1. Benefit Yard Sale for Burma's Children Education
Proceeds going to refugee schools on Thai/Burma border
Where: 2002 Barbara Drive, Palo Alto (near 101 and Embarcadero Rd./Oregon Expwy)
When: Saturday, October 10 from 9-3
Some of the items featured are: McCroskey Airflex Queen box spring, high end European women's clothing (new), books, framed Asian art, furniture, toys, kitchen and household items, Panasonic Microwave, TV, Burmese handcrafts, Yoga Studio Gift Certificate, Restaurant Sent Sove Gift Certificate, toys, Peets Coffee (first 50 shoppers) and homemade cookies.
Come support these most deserving young people and learn about Burmafrom members of the Burmese American Democratic Alliance (badasf.org)
2. Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma
Oct 23 - Jan 10 at Asian Arts Museum
In the 19th-century Siam and Burma—two neighboring kingdoms in Southeast Asia—were renowned for their golden-roofed temples, lush gardens, and handsomely adorned palaces.Emerald Cities is the first major exhibition in the West to explore the rich but little known arts of Siam and Burma from this period. Many of the 140 stunning artworks—including gilded ritual vessels, mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture, colorful paintings, manuscripts, exquisite textiles, delicate ceramics, and more—were recently acquired by the museum from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and are on display for the first time.
The Asian Art Museum is the exclusive venue for this exhibition.
To learn more, explore the links below.
http://www.asianart .org/emeraldciti es.htm
3. The Movie "CRUDE" - Until Oct 8 in SF, Berkeley
CRUDE, the movie Chevron is scared of, has been held over in San Francisco and Berkeley thru Saturday Oct 8th, and we need your help to fill those theaters and keep this new wave of pressure up on Chevron. CRUDE is playing in Chevron’s backyard. Lets let them know the message in the film is spreading.
There are three simple and easy ways you can support this films success in the Bay Area:
*Spread the Word: Invite your friends to see Crude in San Francisco and Berkeley. Spread the word on social networking site - Facebook, Twitter, etc.
*Attend Other Screenings: Crude in San Francisco and Berkeley.
Opera Plaza Cinema (starting 10/2)
601 VAN NESS AVE.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102
Shattuck Theater:
2230 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
global scale. The documentary film called CRUDE which chronicles the epic battle to hold oil giant Chevron (formerly Texaco) accountable for its systematic contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon – an environmental tragedy experts call "the Rainforest Chernobyl."
