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Updated: 1 year 27 weeks ago
Qcomedy
QComedy presents Saturday night gay comedy.
Qcomedy
QComedy presents Saturday night gay comedy.
Leslie and the Lys
Leslie and the Lys ("Gem Sweater", "Gold Pants") make their SF debut along with Fierce Perm. Early show. $10
Four Years Later: American Soldiers Share Their Stories on the Anniversary of the Iraq War
PANEL:
CAMILLE EVANS, Army Sergeant
BRETT MILLER, National Guard Sergeant, Resident, Traumatic Brain Injury Center, VA Palo Alto Hospital
PAUL REICKHOFF, Infantry Officer, NY Army National Guard; Founder and Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
JOHN KOOPMAN, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle - Moderator
TIME:
6 p.m., Check-in | 6:30 p.m., Program
PRICE:
$12 for Members, $20 for Non-Members, $7 for Students (with valid ID)
Reservations 415/597-6705
CONTACT:
Caroline Moriarity-Sacks, 415-597-6720, cms@commonwealthclub.org
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After four years at war in Iraq, more than 150,000 troops have been deployed and more than 3,000 American men and women have lost their lives. But the fallout of the war goes beyond casualties, touching returning soldiers, their families and fellow Americans. Hear young veterans share their experiences on the ground in Iraq and coming home. No news program or article can offer this amount of insight into the reality of being a soldier.
INFORUM is a division of The Commonwealth Club by and for people in their 20s and 30s, with a mission to inspire debates around civic issues. INFORUM has 2,500 members.
CAMILLE EVANS, Army Sergeant
BRETT MILLER, National Guard Sergeant, Resident, Traumatic Brain Injury Center, VA Palo Alto Hospital
PAUL REICKHOFF, Infantry Officer, NY Army National Guard; Founder and Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
JOHN KOOPMAN, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle - Moderator
TIME:
6 p.m., Check-in | 6:30 p.m., Program
PRICE:
$12 for Members, $20 for Non-Members, $7 for Students (with valid ID)
Reservations 415/597-6705
CONTACT:
Caroline Moriarity-Sacks, 415-597-6720, cms@commonwealthclub.org
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After four years at war in Iraq, more than 150,000 troops have been deployed and more than 3,000 American men and women have lost their lives. But the fallout of the war goes beyond casualties, touching returning soldiers, their families and fellow Americans. Hear young veterans share their experiences on the ground in Iraq and coming home. No news program or article can offer this amount of insight into the reality of being a soldier.
INFORUM is a division of The Commonwealth Club by and for people in their 20s and 30s, with a mission to inspire debates around civic issues. INFORUM has 2,500 members.
FREE Movie Screening of "Frozen Days " and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
Frozen Days
FREE Movie Screening and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
March 7, 2007 - San Francisco
Anat Klausner stars in the movie Frozen Days as Meow, a young woman roaming the streets and clubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. One night, she decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. The road leading to the blind date is full of obstacles and mistaken identities. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their meeting. After she finds Alex in the hospital, comatosed, she moves into his empty apartment. Gradually, the tenants start referring to her as Alex, and as she assumes this identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous and deluded reality.
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30 PM
Theatre of Yugen at Noh Space
2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
RSVP: http://frozen.eventbrite.com/
http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/mail/frozen/sf.pdf
FREE Movie Screening and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
March 7, 2007 - San Francisco
Anat Klausner stars in the movie Frozen Days as Meow, a young woman roaming the streets and clubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. One night, she decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. The road leading to the blind date is full of obstacles and mistaken identities. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their meeting. After she finds Alex in the hospital, comatosed, she moves into his empty apartment. Gradually, the tenants start referring to her as Alex, and as she assumes this identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous and deluded reality.
Wednesday, March 7 @ 7:30 PM
Theatre of Yugen at Noh Space
2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
RSVP: http://frozen.eventbrite.com/
http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/mail/frozen/sf.pdf
FREE Movie Screening of "Frozen Days " and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
Frozen Days
FREE Movie Screening and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
March 6, 2007 - San Francisco
Anat Klausner stars in the movie Frozen Days as Meow, a young woman roaming the streets and clubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. One night, she decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. The road leading to the blind date is full of obstacles and mistaken identities. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their meeting. After she finds Alex in the hospital, comatosed, she moves into his empty apartment. Gradually, the tenants start referring to her as Alex, and as she assumes this identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous and deluded reality.
Tuesday, March 6 @ 7 PM
Academy of Art University
79 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
FREE
http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/mail/frozen/sf.pdf
FREE Movie Screening and Talk with Lead Actress Anat Klausner
March 6, 2007 - San Francisco
Anat Klausner stars in the movie Frozen Days as Meow, a young woman roaming the streets and clubs of Tel Aviv. She lives in empty apartments and surfs the internet chat rooms. One night, she decides to meet Alex, her chat buddy. The road leading to the blind date is full of obstacles and mistaken identities. They plan to meet in a nightclub but a suicide bombing prevents their meeting. After she finds Alex in the hospital, comatosed, she moves into his empty apartment. Gradually, the tenants start referring to her as Alex, and as she assumes this identity, she finds herself sinking into a dangerous and deluded reality.
Tuesday, March 6 @ 7 PM
Academy of Art University
79 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
FREE
http://www.embassyofisrael.org/sanfran/mail/frozen/sf.pdf
An Evening with Award Winning Korean Film Director Bong Joon-Ho
One Night Only -- Memories of Murder and Barking Dogs Never Bite
The San Francisco Film Society presents an evening with Korea’s critically acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (The Host, 2006) featuring screenings of Memories of Murder and Barking Dogs Never Bite at Landmark’s Clay Theatre on Monday, March 5, 2007.
6:30 pm Memories of Murder -- A police investigation into a series of brutal murders in the 1980s becomes a powerful portrait of a repressive society. Based on Korea’s first serial killer case, this elegiac film offers a commanding sense of story and a tone balanced neatly between grim humor and tragic helplessness. (2003, 127 min)
Director Bong will engage with the audience following the screening of Memories, and introduce Barking Dogs.
9:45 pm Barking Dogs Never Bite -- Bong’s feature debut is a drily amusing, character-driven comedy about a lazy college lecturer driven to distraction by a constantly yipping dog. When he takes action against the annoying canine, a variety of friends and associates offer their own thoughts on the matter. (2000, 106 min)
Tickets are on sale for both members and non-members at www.sffs.org
Separate admission for each film,
$9 – SFFS members
$10 - student/senior
$11 – general
Bong’s latest film The Host sold out at the inaugural San Francisco International Animation Showcase last October, was the surprise hit of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and is now the all-time box office champion in Korea. The Host is being distributed in the United States by Magnolia Pictures and is slated to open at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema on March 9.
The San Francisco Film Society presents an evening with Korea’s critically acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (The Host, 2006) featuring screenings of Memories of Murder and Barking Dogs Never Bite at Landmark’s Clay Theatre on Monday, March 5, 2007.
6:30 pm Memories of Murder -- A police investigation into a series of brutal murders in the 1980s becomes a powerful portrait of a repressive society. Based on Korea’s first serial killer case, this elegiac film offers a commanding sense of story and a tone balanced neatly between grim humor and tragic helplessness. (2003, 127 min)
Director Bong will engage with the audience following the screening of Memories, and introduce Barking Dogs.
9:45 pm Barking Dogs Never Bite -- Bong’s feature debut is a drily amusing, character-driven comedy about a lazy college lecturer driven to distraction by a constantly yipping dog. When he takes action against the annoying canine, a variety of friends and associates offer their own thoughts on the matter. (2000, 106 min)
Tickets are on sale for both members and non-members at www.sffs.org
Separate admission for each film,
$9 – SFFS members
$10 - student/senior
$11 – general
Bong’s latest film The Host sold out at the inaugural San Francisco International Animation Showcase last October, was the surprise hit of the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and is now the all-time box office champion in Korea. The Host is being distributed in the United States by Magnolia Pictures and is slated to open at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema on March 9.
YPulse 2007 Mashup
Generation Y is the first generation that is “totally wired.” Technology is an integral part of being young today.
It helps younger people stay hyper-connected to their peers, empowers them to express themselves and
transforms how they consume and create media. Marketers and media producers who are targeting today’s
teens and youth markets need to gain a deeper understanding of the role that technology plays in young
peoples’ lives, and in the larger youth culture.
Ypulse, the leading independent blog for youth and teen media and marketing professionals, building on the
success of regional Mashups in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego, will present a national Mashup this
July in San Francisco, focused on how to use technology to reach the totally wired generation.
At the Mashup, youth marketers and media producers will learn how to harness social media and technology
in ways that are authentic, add value – and are not disruptive. The conference will present interactive,
thought-provoking discussions and presentations covering marketing and media topics related to:
• social networking sites,
• online video,
• podcasting,
• blogging,
• SMS and cell phones,
• virtual reality environments,
• instant messaging,
• video gaming,
• online music,
• ... and more.
The YPulse 2007 Mashup is produced by Modern Media, which builds, produces and markets highlyengaging
business events for leading media brands and media entrepreneurs.
It helps younger people stay hyper-connected to their peers, empowers them to express themselves and
transforms how they consume and create media. Marketers and media producers who are targeting today’s
teens and youth markets need to gain a deeper understanding of the role that technology plays in young
peoples’ lives, and in the larger youth culture.
Ypulse, the leading independent blog for youth and teen media and marketing professionals, building on the
success of regional Mashups in New York, Los Angeles and San Diego, will present a national Mashup this
July in San Francisco, focused on how to use technology to reach the totally wired generation.
At the Mashup, youth marketers and media producers will learn how to harness social media and technology
in ways that are authentic, add value – and are not disruptive. The conference will present interactive,
thought-provoking discussions and presentations covering marketing and media topics related to:
• social networking sites,
• online video,
• podcasting,
• blogging,
• SMS and cell phones,
• virtual reality environments,
• instant messaging,
• video gaming,
• online music,
• ... and more.
The YPulse 2007 Mashup is produced by Modern Media, which builds, produces and markets highlyengaging
business events for leading media brands and media entrepreneurs.
Fast and the Furious
This is fun
YBCA presents 2007 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
2007 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
March 2, 8, 15 & 22
$8 regular, $6 seniors, students & teachers/ $6 YBCA members
In collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, we present a selection of powerful documentaries. Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction and documentary films with distinctive human rights themes. The works help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail.
Total Denial
by Milena Kaneva (2006, 65 min, Beta)
Fri, Mar 2, 7:30 pm
This is the inspiring story of villagers from the jungles of Burma whose quest for justice eventually leads them to bring suit in a US court against two oil giants for human rights abuse. For five years producer/director Milena Kaneva collected accounts from Burmese villagers of forced labor, relocation of villages, rape and murder associated with construction of the Yadana pipeline, resulting in a landmark lawsuit.
Camden 28
by Anthony Giacchino (2006, 82 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 8, 7 pm
How far would you go to stop a war? In 1971, twenty-eight men and women in Camden, New Jersey, carried out a powerful act of civil disobedience against United States involvement in the Vietnam War. One of their most dramatic tactics was breaking into draft board offices to destroy government records that identified young men available for military service. Thirty-five years later, key participants openly discuss the tremendous personal costs of their actions.
KZ
by Rex Bloomstein (2005, 88 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 8, 8:45 pm
On the banks of the river Danube lies the picturesque town of Mauthausen, which attracts busloads of tourists and schoolchildren every day. But this is also a place where thousands of people from over thirty nations were tortured and murdered. It is the site of the former KZ—in German short for concentration camp.
Switch Off
by Manel Mayol (2005, 87 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 15, 7 pm
The Pehuenche-Mapuche people live above the Bíobío River, in Ralco valley, Chile. In 2004, Spain's largest hydroelectric company constructed the world’s third largest dam. This dam flooded the valley and forced whole villages to higher ground. Despite protections for indigenous people enshrined in the Chilean constitution, the government has not enforced their rights against the wealthy Spanish multinational. Protestors have found themselves arrested under Pinochet’s anti-terrorist laws, facing anonymous witnesses whose identities are concealed from even the court.
Rain in a Dry Land
by Anne Makepeace (2006, 83 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 15, 8:45 pm
In 2004, thirteen thousand Somali Bantu refugees realized their dream of coming to America. They are now living in fifty cities across the country, becoming the largest African group from a single community to settle in the United States at one time. The film chronicles two years in the lives of two extended Somali Bantu families as they leave behind a 200-year legacy of oppression in Africa.
Rosita
by Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater (2005, 55 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 22, 7 & 8:45 pm
In 2003, news spreads throughout Central America that a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl has become pregnant as the result of a rape. Rosarita is the only child of illiterate campesinos working in Costa Rica as coffee pickers at the time of the assault. Fearing for their daughter's life and mental health, her parents are determined to obtain an (illegal) abortion for their child. Despite the odds, Rosa's parents move forward only to be forced into battle with two governments, the medical establishment and the Catholic Church.
March 2, 8, 15 & 22
$8 regular, $6 seniors, students & teachers/ $6 YBCA members
In collaboration with the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, we present a selection of powerful documentaries. Human Rights Watch's International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction and documentary films with distinctive human rights themes. The works help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail.
Total Denial
by Milena Kaneva (2006, 65 min, Beta)
Fri, Mar 2, 7:30 pm
This is the inspiring story of villagers from the jungles of Burma whose quest for justice eventually leads them to bring suit in a US court against two oil giants for human rights abuse. For five years producer/director Milena Kaneva collected accounts from Burmese villagers of forced labor, relocation of villages, rape and murder associated with construction of the Yadana pipeline, resulting in a landmark lawsuit.
Camden 28
by Anthony Giacchino (2006, 82 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 8, 7 pm
How far would you go to stop a war? In 1971, twenty-eight men and women in Camden, New Jersey, carried out a powerful act of civil disobedience against United States involvement in the Vietnam War. One of their most dramatic tactics was breaking into draft board offices to destroy government records that identified young men available for military service. Thirty-five years later, key participants openly discuss the tremendous personal costs of their actions.
KZ
by Rex Bloomstein (2005, 88 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 8, 8:45 pm
On the banks of the river Danube lies the picturesque town of Mauthausen, which attracts busloads of tourists and schoolchildren every day. But this is also a place where thousands of people from over thirty nations were tortured and murdered. It is the site of the former KZ—in German short for concentration camp.
Switch Off
by Manel Mayol (2005, 87 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 15, 7 pm
The Pehuenche-Mapuche people live above the Bíobío River, in Ralco valley, Chile. In 2004, Spain's largest hydroelectric company constructed the world’s third largest dam. This dam flooded the valley and forced whole villages to higher ground. Despite protections for indigenous people enshrined in the Chilean constitution, the government has not enforced their rights against the wealthy Spanish multinational. Protestors have found themselves arrested under Pinochet’s anti-terrorist laws, facing anonymous witnesses whose identities are concealed from even the court.
Rain in a Dry Land
by Anne Makepeace (2006, 83 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 15, 8:45 pm
In 2004, thirteen thousand Somali Bantu refugees realized their dream of coming to America. They are now living in fifty cities across the country, becoming the largest African group from a single community to settle in the United States at one time. The film chronicles two years in the lives of two extended Somali Bantu families as they leave behind a 200-year legacy of oppression in Africa.
Rosita
by Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater (2005, 55 min, Beta)
Thu, Mar 22, 7 & 8:45 pm
In 2003, news spreads throughout Central America that a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl has become pregnant as the result of a rape. Rosarita is the only child of illiterate campesinos working in Costa Rica as coffee pickers at the time of the assault. Fearing for their daughter's life and mental health, her parents are determined to obtain an (illegal) abortion for their child. Despite the odds, Rosa's parents move forward only to be forced into battle with two governments, the medical establishment and the Catholic Church.
Conscious Hip-Hop With Felonious and Y-Love
Join Oakland's MC Crew Felonious and Brooklyn's innovative Hasidic MC
Y-Love in his first ever Bay Area performance for a night of music and
inspiration. We are proud to bring you this unique opportunity to hear
from Hip Hop artists about the power of art and activism followed by a
bumpin' live performance. Discussion will be moderated by
Singer/Songwriter Amy Tobin.
Felonious and Y-Love, Live at Bruno's
2389 Mission St, SF
415-643-5200
Saturday, Feb. 24
Discussion at 8pm
Live Show begins at 9pm
21+. Tickets $10.
RSVP for the discussion to hwinig@ajws.org.
Sponsored by the AJWS and AVODAH alumni partnership, the Hub of JCCSF
and Progressive Jewish Alliance
Y-Love in his first ever Bay Area performance for a night of music and
inspiration. We are proud to bring you this unique opportunity to hear
from Hip Hop artists about the power of art and activism followed by a
bumpin' live performance. Discussion will be moderated by
Singer/Songwriter Amy Tobin.
Felonious and Y-Love, Live at Bruno's
2389 Mission St, SF
415-643-5200
Saturday, Feb. 24
Discussion at 8pm
Live Show begins at 9pm
21+. Tickets $10.
RSVP for the discussion to hwinig@ajws.org.
Sponsored by the AJWS and AVODAH alumni partnership, the Hub of JCCSF
and Progressive Jewish Alliance
Happy Hour at Noise Pop Headquarters
Tequila Corralejo, Seagram's Vodka & Fernet Branca Presents
Happy Hour at Noise Pop Headquarters
Hosted by Snowcap and Jambase
Happy Hour at Noise Pop Headquarters
Hosted by Snowcap and Jambase
Liz Pappademas, John Vecchiarelli, John Weinland
CD Release for Liz Pappademas!
Ara Anderson + Dave Mihaly, Simon Rose + Damon Smith + Donald Robinson
Ara Anderson and Dave Mihaly will play a set of experimental and improvised music at 8pm.
http://www.araanderson.com
http://www.davemihaly.com
Simon Rose (alto saxophone, UK), Damon Smith (double bass), and Donald Robinson (drums) will play a set at 9pm.
http://www.araanderson.com
http://www.davemihaly.com
Simon Rose (alto saxophone, UK), Damon Smith (double bass), and Donald Robinson (drums) will play a set at 9pm.
