by the El Reportero’s staff
Featuring conga player Rafael, Zack Ferris in Piano, David Pinto in the base Bass. At 504 Broadway in SF, 94133. Special Guest Steve Turner Jr. Sax, Ron Mesina Bongo, Miguel Drum Set.
On Thursdays of March 5, 12 and 19, from 6 – 10 p.m. No Cover ! www.myspace.com/rouxtrio or www.myspace.com/rouxtrio. Reservations Encouraged 415-982-6223.
Dispatches from the war room
The man who has served as polling mastermind to Bill Clinton, Al Gore, South African President Nelson Mandela, Britain’s Tony Blair, Israel’s Ehud Barak and many other world leaders, will share his insider’s perspective on their campaign war rooms.
Stanley B. Greenberg, will describe how Bill Clinton accepted bold deficit reduction to promote long-term growth, losing the middle class voters he taxed and elaborate on how Nelson Madela embraced an inclusive “better life for all” theme, rather than a black power theme, demanding that the country unite and move forward.
Greenberg will also recount how Ehud Barak as Israeli Prime Minister stepped on the third rail of Israeli politics by offering the division of Jerusalem, and offer his take on how Tony Blair’s political convictions and religious faith propelled him to support George W. Bush in the invasion of Iraq.
At the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., 2nd floor, San Francisco. March 16, 5:30 p.m. Wine reception; 6 p.m. Program, 7 p.m. Book signing. Free for members, $15 for Non-members. To buy tickets call 415/597-6700 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org.
Talking about eratives
In these turbulent economic times coupled with the continuing rise of unemployment, cooperatives are an attractive model for businesses and homeownership. Get to know more about cooperatives and how they allow workers to become owners of their own businesses and how renters can become owners of their own homes.
The Mission Asset Fund (www.missionassetfund.org) invites you to discussion in Spanish about cooperatives. Coop representatives will talk about their experiences in a cooperative as well as how one can create a cooperative or get involved in one.
Representatives from the following cooperatives and businesses will participate: Mission SF Federal Credit Union, Rainbow Grocery, San Francisco Community Land Trust, TechCollective, Design Action Collective, y TeamWorks.
The discussion will take place Saturday, March 14th at the Centro del Pueblo (474 Valencia, near the cor- ner of 16th Street), starting at 11:00 am.
Call 415-839-6637 or go to www.fondopopul.ar.org/ cooperativas to reserve a seat. If needed, we will be offering childcare.
Luna Negra 2009: A night of women’s live art
Women artists from the Bay Area, Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond come together for one night of multidisciplinary performance art; one night where artists of traditional and contemporary artistic expressions unite, driven by their passion to share their unique voices and gifts with the world.
Women who are multidimensional, of diverse backgrounds, offer their creative perspectives on what it looks like to be an artist today – not solely the traditional “moon goddess” image with altars and candles, but gritty, non-conforming artists who bring their vision to the stage.
On March 25, 2009, from 7-9 p.m. General Admission: $8, students and seniors: $6. At the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Theater 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco. For more info call 415-821-1155.
