 94118 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213452 DTSTART:20120519T090000 DTEND:20120519T130000 SUMMARY:7th Annual Walk to End Poverty DESCRIPTION:Envision an Alameda County where every woman\, man and child leads a healthy\, fulfilling life. To help create a groundswell to end poverty\, join the 7th Annual Walk to End Poverty on Saturday\, May 19th at Lake Merritt in Oakland. The Walk to End Poverty is hosted by the Alameda County - Oakland Community Action Partnership (AC-OCAP)\, in collaboration with United Way of the Bay Area\, and is free to the public. This event is a partnership between the City of Oakland and the County of Alameda to educate the public and bring awareness about the social issues that impact poverty throughout Alameda County. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Lake Merritt bandstand �" across from the Garden Center at 666 Bellevue Avenue. The walk starts promptly at 10 a.m. The AC-OCAP board encourages people to organize a team of 10 advocates to walk and take a stand against poverty. Let your voice be heard\, join the walk\, and take the “Power of 10 Challenge.”What: Walk to End PovertyWhere: Lake Merritt Bandstand across from the Garden Center 666 Bellevue Ave.\, Oakland\, CA 94610When: Saturday\, May 19\, 2012What: 9 a.m. Registration begins 10 a.m. Walk begins 11 a.m. �" 1:00 p.m. Entertainment and community fair\, including hands-on activities for childrenRegistration: Free to the public Registration includes snacks\, water\, and lunch Giveaways: Free t-shirt to first 600 people who bring a non-perishable food donation to the Alameda County Food BankInformation: Call 510-238-2362 or visit www.OaklandCAP.org\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Lake Merritt Bandstand - 666 Bellevue Avenue \, Oakland\, CA 94610 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=207044 DTSTART:20120519T083000 DTEND:20120519T140000 SUMMARY:GirlVentures' Friends and Family Hike DESCRIPTION:This hike is a fun\, adventurous way to experience the natural beauty of the California coast while supporting GirlVentures’ mission to empower adolescent girls to develop and express their strengths. The scenic hike is great for beginners and experienced hikers. There is a 7-mile loop and a 3-mile route. All ages are welcome! By registering you are helping to ensure that ALL Bay Area girls have access to empowering outdoor education programs. Take that first step.Register at www.girlventures.org GirlVenturesOutdoor Adventures for Inner Discovery \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Mount Tamalpais State Park - Santos Meadows \, Mill Valley\, CA 94941 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213548 DTSTART:20120520T160000 DTEND:20120520T173000 SUMMARY:Mozart\, Mothers and More! DESCRIPTION:Sun May 20\, 4-5:30pmEnjoy Mozart\, Mothers and More with Viva la Musica! Our spring concerts feature an eclectic program\, with virtuoso soloists\, chorus\, and orchestra. Music by Mozart is central to the program\; Mozart had an especially close relationship with his mother. In the spirit of Mother's Day\, we show our patron-appreciation by offering bargain-priced tickets --for both our May concerts. Make Mom's day more magical: include our concert in your plans! The program includes Mozart 's Serenata Notturno\, Credo Mass\, and aria\, Alma grande e nobi cor. Also: Karl Jenkins In These Stones Horizons Sing\, traditional South African Songs sung in Zulu and Sotho\, and Mom-isms set to Rossini William Tell Overture. Sun May 20\, 4-5:30pm. MORE INFO: Shulamit Hoffmann ** http://www.vivalamusica.org ** music@machutch.com ** 650-281-9663 Presented by Viva La Musica! \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:St. Peter's Church - 178 Clinton Street \, Redwood City\, CA 94062 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213570 DTSTART:20120520T170000 DTEND:20120520T190000 SUMMARY:SPRING CONCERT - BREAST CANCER BENEFIT\, COMMUNITY WOMEN'S ORCHESTRA DESCRIPTION:Community Women’s OrchestraDr. Kathleen McGuire\, conductor | Jessica Bejarano\, assistant conductorSPRING CONCERT - BREAST CANCER BENEFITSunday\, May 20\, 2012 - 5 PMLake Merritt United Methodist Church1330 Lakeshore Avenue\, OaklandAll tickets - by donation - will benefit the Women’s Cancer Resource Center (Oakland)Program:• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990): Sinfonia da Pacifica (1953) - 2012 edition (premiere)• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920): Romanze Op. 85 for Viola and Orchestra (1912) featuring CWO alumna Whitney Smith\, viola solo• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Rienzi Overture (1842)• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No. 7\, 2nd movement. (1812) featuring "Conductor-for-a-Day" Bill RudiakThe Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO)\, now in its 27th season\, presents its annual Spring Concert on Sunday\, May 20\, 5 PM\, at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church\, Oakland. Recently\, another CWO member was diagnosed with breast cancer. The orchestra has decided to contribute 100% of ticket sales to the Oakland-based Women’s Cancer Resource Center. All cancer survivors and their supporters are encouraged to attend the concert and share the healing power of music and community. In addition to performing standards of the orchestral repertoire\, CWO features music by female composers on each of its programs as part of an ongoing Women Composers Series. The Spring Concert includes SINFONIA DA PACIFICA by Australian-American composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)\, honoring her centenary. CWO’s conductor Kathleen McGuire is also an Australian-American\, having obtained her US citizenship this season. Dr. McGuire said: “I met Peggy Glanville-Hicks in Australia in the mid-1980s. I’m excited to be resurrecting this magnificent work as we celebrate her remarkable contributions to music.” The Sinfonia was written in 1952-1953 while the composer was traveling in the Pacific region. CWO will premiere McGuire’s new edition of the work.Also notable is the 200th anniversary of BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 7\, composed in 1812. Bill Rudiak - who will become the first man ever to conduct CWO in concert - will direct the Second Movement\, which was encored by public demand at its premiere in Vienna. “I’ve always wanted to conduct an orchestra and it’s a great experience to be working with such a fine group of dedicated players\,” said Mr. Rudiak. “Beethoven’s Seventh is one of the lions of the symphonic repertoire and the composer himself regarded it as ‘one of his best works’.” Rudiak won CWO’s annual “Conductor-For-A-Day” auction\, which will be held again at the Spring Concert.The orchestra is excited to welcome back violist Whitney Smith\, performing the solo in Max Bruch’s ROMANZE. Smith\, a former member of CWO\, performs professionally and is completing her master of music degree at San Francisco State University. Ms. Smith said: “I am so pleased to have the opportunity to perform with the Community Women's Orchestra\, a group of women who have been both instrumental and inspiring to my musical career.” The CWO performance commemorates the piece’s 100th anniversary.The concert will open with orchestral repertoire warhorse: Wagner’s RIENZI OVERTURE\, just two days shy of the composer’s May 22 birthday. Founded in 1985 by conductor Nan Washburn\, the Community Women’s Orchestra includes female musicians who enjoy a fun\, welcoming\, and non-competitive music-making environment\, promoting the music of women orchestral composers. For more information\, please visit: http://www.communitywomensorchestra.org.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Lake Merritt United Methodist Church - 1330 Lakeshore Avenue \, Oakland\, CA 94606 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213377 DTSTART:20120520T130000 DTEND:20120520T180000 SUMMARY:Lagunitas Beer Circus DESCRIPTION:The Lagunitas Beer Circus Is In Town! Come One\, Come All (if you’re over 21) to Petaluma and witness death-defying aerialists acts\, be amazed by human marvels\, laugh at outrageous clowns\, get thrilled by exotic burlesque dancers\, and lots more to dazzle your mind. Featuring Vau de Vire Society\, Extra Action Marching Band\, The Ferocious Few\, Sour Mash Hug Band\, Wanderlust Circus\, Kehoe Nation\, Bed of Nails\, Neal Barbosa\, Roller Girls\, Sword Swallowers\, Snake Dancers\, Contortionists\, Cotton Candy\, BBQ’d Oysters\, Paella\, Pizza\, Bangers\, Those Fabulous Frickle Brothers... and much more!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Lagunitas Brewing Company - 1280 N. McDowell \, Petaluma\, CA 94999 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213304 DTSTART:20120520T173000 DTEND:20120520T193000 SUMMARY:The Red Poet DESCRIPTION:Film Maker Matthew Furey’s\, Red Poet. paints a soulful picture of San Francisco’s own Jack Hirschman and brings to the silver screen the singular life of this troubadour for modern times. A modest Bronx childhood first gives way to a shooting star career in academia. Controversial teaching stints at Dartmouth and UCLA make him anathema to the academy\; he is fired for his opposition to the Vietnam War. Soon Hirschman finds himself penniless and homeless on the streets of San Francisco. Through it all\, Hirschman perseveres\, continues to write his poems and publishes 45 books of poetry. In 2006\, the Mayor of San Francisco appoints him Poet Laureate.Red Poet recounts a tale of a life lived on its own terms: against all odds\, a unique poetic talent finds personal redemption through his art and his poetry. “Jack Hirschman is the greatest unknown poet in America! He’s doing it on all fronts! It’s a great film about him and the North Beach scene as well\,” David Meltzer\, Poet and Author\, Beat Thing.“Whether you know Jack Hirschman as the last Beat\, US Mensch #1\, or the most unflagging political poet on the planet . . .after seeing Red Poet\, you will have a new friend and just possibly a renewed belief that maybe the species homo sapiens ain’t so bad after all!”- Bob Holman\, Producer\, award winning PBS series\, The United States of Poetry\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Meridian Gallery - 535 Powell Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94108 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=212966 DTSTART:20120520T163000 DTEND:20120520T220000 SUMMARY:Headlands Center for the Arts presents Animals Are People Too DESCRIPTION:Artists Rachel Mayeri and Laurel Braitman (AFF ’11) discuss human perceptions of animals\, and animals’ perceptions of themselves and other species. Mayeri will screen her multi-stage project\, Primate Cinema\, in which a video of humans emulating ape behavior is shown to a group of chimpanzees at the Edinburgh Zoo\; Braitman will share aspects of her research on the history of mental illness in other animals (from dolphins to dogs)\, and what it means to be human- the subject of her forthcoming book Animal Madness. Continue the discussion with us over dinner in the Mess Hall.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Headlands Center for the Arts - 944 Fort Barry \, Sausalito\, CA 94965 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213495 DTSTART:20120521T183000 DTEND:20120521T183000 SUMMARY:Innovators Without Borders DESCRIPTION:Projected to be the first floating city in international waters\, The Blueseed Project is dedicated to harvesting entrepreneurship by creating a place where the world’s top tech minds can collaborate. Twelve miles off the coast of Northern California\, residents would not be subject to work visa limitations. Called the “Googleplex of the Sea\,” The Blueseed Project is awakening a host of complex issues including immigration policy\, visa limitations\, international policy\, social entrepreneurship and more. Don’t miss the chance to hear from CEO Max Marty and others\, find out what’s keeping the project afloat and what challenges may lay ahead. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Adobe - 345 Park Ave \, San Jose\, CA 95110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213558 DTSTART:20120522T183000 DTEND:20120522T210000 SUMMARY:San Francisco EcoTuesday :: Featuring Riggs Eckelberry From OriginOil DESCRIPTION:Algae\, Algae\, Algae....lately it is all the buzz. This month join us for a wonderful opportunity to learn about the technology and trends behind this sustainable alternative to fossil fuel from founding CEO of OriginOil\, Riggs Eckelberry. Riggs will discuss... Algae's viability as a replacement for petroleum Industry trends Worldwide technology advancing algae Riggs Eckelberry\, founding CEO of OriginOil. OriginOil is a publicly-traded technology firm that helps algae growers extract oil from algae for use as a feedstock for the commercial production of transportation fuels\, chemicals and foods. MORE INFO: Nikki Pava ** http://www.ecotuesday.com ** ecotuesday@gmail.com Presented by EcoTuesday \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Energy Efficiency Group (eefg) - 657 Mission Street\, Suite 200 \, San Francisco\, CA 94105 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213545 DTSTART:20120522T183000 DTEND:20120522T200000 SUMMARY:TEDx event with Prof. Philip Auerswald DESCRIPTION:Philip Auerswald is an associate professor at the School of Public Policy\, GMU\, and a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation. His work is about entrepreneurship and innovation in a global context. He is most recently the author of The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy (Oxford University Press\, 2012). Since 2010 Professor Auerswald has served as an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative on topics related to job creation\, education\, and market-based strategy. MORE INFO: Tatyana Kanzaveli ** http://tedxbayareamay2012.eventbrite.com/ ** ceo@tedxbayarea.com ** 16504693243 Presented by TEDxBayArea \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Samovar Conference Hall - 1077 Independence Avenue \, Mountain View\, CA 94043 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213401 DTSTART:20120522T190000 DTEND:20120522T210000 SUMMARY:Litquake's Epicenter Presents Peter Carey DESCRIPTION:Litquake presents author Peter Carey-author of Theft: A Love Story\, My Life as a Fake\, and more-at the monthly Epicenter series in North Beach. This is Carey's only appearance in San Francisco for his latest novel\, The Chemistry of Tears. He will be in conversation with Litquake's Elise Proulx. Book sales and signing to follow. MORE INFO: Elise Proulx ** http://litquake.org/calendar-of-events/event/peter-carey-at-epicenter ** info@litquake.org ** 415-440-4177 Presented by Litquake Literary Festival \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Tosca Cafe - 242 Columbus Ave \, San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213595 DTSTART:20120523T170000 DTEND:20120523T190000 SUMMARY:Visioning the Invisible in Augmented Reality: Youth Advisory Board's virtual exhibition in the digital dimension DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of the Youth Advisory Board's virtual exhibition\, Visioning the Invisible (in Augmented Reality)! This work was made in response to the ideas presented by other artists in the exhibition\, Intimate Science. Bring your iPads\, iPhones\, Androids\, and tablets to view this exhibition- the work only exists in Augmented Reality!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Southern Exposure - 3030 20th Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213624 DTSTART:20120524T190000 DTEND:20120524T190000 SUMMARY:Designers + Geeks Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:The Designers + Geeks Speaker Series features talks from experts on design\, technology\, startups\, and all manner of geekery. Our next event is:Product Design and Design CommunicationPresented by Stephan Orme of Worklogistics A highly visual tour of one designer's toolkit. Much of a product designer's work is producing "high definition wire frames" - basically highly detailed wireframes. These are first used for discovery and later serve as the foundation for the build process. They can be useful for a wide range of uses: visualizing layouts\, discovery and ideation\, plotting workflows\, and schema design. This talk will look at how to create these wireframes\, how to organize the design and development processes\, and the best tools for the job.Steve is the principal behind Worklogistics\, an independent product design studio based in San Francisco. He is currently product designer and PM for Google's open source Compliance Management System.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Yelp - 706 Mission St \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213526 DTSTART:20120524T200000 DTEND:20120524T213000 SUMMARY:Bruja DESCRIPTION:World Premiere/Begins May 24BRUJA A reimagining of Euripides’ Medeaby Luis Alfarodirected by Loretta GrecoFrom the critically acclaimed writer of Oedipus el Rey comes a contemporary story so haunting and sensual\, it explodes one of the ancient myths most firmly embedded in our culture. A sizzling look at a sorceress scorned.“Gritty\, fierce\, tersely poetic . . . Luis Alfaro’s riveting modern barrio retelling of Sophocles’ Oedipus burned up the stage at the Magic Theatre”.Top 10 Best of Bay Area Theatre in 2010 �" Rob Hurwitt\, Chronicle Theatre CriticWinner of the Will Glickman Playwright Award for the best new play to premiere in the Bay Area in 2010\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Magic Theatre - Fort Mason Center Building D\, San Francisco\, CA 94123 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213484 DTSTART:20120524T190000 DTEND:20120524T210000 SUMMARY:The Plastic Tidalwave DESCRIPTION:Get solutions in this interactive presentation by Green Sangha members Sanjen Miedzinski\, Ph.D and Beth Terry. Can recycling plastics solve the problem of plastic litter\, and the poisoning of the food web? Where are we going with ocean cleanup and product stewardship? What are the plastics of greatest concern? Learn about the effects of litter\, how recycling falls short\, and what businesses and governments can do to stop the plague of plastic pollution. About the Presenters: Sanjen Miedzinski focuses on researching\, writing and speaking on environmental issues and in teaching the Diamond Approach\, a spiritual path. She is a former biochemist\, psychologist and professor. She has found a home in Green Sangha which integrates environmental work and spiritual awareness. In 2007\, Beth Terry\, a Green Sangha member\, started a blog (www.myplasticfreelife.com) to document her personal journey toward a plastic-free life. She is also the author of Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. Her outreach has extended from farmers' markets to The Clorox Company. Her online campaign\, "Take Back the Filter\," sparked a collaborative program for recycling Brita water filters. This event is part of "Reuse\, Redesign\, Restore: a series about Zero Waste."Info: 510-548-2220 x233\, erc@ecologycenter.org. Wheelchair accessible.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Ecology Center - 2530 San Pablo Avenue (near Dwight Way)\, Berkeley\, CA 94702 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213435 DTSTART:20120524T210000 DTEND:20120524T210000 SUMMARY:hubba hubba revue DESCRIPTION:HUBBA HUBBA REVUE: BROADSWORD BURLESQUE9pm - after hours.21+ with ID.$12 advance\;$12 < 9:30pm\;$15 after.Sultry Knights of Passion! Sorcery + Striptease! Dragons\, Damsels + Chests of Treasure!Just look at this tantalizing list of player-characters:The Sizzling Sirens (Sacramento)Hedo Luxe (Hamburg\, Germany)Aerialists Viridian + MiriamMiss Balla FireBunny PistolLola MartinetPickles KintaroRizzo RogueCyanide CynDare-Devil MolotovOleenander MoonAerialist Sommer StrangeloveCasey CastilleMistress Pon-FarrBunny Von TailPlus the Hubba Hubba Go-Go NPCs!Plus\, A Dungeon Master Dance Party with:DJ StarrSlip into that chainmail bikini\, grab your magic wand + join Hubba Hubba Revue's party of shimmy-shaking adventurers as they cast a sexy spell on the wild world of fantasy adventure!Note: Bugbears\, Ogres and all giant-class creatures are prohibited from taking photographs from the front rows.Dice-Bag Discount: from 9-9:30pm\, tickets at the box office are just $12!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:DNA Lounge - 375 Eleventh St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213629 DTSTART:20120525T180000 DTEND:20120525T210000 SUMMARY:“Between the Lines” a solo exhibition by Richard Blakely DESCRIPTION:“Between the Lines” is a multi-media installation featuring drawings\, paintings\, animation and sculpture. This exhibit presents us with an open dialogue regarding Blakely’s exploration and processes of various mediums throughout his ongoing career as an experimental artist. Accompanying Blakely’s new works will be a presentation of his earlier commercial work.Through the engagement of diverse materials\, Richard Blakely’s current development’s lead to new and unexpected works. The progression of his work will be tracked and exhibited in his featured animations. With a strong interest in animation at an early age\, Blakely created many short stop-motion animations through countless drawings and a Super 8 camera. Although the results were often unpredictable\, they became inspirational and have lead to a resurgence of work created through traditional methods and new technology. His new animations invite the viewer to explore his hand drawings\, which are constructed and deconstructed\, and ultimately preserved in the animation itself.Being able to directly administer features\, physical gestures and poses has led to a new form of expression resulting in more immediate works. Figures are formed in the loose style of Blakely’s caricatures with exaggerated proportions to create the illusion of movement\, weight and mass\; as the sculptural series triples in size attention is placed on the clays malleable qualities. Blakely’s developments will be exhibited through a collection of sculptures accompanied by paintings\, cast replicas and the molds themselves.A graduate of SFSU\, Richard Blakely entered the art world through commercial illustration\, motion picture production painting\, graphic design\, and motorcycle/hot rod art. “Between the Lines” celebrates the best of those worlds by weaving the paths of exploration and linking the past and present. This intimate look at the process of engaging with the materials gives viewers a personal insight on process of exploration and creation by an artist. Incline Gallery is honored to have Richard Blakely use the space as an integral factor in the development and presentation of his work.Exhibition Dates: May 25 �" June 22Opening Reception: May 25 6-9pm\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:elizabeth zavala - 766 Valencia St \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213628 DTSTART:20120525T160000 DTEND:20120525T160000 SUMMARY:SFFS Presents: 'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia' DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL RETURN ENGAGEMENT IN 35MMCeylan’s (‘Three Monkeys’\, SFFS 2009) masterful police procedural\, filmed on Turkey’s expansive Anatolian steppes\, depicts a group of law officials riding around the countryside searching for a murder site. Unfortunately for the traveling party\, however\, the accused can’t find the exact location. As the caravan stops and starts\, conversations reveal other mysteries and several characters besides the arrested man unburden themselves to one another. Though the film references classic westerns and rivals their visual splendors\, ‘Anatolia’ is more deeply concerned with the human condition whether revealed in the group’s reactions to a beautiful woman from the country or a young doctor’s autopsy of the murdered man. For more info visit http://sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=928\,942&pageid=2924 or watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4jKgHqU1jrs&noredirect=1May 25 - May 31\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema - 1746 Post St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94115 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213532 DTSTART:20120525T180000 DTEND:20120525T210000 SUMMARY:'Graphical Inspitations' Art Opening DESCRIPTION:Every artist is inspired by something to create. You can always find something new.Roll Up Gallery will be full of inspirational works\, pulling together a variety of different art forms such as Illustration\, collage\, mixed media\, silkscreen\, digital graphic design and more… Art by: Marcos Lafarga http://www.marcoslafarga.com/ Jeffrey Thompson http://jtarts.com/arts/index.html Beth Davila Waldman www.bethwaldman.com FGW http://www.freegoldwatch.com/ Ferran Torras www.ferrantorras.com Curator: Betty Bigas Assistant: Cornelia Göhring Opening Friday May 25th 2012 6:00 �" 9:00 pm Free 21 +http://www.facebook.com/RollUpGalleryhttp://publicsf.com/gallery\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Roll-Up Gallery (Public Works SF) - 161 Erie Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213511 DTSTART:20120525T200000 DTEND:20120525T200000 SUMMARY:Born Yesterday DESCRIPTION:Ex-show girl and mistress\, Billie Dawn\, gets a new lesson on life and love when her corrupt and uncouth junk czar boyfriend hires a newspaper reporter to tutor her in current events\, grammar and gentility for mixing with political elite in Washington D.C. As relevant and funny today as when it made its 1946 Broadway debut\, "Born Yesterday" still charms with its bittersweet comedy and sardonic look at Washington politics when newly educated Billie Dawn adopts a new view of herself and uncovers her boyfriend's political schemes. Featuring award-winning film actress Heather Gordon as Billie Dawn\; Gary Grossman as Harry Brock\; and Paul Huberty as Paul Verrall. Directed by Sheri Lee Miller WHEN: May 25 to June 10\, 20128 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays 2 p.m. Sundays TICKETS: $15 to $25 $25 General\; $22 Seniors 65 + Over\; $15 Age 22 + Under LOCATION: Cinnabar Theater3333 Petaluma Blvd. North\, Petaluma\, CA 94952 PHONE: 707-763-8920 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday or purchase at the door. Reservations highly recommended. WEB SITE: www.cinnabartheater.org PROMO VIDEO: http://animoto.com/play/MQoX1oj7xwbtX47H0XI2cA\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Cinnabar Theater - 3333 Petaluma Blvd North \, Petaluma\, CA 94952 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213432 DTSTART:20120525T220000 DTEND:20120525T235900 SUMMARY:Snob Theater featuring Rory Scovel with musical guests Trevor Garrod (of Tea Leaf Green) and Whiskerman DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to another classy night of music and humor hosted by none other than Snob Theater. This night of smart humor and brilliant music will be accompanied by Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (SF Sketchfest\, High School Quiz Show\, NPR)\, Karl Hess (Montreal Just For Laughs\, G4 TV\, Bridgetown Comedy Festival)\, Mike Drucker (wrote for SNL\, The Onion\, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)\, and the amazing Rory Scovel (Comedy Central's The Half Hour\, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show\, CONAN). And of course our musical guests will include dark folk artists Whiskerman and Tea Leaf Green lead songwriter and keyboardist Trevor Garrod. This is a rare chance to experience these artists in an intimate environment\, in affect\, seating is very limited.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Snob Theater has also been featured in events by SF Sketchfest\, Noise Pop Festival\, and Bridgetown Comedy Festival."Snob Theater is genius. It's a beautiful and truly awesome fusion of great comedy and great local music. I came out for Snob Theater a little while back and was beyond impressed. It was such a fun concept and housed in the Dark Room\, it’s got a ton of character."- Jessica T.\, Yelp.com" When I reluctantly performed on it a few months ago\, I quickly realized the "Snobs" know what they're doing. I don't know how they know\, but the show and the flow of show between musicians and comedians is Tony the Tiger quality grrrrrrrrrrrreat! It doesn't really matter who's on the show\, it's just a cool mix. The whole is greater than the sum of its blah blah blah. You get it. It's like Voltron."- W. Kamau Bell\, SF Weekly + The W. Kamau Bell Curve"The Snob Theater showcase at The Hawthorne Theater (at Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2011 in Portland\, OR) was pretty solid gold."- Alison Hallett\, Portland Mercury\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Dark Room Theater - 2263 Mission Street\, between 18th and 19th\, San Francisco\, CA 94110 \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213398 DTSTART:20120525T200000 DTEND:20120525T220000 SUMMARY:Push Dance Company and Union Square Live Present World Premiere DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 25\, 2012 at 8 p.m.or at sundown\; Saturday\, May 26\, 2012 at 8 p.m.or at sundown\; Sunday\, May 27\, 2012 at 8 p.m. or sundown and Monday\, May 28\, 2012 at 8 p.m. or sundownPush Dance Company and Union Square Live present the world premiere of choreographer/director Raissa Simpson's "Bitter Melon" in four performances May 25-28\, 2012 at the historic Dewey Monument in Union Square\, downtown San Francisco. Steeped in the cultural histories of San Francisco's African American and Filipino communities\, the site-specific performances will take place throughout the square's central plaza with large scale projection onto the monument itself\, intermingling performers and public. Friday\, May 25\, 2012 at 8 p.m.or at sundown\; Saturday\, May 26\, 2012 at 8 p.m.or at sundown\; Sunday\, May 27\, 2012 at 8 p.m. or sundown and Monday\, May 28\, 2012 at 8 p.m. or sundown. MORE INFO: http://www.pushdance.org Presented by Push Dance Company \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Dewey Monument at Union Square - Stockton Street x Geary Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94102 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213567 DTSTART:20120525T180000 DTEND:20120525T200000 SUMMARY:Opening Reception for 'Yi\, dos\, drei\, four' at Fouladi Projects DESCRIPTION:Opening May 25 at Fouladi Projects\, YI\, DOS\, DREI\, FOUR\, is an exhibition featuring new works by Omar Chacon\, Lisa Chou\, Ati Maier + Jose Sarinana. Celebrating the diverse heritages of the four artists\, (Omar was born in Colombia\, Lisa in Taiwan\, Ati in Germany + Jose in Mexico) "YI\, DOS\, DREI\, FOUR" illustrates what has brought the artists together as friends\; a curiosity for culture\, a love for vibrant color\, + an exploration of materials. On view will be Chacon's masterful candy colored acrylic paintings\, Chou's discarded leather scrap geometric collages\, Maier's fantasy-scape inspired ink on paper paintings and 3-d animated video\, + Sarinana's multi-media absurdist assemblages. MORE INFO: alexandra holly fouladi ** http://www.fouladiprojects.com ** holly@fouladiprojects.com ** 415-425-2091 Presented by Fouladi Projects \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Fouladi Projects - 1803 Market Street @ guerrero \, San Francisco\, CA 94109 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213335 DTSTART:20120525T200000 DTEND:20120525T220000 SUMMARY:Pablo Cruise DESCRIPTION:The multi-hit pop/rock band of the '70s and '80s has reconvened with three of the original band members\, David Jenkins\, Cory Lerios and Steve Price. Along with Larry Antonino\, they will perform new versions of hits such as "A Place in the Sun" and "Love Will Find A Way". MORE INFO: http://www.firehousearts.org ** 925-931-4848 Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Firehouse Arts Center - 4444 Railroad Avenue \, Pleasanton\, CA 94566 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=211638 DTSTART:20120525T200000 DTEND:20120525T210000 SUMMARY:Push Dance Company presents Bitter Melon DESCRIPTION:Friday-Monday\, May 25-28\, 8pmSteeped in the cultural histories of San Francisco's African American and Filipino communities\, Raissa Simpson's Push Dance Company premieres Bitter Melon\, May 25-28\, 2012 in Union Square\, downtown San Francisco. It features 3D video projection by Ben Wood and his collaborator David Mark onto the historic Dewey Monument. Performed by Push Dancers\, the collaborative piece highlights interactions with vibrant video and sound. Uncovering the hidden realities of these parallel cultures\, the new performance cracks open questions to the contradictions of life: national and cultural identity\, natural disaster and war - the power of loss and redemption. Performances start at 8:00pm or at sundown. Friday-Monday\, May 25-28\, 8pm. MORE INFO: Brittany Delany ** http://pushdance.org ** info@pushdance.org ** 415-800-7943 Presented by Push Dance Company \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Union Square downtown San Francisco - bordered by Powell and Geary Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94108 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213604 DTSTART:20120526T200000 DTEND:20120527T110000 SUMMARY:Iteration/Aberration DESCRIPTION:Performances by Mike Morris\, Dayv Jones\, Tooth and Eric Stewart.With films by Tony Conrad\, Rose Lowder\, Randy-Sterling Hunter\, Zach Iannazzi and more....Iteration/Aberration explores the relationships between pattern\, wavelength\, and rhythm to that of perception\, memory and experience. By extending cinema beyond traditional forms of presentation\, the projector and audience become dynamic and malleable elements that reframe the media-maker's role into that more akin to a performer\, conductor or choreographer. These artist's employ optical\, electrical and mechanical manipulations that pry cinema into a ritualistic performance of light and sound fully accepting that the act of watching\, changes that which is being watched.[untitled] by Mathew StrykeDrone piece with binaural beats\, 15 minutesArticulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals (Finale) by Tony Conrad16mm\, 10 minutes“Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals is one of the most austere and highly structure-dependent films ever\, made without images other than six patterns of alternating black and white imposed upon the full surface of the film strip.” (Canyon Cinema)Les Tournesols\, Les Tournesols Colores by Rose Lowder16mm\, 6 minutes“The film presents a field of sunflowers. The focus is adjusted frame by frame in succession according to a series of patterns on particular plants situated in different parts of the field. The diverse configurations placed on separate frames of the film strip appear\, when projected successively\, simultaneously on the screen. Thus\, filmed one after another at different focal lengths\, the sunflowers combine during projection to form one spatiotemporal image. LES TOURNESOLS COLORÉS is a capricious version of the film.” (Canyon Cinema)Impromptu by Rose Lowder16mm\, 8 minutes“Mounted frame by frame in the camera by rewinding the reel several times during filming\, the composition of the film is based on the interweaving of images recorded at two or three different periods of time. The mingling of the mobile forms in each space on the screen represents a particular spatiotemporal experience....” (Canyon Cinema)Tarp by Zach Iannazzi16mm 3 minutesFilms by Randy Sterling Hunter TBA__________________________________________PERFORMANCESFirst Hermenutics\, Multi-channel film/video performance\, 15-20 min. - Michael Morris“... an expanded cinema performance utilizing the aberrations that occur in the interpretation of filmic frame rates by NTSC video refresh rates. The first in a series of works conflating the discipline of interpreting texts with technological modes of interpreting information and with the bodily processes involved in perception. It makes use of hacked 16mm projectors\, hand processed film loops\, CMOS spy cameras\, light sensitive electronics\, and flickering light projections that produce a cacophony of responsive noise.” (Michael Morris)Circles of Confusion\, 10 minutes dual 16mm - Eric StewartColored circles pulse and blend to the sounds of oscillators and doomsday cults.Live video performance by Dayv JonesDayv Jones is a long time cable access producer and ATA volunteer staff. He works almost exclusively with Hi8/Digital 8 cameras- creating imagery reminiscent of the in-between wake and sleep state of consciousness through the use of in camera effects\, filters\, and recycling imagery by shooting monitors.Regenerating Arms\, Dual 16mm variable time - Tooth+ more TBA!!!!! \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The LAB - 2948 16th Street @ Capp \, San Francisco\, CA 94114 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213587 DTSTART:20120526T060000 DTEND:20120526T200000 SUMMARY:Temporality DESCRIPTION:Temporality is the third in a multi-year trilogy of work created in a collaborative effort by Thingamajigs Performance Group and poet Stephen Ratcliffe. This marathon 14-hour work is centered upon Stephen Ratcliffe’s poem Temporality (1\,000 pages written in 1\,000 consecutive days\, from 4.10.08 �" 1.4.11) and combines spoken word\, projected images\, movable objects and live sound to create various levels of multimedia textures.For this third work in the trilogy\, Thingamajigs will install Temporality and transform The Museum of Art + History in Santa Cruz into a "living exhibit". The "living" refers to the performance aspect: Stephen Ratcliffe at his desk\, who will be reading all 1\,000 pages of Temporality\, and the Thingamajigs Performance Group\, whose members will be moving within the space and creating a sonic score. The "exhibit" refers to the images (whether visual or other) that are produced from these actions\, and the extended duration of time it takes for all these actions to unfold.Audience members are welcome to come and go at will\, just as if they were viewing art at a museum or gallery. Unlike a traditional art exhibition\, Temporality slowly changes and fluxes within its 14-hour duration\, and the audience is invited to sit/walk/sleep within or around the events that are unfolding in the space. In performances of the first two works in the trilogy\, the public stayed as little as five minutes\, while others stayed as long as five hours.Thingamajigs is interested in testing the perceptions and labels of musical 'composition' and 'performance'. We are interested in spending years to develop and create work in a collaborative manner\, and we are interested in pushing the limits of what we think as human nature. Our extended works are the outcome of these investigations\, and the public event/exchange is our motivation to reach these lengths. We aim to have a high impact on the local community of all ages by offering them a rare extended performance that invites them to investigate time and temporality\; offers them a space to sit\, move\, and reflect\; and gives the chance to be part of an exchange that is intended to change each participant that spends time in the space.Artists involved:Stephen Ratcliffe’s trilogy of 1\,000-page books (HUMAN / NATURE\, Remarks on Color / Sound\, and Temporality) can be found at Editions Eclipse (http://english.utah.edu/eclipse/). Recent books of poetry include CLOUD / RIDGE\, Conversation\, REAL\, Portraits + Repetition and SOUND/(system). Reading the Unseen: (Offstage) Hamlet was published last year by Counterpath Press\; Listening to Reading\, a collection of essays on contemporary "experimental" poetry\, was published by SUNY Press in 2000. His daily poems-plus-photographs are at stephenratcliffe.blogspot.com. He lives in Bolinas and teaches at Mills College in Oakland.The Thingamajigs Performance Group emerged from the long-term collaborations from the individual artists that now make up its ensemble members. Using unusual musical instruments\, TPG combines traditional Eastern sensibilities with modern American technologies and performance practices. Creating pieces in a group collaborative process that sometimes incorporate voice and multimedia elements\, this ensemble of musicians expands and contracts within each performance situation.The Thingamajigs Performance Group’s unique process of creating work is closer to that of theater companies or dance troupes rather than standard music ensembles. Instead of commissioning one composer to write music for which the ensemble will play TPG creates each of its original works in a collaborative manner with each ensemble member having equal creative input in guiding the work to fruition. The core ensemble members have been working together for over 10 years and have devised this unique system of creation through a deep musical and philosophical understanding that comes with years of working and developing together.Since 2006 Thingamajigs have been collaborating with poet Stephen Ratcliffe to create long-scale multimedia works\, each based on one of Ratcliffe’s 1\,000-page books of poems. Each work is approximately 14-hours in duration. The first piece of this trilogy\, HUMAN / NATURE\, was premiered at UC Davis in 2008\; the second\, Remarks on Color/Sound\, at Headlands Center for the Arts in 2010\; and the last\, Temporality\, will be premiered at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in 2012.The core members of the Thingamajigs Performance group consist of Keith Evans\, Suki O’Kane\, Zachary Watkins\, Dylan Bolles and Edward Schocker.History and Mission Statement:Thingamajigs is a genre-crossing arts organization that promotes\, presents and performs music created with made and found materials or alternate tuning systems. Since 1997 we have presented world premiere works and performances by over 100 local\, national and international artists. Known for our adventurous and genre-crossing programs\, many of our artists have gained international recognition\, including two MacArthur Fellows\, Gerbode Foundation's Emerging Composers Awardees\, and a McKnight Composer Fellow\, to name a few.Thingamajigs began in 1997 at Mills College. Originally conceived as a forum for composers/performers who develop new and unique ways of producing sound\, it soon broke out of the college environment and into a large public offering. As of 2004 a permanent board of was created\, by which many events in addition to the Annual Music for People + Thingamajigs Festival are produced. In addition to our annual festival Thingamajigs offers a variety of arts\, educational\, and cross-cultural events such as The Pacific Exchange Series\, Thingama-kids!\, and various artist exchange programs.Our mission is to develop and nurture the exploration of alternate materials and methods of creating sound\, as well as promote collaborative efforts within other artistic disciplines not generally associated with festivals of music. With open workshops and performances\, we welcome audiences/participants of all ages and backgrounds to join in a wonderful tradition started here in the Bay Area by such composers as Henry Cowell\, Harry Partch\, Lou Harrison\, and John Cage. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Museum of Art and History - 705 Front Street \, Santa Cruz\, CA 95060 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213572 DTSTART:20120526T190000 DTEND:20120526T200000 SUMMARY:Flamenco in Concert DESCRIPTION:The Flamenco Society of San Jose presents an extra ordinary evening of Flamenco in Concert. Featuring an amazing cast of professional flamenco artists. Two outstanding flamenco dancers of their generation\; Stephanie Narvaez and Clara Rodriguez. Legend flamenco singer\, Roberto Zamora\, and the spectacular flamenco guitarist\, David McLean. This performance showcases some of the best flamenco artists in United States. Performing music\, song and dance from Andalusia in southern Spain\, noted for its energetic and passionate style. Flamenco in Concert guarantees a performance full of power\, magic and purity. MORE INFO: Eddie Diaz ** http://www.theflamencosociety.org ** flamencos@earthlink.net ** 510-792-8355 Presented by The Flamenco Society of San Jose \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Historic Hoover Theater - 1635 Park Ave. \, San Jose\, CA 95126 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213564 DTSTART:20120526T193000 DTEND:20120526T213000 SUMMARY:Ensemble S.P.A.M: La Danse du Cleves DESCRIPTION:Ensemble S.P.A.M. will perform 13th cent. French rondeaus\, caroles\, and motets containing both sacred and secular/popular elements\; secular ballades and virelais by Machaut and Dufay\; Italian sacred laude\, caccie and ballate by Piero and Landini\, a fractal canon by Ciconia\, and a saltarello contained in an anonymous Italian manuscript owned by the British Library. Individually\, we have appeared as members of Anonymous 4\, Bimbetta\, Ensemble Alcatraz\, and Ensemble Project Ars Nova\, + as guest artists of American Bach Soloists\, Altramar\, Boston Camerata\, Chanticleer\, Hesperion XX\, the Newberry Consort\, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\, Sequentia\, Theatre of Voices\, + more. MORE INFO: Jane McDougle ** http://www.stbedesmenlopark.org ** jmcdougle@stbedesmenlopark.org ** 650-854-6555 Presented by St. Bede's Episcopal Church\, Menlo Park \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:St. Bede's Episcopal Church - 2650 Sand Hill Road \, Menlo Park\, CA 94025 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213555 DTSTART:20120526T100000 DTEND:20120526T170000 SUMMARY:Playland's Fourth Anniversary Weekend DESCRIPTION:May 26\, 27 and 28Playland’s Fourth Anniversary WeekendOpen Memorial Day MondayKick off summer with a bang and commemorate the 4th anniversary of the Museum of Fun with us. We'll have special contests on the pinball and carnival games and many other surprises! Open Monday 10 to 5 for an extra day to play! The special events of Playland’s Fourth Anniversary Weekend are in addition to all of Playland's regular attractions. Guests pay one low price to enter and can play all day: $10 for children and seniors\, and $15 for general admission. Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built entirely by volunteers\, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses\, carnivals\, magic\, side shows\, penny arcades\, amusement devices\, pinball arcades\, haunted houses\, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious sights and sounds of that marvelous era.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Playland not-at-the Beach - 10979 San Pablo Avenue at Jefferson\, El Cerrito\, CA 94530 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213551 DTSTART:20120526T132500 DTEND:20120526T170000 SUMMARY:Invented in San Francisco Walking Tour - GG Bridge anniversary edition DESCRIPTION:Bridge architect Joseph Strauss devised more than the world's most iconic span: he came up with the hard hat\, to protect his team of fearless workers\, along with many other inventions. Celebrate the birthday of our beautiful bridge by discovering the inventions our Bay Area bridges have brought us on this special edition of the popular Invented in San Francisco Walking Tour.San Francisco's creative nature inspired innovation long before the silicon chip: Some of the world's most influential inventions were dreamed up by San Franciscan tinkerers. On this tour\, we explore seven surprising stories of innovation that exemplify San Francisco as a hotbed of creative thinking for nearly two centuries. We'll investigate the science behind some of these inventions\, discuss how the nature of what we patent has evolved over time\, and explore our own ability to think outside the box.Please note: This tour does NOT take place on the GG Bridge. We'll follow our usual downtown route\, with views of the Bay Bridge and discussion of bridge-related inventions\, as well as the many other innovations covered on the regular tour.2.3 miles\, moderate with 1 challenging uphill\, 2.5 hours$45/person\, includes snacksTickets:http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246114Discovery Street offers walking tours that explore the science of everyday life\, in your food\, on the street\, and inside you.www.DiscoveryStreetTours.com\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Meet at Sydney Walton Square Park - Front and Jackson Sts. \, San Franicsco\, CA CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213516 DTSTART:20120526T193000 DTEND:20120526T230000 SUMMARY:OmniCircus and MOTH NOR RUST present a robotic pocket opera 'THE GATES OF HELL' DESCRIPTION:Join MOTH NOR RUST including Frank Garvey\, Dave Gursom\, Taylor Way\, the Robotic Ensemble and other Surrealist Warriors of the Unconscious in a very special event and PERFORMANCE of a new work entitled "THE GATES OF HELL"\, the story of a very special day Frank Garvey recently spent with his beloved "fiance" at the Rodin Gardens.MOTH NOR RUST new show "THE GATES OF HELL" with the Robot Ensemble of OmniCircus. Doors open 7:30pmDonation gratefully accepted $10 plus... any less and you get our thanks and a hearty handshakeFind us:550 Natoma Street between 6th + 7th St. + Mission + Howard Streets\, door on Russ St.We are also less than 2 blocks from the Civic Center BART and numerous bus lines on Mission and Market.Get off at 7th.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:OmniCircus - 550 Natoma Street between 6th and 7th Sts\, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213498 DTSTART:20120526T210000 DTEND:20120527T030000 SUMMARY:BOOTIE SF - Punk Prom w/ A+D\, Prom Contest w/ cash prizes\, Smash-Up Derby\, Sex!\, Ya-Ya\, more! DESCRIPTION:BOOTIE PUNK PROMDress up fabulous to win cash prizes at midnight! Punk Prom King - $100Punk Prom Queen - $100Best Punk Prom Couple - $200-------------------------------------------Mashup DJs and chaperones:A PLUS D - http://aplusd.net-------------------------------------------11 PM: Live mashup Prom band:SMASH-UP DERBY - http://smashupderby.com-------------------------------------------Midnight Mashup Show:YA-YA-------------------------------------------Upstairs room: SEX!Sexy electro-house with DJs:KEITH KRAFT - http://soundcloud.com/kraftrmathGIZMOTRONIK - http://facebook.com/sir.gizmoH-------------------------------------------Opening DJ: DADA-------------------------------------------FREE Bootie mashup CDs to the first 100 people through the door!$10 before 10pm\, $20 cover\, 21+ w/ID-------------------------------------------$15 advance tickets -- SKIP THE LINE! Available at: http://dnalounge.com/tickets/bootiesf-------------------------------------------http://BootieSF.comWe're doing Prom season the Bootie way! It's Bootie's first Punk Prom! Dress fabulous for a chance to be crowned Punk Prom royalty and win cash prizes - $100 each for Punk Prom King + Queen\, and $200 for Best Prom Couple! Resident mashup DJs and chaperones A Plus D will keep you bouncing all night long while tossing some of your favorite Punk Prom mashups into the mix!Your live Prom mashup band Smash-Up Derby takes the stage at 11 PM to give you a rocking set that's anything but slow dances\, and for the Midnight Mashup Show\, Ya-Ya celebrates graduation by being "sexy and you know it!" And finally\, in the upstairs lounge\, it wouldn't be Prom Night without SEX!\, as DJs Keith Kraft and Gizmotronik bring some sexy electro-house to keep you dancing!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:DNA Lounge - 375 Eleventh St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=212825 DTSTART:20120526T160000 DTEND:20120526T173000 SUMMARY:The Last Show On Earth Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Exhibition April 28- May 27\, 2012Moderated by Stephanie Ellis\, Mills College Visiting Assistant Professor\, the panel discussion will give insight into the 2012 MFA graduate’s individual art practices and collective experiences in completing the Masters in Fine Arts Program at Mills. The discussion will also address the contemporary art market\, art world and how the MFA’s places themselves within the greater context of it all. Refreshments provided.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Mills College Danforth Lecture Hall in the Aron Ar - 5000 MacArthur Blvd \, Oakland\, CA 94613 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213436 DTSTART:20120527T213000 DTEND:20120527T213000 SUMMARY:Trannyshack DESCRIPTION:TRANNYSHACK: MADONNA TRIBUTEpop.9:30pm - 3am.21+ with ID.$15 advance\;$20 door.Featuring performances by:HeklinaExhibit QBea DazzlerElijah MinnelliCookie DoughAmbrosia SaladThe House of GlitterLindsay SlowhandsRaya LightMiss RahniFauxniqueand many more!With DJs:Adrian (Bootie) + Guy RubenVisuals by Vis-a-Vis.Show starts at 11pm!Trannyshack\, San Francisco's infamous drag performance night club\, incorporates everything from low brow trash to high brow performance art\, and has become famous (or infamous) worldwide as the quintessential San Francisco experience. No visit to the City is complete without a stop at Trannyshack. The club has been featured in Out (which named it one of the top 10 reasons to move to San Francisco)\, Genre\, Instinct\, and Paper magazines\, has won numerous Best of the Bay awards\, and was filmed for an independent feature length documentary entitled "Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story".\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:DNA Lounge - 375 Eleventh St. \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213351 DTSTART:20120527T140000 DTEND:20120527T160000 SUMMARY:Swingin' Blue Stars of the USS Hornet DESCRIPTION:The five female vocalists\, who entertained last Memorial Day weekend to a sold out audience\, will perform music made popular by groups such as Andrews Sisters\, including memorable WWII tunes such as "In the Mood" and "The Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B". MORE INFO: http://www.firehousearts.org ** 925-931-4848 Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Firehouse Arts Center - 4444 Railroad Avenue \, Pleasanton\, CA 94566 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213518 DTSTART:20120528T190000 DTEND:20120528T203000 SUMMARY:Comedy Night at Farley's East DESCRIPTION:Kelly Anneken hosts the Bay Area's funniest standup comedians every month. Enjoy Farley's full cafe menu\, coffee\, and bar items as you laugh off your Monday at this FREE performance. Featuring headliner Jesse Elias and local favorites Anna Seregina\, Red Scott\, Clare O'Kane\, Bryant Hicks\, Colleen Watson\, Trevor Hill\, and Roman Leo.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Farley's East - 33 Grand Ave at Broadway\, Oakland\, CA 94612 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213423 DTSTART:20120529T180000 DTEND:20120529T210000 SUMMARY:TransmediaSF - May Showcase - Share YOUR Work and Get to Know Your Community! DESCRIPTION:Transmedia SF: May ShowcaseDRINKS\, FOOD\, NETWORKING AND DISCUSSIONSGet to know the transmedia space in San Francisco through one-on-one conversations with the people behind the projects. For one night in May\, indie creators\, platform specialists\, and multiplatform storytellers of all descriptions will come together to share their projects. Each creator will have a table to display their work or work-in-progress. Printed artifacts\, such as posters\, graphic novels join iPad demos\, mind-maps\, trailers and lively conversation. If you have a transmedia project to share\, please visit APPLICATION to sign up. Schedule:6:00 pm - Doors Open for Drinks\, Demos and Networking. Visit all the demo stations of local transmedia producers and creatives. Vote for your favorites!8:00 pm - Special Keynote PresentaionAuthentic Fiction: A Fireside Chat with Ken EklundKen Eklund instigates massively collaborative experiences and designs opportunitites for creative play. A dedicated storyteller\, he focuses both on developing his original narratives as well as building spaces for the participants’ own stories. In conversation with Sara Thacher\, Ken will discuss ‘Authentic Fiction’ - a term he has begun to use in the context of his work. “I come at my projects from a different angle: they start because I think something is broken in the world\, there’s a misunderstanding or lack of imagination. So\, plenty of raw material to draw on\, unfortunately. I then find someone who’s working on that problem\, a museum or foundation or public media for example\, and we talk. And a game tries to be born and sometimes it succeeds.” “This angle stands a lot of ‘game’ or ‘transmedia’ wisdom on its head. Questions like is it a game? or is it true transmedia? are irrelevant. Does it let people play? is my main concern\, because it’s the same as does it make people think?”~ Ken Eklund\, Writerguy Ken Eckland\, WriterGuy\, Transmedia Producer\, Game Developer - World Without Oil\, etcBIOGRAPHYGame designer Ken Eklund has long been interested in the positive social effects of massively collaborative experiences and open-ended\, creative play. In work such as WORLD WITHOUT OIL (2007)\, RUBY’s BEQUEST (2009) and GISKIN ANOMALY (2010) he explores how contributing to “authentic fictions” (real-seeming yet fictional stories) opens people to connect more deeply with disruptive ideas and unimagined futures. Ken is currently partnering with Twin Cities Public Television to stage ED ZED OMEGA\, a Localore project re-imagining the future of education. He has designed games professionally for over 20 years. He lives in San Jose.Moderator: Sara Thatcher\, Experience Designer and Culture Engineer 8:00 pm - 60 Second Soap BoxThis is your time and your platform to share with the community what you are working on\, if you are hiring or looking for collaborators\, if you're looking for work or hosting an event. Anything goes - as long as it's transmedia related \;-) Following our community segment\, we'll continue to network until the doors close at 9:00pm. With special thanks to our sponsors:Match Factor\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:SF School of Digital Filmmaking - 925 Mission Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94103 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213486 DTSTART:20120530T120000 DTEND:20120530T170000 SUMMARY:Harrington Gallery - Fresh Works DESCRIPTION:May 30 - June 30\; Wed. - Fri. 12-5 pm\, Sat. 11am-3pm\; Gallery reception Sat.\, June 2\, 1-3pmA gallery reception will take place on Saturday\, June 2\, 2012\, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. The exhibit will include an array of media -- watercolors\, oils\, pastels\, sculptures\, photography -- by accomplished San Francisco Bay Area artists. This season's juror is award-winning Berkeley painter\, photographer and video artist Kim Anno. May 30 - June 30\; Wed. - Fri. 12-5 pm\, Sat. 11am-3pm\; Gallery reception Sat.\, June 2\, 1-3pm. MORE INFO: Julie Finegan ** http://www.firehousearts.org ** jfinegan@ci.pleasanton.ca.us ** 925-931-4849 Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Firehouse Arts Center - 4444 Railroad Avenue \, Pleasanton\, CA 94566 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213470 DTSTART:20120530T190000 DTEND:20120530T200000 SUMMARY:Charles Ferguson\, Oscar Winning Documentary Filmmaker 'Inside Job' DESCRIPTION:Could the global economic meltdown of the last few years have been prevented? Ferguson believes the crisis was no accident. After “Inside Job” won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film\, Ferguson started his acceptance speech by criticizing the lack of accountability of the finance industry and Wall Street pointing out that three years after the horrific crisis started not a single financial executive had gone to jail. “Predator Nation” continues to examine the important issues raised in “Inside Job”\, making the powerful case that an out-of-control finance industry took advantage of a deregulated atmosphere and purposely got rich at the expense of others. Through his extensive interviews with financial insiders and government officials\, Ferguson exposes the corrupted networks that caused the economic collapse and offers a plan of action to help our country get back on track. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Oshman Family JCC\, Jessica Lynn Saal Town Square - 3921 Fabian Way \, Palo Alto\, CA 94303 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213623 DTSTART:20120531T200000 DTEND:20120531T223000 SUMMARY:UNEXPECTED VIEW DESCRIPTION:An evening of sound/film performances with:Irwin SwirnoffJon PorrasLinda Scobie and John DavisBen Bracken and Paul ClipsonIrwin Swirnoff makes films\, takes photos\, writes creative non-fiction and gets inspiration from all kinds of music. His work wants to take you on faded daydreams filled with longing\, desire\, and lingering memories. He’s interested in capturing the wonder of the everyday\, and remembering that our bodies might know a lot more than our minds.Jon Porras is a Bay Area musician whose work focuses on combining open tuned guitar with effects and processing. With clear cut roots in Americana and West Coast guitar\, his work ranges from sparse\, finger-picked passages to densely layered walls of melancholic wash.Linda Scobie is DIY filmmaker who works in 16mm. Her films have been shown in the Black Maria\, Antimatter and Ann Arbor Film Festivals. Her latest piece “Sky Dogs” is a 20 minute paper animated voyage through the cosmos\, with dogs.John Davis is an Oakland artist working with moving images and sound\, expanding their relationships through experimentation\, chance\, collaboration and improvisation. Current performance work investigates various sound and image delivery systems\, their material bi-products\, and the range of sensory possibilities that exists between them.Ben Bracken Is a musician and artist living in Oakland\, California\, who explores possibilities of echo-relocation in sound-based art.Paul Clipson is a San Francisco-based filmmaker who often collaborates with sound artists and musicians on live performances\, films and installations.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Artist's Television Access - 922 Valencia Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213487 DTSTART:20120531T180000 DTEND:20120531T210000 SUMMARY:CCSF Forum Literary Magzine Release Party!!! DESCRIPTION:Enjoy free snacks and free thought as we unveil the fall 2011 edition of Forum Literary Magazine\, a bi-yearly publication of Fiction\, Nonfiction\, Poetry and Photography from the Bay Area. Assembled on campus by a ragtag group of credit-hungry desperadoes\, Forum Magazine has served as The City College of San Francisco's outlet for creative thought for nearly three decades. Come early and share your particular flavor of expression as we host an open mic\, or come late and eat lots of free yummy tasty things . This event is open to the the public\, student status is not required.\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:L's Caffe - 2871 24th St. (Between Bryant & Florida)\, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213454 DTSTART:20120531T200000 DTEND:20120531T200000 SUMMARY:Savage Jazz Dance Company presents Dances for Oakland DESCRIPTION:Thursday 5/31 @ 8:00 pmFriday 6/1 @ 8:00 pmSaturday 6/2 @ 8:00 pmSunday 6/3 @ 3:00 pm*Prices: Thursday\, Friday\, Saturday: $20 full price at the door\, $15 full price in advance\, $10 seniors/students (with ID)\, $5 children (12 and under) Special Sunday Matinee (Savage Jazz Dance Company only performing): $10 full price\, $5 children (12 and under)\, no senior/student priceTickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/242767Website: http://www.savagejazz.org/Join Savage Jazz Dance Company for our 2012 Spring Season: the kickoff celebration of 20 years of dancing excellence! Inspired by the rhythm\, energy\, and people of the city that we call home\, and reflecting the fundamental nature of jazz - experimentation built on a foundation of artistry and skill - “Dances for Oakland” will feature three World Premieres\, new works and repertory classics set to music by Art Blakey\, Alva Noto\, Charles Mingus\, Max Roach\, Philip Glass and the local premiere of The Hours. In addition to the fierce physicality of the dancers - most of whom have trained with Reginald Ray-Savage from youth - this extraordinary occasion will feature guest performances from Menlowe Ballet\, led by Artistic Director\, Oakland Ballet icon\, Michael Lowe. Marking phase one of Savage Jazz Dance Company's milestone 20th anniversary celebration\, the spring season will honor our history and celebrate the promise of the future reflected in our dancers and in our city. "Once in a great while a rare person comes on the scene for whatever reason who seems to reincarnate the lessons from his teachers and forebears. It is this quality in Reginald Ray-Savage that gives the depth of heritage and authenticity to his company" K.C. Patrick\, Dance Magazine\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Laney College Theater - 900 Fallon Street \, Oakland\, CA 94607 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213404 DTSTART:20120531T183000 DTEND:20120531T213000 SUMMARY:Life 3.0 - Augmented Reality DESCRIPTION:Life 3.0 is an innovation show by startups that change the way you live. Life 3.0 is the next era after Web 2.0\, when internet comes off the screen and enters our lives. At this month's Life 3.o you will see by far the most innovative startups in augmented reality. Augmented reality is a real-world environment whose elements are augmented such that you can walk down the street and see people's names written over their heads\; you can see who tweeted what in the nearby building\; you can even see a message wall right over the Golden Gate Bridge. At Life 3.0 we are about gathering with a purpose - we come here to see the future and the companies that have a huge vision. Join in. MORE INFO: Anna Vital ** http://fundersandfounders.com/life-3-0/ ** mail@fundersandfounders.com ** 415-735-4337 Presented by Funders and Founders \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Fairmont - 950 Mason St \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=208086 DTSTART:20120607T190000 DTEND:20120607T230000 SUMMARY:SpaceCraft presents “Let’s Get Generative” DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss out on the chance to MAKE ART at this one of a kind show presenting generative works by collective + guest artists. Have a monologue with the artwork early in the evening then have a dialog with SpaceCraft friends + artist later in the evening at this one of a kind show. We invite you to come make your mark literally on the progress based pieces and see the art come to life. Let’s get Generative!\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:CELL SPACE - 2050 Bryant St At 18th\, san Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=213295 DTSTART:20120615T200000 DTEND:20120615T213000 SUMMARY:The Oy of Sex: A 'Romantic' Comedy DESCRIPTION:It’s practically illegal to tell people you’re in a 12-step program. Especially one that has anything to do with sex. Plus\, violating your anonymity pretty much assures that you’ll never get elected to public office. So why would anyone do it? Well\, for Alicia\, “Comedy!”Alicia Dattner\, winner of the San Francisco Fringe's "Best Female Solo Act" + "Best of the Fringe"\, is debuting her third knockout solo show\, "The Oy of Sex" revealing the sordid\, funny\, and poignant tale of her love and sex addiction.Tickets:http://oyofsex.eventbrite.com8:00 pm Fridays + Saturdays:June 15\, 16\, 22\, 23\, 28\, 29\, + 30More about the show: http://theoyofsex.comHave you ever gone to a comedy club\, hoping for a night of great laughs… And ended up seeing a long line of dude comics and their dumb jokes about their dicks? And the energy there feels all dark and sexual (and not in a good way\, if you know what I mean)… and you might leave the club having laughed\, but it feels like having had a night of cheap sex… when you had hoped for a tantric orgasmatron with your soulmate?In her new one-woman-show\, The Oy of Sex\, Alicia is so… revealing. It’s Very Personal. Risky. She takes 15 years of pain in love and relationships and turns it into a sobering\, solid hour of pee-in-your-pants-funny comedy and heart-wrenching narrative. You might even relate just a wee bit… This is the raw truth\, that no one is talking about. The raw pain that we’ve all experienced. So let’s laugh about it. And the only things that’ll hurt afterward are your cheeks and belly. And hopefully\, you’ll leave a little more enlightened.Recent Awards + Reviews:"Best Local Comedian" -East Bay Express\, 2011"Best Storyteller" United Solo Theatre Festival 2010\, Off-Broadway\, NY"Goofy\, messy\, and fun!" Pick of the Week -SF Weekly"Dattner is charming\, likable\, and funny." -LA Theater Review"Roar of the Crowd Award" -Goldstar Events Award for Highest Member Rated Show"Best of the Fringe" -Phoenix Fringe Festival"Sold Out Show Award" -SF Fringe Festival "Best of the Fringe" and "Best Female Solo Act" -SF Fringe FestivalAbout Alicia:Winner of the United Solo Theatre Festival's Best Storyteller Award in 2010\, Alicia's turn to solo performance three years ago has gone well. She performed standup comedy for over a decade\, sharing the stage with talented personalities such as Bill Santiago\, Eugene Mirman\, Arj Barker\, W. Kamau Bell\, Vanda Mikoloski\, and Amy Stiller. Alicia has been a regular at Cobb's Comedy Club and The Punch Line in San Francisco\, and has performed at The Improv and the Knitting Factory in Hollywood\, as well as Gotham Comedy Club and Ha in New York and Gut Rocking Comedy in London as well as shows in Bombay and Chennai in a tour of her second solo show Eat\, Pray\, Laugh! She also has published a hilarious self-help book\, Getting Sh*t Done\, hosted a live talk show on Pirate Cat Radio\, and toured nationally with the audience participation circus she created\, The Latest Show on Earth. \n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:The Exit Theatre - 156 Eddy Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94102 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=200104 DTSTART:20121215T180000 DTEND:20121215T200000 SUMMARY:City of Awesome DESCRIPTION:An exhibit of urban landscapes and crowdsourced community paintings by Todd BermanVisitors to Mission Pie will have the opportunity to help make future paintings (no skill needed\, stick figures okay) about what makes San Francisco so awesome.There will be an opening reception for the art show on Thursday\, December 15 from 6-8pm with a short artist talk at 7pm.Exhibit runs December 15\, 2011 - January 15\, 2012 Mon Fri 7a-10p\, Sat 8a-10p\, Sun 9a-10p\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Mission Pie - 2901 Mission Street \, San Francisco\, CA 94110 CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=193057 DTSTART:20301008T193000 DTEND:20301008T193000 SUMMARY:David Auburns' PROOF DESCRIPTION:DAvid Auburn's award winning play PROOF will be presented by the BellJar Theatre at EXIT STAGE LEFT in San Francisco on Fridays and Saturdays only. Proof is play about relationships haunted by the character of insanity and colored by doubt. Witty\, suspenseful\, and compassionate\; PROOF is storytelling at its best\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:EXIT Stage Left - 156 Eddy Street \, San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT URL;VALUE=URI:http://squidlist.com/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=195148 DTSTART:23340220T130000 DTEND:23340220T230000 SUMMARY:SF Silent Film Festival Winter Event DESCRIPTION:Three Chaplin shorts\, one gorgeous film from France\, and a quintessential romance - all with live musical accompaniment at the Castro Theatre.1:00pm - It's Mutual: Charlie Chaplin Shorts. The Rink\, The Adventurer\, and The Pawn ShopPiano accompaniment by Donald Sosin3:30pm - L'Argent\, directed by Marcel L'HerbierEnsemble accompaniment by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra8:00pm - La Boheme\, directed by King VidorAccompanied by Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer\n______________________________\nThis Event Downloaded From a Helios Calendar Powered Site LOCATION:Castro Theater - 429 Castro Street \, San Francisco\, CA CATEGORIES:The Squid List Events PRIORITY:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR