Sunday, March 16, 2008
benefit for rent control in San Francisco
Rent control is in danger in SF, and this has the potential to randically xhange the cahracter of our beautiful city. Friends in New York constantly bemoan what has happened there. The city os full of Sarah Jessica Parker wannabes. Not even Williamsburg has been spared. Act now, before it's too late.
Come to this benefit on March 29!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 16, 2008
FROM: Gary Virginia, Volunteer Event Producer; (415) 867-5004 c, MrSFL96@aol.com
No on 98 Benefit at Metro City Bar March 29
San Francisco - A stellar lineup of entertainers will grace the stage on Sat., March 29, 6-9pm at Metro City Bar to help defeat CA Proposition 98 on the June ballot. If passed, the measure would repeal rent control statewide and potentially affect 180,000 homes in San Francisco.
According to the SF Tenants Union, Prop. 98 is disguised as a measure to reform eminent domain laws. The measure's real target, though, is rent control. It would repeal and ban any rent control, as well as other measures promoting affordable housing such as inclusionary affordable housing laws.
The competing measure to save rent control, Proposition 99, lets voters choose real eminent domain reform, without any hidden agenda like rent control repeal. Prop. 99 also takes the eminent domain reform issue away from right-wing groups, which have been trying to use the eminent domain reform issue as a mask to attack consumer and environmental regulations. Plus Prop. 99 has a poison pill, invalidating the rent control repeal measure if Prop. 99 wins and gets more votes than Prop. 98.
Benefit organizers Gary Virginia and Tommi Avicolli-Mecca are both renters in the city and share the sentiment that "The effects of poor planning for affordable housing in San Francisco coupled with speculative use of the Ellis Act have forced many renters out of state or into homelessness. Maintaining rent control is critical to a sustainable working class and cultural diversity here."
The March 29 benefit will feature entertainment by the Peaceniks, Donna Sachet, Joan Crawford Texas, Johnny Cocksville, Lucy Borden, Anaconda, Jon Sugar and other Bay Area performers. Raffle proceeds, performer tips and outright donations will support the No on 98 campaign. To donate or for more information, call Gary Virginia at (415) 626-5004. There is no cover charge for the benefit.
More information on the ballot initiative is at www.saverentcontrol.net.
Metro City Bar, 2124 Market at Church, (415) 703-9750.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
weimar new york
One of the most exciting things to hit this town in a while is Weimar New York, a group of performance artists doing two evenings at the SFMOMA on February 13 and 14. The event is being MCed by Justin Bond (of Kiki and Herb fame) and Ana Matronic (of the Scissors Sisters.) The event promises to be truly memorable. There are also a bunch of parties around the event. More info sfmoma.org/weimar .
xoxox
A
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wendy Tremont King gets cast in Sean Penn film
I am very please to announce the 4-time MoI veteran Wendy Tremont King has been cast in a speaking role in the Harvey Milk film, being directed by Gus Van Sant, and will have dialogue in a scene with Sean Penn. She will play Carol Ruth Silver, a San Francisco Supervisor at the time Harvey Milk was also a Supervisor, a lesbian and civil rights attorney.
Local girl makes good! Right on Wendy!
Cheers,
Andrew
Thursday, December 13, 2007
TJ on TV
This news from TJ Metz, from the first three cycles of Mother of Invention. Congrats TJ:
"I am on the tele...cable actually...tomorrow night, Friday 12.14.07 at 8 PM.
The show is a reality show. It's like dinner and a movie. The movie is Return to me with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. During the commercials, 3 other actors and myself, pretend like we're on a date. It was filmed in beautiful Half Moon Bay - one very chilly afternoon - last month. I'm guy number 3. I was hired to be goofy and sarcastic...I hope I delivered. You tell me. =)"
Take care!
TJ METZ
415.608.8825
tjmetz@gmail.com
Sunday, November 25, 2007
catch her on the way up
Forgive the long hiatus. I can only invoke Abraham Lincoln's observation that it is better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and leave no doubt.
A friend of mine, Elif Batuman, has a star that is rising quickly: she has had at least one piece published in the New Yorker, and was recently awarded something like twenty-five grand for being a promising woman writer. Anyway, she will be reading at three bay area locations this week, as she reports, with scintillating wit, in her blog:
http://www.elifbatuman.net
It won't suck, believe me.
Anyway, cheers, here comes Xmas, hold on tight,
A
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