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San Francisco Community Events - May 5 to May 11, 2008
This is a small selection of diverse events happening in San Francisco and the Bay Area this week. For festivals, concerts, museum exhibits and theater, see the Main San Francisco Event Calendar
Mash SF - Bike Movie Night at the Independent
Monday, May 5, 2008
Nopa/North of Panhandle - See: Neighborhood Map
The Independent - 628 Divisadero (between Hayes & Grove)
Join the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, SF Bay Guardian and the Independent for a special screening of Mash SF with outtakes. Mash SF documents the style of San Francisco fixed gear culture. Free bike valet provided at the Independent.
President Jimmy Carter at Books, Inc
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 7p
Civic Center - See: Neighborhood Map
Books, Inc/Opera Plaza - 601 Van Ness (at Golden Gate)
President Jimmy Carter will be at a booksigning event at Books, Inc / Opera Plaza. The former President is in town to promote his new book A Remarkable Mother. Event is at 7p at Books Inc (601 Van Ness).
Ask a Scientist at Axis Cafe
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 7p
Axis Cafe - 1201 8th (near 16th)
Potrero Hill - See: Neighborhood Map
One of my favorite lecture events, the Ask a Scientist series hosts its monthly event on Potrero Hill. The event starts at 7p and features the topic: Individual Differences in Perception -- with Ariella Popple (Vision Scientist, UC Berkeley).
Eleanor Coppola at the Commonwealth Club
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
SoMa/Financial District - See: Neighborhood Map
Commonwealth Club Office - 595 Market Street (at 2nd)
She'll be offering glimpses into her life and on the vision she shares with her husband Francis Ford Coppola. The reception begins at 5:30p with a 6:00p program. The Club Office is at 595 Market Street in San Francisco ($18 for non-members).
If you haven't attended events at the Commonwealth Club you're missing a huge array of diverse speakers and topics. See a short profile of the Commonwealth Club for more about the organization.
Stop the Spray - San Francisco Town Hall
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 7p
Golden Gate Park - Inner Sunset - See: Neighborhood Map
San Francisco Hall of Flowers/County Fair Building - 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way
A panel of scientists and other experts will talk about the state's plan to spray pesticides from airplanes over San Francisco and other Bay Area cities. The panel will discuss spraying, its possible health effects, and why the moth isn't the agricultural emergency the CDFA is making it out to be.
Learn more about the Light Brown Apple Moth Spraying program -- and why we should care -- in this Overview of the San Francisco Aerial Spraying
Still Life opens at the Roxie
Friday, May 9, 2008
Mission District - See: Neighborhood Map
Roxie Film Center - 3117 16th Street, San Francisco
The film is a fiction/documentary about the town of Fengjie during the construction of the Three Gorges Hydro project on China's Yangtze River. It focuses on the difficult choices families must make as they prepare to relocate.
Attack of the Killer B Movies
Mission District - See: Neighborhood Map
May 9, 10 & 11 (also May 29 to June 7)
The Dark Room - 2263 Mission Street (between 18th & 19th)
See the above website link for more information on this event
Jazz in the Bookshop
Friday Nights -- 5:30p to 8p
Glen Park - See: Neighborhood Map
Bird & Beckett Books & Records - 653 Chenery Street (walking distance from BART)
In Glen Park, Bird and Beckett Books & Records hosts Jazz in the Bookshop every Friday -- with a rotating lineup of artists.
Also in Glen Park (on May 6) -- for parents -- Author Ericka Lutz presents her book Out and About With Kids: From Getting Across Town to Traveling Around -- with testimonials from seasoned parent travelers. At Glen Park Branch Library at 2825 Diamond (near Arbor Street).
Writers With Drinks
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 7:30p to 9p (doors open at 7p)
Mission District - See: Neighborhood Map
The Make-Out Room - 3225 22nd (near Mission)
A roving public salon and reading series -- to put drinks in writers' hands and thrust them onstage to bring their works to life
Earth, Wind and Wildflowers
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 1p to 3p
Presidio - Meet at Inspiration Point
Learn how unusual geologic and weather conditions produced a unique ecosystem at the Presidio. Moderate 1.5 mile walk.
Manolo Valdes Public Art at Civic Center
Ongoing - Civic Center
If you missed the dedication ceremony in April, you didn't actually miss anything -- since the Manolo Valdes public art installation will be at Civic Center until August 31, 2008. The San Francisco Arts Commission is sponsoring the outdoor exhibition. Their previous installation is the Louise Bourgeois Crouching Spider sculpture at Pier 14.
For more programs like this in the city, see: Free Nature Walks in San Francisco