"Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War"
The documentary that takes you Inside the Iraq War protests of 2003:
Friday, August 22nd @ 8pm
ATA (Artists' Television Access) 992 Valencia, San Francisco at 21st St. Only $6! For more information: (415) 824-3890
On March 20th, 2003, San Francisco was brought to a grinding halt when activists occupied the streets the morning the Iraq war started.
“Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War” is a documentary that goes behind the scenes and looks at the successes and pitfalls of mass organizing. Find out how the city was shutdown, what happened, what worked and what didn’t.
Help stop the next American war on the Middle East!
The evening includes 5 short activist films about oil, interrogation and Iraq war veterans.
Democrats of Napa Valley Headquarters GRAND Reopening and Open House to hear Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech
Thursday, August 28th @ 5pm
DEMOCRATS OF
NAPA VALLEY
Invites you to join us in celebrating this historical moment
Senator Barack Obama 's
acceptance speech at the
Democratic National Convention
"America, this is our
moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past.
Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time
to offer a new direction for the country we love."BARACK OBAMA
WHO:
DEMOCRATS OF NAPA VALLEY
WHAT:
Headquarters GRAND Reopening and Open House to hear Barack Obama
Party to follow
with dj Rotten Robbie
Food, Wine and Democratic camaraderie
Democratic
elected officials will be present
WHEN:
THURSDAY AUGUST 28TH 5:00 P.M.
WHERE:
1015 Coombs Plaza in Napa Town Center (across from former Bookends Book Store)
The Democrats of Napa Valley Club has a mission to serve our community in a
manner that promotes good citizenship and the principles and platform of the
Democratic Party. Our goal is to promote public awareness of local, national and
international issues, as well as Democratic candidate and party positions. We
are also committed to providing fun social opportunities for our diverse
membership. Our activities include voter registration, precinct walking,
campaign assistance, hosting speakers, informational presentations and community
service.
Will this be the biggest political moment of this generation?
Join Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club on their regular meeting night for a Watch Party on a gigantic screen at Humanist Hall in Oakland.
The eyes of the world will be looking in on INVESCO Field
and what better way to be a part of the excitement of ending our long
national nightmare than being together with like minded locals to see
the official beginning of the general election and the hope of a new
day in America.
We
will begin the evening with a renowned WDRC Pot Luck at 6PM (maybe a
little earlier if the convention changes the expected air time). We
will have wine and beer and plenty of dessert to partake in and we will
hear one of the most inspiring speakers of our time. We hope you'll
join us for this exciting evening of fun & HOPE.
Thursday, August 28th
Humanist Hall -
390 27th Street (between Telegraph and Broadway) Oakland, CA
POWER TO THE PEACEFUL MISSION STATEMENT
MUSIC. CONSCIOUSNESS. ACTION.
Power to the Peaceful is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization
dedicated to the promotion of cultural co-existence, non-violence and
environmental sustainability through the arts and music.
By bringing people together through music and art it is our goal to
highlight the similarities and celebrate the diversity of all of the
world’s inhabitants.
Through our many International concerts, social forums, film festivals
and fundraising efforts, we invite people of all ethnicities and faiths
to strive for Personal Peace, Community Cooperation, International
Co-existence and Environmental Sustainability.
We work closely with grassroots organizations, businesses and other
non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) to put on events that raise
consciousness about the needs of the world today and inspire action
that addresses those needs.
We strive to make each of our events more energy efficient than the
last by constantly finding ways to reduce our carbon footprint as well
as highlighting new energy efficient technologies.
HTML clipboardTwo West Marin
artists show contrasting approaches to the same subject – waves. Michael
Knowlton, Stinson Beach artist and surfer, paints large oils on canvas with
brilliantly colored images from the insides of the waves. Point Reyes Station
artist Nancy Stein walks the beach. She creates elegant pastels and
etchings from her views of the waves crashing against the beaches of West Marin.
NancyStein says “What I seek in painting waves
is something that the human being knows but the camera lens misses It has
something to do with movement and the sheer brevity of the form. Walking by the
sea will transform a bad mood. We delight in the million shades of gray – the
wave, a shape shifter silvered with olive and lavender – a flash of white in a
night ocean. At the same time we feel the ocean’s fierceness and know that the
sea has it’s own imperatives which remain a mystery. In some way, the wave is
our kin, riding it’s brief individuality out in a great ocean that is very close
to the fluid in our veins.
Michael Knowlton is a versatile artist whose paintings
document the interests and issues of time and place. The exhibition of wave
paintings is one aspect of a large body of mature work. He recently showed his
satiric anti-war paintings at Zero One Gallery in Los Angeles.
The artists will be present at a reception open to the public
on July 12th from 5pm to 7pm
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Where: Claudia Chapline Gallery 3445 Shoreline
Highway, Stinson Beach, CA
Reception: July 12, 5-7 P.M.
Gallery Hours: Saturday-Sunday 12-5 P.M. & by
Appointment
"GasHole" is a new documentary film about the
history of Oil prices and the
future of alternative fuels.
The film, narrated by Peter Gallagher, features interviews with a wide range of
viewpoints from US Department of Energy Officials, Congressional leaders both
Democrat and Republican, Alternative Fuel Producers, Alternative Fuel Consumers
(such as actor Joshua Jackson), Professors of Economics and Psychology and
more...
Directed by Jeremy Wagener & Scott D. Roberts, the film takes a wide, yet
detailed examination of our dependence on foreign supplies of Oil.
What are the causes that led from America turning from a leading exporter of oil
to the world's largest importer? What are the economic and sociological forces
that have contributed to that change and impede its solution?
The film examines many different potential solutions to our oil dependence.
Starting with claims of buried technology that dramatically improves gas
mileage, to navigating bureaucratic governmental roadblocks, to evaluating
different alternative fuels that are technologically available now, to
questioning the American Consumer's reluctance to embrace alternatives.
If you buy gas, you should see this movie!
HTML clipboardAll Tickets $10.00 - Proceeds will go to the Obama Victory Fund.
The film will include a Question & Answer session with the Filmmakers
Jeremy Wagener & Scott D. Roberts.
The Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 863-1087
"Infuriating.....Hard Hitting......GASHOLE
stands to rise in direct proportion to gas costs..." -Rob
Nelson, Variety "I couldn't
help but shake my head in disbelief as I came to grips with the message of
GASHOLE" -Nate Kuester,
Fox 12, Boise, ID
"Chilling...I'd require
every American Citizen to see it!" -Joe Williams, St.
Louis Post-Dispatch
"GASHOLE
is clearly a movie who's time has come." -Duane Dudek,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"GASHOLE'S
mix of history and classic muckraking pulls back the curtain on the hidden hand
of the Oil Industry, exposing how it steals from our bank accounts, our economy,
and our climate. If you buy gasoline, this is a must see film!" -Judy Dugan,
former LA Times Reporter and current Research Director of CONSUMERWATCHDOG/OILWATCHDOG.ORG
September 12th through September 18th. Watch, before you vote!
Over the last decade, millions of votes have disappeared. A nation can be stolen without guns or tanks. A nation can be stolen vote by vote. ____________________________
Direct Cinema Limited and Green 960 Online and Radio presents A Concentric Media Film
STEALING AMERICA Vote by Vote
A new feature length documentary film Narrated by PETER COYOTE
Original music LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
Produced and Directed by Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning Filmmaker DOROTHY FADIMAN September 12th thru 18th
Lumiere 3: 1572 California St. San Francisco, CA Shattuck 10 : 2230 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA
Compelling, meticulously accurate, poignant… First-person stories from the election trenches paint a chilling picture of problems affecting election outcomes, "glitches" and "irregularities" which cannot be explained away as random errors.
We all need to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible about our electoral system – before it is too late. ______________________
How You Can Help:
1. Come see the film at your local theater!
2. Spread the word to others that this is a 'must-see' film.
3. Sign up to table in the theatre lobby to hand out our election reform information and, if you wish, material from your own organization. For information on tabling, email: info@concentric.org
4. Rent the theatre to hold a private screening or benefit. For information on scheduling a screening, email: stealingamerica@gmail.com
5. Purchase tickets for small groups at a reduced rate. For information on group ticket sales, email: stealingamerica@gmail.com
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