Featuring – In Search of Good Food Film & Live Music by Pocket Full of Rye
at El Rio
3158 Mission Street between Cesar Chavez and Valencia in SF
$7–$15 sliding scale
Networking Happy Hour from 6-8pm
Local Films & Music at 8pm
Donate your extra BART Tiny Tickets & get a keychain flashlight as a thank you
IN SEARCH OF GOOD FOOD film
http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/
http://blip.tv/insearchofgoodfood/the-short-582222
Built off of footage from a two-month trip around the state in early 2008, In Search of Good Food features interviews with farmers, farmworkers, wildlife advocates, cultural biologists, university professors, historians, educators, grassroots groups, organic foods distributors, the CA secretary of agriculture, and many others who form the various arms of this movement to ensure an ongoing supply of healthy, ecologically and locally-produced, economically affordable food for all Californians.
Mixing street interviews with food consumers; the perspectives and stories of advocates; animations; and footage of both the bucolic countryside and hectic city, In Search of Good Food presents both a compelling argument for the need for a better food system, and incisive criticism of the limited effectiveness of consumer-based solutions.
In Search of Good Food will make you think beyond “voting with your fork”, to the real challenges and opportunities that we face in creating a safe, just, and sustainable food system that provides good food for all.
Who best to answer the questions of how to make change happen, than those working to make it happen?
POCKET FULL OF RYE
http://pocketfullofrye.net/
http://youtu.be/RDp3JhpDarc (No More Streets – Acoustic Session)
http://music.pocketfullofrye.net/
Pocket Full of Rye is Cristian Ortiz (Cello), Chris Harrington (Guitar), Elan Hawtrey (Cajon) and Jamie McKenzie (Voice) who play acoustic, gypsy-folk, 50′s love song-influenced melodies about happy people in sad situations. They cover the Misfits sometimes too.
Sounds like: Brandi Carlile singing Danzig, or a happier version of Beach House and/or Jolie Holland singing the blues.
EARTHSHARE CALIFORNIA
http://www.earthshareca.org
EarthShare California’s mission is to protect, support and improve California’s natural heritage of clean air, safe water, diverse wildlife, and healthy communities and families by raising funds for leading environmental organizations.EarthShare California (ESCA) was formed in 1982 as a coalition of twelve environmental programs working together to raise needed funds through workplace fundraising campaigns. The coalition broke new ground in outreach, education, and fund development strategies. ESCA quickly established itself as a leading workplace fundraising federation in the United States. The concept of an environmental coalition to raise funds in the workplace subsequently expanded to other states and regions. Now representing over 80 diverse environmental groups, it is estimated that ESCA has raised more than $20 million for the environment, from individuals in 130 public and private sector workplaces. ESCA is today the largest local workplace solicitation organization in the country raising funds on behalf of the environment.
EL RIO
http://www.elriosf.com/
