Port Huron Project Comes to Oakland
July 25, 2008
Creative Time (NY) and the Oakland Museum of California present Mark Tribe’s Port Huron Project 5: The Liberation of Our People, a reenactment of a landmark 1969 speech by legendary activist Angela Davis, on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 6 p.m. The restaging takes place at DeFremery Park in West Oakland, the original site. The event is free and open to all.
DeFremery Park (formerly Bobby Hutton Park, after the martyred Black Panther) is in West Oakland, at 1651 Adeline St., between 16th and 17th streets.
Mark Tribe’s Port Huron Project is a series of reenactments of key New Left speeches from the 1960s and 70s, presented to examine American democracy by considering today’s political situation in context to that of the 1960s and 70s. Tribe’s intent is to examine and inspire civic dialogue about political and social concerns of our times as we approach the culmination of the presidential election cycle. [Read more]
City Council Honors Rodgers and Hardee
July 25, 2008
The Oakland City Council honored KPIX News Anchor Barbara Rodgers and PG&E Executive Will Hardee for their retirements after more than 30 years of service. Photo by Gene Hazzard
Ukrainians Are Coming to Bay Area
July 25, 2008
Leaders to develop partnerships and exchange ideas on government transparency and the democratic process
A delegation of ten prominent government and NGO leaders from Ukraine will be in the Bay Area to develop partnerships and exchange ideas on government transparency and the democratic process from July 26th to August 3rd, 2008. The delegation is sponsored by the Open World Program of the U.S. Congress and coordinated by the Berkeley-based Center for Safe Energy, a project of the Earth Island Institute. [Read more]
Faces Around the Bay: Jeanne Stark-Iochmans
July 25, 2008
Jeanne Stark-Iochmans, pianist, returned home to Berkeley last week from Four Seasons Concert’s Yachats Music Festival in Oregon.
Stark traditionally opens the Festival (for 28 years). This year, before opening, she invoked a prayer, “I pray that the spirit of Dr. Hazaiah Williams (founder of the Festival) will be hovering ever near”. Stark performed several times at the four day event. Each time her performance was followed by shouts of bravo, as artists and audience rose to their feet.
The ambience of the coastal region took on new significance in the glow of Stark’s musical offerings. The Pacific Ocean, the extraordinary sunsets, the full moon reflecting on the ocean…all became more grand as Start revealed some of life’s mystery - exposing waves of beauty beyond description.
Photo and text by Barbara Fluhrer.
Faces Around the Bay: Sarah and Tim Hampton
July 25, 2008
Sarah and Tim Hampton reside in Hercules. Tim is Manager of the Detail Department at Albany Ford, where he’s worked for 18 years - a graduate of Berkeley High. His wife Sarah works with pregnant teens at Brighter Beginning in Antioch. She works with teen support groups, nurturing parenting to support children.
They have two sons: Gabriel and Elijah. The family enjoys trips to Disneyland, dinners out, video games and sports.
Photo and text by Barbara Fluhrer.
Janet Jackson’s STRIPture
July 25, 2008
Court Strips FCC’s Power to Fine CBS Super Bowl Striptease
On Monday, a Philadelphia court stripped the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ability to regulate inappropriate nudity on television. The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC in the case of the Janet Jackson “striptease” during the 2004 Super Bowl game. The court claims that this action was not “pervasive as to amount to ‘shock treatment’ for the audience”.
“It is utterly incomprehensible that a court would decide that exposing Janet Jackson live on network television to 90 million viewers worldwide was not offensive. The court claims this notorious act was not ‘pervasive as to amount to “shock treatment” for the audience’ but the wardrobe malfunction was clearly intended to shock the worldwide audience. It incited unprecedented outrage and immediate phone calls and emails from viewers to the FCC” said Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA). [Read more]
S.F. Brown Bombers Recruiting New Coaches
July 25, 2008
Registration also open for children 7 to 15 years old
By Wade Woods
San Francisco’s Championship Pop Warner Football team is looking for dedicated, dedicated, motivated and caring people to serve as volunteer football and spirit coaches for youth in San Francisco between the ages of 7 to 15 years old. Prior coaching experience in football, cheer or dance is preferred, but the Bombers will provide quality training to the right candidate. The Brown Bombers say this is a great opportunity to inspire, motivate and educate youth about nutrition, benefits of physical activity, and ability to work as a team.
The cost to participate is $160 per child. There is a 100% rebate program. Interested applicants should call (415) 820-1516 or visit the Bombers office at 5191 Third Street, Suite 2, San Francisco Ca. 94188. Monday – Friday from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Danny Glover Lunches New Business Venture
July 25, 2008
Tahitian Health Drink Said to Help Immune System and Absorb Nutrients
By Wade Woods
Last Saturday at Rasselas Jazz Club on Fillmore Street, Actor Danny Glover unveiled his new business venture. Tahitian NONI, A tropical fruit that grows year-round in the Pacific Islands. Glover say that Islanders have used NONI for thousands of years for its healthy benefits.
Glover’s business venture is part of Tahitian NONI International, a multi level marketing firm out of Orem, Utah. Glover says that he got involved after being introduced to the product by friends and saw that the juice gave him more energy and allowed him to keep up with his hectic schedule. After using NONI for 2 years Glover says he went to a NONI company convention in Southern California . At the Convention he says that he met people from all over the world that were not only using NONI and giving praise to the health benefits they received but also testifying to the great business opportunity that the company offered. [Read more]
Belle Lee Celebrates 105th Birthday
July 25, 2008
By Post Staff
During the week of Juneteenth observances, a holiday that celebrates Texas for being the last state to officially be notified that slavery had ended, Belle Lee, a Texan and a daughter of a former slave, wanted everyone to be the first to hear that she had reached her 105th birthday.
Lee was born Belle Garland, in Paris, Texas June 24, 1903, to James Garland and Evelyn Morgan Garland.
During her birthday bash she was surrounded by friends, family and caretakers at the Fruitvale Health care Center as well-wishers marveled at her longevity. [Read more]
“A World that Stands as One”
July 25, 2008
Here is the video and full transcript of Barack Obama’s speech in Germany on Thursday, July 24.
Berlin, Germany-
Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome.
I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen - a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.
I know that I don’t look like the Americans who’ve previously spoken in this great city. The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British. [Read more]
