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“Defiant Proclamations”

By Hiya Swanhuyser

Kevin Keating was once known far and wide as the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project; he was accused of keying SUVs in the late 1990s to protest gentrification. Most people thought he was making a complicated point in a humorously dramatic manner, but, of course, opinions varied. In a 1999 San Francisco Chronicle article detailing his arrest and the police ransacking of his home, he was portrayed as a poo-smearing criminal, but even Commander Greg Suhr of the Mission Police Station freely admitted that Keating was “well-read and cerebral.” Don’t you want to see this guy’s art collection? At “Defiant Proclamations,” Keating and other interesting, energetic activists such as muralist Mona Caron and painter Hugh D’Andrade display their political posters. “Radical Posters from the 1960s to the Present” is the show’s subtitle, and other contributors include Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes of Dignidad Rebelde, who have deep roots in the Bay Area’s graphic-arts poster tradition. And word on the cyberstreet is that Vince Dugar has a poster made by 1960s food-freedom group the Diggers.

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Friday March 26th
Vau De Vire Presents

THE CASCADIAN CARNIVAL CARTEL

starring
MARCH FOURTH MARCHING BAND
www.marchfourthmarchingband.com

WANDERLUST CIRCUS
www.wanderlustcircus.com
with
KAZUM AWOL DANCE COLLECTIVE
BRITTANY WALSH NAGASITA
RUSSELL BRUNER JAY LIEBER
and
WILLIAM BATTY HIMSELF

DJ SaQi (PDX)
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DJ Smoove (SF)
www.myspace.com/smoovethedirtypunk

&
The Conscious Carnival Midway
www.sustainablelivingroadshow.org

at
CELLspace
2050 Bryant St, SF

Doors 9pm
Show 10pm
 

The Rain Forest Action Network presents:"Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal" a play by Jeff Biggers, Created by the Coal Free Future Project. Two performances: Saturday, March 13th at 8pm and Sunday, March 14th at 5pm.

Benefit for HAITI!
For “Partners for Health”
 

Who:  Nannette Vides   Zumba Instructor
           Robert Rios         Percussionist Extraordinaire

When:  February 27th, 2010
             10:30am -12:30 pm

Where:  CELLspace
              2050 Bryant St.(bet.18th and 19th St.)
              San Francisco, CA 94110

What:  ZUMBA dance workout  party!

Come, dance and donate what you can!!

HappyFeet presents

Defiant Proclamations
Radical Posters from the 1960s to the Present

For decades, Bay Area walls have been pasted with bold art and pertinent messages about the politics, practices, and abuses of contemporary mainstream culture and its co-opted voices. Also speaking outside the frameworks of organized labor and left movements, individual artists and collectives have shouted defiant proclamations with ink and paper. Today, political graphics have reached a broad audience via many media sources, hopefully creating a new wave of radical art as well as a redefinition of visual art and it's usual commodified structures. With a strong history in the Bay Area, this one night only exhibit will feature works old and new, giving a glimpse of the broad range of opinions and styles that have papered walls across the area.

Thursday, March 11
(one night only!)
7 pm to midnight
FREE!

see full pic report back here

We rolled these platforms in Donkey Kong style for a captivating Tara Quinn performance on contortion and aerial hoop. Photo: Kai

Mark Wessels serving up a delightful unicycle performance.

 CELLspace Presents Project 2048 Artist in Residence Kristin Smith

Opening Reception:  Thursday, February 25; 7-10 p.m.

Exhibition on view:  February 25-26; 7-10 p.m.

More info here