by the El Reportero’s staff
Jerry Rivera sings in SF.
The Chile Lindo Empanadas and Esperpento will be celebrating Chilean Patriotic Feast commemorating the South American nations’s independence from Spain. The event will take place on Friday, Sept. 18. in a block party on 22nd Street @ (between) Valencia and Bartlett. Iranian Film Festival is ready to go in S.F.
The festival theme this year is about the Iranian Women and the Iranian Women Filmmakers. We also dedicate this year’s festival to all the great women of Iran, anywhere on the planet, for their extraordinary role they play in the Iranian society.
The tickets will be available at the venue at San Francisco Art Institute [800 Chestnut Street] on the day of the shows.
Some of the filmmakers will be in attendance.
The 2nd Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco set for Sept. 19-20, 2009.
Here’s the schedule of films and dates:
Saturday, September 19, 2009
11 AM Tehran Another Side + The T- Shirt + Siza
12:50 PM A People in the Shadows + Red Burqa
2:45 PM Tehran Has No More Pomegranates + Kites Know No Chastity
4:45 PM Letters From America * + It Rises from the East
7:10 PM Four Wives One Man + Tehran Backyard
9:20 PM Moon Sun Flower Game + Rebirth * Sunday, September 20, 2009
11 AM Salam Iran + Final Fitting
1 PM Caught Between Two Worlds * + Iran’s Young Rebels
3:20 PM 1 Hour 99 Years * + Cyanosis
5:15 PM Queen & I + Tabe e Ab
7:10 PM A Conversation with ‘Gohar Kheirandish’* + Banoo
9:45 PM Colors of Memory General tickets are $10;students with photo ID: $7
– Festival Pass: $100 (General); $80 (Students)
– Tickets are sold on the day of the shows only.
POETRY & JAZZ: La Tigresa & The Tongues of Flame
La Tigresa and The Tongues of Flame heat up the night with passionate poetry set to smokin’ jazz beats, simmering with La Tigresa’s trademark “eco-erotic” sensuality and outrageous humor.
Well-known for bringing down the house at spoken word events all over the Bay Area, La Tigresa brings her earth-friendly mix of performance art and poetry to new heights in a full two hour concert with her brand new back-up band.
Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave. (near Ashby), Berkeley CA 94705$5-$10 Suggested Donation, 7 PM door 8 PM showInfo: Harold Adler: 510 – 472-3170.
Storycorps for a day of recording as part of the memory loss initiative for seniors
StoryCorps, a national initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of Americans, will visit On Lok Lifeways.
This unprecedented project has traveled to every corner of America, instructing and inspiring individuals to record their stories in sound.
The event celebrates the stories of six Latino participants from both its 30th Street and Mission Street centers.
The recording will take place at the 30th Street Center, located at 225 30th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, from 1:00pm – 2:30pm. For more information call 510-338-0560.
