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- Urban Flow on Video and In Person
After practicing at its beautiful space in the Mission, I wanted to share the first part of a video series introducing Rusty Wells’ Urban Flow Yoga studio. In this short clip about one of the city’s first donation-based yoga communities, Rusty describes the studio’s intention to serve all by removing cost prohibitions that deter people [...]
- “Tapestries of Hope” Documentary for Zimbabwean Girls
The trailer for “Tapestries of Hope,” a feature-length documentary that exposes the myth behind the abuse of young girls in Zimbabwe, is well worth your sub-three minutes. It shows filmmaker Michealene Cristini Risley’s sojourn to Africa as she investigates longstanding myths about the power of virgin blood and the work of the Girl Child Network: [...]
- New Jewish Filmmaking Project at Castro Theatre
I’m intrigued by Half-Remembered Stories, a multimedia exhibit exploring Jewish heritage that’s launching in partnership between local production company Citizen Film and the SF Jewish Film Festival. The latter is turning 30 this year and celebrating by presenting 50 shorts and 11 multimedia collages by artists 15 to 25 years old around “half-remembered” aspects of [...]
- Bike to Work Day Withdrawal?
If you’re having a day when you’re less than loving the City by the Bay–and it happens, though cool July nights may play a role–a quality viewing of Massan for Leader Bikes by Brandon Finks Video/Animation Macaframa could be just what’s needed. The beautiful city shots and tight editing could have you spinning down Fell [...]
- Primary Color Edition
Independence Days of years past have featured my mom persuading my sister and I into matching red, white and blue bathing suits, and I may be local beach hunting this weekend even without a costume prescription. Should a respite from the sun and pier fireworks be needed, I’ll be watching Marina and The Diamonds’ star-spangled [...]
- Women 2.0 In Conversation >> Google.org’s Megan Smith
VidSF and I sat down with Google.org general manager Megan Smith recently at the company’s Embarcadero offices to get her take on compelling educational and corporate engineering projects as part of the Women 2.0 In Conversation series. I’ll let her do the talking about the search giant’s philanthropy efforts, which include global flu and home [...]
- Feel the Magik Magik
Between its fantastic name and emphasis on helping San Francisco musicians make a worthwhile living, the Magik*Magik Orchestra caught my attention with its pressure-filled beginning. (No garage band start here). The orchestra’s founder and artistic director, Minna Choi, was studying composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music when she received a request by the [...]
- Buzzword Bingo & Chez Panisse at 40: McCracken on Culture’s Role in Capitalism at PSFK
A talk given in a suit and Detroit Tigers cap that urges for an end to new media buzzwords and explores the cultural roots of the White House vegetable garden? Throw in a stat that 4 percent of people are tone deaf and anthropologist Grant McCracken has me hitting play on his PSFK Conference talk [...]
- Celebrating Shavuot at the Academy of Sciences
Should your Saturday need a bit of spirituality and Sandra Bernhard, Tablet Magazine’s Dawn Festival event at the Academy of Sciences could be well worth a visit to Golden Gate Park. The self-described “late-night cultural arts festival celebrating the Jewish Holiday Shavuot” will also feature Gary Shteyngart, author of “Russian Debutantes Handbook,” and Daniel Handler, [...]
- Watching Videos until TEDxSoMa
If tomorrow’s bike in movie from the creators of the Disposable Film Fest wasn’t enough reason to get excited about this humpday, registration for TEDxSoMa later this month might be. The second day of insightful talks at the Parisoma co-working space on May 21 is particularly of interest with its focus on female entrepreneurs advancing [...]
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