By Deborah Giattina

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8

Orthodox lesbians

Watch Ilil Alexander's acclaimed documentary Keep Not Silent, which follows the activities of the Ortho-Dykes, a secret group of Israeli and Orthodox Jewish women trying to reconcile their sexual orientation with their religion. The film also screens at noon, UC Berkeley Gender Equity Resources Center, 202 Cesar E Chavez Student Center, Berk.

3 p.m.

City College of San Francisco

Rosenberg Library

50 Phelan, SF

Free

(415) 844-7507

Women's Day rally

Stand up for the rights of women and protest the antiwoman legislation in Iran and the recent ban on abortion in South Dakota at the International Women's Day March and Rally.

4 p.m.

Downtown Berkeley BART station

Corner of Shattuck and Center

(510) 384-1816

THURSDAY, MARCH 9

In case of emergency

Join the Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood Council and help create the first District Emergency Preparedness Plan at a meeting with representatives from the National Emergency Response Team, the city's Office of Emergency Services, Human Services Network, and St. Mary's Hospital.

7 p.m.

Park Branch Library

1833 Page, ground level, SF

(415) 921-2032

Busted unionizers

Come to a screening of Lockout 484 and Solidarity Has No Borders, Lessons of the Neptune Jade, two documentaries about workers fired for trying to form unions. Money raised supports such workers.

7 p.m.

Fellowship of Humanity Hall

390 27th St., Oakl.

$3

(415) 282-1908

FRIDAY, MARCH 10

Hip-hop theater

Colored Ink performs The Streets Have Spoken, a play about a troubled urban youth who discovers the true meaning of life too late.

7 p.m.

Bayview Opera House

4705 Third St., SF

Free

(415) 355-5757

Human rights film fest

The first night of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival kicks off in the city with Winter in Baghdad, Javier Corcuera's depiction of everyday life in the confounded capital of Iraq. The festival lasts through the month and features films and documentaries about human struggles for freedom.

7 and 8:45 p.m.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

701 Mission, SF

$8, $5 for students, teachers, seniors, and members

(415) 978-2787

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

Death penalty discussion

Discuss the death penalty with Stefanie L. Faucher at the next Progressive Democrats of the East Bay general meeting.

2 p.m.

Temescal Library

5205 Telegraph, Oakl.

(510) 524-4424

www.pdeastbay.org

Project Censored dinner

Celebrate 30 years of the underreported stories that Project Censored has brought to public attention at its annual dinner and silent auction with keynote speaker Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me.

6 p.m.

Rohnert Park Community Center

5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park

$50

(707) 664-2500

Revolutionary women

In honor of International Women's Day, Radical Women host a tribute to revolutionary women with poetry, spoken word, music, and more.

7 p.m. (dinner at 6 p.m.)

New Valencia Hall

1908 Mission, SF

$2–$5 sliding scale ($8.50 donation for dinner)

(415) 864-1278 *

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