Art of Democracy in San Francisco

This is not only a great art show, that is happening in different versions all over the country, but the events the gallery is hosting are great as well - movies, book signings, concerts...

WAR & EMPIRE

September 4 - November 4 2008
reception - Thursday September 4th, 6-9 PM

Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street
San Francisco, California

SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, September 12, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Pat Oliphant Book Signing
Political cartoonist Pat Oliphant will sign his new book, Leadership: Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years
Friday, October 10, 4:30 p.m. - Norman Solomon, internationally recognized civil rights and antiwar activist, talks about his book and the film War Made Easy.
CONCERTS
Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 p.m.- Meridian Music presents The Cornelius Cardew Choir
Wednesday, September 24, 7:30 p.m.- Hafez Modirzadeh & Saed Muhssin
FILM SERIES
Documentary films will be shown every Friday, with screenings at 4:30 & 7:30 p.m.
Fiction films will be shown every Saturday, with screenings at 7:30 p.m.
Fri. 9/5/08: Why We Fight (Dir. Eugene Jarecki, 2005)
Sat. 9/6/08: All Quiet on the Western Front (Dir. Lewis Milestone, 1930)
Fri. 9/12/08: Sir! No Sir! (Dir. David Zeiger, 2005)
Sat. 9/13/08: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Dir. Robert Wise, 1951)
Fri. 9/19/08: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (Dir. Errol Morris, 2003)
Sat. 9/20/08: Europa, Europa (Dir. Agnieszka Holland, 1990)
Fri. 9/26/08: No End in Sight (Dir. Charles Ferguson, 2007)
Sat. 9/27/08: The Night of the Shooting Stars (Dir. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, 1982)
Fri. 10/3/08: Taxi to the Dark Side (Dir. Alex Gibney, 2007)
Sat. 10/4/08: Dr. Strangelove (Dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
Fri. 10/10/08: War Made Easy (Dir. Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp, 2008)
Sat. 10/11/08: Mash (Dir. Robert Altman, 1970)
Fri. 10/17/08: Power of Nightmares parts 1 & 2 (Dir. Adam Curtis, 2004)
Sat. 10/18/08: Three Kings (Dir. David O. Russell, 1999)
Fri. 10/24/08: Power of Nightmares parts 2 & 3 (Dir. Adam Curtis, 2004)
Sat. 10/25/08: In the Valley of Elah (Dir. Paul Haggis, 2007)

Art of Democracy - artofdemocracy.org
Posters - artofdemocracy.org/posters/posters.html
Exhibits - artofdemocracy.org/galleries/All-shows.html
Art of Democracy on Flickr - flickr.com/photos/art-of-democracy
More images at artofdemocracy.org/galleries/west/meridian/gallery_sf-meridian.html

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