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Sunday, August 31, 8pm
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1111 California Street
San Francisco
Tickets: City Box Office
415 392 4400
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EVENTS
Around
Town, Authors, Attractions & Benefits
Back to the Bay
pro skate contests
Sun/24,
James Denman
Middle School
Sat/30,
Maritime
Hall
OU'D THINK that, as the interna
tionally recognized capital of the
skateboarding scene, San Fran-
cisco would've had its own skate park
a long time ago. Alas and hallelujah, the
first one is finally being built-and it's
a nonprofit venture. To benefit the con-
struction of the park, FTC Skateboard-
ing and the Excelsior Youth Club are
sponsoring two Back to the Bay pro
skate contests. At the street contest this
Sunday, international pros and amateurs
alike show their skills at quarterpipes,
pyramids, and obstacle courses. The
winner takes away $2,500.
There's no rigging either-
contestants are judged
solely by their peers. The
indoor pro ramp contest
the following Saturday
features a halfpipe con
test and a local hip hop
show. Skate or die ... or
just stand by, drink a beer,
and watch with all your
limbs intact. Street con-
test Sun/24, 1:30 p.m.
200 Seneca, S.F Free
for spectators (do.
nations encour
aged). $700 entry
fee: $2,500 prize.
Pro ramp contest
Sat/30, 10 p.m.
Events listings are compiled by Tommy West
erfield. To place a listing press releases must
be received two weeks before publication. We
regret we can't accept listings over the phone.
Send information to Calendar, 520 Hampshire
S.F. 94110; fax to (415) 255-8762 or E-mail to
listings@sbg.com. We cannot guarantee the
return of photos, but enclosing an SASE helps.
Around Town
Wednesday/20
Project Inform volunteer training 1965 Mar
ker, Suite 220; 558-8669. 6-9pm. The Treat-
ment Hotline, which fields calls on treatment
options and services for people with HIV and
AIDS, invites everyone, particularly women
and people of color, to volunteer as phone con
seloes. Through Sun/24
Thursday/21
450 Harrison, S.F $10 for spectators.
$700 entry
fee: $7,500 prize(415) 386-
6693. (Summer Burkes)
Revolution
Sun/24,
1015 Folsom
Head turner: The Revolution party raises money for -- and consciousness about
organizations being supported this year by the Bay Guardian Community Fund.
AVE WITH a conscience at Revo-
lution, a soiree at 1015 Folsom
Community Fund. See, be seen, and
dance to house in the main room, hip-
hop upstairs in the VIP
room, funk and acid
jazz
in the front room,
and jungle and
about the artistic inspiration and scientific dis-
cipline the game provides
'Healthy International Travel' UCSF Mis-
sion Center Room 126. 1855 Folsom: 476.
4394. Noon.free. Cecily Cosby, nurse practi-
tioner, offers tips on avoiding illness when trav
cling abroad.
drum and bass downstairs in the Funk
Hut. Local fire artists Nica Lorber and
Rebecca Dietz heat it up, and the Ar-
cane Dancers perform a set that's chore-
ographed with the outstanding Luma-
tech Lighting group. All parties involved
have donated
their time and services to
throw the social event of the season. No-
body's getting paid, but everybody's
getting... down for a good cause. A non-
profit Bay Guardian institution, the fund
this year supports the California First
Amendment Coalition, the Hunters
Point Boys and Girls Club, A Home
Away from Homelessness, AIDS ben-
efits counselors, Breast Cancer Action,
and Project Read. Work that body.
10 p.m.4 a.m., 1015 Folsom,
S.E $10.21 and over
(415) 487-4689
(Burkes)
"How the Haight Really Was' San Francis
co Center for the Book 300 DeMaro: 565-0545,
7pm. free. Artist Gary Graham, who was there,
separates fact from fiction.
Myiyoshi, who offer an update on efforts to en
sure fair wages for Nike workers.
'The New Democratic Revolution and th
Women's Struggle in the Philippines' Rev.
olution Books, 2425 Channing Wory Berk: (510)
848-1196.7pm, 83-5. Joy S. de Guzman, apo
litical prisoner in the Philippines during the
early 1980s and the executive director of the
Asia Pacific Mission for Migrant Filipinos,
talks about women's liberation as an integral
part of the Philippine revolution.
Friday/22
"Invitation to Opera' Main Library, Korea
ditorium, Larkin cand Grove: 557-4515. Noon,
free. Selections from the upcoming San Fran-
cisco Opera season are shown on a large-screen
video, with members of the Opera Guild pro
viding commentary. Today's selection is
Mozart's Nozze di Figaro.
Bay Area
Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama'
Cody's 2454 Telegraph. Berk: (510) 845-7852
7:30pm. free, Kevin Danaher, cofounder of Saturday/23
Are Gonna Get..., talks about out-
ut-of-control
market forces, globalization, and the down-
sizing of the
American Dream. He's joined by
anti-Nike activists Medes Benjamin and Kim
Friday Night Skate Justin Herman Plaza. Em
barcadero Center: 752./967. 8pm, free. Join
the Midnight Rollers every Friday night for a
12-mile skate through the city,
Star Wars' 20th anniversary celebration
San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center,
620 Seventh Sr:
(610) 454-1797. Noom-8pm.
$15-75. See Calendar, page 73.
Clive Barker ANA Hotel, 50 Third Se: 788
5500 7-4pm, $24-29. Pre-registration required.
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