Results tagged “fundraiser”

Soul Food Farm of Vacaville, who provide the Bay Area with delicious eggs and chickens via various locations and through their brand-spanking new CSA, encountered a devastating fire last month. One thousand baby chicks perished, 30+ acres were scorched, and an 1880s barn burned to the ground.

To help pay for the left-leaning voter guides, the League of Pissed Off Voters -- which is billed as "an all-volunteer chapter of a national organization that works in key cities and states to make politics relevant, fun, and meaningful to young people; especially those traditionally shut out of the political process" -- is have a drunken fundraiser tonight, a fundraiser involving local celebrities. The local people of note, who will be serving you drinks all night long, are as follows:

ART: Tyson Ayers, a Bay Area music composer, instrument builder, and multimedia installation and performance artist, presents the Sound Cave, a small room built out of piano parts. When someone crawls inside, the strings on the walls capture any sounds the person creates and echoes them back for long periods of time. "Each sound board is tuned according to various scientific and sound healing principles with the intention of positively affecting a participant's mind, body, and spirit."

Sexpigeon reports that Truck, which does more than play host to man-on-man erotica, is hosting a Mission neighborhood cleanup fundraiser this Saturday. It goes from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.. But here's the best part: you pay a paltry $8 for all-you-can-drink-beer.

Artists' Television Access will be celebrating their 25th year of independent and experimental media art on Sunday with their annual fundraiser extravaganza "Banquette Sauvage." The event will feature performances by Conspiracy of Beards, Ash Reiter, Manicato, Los Fulanos, Eats Tapes, Moe! Staiano, The Downer Party, and Grimace and the Fakers, along with various surprise performances throughout the day/night. There will also be a raffle of cool gifts.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is in town today. It seems the former P.O.W. will be dinning over at the Fairmont (for a $10,000/plate fundraiser). But wait, there's more: Members of No Soldier Left Behind, a "campaign promoting a comprehensive plan to end the war in Iraq and improve the security and well being of Iraqis and Americans," will protest outside the hotel tonight. If you want to be a part of the melee, the angry kids will convergence in front of the Fairmont Hotel at 6:30 p.m. In other news, their bar is simply wonderful for a well-made cocktail. We strongly recommend ordering a vespa or four. (CBS 5, via BCN)

Bay Area Obama supporters will unite tonight at Supperclub for Obamarama '08. The Indiana and North Carolina primary results will be broadcast, tunes will be spun all night, free beer, sake, and vodka will be served between 9 and 10:30 p.m., and many sweet prizes provided by local businesses will be raffled off at Midnight. RSVP in advance. and receive a $15 wine gift card at the door (wine people backed out)

For better or for worse, spring is in the air. And with that comes the many AIDS Lifecycle Fundraisers that will litter the city for the next few months or so. While AIDS charities aren't necessarily our bag -- they come off as a tad too insufferably A-gay for us or for anyone who makes less than a six-figure income -- this one will surely make the gays squeal for a while.