Bay Area Arts Events * Fua Dia Congo, The Big Deal, Sins Invalid, Workshops, More ... !

Tue Oct 30 16:47:19 PDT 2007

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  BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * September October 30-November 13, 2007
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  A free service of Expo for the Artist & Musician
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  Edited and compiled by Melinda Adams * http://lilycat.com/
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- Event listings provided by producing agencies. Details are not
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  CONTENTS:
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    * Favorites
     - BIG DEAL 14- Visual Aid's Art Sale and Fundraiser
     - Kongo Odyssey from Fua Dia Congo
     - Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face
       of Invisibility
     - The Kvetsch anniversary show

    * Benefit/ Social
     - San Francisco Children's Art Center 5th Annual Fall Open House

    * Call for submission
     - Why are faggots so afraid of faggots?

    * D.I.Y. Workshops
     - Family Arts Activities
     - Freedom of the Blog?
     - Prospect Research Basics: Researching Individual Donors
     - Copy and Sample: Copying and Sampling Other Artworks
     - Introduction to Fundraising Planning
     - alla prima' technique Painting Class

    * Exhibits/ Performances
     - Creativity Explored Exhibition: Super Heroes Super Villains
     - Snoopy in Fashion
     - Edward Gorey's Dracula
     - Special Features speakers
     - Hot Earth
     - Artisans Art Gallery presents War and Peace
     - Second Saturday Cartoonist
     - What's the BIG DEAL?

    * Show Your Talent
     - A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings
     - Poetry & Jazz Jam
     - BERZERKELEY SLAM

    * Film & Video
     - Special Halloween Screening
     - Calling Betty Page: Surveying Sex in Cinema

    * Coming Soon!
     - Junkestra ... music & videos from the dump

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FAVORITE
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* BIG DEAL 14 - Visual Aid's Art Sale and Fundraiser - 11/11/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1428

    Visual Aid's wildly popular, signature event will include
    600+ artworks available for purchase at a fixed price of
    $160 each and an exciting live auction featuring contemporary
    art and luxury items in a fun party atmosphere. All proceeds
    will directly benefit Visual Aid's programs for artists with
    HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

* Kongo Odyssey - Congolese Heritage Performance - 11/03/07
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eve/457981860.html

    Kongo Odyssey marks a 30 year history of the Fua Dia Congo
    Congolese Performing Company, founded by the late Master
    artist, Malonga Casquelourd. A commemorative multi-media
    theatrical production, with a cast of over 30, including
    International special guests, and a host of Bay Area Alumni
    in celebration of this Bay Area homecoming event ...
    Two countries, ONE HERITAGE!

* Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility  
- 11/02/2007 - 11/03/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1598

    Sins Invalid invites a re/view of embodiment, with performers
    and video artists stripping taboos off of sexuality and disability.

* The Kvetsch anniversary show - 11/04/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1910

    featuring Charlie Anders, Logan Knight, Shawna Virago,
    Lauren Wheeler, Mattilda, horehound stillpoint and others.

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BENEFITS/ SOCIAL
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* San Francisco Children's Art Center 5th Annual Fall Open House -  
11/11/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1425

    Bring your children to an afternoon of FREE creative fun
    in our studio! We welcome all our regulars and encourage new
    families to visit the Art Center.

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  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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* WHY ARE FAGGOTS SO AFRAID OF FAGGOTS?- Deadline - 11/26/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=936

    As back rooms are shut down to make way for wedding vows,
    and gay sexual culture becomes little more than straight-acting
    dudes hangin' out, where are the possibilities for a defiant
    faggotry that challenges the assimilationist norms of a world
    that wants us dead?

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  DIY WORKSHOPS
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* Family Art Activities - Saturdays
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=395

    The Red Poppy now offers creative activities for children and
    families every Saturday on the sidewalk of the Art House. Every
    Saturday our volunteers pull out the supplies and suddenly the
    sidewalk is bursting with young painters and beautiful colors!

* Freedom of the Blog? - 11/01/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1743

    Josh Wolf, the twenty-five-year-old video blogger and San
    Francisco mayoral candidate tackles the controversies between
    new media and old media and advocates for participatory and
    transparent journalism.

* Prospect Research Basics: Researching Individual Donors - 11/06/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1907

    Find out the answers to the most frequently asked questions
    about researching individual donors.

* Copy and Sample: Copying and Sampling Other Artworks - 11/07/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1904

    What is fair to use and when do you need permission?  Fair use,
    public domains and licensing will be discussed.  For artists
    of all disciplines.

* Introduction to Fundraising Planning - 11/08/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1906

    Introduction to Fundraising Planning will show you how to
    analyze your organization's situation and develop a fundraising
     plan that will include a variety of revenue sources.

* alla prima' technique Painting Class - 11/10/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1854

    Discover the "alla prima" technique of oil painting with
    this sfternoon demonstration by Elio Camacho.

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  EXHIBITS/ PERFORMANCES
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* Creativity Explored: Super Heroes Super Villains - thru  11/15/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1577

    Fly, leap or zoom over to Creativity Explored for a special
    exhibition straight off the pages of your favorite comic book.
    Studio artists reinterpret famous saviors of the universe and
    those who would thwart them.

* Snoopy in Fashion - 10/06/2007  - 11/08/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1261

    See 5 Peanuts inspired fashions by some of today's top designers,
    straight from New York City's Fashion Week. (Creations to be
    auctioned off later on Ebay to benefit the non-profit
    organization Dress for Success).

* Edward Gorey's Dracula - 10/02/2007 -  01/08/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1074

    The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to present Edward Gorey's
    "Dracula," an amazing exhibition of the master cartoonist's
    original set and costume designs, rare production photographs
    and memorabilia from the Tony Award-winning Broadway production.

* Special Features speakers - 11/03/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1433

    Join the sculptor of many Schulz courtyard features, Michael
    Hayden, Snoopy Labyrinth designer, Lea Goode-Harris and others
    as they share insights into their work and the building of the
    Schulz Museum.

* Hot Earth - 11/09/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1582

    WING IT! Performance Ensemble turns its creative gaze directly
    on questions of global warming and earth care. Are we going to
    burn to a crisp in 10 years? Come find out! This multi-talented
    and exuberant InterPlay-style improvisational performance
    ensemble seamlessly weaves storytelling, movement, and live
    music while confessionally exploring all the personal and
    political angles of this "hot" issue.

* Artisans Art Gallery presents War and Peace - 11/09/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1663

    Exploring internal or external conflict and resolution, this
    widely inclusive and eclectic show (just in time for fall) will
    feature oil paintings, monoprints and etchings, photography,
    mixed media, drawing and sculptures.

* Second Saturday Cartoonist - 11/10/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1434

    Meet Bay Area artist, Lark Pien. She works as an artist,
    writer and cartoonist and has created Long Tail Kitty and
    many other mini-comics.

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  SHOW YOUR TALENT
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* A Taste of Sex: Erotic Poetry Readings  (1st & 3rd Mondays)
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1913

    Come share your turn-on at this Erotic Open Mic Night

* Poetry & Jazz Jam (Tuesday)
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1365

    An open mic with Jazz music accomplishment

* BERZERKELEY SLAM - Wednesdays
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=872

    Bring on your best poetry and hear the best.

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FILM
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* Special Halloween Screening - 10/31/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1745

    Special Halloween Screening -- The Last Man on Earth,
    Introduced by Local Filmmaker Dave Taylor

* Calling Betty Page: Surveying Sex in Cinema - 11/09/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1912

    featuring a intriguing and offbeat history of sex in cinema
    from the archives of Portland film collector Ian Sundahl

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COMING SOON!
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* Junkestra! Symphony & Music from the Dump! - 11/16/2007
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php? 
com=detail&eID=1665&year=2007&month=11

    Oboes and violins will make way for serving trays and copper
    pipes when musicians perform local composer Nathaniel Stookey's
    "Junkestra" -- an original symphony in three movements -- under
    the baton of San Francisco Symphony Resident Conductor Benjamin
    Schwartz and played  by the percussion section from the San
    Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. The evening will begin with
    short videos created by five of the program's artists, including
    "I Am Your Appetite" by Banker White, "Dining at the Dump" by
    Robin Lasser, "The Why of the System" by Nomi Talisman, and
    untitled video works by Don Ross and Reddy Lieb.

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