Events

<p align="left"><font size="-1"><strong>BRIAN GROSS FINE ART</strong>
49 Geary Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108</font>
<center><font size="+1"><strong>Amy Trachtenberg</strong></font><strong>
</strong> <center><strong><font size="-1"><em>Recent Paintings</em></font></strong></center> <center><font size="-1">September 6 - October 27, 2007
</font><center><font size="-1">Reception: Thursday, September 6, 5:30-7:30 pm</font></center>
<center><font size="-1"><img src="" alt="History II" border="0" height="340" width="500" /></font></center>
<center><font size="-1"><font size="-2">Amy Trachtenberg, <em>History II</em>, 2007, Pigment, acrylic polymer resin on canvas, 60 x 90 inches</font></font> </center>
<p align="left"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">San Francisco artist, <a href="http://www.briangrossfineart.com/artists/atrachtenberg/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Trachtenberg</a>, opens an exhibition of paintings at Brian Gross Fine Art on Thursday, September 6, 2007, with a reception from 5:30-7:30 pm. In new work, the artist explores space, light, memory and history. The exhibition will be on view through October 27.</font></font></p>

From Amy Balkin:

can you post this link to nonsite collective blog when you have a
chance?

http://www.justspaces.org

it's an excellent upcoming exhibition about space, race, and justice
in the US
(invisible5 is in it, but that's beside the point!)

Amy
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INTRODUCTION ///

If you haven't had the occasion to see this show yet, do your best to make it before it closes. The ongoing video documenting the recent history and suppression of the popular uprising in Oaxaca is remarkable, and should be seen by all.

Exhibition Dates: October 13 - November 3, 2007

WHERE: Galeria de la Raza|Studio 24 2857 24th St. @ Bryant
Gallery Hours: Wed. - Sat. 12 - 6 p.m

THE SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT IN THE UNITED STATES
> >With JULES BOYKOFF, KATYA KOMISARUK, and a representative of the SF8
> >FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 at 7:00 PM
> >New College Theater / 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco
> >$5-10 donation to benefit the SF8 Defense (no one turned away)
> >
> >Eight former Black Panthers were arrested earlier this year on charges
> >related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Similar
> >charges had been thrown out in 1973, after it was revealed that police
used
> >torture to extract confessions from some of the same men. Unfortunately,
> >such state repression of social movements is far from unusual in the US.
> >Please join us for an evening of speakers about the history and current
> >reality of government repression, as well as counter-strategies activists
> >can use to combat it.
> >
> >Jules Boykoff is a political science professor at Pacific University and author of the new book BEYOND BULLETS: THE SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT IN THE UNITED STATES. He will discuss the tactics used by US government agents to undermine the long-term viability of movements for political, social, and economic change.
> >
> >Katya Komisaruk applied to Harvard law school while serving a five-year
> >prison sentence for civil disobedience, and has now been a criminal defense
> >and civil rights lawyer for over a decade. She is also the author of the
> >indispensable BEAT THE HEAT: HOW TO HANDLE ENCOUNTERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
> >She will offer informed, practical suggestions of what activists can do
in the face of repression.
> >
> >A representative of the SF8 will also be on hand to give an update on their
> >case and tell us how we can get involved in supporting their defense.
> >
> >FIND OUT MORE ABOUT:
> >The SF8 -- http://www.freethesf8.org
> >BEYOND BULLETS -- http://www.akpress.org/2007/items/beyondbulletsakpress
> >BEAT THE HEAT -- http://www.akpress.org/2002/items/beattheheat
> >