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On Friday March 19th at 7:30 PM, Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company will present “ASYLUM,” a dance/theater/martial arts performance about finding your own power. This event takes place at Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon Street in Oakland.
Tickets range from $6-$50.
For details or to purchase tickets call 510-597-1619 x119 or visit destinyarts.org.
On March 20th at 11 AM there will be a massive gathering to protest the seventh anniversary of the war in Iraq and to demand the war funds be put to better use in America. This free event takes place in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza at Polk & McAllister Streets.
For details or to volunteer, call 415-821-6545 or visit answer sf.org
ON Saturday, March 20th from 6-10pm Greywater Action hosts Ripple Effects: An evening of music, art, and education to benefit popular efforts to protect water in West Oakland, Bolivia, and Palestine. This benefit is $10 and up, sliding scale. For more information call: 575-770-2829.
On Sunday, March 21st from 12:30pm to 5pm, the 9th Annual Rally in the Valley will take place at the Fresno Fairgrounds Jr. Exhibit Building, 1121 S. Chance Ave. in Fresno.
This free festival is to mark seven years of War in Iraq.
For more information visit peacefresno.org or call 559-276-2592.
On Sunday, March 21st at 3pm, a concert featuring David Rovics, hip hop and spoken word will take place at Teamsters Hall, 1452 N. 4th Street in San Jose to remember the 7th anniversary of the Iraq War.
Tickets for this event are $10-20.
Please call 408-297-2299 or visit sanjosepeace.org for more information.
On Sunday, March 21st at 5pm, you are invited to “A Taste of Simply Raw: Reversing Type-II Diabetes, Obesity, and Other Preventable Diseases in 30 Days.” This event takes place at 4130 Telegraph Ave in Oakland.
Tickets for this event are $20.
For more information visit ebcrs.org or call 510-604-1262.
On Monday, March 22nd all California Community College, California State University, and UC students, system partners and educational supporters are called to march on the West Steps of our States capitol in Sacramento For more information visit studentsenateccc.org or call 916-445-1729
On Monday, March 22nd at 7pm you are invited to a lecture entitled, “Understanding the Haiti Disaster” with Dr. Adrianne Aron at the Hercules Library, 109 Civic Drive in Hercules. For more information on this free event call 510-245-2420 or visit ccclib.org
On Wednesday, March 24th at 1:30pm watch the video “To Empower Women: The Bejing Women's Conference 1995” at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Avenue in Berkeley. This event, sponsored by the Bekeley-East Gray Panthers, is free. For more information call 510-548-9696.
This is a listing of KPFA Sponsored past events:
A Berkeley Arts & Letters present:
HARRY KREISLER
POLITICAL AWAKENINGS: CONVERSATIONS WITH HISTORY
7:30 PM @ Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$12 advance (Brown Paper Tickets or 800-838-3006), $15 at the door (Hillside members half price)
On Thursday, March 25th at 7:15pm join the school for self healing for a free class on movement and massage. This class takes place at 2218 48th Ave. in San Francisco. For more information call 415-665-9574 or visit self-healing.org.
Beginning March 26th at 8pm, join San Francisco's African American Shakespeare Company for their interpretation of Othello. This performance takes place at the Buriel Clay Theater, 762 Fulton Street in San Francisco. Tickets begin at $20. For more information call 1800838-3006 or visit african dash american shakes dot com.
On Saturday, March 27th at 8pm you are invited to a concert of contemporary Hawaiian music at the Dorothy Rohnert Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Tickets for this event start at $25. For more information call 707-588-3400.
On Thursday, April 1st the School for Self Healing is offering a free class on how to end disease.The Project to End Disease will take place at the School for Self-Healing, 2218 48th Avenue in San Francisco. The is a free class. For more information call 415-665-9574
On Friday April 2nd, a concert celebrating International Roma Day will take place at the Croatian American Cultural Center- 60 Onondaga Street in San Francisco. Tickets for this event are $15. For more information call 707-823-7941 or visit voiceofroma.com.
On April 2nd from 6-8:45pm Friday Nights at the de Young presents Mission Comix Styles at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. This program is free of charge. For more information call 415-750-7694 or visit deyoungmuseum.org
On Friday April 2nd at 7pm, the EastSide Arts Alliance presents “2010 Guerilla Youth Theater Project: American Deco”. Tickets are $5-$10.
On Friday, April 2nd at 8pm Pablo “Mezcla” Menendez with Latin Jazz All Stars will perform at Merritt College, 12500 Campus Drive in Oakland Tickets for this event start at $22.
On Saturday, April 3rd from 10am-12pm, Garden for the Environment will hold a free Urban composting class at 7th Avenue and Lawton Street in San Francisco. For more information call 415-731-5627 or visit gardenfortheenvironment.org
On Sunday, April 4th at 4:15 “Breath Made Visible” will screen at Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth Street in San Rafael. Both Anna Halprin, the subject of the film and Ruedi Gerber, the director will be present. Tickets are $10. For more information call 415-526-5845 or visit www.cafilm.org
San Francisco Green Festival
April 10-11, 2010
Saturday – 10am – 7pm
Sunday – 11am – 6pm
SF Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th St (at Brannan St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
The 10th Anniversary Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival 2010 will take place on Saturday, April 10th. Parade begins at 12 Noon on 19th Street at Guerrero. Festival program will take place from 1 to 6 pm on 24th Street between Treat & Byrant Sts. at the 24th St. Fair. Co-sponsored by KPFA.
Join "Oakland for Peace", on Sunday April 11th from 3pm to 6pm, at the First Congregational Church of Oakland.This is a great family event with a special "Youth Zone" for people 15-21. There will be a two hour program spotlighting talented Oakland Youth,and important tools and information for reducing conflict in your home,community and world.
This is a free event and will take place at 2501 Harrison in Oakland.
Jazz legend Pharoah Sanders will be headlining a special Sacred Space concert at the SF Jazz Spring Season on Friday, April 16, 8 pm at Grace Cathedral located at Nob Hill in San Francisco. Co-sponsored by KPFA.
Brazilian Superstar Caetano Veloso will headline a concert at the SF Jazz Spring Season on Saturday, April 17, 8 pm at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, San Francisco. Co-sponsored by KPFA.
CHARLES BOWDEN
Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields
Tuesday, April 20, 7:30 pm
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$10 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006
or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A
Bookstore, and Modern Times ($12 door, $6 HC members)
BILL MCKIBBEN EAARTH: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
Friday, April 23, 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006
or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times ($15 door)
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