BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:The Crucible\n1260 7th Street\n\nOakland\, CA 94607 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091212T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6052462-holiday-gifty-art-sale-open-house- ca-oakland-acorn-acorn-industrial-94607-the-crucible?s=ical DTSTART:20091212T100000 UID:November 22\, 2009 12:13:10_794896251@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T121310 DESCRIPTION:Support local artists and community arts education for youth an d adults while you get your last minute shopping done at the Bay Area’s m ost unusual holiday celebration. \nWhatever holiday you celebrate\, spark i t up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration. Shop for u nique and affordable gifts created by over 70 Bay Area artisans\, and exper ience the excitement of our 56\,000 sq. ft. studio\, where furnaces roar an d sparks fly. \n• Handmade jewelry\, glass creations\, sculpture\, clothi ng\, ceramics \nand more \n• Demonstrations of glass blowing\, metal cas ting\, and blacksmithing \nfrom 11AM to 3PM \n• Family friendly performa nces \n• Santa arrives at 1PM \n• Prize drawing at 3PM each day\; grand prize drawing Sunday \n• Refreshments and holiday treats \n• Learn abo ut classes and workshops that will ignite your own creativity! SUMMARY:Holiday Gifty Art Sale & Open House END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:The Crucible\n1260 7th Street\n\nOakland\, CA 94607 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091213T160000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6052462-holiday-gifty-art-sale-open-house- ca-oakland-acorn-acorn-industrial-94607-the-crucible?s=ical DTSTART:20091213T100000 UID:November 22\, 2009 12:13:10_868262745@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T121310 DESCRIPTION:Support local artists and community arts education for youth an d adults while you get your last minute shopping done at the Bay Area’s m ost unusual holiday celebration. \nWhatever holiday you celebrate\, spark i t up with a visit to The Crucible’s Holiday Gifty celebration. Shop for u nique and affordable gifts created by over 70 Bay Area artisans\, and exper ience the excitement of our 56\,000 sq. ft. studio\, where furnaces roar an d sparks fly. \n• Handmade jewelry\, glass creations\, sculpture\, clothi ng\, ceramics \nand more \n• Demonstrations of glass blowing\, metal cas ting\, and blacksmithing \nfrom 11AM to 3PM \n• Family friendly performa nces \n• Santa arrives at 1PM \n• Prize drawing at 3PM each day\; grand prize drawing Sunday \n• Refreshments and holiday treats \n• Learn abo ut classes and workshops that will ignite your own creativity! SUMMARY:Holiday Gifty Art Sale & Open House END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Phoenix Annex\n414 Mason St 4th Floor\n\nSan Francisco\, CA 94103 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20081231T213000 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5673833-laughter-against-the-machine-gueri lla-comedy-for-new-years-eve-ca-san-francisco-downtown-94103-phoenix-annex? s=ical DTSTART:20081231T193000 UID:November 22\, 2009 12:13:10_338680405@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T121310 DESCRIPTION:W. Kamau Bell\, Bucky Sinister\, and Nato Green--three of the B ay Area's most deeply underground and thought-provoking comedians-- band to gether on New Year's Eve for a unique comedy summit: Laughter Against The M achine. LATM is a stand-up comedy show which promises an evening filled wit h biting political and social commentary that will attack all points along the spectrum from the rightest right to the leftest left. So if you want a New Year's Eve full of "WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!" and "I'M SOOOOOOOOOOO WASTED!" a nd "AS MUCH AS I PAID TO GET IN HERE I BETTER HAVE A GOOD TIME!" then this is not the show for you. You have plenty of events to choose from. But if y ou want to witness a night of three completely different styles of comedian s who all live at the edge of their intelligence\, then come to Laughter Ag ainst The Machine. This is an evening of three of the Bay Area's most accla imed comedians doing what they do best\, expressing their opinions in hilar iously awesome ways\, without the yoke of two drink minimums\, or confetti\ , or "LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO MY SHOES!" Just come. Sit down. Laugh. Go home.A BOUT THE COMEDIANSW. Kamau Bell has been called very much in the mold of po litically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho. Kamau w as named Best Comedian 2008 by The SF Weekly. Also seen on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and performing his critically-acclaimed solo show\, The W. K amau Bell Curve: Ending Racism In About An Hour.Bucky Sinister has been cal led a cross between David Sedaris and Dog The Bounty Hunter. Bucky has publ ished three books of poetry\, a CD of spoken word comedy that Spin Magazine listed among "tracks you must download now\," and a new untraditional self -help book entitled "Get Up.Nato Green is in the tradition of great Jewish comedians like Lenny Bruce\, Mort Sahl\, and Joe Leiberman. Nato is the mas termind of Iron Comic\, Laugh Out the Vote\, Laughing Liberally Local 415\, and the New Jew Revue. He's appeared in the Progressive Reading Series and SF Sketchfest 2008.Start The New Year off right... FURIOUS. SUMMARY:Laughter Against The Machine: Guerilla Comedy For New Year's Eve END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT LOCATION:Phoenix Annex\n414 Mason St 4th Floor\n\nSan Francisco\, CA 94103 SEQUENCE:0 CLASS:PUBLIC DTEND:20091231T235900 URL:http://culturemob.com/events/5673833-laughter-against-the-machine-gueri lla-comedy-for-new-years-eve-ca-san-francisco-downtown-94103-phoenix-annex? s=ical DTSTART:20091231T220000 UID:November 22\, 2009 12:13:10_113219834@diamond.culturemob.com DTSTAMP:20091122T121310 DESCRIPTION:W. Kamau Bell\, Bucky Sinister\, and Nato Green--three of the B ay Area's most deeply underground and thought-provoking comedians-- band to gether on New Year's Eve for a unique comedy summit: Laughter Against The M achine. LATM is a stand-up comedy show which promises an evening filled wit h biting political and social commentary that will attack all points along the spectrum from the rightest right to the leftest left. So if you want a New Year's Eve full of "WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!" and "I'M SOOOOOOOOOOO WASTED!" a nd "AS MUCH AS I PAID TO GET IN HERE I BETTER HAVE A GOOD TIME!" then this is not the show for you. You have plenty of events to choose from. But if y ou want to witness a night of three completely different styles of comedian s who all live at the edge of their intelligence\, then come to Laughter Ag ainst The Machine. This is an evening of three of the Bay Area's most accla imed comedians doing what they do best\, expressing their opinions in hilar iously awesome ways\, without the yoke of two drink minimums\, or confetti\ , or "LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO MY SHOES!" Just come. Sit down. Laugh. Go home.A BOUT THE COMEDIANSW. Kamau Bell has been called very much in the mold of po litically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho. Kamau w as named Best Comedian 2008 by The SF Weekly. Also seen on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and performing his critically-acclaimed solo show\, The W. K amau Bell Curve: Ending Racism In About An Hour.Bucky Sinister has been cal led a cross between David Sedaris and Dog The Bounty Hunter. Bucky has publ ished three books of poetry\, a CD of spoken word comedy that Spin Magazine listed among "tracks you must download now\," and a new untraditional self -help book entitled "Get Up.Nato Green is in the tradition of great Jewish comedians like Lenny Bruce\, Mort Sahl\, and Joe Leiberman. Nato is the mas termind of Iron Comic\, Laugh Out the Vote\, Laughing Liberally Local 415\, and the New Jew Revue. He's appeared in the Progressive Reading Series and SF Sketchfest 2008.Start The New Year off right... FURIOUS. SUMMARY:Laughter Against The Machine: Guerilla Comedy For New Year's Eve END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR