Public Access television stations are beacons of independent voices, and the greatest late-night stoner entertainment imaginable, we’re told. They’re also being shut down across the country due to massive budget cuts. That could happen to SF’s Channel 29, home to teen-produced programming from the Mission District’s Streetside Stories, sex ed by local rappers, Farrakhan Speaks, and the local sitcom, Space Wasters. Join a Monday morning rally at City Hall to save wacky, experimental, and informative local television.
As it does every fourth Tuesday of the month, the Mission police station welcomes the community for a meeting. If you want to talk with your local officers about laptop theft, dirty streets, or recent shootings, the Valencia Street station is where you want to be at 6pm.
FYI SF Blogspot points our attention to a townhall meeting on immigrant rights this Wednesday at St. Peter’s Church. The Sanctuary City Ordinance, municipal IDs, and budget cuts are among items on the packed agenda.
Everyone knows, only losers go out on the weekends. Midweek is when the rest of us get down, and this Thursday we’ve got a bounty of cerebral entertainment to choose from. The ultimate history teacher, Howard Zinn, is coming to Mission High for some sort of theatrical presentation of his book, The People’s History of the United States, which taught us that everything we learned in 11th Grade history was a lie. Among the performers will be Josh Brolin, Benjamin Bratt, and Boots Riliey. No wonder it’s sold out.
Just a few blocks away, trouble-makers Guillermo Gomez-Peña and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore will host a reading at Modern Times Bookstore, with other City Lights authors.
Hope that gets you through the beginning of another work week. Grab an umbrella and we’ll make it through the wet winter days together.