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You may be asking what there is to do on a balmy 70-degree week... here's our picks:
TUES, JUNE 16 — Organizing Option: Figure out what it means to live in and against the current moment // Socialism Beats Fascism Community Planning Meeting// East Bay DSA Office, Oakland // 6:30pm — $FREE/food provided // LINK
TUES, JUNE 16 — Late nite option: Transgress space, time and genre at one of our favorite bars // 17th Annual Queer Rebels Fest // Knockout, San Francisco // 7pm-2am – $15 NOTAFLOF // LINK
🎲 BONUS (for the gamblers, rush tix only) THURS, JUNE 18 — Double feature including the only film ever produced by comrade-freak-extraordinaire Jean Genet // The Roxie, San Francisco // 5:30pm // LINK
FRI, JUNE 19 — 🚫🇺🇸 Juneteenth! (non-federal workers) play hooky, drink a beer, & honor the Black freedom struggle
SAT, JUNE 20 — Queer "speed meeting" for a good cause // Love in the Time of Intifada: A Fundraiser for Gaza Students// The Starry Plough, Berkeley // 1pm — $25 // LINK
SUN, JUNE 21 — Yet another opportunity to get your pet baptized// North Beach Festival // Columbus and Green Streets, San Francisco // 11am-7pm — $Depends // LINK
SUN, JUNE 21 — Where there's a tech boom, there's a tenant movement, or however the saying goes // Book Talk: Anti-Eviction: The Fight Against Tech Led Gentrification // Medicine for Nightmares, San Francisco // 7pm — $FREE // LINK
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