by the El Reportero’s staff
An escene of film Delta.
San Francisco pianist Larry Vuckovich has been an accompanist, bandleader and world-jazz pioneer over seven decades. His latest album Somethin’ Special is exactly that, according to jazz critic Andrew Gilbert. “His playing sparkles with understated wit.”
Larry will be perform at The Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St. San Francisco, this Sunday, Sept. 9, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
He will perform with bassist Jeff Chambers and Latin percussionist John Santos. $10 cover. For info call at (415) 826-6200 www.blissbarsf.com.
Oil Dirty Business brings to the screen the attack on a people for oil
At the Delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of the planet’s oil is excavated, bomb attacks, abductions and murders form part of the daily routine. The documentary portrays the image of “development”, as giant multinational petroleum companies would define it. Petroleum leaks in the River destroy the flora and fauna, poison the food chain and consequently wipe out the 27 million indigenous people of the area – the Ijaws, the Ogoni and the Itsekiris.
The inhabitants dare to ask the self-evident, they demand an end to it. As a response they are being massively and brutally attacked by special forces of the army and the police, which are armed by the oil companies. On the river the camera meets militia of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta-MEND- and, for the first time, presents to the world shattering images of their speed boat patrols and heavy weaponry.
Tiburon Film Society will present “Delta – Oil’s Dirty Business” at the Bay Model located at 2100 Bridgeway in Sausalito on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m.
Collegiate boxers compete in USF’s 9th Annual Hilltop Cup
The University of San Francisco (USF) announced today the 9th Annual Hilltop Cup Boxing Tournament will take place in USF’s War Memorial Gymnasium on Friday, Sept. 14. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and boxing bouts start at 6:00 p.m. USF’s War Memorial Gym is located at 2335 Golden Gate Avenue (at Roselyn Terrace) in San Francisco.
USF’s Hilltop Cup is the largest amateur intercollegiate boxing event in California and is comprised of student intramural bouts and intercollegiate competition with colleges and universities from across the country
Mission Playground grand opening
Come and be part of the grand reopening ceremony of Mission Playground. The event will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, music, food trucks, an outdoor picnic and fun games for children and families.
The newly renovated Mission Playground includes two children’s play areas, a clubhouse for SF Rec and Park’s Inclusion Center, and athletic fields funded by the City Fields Foundation. The overall Mission Playground renovation is funded by the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond.
On Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. at Valencia and Cunningham(Pool on 19th St. and Linda).
