by the El Reportero’s staff
Dancer at Carnaval 2007 competition. (PHOTO BY MARVIN RAMIREZ)
A fun and fierce multi-cultural music and dance competition to crown the 2012 San Francisco Carnaval King and Queen will showcase talented contestants from around the Bay Area. This high-energy competition provides all the excitement and colorful flavor of the forthcoming Carnaval, presented by San Francisco Cultural Arts Traditions.
The winners of the 2012 San Francisco Carnaval King and Queen will have the honor of representing San Francisco Carnaval at upcoming civic events and leading the San Francisco Carnaval Grand Parade on May 27.
It will be held at Public Works, 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, on Sunday, April 22nd from 6 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Advance tickets must be purchased on the Carnaval website at SFCarnaval.org.
The San Francisco Carnaval Festival event will take two days, Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27 (Memorial Day Weekend), from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Harrison Street between 16th and 23rd Street. Free to the Public.
Spring Open Studios this weekend in the Mission–Support San Francisco artists!
Join us for Spring Open Studios in the Mission this weekend, April 14 and 15.
Stop by, have a glass of wine and check out the work. Spread the word-tell a friend, tell three or four.
Studio #101, Project Artaud (entrances at 401 Alabama near 17th and 2800 Mariposa between Alabama and Florida). Saturday, April 14 & Sunday, April 15 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Victor Cartagena www.victorcartagena.net.
Protest our war economy on tax day
Please join Courage to Resist, Northern California War Tax Resistance, and BAY-Peace: Better Alternatives for Youth in saying “Fund the Future of the 99%, NOT the Wars of the 1%!”
We will use poetry, song, dance and theater to spread our message. Come share your vision of what YOU think our taxes should support! Bring a poem, your resisted tax dollars to redirect, participate in a performance or simply enjoy the fun.
Members of Northern California War Tax Resistance will be sharing resisted war taxes with passers by in an act of conscientious objection to war. Join us!
2-3 pm in front of Oakland City Hall (to prep if you want to be part of the flash mob).
3-4 pm march from City Hall to Federal Building with performances along the way.
4-5 pm, Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay St. for more performances in connection with Global Day of Action AGAINST Military Spending. For more info: http://baypeace.org/.
April 19th, 10:30 a.m, Cindy Sheehan stands up to the IRS in Sacramento!
“When the IRS takes Cindy Sheehan to court to try to force her to support the war machine that killed her son, other war tax resisters from Northern California will be standing with her.
On April 19th at 10:30 a.m., the IRS will ask a judge of the U.S. Federal Court, California Eastern District (501 I St., Sacramento) to compel Cindy Sheehan to give them information that would help them collect money from her. Northern California War Tax Resistance supports Sheehan’s continued refusal to cooperate.”
At the Oakland Federal Building, April 17th, 2-5 p.m. 1301 Clay Street, Oakland.
