Craft Magazine - Volume 07: Shoes

Over 160 pages jam packed with unconventional craft tips and techniques and step-by-step instructions

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Craft is the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Celebrating the DIY spirit, Craft’s goal is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected and even renegade techniques, materials and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities.

The most recent issue of Craft, Volume 07, brings you more than 160 pages of crafty tips devoting our theme section to shoes. Learn two ways to mod Converse Hightops: knit one pair and swap the fabric on another. Fashion a pair of ribbon-tie sandals, open source shoes and build your own rollerskates. Plus, learn how to batik fabric, découpage a map on a coffee table, reupholster a chair, and build a set of portable speakers.
Craft is the sister publication of and created by the same team of renegade thinkers who created Make which was coined “The Martha Stewart For Geeks” by Newsweek

The Butterfly Zone: Night Safari

A chance to search for nocturnal moths by flashlight at the Conservatory of Flowers

Thursday, June 19th, 8pm - $5 , $3 youth & students with ID

Gather the kids or grab a date and fly on over to the Conservatory of Flowers for a nocturnal experience like no other. The popular Butterfly Zone exhibit of free flying butterflies is back, and this year we’ve added special Night Safaris that allow you to hunt for mysterious moths in the dark. Guided only by the glow of a flashlight, you and your family can search for the alluring, green Luna moth, track the giant Cecropia and discover flocks of roosting butterflies in the rafters. So, come and be the first to go on safari in Golden Gate Park. Flashlights provided.
Night Safaris take place every first and third Thursday through October 2, 2008 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. (last entry: 9 p.m.)

Conservatory of Flowers - JFK Drive (@ Conservatory Drive) - Golden Gate Park

(Muni: N, 5, 7, 21, 33, 44, 71)

Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in SF

SF Weekly’s “Best Writer” for 2008, the perfect guidebook companion for funcheapers.

List Price: $12.95, Exclusive funcheap deal: 20% off

An essential companion for those on a budget and living in the city is Stuart Schuffman’s “Broke Ass Stuart’s Guide to Leaving Cheaply in San Francisco Volume 3.” This former zine (which was named Best of the Bay for 2006 by the Guardian) is now a full fledged book, completely expanded and updated; listing by neighborhood over 200 restaurants, bars and attractions for those living on the cheap.

Normally an author for Lonely Planet, with this book Stuart shares his irreverent take at the oddball hidden gems of the city. With a dash of humor and wit and not an ounce of bullshit (and a ringing endorsements from both the Tamale Lady and from SF-in-the-know author Michelle Tea), this book is the perfect bible for funcheapers.

Special funcheap offer: Get 20% off your purchase with promo code “funcheap” (all lower case) - Buy the book directly from the author with the funcheap promo code and get 20% off your entire purchase including nifty “Young Broke and Beautiful” T-Shirts .

“Locals and tourists alike can benefit from the words of Broke-Ass Stuart, a zine writer whose no bullshit, I-tried-it-myself approach makes his Guide to living Cheaply in San Francisco a fun read for anyone on a budget.” - SF Bay Guardian

SF Ethnic Dance Festival: Third Weekend

30th anniversary festival featuring unique and world premier dance performances from all over the world

Saturday, June 21st, 2pm - $22 adv / door

2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, and in celebration of this landmark occasion, 50 master musicians and dancers from around the world join 500 Northern California artists on the Festival stage to make this year’s event extra special.

The third weekend (June 21 & 22) features Eszterlanc Hungarian Folk Ensemble, Vishwa Shanti Dance Academy (India), Murphy Irish Dancers, Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno, LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble, Niharika Mohanty pictured (India), Bolivia Corazon de America, China Dance School and Theatre and Ballet Lisanga II West African Performing Arts Company. The Festival takes place every Saturday and Sunday through June 29, 2008. Performances are Saturdays, 2 and 8 pm; Sundays at 2 pm. Cost is $22-$46 with specially priced family matinees Weekend passes and group discounts are available

Palace of Fine Arts - 3301 Lyon Street (@ Bay St.) - Marina District

(Muni: 28, 30, 76) (Parking: Free)

Hayden

Toronto-based acoustic folk rock good for fans of Josh Ritter and Jose Gonzalez.

Saturday, June 21st, 9:30p - $15 adv / door

Hayden is a Canadian musician who’s been releasing records for over a decade now. He began his career releasing two cassettes and several 7-inch singles before his debut full-length, ‘Everything I Long For’, on his own Hardwood Records, while living at home with his parents in suburban Toronto, Ontario. The album would be released internationally on via Geffen Records in 1996, following much acclaim in Canada independently. 2004’s Elk-Lake Serenade continued to garner critical and public acclaim. An album of personal growth and discovery, Hayden’s music hasn’t changed over the years so much as matured and evolved into a true timeless treasure. In January 2008 Hayden released in Canada his fifth full-length record titled ‘In Field & Town’. Eleven tracks in all, In Field & Town’ was recorded and produced by Hayden and has already garnered tremendous attention. Also Haley Bonar and Nathan Dalton

“His style remains entirely his own but never contrived, making In Field another perfect example of why Hayden quietly but assuredly remains one of Canada’s best.” - Now Magazine

Cafe Du Nord - 2170 Market (btwn Church and Sanchez) - Upper Market / Castro

(Metro: F, J, K, L, M, N - Church St. Station) (Muni: 22, 24, 37)

Ecstatic Dance: East Bay

2.5 hour Sunday morning communal dance celebration

Sunday, June 22nd 10:30a - $15

Popularized at the beautiful Kalani Oceanside Retreat in Hawaii, “ecstatic dance” (also known as tribal dance) has finally made its way to the Bay Area. This Community Dance encourages people of all stripes to dance their heart and soul out, sweat and connect with their deepest self - as well as other like minded folk (no talking though). Come and move in the expansive space that is the Historic Sweet’s Ballroom this Sunday with DJs Dylan Blumberg (a major force in the Bay Area Rave scene in the late 90s) and Lachland Scotland, whose signature tech-house-funk, progressive grooves, and wobbly bass hooks. have garnered him residences in San Francisco, Mexico, Las Vegas, London, Bangkok, New York City, and Bombay.
Historic Sweet’s Ballroom - 1933 Broadway (@ Thomas L. Berkeley Way). - Oakland

(BART: 19th Street Oakland)