by Contessa Abono
Living Under the Tree, photo exhibit at Galería de la Raza
Twenty-six year-old pianists, Eldred Marshall, will continue his west coast Beethoven cycle tour in San Francisco to perform in eight Saturday night concerts. All concerts are free and open to the public. $20 donation is strongly suggested. For more information, please visit www.eldredmarshall.net.
Galeria de la Raza Art and photography exhibition
Come see the lives of indigenous Mexican farm workers in California shown through photographs and the narrative experiences of community residents and leaders.
This event runs January 11 to February 23. Opening reception Friday January 11, 7:30 p.m. Photographers’ panel Saturday January 26, 2 p.m. Farm worker panel and community gathering Saturday February 9, 2 p.m. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12 noon to 6pm Galeria de la Raza is located at 2857 24th St. San Francisco, CA 94110.
Community activists unite to counter antichoice marchers
National and local feminist and community activists will be convening a broad-based “Forward, Not Back—Reproductive Justice for All” rally and counter-protest in response to the forth annual “Walk for Life—West Coast” march in San Francisco on January 19. For more information, call Marit Knutson, 206-354-2692, or email bacorrinfo@gmail.com, or visit www.bacorr.org.
New exhibition opens, late writers remembered at the main library
A new exhibition and a number of programs at the Main Library are about to unfold. Renowned photographer Dorothea Lange focuses the camera on her own family in A Life Surrounding a Cabin: Dorothea Lange at Steep Ravine, an exhibition of more than 50 photographs.
Daniel Dixon (son of Lange and first husband painter Maynard Dixon) and his wife, Dixie, will kick off the exhibition with a two-hour presentation at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 in the Koret Auditorium.
Van Buskirk will talk about his memoir-in-progress, My Grandmother’s Suitcase, at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room.
On Jan. 12, cultural historian Jane Rhodes will discuss the media’s continuing fascination with the Black Panther Party. The talk will take place 4–6 p.m. in the Latino/Hispanic. Community Meeting Room. A book signing and sale will follow.
Writers Remembered 2008: A celebration of the authors, poets and journalists who died in 2007, will be held at 1–4 p.m. on Jan. 27 in the Koret Auditorium.
For a complete listing of all of the Library’s events, please visit www.sfpl.org.
All events and exhibitions are free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 557-4277.Visit: www.sfpl.org.
The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Community College District Meetings
The Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Community College District will hold its regular monthly meetings on January 17 and 31.The Board will hold its study session on Thursday, January 17 at 5 p.m. in the Auditorium at the College’s 33 Gough Street facility. The Board will hold its action meeting on Thursday, January 31 at 6 p.m. in the Auditorium at the College’s 33 Gough Street facility.
The public is invited to attend both meetings. For further information, visit the City College of San Francisco website at www.ccsf.edu.
