Tickets are still available <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/dec/04/lost-landscapes-san-francisco-13/> for the thirteenth year of “Lost Landscapes of San Francisco,“ the annual archival film program that celebrates San Francisco’s past (with implications for its future). (Even when advance tickets are sold out, you can get in by walking up to the door.)
New sequences this year include the dune-dotted blocks of the Outer Richmond in the 1920s; Native American activists riding to the Alcatraz occupation; family life in the Crocker-Amazon district; secret images of the wartime Port; men walking cables on the unfinished Bay Bridge; elementary-school students doing science projects in 1957, the Year of Sputnik; surreal parade floats on Market Street; baseball crowds at Kezar Stadium: the 1962 World Series at the two-year-old Stick; the Human Be-In in 1966; newly discovered Cinemascope footage of 1950s SF; building Sunset houses in 1941; African American tourists in 1960s SF; and a Japanese American family living atop a semi-rural Rincon Hill in the 1930s. As always, the audience makes the soundtrack at the glorious Castro Theatre. Sing out to identify places, people and events; to ask questions; and to engage in spirited real-time repartee with fellow audience members. "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 13," Rick Prelinger, The Castro Theater, San Francisco, 6:30pm, TONIGHT & TOMORROW, Tuesday & Wednesday December 4 & 5. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. To be sure of a seat: • Long Now Members <https://longnow.org/membership/> can use the discount code on the Prelinger Seminar page to reserve 2 free seats <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/dec/04/lost-landscapes-san-francisco-13/>. • You can purchase tickets for $25 each <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/dec/04/lost-landscapes-san-francisco-13/>. • The venue is The Castro Theater <http://www.castrotheatre.com/directions.html>, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 • No live stream for this event. Share this talk: Rick Prelinger, "Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, 13" Long Now show on 12/4 & 12/5 https://goo.gl/sLcy2B <https://goo.gl/sLcy2B> Patron ticket proceeds from this 2 night show will go to support the Prelinger Library <http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/home/about/>, an independent research library of historical ephemera. The next SALT talks are: January 14 - Martin Rees, Prospects for Humanity <http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/jan/14/prospects-humanity/> February 25 - John Brockman, Possible Minds Tonight's event is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Related links: Schedule <http://longnow.org/seminars/> of future SALT talks Free downloads <http://longnow.org/seminars/> of past talks Email <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> notification of future talks (and my summaries of the talks) Podcast <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/> of the talks Schedule <http://theinterval.org/events/> of Interval events Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> Contact <http://longnow.org/contact/> Long Now Long Now Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> Long Now Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/longnow> Long Now membership <https://longnow.org/membership/> ($8/month to $10K lifetime) You are welcome to forward this notice to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org
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