Bay Area Arts Events * "Censored Cinema," calls for submissions, license your music & more

Sat Feb 16 10:35:59 PST 2008

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  BAY AREA ARTS EVENTS * February 15-29, 2008
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  A free service of Expo for the Artist & Musician
  http://artsandmedia.net/expo/
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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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    * INDY ARTS EVENTS
      - A New Virtual You" -- March 3 free workshop

    * Favorite
      - Censored Cinema: "The Bad Seed," "Little Black Lamb"

    * Call for submissions
      - The Show Starts on the Sidewalk - SCREENING Series

    * D.I.Y. Workshops/ lectures
      - Free Film and Media Literacy Workshops
      - License Your Music for Fun and Profit

    * Exhibits/ Performances
      - New Exhibit-'Beyond Words'
      - Small Press Spotlight - featuring Joey Sayers
      - Juried Annual 2008 at Pro Arts
      - The ZGAC's Black History Month 2008 Original Art Exhibit
      - Compass!
      - New Exhibit-'The Language of Lines'
      - Alameda On Camera - 48-Hrs, 48 Artists, 48 Pcs of the Map

    * Benefit/ Special Events
      - 21 Grand Benefit
      - Cartoon Art Museum Event
      - Luke Feldman aka SKAFFS at WonderCon 2008
      - Cartoon Art Museum Events at WonderCon

    * Film
     - SF IndieFest
     - Censored Cinema:"The Bad Seed"

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  INDY ARTS & MEDIA EVENTS
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* "A New Virtual You"
  How to advance your work, your art, yourself via the internet

  [Presented by Independent Arts & Media and Lilycat.com]

  TIME & DATE:
  Monday, March 3
  7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. with reception afterward

  LOCATION:
  AccessSF Studio -- 1720 Market at Valencia, San Francisco

  SEATING IS LIMITED:
  Call Indy Arts to RSVP: 415/677-9877

  DESCRIPTION:

  Between blogging, Internet radio, Myspace, Facebook, Wikipedia,
  and Web sites galore, the internet is part of our daily lives.

  If you can't Google it -- it may not exist. Learn how to use
  the internet to it's best abilities to improve your knowledge
  and expand your exposure.

  FEATURING:

  -- BLOG IT WITH BLOGHER with beautiful Liz Henry of
     BlogHer, http://liz-henry.blogspot.com

  -- WEBCASTING with John Miller - the grandfather of webcasting

  -- WORKING WIKIPEDIA with music writer and event planner
     extraordinaire DJ Pusspuss

  -- LIST IT with Larry Bob Roberts of "Queer Things to Do in
     San Francisco," also called the homo Craigslist

  -- Moderated by podcaster/life coach Michael Vav

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  FAVORITE
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* Censored Cinema: "The Bad Seed" - 02/16/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5544

  Kids Who Kill, the classic 1956 psycho suspense drama
  starring Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly Eileen Heckart, Henry
  Jones, Paul Fix. Directed by Mervyn Le Roy with music by
  Composer Alex North ("A Streetcar Named Desire," "Journey Into
  Fear," "The Misfits") Plus: "The Little Black Lamb," A 1955
  Mental Hygiene film by Encyclopedia Britannica.

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  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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** The Show Starts on the Sidewalk - Film Series - Deadline 02/28/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4607

   We are looking for submissions under 10 minutes in length
   that relate to the theme of INTERVENTION. This film program
   will be screened as a part of the Interrupt, Intervene!
   Art as Social Change Festival hosted by UC Santa Cruz.

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  DIY WORKSHOPS/ LECTURES
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* Free Film and Media Literacy Workshops - 01/15/08 -08/29/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2560

  Take advantage of free Film and Media Literacy Workshops offered
  exclusively to youth groups (ages 13-24). The purpose of these workshops
  is to further media education and film appreciation through the non-profit
  Ninth Street Independent Film Center organizations.

* Cal Lawyers for the Arts presents: License Your Music for Fun and Profit -
02/27/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4631

  Licensing opportunities of all types abound in today's music
  industry, providing creators with the ability to make money by
  "renting" out their music without giving up ownership rights.
  This workshop covers the basics of music licensing, including
  an overview of how licensing agreements are put together, as
  well as the rang of new licensing prospects which have evolved
  in the last few years.

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 EXHIBITS
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* Small Press Spotlight - featuring Joey Sayers - 01/26/08 -05/04/08
  http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3801

  Featuring Oakland woman cartoonist and author of
  "Play on Words," Joey Sayers

* Juried Annual 2008 at Pro Arts - 01/30/08 -03/08/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4929

  Once a year, Pro Arts hosts Juried Annual, a juried exhibition
  of work by its member artist constituency. The exhibition showcases
  work by artists of all ages who live and work in the Bay Area.
  Hundreds of artists submit work digitally in a variety of media
  (including painting, photography, sculpture, textile, glass,
  installation, digital, installation and performance art) for
  consideration, and over 1,000 pieces are reviewed for
  exhibition inclusion by an esteemed member of the Bay
  Area art world.

* The ZGAC's Black History Month 2008 Original Art Exhibit- 01/30/08
-02/27/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4493

  Jazz legend Betty Carter captured in pencil, graphite,
  charcoal, and watercolor, by artist b jAXON, E.C.A.D.,
  for tHE ART oF MUZICK

* Compass!- 01/30/08 -02/28/08
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4796

  Micaela Gallery announces the opening of "Compass!" a group
  exhibition referencing new directions in artwork by emerging
  artists at Micaela Gallery. Featured artists include recent
  MFA graduates from the San Francisco Art Institute, offering
  a collection of work that reference landscape and the
  effect of place.

* New Exhibit-'The Language of Lines' - 02/02/2008 - 08/10/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4302

  This exhibit explores the "visual shorthand" of comic art
  and how speed lines and other graphics are used to convey
  emotions and ideas. Exhibit runs till August 11, 2008.
  Museum closed on Tuesdays in winter.

* Alameda On Camera - 48-Hrs, 48 Artists, 48 Pcs of the Map - 02/22/2008 --
02/24/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3348

  Hosted by Frank Bette Center for the Arts. An exciting
  Annual Juried February Event followed by a Showcase
  Exhibit in April. The invited photo-based artists will spend
  48 hours exploring our neighborhoods, favorite places, and
  secret hideaways. Our families, friends, and town characters,
  both the famous and anonymous, will be in the spotlight.

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BENEFIT/ SPECIAL EVENTS
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* 21 Grand Benefit - 02/15/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5592

  This show features performances by: Murder Murder (free
  improv party band led by the always-engaging Paul Costuros),
  K.I.T. (melodic experimental rock blasts of innovation and
  fun, featuring members of xbxrx), Cryptacize (jarringly lovely
  guitar-driven trio featuring Nedelle Torrisi, Chris Cohen
  and Michael Carreira), Face (guitar and electronics from the
  inventive, talented Rose from Zeek Sheck), and SL Morse (Sarah
  Lockhart's conceptual project translating texts into morse code,
  that becomes the rudimentary drum score for percussion-driven
  improvisation heavy on the syncopation, and erratic shifts) .

* Cartoon Art Museum Events at WonderCon - 02/23/2008 - - 02/24/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5000

  Saturday morning, February 23, 10:30am-12:00pm:  Dan Piraro,
  creator of the nationally-syndicated comic Bizarro will be
  sketching and signing books at the Cartoon Art Museum's
  booth at WonderCon ...

* Cartoon Art Museum Event - 02/22/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4999

  The Cartoon Art Museum's Annual WonderCon Weekend Party
  will be held on Friday, February 22. Many of the featured
  artists and special WonderCon guests will be in attendance.

* Luke Feldman aka SKAFFS at WonderCon 2008 - 02/24/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5324

  Australian artist, Luke Feldman aka SKAFFS (www.skaffs.com)
  will be at the Cartoon Art Museum Booth on Sunday 24 February
  2008 from 1-5pm at Wonder Con 2008.

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FILM
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* SF IndieFest - 02/07/2008 - 02/19/2008
http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=5115

  Your best chance to see the best indy films and support local
  venues

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