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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Adrian Cotter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acotter@nonsensical.com">acotter@nonsensical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">flavorpill had a few events perhaps of interest to you all:<br>
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Lombard Street being turned into a giant version of Candyland<br>
tomorrow. For charity.<br>
<a href="http://sfappeal.com/alley/2009/08/lombard-street-to-become-giant-candyland-game-wednesday.php" target="_blank">http://sfappeal.com/alley/2009/08/lombard-street-to-become-giant-candyland-game-wednesday.php</a><br>
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Peter Coyote: Sleeping Where I Fall a memoir about SF and the Diggers<br>
a counter culture activist/theater group in the 60s who it sounds like<br>
we'd all appreciate. at Booksmith Thursday night.<br>
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Sita Sings the Blues at the Red Vic! -- in case, 'deep hasn't got you<br>
to see it yet, you should go see it.<br>
Monday Aug 24 (7:15 & 9:15pm)<br>
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They did not have my thursday SFNHS lecture (historical ecological<br>
maps at the Randall, thurs 8/20 at 7:30pm). but I'll get that in there<br>
someday :-)<br>
<a href="http://sfnhs.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://sfnhs.wordpress.com</a><br>
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Adrian<br>
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SF Appeal reports that Lombard Street will be transformed into a giant<br>
version of Candyland tomorrow in honor of the iconic board game's 60th<br>
anniversary. Sadly, there will not actually be giant gumdrop mountains<br>
or a chocolate swamp to become deliciously mired in, but the slightly<br>
surreal makeover of one of San Francisco's landmarks makes me think of<br>
the more subversive attempts by '60s underground radical performance<br>
troupe the Diggers to reimagine the city as a progressive Candyland<br>
with free meals and consciousness-expanding art for all. In light of<br>
the media's recent boomer nostalgia-fest over Woodstock's 40th, the<br>
Diggers' largely unsung story reminds us that behind all the tuning<br>
in, turning on, and dropping out was a concerted attempt at community<br>
re-organizing. In a sense, the Diggers asked, "why settle for a world<br>
of pure imagination?" That call to arms still inspires today.<br>
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READING<br>
Peter Coyote: Sleeping Where I Fall<br>
when: Thursday Aug 20 (7:30pm)<br>
where: Booksmith (1644 Haight St, 415.863.8688) map<br>
price: FREE<br>
Blurring the lines between grassroots activism and agit-prop<br>
theater, San Francisco's Diggers embodied the counter-cultural ethos<br>
that defined the city in the '60s. The Diggers gave away free food on<br>
a daily basis, ran a free medical clinic, threw guerrilla concerts in<br>
Golden Gate Park, and used the city's streets as their stage for<br>
performances such as the Death of Money Parade and the Death of<br>
Hippie/Birth of Free, which garnered national media attention.<br>
Tonight, activist, actor, and Digger founding member Peter Coyote<br>
reads from his just re-published memoir Sleeping Where I Fall, which<br>
recounts his wild, hopeful years spent attempting to make SF, and<br>
wherever else he roamed, truly free. - Matt Sussman<br>
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FILM: Animation<br>
Sita Sings the Blues<br>
when: Monday Aug 24 (7:15 & 9:15pm) More times»<br>
where: Red Vic (1727 Haight St, 415.668.3994) map<br>
price: $9<br>
From a profound dharmic confluence comes Sita Sings the Blues, a<br>
breathtaking animated film by cartoonist Nina Paley. As her<br>
comic-world fame and interest in low-fi cinema grew, Paley found<br>
herself first living in India, then in NYC in a post-divorce hell,<br>
when her personal challenges dovetailed into an inspired whole. Having<br>
already been absorbed in the art and literature of India — in<br>
particular Rama and Sita's epic love story in the ancient Ramayana —<br>
Paley discovered parallels in the sultry jazz of flapper icon Annette<br>
Hanshaw. Separated by centuries, the passions of these women take up a<br>
common cause in this haunting celebration of love's transformative<br>
power. If you missed Sita the first time around, you owe it to<br>
yourself to see it on the big screen. - Shana Nys Dambrot<br>
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