ALERTSBy Deborah Giattina› alerts@sfbg.com
Mexican teacher movementWatch Grain of Sand, Jill Friedberg's documentary about the parent and teacher movement against the privatization of Mexican schools. Proceeds benefit the upcoming CounterCorp Film Festival in October. A panel follows the screening. 7:30 p.m. Brava Theater Center 2781 24th St., SF $5–$10 sliding scale (tickets go on sale 30 minutes before the screening) (415) 641-7657 www.countercorp.org Zoning in SoMaThe San Francisco Planning Department invites SoMa residents to discuss future zoning proposals, particularly for new housing, at a public workshop. 6 p.m. SoMa Recreation Center 270 Sixth St., SF (415) 558-6332
Wicked humorComedy from the Muslim world comes to town via three Arab comedians — Maz Jobrani, Ahmed Ahmed, and Aron Kader — who recently embarked upon their nationwide Axis of Evil tour. Special guest Sam Tripoli also performs. 8 p.m. Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon, SF $25–$30 (415) 567-6642; (415) 392-4400 (tickets) Discuss school closingsCome to a meeting held by the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Coalition to discuss preventing future school closings and family flight from the city with Sup. Ross Mirkarimi, school board member Mark Sanchez, Aim High principal Sandra Lee, parent Joan Livingston, and Guardian executive editor Tim Redmond. 7 p.m. Page Library Community Room 1833 Page, SF (415) 752-8520
Free health careGet free immunizations and tests for such illnesses as diabetes, prostate cancer, osteoporosis, depression, and hypertension at the Glide Church's health screening day for the city's uninsured. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Glide Memorial Methodist Church 330 Ellis, SF (415) 674-6000 John Ross talkHear journalist and activist John Ross talk about the current activities of the Zapatistas and Subcomandante Marcos, who is running this year against Vicente Fox for president of Mexico. Guardian executive editor Tim Redmond gives an introductory address on the famed correspondent. 7 p.m. New College Cultural Center 766 Valencia, SF $5 donation (415) 437-3425
Abduction theoryAttend "Outsourcing Torture," in which Trevor Paglen, a plane-spotting geographer from UC Berkeley, and A.C. Thompson, an award-winning Guardian investigative journalist, deliver an audiovisual program that exposes the front companies and tactics the CIA uses to keep the capture and detainment of terror suspects out of the public eye. 8 p.m. Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia, SF $5 (415) 824-3890 * Mail items for Alerts to the Guardian Building, 135 Mississippi St., SF, CA 94107; fax to (415) 255-8762; or e-mail alerts@sfbg.com. Please include a contact telephone number. Items must be received at least one week prior to the publication date.
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