film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Mon Apr 30 9:30pm - 10:30pm (Queer Things)
Reminder: Radical Vinyl: El Rio Dollar Mondays @ Mon Apr 30 9pm - Tue May 1, 2012 12am (Queer Things)
Radical Vinyl: El Rio Dollar Mondaysdj etcetera (2nd and 4th mondays) spinning electro, disco, soul and 80's hip-hop and 1st and 4th mondays with dj jen Come enjoy the lovely heated patio, take advantage of the cheap drinks and let the DJs broaden your horizons at the most diverse dive in the city. $1 cans of PBR! $2 WELL shots/mixed drinks! 21+ 9pm-1am. EL RIO - 3158 Mission Street, San Francisco.
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Mon Apr 30 7:15pm - 8:15pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Bay Area Young Positives drop-in group @ Mon Apr 30 7pm - 9pm (Queer Things)
Bay Area Young Positives drop-in groupDrop-in support group for young HIV positive people. Call Logan for more info logan@baypositives.org, (415) 487-1616. http://www.baypositives.org
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Reminder: web radio: Fembot & Friends on KUSF in Exile @ Mon Apr 30 7pm - 8pm (Queer Things)
web radio: Fembot & Friends on KUSF in ExileJoin hosts (goody-goody) Gary Fembot and (world-weary) Malcolm Hamilton as they spotlight a cross section of queer performers/personalities/cultural workers/seditionaries every Mon. night from 7-8pm on KUSF in Exile. Jan. 23: Our first show will feature writer/dj/go-go dancer Alvin Orloff. Jan. 30 we'll have musician/dancer/writer Brontez. http://savekusf.org/
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Reminder: The San Francisco LGBTQ Sangha @ Mon Apr 30 5:30pm - 6:30pm (Queer Things)
The San Francisco LGBTQ SanghaThe San Francisco LGBTQ Sangha Welcomes You. We invite you to our weekly meditation sitting group. Our group meets from 5:30 to 6:30pm each Monday, except holidays, and have been meeting since July 2002. We explore mindfulness, meditation, and spiritual practice in our day to day lives and focus on cultivating an open awareness spacious enough to include whatever arises moment to moment. It is a wonderful way to bring closure to your activities of the day. Format: meditation 30 min, topic discussion, dharma talk, or guest speaker 20-25 min short sitting 3-5 min. There group sustains itself through voluntary donations which in the Buddhist tradition is called the practice of "dana" or generosity. It is a drop-in group, so please join us in supporting and deepening our collective mindfulness practice. For more information, please emailSFLGBTsangha@yahoogroups.com -- Location: LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street, Room 300
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Reminder: Donation Based Yoga with Laura Arrington @ Mon Apr 30 9:15am - 10:45am (Queer Things)
Donation Based Yoga with Laura ArringtonDonation Based Yoga with Laura Arrington Sun Room Yoga Studio 2390 Mission @20th 3rd floor Mondays and Wednesdays 9:15-10:45am $10-20 suggested, but no one turned away for lack of funds lbarring@gmail.com http://www.lauraarringtondance/yoga
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sun Apr 29 9:30pm - 10:30pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sun Apr 29 7:15pm - 8:15pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Varla Jean Merman: The Book Of Merman @ Sun Apr 29 7pm - 8pm (Queer Things)
Varla Jean Merman: The Book Of MermanVarla Jean Merman with Tom Shaw (piano) and Roberta Drake (drums) Sponsored by Manhunt and Fleet Naturals *Tue-Sat, 4/17-21, 8pm Sun, 4/22, 7pm Wed-Sat, 4/25-28, 8pm Sun, 4/29, 7pm $35-40 *Opening Night Special $25 Jeffery Roberson aka Varla Jean Merman just recently starred in Willard Beckham's new musical Lucky Guy opposite Emmy Winner Leslie Jordan in NY at the Little Schubert Theatre. He also just completed shooting the feature film Varla Jean and The Mushroomheads which he wrote, starred in and produced. Jeffery guest starred as Varla Jean on Ugly Betty last year in the final season of the show. He was also featured on Bravo's Project Runway Season 5 as the winning model for the show's drag challenge. http://www.therrazzroom.com/12ap/varla_j2.html The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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Reminder: Sundance Saloon returns to 550 @ Sun Apr 29 5pm - 10:30pm (Queer Things)
Sundance Saloon returns to 550Double-check the website, but after August away, Sundance Saloon should be back at 550 Barneveld. Sundance Saloon is for country-western dancing, serving the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender community and its friends. Dance lessons at 5:30, 7 pm open dancing. At $5. http://sundancesaloon.org/
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sun Apr 29 4:30pm - 5:30pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Queer Queens Of Qomedy at the RRAZZ Room @ Sun Apr 29 3pm - 4pm (Queer Things)
Queer Queens Of Qomedy at the RRAZZ RoomSunday, April 29, 3pm: Poppy Champlin presents The Queer Queens Of Qomedy starring Poppy Champlin, Heather Gold and Kira Soltanovich (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) At the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nicco, 222 Mason St., SF CA http://therrazzroom.com/12ap/Q3.html
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Reminder: Super Big Gay Dance Party to benefit the 2012 Dyke March ... @ Sun Apr 29 3pm - 8pm (Queer Things)
Super Big Gay Dance Party to benefit the 2012 Dyke March at El RioSuper Big Gay Dance Party to benefit the 2012 Dyke March And this year we're More Super and Twice as GAY, so come Watusi, Boogaloo, Merengue, Dougie, Pop, Lock & Drop it for the Dyke March. Brought to you by: HARD FRENCH + MANGO + STAY GOLD April 29, 2012 3pm to 8pm El Rio Hosted by Alotta Boutte /www.facebook.com/alottaboutte HARD FRENCH (DJ Brown Amy & DJ Carnita) MANGO (DJ Marcella) STAY GOLD (DJ Pink Lightning & DJ Rapid Fire) RED HOTS BURLESQUE Dancers RAFFLE with Amazing prizes! PHOTO BOOTH by Keep Drowning Three of SF's hottest Queer Clubs come together to help raise funds to support the Dyke March and bring you an unforgettable dance party! DJ's on the Patio, Amazing Raffle, Photo Booth and Dancers. Get there early! Everyone Welcome! $7-500 sliding scale Why The Dyke March Needs Your Help!
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sun Apr 29 2:30pm - 3:30pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Out in the Bay radio show @ Sun Apr 29 2pm - 2:30pm (Queer Things)
Out in the Bay radio showLGBT radio show [Also broadcast Thursdays at 7:30 pm] On KALW, 91.7 FM. http://www.outinthebay.net/
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Reminder: FCC Free Radio: Lilycat on Stuff @ Sun Apr 29 12pm - 2pm (Queer Things)
FCC Free Radio: Lilycat on StuffNow "Lilycat on stuff' is on Sundays - 12-2PM on FCCFREERADIO 107.3 FM SAN FRANCISCO'S ALTERNATIVE RADIO On the web at: http://FCCFREERADIO.com http://www.lilycat.com/
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Reminder: Cockblock, now at the Rickshaw Stop @ Sat Apr 28 10pm - Sun Apr 29, 2012 12am (Queer Things)
Cockblock, now at the Rickshaw StopPumping up dancefloors since early 2006 and featured as 'The Best Place for Chicks (Who Like Chicks)' by the SF Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay in 2009, COCKBLOCK is SF's Hottest Dance Party for lezzies, lovers and friends. What started out as a small and ultra-casual queer dance event rapidly grew into masses of mixed-gender partygoers getting down wall-to-wall. Join us at the Rickshaw Stop Every 2nd and 4th Saturday with DJ Natalie Nuxx and special guests, spinning the best of Nineties, Electropop, Hip Hop, Disco, 80's & other danceable themes all night long. http://www.cockblocksf.com
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sat Apr 28 9:30pm - 10:30pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Indie Cent at Underground SF @ Sat Apr 28 9pm - Sun Apr 29, 2012 2am (Queer Things)
Indie Cent at Underground SFUndergroundSF 424 Haight St San Francisco, CA Indie Cent: A Real Cute Dance Party With great excitement, we invite you to March's Indie Cent! Bringing all of the things you love and more to Underground SF, once again! This month, we have DJs Haute Toddy (HARD Fridays at Q Bar, ARCADE at Lookout) and Fonti (world DJ Premiere) to blast through the evening with mind-blowing indie greaties, from rare remixes to good-old-fashioned fist pumpers, at the hot and heavy dance floor of Underground SF. And we've got some brand new talent on the stage for you! Hosting the evening, we have the relentlessly stunning, Mariah Gonneriah and a face you might not be all that familiar with; Thomas Tolerico! We've also got the absolutely divine Gina Cide performing and local indie musician, Samuelroy to get our booties shakin', Come dressed to impress because all of your photos will be taken for ya, so you can remember exactly how wild you got! Get there by 10 to beat the $5 cover! Killer indie pop music with sexy daddies, yr fav besties, and fierce trannies. Can't wait to see you there! Love,
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Reminder: Varla Jean Merman: The Book Of Merman @ Sat Apr 28 8pm - 9pm (Queer Things)
Varla Jean Merman: The Book Of MermanVarla Jean Merman with Tom Shaw (piano) and Roberta Drake (drums) Sponsored by Manhunt and Fleet Naturals *Tue-Sat, 4/17-21, 8pm Sun, 4/22, 7pm Wed-Sat, 4/25-28, 8pm Sun, 4/29, 7pm $35-40 *Opening Night Special $25 Jeffery Roberson aka Varla Jean Merman just recently starred in Willard Beckham's new musical Lucky Guy opposite Emmy Winner Leslie Jordan in NY at the Little Schubert Theatre. He also just completed shooting the feature film Varla Jean and The Mushroomheads which he wrote, starred in and produced. Jeffery guest starred as Varla Jean on Ugly Betty last year in the final season of the show. He was also featured on Bravo's Project Runway Season 5 as the winning model for the show's drag challenge. http://www.therrazzroom.com/12ap/varla_j2.html The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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Reminder: Play: Octopus's Garden at Statewerx @ Sat Apr 28 8pm - 9pm (Queer Things)
Play: Octopus's Garden at StatewerxOctopus's Garden by Scott Herman confronts same-sex parenting and the meaning of the modern family in a PianoFight world premiere PianoFight is proud to announce the world premiere of the first full-length play by Scott Herman, Octopus's Garden, the slice-of-life story of a modern family made up of two moms and an 8-year-old daughter named Anna, living the American dream of domestic normalcy. This is threatened by the arrival of Anna's absentee biological father, which forces them -- and us -- to examine the necessary yet difficult decisions made when starting a family on your own terms. Octopus's Garden is showing Saturday nights at 8pm from March 17 - April 7 at the Alcove Theater, 414 Mason Street, then transferring to Stage Werx Theater at 446 Valencia Street from April 12 - 28 where it will become part of PianoFight's Triple Threat. Tickets for Octopus's Garden are $25 at the door and $20 online at http://www.pianofight.com. Lilly and Claire's family is unconventional -- they are a lesbian couple with an eight year old daughter Anna, living in Boulder, Colorado -- but their lives are very conventional. They take their daughter to school, they argue over money, they tickle fight and they support and love each other. This version of domestic tranquility is put in jeopardy with the unexpected arrival of Grant, a gay music teacher from New York who is Anna's biological father. The story unfolds backwards revealing that Grant has never met his daughter, and that he is the former best friend of Lilly, Anna's biological mother. Act I chronicles the evening of Grant's arrival, and Act 2, jumps to nine years earlier and the events that lead to Anna's conception.
Making her first appearance in a full-length dramatic play, recently-turned 12-year-old Nandi Drayton plays Anna. Nandi, A Bay Area native whose experience thus far is in musical theater, took the role of Anna because, "I read the script and loved the progressive story and was super excited to work with PianoFight." Nandi also noted a first for PianoFight, "Right from the first audition, I knew that I would enjoy working with this group. I felt completely welcomed. Getting to be the first young actor cast in a PianoFight production is a great opportunity." Nandi, who was just nominated for Best Female Lead in a Musical by the SF Bay Area Critics Circle, is joined on stage by PianoFight company members Gabrielle Patacsil, who plays Anna's biological mother Lilly, and Andy Strong, as Anna's father Grant. Leah Shesky as Anna's other mom, Claire, rounds out the cast.
"At its heart, it's a story about the ambiguities of the modern family," says director Devin McNulty "what does family mean in the year 2012, with increasing societal acceptance for less traditional, non-nuclear families? On its surface this play is about the unique experience of gay men and women in America trying to find their own sense of normalcy. However, at its heart Octopus's Garden is a classic American tale of kinship told through a modern lens." The full-length and dramatic Octopus's Garden is a marked departure from PianoFight's wheelhouse of interactive theater and sketch comedy. However, how the play came about is in typical PianoFight fashion. "We read the script in mid-January," says Artistic Director Rob Ready, "And we knew immediately this was an excellent play. Plays can spend years going through workshops and rewrites. But with Octopus's Garden, we knew that this was a story that needs to be told now, not after two years of tweaks and readings." Herman was equally surprised by the speed with which the production developed, "I know Rob from a surfing trip to Northern Ireland, and I've followed PianoFight's progress in comedy over the years, but seeing how excited everyone is to put up this show and how fast everything has moved since I sent the script is really amazing." PianoFight LLC is an SF-based production and venue management company founded by Rob Ready and Dan Williams in the summer of 2007. Former managing partners of the Off-Market Theaters until its close in 2011, PianoFight is building a state of the art theater complex with a restaurant and bar in downtown San Francisco. In five years, The award=winning PianoFight has produced over 250 original short and full-length plays, created the largest audience-judged playwriting competition in the country, tackled a choose-your-own-adventure play series, recklessly invited audiences to Throw Rotten Veggies at the Actors Night, and garnered international critical acclaim all while staying true to its goal of producing New Work by New Artists.
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Reminder: film: Hit So Hard at the Roxie @ Sat Apr 28 7:15pm - 8:15pm (Queer Things)
film: Hit So Hard at the RoxieDocumentary on Patty Schemel, drummer of the band Hole. Director P. David Ebersole, the film's subject Patty Schemel, and Eric Erlandson of Hole will introduce the 7:15 PM and the 9:30 PM screenings Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28. They will also do a Q&A after the 7:15 PM screening on both days. At the Roxie, 16th and Valencia through Thursday, May 3. http://roxie.com/events/details.cfm?eventID=E59A5558-1143-DBB3-C655C9D55AF7A434
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Reminder: Buffet Flats -Queering Slow Food Series- at Million Fishe... @ Sat Apr 28 6:30pm - 10pm (Queer Things)
Buffet Flats -Queering Slow Food Series- at Million Fishes Arts CollectiveEye Zen Art and the Queer Cultural Center's Healthy Communities Program present
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 6:30pm-10pm Featuring hosts: Seth Eisen as Jean Malin- Grandfather of the 1920s Pansy Craze and Buffet Flats' FEAST OF THE PINK MOON is named after April's full moon, when fish swim upstream to spawn and flowers paint the ground pink with Spring's luxurious carpet. Join us on April 28th as multi-instrumentalist and blues pianist marilyn mcneal hosts us at the homey Million Fishes Arts Collective. FEAST OF THE PINK MOON celebrates the start of spring, serving up a crazy-delicious meal with food harvested from local farms and prepared by chef Jayson "Frisk" Jaynes. FEAST OF THE PINK MOON is hosted by historical queer personas, Seth Eisen as Jean Malin, grande-dame of the Pansy Craze and Juba Kalamka as Mr. Georg(e) Stanford Brown, Pullman Porter of the Harlem Renaissance with a fierce line-up of Bay Area talent, food and queer wisdom. The contemporary Buffet Flats is a dinner-salon, that's part queer cabaret and part live cooking show. We are a traveling speakeasy, held at homes and gardens around the Bay Area and paying homage to two underground queer gathering traditions that originated in New York in the early 20th century—Buffet Flats in Harlem, and The Pansy Craze on the lower east side, both which spread across the country. We bring you an evening that bridges these traditions and opens a dialogue on the legacy of a history that has kept the queer community divided by race, gender, and class. The events are accessible to a wide range of queer and non-queer folk serving up and exuberant mix of artistic risk and sensual pleasures. We are cooking what we grow, sewing what is torn and reaping what we know, to come home. Please join us. This event is made possible with generous support from The Queer Cultural Center, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, CounterPULSE, San Francisco Arts Commission, California Arts Council and THEOFFCENTER.
Seth Eisen -Producer and Host, performs as Jean Malin, grandfather of the 1920's Pansy Craze. In 1994 Seth developed the company Eye Zen Art as an umbrella for curating exhibits, producing performance, visual art projects and installations. His work has been featured at The Oakland Museum of California, Theater Artaud, Zeum, Yerba Buena Center, SOMARTS, Theater of Yugen, and CounterPULSE. Seth performed with Butoh companies Harupin–Ha and Ink Boat from 1994-1999 and from 2000-2010 with Keith Hennessy and Circo Zero touring in the US and Europe. Seth's critically acclaimed solo show, Blackbird: Honoring a Century of Pansy Divas, sold out two San Francisco runs. Seth is an Artist-in-Residence at CounterPULSE creating a new show about the life of queer renegade Samuel Steward. Homo File will premiere in September 2012. Juba Kalamka is an African American bisexual artist and activist recognized for his work and founding member of homohop group Deep Dickollective (D/DC) and his development of the micro-label Sugartruck Recordings. Kalamka has coordinated the release and promotion of five critically successful D/DC albums, the Outmusic Award winning solo debut of former Sister Spit member Rocco "Katastrophe" Kayiatos, and the distribution of the work of numerous other artists in the homohop community. Kalamka's personal work centers on dialogues on the convergences and conflicts of race, identity, gender, sexuality and class in pop culture. He has written and illustrated several articles for pop culture magazines and journals, Kitchen Sink, ColorLines, and the now-defunct bisexual issues magazine Anything That Moves. Kalamka appears extensively in Alex Hinton's 2005 documentary Pick Up the Mic, an active survey of the scene through documentation of homohop artists on tour and in performance at the various PeaceOUT festivals. Deep Dickollective's fifth and final disc,On Some Other was released on Sugartruck in June, 2007. An essay/interview with Kalamka and former bandmate Tim'm West appears in hip hop writer Jeff Chang's collection Total Chaos: the Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop (Basic Civitas Books). marilyn mcneal is our venue host and blues pianist/performer, a San Francisco-based musician and composer who writes, records and performs original music and songs from the American old time music canon. Her compositional approach varies from simple chanting and body rhythm to working with live looping and pre-recorded audio (historic speeches, field recordings, ambient sound). She is particularly inspired by rural black folk music, which includes laments, ballads, work songs and spirituals. She plays piano, ukulele, wooden flute and spoons and makes her own folk instruments out of cardboard boxes, coffee cans, cookie tins, plastic water bottles, sticks, wire and string. The instruments are influenced by early American roots music, she says "allows me to get lost in the sound, rhythm, energy, chaos, guts and magic of American folk music." Annie Danger: Performer and Curious Gray Area is a multidisciplinary performing artist on the hunt for the perfect hybrid. She is a trans woman born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and rooted in the SF Bay Area twelve years strong. Deeply interested in art that pulls its own weight, Danger concocts an uncanny blend of art and activism. She tinkers with hearts and minds, using her razor wit to alter cultural archetypes and sidle profundity right up next to you before you ever see it coming. Her work is cunning in its use of humor and sweetness to put the 'active' back into 'interactive art'. Danger has performed nationally and internationally in theaters, colleges, bars, galleries, and the streets. Look for Annie in The Fully Functional Cabaret this July and in Trojan X , a collaboration with Keith Hennessy this fall. Find out more at dangertattoos.com <http://dangertattoos.com/> or look for Annie Danger on Facebook. Gabriel Todd is a music and dance based performing artist and educator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He creates solo and ensemble work
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Reminder: Freedom House Gala @ Sat Apr 28 6pm - 7:30pm (Queer Things)
Freedom House GalaJoin Freedom House for our annual gala at 6pm on Saturday April 28th 2012 at 1111 Gough Street San Francisco, celebrating our mission to house and empower human trafficking survivors in the Bay Area. It'll be a night to remember--with dinner & wine, musical performances, guest speakers, and live & silent auctions. Hear powerful testimonies from survivors and learn about the amazing work that's been happening at Freedom House. Your generous support directly impacts the women we serve. Together we can bring them hope and a new life. *Semi-formal attire*
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