EVENT: THe S. Kitchen presents...Women & Film

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Our FIRST CLASSIC The S. Kitchen event of 2011 is...The S. Kitchen presents...Women and Film. It will be on SUNDAY, February 27th at 4pm and will feature our fabulous guestpert SCARLETT SHEPARD. Scarlett founded the San Francisco International Women's Film Festival and is the Executive Director of the Women's Film Institute.

It just so happens to coincide with the Academy Awards and given the incredible LACK of women's presence ...in the institutional film industry (even to this day) it acts as a excellent platform to learn about the important work of women filmmakers.

Scarlett will be sharing her personal story of why she founded the San Francisco International Women's Film Festival. I will be doing a 15 minute podcast with Scarlett on Wednesday, February 9th. You can listen to the podcast here.

As with all The S. Kitchen presents... events, it is a POTLUCK with a few guidelines. For this one, I want you to BRING A DISH INSPIRED BY YOUR FAVORITE WOMAN IN A FILM. It could be an actress, a director, a movie about women, a character, a sound engineer you know, or...? Please RSVP on Facebook to get the hidden location!

The 7th Annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival is April 6-10, 2011. You can learn more about the festival here.

The S. Kitchen presents...Addictive Abundance at the Intellectuals' Table

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The S. Kitchen presents...A Field Trip to Urban Sprouts

The S. Kitchen is pleased to present our first field trip! It is to Urban Sprouts' school garden at June Jordan School for Equity on Sunday, November 7 from 1pm to 4pm.

Urban Sprouts was our fabulous guest of honor at Slowly Growing Green, the first The S. Kitchen to go on the road. Now, we are continuing our effort to raise awareness about school gardens, slowing down, and reducing our ecological footprint by helping Urban Sprouts grow....

We will do this by visiting their garden at June Jordan located at 325 La Grande in San Francisco. This school is very near and dear to my heart. I used to work at the middle schools that once were located at this campus: Burbank Middle School and Excelsior Middle School. Located next to McClaren Park and on a beautiful campus, June Jordan seeks to empower youth through equitable curriculum that fosters social justice. Urban Sprouts is one of their community partners helping them realize their vision.

Friends can expect to:

• Learn more about the school garden movement;
• Get dirrrrty by weeding, seeding, and playing in soil;
• Increase their gardening skills;
• Be a part of a growing community dedicated to cuisine, conversation, and camaraderie.

As with all The S. Kitchen events, this is a shared experience. Normally, we ask folks to bring something to share. This time, we are asking that you bring your time, open mind, and a friend or two. That's it!

We hope to see you there!

Love,
The S. Kitchen Crew: Jason W., John O., and Kailani S.

The S. Kitchen presents...Sing for Your Supper

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Everyone loves music! It can transform crappy days into sunshine or rain depending on the mood. It brings life, voice, and spirit in equal measure. Music is crucial to survival.

Music and the arts is also being slashed from education budgets across the nation. Filling the vacuum are struggling arts organizations trying their best to give voice to the voiceless. The arts need YOUR help to thrive.

The S. Kitchen presents...Sing for Your Supper is a tribute to music and voice and the food inspired by it.

As with all The S. Kitchen, it's a potluck with some guidelines. For this S. Kitchen we are asking that guests:

* Bring a dish inspired by your favorite song, album, band, or musical genre;
* Bring music (in the form of a CD or iPod/MP3 player) that inspired the dish.

Our fabulous host for this The S. Kitchen is Dee Mendoza. She is a fab youth worker and entrepreneur who lives in the fog belt known as the Outer Sunset. We are excited to part the fog and celebrate on Sunday, September 19 @ 2pm.

Our guest(pert) is Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, as seen on the The Wendy Williams Show and featured in "Two Legit" by MC Hammer. OIGC was founded originally by Rhythmic Concepts, Inc. in 1986. It's inspiration came as a result of a Gospel music workshop led by Terrance Kelly, at RCI's Jazz Camp West, and Kelly became it's co-founder and artistic director. OIGC went on to become an independent organization in 1991, and consists of 60 singers and 4 musicians, who represent a multi racial, multi- cultural, interfaith community of diversity. There is also a smaller ensemble group and a youth choir. Auditions are held annually.



At The S. Kitchen presents...Slowly Growing Green, we asked folks to bring their own plate, utensil, and cup to reduce waste and the amount our guests have to clean up. And IT WORKED!

* So we are also asking you to bring your own plate, utensil, and cup.

And remember....The S. Kitchen is all about cuisine, conversation, and camaraderie.

Hope to see you there!

Slowly Growing Green

      
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Details in a nutshell:

Date and Time: Sunday, May 16th from 4pm to 7pm.

Hosts are Jennifer C. and Huckleberry G. 

Guest of honor is Urban Sprouts.
Buy local, and bring your own plate, utensil, and cup.
Hope to see you there!

The S. Kitchen presents...A Very Mary Queer Year

  


The S. Kitchen is back on Sunday, January 31st at 4pm. This time the theme is A Very Mary Queer Year! That's right. This is the year that I am bringing my art to life. And if you know me, you know that my art is most definitely QUEER. So to kick things into high gear, this S. Kitchen will be a launching of Queerly Complex, a portal to art, events, news, and more all from a queer perspective.

What is meant by queer? Good thing ya asked (or well...are at least reading this). Queer is as queer does. It is a way of life. It is about living outside the box. It is expressing who you are and loving who you will. It is not giving a damn and being open to possibilities. It is honoring and promoting voices and experiences of folks that identify as LGBT and the spaces in between. It is being present amidst the chaos of past and future.

How does this all relate to the theme and food? That part is actually very very simple. This time around, I will be focusing on foods that are traditional new year's foods from a variety of cultures. Think black-eyed peas, noodles, collard greens, dumplings, grapes... Then make it your own! This could be a different way of serving, adding that secret spice that you don't tell anyone, buying it from a store and calling it your own. The possibilities are endless!

To get you started with ideas, here is a great resource: http://bit.ly/7HDIRf

And in my tradition of New Years, we will be doing a white elephant gift exchange. That's right it is white elephant, so...DON'T SPEND A DIME! Find something tacky, broken, unused in your home, wrap it, and bring it to the shindig. Hilarity will ensue.

Hope to see ya'll there!