Green Apple Books

This book store event is to celebrate the new edition of “Coming Out Like a Porn Star.” Our book Assuming the Ecosexual Position will also be available for sale and we’ll sign and decorate copies sold. Annie will be “in conversation” with Jiz Lee and Dr. Carol Queen. Beth will be directing a documentation video for the event.

Roxie Cinema

Artist and film director, Shu Lea Chang, is traveling the USA with a remastered 35 mm print of her incredible first feature film, Fresh Kill. Right after watching the film, Beth and Annie are invited to go onstage with Shu Lea to “be in conversation.”

Litanies

A Ritual Reading Performance for Audre Lorde. Earth Lab SF will be co-producing this performance happening conducted by our EarthLab board member, Courtney Deseree Morris. The Women’s Building. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/litanies-a-ritual-reading-for-audre-lorde-tickets-1007304122747?aff=oddtdtcreator

Research Trip to West Virginia

We are in West Virginia where we are conducting election research. We are pleased to note there are hardly any Trump signs.

November/December: Editing new film, “Playing with Fire”

As California burns, communities feel the heat. 'Playing with Fire: an Ecosexual Emergency,' a 75-minute eco-documentary produced by the E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF, explores the entwined fates of climate change and social-justice. Spurred by the devastating wildfires of 2020, artist-filmmakers Sprinkle and Stephens explore their community, amplifying marginalized voices to spark hope and action for a more just future.

E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF Listening Event

Join us for a two-hour online community listening session. The Board and staff incorporate feedback from these sessions into planning our upcoming programs, ensuring that E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF remains responsive to the needs and aspirations of the communities and artists we serve. This process enables our artistic and environmental programming to stay relevant, engaging, and inclusive. We will develop and use online and print surveys to collect feedback.

Queer Artist Survival Strategies: Salon and Workshop #1

465 Collective San Francisco, CA, United States

EARTH Lab SF (Beth Stephens) and Jason Wyman / Queerly Complex are hosting THREE Peer Exchanges at the new 465 Collective Space to harness the peer power of San Francisco Bay Area Queer Artists to co-create survival tactics, tools, and frameworks.  TOPIC ONE: Strategies for Hope and Joy - How do we remain hopeful and practice joy even while under assault? Using the concept of a "recipe card," we will invite all who attend to create their recipe for hope and joy, sharing "ingredients" and "actions" with others. We will compile the recipe cards into a mini cookbook, "The Hope & […]