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"LeatherMonth@Magnet"
Mandalas by Jok Church Opening Reception on Friday, September 3 and art displayed throughout August. 8:00 - 10:00 pm
Jok is the author of six best-selling books and the creator of the CBS TV show, "Beakman's World" - shown locally on Channel 36. Jok is a long-time gay activist reaching back to the 1970s. His art explores the relationship between curved lines/circles and straight lines. These studies create mandalas, or in this case, MENdalas. Jok's mandalas are printed on stretched canvas and offered as a benefit for both Magnet and the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. The entire purchase price goes to those non-profits with the artist receiving no funds whatever from any sales. Saturday, September 11
7-7:30pm basic beginners lesson Tues, September 14 & 28 Our September selection is "Zipper Mouth" by Laurie Weeks.
“The long-awaited debut novel from Laurie Weeks, 'Boys Don't Cry' screenwriter whose work was recently selected by Dave Eggears for Best Non-Required Reading 2008. In this extraordinary, often hilarious debut novel, an unnamed girl struggles on desperately limited means to show up for the demands of doing the laundry, recreational drug abuse and battling the obsession of an unrequited love in the lurid downtown New York City art scene of the 90's. With comic randomness, an alternating erotic current pulls the reader through the semiautobiographical boredom of temp job scenarios, painful hangovers, ranting letters to celebrities like Judy Davis and Sylvia Plath and nightclubbing epiphanies, all shot through with glimpses of a small town childhood, its isolation fraught with an intense crush on Vivien Leigh and night terrors featuring The Crazy Dad. A doomed fixation on a straight friend, with its attendant frustration and humiliation, forms the structuring theme running through this unforgettable novel.”
You can purchase the book at a 10% discount at A Different Light Bookstore at 489 Castro St. in San Francisco. Just be sure to tell them you are participating in the Magnet Book Club.
Wednesday, September 15 All ages, all genders, all the time! If you'd like to perform at the open mic, please bring five minutes of whatever you want to share. Musicians: one song. Prose writers: that's about two and a half double spaced pages of prose. We’re the friendliest open mic you’ll find but we pay attention to time so that nobody accumulates further open mic-related PTSD.
Future Smack Dabs all happen on the third Wednesdays at Magnet. For more information contact Kirk Read at kirkread (at) earthlink (dot) net.
The Council of Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses of San Francisco, Inc. is pleased to announce that the voting for Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of San Francisco will be on September 18th, 2010 at the following locations: 10:00am - 1:00pm - Deco Lounge (510 Larkin St)
Follow us online! Get event updates, sexual health tips & tricks and general information through our Twitter and Facebook accounts. Follow us on twitter @SFMagnet and friend us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/SFMagnet. Spring Cleaning?
Magnet is a beneficiary of the Community Thrift Store. Support Magnet by donating unwanted items and shopping at Community Thrift Store. When you donate, name "Magnet", and we will get a portion of the item's sale price! They are located at 623 Valencia Street between 17th and 18th Street. Visit www.communitythriftsf.org for details.
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Learn to Swing, or show off what you can already do! Magnet and QueerBallroom.com team up to teach the Castro a step or two. This month, only Swing lessons will be offered. No partner or experience is needed.
