Thurs., Oct. 27 • 8 p.m. Lorna Dee Cervantes Book Party Mission poeta Lorna Dee Cervantes reads from her latest work, Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems (Wings Press) • Venue: Kaleidoscope Free Speech Zone, 3109 24th St, S.F. @ Folsom St.• http://www.facebook.com/lornadee.cervantes
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La Colmenita National Children’s Theater
Wed., Oct. 26 • 7pm • Tickets $10 / Children free la colmenita national children’s theater of Cuba Venue: Richmond Center for the Performing Arts, 339 11th St., Richmond • Fri. Oct.28 • 7:30pm • Tickets $20 / Students & Seniors &15 / Children Free • Venue: Fort Mason Center, Cowell Theater (entrance at Marina […]
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Teach-in by the SF Labor Council
Mon., Oct. 24 • 7pm A Teach-in by the SF Labor Council: Medicare in the Crosshairs – Social Security Next! The teach-in will discuss how labor and the community can respond to the proposed budget cuts. Venue: Plumbers Union Hall, 1621 Market St., S.F. (5 blocks from Civic Center BART) • Volunteers are needed • […]
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The war at home: Exposing the impact of racial profiling
NEW YORK—On Thursday Oct. 13 at Brooklyn College in New York City, the daylong event The Civil Rights Crisis in the Federal System Post 9/11, brought together many people who have been working incessantly around issues involving civil-rights violations in the post-9/11 era. Family members of US terror suspects, professors, lawyers, human rights activists, federal […]
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Piri Thomas, beloved Puerto Rican-American author and poet, dies
Beloved Puerto Rican-American author and poet Piri Thomas died Monday, October 17, 2011, in his home in El Cerrito, CA surrounded by his loving wife, Suzie, his children and caregivers, after succumbing to pneumonia. Born September 30, 1928, in Harlem Hospital, New York City, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, his early years […]
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Blues En F Mayor, Feliz Cumpleaños 90 al Centro Comunitario de Música
La música y la naturaleza junta es la mejor terapia para cualquier cosa. El centro comunitario de música en San Francisco en la Mission ofrece las dos cosas. He sido un estudiante de esta escuela de música por varios años y cada año mi música mejora y las plantas crecen más grandes y más brillantes. Cuando uno empieza a […]
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Blues in F Major: Happy 90th Birthday to the Community Music Center!
Music and Nature together is the best therapy for anything. The San Francisco Community Music Center in the Mission has both of these. I have been a student at this wonderful music school for many years and each individual year my music becomes better and the plants and flowers grow larger and brighter. When one begins to walk on […]
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Centro de música celebra sus 90 años
El Centro Comunitario de Música de la Misión (CMC por sus siglas en inglés) celebró su cumpleaños número 90 con una alegre fiesta que tuvo lugar en la escuela el pasado 16 de octubre. Ubicado en el número 544 de la Calle Capp, la misión y el objetivo del Centro Comunitario de Música es lograr […]
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Music center celebrates 90 years in Mission
The San Francisco Community Music Center celebrated its 90th birthday Oct. 16 with a festive party at the school on. Located at 544 Capp St., the Community Music Center’s mission is to make music education easily accessible to San Francisco and Bay Area residents. It offers a broad range of music classes and private lessons […]