weekend kultur shok
[diggrz: an SVW tag for arts, culture, trends, and events in and around Silicon Valley- new from SVW] -
The Weekend is here- and for most living in the Bay Area, Friday signals cultural and social opportunities. This weekend promises a halt to the seemingly close winter rains. So scroll through the possibilities, catch some sun, and make sure you see some art-- whether its dancing to beats, visiting the opera house, or whatever speaks to your flavor this weekend.
Starting on Friday (Fri: 3-7pm / Sat-Sun: 11am-7pm) and lasting through Sunday, is the 6th annual free Hardly Strictly Blue Grass Festival at Golden Gate Park-:Speedway Meadow, featuring legends like Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Hot Tuna , Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, and Emmylou Harris(to name a few)- making this the highest meet and dance of bluegrass, roots, and even jug bands.
After your fill of banjo music, keep local inspiration going at the Oakland Arts Crash From 7-10pm at the Malonga Casquelourd Center Theater, the OAC showcases live music, dance, and visual arts by local Oakland artists. Proceeds from this Oakland arts adventure will benefit youth dance progams in Oakland. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see a collaboration between the primer-black-moto riders of the East Bay Rats and the Carnaval-hued Brazilian dance troupe Fogo Na Roupa.
If something requiring a little more dress and composure seems more your flavor, grab your beloved and head over to the Oakland Metro Operahouse for the final installment of Philip Glass' trilogy, Les Enfants Terribles. The theatre pieces are based on the work of French writer/filmaker Jean Cocteau and combine opera and dance to explore the darker side of love. If you miss it now, make sure to attend before its closing date on Oct 22nd.
Closing out the weekend on Sunday, Potrero Hill (Indiana St.
bet. Mariposa and 22nd) will be overtaken by thousands celebrating and reminiscing about their recent BurningMan experience at the 7th annual BurningMan Decompression Party. The party starts at 12pm and goes until midnight, with after hours soirees for those with no Monday work agendas. Consuming 6 city blocks and featuring hundreds of artists, performers, musicians, mutant vehicles, theme camps, and costumes- this is a party not to be missed(Unless you fear feathers, faux fur, or stilts ;) $10 suggested donation in Black Rock couture; $20 in streetwear.
Break out, live the life you live, and make Monday happy- by taking advantage of the culturally diverse city we live in.
Month ahead:
Capsule: A Street Festival for Design. Sunday, October 22, 2006 Hayes Valley hosts 115 clothing and accessory designers, lifestyle product designers and graphic artists.
Freakers Ball- Halloween Sat October 28th 2006 12th Annual FREAKER'S BALL in beautiful Santa Cruz. Circus freaks, Arial Dance, Drummers, Dancers, and musicians Featuring: Freq Nasty, Bassnectar (lorin), Jeno, Brother, Little John,Glitch Mob, Sporque, Welder, Random Rab, Mozaic, Haj, Bigga Happiness Sound sys, Mr.Projectile, Adam Ohanna, Dave Jolley, Strydah, Digital Honey Patricio, OOAh, Edit, Kraddy, Da-Vid, Rob Monroy, Satsi, Kamm and more.
And, of course, if Bevan Dufty doesn't cancel Halloween in the Castro. Oct 31st- 2006, it's a must go.
Photo credit: Cameragirl
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[diggrz refers to the nomadic lifestyle offered by mobile digital technologies and gadgets - creating a "nomadig" culture. The diggrz name is also a tip-of-the-hat to some of the ideas of the Diggers, a democratic group that arose in 1649, out of the English revolution .
The Diggers were a radical group that cultivated and protected common lands, and sought to create egalitarian, self-sustaining communities. The Diggers would have found kindred spirits in today's software engineer culture, and the focus on creating commonly owned technologies through egalitarian open source community projects. - Tom Foremski]
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