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FRESH MEAT IN THE GALLERY - OPENING RECEPTION JUNE 6 Saturday June 6 6pm-9pm SF LGBT Community Center - 2nd and 3rd floors (1800 Market Street @ Octavia, SF)
Info: http://www.freshmea tproductions.org/calendar.html
Fresh Meat in the Gallery launches its 6th annual international transgender visual art exhibition with a free reception at the SF LGBT Community Center on June 6. This year’s exhibition, Defying Gravities, runs June 6-July 15 and asks artists: In these unstable times how do you and your community rise up and thrive? What do you dream of for yourself and your community? Queer history is full of acts of defiance: how do you find inspiration today in these histories? Twenty-five artists from around the world respond with beautiful, powerful, startling work. Read more .
FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL - LINEUP ANNOUNCED, TICKETS ON SALE NOW!8th Annual Transgender and Queer Performance Festival June 18-21, 2009 (Thurs-Sat 8pm / Sun 7pm) (ASL Sunday night) Project Artaud Theater (450 Florida Street b/w 17th Street and Mariposa, SF) Tickets: $15 (advance tickets recommended - these shows sell out!) Tickets online: http://www.brownpap ertickets.com/event/59970 Tickets by phone (ODC box office): 415-863-9834
Info: http://www.freshmea tproductions.org/calendar.html

The Fresh Meat Festival is coming . get your tickets now for this outrageously popular, critically acclaimed, history-making event before they sell out! Transgender and queer taiko, hip hop, ballroom, modern dance, live music, clogging, theater and much more. Performances by Zoe Balfour and Citabria Phillips, the Barbary Coast Cloggers, Ryka Aoki de la Cruz, Deadlee, D’Lo, Sean Dorsey Dance, Storm Miguel Florez, Mind Over Matter, Taiko Ren and Shawna Virago. Get your tickets early because these shows will sell out! Read more . BUY TICKETS NOW.
QUEER TRADITIONS - A FREE COMMUNITY PANEL/DISCUSSION June 21, 2009 1pm Femina Potens (2199 Market Street, SF) FREE Join Fresh Meat Productions and the Queer Cultural Center for a dynamic panel discussion exploring the relationship of community traditions to LGBT art and culture. Moderated by Greg Day with panelists including Patrick Makuakane (Director, Na- Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu) and Ian Enriquez (Director, Barbary Coast Cloggers ). Special thanks to the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Read more .

A FRESH MEAT WELCOME TO OUR 2009 COMMUNITY PARTNERS! The Fresh Meat Festival is made possible in part by the generosity of our incredible family of Community Partners.a big thank you to all our 2009 partners (check out their sites!):
Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center www.apiwellness. org
Black and Blue Tattoo www.blackandbluetat too.com
Community United Against Violence www.cuav.org
Dimensions Clinic www.dimensionsclini c.org
National Center for Lesbian Rights www.nclrights. org
San Francisco Women Against Rape www.sfwar.org
Transgender Law Center www.transgenderlawc enter.org
TransVision www.transvisiontric ity.org

Rainbow Women’s Chorus presents “Hooray for Hollywood: Songs from the Silver Screen.” We’ve gone to the movies for inspiration this time, and we’ll be singing great Hollywood tunes like You’ll Never Walk Alone, medley from Mamma Mia, Nine to Five, On the Street Where You Live, Seize the Day, La Bamba, Over the Rainbow (of course!) and more.
Saturday, May 30 at 8 PM Sunday, May 31 at 3 PM Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 1550 Meridian Avenue, San Jose [map] Tickets: $18 at the door, $15 in advance ($3 discount for seniors, students or groups of 10 or more. No one will be turned away for financial reasons.)
For details, call Eileen at (408) 374-5228 or visit our website at
www.rainbowwomen.org

Introduction to Modern Buddhism
Time: June 8, 2009 @ 7:00-8:30 pm
Soul Support brings back one of our most popular programs, Soka Gakkai International: The Buddhist Association for Peace, Culture & Education. Our LGBT Buddhist friends (SGI) will introduce the basic teachings and practice of Nichiren Buddhism. SGI maintains we all possess the capacity to discover our innate Buddahood. We can dispel delusion about the limits of our happiness, and discover our inherent strength, wisdom and compassion. Through studying Buddhist philosophy and taking action daily for the well-being of others, we can establish a state of absolute happiness in which we make each moment of our lives joyful and meaningful. In the process, we become instruments for peace in our families, community, and the world.
Location: Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose
Cost: Soul Support is a volunteer driven, free service to the community. However, donations are gladly accepted in support the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center.
For further inquiries, and to RSVP, please contact program coordinator, Jnana Otto at jolynnotto@yahoo.com

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