[Indy Arts] Free workshop & radio tonight; Expo returns; free tickets!

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Here's a slew of updates for you about Independent Arts & Media, a free speech and civil society nonprofit group with a mission to expand civic dialogue by increasing access to independent voices. 

Read on to learn about: 

   -- A free indy publishing workshop tonight
   -- A new radio broadcast on "The Future of Education"
   -- The 2007 Expo for the Artist & Musician (Sept. 15 @ Somarts!)
   -- the NEW Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed
   -- Volunteer @ Mission Creek Music Fest and SF Int'l Arts Fest
   -- 20% SFIAFF discounts for Indy Arts subscribers!
 
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INDY ARTS IN ACTION

 * TONIGHT, Thursday, May 3: "Read Me!" An Indy Publishing Workshop
   At Modern Times Bookstore, SF, 7:30p.m., FREE
   
   With panelists from AK Press, Other Magazine, Kitchen Sink 
   Magazine and others. Details here:
   
   http://artsandmedia.net/cgi-bin/dc/expo/2007/publishing_workshop.txt
     

 * TONIGHT, Thursday, May 3: "Shaping San Francisco Radio"
   10:30 p.m., KUSF, 90.3 FM, San Francisco, online @ www.kusf.org/ 
      
   This week we kick off a new four-part panel discussion and audience
   dialogue on "Reading, Writing and Teaching: the Future of Education." 
   
   It's an amazing discourse that overs home schooling in the Bay Area, 
   public school reform, and some deep and critical thinking about 
   standardized testing, privatization and the purpose of public 
   education in a civil society.
   
   
 * COMING SEPT. 15: The Eighth Annual Expo for the Artist & Musician!

   The Bay Area's only grassroots connection fair for independent 
   art, music and culture returns to SomArts in September. Learn
   how you can get a table, volunteer, sponsor the Expo and more: 
   
   http://artsandmedia.net/expo/participate/
   
   
 * HAVE YOU SEEN the -new- Newsdesk.org? 
 
   Newsdesk.org and News You Might Have Missed were relaunched this
   spring with a new format and new Web page. They are leading sources
   for important but overlooked news from around the world. Check 'em 
   out, and tell your friends! 
   
   http://newsdesk.org/
   http://newsdesk.org/archives/003263.html
   

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SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS & ALLIES
 
 * VOLUNTEER at the 11th Annual Mission Creek Music & Arts Fest

   Mission Creek is one of the best indy-culture showcases on the
   planet! They need volunteers for sponsorship, event production,
   publicity, sustainability and more: 
   
   http://www.mcmf.org/volunteer.php
   
   
 * VOLUNTEER at the SF International Arts Festival!

   SFIAF offers free tickets to volunteers helping in every aspect
   of the event's production. This year's theme is "Conversations 
   Across the African Diaspora."
   
   http://www.sfiaf.org/postcards/2007/0425/email.html
   
   
 * DISCOUNT TICKETS for SFIAF! May 16-27
 
   Exclusive to Indy Arts subscribers, the SF International Arts
   fest is offering a remarkable savings for their 2007 program 
   on the African diaspora. See below for details, and tell them
   Indy Arts send you! 
 
   "The 2007 San Francisco International Arts Festival will run from
   May 16-27 and will include the US debut of the globe-trotting 
   Guinean acrobatic company, Circus Baobab. 
   
   "Members of Independent Arts & Media can get a 20% discount off 
   the cost of tickets to the Circus and all of the Festival's 
   performance programs if they purchase their tickets in advance. 
   
   "To take advantage of this offer call the box-office at 
   415-439-2456 and tell them you are a subscriber of Independent 
   Arts & Media and you will qualify for the discount. 
   
   "For the full schedule go to: http://sfiaf.org  "
 
 
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turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
-- Groucho Marx