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<b>START DATE:</b>
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Sunday August 15
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<b>TIME:</b>
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3:30 PM
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8:30 PM
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<b>Location Details:</b>
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Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St., Berkeley <br>
Located a half block
to the west of Shattuck (between Shattuck and Milvia), one block south
of Dwight, and about halfway between the Ashby and downtown Berkeley
BART stations
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<b>Event Type:</b>
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Party/Street Party
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The Green Party's Summer Event! <br>
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When: Sunday, August 15, 3:30 until 8:30 pm! <br>
Where: The 'Grassroots House', 2022 Blake St., Berkeley <br>
Featured Music: 'Pockit' and Vic Sadot <br>
Featured Candidates: Laura Wells (Governor), Peter Allen (Attorney
General), Bill Balderston (Insurance Commissioner), Dave Heller (U.S.
Congress), and Don Macleay (Oakland Mayor) <br>
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The Green Party's
Summer Event will be our major special event before we begin working on
the Fall elections! Food and drink will be available from 3:30 until
6:30 pm, featuring Dave Heller's famous Portabello mushroom sandwiches!
Info. about our featured musicians is below, as well as links to our
candidates' websites. This Summer Event will also be a benefit for our
November Voter Guide! (Sliding scale donations of $5 to $25 are
requested, plus an additional $3 to $10 for the food). <br>
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Schedule <br>
3:30 Food and socializing <br>
4:30 Vic Sadot, and our five Candidates <br>
6:15 'Pockit' <br>
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Location <br>
Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St., Berkeley <br>
Located a half block to the west of Shattuck (between Shattuck and
Milvia), one block south of Dwight, and about halfway between the Ashby
and downtown Berkeley BART stations <br>
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Info on the Musicians <br>
Pockit features vocalist Lisa Dokken, lead guitarist Sean Williams,
rhythm gujitarist Izzy King, bassist Brandon Crain and drummer Tom
Perry. Though labeled as a Rock group for convenience’ sake, Pockit
covers every genre of music from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Ska, Reggae,
Flamenco, Brazilian and others. “Our set mostly consists of danceable,
upbeat tunes that range from Rock/Pop to Hard Rock,” explains Williams.
The group’s 2008 debut album, Better Late Than Never, is an 11-track
collection that spans all these genres and styles and more. It’s the
type of album that appeals to all types of music fans. The sounds of Bob
Marley meet Johnny Cash while lounging to Tom Petty who just came back
from watching The Police in concert. <br>
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/pockitrocks">http://www.myspace.com/pockitrocks</a> <br>
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Vic Sadot is a folk singer who writes in the tradition of Broadside,
the National Topical Song Magazine, and songwriters like Woody Guthrie,
Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan. 2008 Green Party Presidential
candidate Cynthia McKinney had this to say about Vic’s songwriting: “Vic
Sadot's music produces in me a wide range of reactions from awe to
action to tears. Cheney's in the Bunker produces awe because every line
of that song is power-packed with information that most people don't
know because it was omitted from the 9/11 Commission's report. The
Kidnapping Coup, about the U.S.-inspired kidnapping of Haiti 's
President, Jean Bertrand Aristide, brings me to tears. On song after
song, Sadot tells us too much of the sad, sad truth. <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/vicsadot">http://www.youtube.com/vicsadot</a> <br>
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Links to Candidate Info <br>
Laura Wells, CA Governor -- <a href="http://www.LauraWells.org">http://www.LauraWells.org</a> <br>
Peter Allen, Attorney General -- <a href="http://www.peterallenforag.com">http://www.peterallenforag.com</a> <br>
Bill Balderston, Insurance Commissioner -- <a href="http://www.healthforall2010.net">http://www.healthforall2010.net</a> <br>
Dave Heller, U.S. Congress -- <a href="http://www.newmenu.org/daveheller">http://www.newmenu.org/daveheller</a> <br>
Don Macleay, Oakland Mayor -- <a href="http://www.macleay4mayor.org">http://www.macleay4mayor.org</a>
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