Subj: [BWC] 2) LeBowlSki;Sun-PETHike;YearOfTheCOCK!
Date: 2/4/05 6:05:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: BITWclub@aol.com To: BITWClub@yahoogroups.com Message 768 of 769
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---SATURDAY 2/5
* EAST BAY FRONTRUNNERS & WALKERS are doing their weekly run/walk this Saturday along the beautiful shore trail at ALAMEDA'S BAY FARM ISLAND; FREE; 9am; BYOWater...optional no-host BRUNCH follows; DIRECTIONS: from Hwy 880 S, take the High Street exit, follow High Street over the bridge to Alameda and continue to Otis and turn left, and cross the bridge to Bay Farm Island, then take first right to Island Drive, and the next right to Veterans Court...meet at the end of the court, near the water; call EBF President Terry Johnson at: 510-531-3383, or e-mail: EBFRW@yahoo.com; Visit: www.EastBayFrontrunners.org, and join their free Yahoo Group: sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/...runners
* FREE STD TESTING in SANTA ROSA, anonymous and confidential, for HIV, HepC, and other STDs tests; every WEDNESDAY from 3-7pm AND every SATURDAY from 930am-1230pm; 418 Riley Street (off 5th twn Mendocino Av & Humboldt St); 707-565-4620; BWClubber Rane at: RRichardson@Sonoma-County.org
* "HOW TO ATTEND A JOB FAIR" 2 hour WORKSHOP covering the basics of how to prepare for and make the best impression at the upcoming QUEER JOB FAIR (listed under "---WEDNESDAY 2/9" below); career coaches will be on hand to review resumes and answer your questions; FREE; 3-5pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
* TURNING THE TIDE is "a LGBTIQ Tsunami Relief Benefit Cabaret, Silent Auction, Art Show, and Music Show by Liam Shy and DJ Pusspuss 10 PM the dance floor opens for a night of dancing by San Francisco's best John LePage, David Harness, Matthew Baker, Nikita & DJ Alexander"; $10; 8pm-4am; at Terra at 511 Harrison in SF; www.Ggreg.com AND www.RainBowFund.org AND QueerCares.com
* TSUNAMI CABARET NIGHT, with 100% of proceeds going to Tsunami Relief, featuring cabaret, silent auction, art show and music by Liam Shy and DJ Pusspuss, and at 10pm the dance floor opens; $10; 8pm-2am; at Daddy's Bar at 440 Castro twn Market & 18th; 415-621-8547; www.DaddysBar.com AND www.QueerCares.com
* There's a BLACK SHEET COED ORGY at The FAERIE HOUSE, but you must have an invitation to get in, as usual, AND they're making it tougher than ever for guys with "roamin' hands and rushin' fingers"; $20; 8pm-130(230am); on 14th twn Guererro & Valencia; www.BlackBooks.com
* 2nd Annual BIG LEBOWSKI BOWL, miniature bowling which <<starts at 9pm Saturday, and won't stop till our balls (and pins) drop. Come dressed as any of the characters from Big Lebowski, bowl your hearts out, and have a damned fine Caucasian (aka White Russian) or Sasparilla with us. And bowl. Seriously. Miniature bowling and the Ramp of Death. Giant Scissors to cut off your Johnson. You can not pass this up. Am I right? Am I right? Am I right? There's only one rule is this game: No peeing on the rug. It really ties the room together.>>; $5, or FREE with an IndieFest ticket stub; 9pm-2am; at The Photo Gourmet Studios at 2190 Folsom @ 18th in SF; www.SFIndie.com
* An UNCUT MEN'S PLAY PARTY in ALAMEDA; all ages (18+), shapes, sizes, flavors, AND colors welcome, but you MUST be uncircumsized; FREE, with snacks provided, but BYOBeverage to share; you MUST RSVP for party location to: InSrchVV2003@yahoo.com; check out SOMA Parties in the SOMA Parties photos section of: groups.yahoo.com/group/SFGaySexParty
* In NAPA, THE RAINBOW ROOM restaurant, bar, & cabaret in THE DEPOT HOTEL features live enrtainment on Friday & Saturday nights; 806 Fourth St; 707-252-4477; http://www.TheDepot/Napa.net
* There's KARAOKE in:
--PETALUMA every Friday & Saturday at Carrow's at E.Washington @ McDowell (take 101 to E.Washington Exit, head east, turn right on McDowell); 9p-12a; FREE, but buy drinks and tip your server; 707-571-8909; www.KaraokeWithMichelle.com
--SAN FRANCISCO every Tuesday & Saturday at Annie's Cocktail Lounge at 15 Boardman twn Bryant & Brannan and 6th & 7th right across from the SFPD Hall of Justice; 930pm; FREE, but buy drinks and tip your server; 415-703-0865; www.AnniesCocktailLounge.com
--GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
---SUNDAY 2/6 ***SUPERBOWL SUNDAY***
* It's BWClub "NAME YOUR NUDE HIKE" DAY...you show up in Petaluma at 11am, and we decide as a group where we're going: Golden Gate Bridge Beach in SF, Hagmire or RCA Beach in Marin, Wohler on the Russian River in Sonoma County, Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma, OR ___; FREE; MEET RJ from 11-1115am (I'm hairy, bald, bearded, and smokin' a big, fat cigar) in PETALUMA in the bandstand in the center of WALNUT PARK in downtown Petaluma on Petaluma Bl South twn D and E Streets, across from 7-11 (just one block away from the Golden Gate Transit bus stop at the Petaluma Depot at 4th & C Streets; visit: www.GoldenGate.org), and then we'll carpool to wherever (they're all within 45 minutes of Petaluma, so we'll be there just before noon), or walk to nearby Putnam, a large, beautiful park in the hills criss-crossed with hiking trails; AFTERWARDS, we can watch the SUPERBOWL; 707-762-2596; www.BWClub.net
* 3 SUPERBOWL PARTIES:
-SAN FRANCISCO:
The 1751 SOCIAL CLUB, <<the historic bar which has seen many varied incarnations the past... it was the hip-hop club Storyville, and a jazz and live music venue. Now the Social Club serves food and, in addition to having the big game broadcasted on flat screen HDTVs, there will also be complimentary apps with a regular dinner menu kicking in after 630pm. Of course the usual Superbowl Sunday beer specials will be available like $3 buds etc. If you want to watch the game but skip the sports bar vibe, check out this venue with down-home cultural flavor>>; 1751 Fulton; 415-441-1751
The SWIG BAR; From Brian: <<"Eagles" "Eagles" "Eagles"! Listen people, it's really hard being an Eagles fan, if we're not losing every year in the playoff's, we lose our best players to injury just before the super bowl, or some idiot talk show host abuses our quarterback, need I go on? I'm not even going to try to be a bi-Partisan fan here. If you want free bar food, i'm talking hot-dogs, wings, nacho's, etc - then you need to join me at "Swig" this Sunday. Yes that'll be me in the oversized Eagles shirt with two beers in hand, a mouth full of food and i'm screaming at you because your a Patriots Fan. You want $1 shots on every Eagles score (like the Patriots are gonna score!!) you need to see me at Swig. Giant Screen, Free Food, 12 beers on tap and $1 shots on every score....it's gonna be one hell of a Sunday!>>; $3; 3pm; at The Swig Bar at 561 Geary in SF; www.Swig-Bar.com]
-SACRAMENTO:
MANS-CA NUDE SUPERBOWL PARTY 45 MIN NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, with Superbowl UPstairs and non-football DVDs DOWNstairs for those who are not really into beefy, sweaty men in jock straps wrestling with one another in the mud (Yeah, like what true queen ISN'T???)... AND, <<for those that get a little "frisky", the spare bedroom downstairs will be available to take your "affections">>; the party is FREE, but you must pay $25 membership dues to MANS-CA...BYOB, but mixers, softdrinks, munchies, and a light lunch will be provided FREE, and you can buy Super Bowl Squares (a betting pool); 2pm-? (kick off at 3pm); somewhere 45 minutes north of Sacramento; RSVP NakedGeno@yahoo.com for address, directions, and carpool networking, if you like; groups.yahoo.com/group/MANS-CA
-OTHER SUNDAY ACTIVITIES:
* The LONE STAR is where all the bears and leathermen go after The Eagle's Beer Bust ends at 6pm; just 2 blocks east at 1354 Harrison twn 10th & 11th; $8 to drink for free, and WAY too crowded for all but the horniest bear-lovers to tolerate; www.LoneStar-Saloon.com
* SUNDANCE SALOON in SF is a weekly country-western dance club for COWBOYS and their admirers; $5, 21 & over; 6-730pm-lessons, 730-11pm-dancing; 550 Barneveld Av @ Industrial; www.SundanceSaloon.org
* It's PISS NIGHT at The SF LOADING DOCK, a hard-core Levi-leather-fetish cruise & play space bar that offers theme nights: Wed-Hump Day; Thu-Red Hanky Night, Fri-Club Sodom: 1stFri-Boots, 2nd-Uniforms, 3rd-Bondage, 4th-Rubber/Latex; Sat-"No Theme - NoBullshit"; Sun-Yellow Hanky Night and $8 beer bust from 6-9pm; FREE; Wed-Sat: 8pm-2am, Sun: 6pm-2am; 1525 Mission twn Van Ness & 11th, "easy parking, private lockers"; 415-864-1525; www.LoadingDockSF.com
* The Famous SUNDAY T-DANCE at THE ENDUP; $10; all night; at 401 6th @ Harrison in SF; 415-357-0827,896-1095,75; www.TheEndUp.com
* QUEER PUBLIC RADIO in SONOMA COUNTY... listen to Jenna Scott on "Outbeat Salon" each 1st & 3rd Sunday from 8-9pm on KRCB, 90.9 & 91.1FM in Sonoma County, and 95.7FM on cable in Marin; www.KRCB.org
---MONDAY 2/7
* Join The SFOrgy Yahoo Group for NAKED NIGHT at MACK FOLSOM PRISON each Monday; $5 for SFOrgy members (plus $8 6-month Mack membership); 8pm-12am; 1285 Folsom St in SF; www.MackFolsomPrison.com AND groups.yahoo.com/group/SFOrgy
---TUESDAY 2/8 ***FAT TUESDAY***
* SF GAYMES is a place to make new friends and play card games and board games, every TUESDAY & FRIDAY, rain or shine; you can play hearts, spades, 500 rummy, Air Baron, dominoes, Acquire, Scrabble, Samaurai, Boggle, Apples to Apples, and all kinds of other games, too; they also get together at other times in people's homes for long-form games such as Civilization, rail games, etc; FREE, but please buy food and beverages to support the venue; every TUESDAY (cards-only night) 7-10pm at Cafe Macondo at 3159 16th St 'twn Valencia & Guerrero, and FRIDAY 7pm-12am; at Muddy's Coffeehouse at 1304 Valencia St @ 24th; www.SFGames.org
* MANS-CA FREE PIZZA MONTHLY MEETING in SACRAMENTO includes a fun workshop on gay dating and dealing with temptations when in a committed relationship; the meeting and pizza is FREE, but you must pay $25 membership dues to MANS-CA; 730pm-?; at the Lambda Center in Sacramento; EML NakedGeno@yahoo.com for address, directions, and carpool networking, if you like; groups.yahoo.com/group/MANS-CA
* CALLING ALL BUTT PIRATES: celebrate FAT TUESDAY at the HOLE IN THE WALL SALOON; FREE; 8pm; 8th @ Folsom; www.HoleInTheWallSaloon.com
* BEAUTY BAR T&A TUESDAY features "scantily clad Mission beauties on parade every Tuesday at this kitschy pink glittery hang out... they spin jams in genres ranging from eighties, new-wave, rock, classic hip-hop and ghettotech, putting a constant smile on the young revellers faces"; FREE; 10pm-2am; at The Beauty Bar at 2299 Mission St in SF; www.BeautyBar.com
* KARAOKE in GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
* It's BONDAGE NIGHT at BLOW BUDDIES, a sex club for MEN...serious sex with raunchy, serious men...no perfume, deodorants, polyester, platform shoes, drag queens, or club faggots allowed...wear your Levi's and leather or jockstrap or fucking stay home; OPEN: Thu-Sun; 2nd TUE: Bondage; WED schedule: 1st Wed-Boy Bust, 2nd Wed-Watersports, 3rd Wed-Underwear, 4th Wed-Leather; FREE STD/HIV TESTING SCHEDULE (card-carrying BBD members get tested FREE and get a FREE PASS to BBD): 1st THU: Free HIV testing 8:30pm-10:30pm, upstairs in a private space, 2nd THU: Free STD check-ups 8pm-10pm, upstairs in a private space, 3rd FRI: Free HIV testing 10pm-12:30am, upstairs in a private space; 933 Harrison twn 5th & 6th; $12 + $5 membership; www.BlowBuddies.com/bondage-...sday.html
---WEDNESDAY 2/9 ***CHINESE BEGIN CELEBRATING "THE YEAR OF THE COCK"***
* Ready Boyz? On WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, the CHINESE begin celebrating "THE YEAR OF THE COCK"! So go out and find yourself a CHINAMAN to SUCK or FUCK! Start your search at N'TOUCH, SF's GAY ASIAN BAR at 1548 Polk St; 415-441-8413; www.NTouchSF.com
* The 2nd Wednesday is always FREE DAY at the following SF MUSEUM: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (real, breathtaking original works of art by the masters of all periods...Lincoln Park near 34th Av @ Clement)
* QUEER JOB FAIR will include recruiting in the following fields for the following positions: HI-TECH: hard/software, development, programmer, administrator; CUSTOMER SERVICE: call center, help desk, cashier, teller, reception; ADMINISTRATIVE: clerical, accounting, office support, executive assistant; SALES: account executive, sales representative, business services, retail; SOME EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING: American Express, Bank of America, Citibank, Comcast Cable, CSAA, Genentech, Wells Fargo Bank, Morrison & Foerster, Office Team, The Creative Group, etc; FREE; 11am-3pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
***NOTE: The JOB FAIR PREPARATORY WORKSHOP is listed above under "---SATURDAY, 2/5"***
* FREE STD TESTING in SANTA ROSA, anonymous and confidential, for HIV, HepC, and other STDs tests; every WEDNESDAY from 3-7pm AND every SATURDAY from 930am-1230pm; 418 Riley Street (off 5th twn Mendocino Av & Humboldt St); 707-565-4620; BWClubber Rane at: RRichardson@Sonoma-County.org
* The Weekly WEDNESDAY NIGHT SKATE in MARIN is a leisurely 6-10 mile skate through some of the nicest trails in Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Belvedere, and the surrounding areas via city streets, sidewalks, and paved pathways, with beautiful views of Mt. Tam, SF, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the GG and Bay bridges, and The Bay; afterwards join the group for a drink or bite to eat (dutch treat); FREE; MEET at 615pm at Blackie's Pasture off of Tiburon Blvd, and then skate at 630pm SHARP; www.SkateMarin.us
* The SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS hosts a MIXER each 2nd Wednesday, featuring fascinating guest speakers and topics; THIS WED: "Prop 59" with Peter Scheer ExecDir of the California First Amendment Coalition; FREE, with a no-host bar; 630-830pm; at The Park at 747 3rd St twn King & Townsend, across from SBC Park in SF; 415-243-8246; RSVP: Bernice_Yeung@DailyJournal.com; www.SPJ.org/NorCal AND www.ThePark.com
* FRIENDS GROUP WEST meets in GUERNEVILLE each Wednesday; FREE; 7-9pm; at The Inn at The Willows at 15905 River Rd; call Joe: 707-544-1581 x142; JKaminsky@F2F.org
* ROLLER DISCO at CAL SKATE in ROHNERT PARK with D. Miles Jr., "The GodFather of Skating" and founder of the Midnight Rollers' SF Friday Night Skate; the music is old school funk and roller disco, and it's "Adult Night", so leave the kids at home; $5; 8-1030pm; at Cal Skate at 6100 Commerce Boulevard; 707-585-0494; CAblader@pacbell.net; www.CalSkate.com/map.html AND www.CORA.org AND www.CORA.org/WedNiteRollerDisco.htm
* The Monthly FACE-2-FACE Meeting of the illustrious and infamous SF CACOPHONY SOCIETY features no-host suds & burgers and lots of lively political, social, & sexual discussion & innuendo, and the planning of public pranks...not to mention a million laughs and the chance to meet guys (and gals) and make new friends; FREE; 830-1030pm; at Zeitgeist at Duboce @ Valencia in SF; www.Cacophony.org
* It's PISS NIGHT at BLOW BUDDIES, a sex club for MEN...serious sex with raunchy, serious men...no perfume, deodorants, polyester, platform shoes, drag queens, or club faggots allowed...wear your Levi's and leather or jockstrap or fucking stay home; OPEN: Thu-Sun; 2nd TUE: Bondage; WED schedule: 1st Wed-Boy Bust, 2nd Wed-Watersports, 3rd Wed-Underwear, 4th Wed-Leather; FREE STD/HIV TESTING SCHEDULE (card-carrying BBD members get tested FREE and get a FREE PASS to BBD): 1st THU: Free HIV testing 8:30pm-10:30pm, upstairs in a private space, 2nd THU: Free STD check-ups 8pm-10pm, upstairs in a private space, 3rd FRI: Free HIV testing 10pm-12:30am, upstairs in a private space; 933 Harrison twn 5th & 6th; $12 + $5 membership; www.BlowBuddies.com/bondage-...sday.html
---THURSDAY 02/10
* BE THE CAGED ANIMAL YOU TRULY ARE as a HUMAN ZOO PARTICIPANT in an art gallery music and art show at www.LoBotGallery.com in SF: <<On feburary 10 at 8pm all the participants will enter cages, where they'll be fed, and where they'll sleep, and where they'll LIVE for a WEEK, only let out only to use the toilet, and, twice a day to move about and stretch, but only IN the art gallery. Each zoo animal is allowed the following: a sleeping bag, a pillow, a towel, a toothbrush, and two objects of their choice. All the zoo admission donations will be split up at the end of the week and given to the participants. On Saturday, 2/12, there will be an opening for the show with live music and crowds of gawkers.>> Interested? Contact: Caleb at: 510-282-2622 AND RogersCaleb@hotmail.com
* FIND A JOB with group that meets every week to trade job tips, work on resumes, and talk jobs; FREE; 7pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
* SOCIAL is not a disco, club, saloon or salon...it's a lounge for gay and bi men to meet and chat and eat and drink...it's relaxed, it's friendly, there's no loud music, no dancing, and no blow jobs or sex on the beach (except maybe those served by the bartender), just you and other queer dudes; FREE (but BYODrinks and food, and tip your server); dinner at 8pm (call for reservations, and tell them you're coming for "SOCIAL": 415-885-5088), and cocktails and music from 8pm-2am; in The Bambuddha Lounge in the Phoenix Hotel at 601 Eddy @ Larkin; www.Ggreg.com
* TOM BRADDOCK BIRTHDAY PARTY fundraiser for The STOP AIDS PROJECT: stopaids.org/programs/events/index.html
* KARAOKE in GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
* The MOVIE BUS is a custom designed mobile movie theater bus which cruises SF enery Thursday with a new movie you watch from stop to stop; $10 and BYOB; meet the green camouflage bus at 8pm at the Amnesia Bar at 853 Valencia St @ 19th or at 9pm at the Milk Bar at 1840 Haight St @ Stanyan, and the ride ends at the Mighty Club at 119 Utah St; call Peter at 415-424-1058; www.BackyardFlix.com
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MINI EVENTS from Fun & Cheap SF (groups.yahoo.com/group/FunCheapSF/Cal):
Friday
2/4 - 6p - FREE Love, Lust & Heartbreak” Art Show - Alameda
2/4 - 7p - FREE lecture “Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism” @ Modern Times
2/4 - 7p - FREE art reception - wandering artists, found objects, graffiti, collage @ Punch*
2/4 - 7:15p - FREE Fridays Alive @ Bay Meadows Horse Racing, $1 beer, $1 hot dogs & live music
2/4 - 7:30p - $5 - Poetry & Pizza Night (All you can eat Escape from NY Pizza ) Downtown
2/4 - 8p - FREE Comedy Showcase @ Winters Bar in Pacifica
Saturday
2/5 - 10a - FREE SF Botanical Garden’s annual Lunar New Year Flower Market
2/5 - 10a - FREE day of dental care at UCSF School of Dentistry - kids & adults
2/5 - 1p - FREE Chinese New Years Festival w/ Dragon & Lion Dancing & Drummers/
2/5 - 7:30p - FREE Havadalah & Sea Chanty Sing Along aboard an historic ship - Hyde St. Pier
2/5 - 8p - FREE SF Comedy College Stand Up Comedy Show
Sunday
2/6 - 2p - FREE SuperBowl BBQ & 10 foot projection TV - 540 Club - Inner Richmond
2/6 - 2:30p - FREE unique music event Wurltizer Unit Orchestra - Berkeley
2/6 - 3p - FREE haltime buffet @ Superbowl Party - Abbey Tavern - Innr Richmond
2/6 - 3p - FREE food for Super Bowl Party plus live bluegrass after the game - Blarney Ston
2/6 - 4p - FREE Stephan Zielinski reading and signing “Bad Magic” @ Borderlands - mission
2/6 - 4:30p - FREE Book Reading “Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” @ Bird/Beckett Glen Park
Monday
2/7 - 8a - FREE Behind-the-Scenes tours of Crab Fishermen @ Fisherman’s Wharf
2/7 - 7p - FREE workshop “Living on a Budget and Loving It” @ Oakland Library
2/7 - 7p - FREE panel discussion “How to Blossom as a Writer” @ Opera Plaza
2/7 - 7p - $5 Blues, Swing & Big Band History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/7 - 7p - FREE Lecture on Sweatshop Labor @ New College - mission dist.
2/7 - 7p - FREE book reading of basketball, murder & internet in SF - Canvas Gallery
2/7 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series “Argentina: Hope in Hard Times”@ Palo Alto
2/7 - 7:30p - FRE UC Berkeley art lecture by NY Sculpture artist Tom Sachs
Tuesday
2/8 - 7p - FREE live singer/songwriter folk/rock/blues show “Meghan Baker” - Club Deluxe
2/8 - 7p - FREE lecture & discussion “Live from Death Row w/ Kevin Cooper” UC Berkeley
2/8 - 8p - FREE Stand Up Comedy Night w/ Susan Alexander @ Canvas Gallery
Wednesday
2/9 - 12:30p - FREE workshop “Nolo Press Do-it-Yourself Tax Panel” @ Staceys Books*
2/9 - 3p - FREE Learn Congolese Dance with Live Drummers @ Oakland Library
2/9 - 6p - FREE Catchy odd british pop-rockers “The Zutons” @ Amoeba
2/9 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film “The Moon Has Risen” 1955 - Stanford
Thursday
2/10 - 12:30p - FREE book reading “Classic indian cooking” by Gourmet & Chronicle food critic
2/10 - 7:30p - FREE talk & demonstation of Klezmer Music @ Jewish Comm. Library
2/10 - 8p - FREE get drunk & enjoy a Valentine Making Extravaganza @ 540 Club - Innr Richmond*
Upcoming Events
2/11 - 8p - $8 The Police / Sting live concert - by "Stung" tribute band @ Last Day Saloon
2/11 - 7p - FREE Opening Night Art Party “Vegas Valentines” Photo exhibit - castro
2/11 - 8p - FREE 2nd Annual Love Sucks Tattoo Art Show @ 540 Club - Innr Richmond
2/11 - 9p - $5 Amoeba Music CD Release Party w/ 3 live bands & DJs - SOMA
2/12 - 11a - FREE Flabbernathy’s Functional Art Faire - local artists - 21 Grand - Oakland
2/12 - 2:30p - FREE Live unique bass and drum duo - romatic songs for lovers - farleys coffee
2/12 - 7p - FREE hootenany Night “Songs of Love & Hate” @ Cafe Int’l - Lower Haight
2/13 - 4:30p - FREE Book Reading “A Field Guid to the California Delta” @ Bird/Beckett GlenPark
2/13 - 7p - FREE - not a boring poetry slam, a “Haiku Slam” @ Farley’s Coffe
2/14 - 7p - $5 New Language of Jazz History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/14 - 7:30p - FREE poetry evening “A Valentine to Jack & Neeli” - Bird/Beckett Glen Park
2/14 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series “Mission Against Terror” @ Palo Alto
2/15 - 12:30p - FREE Book Reading - WWI verterans fight for justice “The Bonus Army” @ Staceys
2/15 - 7p - FREE book reading “A Personal and Natural History of Blood” @ Booksmith - Haight
2/15 - 7p - FREE “Ask A Scientist” Fun informative lecture series - Stem Cells - Bazaar Cafe
2/15 - 7:30p - FREE book reading “Steal This Idea: Corporate Confiscation of Creativity”
2/16 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film Series “Flowing” 1956 - Stanford
2/16 - 8p - FREE Comedy Showcase @ Marina Sports Bar & Grill
2/17 - 5:45p - FREE - USF Lecture “What Went Wrong? America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror”
2/18 - 7p - FREE Book Reading comic American Splendor’s Harvey Pekar @ Booksmith
2/19 - 10a - FREE Tulipmania @ 39,000 tulips on both levels of Pier 39 plus free guided tours
2/20 - 3p - FREE movie @ cool Parkway Theater in Oak. “50 Years of Black Freedom Struggle”
2/21 - 7p - $5 Miles Davis & John Coltrane Jazz History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/21 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series - antiNAFTA - Trading Democracy - PaloAlto
2/23 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film Series “Red Beard” 1965 - Stanford
2/23 - 7:30p - FREE Booking Reading “Baseball: Roots of the Game” @ Modern Times
2/24 - 12:30p - FREE lunchtime book reading “Best of American Erotica 2005” @ Stacey’s - Downtow
2/24 - 7p - FREE Book Art & Zine Makign Craft Share w/ indie press artists @ Modern Times
2/24 - 7p - FREE author reading “Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual” @ ACWLPB - Opera Plaza
2/25 - 7p - FREE Book Reading “Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Industry” @ Booksmith
---> FOR MORE INFO ON ANY EVENT IN THIS EMAIL... our web calendar at the above url has all the details about every event in this email... dates, addresses, contact info, and descriptions.Fun & Cheap SF - www.FunCheapSF.com
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Well, that's all for now, Boyz! The next BWClub HIKE is THIS SUNDAY, and the next regularly-scheduled BWClub E-MAIL will be NEXT FRIDAY.
So, until then, "SEE YOU IN THE WOODZ!"
RJ Pupkin
Founder & Grand Exhausted PooBah
The "Boyz In The Woodz" Online SF Bay Area Gay & Bi Men's Hiking & Social Club
E-mail: RJ@BWClub.net
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Date: 2/4/05 6:05:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: BITWclub@aol.com To: BITWClub@yahoogroups.com Message 768 of 769
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---SATURDAY 2/5
* EAST BAY FRONTRUNNERS & WALKERS are doing their weekly run/walk this Saturday along the beautiful shore trail at ALAMEDA'S BAY FARM ISLAND; FREE; 9am; BYOWater...optional no-host BRUNCH follows; DIRECTIONS: from Hwy 880 S, take the High Street exit, follow High Street over the bridge to Alameda and continue to Otis and turn left, and cross the bridge to Bay Farm Island, then take first right to Island Drive, and the next right to Veterans Court...meet at the end of the court, near the water; call EBF President Terry Johnson at: 510-531-3383, or e-mail: EBFRW@yahoo.com; Visit: www.EastBayFrontrunners.org, and join their free Yahoo Group: sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/...runners
* FREE STD TESTING in SANTA ROSA, anonymous and confidential, for HIV, HepC, and other STDs tests; every WEDNESDAY from 3-7pm AND every SATURDAY from 930am-1230pm; 418 Riley Street (off 5th twn Mendocino Av & Humboldt St); 707-565-4620; BWClubber Rane at: RRichardson@Sonoma-County.org
* "HOW TO ATTEND A JOB FAIR" 2 hour WORKSHOP covering the basics of how to prepare for and make the best impression at the upcoming QUEER JOB FAIR (listed under "---WEDNESDAY 2/9" below); career coaches will be on hand to review resumes and answer your questions; FREE; 3-5pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
* TURNING THE TIDE is "a LGBTIQ Tsunami Relief Benefit Cabaret, Silent Auction, Art Show, and Music Show by Liam Shy and DJ Pusspuss 10 PM the dance floor opens for a night of dancing by San Francisco's best John LePage, David Harness, Matthew Baker, Nikita & DJ Alexander"; $10; 8pm-4am; at Terra at 511 Harrison in SF; www.Ggreg.com AND www.RainBowFund.org AND QueerCares.com
* TSUNAMI CABARET NIGHT, with 100% of proceeds going to Tsunami Relief, featuring cabaret, silent auction, art show and music by Liam Shy and DJ Pusspuss, and at 10pm the dance floor opens; $10; 8pm-2am; at Daddy's Bar at 440 Castro twn Market & 18th; 415-621-8547; www.DaddysBar.com AND www.QueerCares.com
* There's a BLACK SHEET COED ORGY at The FAERIE HOUSE, but you must have an invitation to get in, as usual, AND they're making it tougher than ever for guys with "roamin' hands and rushin' fingers"; $20; 8pm-130(230am); on 14th twn Guererro & Valencia; www.BlackBooks.com
* 2nd Annual BIG LEBOWSKI BOWL, miniature bowling which <<starts at 9pm Saturday, and won't stop till our balls (and pins) drop. Come dressed as any of the characters from Big Lebowski, bowl your hearts out, and have a damned fine Caucasian (aka White Russian) or Sasparilla with us. And bowl. Seriously. Miniature bowling and the Ramp of Death. Giant Scissors to cut off your Johnson. You can not pass this up. Am I right? Am I right? Am I right? There's only one rule is this game: No peeing on the rug. It really ties the room together.>>; $5, or FREE with an IndieFest ticket stub; 9pm-2am; at The Photo Gourmet Studios at 2190 Folsom @ 18th in SF; www.SFIndie.com
* An UNCUT MEN'S PLAY PARTY in ALAMEDA; all ages (18+), shapes, sizes, flavors, AND colors welcome, but you MUST be uncircumsized; FREE, with snacks provided, but BYOBeverage to share; you MUST RSVP for party location to: InSrchVV2003@yahoo.com; check out SOMA Parties in the SOMA Parties photos section of: groups.yahoo.com/group/SFGaySexParty
* In NAPA, THE RAINBOW ROOM restaurant, bar, & cabaret in THE DEPOT HOTEL features live enrtainment on Friday & Saturday nights; 806 Fourth St; 707-252-4477; http://www.TheDepot/Napa.net
* There's KARAOKE in:
--PETALUMA every Friday & Saturday at Carrow's at E.Washington @ McDowell (take 101 to E.Washington Exit, head east, turn right on McDowell); 9p-12a; FREE, but buy drinks and tip your server; 707-571-8909; www.KaraokeWithMichelle.com
--SAN FRANCISCO every Tuesday & Saturday at Annie's Cocktail Lounge at 15 Boardman twn Bryant & Brannan and 6th & 7th right across from the SFPD Hall of Justice; 930pm; FREE, but buy drinks and tip your server; 415-703-0865; www.AnniesCocktailLounge.com
--GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
---SUNDAY 2/6 ***SUPERBOWL SUNDAY***
* It's BWClub "NAME YOUR NUDE HIKE" DAY...you show up in Petaluma at 11am, and we decide as a group where we're going: Golden Gate Bridge Beach in SF, Hagmire or RCA Beach in Marin, Wohler on the Russian River in Sonoma County, Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma, OR ___; FREE; MEET RJ from 11-1115am (I'm hairy, bald, bearded, and smokin' a big, fat cigar) in PETALUMA in the bandstand in the center of WALNUT PARK in downtown Petaluma on Petaluma Bl South twn D and E Streets, across from 7-11 (just one block away from the Golden Gate Transit bus stop at the Petaluma Depot at 4th & C Streets; visit: www.GoldenGate.org), and then we'll carpool to wherever (they're all within 45 minutes of Petaluma, so we'll be there just before noon), or walk to nearby Putnam, a large, beautiful park in the hills criss-crossed with hiking trails; AFTERWARDS, we can watch the SUPERBOWL; 707-762-2596; www.BWClub.net
* 3 SUPERBOWL PARTIES:
-SAN FRANCISCO:
The 1751 SOCIAL CLUB, <<the historic bar which has seen many varied incarnations the past... it was the hip-hop club Storyville, and a jazz and live music venue. Now the Social Club serves food and, in addition to having the big game broadcasted on flat screen HDTVs, there will also be complimentary apps with a regular dinner menu kicking in after 630pm. Of course the usual Superbowl Sunday beer specials will be available like $3 buds etc. If you want to watch the game but skip the sports bar vibe, check out this venue with down-home cultural flavor>>; 1751 Fulton; 415-441-1751
The SWIG BAR; From Brian: <<"Eagles" "Eagles" "Eagles"! Listen people, it's really hard being an Eagles fan, if we're not losing every year in the playoff's, we lose our best players to injury just before the super bowl, or some idiot talk show host abuses our quarterback, need I go on? I'm not even going to try to be a bi-Partisan fan here. If you want free bar food, i'm talking hot-dogs, wings, nacho's, etc - then you need to join me at "Swig" this Sunday. Yes that'll be me in the oversized Eagles shirt with two beers in hand, a mouth full of food and i'm screaming at you because your a Patriots Fan. You want $1 shots on every Eagles score (like the Patriots are gonna score!!) you need to see me at Swig. Giant Screen, Free Food, 12 beers on tap and $1 shots on every score....it's gonna be one hell of a Sunday!>>; $3; 3pm; at The Swig Bar at 561 Geary in SF; www.Swig-Bar.com]
-SACRAMENTO:
MANS-CA NUDE SUPERBOWL PARTY 45 MIN NORTH OF SACRAMENTO, with Superbowl UPstairs and non-football DVDs DOWNstairs for those who are not really into beefy, sweaty men in jock straps wrestling with one another in the mud (Yeah, like what true queen ISN'T???)... AND, <<for those that get a little "frisky", the spare bedroom downstairs will be available to take your "affections">>; the party is FREE, but you must pay $25 membership dues to MANS-CA...BYOB, but mixers, softdrinks, munchies, and a light lunch will be provided FREE, and you can buy Super Bowl Squares (a betting pool); 2pm-? (kick off at 3pm); somewhere 45 minutes north of Sacramento; RSVP NakedGeno@yahoo.com for address, directions, and carpool networking, if you like; groups.yahoo.com/group/MANS-CA
-OTHER SUNDAY ACTIVITIES:
* The LONE STAR is where all the bears and leathermen go after The Eagle's Beer Bust ends at 6pm; just 2 blocks east at 1354 Harrison twn 10th & 11th; $8 to drink for free, and WAY too crowded for all but the horniest bear-lovers to tolerate; www.LoneStar-Saloon.com
* SUNDANCE SALOON in SF is a weekly country-western dance club for COWBOYS and their admirers; $5, 21 & over; 6-730pm-lessons, 730-11pm-dancing; 550 Barneveld Av @ Industrial; www.SundanceSaloon.org
* It's PISS NIGHT at The SF LOADING DOCK, a hard-core Levi-leather-fetish cruise & play space bar that offers theme nights: Wed-Hump Day; Thu-Red Hanky Night, Fri-Club Sodom: 1stFri-Boots, 2nd-Uniforms, 3rd-Bondage, 4th-Rubber/Latex; Sat-"No Theme - NoBullshit"; Sun-Yellow Hanky Night and $8 beer bust from 6-9pm; FREE; Wed-Sat: 8pm-2am, Sun: 6pm-2am; 1525 Mission twn Van Ness & 11th, "easy parking, private lockers"; 415-864-1525; www.LoadingDockSF.com
* The Famous SUNDAY T-DANCE at THE ENDUP; $10; all night; at 401 6th @ Harrison in SF; 415-357-0827,896-1095,75; www.TheEndUp.com
* QUEER PUBLIC RADIO in SONOMA COUNTY... listen to Jenna Scott on "Outbeat Salon" each 1st & 3rd Sunday from 8-9pm on KRCB, 90.9 & 91.1FM in Sonoma County, and 95.7FM on cable in Marin; www.KRCB.org
---MONDAY 2/7
* Join The SFOrgy Yahoo Group for NAKED NIGHT at MACK FOLSOM PRISON each Monday; $5 for SFOrgy members (plus $8 6-month Mack membership); 8pm-12am; 1285 Folsom St in SF; www.MackFolsomPrison.com AND groups.yahoo.com/group/SFOrgy
---TUESDAY 2/8 ***FAT TUESDAY***
* SF GAYMES is a place to make new friends and play card games and board games, every TUESDAY & FRIDAY, rain or shine; you can play hearts, spades, 500 rummy, Air Baron, dominoes, Acquire, Scrabble, Samaurai, Boggle, Apples to Apples, and all kinds of other games, too; they also get together at other times in people's homes for long-form games such as Civilization, rail games, etc; FREE, but please buy food and beverages to support the venue; every TUESDAY (cards-only night) 7-10pm at Cafe Macondo at 3159 16th St 'twn Valencia & Guerrero, and FRIDAY 7pm-12am; at Muddy's Coffeehouse at 1304 Valencia St @ 24th; www.SFGames.org
* MANS-CA FREE PIZZA MONTHLY MEETING in SACRAMENTO includes a fun workshop on gay dating and dealing with temptations when in a committed relationship; the meeting and pizza is FREE, but you must pay $25 membership dues to MANS-CA; 730pm-?; at the Lambda Center in Sacramento; EML NakedGeno@yahoo.com for address, directions, and carpool networking, if you like; groups.yahoo.com/group/MANS-CA
* CALLING ALL BUTT PIRATES: celebrate FAT TUESDAY at the HOLE IN THE WALL SALOON; FREE; 8pm; 8th @ Folsom; www.HoleInTheWallSaloon.com
* BEAUTY BAR T&A TUESDAY features "scantily clad Mission beauties on parade every Tuesday at this kitschy pink glittery hang out... they spin jams in genres ranging from eighties, new-wave, rock, classic hip-hop and ghettotech, putting a constant smile on the young revellers faces"; FREE; 10pm-2am; at The Beauty Bar at 2299 Mission St in SF; www.BeautyBar.com
* KARAOKE in GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
* It's BONDAGE NIGHT at BLOW BUDDIES, a sex club for MEN...serious sex with raunchy, serious men...no perfume, deodorants, polyester, platform shoes, drag queens, or club faggots allowed...wear your Levi's and leather or jockstrap or fucking stay home; OPEN: Thu-Sun; 2nd TUE: Bondage; WED schedule: 1st Wed-Boy Bust, 2nd Wed-Watersports, 3rd Wed-Underwear, 4th Wed-Leather; FREE STD/HIV TESTING SCHEDULE (card-carrying BBD members get tested FREE and get a FREE PASS to BBD): 1st THU: Free HIV testing 8:30pm-10:30pm, upstairs in a private space, 2nd THU: Free STD check-ups 8pm-10pm, upstairs in a private space, 3rd FRI: Free HIV testing 10pm-12:30am, upstairs in a private space; 933 Harrison twn 5th & 6th; $12 + $5 membership; www.BlowBuddies.com/bondage-...sday.html
---WEDNESDAY 2/9 ***CHINESE BEGIN CELEBRATING "THE YEAR OF THE COCK"***
* Ready Boyz? On WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, the CHINESE begin celebrating "THE YEAR OF THE COCK"! So go out and find yourself a CHINAMAN to SUCK or FUCK! Start your search at N'TOUCH, SF's GAY ASIAN BAR at 1548 Polk St; 415-441-8413; www.NTouchSF.com
* The 2nd Wednesday is always FREE DAY at the following SF MUSEUM: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (real, breathtaking original works of art by the masters of all periods...Lincoln Park near 34th Av @ Clement)
* QUEER JOB FAIR will include recruiting in the following fields for the following positions: HI-TECH: hard/software, development, programmer, administrator; CUSTOMER SERVICE: call center, help desk, cashier, teller, reception; ADMINISTRATIVE: clerical, accounting, office support, executive assistant; SALES: account executive, sales representative, business services, retail; SOME EMPLOYERS PARTICIPATING: American Express, Bank of America, Citibank, Comcast Cable, CSAA, Genentech, Wells Fargo Bank, Morrison & Foerster, Office Team, The Creative Group, etc; FREE; 11am-3pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
***NOTE: The JOB FAIR PREPARATORY WORKSHOP is listed above under "---SATURDAY, 2/5"***
* FREE STD TESTING in SANTA ROSA, anonymous and confidential, for HIV, HepC, and other STDs tests; every WEDNESDAY from 3-7pm AND every SATURDAY from 930am-1230pm; 418 Riley Street (off 5th twn Mendocino Av & Humboldt St); 707-565-4620; BWClubber Rane at: RRichardson@Sonoma-County.org
* The Weekly WEDNESDAY NIGHT SKATE in MARIN is a leisurely 6-10 mile skate through some of the nicest trails in Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Belvedere, and the surrounding areas via city streets, sidewalks, and paved pathways, with beautiful views of Mt. Tam, SF, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the GG and Bay bridges, and The Bay; afterwards join the group for a drink or bite to eat (dutch treat); FREE; MEET at 615pm at Blackie's Pasture off of Tiburon Blvd, and then skate at 630pm SHARP; www.SkateMarin.us
* The SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS hosts a MIXER each 2nd Wednesday, featuring fascinating guest speakers and topics; THIS WED: "Prop 59" with Peter Scheer ExecDir of the California First Amendment Coalition; FREE, with a no-host bar; 630-830pm; at The Park at 747 3rd St twn King & Townsend, across from SBC Park in SF; 415-243-8246; RSVP: Bernice_Yeung@DailyJournal.com; www.SPJ.org/NorCal AND www.ThePark.com
* FRIENDS GROUP WEST meets in GUERNEVILLE each Wednesday; FREE; 7-9pm; at The Inn at The Willows at 15905 River Rd; call Joe: 707-544-1581 x142; JKaminsky@F2F.org
* ROLLER DISCO at CAL SKATE in ROHNERT PARK with D. Miles Jr., "The GodFather of Skating" and founder of the Midnight Rollers' SF Friday Night Skate; the music is old school funk and roller disco, and it's "Adult Night", so leave the kids at home; $5; 8-1030pm; at Cal Skate at 6100 Commerce Boulevard; 707-585-0494; CAblader@pacbell.net; www.CalSkate.com/map.html AND www.CORA.org AND www.CORA.org/WedNiteRollerDisco.htm
* The Monthly FACE-2-FACE Meeting of the illustrious and infamous SF CACOPHONY SOCIETY features no-host suds & burgers and lots of lively political, social, & sexual discussion & innuendo, and the planning of public pranks...not to mention a million laughs and the chance to meet guys (and gals) and make new friends; FREE; 830-1030pm; at Zeitgeist at Duboce @ Valencia in SF; www.Cacophony.org
* It's PISS NIGHT at BLOW BUDDIES, a sex club for MEN...serious sex with raunchy, serious men...no perfume, deodorants, polyester, platform shoes, drag queens, or club faggots allowed...wear your Levi's and leather or jockstrap or fucking stay home; OPEN: Thu-Sun; 2nd TUE: Bondage; WED schedule: 1st Wed-Boy Bust, 2nd Wed-Watersports, 3rd Wed-Underwear, 4th Wed-Leather; FREE STD/HIV TESTING SCHEDULE (card-carrying BBD members get tested FREE and get a FREE PASS to BBD): 1st THU: Free HIV testing 8:30pm-10:30pm, upstairs in a private space, 2nd THU: Free STD check-ups 8pm-10pm, upstairs in a private space, 3rd FRI: Free HIV testing 10pm-12:30am, upstairs in a private space; 933 Harrison twn 5th & 6th; $12 + $5 membership; www.BlowBuddies.com/bondage-...sday.html
---THURSDAY 02/10
* BE THE CAGED ANIMAL YOU TRULY ARE as a HUMAN ZOO PARTICIPANT in an art gallery music and art show at www.LoBotGallery.com in SF: <<On feburary 10 at 8pm all the participants will enter cages, where they'll be fed, and where they'll sleep, and where they'll LIVE for a WEEK, only let out only to use the toilet, and, twice a day to move about and stretch, but only IN the art gallery. Each zoo animal is allowed the following: a sleeping bag, a pillow, a towel, a toothbrush, and two objects of their choice. All the zoo admission donations will be split up at the end of the week and given to the participants. On Saturday, 2/12, there will be an opening for the show with live music and crowds of gawkers.>> Interested? Contact: Caleb at: 510-282-2622 AND RogersCaleb@hotmail.com
* FIND A JOB with group that meets every week to trade job tips, work on resumes, and talk jobs; FREE; 7pm; at the LGBTIQ CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia; David Bach at DavidB@SFCenter.org OR 415-865-5534; www.JobFair.SFCenter.org
* SOCIAL is not a disco, club, saloon or salon...it's a lounge for gay and bi men to meet and chat and eat and drink...it's relaxed, it's friendly, there's no loud music, no dancing, and no blow jobs or sex on the beach (except maybe those served by the bartender), just you and other queer dudes; FREE (but BYODrinks and food, and tip your server); dinner at 8pm (call for reservations, and tell them you're coming for "SOCIAL": 415-885-5088), and cocktails and music from 8pm-2am; in The Bambuddha Lounge in the Phoenix Hotel at 601 Eddy @ Larkin; www.Ggreg.com
* TOM BRADDOCK BIRTHDAY PARTY fundraiser for The STOP AIDS PROJECT: stopaids.org/programs/events/index.html
* KARAOKE in GUERNEVILLE, at the RUSSIAN RIVER RESORT (aka "Triple R"), which has COMEDY, BILLIARDS, FINE DINING, a PIANO BAR, a PSYCHIC, and a HOT TUB; have dinner in their fine restaurant, then shoot BILLIARDS or cruise the HOT TUB, then each Saturday a relatively big-name comic is featured doing an hour-long show (winters in the bar by the fire, summers out on the deck under the stars)... the place is very crowded, but cozy, friendly, fun; get a reading from PSYCHIC CHRISTINE LaPORTE every Wed, Thurs & Fri from 7pm-1am; enjoy MOMI STARR at the PIANO BAR (Fri & Sat at 8pm); sing KARAOKE with KJ Country Dan (www.CountryDan.com) each THU & FRI & SUN from 9pm-1am, and each SAT at 10pm after 9pm comedy (Dan ALSO does karaoke at The RR EAGLE each TUES from 9pm-1am; 16225 Main St; 707-869-4500; www.RussianRiverEagle.com); $5 cover for Saturday comedy at 9pm, but karaoke at 10pm is FREE (no cover, but tip Dan & your bartender); the RRR is right downtown, two streets north of Main at 16390 4th @ Mill, next to old Buck's Restaurant, and is beautiful and popular; 707-869-0691 AND 800-417-3767; www.RussianRiverResort.com
* The MOVIE BUS is a custom designed mobile movie theater bus which cruises SF enery Thursday with a new movie you watch from stop to stop; $10 and BYOB; meet the green camouflage bus at 8pm at the Amnesia Bar at 853 Valencia St @ 19th or at 9pm at the Milk Bar at 1840 Haight St @ Stanyan, and the ride ends at the Mighty Club at 119 Utah St; call Peter at 415-424-1058; www.BackyardFlix.com
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MINI EVENTS from Fun & Cheap SF (groups.yahoo.com/group/FunCheapSF/Cal):
Friday
2/4 - 6p - FREE Love, Lust & Heartbreak” Art Show - Alameda
2/4 - 7p - FREE lecture “Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism” @ Modern Times
2/4 - 7p - FREE art reception - wandering artists, found objects, graffiti, collage @ Punch*
2/4 - 7:15p - FREE Fridays Alive @ Bay Meadows Horse Racing, $1 beer, $1 hot dogs & live music
2/4 - 7:30p - $5 - Poetry & Pizza Night (All you can eat Escape from NY Pizza ) Downtown
2/4 - 8p - FREE Comedy Showcase @ Winters Bar in Pacifica
Saturday
2/5 - 10a - FREE SF Botanical Garden’s annual Lunar New Year Flower Market
2/5 - 10a - FREE day of dental care at UCSF School of Dentistry - kids & adults
2/5 - 1p - FREE Chinese New Years Festival w/ Dragon & Lion Dancing & Drummers/
2/5 - 7:30p - FREE Havadalah & Sea Chanty Sing Along aboard an historic ship - Hyde St. Pier
2/5 - 8p - FREE SF Comedy College Stand Up Comedy Show
Sunday
2/6 - 2p - FREE SuperBowl BBQ & 10 foot projection TV - 540 Club - Inner Richmond
2/6 - 2:30p - FREE unique music event Wurltizer Unit Orchestra - Berkeley
2/6 - 3p - FREE haltime buffet @ Superbowl Party - Abbey Tavern - Innr Richmond
2/6 - 3p - FREE food for Super Bowl Party plus live bluegrass after the game - Blarney Ston
2/6 - 4p - FREE Stephan Zielinski reading and signing “Bad Magic” @ Borderlands - mission
2/6 - 4:30p - FREE Book Reading “Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” @ Bird/Beckett Glen Park
Monday
2/7 - 8a - FREE Behind-the-Scenes tours of Crab Fishermen @ Fisherman’s Wharf
2/7 - 7p - FREE workshop “Living on a Budget and Loving It” @ Oakland Library
2/7 - 7p - FREE panel discussion “How to Blossom as a Writer” @ Opera Plaza
2/7 - 7p - $5 Blues, Swing & Big Band History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/7 - 7p - FREE Lecture on Sweatshop Labor @ New College - mission dist.
2/7 - 7p - FREE book reading of basketball, murder & internet in SF - Canvas Gallery
2/7 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series “Argentina: Hope in Hard Times”@ Palo Alto
2/7 - 7:30p - FRE UC Berkeley art lecture by NY Sculpture artist Tom Sachs
Tuesday
2/8 - 7p - FREE live singer/songwriter folk/rock/blues show “Meghan Baker” - Club Deluxe
2/8 - 7p - FREE lecture & discussion “Live from Death Row w/ Kevin Cooper” UC Berkeley
2/8 - 8p - FREE Stand Up Comedy Night w/ Susan Alexander @ Canvas Gallery
Wednesday
2/9 - 12:30p - FREE workshop “Nolo Press Do-it-Yourself Tax Panel” @ Staceys Books*
2/9 - 3p - FREE Learn Congolese Dance with Live Drummers @ Oakland Library
2/9 - 6p - FREE Catchy odd british pop-rockers “The Zutons” @ Amoeba
2/9 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film “The Moon Has Risen” 1955 - Stanford
Thursday
2/10 - 12:30p - FREE book reading “Classic indian cooking” by Gourmet & Chronicle food critic
2/10 - 7:30p - FREE talk & demonstation of Klezmer Music @ Jewish Comm. Library
2/10 - 8p - FREE get drunk & enjoy a Valentine Making Extravaganza @ 540 Club - Innr Richmond*
Upcoming Events
2/11 - 8p - $8 The Police / Sting live concert - by "Stung" tribute band @ Last Day Saloon
2/11 - 7p - FREE Opening Night Art Party “Vegas Valentines” Photo exhibit - castro
2/11 - 8p - FREE 2nd Annual Love Sucks Tattoo Art Show @ 540 Club - Innr Richmond
2/11 - 9p - $5 Amoeba Music CD Release Party w/ 3 live bands & DJs - SOMA
2/12 - 11a - FREE Flabbernathy’s Functional Art Faire - local artists - 21 Grand - Oakland
2/12 - 2:30p - FREE Live unique bass and drum duo - romatic songs for lovers - farleys coffee
2/12 - 7p - FREE hootenany Night “Songs of Love & Hate” @ Cafe Int’l - Lower Haight
2/13 - 4:30p - FREE Book Reading “A Field Guid to the California Delta” @ Bird/Beckett GlenPark
2/13 - 7p - FREE - not a boring poetry slam, a “Haiku Slam” @ Farley’s Coffe
2/14 - 7p - $5 New Language of Jazz History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/14 - 7:30p - FREE poetry evening “A Valentine to Jack & Neeli” - Bird/Beckett Glen Park
2/14 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series “Mission Against Terror” @ Palo Alto
2/15 - 12:30p - FREE Book Reading - WWI verterans fight for justice “The Bonus Army” @ Staceys
2/15 - 7p - FREE book reading “A Personal and Natural History of Blood” @ Booksmith - Haight
2/15 - 7p - FREE “Ask A Scientist” Fun informative lecture series - Stem Cells - Bazaar Cafe
2/15 - 7:30p - FREE book reading “Steal This Idea: Corporate Confiscation of Creativity”
2/16 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film Series “Flowing” 1956 - Stanford
2/16 - 8p - FREE Comedy Showcase @ Marina Sports Bar & Grill
2/17 - 5:45p - FREE - USF Lecture “What Went Wrong? America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror”
2/18 - 7p - FREE Book Reading comic American Splendor’s Harvey Pekar @ Booksmith
2/19 - 10a - FREE Tulipmania @ 39,000 tulips on both levels of Pier 39 plus free guided tours
2/20 - 3p - FREE movie @ cool Parkway Theater in Oak. “50 Years of Black Freedom Struggle”
2/21 - 7p - $5 Miles Davis & John Coltrane Jazz History Talk & Listening Party @ Cafe Royale
2/21 - 7:30p - $5 Documentary/Discussion Film Series - antiNAFTA - Trading Democracy - PaloAlto
2/23 - 7:30p - FREE Rare Japanese Classic Film Series “Red Beard” 1965 - Stanford
2/23 - 7:30p - FREE Booking Reading “Baseball: Roots of the Game” @ Modern Times
2/24 - 12:30p - FREE lunchtime book reading “Best of American Erotica 2005” @ Stacey’s - Downtow
2/24 - 7p - FREE Book Art & Zine Makign Craft Share w/ indie press artists @ Modern Times
2/24 - 7p - FREE author reading “Vaginas: An Owner’s Manual” @ ACWLPB - Opera Plaza
2/25 - 7p - FREE Book Reading “Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Industry” @ Booksmith
---> FOR MORE INFO ON ANY EVENT IN THIS EMAIL... our web calendar at the above url has all the details about every event in this email... dates, addresses, contact info, and descriptions.Fun & Cheap SF - www.FunCheapSF.com
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Well, that's all for now, Boyz! The next BWClub HIKE is THIS SUNDAY, and the next regularly-scheduled BWClub E-MAIL will be NEXT FRIDAY.
So, until then, "SEE YOU IN THE WOODZ!"
RJ Pupkin
Founder & Grand Exhausted PooBah
The "Boyz In The Woodz" Online SF Bay Area Gay & Bi Men's Hiking & Social Club
E-mail: RJ@BWClub.net
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