June 30, 2007
SFist Today
Saturday.... in the park... wish it were the Fourth of July! (That's the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra performing the Chicago classic above). Here's your events for today:
--Supervisor Dreamy, Ross Mirkarimi's picking up litter and planting trees as part of the Community Clean Team in the Inner Sunset today from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Meet at the City Parking Lot on 9th between Irving and Judah.
--Close out the month-long National Queer Arts Festival tonight with a performance by Marga Gomez at the LGBT Center tonight. 8 p.m., $10-15 sliding, 1800 Market (x Octavia).
--Asian-American dancers exploring gender, race, and sexuality in "Translations," at CounterPulse, $10-20, 1310 Mission (x 9th).
--Fashion/art show this afternoon with Pandora's Trunk V ersus show, featuring trunk shows, indie rock, and some games. Oh, and drinks! 2-7 p.m. at the Mina Dresden Gallery, 312 Valencia (x 14th).
--A trash mash-up? Go creative with your freegan spirit, and make costumes from items that would otherwise be discarded. 2 p.m. at the playground on Steiner and Geary.
--Nonstop bhangra dance music at the Rickshaw Stop tonight! $15, 9 p.m., 155 Fell (x Van Ness).
--And Oui Be Negroes continues its run at the SF Improv Fest. 7 p.m. at the Improv Arena (975 Howard Street, x 6th), $20.
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Hey. Thanks for the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra vid & link to their site - I totally love them!
Ross is a great guy. What a shining example of what someone that hangs with the Progressives can be.
Rita, Rita, Rita, thank you for bringing Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra into my life.
It was a beautiful day in San Francisco for the June 30th Mash-Up Bash event. This was the culmination of over a year of workshops in the Western Addition serving nearly 150 local youth. We were delighted to have our event posted on the websites of Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco Fun and Cheap, The Ecology Center, and SF Station (among others). We also had amazing write ups in both the San Francisco Weekly and the Guardian; even appearing on the front cover of the Guardian. The Board of Supervisor for District 5, which includes the Western Addition, came as did the Grants Manager for San Francisco Environment and were thrilled at what they saw. The local youth paired with adults from the community coming together in a free public event of movement, music, and “Maskostumes”. The rhythm that supported our event was delivered by the talented
John F. King II, the Funkmaster of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, who creates irresistible beats on pots and pans.
All “Maskostumes” in the parade were made entirely of collected items that would have been thrown away. Instead of being discarded, left to rot in a landfill, these items fueled the imaginations of San Francisco’s local youth. The Mash-Up Bash is comprised of materials diverted from the waste stream transformed through free arts programming in our community. Created were not only pieces of art but also dialogues concerning culture, community and environmental issues. The Mash-Up Bash is more than just a parade; it is a new urban tradition. As was the reaction to our first event, this is just the beginning of finding new ways with old objects, of motivating youth to use less and reuse more and of finding inspiration from other cultures. This was truly a community effort and we are thankful to those who have supported us in our efforts. With plastic bag boas and bottle cap chain-mail, Trash Mash-Up reduces waste and inspires people to see each other and our environment in a new way.
For a slide show of the Mash-Up Bash, go to:
http://trashmashup.googlepages.com/gallery_mashupbash