See more event listings on the calendar at the Pantheon Foundations' website:
CAYA Coven’s Virtual Food Drive, Socktober, Reframing Blood: From Gore to Lifeforce, Georgian Harvest and Work Songs, Dream Yoga, Cabin In The Woods, A Murder Most Un-Scripted, Ego, Christian Cacigal’s Obscura: Fairy Tales and Dark Fables, Healing Foods Basics, Playland After Dark: Halloween Edition, Wisdom of Our Ancestors Meditation, The Tarot Game, Real Ghost’s Stories: Life After Death and Before, RiffTrax Live presents Anaconda!, Murder Tragedy and Bad Stuff, Insufficiency, The Woman In Black, Shocktoberfest 15: The Bloody Debutante, Arguendo, Recipe, Wunderworld, All Hallows Read, Annual Spooky Night at Campbell Historical Museum, Trick-or-Treat in Downtown Campbell, Trick Or Treat At Ploughshares, Dr. Kergan's Creature Caravan, A Zombie Embarcadero/Pier 39 Apocalypse, Howl-O-Ween Family Sleepover, Zombie Ball, All Hallows Eve Concert, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sharon and Winter Knight’s Halloween Show, Wake the Dead, Haul-o-ween 2014: Haul of Illusions, Cocktails Dinner And Death!, Annual Office of the Dead Concert: Victoria's Requiem, The Addams Family Musical, REDWOLF, Movember, Witches and the Ways of Wyrd, Barry and Maya Spector's Day of the Dead Ritual, The Goonies, Elevate Your Relationships with Emotional Savvy, The Hungry Owl Project, Deep Dreaming: Finding Interconnection through Shared Dreaming, Georgian Winter Songs, Institute of Urban Homesteading Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos Community Festival, Martinez Day of the Dead, Middle East Children’s Fundraiser, Reclaiming's Spiral Dance, Samhain Celebration at Isis Oasis, Le Bal des Vampires, Diwali - The Festival of Lights, CAYA Coven’s Festival of Death and Wisdom, Deepening Into Magdalene Mysteries, Green Halloween: A Spooktacular Evening!, Anatomy of a Love Seen, Scary and (In)Sane: A Halloween Chamber Concert, Unique Cabaret!, Halloween Costume Party at Playland, Glass Mosaic Two-Day Workshop, Eitetsu Hayashi and Fu-un no Kai Ensemble, The Tempest, Hula Festival, Daylight Savings Time Ends, Fruitvale Dia de los Muertos, Creative Chaos, Tales from the Steppes, Lucid Dreaming: An Open Inquiry, Sashiko Mending, Nosferatu, South Bay Pagan Kids Samhain, Home of Truth’s Fall Heart Fest, Introduction To The GAPS Diet, Dia de los Muertos Berkeley, Community Seed Samhain, Belly Dance Student Showcase, Pan’s Garden Samhain Ritual, Dia de los Muertos San Francisco, Adam Ant's Birthday, Ceres Fest, NorCal Trans Partners Family and Friends Support Group, Listening to Our Mother Water: The Path of Purification, Basic Tassel Making, Silence and A Song by Colm Toibin, Live Faith Live Food Lecture Series: Judaism, Beaded Key Tassel Workshop, Temple of Aphrodite
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CAYA Coven’s Virtual Food Drive
for The Alameda County Community Food Bank
now through November 11
“From Heart and Harvest through Death and Wisdom (also known as Lammas through Samhain), CAYA encourages you to share the bounty of your own harvest with those who are in need in our local community through The Alameda County Community Food Bank.
On the CAYA Virtual Food Drive Page, you can ‘go shopping’ and choose what will be bought with your donation of money, or you can simply choose any amount you wish to donate. Through the magic of bulk purchasing, every dollar donated this way transforms into $4 worth of food!
Please share the link on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and anywhere else where magically generous people can be found!
CAYA’s Virtual Food Drive will be running through the end of October, so whenever you have some extra abundance to share this Autumn, please ‘go shopping’ with CAYA and help us to reach our goal of $500 - which will, of course, buy $2,000 worth of food for those in need of extra abundance this season!”
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Socktober
throughout the month of October
“Every night in the United States an estimated 600,000 people live on the streets. This October, SoulPancake and Kid President want 2 million people to prove that even the smallest acts of love, like donating a pair of socks, can make a big difference in the lives of our neighbors who are homeless.”
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Reframing Blood: From Gore to Lifeforce
hosted by Natural Flow
Wednesday, October 29, 12:30-1:30PM
Omi Gallery, Impact Hub Oakland, 2323 Broadway, Oakland
Free Brown-Bag Discussion
“What words come up when you think about blood and menstruation? Gross, scary, powerful, beautiful, dirty, comforting?
With Halloween around the corner, we’re all sure to see plenty of blood and gore - like vampires, ‘Carrie’ prom scenes, and slasher movies. However, blood doesn’t have to come from a wound; it doesn’t have to mean violence. In fact those are rather masculine conceptions of blood. In a more feminine understanding, we also know that blood does not have to mean something is wrong - rather menstruation is a normal, natural process that can signal ‘all is well.’ Blood is quite powerful and literally brings new life into this world.
Yes, menstruation is bloody! Here’s a designated space to talk about it.
Let’s come together and discuss our conceptions of blood and menstruation, both in pop culture/society and our own lives, particularly around this time of Halloween.
This is the fifth lunchtime discussion hosted by Natural Flow. All are welcome to attend, regardless of menstruation status or any other factor.”
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Georgian Harvest and Work Songs
a workshop with Carl Linich of Trio Kavkasia
presented by Kitka
Wednesday, October 29, 7:00PM
Robinson Classrooms in Preservation Park, 1204 Preservation Park Way, Oakland
$35
“Igor Stravinsky was fascinated by it. Kate Bush and Billy Joel fell for it. The Coen brothers used it in The Big Lebowski. What's it all about? The greatest traditional polyphonic music on the planet! Come learn folk songs from the Republic of Georgia (yes, the one that Russia was bombing in 2008) with Carl Linich. Songs will be taught orally, using word sheets! All you need are open ears and hearts, and the willingness to give it a try. The atmosphere is very relaxed, and all levels of musicianship are welcome.
Traditional Georgian a cappella singing continues to flourish to this day, in concert halls and living rooms and at feast tables. Trio Kavkasia writes: ‘The Georgian people, inhabiting a land the size of West Virginia wedged between Russia and Turkey, speak a group of languages related to no other outside the Caucasus Mountain region. Georgia is an island musically as well, exceptional in having an ancient, deep-rooted tradition of polyphony (music in several independent voices), while all the cultures that surround it, and all the cultures that have occupied or passed through it, are firmly monophonic. Georgian polyphony appears to be truly autonomous and original, and its rules of counterpoint and tuning derive from nowhere else. Three-part singing in Georgia was probably in full flower by the ninth century, substantially preceding the modern development of polyphony in Europe... Georgian singers consistently sing intervals and tune chords in ways that are at odds with historical Western vocal practice.”
Carl Linich has been a scholar, teacher, and performer of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing for 20 years, and is a member of Trio Kavkasia. Carl lived in Georgia for about 10 years, speaks fluent Georgian, and has led numerous singing tours in Georgia since 2001, as well as many workshops in North America and elsewhere. In recognition of his work in promoting and preserving Georgian folk song, Carl has been honored as a Silver Medal Laureate of the Georgian government (1995) and is the recipient of Georgia's prestigious Order of Merit award (2009). He has worked on CDs and publications related to Georgian folk music for the Tbilisi State Conservatory, the State Folklore Center of Georgia, and the International Centre for Georgian Folk Song. He currently directs the Supruli Ensemble in New York City, and also sings in a family trio with his two young sons. Carl will be joining Kitka for their first full-ensemble trip to the Caucasus in October, where they will perform at the Chveneburebi Festival and the 5th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi.
Class sizes are limited, and advance registration is encouraged! Write to kitka@kitka.org or call 510-444-0323 for registration and information.”
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Dream Yoga
a four month series with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Wednesday, October 29, 7:30-9:00PM,
and one more Wednesday, November 5
Sacred Stream Center, 2149 Byron Street, Berkeley
$80
“It is said that the practice of dream yoga deepens awareness during all our experience: the dreams of the night; the dream-like experience of the day; and the bardo experiences after death. Indeed, the practice of dream yoga is a powerful tool of awakening, used for hundreds of years by the great masters of Tibet. Unlike the Western psychological approach to dreams, the ultimate goal of Tibetan dream yoga is the recognition of the nature of mind, or enlightenment itself. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche will discuss these profound and ancient teachings in this series of four Wednesday evening talks at the Sacred Stream Center.
October 29: Principal Practices of Dream Yoga
November 5: Overcoming Obstacles to Dream Yoga
This lecture series benefits the Tibetan Children's School and the Tibetan Association of Northern California. Free for Tibetans - Please mention TANC at the door.”
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Cabin In The Woods
Pre-film lecture by Chris Noessel
Wednesday, October 29, 9:00PM
The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland, 510-658-7900
$8
“Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
This showing of Cabin In The Woods is co-presented by Chris Noessel of Sci-Fi Interfaces and preceded by a pre-film lecture.
The New Parkway Theater is a community-centered cinema and pub located in Oakland's Uptown district. Sit back and relax in our cozy couches while watching our new releases, cult classics, and fabulous special programming. Plus, enjoy yummy food and local beer and wine in our café or even delivered right to your theater seat all at affordable prices!
Every week we have something for everyone... from Doc Night to Baby Brigade and Nerd Nite to Party at the Parkway, and everything in between. Also, join us on the mezzanine for free, non-film events like Open Mic Mondays, Tasty Tuesdays, Pop-Up Art Wednesdays, Trivia Thursdays, and First Fridays.
The New Parkway = Film. Friends. Food. Fun on Tap.”
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A Murder Most Un-Scripted
presented by Un-Scripted Theatre
Wednesday-Sunday, October 29-November 1, 8:00PM
Un-Scripted Theater Company, 2nd Floor, 533 Sutter Street, San Francisco
$20
“A Murder Most Un-Scripted - An idyllic small town. A dinner party hosted by the mysterious gentleman who recently purchased the mansion up the hill. A missing brooch. A secret to kill for.
This Halloween, join Un-Scripted Theater Company improvised murder mysteries, done in the style and world of Agatha Christie. Everyone has something to hide, but only one is responsible for the murder.”
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Ego
a play by Carl Djerassi
Wednesday, October 29 and Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2,
Wednesday 7:30PM, Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 5:00PM,
playing through November 9
Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
see website for ticket details
“What do people really think of you?
A famous writer obsessed with reputation fakes his death in order to read his obituaries. His psychiatrist knows what's going on, but can't tell anyone, not even the writer's wife. But soon she's on his trail anyway, as his 'death' ignites a train of outrageous events.
Ego was written by Carl Djerassi, a man whose achievements in both science and literature over the course of his 90-year life are prolific. In recent years he's turned to fiction and the theatre, with a series of novels and ten other plays, which all opened in London and cumulatively have been translated by now into 20 languages.”
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Christian Cacigal’s Obscura: Fairy Tales and Dark Fables
Wednesday-Sunday, October 29-November 2,
Wednesday-Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM
Harry’s Upstage at Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, 510-843-4042
see website for ticket details
“Come for the mystery and stay for the reveal in Obscura, an intimate evening of theatre, illusion, and magic. Sophisticated, witty and eccentric (think Ricky Jay meets Mister Rogers meets Rod Serling) award-winning magician Christian Cagigal (twice voted Best of the Bay by readers of the SF Bay Guardian) weaves tales of intrigue and drama with dazzling demonstrations of close-up card magic and eerie alchemy. For ages 12 and up.”
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Healing Foods Basics
with Thais Harris
Thursday, October 30, 6:00-8:00PM
Ceres Community Meeting Room, 7351 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol
sliding scale $10-$35
No one turned away for lack of funds; please call or email for scholarships.
“Make the connection between your health and the food and lifestyle factors that influence it. This class offers an overview of Ceres’ nutrient-rich approach to healthy eating while providing a fun environment and loving community.
Whole food nutrition basics
Shopping strategies
Foods to add and to avoid
Eating well on a budget
Healthy lifestyle choices
Healing Foods Basics is open to the public.
Space is limited, so please register early.”
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Playland After Dark: Halloween Edition
Thursday, October 30, 6:00-10:00PM
Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, 10979 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito
$10
18+
“All Hallow's Eve eve is the perfect night to put on that costume and join fellow adult revelers at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach's after dark Halloween party. Get ready for spooky magic, mystery, treats and games, with no kids allowed. Awoooo! Adults only (18 years and older), no babies or children please.
Over 30+ pinball machines spanning seven decades, video games, Penny Arcade machines, challenging carnival games of skill, interactive displays and exhibits, miniature circuses, sideshow exhibits, baffling magic shows - they are all here waiting to entertain and amuse you!
Revisit Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths as well as the 1939 World's Fair on Treasure Island. There is always fun at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach! “
Playland at the Beach is a fun part of San Francisco history, now being kept alive by people in El Cerrito who is obsessed with fun and history! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playland_(San_Francisco)
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Wisdom of Our Ancestors Meditation
with Jan and Marystella of Vortex Journeys
Thursday, October 30, 6:30-8:30PM
The Crossroads, private land in Santa Rosa, RSVP for address
No Fee, Donations Appreciated
RSVP to 707-542-4928 or beyondbeliefs@vortexjourneys.com
“Halloween, the mid point between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, is a Celtic holy day celebrated the evening before All Saints Day. The thinned veil between worlds provides easy access for dead souls to visit their living relatives. It is also a day for the living to honor their elders who are still in body.
We circle the evening before to invoke our Ancestors, ask for their assistance as we release our burdens and reclaim our wisdom to walk more gently upon this Earth. When we connect with our Ancestors, and our Oneness with All, we awaken the remembering to keep our promise and fulfill our purpose in this lifetime. We invite you to join us. Perhaps you are the ‘Hundredth Monkey’ needed to achieve the critical mass that will restore Heaven on Earth.”
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The Tarot Game
with game designer Jude Alexander
Thursday, October 30, 7:30PM
Many Rivers Books and Tea, 130 S. Main Street, Sebastopol, 707-829-8871
suggested donation $5
“Come join us for The Tarot Game. A roll of the dice will begin your personal journey of transformation. This non-competitive game gives the opportunity, even to those with little or no experience; to learn intuitive card reading, deepen relationships, and further knowledge of the Tarot. Jude will guide you and assist with interpretations of the tarot cards you encounter during game play. Expect some insights and a few laughs!
Jude Alexander is a tarot adept, teacher, and game enthusiast. She has a degree in Theatre Arts and has guided transformational play for individuals and women's groups. Jude designed The Tarot Game, which comprises her 25-year plus journey of tarot, to give others a playful environment in which to practice intuitive card reading and to strengthen soul connection.”
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Real Ghost’s Stories: Life After Death and Before
with Scout Bartlett
Thursday, October 30, 7:30PM
East West Bookstore, 324 Castro Street, Mountain View
Free, but please RSVP to 650-988-9800
“Before birth, we prepare for our incarnate lessons. After death, we review what we learned. How we live during life is where the growth and understanding expand, and that’s the point of incarnating. Practical mystic Scout Bartlett has spoken with a wide array of ‘spirits beyond the veil,’ bringing peace to loved ones, carrying messages, and gathering wisdom. What would these Halloween ghosts have to say, if you could hear them? ‘Don’t be busy being dead, while you’re still alive, it’s a waste of time…’ said one.”
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RiffTrax Live presents Anaconda!
Thursday, October 30, 8:00PM
and re-broadcast on Tuesday, November 4, 7:30PM
see website for local event details
“Just in time for Halloween, RiffTrax Live is back with a riff that will take your breath away… If you can’t breathe, you can’t laugh!
We're really excited to partner once again with Fathom Events to bring indisputably the best digital snake movie of 1997, Anaconda, back to the big screen for a LIVE riff on Thursday, October 30 at 8:00PM Pacific Time, followed by a special re-broadcast on Tuesday, November 4 at 7:30PM.
This special two-night event will be your only chance to see the guys riff this reptilian gem on the big screen (it will not be coming out on VOD!), so get your tickets now!”
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Murder, Tragedy, and Bad Stuff
Guided Walking Tour
Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31, 7:00PM
Meets at HAHS Center for History and Culture, 22380 Foothill Boulevard, Hayward
$15, please call 510-581-0223 xt161 to make a reservation
“Get into the Halloween mood by learning about deadly and tragic events that happened right here in Hayward! Space is limited and tickets must be purchased in advance.”
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Insufficiency
a play by Carl Djerassi
Thursday-Friday, October 30-31,
Thursday 7:30PM, Friday 8:00PM,
playing through November 7
Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
see website for ticket details
“Jerzy Krzyz is a Polish chemist with an unusual specialism: Bubbleology. (Yes it’s a serious scientific subject!) Newly arrived at an American university's Chemistry department, he is determined to secure a permanent senior post, but the other academics dismiss him and his subject. Their rivalry gets out of hand when he gives two colleagues who are blocking his appointment some experimental champagne - which mysteriously kills them. Was it an accident... or revenge?
This delightful new play is a comedy of academic manners, mystery, and suspense that exposes the passions, petty jealousies, and foolish behavior that scientists and academics so often love to indulge in.
Insufficiency was written by Carl Djerassi, a man whose achievements in both science and literature over the course of his 90-year life are prolific. In recent years he's turned to fiction and the theatre, with a series of novels and six science-in-theatre plays, An Immaculate Misconception, Oxygen (co-written with Roald Hoffmann), Calculus, Phallacy, Taboos, and Insufficiency.”
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The Woman In Black
presented by Electric Theatre
Thursday-Saturday, October 30-November 1,
Thursday-Friday 8:00PM, Saturday 2:00PM and 8:00PM
playing through November 8
The Belrose Theatre, 1415 5th Avenue, San Rafael
$22
“The Woman In Black by Susan Hill (1983), adapted by Stephen Mallatratt. The production opened in London's West End in 1989 and is still being performed there, becoming the second longest-running non-musical play in the history of the West End.
The story follows Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, as he journeys to the small town of Crythin Gifford to attend the funeral of a client, Mrs Alice Drablow. There, he sees a young woman, dressed all in black, standing in the churchyard.
Arthur goes to the client's house, Eel Marsh, to work through Mrs Drablow's papers, and ultimately discovers the dreadful secret of the Woman in Black - at his own terrible cost.
Enjoy the Halloween season as never before with this gripping tale designed to thrill the whole family.”
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Shocktoberfest 15: The Bloody Debutante
presented by the Thrillpeddlers
Thursday-Saturday, October 30-November 1, 8:00PM
playing through November 22
The Hypnodrome, 575 10th Street, San Francisco
$30
“15 Years of Thrilling Terror!
Our latest extravaganza of terror and titillation includes:
An Edgar Allan Poe classic from Le Theatre du Grand Guignol - The System Of Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether - by Andre de Lorde, freely adapted by Paulo Biscaia Filho.
Isabel’s Zombie Holocaust - A world-premiere puppet show by Nick Knave.
The Bloody Debutante - A musical ritual one-act by Scrumbly Koldewyn.
Deathwrite - A world-premiere black comedy by Andy Wenger and Damien Chacona.
Contortionist Michael Curran and a Lights-Out Spook-Show Finale.
Tickets always sell fast, so don’t delay… buy yours today.”
"Spooky" is not quite the word for Grand Guignol Theatre - it's more like "horrifying". Possibly even “grossenating”. If you like that sort of thing, you’ll love Shocktoberfest!
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Arguendo
presented by Elevator Repair Service
Thursday-Sunday, October 30-November 2,
Thursday 7:00PM, Friday 8:00PM, Saturday 2:00Pm and 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM
Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
see website for ticket details
“Elevator Repair Service - the innovative company that created Gatz - comes to Z Space for their Bay Area debut. Arguendo tackles Barnes v. Glen Theatre, a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court case. Brought by a group of go-go dancers who claimed a First Amendment right to dance totally nude, it's a staging of the case’s entire oral argument, verbatim, interspersed with bits of real interviews with the justices, the lawyers and exotic dancers.”
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Recipe: A new comedy about the Morning Glory Baking Circle for Revolutionary Self Defense
presented by Central Works
Thursday-Sunday, October 30-November 2,
Thursday-Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 5:00PM
The Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Street, Berkeley, 510-848-7800
sliding scale $15-$28
“Autumn brings Recipe, a profoundly funny new work by Michael Gene Sullivan, resident playwright for the Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe.
Central Works serves up the laughs in this delicious take on a circle of sweet old grandmotherly bakers, who just happen to be dedicated to the armed overthrow of the United States government. But baking pies and cakes isn’t enough to satisfy these four intrepid refugees from the 60s (and 50s, and 40s), and their burning desire to Up the Revolution!”
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Wunderworld
presented by Center REPertory Company
Thursday-Sunday, October 30-November 2,
Thursday-Saturday 8:15PM, Sunday 2:15PM
playing through November 9
Knight Stage 3 Theatre, Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, 925-943-7469
see website for ticket details
“Sara Moore, the brilliant San Francisco-based clown, and her Thrillride Mechanics troupe star in Wunderworld, a stunning new re-imagining of the Alice in Wonderland story. Told through music, dance and her ‘hyper-comical Theatre of Human Animation,’ Wunderworld tells the story of an 80-year-old Alice drawn back down the rabbit hole for yet another adventure. It is exquisitely wistful, heartbreakingly hilarious theatre.”
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All Hallows Read
Friday, October 31
wherever you please!
“All Hallow’s Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book.
Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/10/modest-proposal-that-doesnt-actually.html “
Neil Gaiman says (well, said, in the aforementioned blog post):
“I propose that, on Hallowe'en or during the week of Hallowe'en, we give each other scary books. Give children scary books they'll like and can handle. Give adults scary books they'll enjoy.
I propose that stories by authors like John Bellairs and Stephen King and Arthur Machen and Ramsey Campbell and M R James and Lisa Tuttle and Peter Straub and Daphne Du Maurier and Clive Barker and a hundred hundred others change hands - new books or old or second-hand, beloved books or unknown. Give someone a scary book for Hallowe'en. Make their flesh creep...
Give a scary book.
If you don't know what kinds of books there are, or what would be appropriate for the person you're giving a book to, talk to a bookseller. They love to help, most of them. (The ones that don't tend not to be booksellers for long.) Talk to librarians. (Do not plan to give away their books though, unless they are having a library sale.)
That's it. That's my idea.
Scary book. Hallowe'en.
Who's with me?
Neil”
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Annual Spooky Night at Campbell Historical Museum
Friday, October 31, 2:00-6:00PM
Campbell Historical Museum, 51 N Central Avenue, Campbell, 408-866-2119
Free admission, $5 for crafts
“10th Annual Spooky Night at the Campbell Historical Museum!
Calling all Ghosts and Witches come enjoy Halloween themed kids crafts, trick or treating, and some (not so) Spooky Night fun!”
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Trick-or-Treat in Downtown Campbell
Friday, October 31, 5:00-7:30PM
Historic Downtown Campbell
(along E Campbell Avenue between Harrison Avenue and Winchester Boulevard, Campbell)
Free
“Come to Downtown Campbell for our annual Halloween trick-or-treat to be held, for the first time, on Halloween itself! We'll carry on rain or shine.
Trick-or-Treat, 5:00-7:00PM: Downtown restaurants, shops, and boutiques will be open and will welcome little goblins with sweet treats! Books for Treats: the Campbell Rotary Club will be giving away free books as treats to kids in front of Palazzi Salon.
Costume Contest, 7:00-7:30PM: Bring your kids (ages 0-12), yourself, and your pets (dogs, cats, frogs?) dressed in their finest. The contest, featuring multiple categories and fun prizes for children and pets, is free of charge and everyone is welcome to participate.
Enjoy Downtown Campbell while having a fun and safe Halloween with the kids!”
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Trick Or Treat At Ploughshares
Friday, October 31, 6:00PM
Ploughshares Nursery, 2701 Main Street, Alameda
Free
“Bring the kids by for a visit to the most sincere pumpkin patch in Alameda. Something got inside our pumpkins this year and they are trying to get out!
Ploughshares Nursery is a social enterprise of the Alameda Point Collaborative supportive housing community. 100% of our sales support housing for formerly homeless families.”
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Dr. Kergan's Creature Caravan
Friday, October 31, 6:00PM-Midnight
private home, 9585 Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon
“The ultimate Steam punk Halloween display!”
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A Zombie Embarcadero/Pier 39 Apocalypse
organized by MMTB - Movie Making Throughout the Bay!
Friday, October 31, 6:00PM-Saturday, November 1, 3:00AM
meet at Vaillancourt Fountain, Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco
Free, Donations accepted. Please register in advance.
“Zombies Marching For Filmmaking - Taking Over The Embarcadero To Pier 39 For Halloween!!
We hope to gain Media Attention to the Filmmaker Community here in the Bay Area and Fight For Change in the Tax Laws, bring investors here, show them how united we can be.
Halloween Evening:
6:00PM: MEET at the Vaillancourt Fountain in San Francisco, DRESS & MAKEUP CHECK (if you didn't make yourself up, please arrive early and get makeup. Make sure to bring clothes that you can dirty up and preferably rip up.
NOTE- Please bring yourself a water bottle to keep hydrated and make sure you have used the restroom. THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING to ALL GENERAL PUBLIC so please bring all your needs along and hopefully something to cover up purses, bags, etc with black plastic bags or something ZOMBIE-ISH to keep from getting any blood or distracting from our cause.
7:00PM: We Begin Our Crawl Towards Pier 39
Once we reach pier 39, we will break up in a variety of groups...
Those that want to:
1. Zombie Bar Hop (Dance Hop for interested in less Drink or More Dance)
2. Crawl Through Fishermans Wharf
3. Network with Fellow Filmmakers, Writers, Actors, Producers and More!!
GET ATTENTION from filmmaking advocates across the entire Bay Area to Join forces to help us create a tighter network... we want to bring information to industry professionals and indie budget filmmakers that will build a bond and help us all reach the ultimate goal of bringing financing to the Bay Area Filmmaking Scene.”
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Howl-O-Ween Family Sleepover
Friday, October 31, 6:00PM-Saturday, November 1, 10:00AM
Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, 1300 Senter Road, San Jose
$60 per person
Ages 5 and up with an adult
“Be our overnight guest for a howling good time and enjoy the thrill of the zoo after dark. During your adventure, learn the truth about ‘scary’ animals through Halloween-themed activities, games, live animal encounters, and a flashlight tour. You'll even get a chance to trick-or-treat along the way with the animals. Your adventure includes a late-night snack and a hot breakfast (eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, etc.) the next morning.
Bring your own tent and sleeping gear to tent camp in the Crooked House Meadow, or sleep indoors in the Learning LODGE Classroom. Indoor sleeping is limited and must be requested by contacting the Education Department before the event. Class fee is for each participant. A parent or guardian must accompany their own child. Please contact the Education Department if you have any questions regarding registration for this event.
General Schedule:
6:00PM: Gates Open! Enjoy your picnic dinner (reminder: no alcohol)
and set up tents/sleeping gear
7:00-9:50PM: Animal encounters, hands-on activities, games,
a flashlight tour, and bedtime story
10:00PM: Bed Time
7:00-8:15AM: Wake up call, pack up tents, load cars, and enjoy our new hot breakfast
8:15-10:00AM: Behind-the-scenes tour and more animal encounters!
10:00AM: Stay-and-Play or head back home
Please note: The rides and playgrounds will not be open. Instead we have a fun-filled night of special activities, games and animal encounters prepared for you.”
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Zombie Ball
A benefit for Palm Drive Health Care Foundation
Friday, October 31, 7:00PM-Midnight
Main Hall, Sebastopol Community Cultural Center, 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol
$25 in advance, $35 at the door
“Return of the Creature from the Black Laguna - The Creature wants his hospital back!
Music by Gator Nation and Rhythm Rangers.
Costume contest for:
Best Zombie
Best Doctor
Best Nurse
Best Patient
Best Creature
Cold Beer, Fine Wine, Food Trucks, and Fun!”
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All Hallows Eve Concert
Friday, October 31, 7:30-10:00PM
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$10-$15 in advance, $20 at the door
“San Francisco songstress Sharon Knight is a Celtic folk singer in leather armbands. Joined by her longtime collaborator Winter, they tour nationally several months out of the year, performing at festivals, masquerades, conventions, cafes, shops and house concerts.
Their penchant for combining fierce and gutsy bravado with ethereal beauty, a hearty dose of fantastical lyrics, and an obvious love of storytelling has inspired their own Celtic-hybrid style, Neofolk Romantique. This often sounds less Celtic and more ‘Folktales that ran away with the Faeries at the turn of the century and took cover in an old trunk bound for the circus, which was then commandeered by pirates.’ This suits them fine.
For this Hallows Eve show, they draw from their witchiest collection of songs to weave a spell of mystery and enchantment over all who attend. Well known for their ability to evoke an otherworldly feel with their music, this evening will surely be a good way to touch the magic of Hallows while doing something a little different.
Intimate, acoustic, and candlelit, this will be a concert with a ritual feel. Wear your blackest finery, and prepare to step between worlds.”
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
accompanied live on the Ruffatti organ
Friday, October 31, 8:00PM
Davies Symphony Hall, Van Ness Avenue between Grove and Hayes, San Francisco
see website for ticket prices
“Spend a spine-tingling Halloween at Davies Symphony Hall (if you dare!), as the Ruffatti organ accompanies this restored version of the 1920 silent classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Starring legendary leading man John Barrymore in the notorious title roles, this eerie screen adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale is a perfectly ghoulish way to spend the spookiest night of the year.”
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Sharon and Winter Knight’s Halloween Show
Friday, October 31, 8:00-11:00PM
BFUU, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 510 841-4824
BFUU, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, 510 841-4824
“San Francisco songstress Sharon Knight is a Celtic folk singer in leather armbands. Joined by her longtime collaborator Winter, they tour nationally several months out of the year, performing at festivals, masquerades, conventions, cafes, shops and house concerts.
Their penchant for combining fierce and gutsy bravado with ethereal beauty, a hearty dose of fantastical lyrics, and an obvious love of storytelling has inspired their own Celtic-hybrid style, Neofolk Romantique. This often sounds less Celtic and more ‘Folktales that ran away with the Faeries at the turn of the century and took cover in an old trunk bound for the circus, which was then commandeered by pirates.’ This suits them fine.
For this Hallows Eve show, they draw from their witchiest collection of songs (including a Pandemonaeon unplugged set) to weave a spell of mystery and enchantment over all who attend. Well known for their ability to evoke an otherworldly feel with their music, this evening will surely be a good way to touch the magic of Hallows while doing something a little different.
Intimate, acoustic, and candlelit, this will be a concert with a ritual feel. Wear your blackest finery, and prepare to step between worlds.”
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Wake the Dead
Halloween celebration with Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band
Friday, October 31, 8:00PM
Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, 510-644-2020
$30 in advance, $32 at the door
“What could be more fitting? Wake the Dead plays the Freight on Halloween, or, if you prefer All Hallows’ Eve, a time to remember the dead and the Grateful Dead, with the world’s first Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band. They’ve recently brought their unique brand of musical alchemy to the Summer of Love, much to the delight of Deadheads, folkies, rockers, and lovers of Irish reels. The Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit, the Youngblood’s Get Together, Stephen Stills’ Love the One You’re With - all receive the band’s unique Celtic twist.
The band features Maureen Brennan on harp, Cindy Browne on bass, Danny Carnahan on vocals, fiddle, octave mandolin, and guitar, Kevin Carr on fiddle, whistles and uilleann pipes, Sylvia Herold on vocals, Paul Kotapish on mandolin, guitar, and jaw harp, and Brian Rice on percussion. Their shows tend to sell out, so get your tickets early and enjoy a show that’s sure to be spooky, freaky, and exquisitely other worldly.”
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Haul-o-ween 2014: Haul of Illusions
Friday-Saturday, October 31-November 1, 4:00-7:00PM
Obtainium Works, 510 Pennsylvania Street, Vallejo
Adults $5, 12 and Under Free
“Come visit Obtainium Works Haul of Illusions on Friday, October 31 and Saturday, November 1 to see some classic Victorian Halloween illusions done with real smoke and mirrors and stay for the trick or treats! Children must be accompanied by an adult and it is safe for all ages.”
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Cocktails, Dinner, And Death!
Friday-Saturday, October 31-November 1, Cocktails 7:30PM, Dinner 8:00PM, Show 9:00PM
Obtainium Works, 510 Pennsylvania Street, Vallejo
$25 Dinner and Show, $10 Show only, $5 Drinks
“Another Who-Done-It performed by our own troupe of Victorian usual suspects and you get to have fun figuring out the culprit.”
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Annual Office of the Dead Concert: Victoria's Requiem
presented by San Francisco Renaissance Voices
Friday, October 31, 7:30PM
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco
$30
Sunday, November 2, 4:00PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
$30
“On Friday night, October 31, 2004 (yes, Hallowe’en night!), the very first San Francisco Renaissance Voices concert was presented at Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. Ten years to the day, we’ll celebrate our birthday in that church which has become our artistic home by performing the same work that started it all - Tomas Luis de Victoria’s magnificent Officium Defunctorum, written for the funeral of his royal patron the Dowager Empress Maria - which also began our group's tradition of performing the Office of the Dead each year at this time.
This program will also include elegies written by Ockeghem, Josquin, Byrd, and Morley for composers who inspired and nurtured them.
For those of you coming to the concert on Hallowe'en, we invite you to enjoy another San Francisco Renaissance Voices tradition and come in costume!”
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The Addams Family Musical
presented by Bay Area Stage
Friday-Sunday, October 31-November 2 - final week
Friday and Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM
Martinez Campbell Theatre, 636 Ward Street, Martinez
$22
(site plays video automatically) http://www.bayareastage.org/addams_promo_video_pop.html
The Addams Family Musical
presented by Bay Area Stage
Friday-Sunday, October 31-November 2 - final week
Friday and Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 2:00PM
Martinez Campbell Theatre, 636 Ward Street, Martinez
$22
(site plays video automatically) http://www.bayareastage.org/addams_promo_video_pop.html
“The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in The Addams Family Musical. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party), choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys), and Olivier Award-winning original directors and designers Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter) with direction by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks.
The Addams Family Musical features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents.
Come meet the family. We'll leave the lights off for you.”
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REDWOLF
presented by Ragged Wing Ensemble
Friday-Sunday, October 31-November 2,
Friday 8:00PM, Saturday 2:00PM and 8:00PM, Sunday 7:00PM,
playing through November 8
The Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, Oakland
$25-$40
“REDWOLF
Co-written by Amy Sass and Anthony Clarvoe
Directed by Amy Sass
A girl is ripening on the edge of town, uncontrolled, chaotic, voracious. This is an orderly place. Everything is on the map: the last scrap of woods, the old house on the outskirts. You can see the line where the big new road will go. Right through Red’s room.
Everyone thinks the predators are gone. But what if they’ve just gone… inside?
Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, the most sexually charged of folk tales, REDWOLF is a world-premiere, full-length play co-written by Ragged Wing Artistic Director Amy Sass and nationally recognized playwright Anthony Clarvoe. Ripe with hunger, sexuality, and the conflict between the paved and the wild, REDWOLF follows a young woman’s journey from girlhood to wolfhood.
There will also be special post-show conversations after the final three Saturday matinees, if you want to dig deeper into the ideas and themes behind the production. These will take place directly after the performance, and are included in the price of the ticket.
Saturday October 25: The Paved and the Wild: Ordering Chaos in Public Spaces
Saturday November 1: The Wilderness of Sex: The Perilous Journey through Female Adolescence
Saturday November 8: Predator and Prey: In Bed with Red Riding Hood
This show marks the culmination of Ragged Wing’s JUST RIPE season and our first full-length show in our new home, The Flight Deck.”
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Movember
throughout the month of November
between your nose and your mouth
“During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
Once registered at www.movember.com, men start Movember 1st clean shaven. For the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.
Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November. Through their actions and words they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.
At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their gallantry and valor by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world by Movember, for Movember.”
You don’t have to grow one - you can make one!
How to really impress your friends even if you can’t get hair to grow on your face:
Wax poetic:
Choose a moustache that really makes a statement:
How to cope with having a moustache whilst under the influence of Earth’s gravitational field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2aVoUkSDg
How to part with your fuzzy friend come December:
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Witches and the Ways of Wyrd
an online course with Max Dashu
September 2014-May 2015
$31 per single month, $25 month is prepaid three months at a time
“My new online course, Witches and the Ways of Wyrd, begins on September 1. We'll be looking at: Wyrd's Webs. The Craeft of Wycces. Names of the Witch. Runes. Crones. The Witch Holda and Her Retinue. Witch Burnings. Voluspa: the Witch's Prophecy.
We'll discuss advance readings from my forthcoming Secret History of the Witches, and I'll offer some all-new visual webcasts, as well as live discussions via teleconference.
Register here. You can go month by month ($31) or get a discount by prepaying three or more months at a time ($25 per month).
The course runs from September 1 to May 1 (with a hiatus from late October to late November, when I'll be doing another Australian tour - more details on that in a month). In the 2015 section, we'll also go into the Irish Goddess and Brigid / Padraic chapters which got omitted in the last round (part III of this ongoing course).
This is one more step toward publication of Secret History of the Witches, and helps to fund its completion. I hope it will be a sourcebook for recovery of these spiritual legacies, an aid in reweaving the the ripped webs of culture.”
Thanks to Ximena for letting me know about this event!
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Barry and Maya Spector's Day of the Dead Ritual
Saturday, November 1, 9:00AM-6:00PM
Hillside Church, 1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito
$30 if paid in advance, $50 if paid at the door.
Pre-registration required. No one refused. Work scholarships available.
"Whether or not we have recently lost loved ones, we all carry a heavy load of grief and stress simply by living in these times. When we can’t find ways to drop the weight of this emotional burden, we can become hopeless, bitter or numb. Letting it go makes room for a new kind of imagination to enter. The release of these emotions requires a safe space and a caring community.
We will take a full day to help each other remember our ancestors and our personal and collective losses. In some traditions, this is the time of year when the veil between our world and the unseen world is thin; it is an opportune time to complete any unfinished business that prevents us from fully participating in life. This will be a day of mourning and remembrance, but also of great beauty and celebration. There will be poetry, storytelling, drumming, altar-building and chanting from African, Celtic, Mexican and other traditions."
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The Goonies
part of the Popcorn Palace series at the Balboa Theatre
Saturday, November 1, 10:00AM
The Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa Street, San Francisco
$10 includes popcorn and a drink
“The Goonies is a 1985 American adventure–comedy film directed by Richard Donner. The screenplay was written by Chris Columbus from a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg. The film's premise features a band of pre-teens who live in the ‘Goon Docks’ neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon attempting to save their homes from demolition, and in doing so, discover an old Spanish map that leads them on an adventure to unearth the long-lost fortune of One-Eyed Willie, a legendary 17th-century pirate.”
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Elevate Your Relationships with Emotional Savvy
with Eileen Lynch and Maura Torkildson
Saturday, November 1, 10:00AM-2:00PM
The Center for Conscious Relationship, 140 Mayhew Way, #200, Pleasant Hill
$35, please register at the website below
“Create the kind of relationships you’ve always dreamed of having. Learn to surf the tumultuous waters of your emotions and skillfully navigate your relationship triggers.
Emotions get a bad rap because when we react to our discomfort, we often make poor decisions and make things worse.
You will learn how to:
Stop acting on your emotional triggers and respond with clarity
Reduce tension and stress in your relationships
Achieve self-respect and the respect of others
Create stronger connections and expand your sphere of influence
Eileen will lead participants through a one hour breath-work and basic movement practice of heart opening sequence (no prior yoga experience required). Maura will share her unique method to process emotions and make better choices for yourself in relationship with others.
Maura Torkildson is a career relationship coach, spiritual mentor, inspirational speaker and writer. She helps others identify their inner resources, connect to their intuition and develop their relational skills. She received her Master of Arts in Women's Spirituality from New College of California where the focus of her thesis work was exploring the women's authentic expression. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through Coaches Training Institute (CTI).
Eileen Lynch offers new paths to inner joy, peace and emotional balance through her regular weekly classes at The Yoga Fusion as well as her Thai Yoga Bodywork practice, offered by appointment. Eileen completed yoga teacher training through S-Vyasa University of Bangalore in 2009, and her Thai Bodywork training at The Vedic Conservatory in Florida in 2012. Her classes are infused with healthy doses of breathwork, movement, mantra, and meditation - meant to inspire and motivate those who are ready to take the leap and stay in the joy of living.”
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The Hungry Owl Project
Saturday, November 1, 1:00-2:30PM
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley
$15
“Come learn about our local owls, their natural history, watch a video, dissect an owl pellet and visit with a live ambassador owl!”
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Deep Dreaming: Finding Interconnection through Shared Dreaming
facilitated by Richard Russo and Meredith Sabini
Saturday, November 1, 2:00-4:30PM,
and one more Saturday, December 6
The Dream Institute of Northern California, 1672 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-845-1767
$25 per session
“The dreaming mind, 140 million years in its evolving, is concerned with life itself, its balance in the human world, and its continuity on the planet. Deep Dreaming is an innovative process that lets us peer below the visible surface of life into its implicate depths. It begins with a brief meditation to open dream-space. Dreams recalled from a lifetime of dreaming are then told, one at a time, for about twenty minutes. We then hear all the dreams read as a single narrative and participants engage with the images, actions, and tensions present. A dream re-entry lets participants engage with a portion of the narrative meaningful to them. Join us in discovering how emergent dream themes connect with the world we live in and its challenges. Attend single sessions or the whole series.”
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Georgian Winter Songs
a workshop with Carl Linich of Trio Kavkasia
presented by Kitka
Saturday, November 1, 2:30PM
Ellen Webb Studio, 2822A Union Street, Oakland
$35
“Igor Stravinsky was fascinated by it. Kate Bush and Billy Joel fell for it. The Coen brothers used it in The Big Lebowski. What's it all about? The greatest traditional polyphonic music on the planet! Come learn folk songs from the Republic of Georgia (yes, the one that Russia was bombing in 2008) with Carl Linich. Songs will be taught orally, using word sheets! All you need are open ears and hearts, and the willingness to give it a try. The atmosphere is very relaxed, and all levels of musicianship are welcome.
Traditional Georgian a cappella singing continues to flourish to this day, in concert halls and living rooms and at feast tables. Trio Kavkasia writes: ‘The Georgian people, inhabiting a land the size of West Virginia wedged between Russia and Turkey, speak a group of languages related to no other outside the Caucasus Mountain region. Georgia is an island musically as well, exceptional in having an ancient, deep-rooted tradition of polyphony (music in several independent voices), while all the cultures that surround it, and all the cultures that have occupied or passed through it, are firmly monophonic. Georgian polyphony appears to be truly autonomous and original, and its rules of counterpoint and tuning derive from nowhere else. Three-part singing in Georgia was probably in full flower by the ninth century, substantially preceding the modern development of polyphony in Europe... Georgian singers consistently sing intervals and tune chords in ways that are at odds with historical Western vocal practice.”
Carl Linich has been a scholar, teacher, and performer of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing for 20 years, and is a member of Trio Kavkasia. Carl lived in Georgia for about 10 years, speaks fluent Georgian, and has led numerous singing tours in Georgia since 2001, as well as many workshops in North America and elsewhere. In recognition of his work in promoting and preserving Georgian folk song, Carl has been honored as a Silver Medal Laureate of the Georgian government (1995) and is the recipient of Georgia's prestigious Order of Merit award (2009). He has worked on CDs and publications related to Georgian folk music for the Tbilisi State Conservatory, the State Folklore Center of Georgia, and the International Centre for Georgian Folk Song. He currently directs the Supruli Ensemble in New York City, and also sings in a family trio with his two young sons. Carl will be joining Kitka for their first full-ensemble trip to the Caucasus in October, where they will perform at the Chveneburebi Festival and the 5th International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi.
Class sizes are limited, and advance registration is encouraged! Write to kitka@kitka.org or call 510-444-0323 for registration and information.”
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Institute of Urban Homesteading Day of the Dead
Saturday, November 1, 3:00-7:00PM
Dover Street Park, 5707 Dover Street, Oakland
Free
“On this evening, as the summer garden is fully waning and green turns to brown, the veil between the worlds grows thin... the ancestors cross over to visit the living and the living cross over to visit the dead. It is a time of celebration and reunion as the season wanes. A time to revisit and take stock, a time of letting go of the old and clearing out what is not needed in hopes of spring renewal. Join with friends new and old in a celebration of the season.
3:00-6:00PM: Altars, mandala, facepainting, hot chocolate, music, performance and social
4:45-6:00PM: Procession and blessing
6:00-7:00PM: Candlelight Dinner
Performances
3:00-3:30PM: Jane Colman and Nicholas Brown, flute and guitar duet
3:35 -4:10PM: Jenny Holland and Crew youth pop music
4:15-4:45PM: The Dead Crow Show - Performance by the Oakland Improv Collective
4:45-6:00PM: Sons and Daughters of Orpheus
5:00-5:30PM: (in the park) Mud Fence, old time music
6:00-7:00PM: Con Permiso Mariachi
Procession
4:45-5:00PM: gathering in park
5:00-5:30PM: procession
5:30-5:45PM: gathering for big circle in park
5:45-6:00PM: Blessing
Facepainting: Audette Sophia
Mandala: Ruby Blume
Altars: IUH central altar (Alexa Davis & Diane Driscoll), Animal altar. (Jenny Holland) and others in the works.
Hot Chocolate by Maria and friends from http://josephine.com
Dinner: Seth Peterson and Others, Kitchen Crew Chief: Mik Jew”
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Dia de los Muertos Community Festival
Saturday, November 1, 3:00-700PM
Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz
Free
“Celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with FREE festive fun kicking off at the MAH at 3:00PM and continuing to Evergreen Cemetery!
Bring your friends and family to create traditional Mexican crafts such as tissue paper flowers, dance to live music, and enjoy colorful dance performances. From 3:00-4:45PM, come get your face painted by Mariposa’s Art, followed by a procession to Evergreen Cemetery kicking off at 4:45PM.
At the Museum
3:00-4:45PM: Face painting and crafts
3:30-4:00PM: Dance performance
4:45-5:00PM: Gather in Abbott Square to proceed to Evergreen Cemetery
At the Evergreen Cemetery
6:00-7:00PM: Food (more details soon to come)
6:00-6:45PM: Musical performance”
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Martinez Day of the Dead
Saturday, November 1, 3:00-9:00PM
Main Street Plaza, Main Street and Estudillo Street, Martinez
Free
“Food, Music, Community Altars
Celebrating the Mexican tradition of honoring the ancestors. Bring photos, flowers and mementos of loved ones to place on altars. Dress in traditional Dia de los Muertos skeleton motif. Traditional skull face painting. All ages welcome.
10:00-11:30AM
Free. Headstone hunt and crafts.
Pre-registration required 925-372-3510. Led by Martinez Parks and Recreation.
3:00-9:00PM
Free. Main Street Plaza in downtown Martinez. Altars created by local artists, traditional foods and music, family activities, costumes encouraged.
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Middle East Children’s Fundraiser
presented by Salimpour School of Dance and Parya Saberi
Saturday, November 1, 7:00PM
Cloud Nine, 1320 9th Street, Berkeley
Adults $20, Children under 10 Free
“Please join us for an evening of live Arabic music, special guest dancers, World Music by DJ Raffy, henna artists, tarot readers, and more...
$20 entrance fee at the door (free for children under the age of 10 years)
Portions of proceeds and all donations go to the Middle East Children's Alliance.”
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Reclaiming's Spiral Dance
A ritual to honor our beloved dead and dance the spiral of rebirth
Saturday, November 1, doors open at 6:00PM, Ritual begins at 7:30PM
Come early to view the altars, for pre-ritual music,
and to hear the names of the Beloved Dead
Kezar Pavilion, 755 Stanyan Street, San Francisco (in Golden Gate Park)
see website for admission details
“35th Annual Reclaiming Spiral Dance Ritual - Nov 1 - San Francisco We are already setting sail for the Spiral Dance ritual, the time where we come together to visit with our ancestors.
A ritual to honor our beloved dead and dance the spiral of rebirth
The holiday popularly known as Halloween is the time of year known to witches as Samhain, when the veil is thin between the worlds of the living and the dead. We gather to remember and honor our ancestors, our Beloved Dead, and all those who have crossed over. As we mourn for those we love who have died this year, we also mourn the losses and pain suffered by the Earth, our Mother. Yet even as we grieve we also remember and honor the sacred cycle of life, death, rebirth and regeneration, celebrating the births of our children born this year, and our own vital connections to the Earth and each other, in which we ground our hope.
The first Spiral Dance ritual was held in 1979 to celebrate the publication of Starhawk’s book, The Spiral Dance (Harper and Row) Starhawk, a founding member of the Reclaiming Collective, wrote the original script which remains the heart of the ritual, though it has been altered and embellished over the years by her and many other people. Traditionally, the Spiral Dance calls upon the energy and talents of musicians, artists, poets, dancers, craftspeople, singers, technicians, priests and priestesses from the Reclaiming Community and beyond, and we are grateful to everyone who helps to create this magical experience we all share.
This is a participatory ritual and pageant which has become a central event in the Wheel of the Year for many in the Reclaiming Community and beyond. Over 1,200 people join in this observance of the Witches’ New year, and the event raises funds which support the work of Reclaiming throughout the year.
When we dance the Spiral, young and old together, we remember and honor our own past at that same time that we renew our vision and embrace the future. Let it begin now!
Beloved Babies and Beloved Dead
Honor the cycle of death and rebirth by sending us the names of those born and those who have died during the past year:
Babies: email to www.reclaimingspiraldance.org/beloved-babies
Children are welcome - childcare not provided. Wheelchair Accessible. This is a drug- and alcohol-free, family-oriented ritual. Please honor us and the sacred by keeping it so.“
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Samhain Celebration at Isis Oasis
Saturday, November 1, 6:00PM-Midnight
Isis Oasis Sanctuary, 20889 Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville, 707-857-4747
$10-$20 suggested donation
“Join us for our special Halloween/Samhain Celebration at Isis Oasis
Costume Dance Party with Bear Bones Band
Drum Jam, Ancestors Ritual, DJ Dan, Hot Tub, Swimming Pool
Sir Cobalot Cob Oven Pizza and Salad Dinner ($10 extra)
Half price rooms or camping! 707- 857- 4747
RSVP for Pizza and Salad Dinner to 707-320-3609
Bring a Drum! Wear a costume! Bring a favorite topping for pizza! Come for a good time!”
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Le Bal des Vampires
presented by PEERS
Saturday, November 1, 6:30PM-Midnight
Alameda Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda
Tickets must be purchased in advance - see website for details
$30 before October 13, $35 after
pictures from previous years’ events:
“Waltz the night away in a beautiful candlelit ballroom with the San Francisco Bay Area's most glamorous Undead at the 21st Annual Le Bal des Vampires.
Suggested costume is evening dress of the century and country of your ‘rebirth’. This may include dress uniform, period costume (authentic or fantasy) or vintage or modern evening dress. There is no dress code for the ball (We certainly don't expect Spike to attend in black tie!), but you will see some of the most gorgeous and creative costumes of the social season at Le Bal des Vampires.
This year there will once again be simultaneous dancing on two separate floors:
Our band in the elegant upstairs ballroom is the stylish but always dashing chamber ensemble Bangers and Mash. As usual, haunting waltzes dominate the program, but the evening will feature a variety of dance music from across the centuries - from 18th century Baroque contredanses to 19th century Victorian rotary and Viennese waltzes, polkas, and mazurkas; to elegant early 20th century tangos, blues, and fox trots and even some classic rock and roll Swing. Please note that the band's first dance set will start at 7:45PM sharp - 15 minutes earlier than usual. The dance sets will be unusually long, even by Bangers and Mash's high standards, so if you do plan to dance, please be certain to wear shoes or boots you can actually dance in.
For those preferring a more modern style of dance music and free-style dancing as well as partner dancing, join us downstairs at the Nightfall Club (located in the hall's atmospheric Ratskeller) for a wonderfully varied repertoire of dark music to stir the blood and spirit from 6:30PM to Midnight. Hosted by our remarkable DJs, Dark Moon and Persephone, Nightfall also features a no-host (cash) bar and light refreshments for our mortal guests. Since only snacks are provided at the ball, we strongly suggest dining before the ball. For those interested in dining out, there are a variety of restaurants within easy walking distance of the Lodge, especially on nearby Park Street.
Our half-time show in the ballroom is a performance by the celebrated Theater of the Vampires. Not recommended for the faint of heart or for those who take the genre too seriously, but highly recommended for fans of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes! You may also enjoy quiet conversation, Tarot readings, and photography opportunities in the Victorian Parlor.
Our 21st Le Bal des Vampires will be a night to remember. We suggest ordering your tickets early!”
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Diwali - The Festival of Lights
Saturday, November 1, 6:30-8:30PM
Anubhuti Meditation and Retreat Center, 820 Bel Marin Keys Boulevard, Novato, 415-884-2314
Free, donations accepted
“Diwali (Deepavali) is an ancient Indian festival celebrating the victory of light after darkness. When we ignite our inner light, the darkness automatically gets dispelled.
Please join us in an evening of meditation, music, Indian dance, video images, a candle lighting ceremony, an inspirational talk, and a vegetarian dinner following the program.”
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CAYA Coven’s Festival of Death and Wisdom
Saturday, November 1, 7:00PM
The Home of Truth, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda
$10-$20 donation requested
“CAYA Coven invites you to the Festival of Death and Wisdom
This year, our Death and Wisdom altar will be focused around a large black mirror that is being charged as a portal for the Ancestors in a 24-hour continuous chanting working that leads up to our main ceremony.
All are invited to bring an Ancestor photo or item for our altar, to join us in a ritual and spiral dance honoring our beloved dead, and in hearing the wisdom of the underworld gods and goddesses that will be joining us. There will be singing, dancing, and meditative spaces in the ritual itself, with socializing afterward.
Here is an Ode to the Ancestors that will be part of our celebration, co-authored by three CAYA Priest/esses: Doyenne Rowan Nightshade, Athena Nikai, and Melissa ra Karit:
Bones of the living, bones of the dead
Make of the Earth thy gentle bed
Hail to thee, oh wise bones!
Come from graves shallow and deep,
Smooth as curved white stone,
Into Death’s dance you leap,
Teach us your steps ‘ere we go to our last sleep.
Whirling around in the final dance,
We quick-step, holding your eyeless eyes
Spare not the abyss a single glance,
In this moment, we call you to rise,
Releasing all these mortal sighs.
Wandering bones who are lost in the night,
Restless, aching, and done,
Come home to us on the path with no light,
To the Land that has no sun,
Lay down your burdens, give up your fight
If the Land of the Living is no more for thee,
Fear not the Other Side,
For thou has been there before and thou’ll be there again,
‘Tis a place of peace for thou to bide,
Let us carry thee on this tide.
Hail to thee, Ancestral Spirits!
Present thou ever art,
And from this realm, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In whispering mists and spectral visits.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The resonant wisdom thou bringest,
The singing dusts of ages, each tiny mote ever singest.
Waking or asleep,
Thou of death must deem
Things more true and deep
Than we mortals dream,
How else thy breath flow in such beneficent stream?
You look before and after,
We pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Yet if we could scorn
Hate, and pride, and fear;
If we were things born
Not to shed a tear,
I know not how thy truth we ever should come near.
Teach me half the understanding
That thy souls must know,
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow
The world should listen then, as I am listening now."
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Deepening Into Magdalene Mysteries
Saturday, November 1, 7:00-9:00PM
Dhyana Center, 186 North Main Street, #220, Sebastopol
suggested donation $20
“Sacred Healing Ritual of Mystical Proportions
We continue diving into the Magdalene Mysteries with our tribute and understanding of the ecstasy of her ending years. She did not go into a nursing home to be forgotten; rather the angels lifted her up 7 times a day till she ascended.
This time the men are going to be blessing us. The men will lead this event. This is a sacred healing ritual of mystical proportions. The men will bless you as the Divine Feminine and Masculine lifting and raising your vibration. The men will end the demise of the feminine when Eve bit the apple by taking the first bite.
In the last couple of Divine Feminine events women have been knighting and anointing the men, such as in the Feast day of Mary Magdalene. We have done over 55 knightings as well. We kept receiving requests by men who wanted to share their vows to speak compassionately and join with women in this divine calling of building a compassionate world for women and men. That is why at this event, the men will be blessing the women.
Wrapped in the sacred powerful music of…
Sound Healer Jan Cercone
Fantastic healing voice of Bobbie Ellison’s
Bodhi on Piano
We intend to heal this fall from Grace with a living ritual of healing that one bite that Eve took.
Men leading are: Dan Craig-morse, Bruce Hauschildt, David Lieberstein, Anthony Phillipson and many more.
Women in the ritual are: Debra Giusti, Melody Lucian dancing, Ilona Marshall dancing, Andrea Lauren dancing, Yamini Redewill, Mercedes Kirkel, Luminessa Enjara, and many more.
Wrapped in sacred music and dance:
The man (Bruce) steps forward to take the first bite, thus taking responsibility for this fall from Grace. Melody, representing the Divine healing mother spirit, joins him in the bite and they enact a beautiful healing dance, balancing and joining the Divine in each as One.
The blessings then continue until all are blessed while singing the glorious chants of Michael Stillwater.
Many women have said that they do not like the word Crone. In this ritual we are transforming the image of the Crone/elder to be called: An Advanced Ascending Being.
This is who Mary Magdalene was in her elder years.
Lifted up by the Angels while in a state of ecstasy.
LET THE DANCE BEGIN the transformation for all eternity…”
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Green Halloween: A Spooktacular Evening!
Friday, October 31, 7:00-11:00PM
The dhyana Center, 186 N. Main Street, Sebastopol
Free
“A Family Affair to Remember
Costume Contest, Great Prizes, DJ, Food, Fun, Past Life Consultations
Face Your Fears...
Releasing Negative Energy Cauldron, Demons of Self Sabotage, Immunoglobulins Fight Foreign Invaders
dhyana Center is a premier Ayurvedic School, self care studio and community center teaching experiential knowledge through education, classes, services and events.”
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Anatomy of a Love Seen
film screening presented by Epochalips - Smart Lesbian Commentary
and More Than Friends Productions
Saturday, November 1, 7:00PM
Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, San Francisco
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
“A groundbreaking film by Marina Rice Bader (A Perfect Ending, Elena Undone), featuring live performance by official soundtrack artist, Sarah Smith.
Starring... Sharon Hinnendael, Jill Evyn, Constance Brenneman and Marina Rice Bader
After party meet and greet with Marina Rice Bader, Sarah Smith, Sharon Hinnendael, Jill Evyn, Constance Brenneman and dancing with DJ Christina!
From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory.
Six months ago, Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love scene, which led to an intense, whirlwind affair, followed by a devastating breakup. Soon after their split, things get complicated when the two have to meet on set once more to re-shoot that fateful sequence.”
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Scary and (In)Sane: A Halloween Chamber Concert
with Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose
featuring Soheil Nasseri
Saturday, November 1, 7:30PM
Trianon Theatre, 72 North Fifth Street, San Jose
Adults $25, Seniors $20, Student $12, Children $10
“Costumes Optional!!
Soheil Nasseri, pianist
with guest performers Evergreen Valley High School Chamber Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Coriolanus
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Brian Holmes: Phantom Wooer, Old Adam, Jolly Hunter
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Gabriel Faure: Pavane
Durwynne Hsieh: Midnight Ride, March of the Candidates
Celebrate the season with us and wear your favorite costume!”
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Unique Cabaret!
with Jeffrie Givens and Marty Nemko
Saturday, November 1, 8:00PM
Wisteria Ways, 383 61st Street, Oakland, 510-655-2771
$15-$20 sliding scale, cash only at the door, ALL funds go to the musicians
please RSVP to info@WisteriaWays.org
“Wisteria Ways, a house concert series in North Oakland/Rockridge, presents
Jeffrie Givens and Marty Nemko
Think back to when you were a child. Imagine if the kids called you, ‘Retard!’ ...and so did the teachers.
In story and in song, Jeffrie Givens tells of how she went from that to… well, you'll see. Her co-conspirator and piano accompanist in the show is well-known career coach, Dr. Marty Nemko. This funny and inspiring story, with wonderful music, is a show you won't want to miss!”
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Halloween Costume Party at Playland
Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2, 10:00AM-5:00PM
Playland-Not-At-The-Beach, 10979 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito
see website for admission details
“Keep that costume on! Playland-Not-at-the-Beach's Halloween Costume Party weekend gives trick-or-treaters chances to win prizes and more. Don't forget to explore the Dark Mystery exhibition and check out our spooky 5000-year-old mummy!
Over 30+ pinball machines spanning seven decades, video games, Penny Arcade machines, challenging carnival games of skill, interactive displays and exhibits, miniature circuses, sideshow exhibits, baffling magic shows - they are all here waiting to entertain and amuse you!
Revisit Whitney's Playland and the Sutro Baths as well as the 1939 World's Fair on Treasure Island. There is always fun at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach! “
Playland at the Beach is a fun part of San Francisco history, now being kept alive by people in El Cerrito who are obsessed with fun and history! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playland_(San_Francisco)
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Glass Mosaic Two-Day Workshop
with Mela Delgado
Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2,
Saturday 11:00AM-3:00PM, Sunday 11:00AM-1:00PM
Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, 510-523-6957
$110
“Bring light and beauty into your home by creating one-of-a-kind glass mosaic window frame. Learn techniques to use jewelry, beads, and glass on a glass picture frame to create an one-of-a-kind mosaic to hang near a window.
Day 1: learn how to transfer your design, use mosaic tools, cutting techniques, adhesives, gluing, setting and more. You will also create an 8” x 10” mosaic.
Day 2: learn grouting techniques and the steps to grout artwork. Learn how to best display artwork.
Instructor provides tools. Bring an apron.
Mela Delgado has a BFA from La Escuela de Artes Plasticas in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she grew up. She began creating mosaics as a way to release stress from writing her Master’s thesis in museum art collections - awarded in 2009.
Now living in the Bay Area, Mela dedicates herself to mosaics and studies at the reputable Institute of Mosaic Art with renowned mosaic artists. She exhibits her art, volunteers for community mosaic projects, and creates mosaics that fulfill her artistically. She is intrigued and fascinated with this ancient art form’s endless possibilities.”
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Eitetsu Hayashi and Fu-un no Kai Ensemble
Saturday, November 1, 8:00PM and
Sunday, November 2, 3:00PM
McKenna Theatre, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco
$27-$45
“Eitetsu Hayashi and Eitetsu Fu-Un no Kai Ensemble
Art of Wadaiko: The Heartbeat of Japan
with Special Guests Dee Spencer on Piano,
and Musicians from SF School of The Arts
Despite the popularity of Japanese taiko drums across the US, American practitioners and the general public have had few opportunities to experience the art of legendary Eitetsu Hayashi with his ensemble, Fu-un no Kai.
Internationally recognized as the founder of the method of playing taiko as staged art, Eitetsu has toured extensively around the world to share the art of Wadaiko which epitomizes the essence of beauty and discipline of Japanese culture.
Making his debut with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1984 as the first-ever solo taiko performer, Eitetsu has played with major orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic as well as with world renowned artists including Yosuke Yamashita, Sadao Watanabe, Kim Duk-Soo, and Mamady Keita to name just a few. The Bay Area concert is part of the master artist’s Central and North American tour as Japan’s Cultural Envoy, and will feature the master artist’s signature O-daiko (Giant Taiko) solo as well as his superb ensemble performances. Taiko drums made by a 400-year old Asano-family are being shipped from Japan for the concert.”
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The Tempest
presented by African-American Shakespeare Company
Saturday-Sunday, November 1-2,
Saturday 8:00PM, Sunday 3:00PM
playing through November 9
Buriel Clay Theatre, African-American Art and Culture Complex,
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco
$15-$34
“The year is 2020. SYCORAX, the mother of all multi-product industrial conglomerates, based in Milan, is under investigation. The charge: dumping millions of tons of garbage in the Pacific, causing a floating island of debris the size of Colorado. Unhappy with the company's lies and dumping practices, Prospero, a duke of Milan and former CEO of SYCORAX, threatens to testify before congress. He is quickly dismissed, his dukedom usurped, and banished to sea with his young daughter, Miranda. Miraculously surviving, they float up to the shores of this very debris field, the island of SYCORAX. He makes the island, with its single inhabitant, the deformed spawn Caliban, his home, and plots his revenge.
Assisting Prospero in his endeavors is an Application, Ariel, which he discovers from reclaimed parts scavenged from SYCORAX's trash. Ariel becomes his personal assistant and knowledge navigator capable of holographic manifestations and manipulation of weather patterns. When Prospero's enemies, ‘by Providence divine’, show up on his radar, he and Ariel treat them to a storm of biblical proportions. All of their lives are tempest-tossed and ultimately re-ordered. Mankind is seen at its worst, and monsters and machines show themselves to be human. Nothing is the same after man's tsunami of greed, the very planet is scorched from unwary amassing of wealth and the resulting environmental destruction. If virtue can win out over vengeance and avarice, the storm can be weathered.”
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Hula Festival
Friday-Sunday, October 31-November 2
Alameda County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Avenue, Pleasanton
see website for ticket details
“Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Festival and Competition is the oldest hula festival held outside of the State of Hawai'i. The festival and competition celebrates Hawaiian culture and traditions through solo and group hula competitions, arts and crafts, and food, which is vital to sharing the traditions, values and art of hula with the world.
This special event is held each year by the Kumu Hula Association of Northern California, which was founded in 1984 by the late Ehulani Enoka-Lum and continued by daughter Deanie Lum-Villiados. In addition to the Ia 'Oe E Ka La Hula Festival and Competition, the Kumu Hula Association also organizes the May Day Festival held each in May.”
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Daylight Savings Time Ends
Sunday, November 2, 2:00AM (which then immediately becomes 1:00AM, I think...)
Set your clocks back one hour. Or don't, and just be early for everything from now on.
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Fruitvale Dia de los Muertos
Sunday, November 2, 10:00AM-5:00PM
along East 12th Street between 33rd Avenue and 37th Avenue
and in Fruitvale Village, Oakland
“Join us as we celebrate our 19th year of Día de los Muertos, put on each year by The Unity Council in partnership with our many fantastic sponsors.
Professional and aspiring artists, families and community groups come together to create the altars that are the heart and soul of the event! The altars will be featured at 12th Street and Avenida De La Fuente. We invite you to be a part of the celebration! As a student, artists or community member, you may have a special someone or group of people or cause that you would like to commemorate in this traditional festival with an altar. More than 20 altars will be created on the day of the event.”
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Creative Chaos
presented by HackerMoms
Sunday, November 2, 11:00AM-4:00PM
Firehouse Adeline Studios and Art Hangar, 3192 Adeline Street, Berkeley
Children 2-17 $3.50, Adults $7, Family of four $19
“Hacker Moms invites you to Creative Chaos: a family-driven maker-hacker-art experience.
This DIY all-ages experience brings art, music, and maker culture to life. At engaging exploration stations, kids and adults will have the opportunity to explore their curiosities by making their own superhero costumes, decorating their own sugar skull cookies, Day of the Dead-themed puppet making and journal making, catapult making, and sensory bins for little ones.
Hacker Moms will be hosting a special raffle with cool prizes, maker-made crafts such as jewelry, home goods and T-shirts for sale, and a silent auction and of artworks by our talented Hacker Mamas.
Dance. Make music. Eat pizza. Get Messy. And explore your own Creative Chaos.
Please note that this event will be at the Firehouse Art Collective, just up the street from Hacker Moms at 3192 Adeline Street.”
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Tales from the Steppes
with Cathryn Fairlee
Sunday, November 2, 1:00-3:00PM
Silk Road House, 1944 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-981-0700
Free
“The Silk Road House presents: Tales from the Steppes.
An hour of stories from Central Asia for families, performed by Cathryn Fairlee. She will be telling an episode from the epic Dede Korkut, Bamsi Beyrek. It is dramatic, romantic and playful and full of song.
Cathryn Fairlee a fifth generation Californian, has traveled the world searching and sharing stories in Asia, Europe, and the New World. She began story performing in 1982 and became a full time storyteller in 1999. She has performed traditional folk tales, epics, and mythology on Turkish trains, at Welsh pubs, in Buddhist caves, at Balinese ceremonies, in Chinese teahouses, with Uzbekistan musicians, telling around the kitchen table in Guatemala, and in US graveyards.
Cathryn is a member of the Storytelling Association of California where she served as a board member for seven years. A member of the Bay Area Storytelling Festival Committee, the National Storytelling Network, where she served on its board as Pacific Regional Director, and member of Storytellers of Canada, Cathryn produced The Story Swap on public radio for three years and still produces biannual Epic Events. She received a Master’s Degree in History at Sonoma State University with a thesis on Chinese Teahouse Telling. She still serves on the magazine committee of NSN. And her story is not over yet.”
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Lucid Dreaming: An Open Inquiry
facilitated by Paul Sheldon and Meredith Sabini
Sunday, November 2, 1:00-4:00PM
The Dream Institute of Northern California, 1672 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-845-1767
$45 per session
“Lucid dreaming is the experience of awareness that one is dreaming, an altered state that comes naturally to some, with practice to others. This program begins as a conversation between two people who are acquainted with contemporary Western and ancient Eastern literature on the topic and also have had personal experiences of lucidity. Our intent is that the conversation will open out to include those attending, so that a broad range of relevant themes and questions can be explored: When does lucidity occur? What purposes does it seem to have? How is it similar to shamanic journeying or out of body phenomena? Is it possible to cultivate lucidity? Why does this rather unusual experience attract heroism and boasting, as if it’s a spiritual sport? What makes lucidity so popular today? Can we enter deeper states of spiritual existence and sacred experience through lucid dreaming?
Paul Sheldon holds an MA degree in Human Development and is an internationally recognized authority on lucid dreaming; he holds a lifetime college teaching credential.”
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Sashiko Mending
with Katrina Rodabaugh
Sunday, November 2, 1:30-5:30PM
Handcraft Studio School, 5885 Doyle Street, Emeryville, 510-332-6101
$75, limit 12 students
“This traditional Japanese sewing technique lends itself beautifully to contemporary crafts. Sashiko is the perfect stitch to mend existing garments or to create beautiful new textiles. In this workshop, we’ll discuss traditional techniques like Boro, Sashiko, embroidery, and quilting and their modern applications in Visible Mending and Slow Fashion. We’ll also consider ‘mendfulness’ and the creative opportunity in repair. This workshop will lead participants through the making of one Sashiko potholder while sharing various inspiration for continuing beyond the classroom. Participants will also have the option to mend an existing garment with the instructor’s help so they can leave the workshop with greater confidence and skill. (Denim jeans, wool sweaters, or beloved outwear are great options for visible mending.) Basic sewing and stitching skills are required.
All necessary materials will be provided, but please bring one garment for mending and, if desired, your fabric patches of choice. Optional: Your own fabric scissors, thimble, fabric marking pencil, and ruler. Sashiko thread, Sashiko needles, potholder fabric, and practice Sashiko fabric will be provided along with additional tools to share.
Katrina Rodabaugh is an artist, writer, and crafter working across disciplines to explore environmental and social issues through traditional craft techniques. Her artwork, designs, and writing have appeared in galleries, theaters, magazines, and alternative arts venues across the country. She’s received grants, residencies, and awards for her work and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College where she trained and taught in the Book Arts Studio. Her blog, Made by Katrina, won the Country Living Blue Ribbon Blogger Award. She is currently on a fast fashion fast, Make Thrift Mend, to deepen her commitment to sustainable fashion, sewing, mending, and preserving garments.”
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Nosferatu
co-presented by Jeff Giordano
Sunday, November 2, 3:00PM
The New Parkway Theater, 474 24th Street, Oakland
$10
“Nosferatu - with live musical accompaniment by Jeff Giordano!
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story Dracula.
This showing of this silent classic will feature live musical accompaniment.
The New Parkway Theater is a community-centered cinema and pub located in Oakland's Uptown district. Sit back and relax in our cozy couches while watching our new releases, cult classics, and fabulous special programming. Plus, enjoy yummy food and local beer and wine in our café or even delivered right to your theater seat all at affordable prices!
Every week we have something for everyone... from Doc Night to Baby Brigade and Nerd Nite to Party at the Parkway, and everything in between. Also, join us on the mezzanine for free, non-film events like Open Mic Mondays, Tasty Tuesdays, Pop-Up Art Wednesdays, Trivia Thursdays, and First Fridays.
The New Parkway = Film. Friends. Food. Fun on Tap.”
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South Bay Pagan Kids Samhain
Saturday, November 2, 3:00-6:00PM
private residence in San Jose, address given upon RSVP
suggested donation $5-$10 dollars per person or $10-$20 dollars per family
Organizer Taffy Dugan says:
“We are a cross-tradition gathering of Pagan families with children who meet monthly to celebrate the Esbats and Sabbats; to share food and music, traditions and knowledge, crafts and dancing. We are eclectic Wicca, Druid, Dianic, British Traditionalists, and are open to and looking for more varieties. We seek to share and learn from each other while providing support in a fun and nurturing environment. We'll do crafts, play games, sing songs, and have fun!
Please join our Samhain ritual. We'll learn a fun and new way to do circle (bring noise makers like shakers and such!). Please bring a picture or memento of your loved one(s) who have passed on to the Summerlands as we'll be honoring them.
What else to bring: A potluck dish to share. Please consider bringing a suggested donation of $5-$10 dollars per person and/or $10-$20 dollars per family. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Blessed Be,
Taffy”
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Home of Truth’s Fall Heart Fest
Sunday, November 2, 4:00-8:00PM
Home of Truth Spiritual Center, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda
Free
“A Fundraiser for Midway Women's Shelter and Home of Truth
4:00-5:30PM: Concert
6:00-7:30PM: Dinner
Great Music, Good Food, Silent Auction, Raffles, Fun!”
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Introduction To The GAPS Diet
with Joey Anderson and Sara Russell
Sunday, November 2, 4:30-6:30PM - final week
Three Stone Hearth Kitchen, 1581 University Avenue, Berkeley, 510-981-1334
$35 per class, please register at the website below.
for more information, e-mail info@threestonehearth.com
“Join Sara Russell and Joey Anderson, Certified GAPS Practitioners, for an eight week series, starting Sunday, September 7 through Sunday, November 2 (no class on October 19) from 4:30-6:30PM at Three Stone Hearth.
If you are thinking about starting the GAPS diet and feel mystified, are following the GAPS diet and feel stuck, or you are looking for a community where your health concerns and dietary choices will be understood, you will find guidance and support for your journey through this series.
Our GAPS group is for anyone interested in following the GAPS diet or currently following it. Each of the eight meetings with involve: An informative presentation on an aspect of the GAPS diet, recipes and a cooking demonstration, and time for group discussion and one-on-one Q and A.
Each class includes the Broth Bar, which is available 20 minutes before the class begins.
Sara Russell is an avid fermentation experimentalist who provides individualized nutritional and food-preparation guidance to individuals, families and groups on the sourcing, preparation, and sharing of food in light of their health goals and lifestyle.
Joey Anderson is a mother and local-food lover who works with individuals and families, guiding them on their journey towards optimal health through personalized nutritional education and food preparation guidance.”
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Dia de los Muertos Berkeley
Tuesday, November 2, 5:00-9:00PM
1400 block of Shattuck Avenue, North Berkeley
Free
“Community Altar 5:00-7:30PM
Candle Light Procession 7:45-9:00PM
DIY Art Projects - Free Face Painting - Food Trucks - Beer and Wine Garden
Celebrate and remember those who have passed on at a time of year when the veil between the living and dead is thought to be at its most diaphanous. At the sixth annual Dìa de los Muertos Celebration, gather on Shattuck Avenue between Rose and Vine Streets in Berkeley on Sunday, November 2, 5:00-9:00PM.
The event hosts food booths and trucks, a wine and beer garden, free skeletal face painting, and art and craft vendors. DIY art projects for kids and adults include ceramic or sugar skull painting, paper stamping and more. Fire dancers and music by Incendio make the evening magical. Costumes and traditional Dìa de los Muertos papier maché giant heads are encouraged.
Help create an altar, or ofrenda, by bringing photos or stories of loved ones, candles, breads, or flowers to add to the altar. Dancers will bless the altar with drums and dancing then lead a sidewalk candle light procession through the district for about an hour following along a path of strewn marigold petals. Day of the Dead window displays appear in businesses throughout the district.
Sponsored by the North Shattuck Association, Saul’s, East Bay Loop and East Bay Express. The Gourmet Ghetto is six blocks north of Downtown Berkeley BART. Free admission.”
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Community Seed Samhain
Sunday, November 2, gather at 5:00PM, Ritual begins at 6:00PM
Masonic Temple, 828 North Branciforte Avenue, Santa Cruz
suggested donation of $8-$20, no one turned away for lack of funds
for more information, call 831-469-0336 or e-mail info@communityseed.org
“Your sacrifice - Their sacrifice
Come journey with us as we find the links between you and the Goddess and Horned God, between their story of the Wheel of the Year, and your life story as you unfold it. Come take that first big step that leads to everything you desire.
What do you need to do?
You know, the big thing - the REALLY big thing that’s holding you back - Where is the help that you need to be rid of it?
This ritual is not designed for young people. Some parts may be too talky, other parts - too scary!
Potluck to follow after the ritual. Please bring a dish to share and label the ingredients.
Earth signs - Greens, Air Signs - Main Dish Meat,
Fire Signs - Main Dish Vegetable, Water Signs - Dessert
Drinks will be provided
This is a child friendly event. All CS events are Clean and Sober.”
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Belly Dance Student Showcase
Sunday, November 2, 6:00PM, and the first Sunday of each month
Suhaila Salimpour Studio, 425 San Pablo Avenue, Albany, 510-527-2400
Free
“Join us the first Sunday of every month at Suhaila’s studio for an evening of live music and belly dance. Free to the public.
Suhaila Salimpour is a highly acclaimed performer, teacher, and choreographer of belly dance. Schooled from an early age in jazz, tap and ballet, Suhaila began integrating her extensive classical training with the Middle Eastern dance passed on by her mother, Jamila Salimpour. The result was a true artistic breakthrough: a revolutionary foundational technique that has brought the art of Belly Dance to a new level.
The Suhaila Salimpour Format and School of Belly Dance enjoy worldwide success. Dancers who train with The Salimpours quickly realize Suhaila's method of teaching allows them to excel in their art beyond any other training they have received.”
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Pan’s Garden Samhain Ritual
with The San Jose Pagan and Magick Meetup Group
Sunday, November 2, 6:30PM
private home in Palo Alto, 416 Chaucer Street, Palo Alto
Free, please bring a potluck dish to share
“Pan’s Garden is a restarted successful ritual group that is a combination of Wicca, Druidism and Asatru. It is democratically run and is currently co-run by Shannon Marquardt and Liz Lee.
Come in costume! There will be a voting box on the dining table with papers and pen to cast your vote for the best costume, and the winner gets a prize!
If you like, bring something that you associate with a departed loved one to place on the altar.
Please bring a healthy, low-cal vegetarian potluck dish to share. Please do not bring junk food like sweets, chips, soda or fast food.”
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Dia de los Muertos San Francisco
Sunday, November 2, 7:00PM
Parade starts at 22nd Street and Bryant Street, San Francisco
and leads to 26th Street and Harrison Street
ending at the Festival of Altars in Garfield Park, 6:30-10:30PM
“Festival of Altars organized by Marigold Project
Festival of Altars, 6:00-11:00PM, Garfield Park, 26th and Harrison Streets
We welcome you to make an altar for a loved one that has passed away. Making a Day of the Dead altar is a way for us to honor the life of someone who is no longer with us and to remember our ancestors. Each year, hundreds of personal altars line the perimeter of Garfield Park.
All candles must be in GLASS containers, no open flame candles are allowed at the park.
Procession organized and led by Rescue Culture Collective
Ritual assembles at 22nd and Bryant 6:00-7:00PM
STARTS at 22nd and Bryant at exactly 7:00PM, and moves along Bryant to 24th Street
CONTINUES along 24th Street to the corner of 24th Street and Mission
CONTINUES along Mission Street to 22nd Street and turns on 22nd Street
CONTINUES along 22nd Street to Bryant Street
CONCLUDES at the corner of 22nd and Bryant Street
Help keep Day of the Dead Alive!
Let's ensure that Day of the Dead SF remains a true community supported event. Please consider making a donation via our chip-in page. Every dollar counts and no donation is too small. All proceeds go to securing park permits and artistic expression at Garfield Park.
About Day of the Dead:
Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Meso-American holiday dedicated to the ancestors; it honors both death and the cycle of life. In Mexico, neighbors gather in local cemeteries to share food, music, and fun with their extended community, both living and departed. The celebration acknowledges that we still have a relationship with our ancestors and loved ones that have passed away.
In San Francisco, Day of the Dead has been celebrated in the Mission district since the early 70s with art, music, performances and a walking procession, which help us contemplate our existence and mortality - a moment to remember deceased friends and family, and our connections beyond our immediate concerns.
Day of the Dead is an alcohol-free event with no vendors or booths of any type. Please honor this tradition and do not attempt to sell goods on the premises of Garfield Park.”
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Adam Ant's birthday
Monday, November 3
Wherever truth, beauty, art, and sex are appreciated
Do something appropriately Plutonic/Scorpionic.
Gaze deeply into the darkest corners of your own soul. Re-invent yourself and rise, Phoenix-like, from the ashes of your previous life. Or perhaps take a bath in really good, really dark, molten chocolate.
Just don't you ever lower yourself, forgetting all your standards.
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Ceres Fest
a benefit for Ceres Community Project
Monday, November 3, 5:30-8:30PM
Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma, 707-769-4495
$25 includes organic, seasonal food
“Enjoy includes organic, seasonal food!
Other highlights of this fun fundraiser:
Raffle
Music by SF-based rock band Luce
We build healthy communities by restoring fresh, whole and organic food to its place as the foundation of health, and by connecting people in heart-centered ways to themselves, others and the earth.”
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NorCal Trans Partners, Family, and Friends Support Group
Monday, November 3, 7:30-9:00PM, and the first Monday of each month
Billy DeFrank LGBT Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose, 408-293-3040
“Having a family member, child, spouse, partner, or other loved one go through transition can be difficult and comes with a unique set of challenges that most folks don't really comprehend. Come join the Northern California Trans Partners and Family support group at the DeFrank Center the first Monday of each month from 7:30-9:00PM.
To communicate between meetings, we also have a Facebook page and a Yahoo mailing list.”
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Listening to Our Mother Water: The Path of Purification
A WaterSongline Wisdom Bridge Teleseminar
Tuesday, November 4, 6:00-8:00PM,
and six more Tuesdays through December 16
$210
http://watersongline.com/events-gatheringsteachings (website plays music)
“Members of the WaterSongline Council Offer Stories, Reflections, Transmissions, Practices, Prayers, Songs and Ceremonies for Renewal and Balance.
The Message of Water is Compassion and Love.
As devotees of the Mother Water, the members of the WaterSongline Council honor all elements.
We offer these teachings and practices of purification from traditions around the world so that we can join together with all people on this path of love and healing.
Like rivers to the ocean, the WaterSongline is a convergence of prayers for our Mother Water.
6:00-7:30PM: Reflections and transmissions from members of the WaterSongline Council. Time for dialogue, question and answers.
7:30-8:00PM: Time to grow your love-in-action by joining in small group discussions with the community of participants.
Recordings of sessions available for all participants.
Some of the proceeds of this course go towards a fundraiser for the WaterSongline Council Gathering in 2015.
Council Members On This Teleseminar:
Omileye Yeyechun: Ochun Priestess, Crown of the Mother
Lis Addison: Sacred dancer and singer
Kazumi Ohishi: Kaminchu Shaman, Okinawa Japan
Robin Tewkelus Youngbood: Okanagon/Tsalagi, Minister of the Church of the Earth
Lawrence Robert Boyll: Man of prayer
Chief Olu Anikinnikun: Ifa Priest
Mahealani Ochinawa: Priestess of If a, High Priestess of Nana Buuken (Our Mother)
Mbali Creazzo: South African medicine woman
Imani: Sacred Musician, Student of Olatunji, walks with the heartbeat of the drum
Ann Rosencranz: Devotee of the Mother Water, woman of prayer
The WaterSongline Council is dedicated to global prayers and subtle action to help heal our Mother Waters, Earth and Humanity. Each member of the council has spent years actively engaged in healing the planet through their own sacred service.”
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Basic Tassel Making
with Morrison Polkinghorne
Tuesday, November 4, 6:00-9:00PM
Handcraft Studio School, 5885 Doyle Street, Emeryville, 510-332-6101
$85, limit 20 students
“Very lateral thinking, these techniques can be applied in so many ways: from clever gift wrapping of boxes, to more traditional interior designs. We begin with simple thread, string and cords, learning how twist and fringe ends, leading to actual tassel making. Usages are unlimited, from hanging one or a collection of picture frames and tassel the ends; cleverly tie back curtains; creative tying of furniture. Stylists will discover new potential in their shoots, homemakers how to accessorize a home with a new-found flair, and even more specialised, interior decorators will learn how to specify bespoke trimming orders. The options are limitless, and the potential staggering. Come learn from the expert! You will leave the class with a decorative cord, chair tie and Holland blind tassel.
Textile designer Morrison Polkinghorne is impassioned by 18th century French-style fine tassels and trims, ornamental ropes and bullion fringe. Since 1991, his company Passementeries has created bespoke designs for discerning clients, and heirloom restorations for National Trust and heritage homes. Each item leaving Morrison’s workshop shows the same exquisite attention to detail - a precision demonstrated only in hand-crafted work by skilled artisans. Morrison is equally at home amongst the weavers of Southeast Asia, from where he sources fabrics for his export business, as well as for his personal collection. A long time resident of Sydney Australia, Morrison recently relocated to Battambang Cambodia, renowned for its French colonial architectural.”
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Silence and A Song by Colm Toibin
An Off the Page reading
Tuesday, November 4, 7:00PM
Z Below, Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
$20 suggested donation; reservations recommended
“Silence and A Song by Colm Toibin
from the collections The Empty Family and Mothers and Sons, respectively.
Off the Page staged readings are the first step in developing a Word for Word production - taking a short story from the page to the stage. Come see the very first steps of our process, and, after the reading, let us know what you think!
In A Song, Noel, on the town with a group of his musician friends, steps into the same pub as his estranged mother, a renowned Irish singer. She sings a ballad about love and treachery and Noel imagines how fiercely he could sing with her. Silence is a brilliant historical set piece about the loves and fortunes of Lady Gregory, and how she uses a social encounter with Henry James to immortalize her affair.
Conversation with audience to follow.”
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Live Faith Live Food Lecture Series: Judaism
Opera Plaza Community Room, 601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Wednesday, November 5, 6:00-8:30PM,
and one more Wednesday, November 12
$15 per lecture
“More faith leaders, clergy, and religion members are affirming diet is not just a ‘health’ thing, but a spiritual discipline as well. Are there traditional religious reasons for seeking to live a vegan life? See how four religious paths, plus secular humanist meditators, view and value a live-food and vegan way.
Each talk is presented by different leaders from within the faith traditions, interview style. The first five talks go in-depth into each of five different paths. The sixth talk will bring all five traditions together ecumenically to discuss.
November 5: Judaism
Speakers include:
Rabbi Steven Fisdel
Chaya-Ryvka Diehl
Hana Matt
November 12: Wrap up, all paths together
Many returning speakers.
Series Moderated by Michael Bedar
First (at 6:00PM) enjoy a vegan organic dinner with live-food options planned by a certified Nutrition Consultant, Patricia Allen Koot, NE, NC.
Take the elevator to the first floor, then security will key you down to the mezzanine for the event.
Series Co-Sponsored and Supported by:
San Francisco Vegetarian Society
Wellness Central
Dharma Voices for Animals
Green Faith
Institute for World Religions
Society of Ethical and Religious Vegans
Jewish Vegetarians of North America
A fifteen dollar requested donation covers the all you can eat vegan dinner plus the program. The Nutritionist, speakers, and organizers donates their time. Funds go toward facility rental, food, transport and other costs.”
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Beaded Key Tassel Workshop
with Morrison Polkinghorne
Wednesday, November 5, 6:00-9:00PM
Handcraft Studio School, 5885 Doyle Street, Emeryville, 510-332-6101
$85, limit 20 students
“This class involves 18th Century French trimming techniques to cover beads. You will also learn how make a cord by hand - used to make the handle of the tassel and a thinner cord to make jasmines that are inserted between the beads as they are strung together to create a beaded key-tassel.
Textile designer Morrison Polkinghorne is impassioned by 18th century French-style fine tassels and trims, ornamental ropes and bullion fringe. Since 1991, his company Passementeries has created bespoke designs for discerning clients, and heirloom restorations for National Trust and heritage homes. Each item leaving Morrison’s workshop shows the same exquisite attention to detail - a precision demonstrated only in hand-crafted work by skilled artisans. Morrison is equally at home amongst the weavers of Southeast Asia, from where he sources fabrics for his export business, as well as for his personal collection. A long time resident of Sydney Australia, Morrison recently relocated to Battambang Cambodia, renowned for its French colonial architectural.”
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Temple of Aphrodite
Wednesday, November 5, 8:00-9:00PM (Please arrive a few minutes before 8:00PM)
The Sacred Well, 536 Grand Avenue, Oakland, 510-444-9355
Donations gratefully accepted
“The Temple of Aphrodite in Oakland was founded in 2010 at The Sacred Well, where Priest/esses maintain a monthly liturgy and support space for those who wish to experience the mysteries of the goddess in Her many forms.
Our monthly liturgy is an exploration and celebration of the many ways love, beauty, desire and pleasure shape our decisions, choices, actions, and lives.
We research and study historical aspects of Aphrodite, such as praise hymns, epithets, and classical symbolism. We also recognize Aphrodite in the world around us today, in Her contemporary guises with modern sensibilities.
Dates for 2014:
Saturday, December 6”
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Have a Deeply Spooky, Wisely Hallowed Week!
Molly Blue Dawn
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