We spent two really nice days in Santa Cruz. It really is one of the most beautifully located towns (beach and redwoods). We also got to hang out at the saturn cafe, a 24-hour vegetarian space-themed diner.
Last night we had a screening at Free Mind Media in Santa Rosa.
It was one of the most aesthetically pleasing infoshops
we've been into, painted really bright orange colors. The screening went pretty well. One of the people at the infoshop commented on how they felt a very specific localized connection to that infoshop as a place for community. It was a big reason why they were able to stay in Santa Rosa and not leave for an urban activist paradise like San Francisco. Whereas most of the people at infoshops in big "happening" cities have said they use their infoshops as places to stay connected with the more generalized infoshop culture across space and time , this person used the infoshop to stay connected with a localized community. I hadn't really heard anyone else articulate that about infoshops so far.
Now we are in Oakland staying with Courtney's friend Kait who is really interested in permaculture activism, which is amazing. She has been working on organizing a big Northern California permaculture convergence which is happening later in the month.
Later tonight we will be screening the documentary at Artist Television Access in San Francisco.
It's located at: 992 Valencia Street(415) 824-3890 and the screening starts at 8pm.
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