SOCIAL: a few events

[Geoff Davis]

I'll probably be at the Peter Coyote thing - the Diggers were a pretty
interesting group, and as a Haight St resident, I feel a certain obligation
to attend.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Adrian Cotter <acotter at nonsensical.com>wrote:

> 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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