SOCIAL: a few events

[Adrian Cotter]

flavorpill had a few events perhaps of interest to you all:

Lombard Street being turned into a giant version of Candyland
tomorrow. For charity.
http://sfappeal.com/alley/2009/08/lombard-street-to-become-giant-candyland-game-wednesday.php

Peter Coyote: Sleeping Where I Fall a memoir about SF and the Diggers
a counter culture activist/theater group in the 60s who it sounds like
we'd all appreciate. at Booksmith Thursday night.

Sita Sings the Blues at the Red Vic! -- in case, 'deep hasn't got you
to see it yet, you should go see it.
Monday Aug 24 (7:15 & 9:15pm)

They did not have my thursday SFNHS lecture (historical ecological
maps at the Randall, thurs 8/20 at 7:30pm). but I'll get that in there
someday :-)
http://sfnhs.wordpress.com

Adrian


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SF Appeal reports that Lombard Street will be transformed into a giant
version of Candyland tomorrow in honor of the iconic board game's 60th
anniversary. Sadly, there will not actually be giant gumdrop mountains
or a chocolate swamp to become deliciously mired in, but the slightly
surreal makeover of one of San Francisco's landmarks makes me think of
the more subversive attempts by '60s underground radical performance
troupe the Diggers to reimagine the city as a progressive Candyland
with free meals and consciousness-expanding art for all. In light of
the media's recent boomer nostalgia-fest over Woodstock's 40th, the
Diggers' largely unsung story reminds us that behind all the tuning
in, turning on, and dropping out was a concerted attempt at community
re-organizing. In a sense, the Diggers asked, "why settle for a world
of pure imagination?" That call to arms still inspires today.



  READING
Peter Coyote: Sleeping Where I Fall
when: Thursday Aug 20 (7:30pm)
where: Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688) map
price: FREE
  Blurring the lines between grassroots activism and agit-prop
theater, San Francisco's Diggers embodied the counter-cultural ethos
that defined the city in the '60s. The Diggers gave away free food on
a daily basis, ran a free medical clinic, threw guerrilla concerts in
Golden Gate Park, and used the city's streets as their stage for
performances such as the Death of Money Parade and the Death of
Hippie/Birth of Free, which garnered national media attention.
Tonight, activist, actor, and Digger founding member Peter Coyote
reads from his just re-published memoir Sleeping Where I Fall, which
recounts his wild, hopeful years spent attempting to make SF, and
wherever else he roamed, truly free. - Matt Sussman



FILM: Animation
Sita Sings the Blues
when: Monday Aug 24 (7:15 & 9:15pm) More times»
where: Red Vic (1727 Haight St, 415.668.3994) map
price: $9
  From a profound dharmic confluence comes Sita Sings the Blues, a
breathtaking animated film by cartoonist Nina Paley. As her
comic-world fame and interest in low-fi cinema grew, Paley found
herself first living in India, then in NYC in a post-divorce hell,
when her personal challenges dovetailed into an inspired whole. Having
already been absorbed in the art and literature of India — in
particular Rama and Sita's epic love story in the ancient Ramayana —
Paley discovered parallels in the sultry jazz of flapper icon Annette
Hanshaw. Separated by centuries, the passions of these women take up a
common cause in this haunting celebration of love's transformative
power. If you missed Sita the first time around, you owe it to
yourself to see it on the big screen. - Shana Nys Dambrot

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