An East Asian food-lover’s delight awaits us in Oakland. Across the Bay Bridge exists a humble, hole-in-the- wall treasure called Champa Garden. Champa offers Laotian, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine. On a recent visit there, we started off with Vietnamese spring rolls. Based on the time I’ve spent studying Vietnamese and traveling in Vietnam, I can vouch that these are undoubtedly the most authentic Vietnamese spring rolls in all of San Francisco and shouldn’t be missed. The specials like pumpkin curry (good for the faint of spice and avocado rolls were just as good. Add to that some very flavorful Pad Thai, and you might think you’ve ended up on China Beach with Dana Delany sunbathing at your side. And that’s just the Vietnamese entrees. On the Laotian side, there’s fried sour pork and fried quail, and, of course, the colorful green and yellow curries of Thailand. Best of all, Champa Garden is super reasonably priced. Most entrees and appetizers are around $6-$7.
Given that Champa is located in an off-beat section of East Oakland, getting there will take a bit of coordination for the group. I’d like to see if we can car pool from SF to Oakland. My suggestion is those of us with access to cars drive the car-less to Champa Garden. We can meet at a central location in SF to start the trip and finish the excursion there later in the evening. Of course, if you’re coming from other parts of the South Bay – just meet us at the restaurant.
If you have a car and would like to drive others, or if you think you’ll need to hitch a ride there with someone, email me. And, if you plan to come and will meet us at the restaurant, email me, too. I need to make a reservation.
CHAMPA GARDEN Saturday, Jan 31 (Carpoolers to meet between 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm at Civic Center in front of public library in San Francisco) Dinner reservation is at 6:30 at Champa Garden 2102 8th Avenue Oakland, CA 94106 (510) 238-8819 www.champagarden. com

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Fountaingrove Lodge, a first-of-its-kind LGBTQ Senior Community ready to be built in Santa Rosa, is being fought by its corresponding neighborhood association. We need the City Council to understand how strong the support for the Lodge is, and that will be demonstrated by the sheer numbers that turn out in support.

Please join us. WE NEED YOU!

February 3, 2008
3:30PM
Santa Rosa City Council Meeting
90 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA

Questions? Call Wes Winter, who has been with the Lodge through this whole process & is a great resource: 707.576.1101

If you can, please RSVP to Laurie Lynn at ll.hogan@comcast.net. (Not required)

Please forward this information widely in our community.

Fundraiser for Pride of Monterey County
Super Bowl Party at

Eddie’s 2200 Fremont Street Old Monterey across from Monterey Lanes
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
2:30pm doors open
food, large screen, and other a couple of tvs near the bar. 50/50 raffle, raffles, and will have a donation jar as well.
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LGBTQ Mixed-Media Art Workshop for queer people with disabilities (hidden or visible) and allies- Feb. 8th, 2009, 11-2 p.m.
All proceeds benefit Fabled Asp: Fabulous/Activist Bay Area Lesbians with disabilities: A Storytelling Project www.fabledasp.com

Where: Redwood Gardens Community Room, 2951 Derby St., intersects Claremont Blvd., Berkeley, Ca.
When: Feb. 8th, 2009 11-2 p.m.
Fee: $10-25 sliding scale
Transportation by bus: Call AC Transit for #7 bus schedule (runs 2 x an hour on Sundays)

Learn mixed-media art techniques
Create your own self-portrait

Ephemera
Photo Transfers
Collage
Mixed-Media

Disability, Queerness, and Identity

we are NOT throw-away people
we are not THROW-AWAY people
we are not throw-away PEOPLE

Enroll: laura@fabledasp.com, www.fabledasp.com
Materials List provided upon enrollment (enroll early- space limited)
Wheelchair Accessible
ASL requests must be submitted by Jan. 20th

Led by Laura Rifkin, Ph.D., C.T.R.S., a dyke over 40 (Recreation Therapist specializing in Expressive Arts modalities)
who is the lead project director of Fabled Asp: Fabulous/Activist Bay Area Lesbians with Disabilities: A Storytelling Project

All proceeds benefit Fabled Asp whose mission is to celebrate disabled lesbian activism, art, and culture and continue the disability arts revolution in the Bay Area. Learn more about all of our projects at: www.fabledasp.com

Seoul Sisters is s social group for lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgendered women of Korean heritage in San Francisco Bay Area. We have and go to a variety of events - dinners, potlucks, game night, performances, etc. Locations alter between SF and the E Bay.
To join our email list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seoulsistersinsf/.
Our next event is Sat 2/7. We will see some free Korean performances at the Lunar New Year celebration at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (scroll down for more info.) There will be at least 6 queer Koreans in these performances. Afterwards we’ll go to dinner. If you’re interested, RSVP by responding to this listing, and be sure to get on the email list for updates.
Feel free to forward to any queer Korean women, and to post on any appropriate email lists.
====================== This event is FREE and open to the public. Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), is having their annual Lunar New Year daylong festival of performances on Saturday Feb 7th. Every year, they feature performances from many different Asian cultures, but this year is of particular interest to Koreans.
The Bay Area is blessed to have two world-class Korean performers Dohee Lee and Kyoungil Ong residing in our midst. They are both highly trained in the traditional Korean performance arts (opera, dance, percussion, etc), and both create contemporary compositions based on those traditional arts. Kyoungil was once the Principal Dancer for the National Dance Company of Korea and today she is known for creating polished and sophisticated pieces shown in many famous stages such as the Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Games. Dohee is known for her passionate and innovative mix of music and choreography and her ability to inspire and organize other budding musicians and artists. She has been commissioned to create original works for institutions such as the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Kunst-stoff dance company, and Kronos Quartet.
Dohee Lee and her team, comprised of members from several Bay Area drum troupes (Jamaesori’s in tha house!), will perform in the mid-afternoon. The piece is called: “Pungmulgut with Suljanggo”.
“Pungmul” is an ancient agrarian Korean art form involving drumming, dancing, and singing. Pungmul served many different purposes- it was performed in a celebratory manner during harvest time and New Year’s festivals, during rituals to repel evil spirits, as well as during farming rituals. Thus, pungmul was often found at the center of community activities. Pungmul heightens the sense of community as traditionally, it takes place in open spaces rather than on stage, where there is no boundary between the audience and the performers. Today it has expanded in meaning and is also used in political protest. Drumming is the central element of pungmul. Other essential instruments are: kkwaenggwari (small handheld gong), janggus (hourglass drums), buk (barrel drums), jing (gong) and taepyongso (wind instrument).
“Suljanggo” is the solo drumming dancing and playing which combines lots of formations which influenced by Military army forms and dynamic rhythm patterns. In this piece, we are bringing back traditional arts form and communal spirits into a new arrangement.
Longer bios of Dohee & Kyoungil: http://www.oacc.cc/programs/artist-in-residence.html
Article on Korean-Ams on drumming: http://oaklandnorth.net/2008/11/22/korean-americans-find-roots-in-traditional-drumming/
Jamaesori, one of the drum troupes involved in Dohee’s performance: http://jamaesori.wordpress.com/
More info about the performers and celebration here http://www.oacc.cc

Seoul Sisters is s social group for lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgendered women of Korean heritage in San Francisco Bay Area. We have and go to a variety of events - dinners, potlucks, game night, performances, etc. Locations alter between SF and the E Bay.
To join our email list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seoulsistersinsf/.
Our next event is Sat 2/7. We will see some free Korean performances at the Lunar New Year celebration at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (scroll down for more info.) There will be at least 6 queer Koreans in these performances. Afterwards we’ll go to dinner. If you’re interested, RSVP by responding to this listing, and be sure to get on the email list for updates.
Feel free to forward to any queer Korean women, and to post on any appropriate email lists.
====================== This event is FREE and open to the public. Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), is having their annual Lunar New Year daylong festival of performances on Saturday Feb 7th. Every year, they feature performances from many different Asian cultures, but this year is of particular interest to Koreans.
The Bay Area is blessed to have two world-class Korean performers Dohee Lee and Kyoungil Ong residing in our midst. They are both highly trained in the traditional Korean performance arts (opera, dance, percussion, etc), and both create contemporary compositions based on those traditional arts. Kyoungil was once the Principal Dancer for the National Dance Company of Korea and today she is known for creating polished and sophisticated pieces shown in many famous stages such as the Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Games. Dohee is known for her passionate and innovative mix of music and choreography and her ability to inspire and organize other budding musicians and artists. She has been commissioned to create original works for institutions such as the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Kunst-stoff dance company, and Kronos Quartet.
Dohee Lee and her team, comprised of members from several Bay Area drum troupes (Jamaesori’s in tha house!), will perform in the mid-afternoon. The piece is called: “Pungmulgut with Suljanggo”.
“Pungmul” is an ancient agrarian Korean art form involving drumming, dancing, and singing. Pungmul served many different purposes- it was performed in a celebratory manner during harvest time and New Year’s festivals, during rituals to repel evil spirits, as well as during farming rituals. Thus, pungmul was often found at the center of community activities. Pungmul heightens the sense of community as traditionally, it takes place in open spaces rather than on stage, where there is no boundary between the audience and the performers. Today it has expanded in meaning and is also used in political protest. Drumming is the central element of pungmul. Other essential instruments are: kkwaenggwari (small handheld gong), janggus (hourglass drums), buk (barrel drums), jing (gong) and taepyongso (wind instrument).
“Suljanggo” is the solo drumming dancing and playing which combines lots of formations which influenced by Military army forms and dynamic rhythm patterns. In this piece, we are bringing back traditional arts form and communal spirits into a new arrangement.
Longer bios of Dohee & Kyoungil: http://www.oacc.cc/programs/artist-in-residence.html
Article on Korean-Ams on drumming: http://oaklandnorth.net/2008/11/22/korean-americans-find-roots-in-traditional-drumming/
Jamaesori, one of the drum troupes involved in Dohee’s performance: http://jamaesori.wordpress.com/
More info about the performers and celebration here http://www.oacc.cc