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January/February 2003
| Addendum 2/7/2003: Well,
you didn't really think we could do just one update in two months, did
you?!? Below are the highlighted entotainment updates:
BBALL Update for all: Co-ed basketball this Sunday February 9th at 10:00 a.m., Cragmont School at Cragmont at Marin Avenue in Berkeley/Albany. All levels of skill and non-skill welcome! (And there's a beautiful view!!)......Later that day at 5:00, we hope to check out Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping at the Digital Movie House, 1306 Mission at 9th in SF, part of SFIndieFest! Teaching Inspiration on PBS: February 16 at 6:00pm: Accidental Hero: Room 408, profiles Tommie Lindsay and the diverse and inspiring forensics team he has led for many years! Theater Updates: One of the funniest voices in the land, Thessaly Lerner, performs at LaVal's Subterranean theater in Berkeley the next three weeks with Champion!, her one woman show. (We currently plan to go Thursday the 13th.)...........At the Magic, Joe Goode's Body Familiar has been extended through 2/9! Next up at the Magic: 8 Bob Off, written by Gary Leon Hill and directed by David Dower, runs February 14 - March 9!!............Wayne Harris' Mother's Milk is recommended at the Marsh through February 22nd (we're still accepting chaperones for our 8th grader excursion to the show on February 21st)!.........Or if you still haven't seen Josh Kornbluth's Red Diaper Baby, get thee to Stanford University on February 21st and see Wayne Harris another night during the run at the Marsh!......Get to San Jose if you can to see Culture Clash in AmeriCCa now through March 2. Film Festival Updates: Human Rights International Film Festival ..............San Francisco Black Independent Film Festival on 2/22..............Deaf Film Festival at the Pacific Film Archive February 21-23..............Cinequest in San Jose February 27-March 9..............Asian American Film Festival March 6-16..............Chinatown Film Series February 18- March 4 with various films about Chinese American history. Film+Theater combined: The Digital Center for Storytelling is having a benefit performance event on February 13 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts! Last BBALL Update: Cal women vs. USC on 2/22--everyone under 17 admitted free! We'll be there--and if anyone wants to play some basketball afterwards, let us know! (Or any other day!!!) Some good ideas for Sunday Sport+Supper have already come in--keep the ideas coming and we'll formulate something in March! |
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Sarah
Jones is a writer and performer who consistently exceeds
our highest expectations with her incomparable dexterity of inhabiting
characters from around the block to around the world. We are fortunate
that she currently visits the Bay Area often to share her considerable
talents. She is performing "Waking the American Dream" February
1-2
at Marin Centerstage (tickets still available). And she will be
back to perform her breakthrough solo performance "Surface Transit"
at Berkeley Rep
April 18 - May 18.
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Sherry Glaser performs
her newest one woman show Oh My Goddess at Venue
9 January 24-25, and performs the original magic of her first
one woman show Family Secrets on February
5th at Stanford University!
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| Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin premieres on PBS January 20th, and is a terrific documentary on the life of an extremely important figure in the civil rights movement. The PBS site features lots of essays and multimedia materials to explore! |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives, the new HBO documentary produced in association with the Library of Congress, draws upon the powerful accounts of former slaves told through interviews conducted in the 1930s by the WPA. Free preview screening on Sunday, February 2nd at the San Francisco Main Library, Free at the Lower Level, Koret Auditorium, 1:00 –3:00 pm. |
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One of a kind choreographer Joe Goode writes and directs Body
Familiar at The Magic Theater through Febuary 2nd: |
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With the goal of peaceful resolution, we strongly urge people to join the Not in Our Name campaign urging the United States government to decrease rather than increase our ongoing murdering of innocents in Iraq without justification. On January 31st, Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Ozomatli, and others are performing a benefit performance to promote awareness of this grave issue. Whether or not you can go to the concert, we hope you'll patiently consider this issue of serious consequences for us all. |
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Wayne
Harris' Mother's Milk, a loving tribute looks at the
impact that his mother's diagnosis with breast cancer and subsequent
death has on those she leaves behind. Fridays and Saturdays through
February 22nd (join DMDCAF on Friday, February 21st and let us know
if you're available for carpooling some exceptional eighth graders!)
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SF Sketchfest brings sketch comedy groups from around the world to San Francisco! |
| SF IndieFest 2003 runs February 6-16th at the Castro, Roxie, and other venues and will undoubtedly feature another eclectic lineup of independent films. |
International Championship of Collegiate A Capella Far West competition on February 8th at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley, 8pm. |
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Terry Baum premieres Waiting for the Podiatrist at Venue 9 February 8 - March 2, portraying herself caught between a deathly ill father and a terminally irritating mother. |
Walnut Creek's Playhouse West presents their first production of 2003, Nightfall, by Joanna Murray-Smith, through February 23rd. |
| The Original Modern Lover, Jonathan Richman, enchants us some more with his inimitable dance moves Thursday, January 30th at the Stanford Coffeehouse. He'll be in Ben Lomond at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern on February 6th before heading to Southern California and then onto Europe, where are they are impatiently awaiting his next dance move. |
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