SOCIAL: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco FRIDAY Dec 19th

[adrian cotter]

I'm definitely going as well.

adrian

On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Amandeep Jawa wrote:

> Adrian & I are big fans of this lecture series & I'm definitely  
> going to this one (Adrian? Tom?).  Anyone else?  This sounds really  
> good.
> 'deep
> --
> Rick Prelinger is a guerrilla archivist who collects the uncollected  
> and makes it accessible. Prelinger will be presenting his third  
> annual "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco" event, a montage of lost  
> and rarely-seen film clips showing life, landscapes and labor in a  
> vanished San Francisco as captured by amateurs, newsreel cameramen  
> and industrial filmmakers.
> "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco," Rick Prelinger, Cowell Theater,  
> Fort Mason, San Francisco, Theater doors open at 7pm, Friday,  
> December 19.  The talk starts promptly at 7:30pm.  Admission is free  
> (a $10 donation is always welcome, not required).
> We encourage the audience to interact with the film, especially to  
> identify mystery scenes! After the event will be a reception and  
> holiday party at The Long Now Museum and Store. The Prelingers, Long  
> Now's staff and board will be on hand, and we plan to continue to  
> project footage from the Prelinger Archive on every surface we can.  
> There will be some light snacks and wine served.
>
> Talks coming up:
>
> Jan. 16 (Friday) - Saul Griffith, "Climate Change Recalculated"
> Feb. 13 (Friday) - Dmitri Orlov, "Social Collapse Best Practices"
> Mar. 20 (Friday) - Daniel Everett, "Endangered Languages, Lost  
> Knowledge and the Future"
> May 5 (TUESDAY) - Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore's Dilemma & In  
> Defense of Food
> May 18 (MONDAY) - Paul Romer, "A Theory of History, with an  
> Application"
> Aug 25 (MONDAY) - Wayne Clough, the new Secretary of the Smithsonian  
> Institute
>
> NEWS: The Rosetta Disk is complete.  We have produced a browsable  
> DVD version of the Disk and it is now available for purchase ($15,  
> all proceeds go to the Rosetta Project).  This version may not last  
> quite 10,000 years, but it does allow you to easily browse the all  
> 13,000 pages of linguistic content without a microscope.  We will  
> have copies available this Friday night, or you can order them in  
> our online store.
>
> High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits are available to  
> Long Now members.  Membership, which costs $8/month ($96/year),  
> helps support the series and other Long Now projects.  Joinable here.
>
> This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking  
> (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation.  Free audios and my  
> summaries of all previous talks are available for download here (or  
> stay up to date with the Podcast here).  You'll find a range of long- 
> term thinking items on our Blog (RSS).  If you would like to be  
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> Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now--- 415-561-6582  
> x1, danielle at longnow.org.
>
> You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be  
> interested.
> -- 
> Alexander Rose
> The Long Now Foundation (executive director)
>
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