Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[Larry Bob Roberts <larrybob AT gmail.com>]

Got this info from an email from Penelope Houston, who's got upcoming
west coast U.S. shows with the Avengers.
http://www.penelope.net/shows.html

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Sept 12th through Dec. 6th

Ruby Ray's photos will be featured in a free exhibit called Punk
Passages at the SF Public Library. There will be a large collection of
my ephemera as well. And free movie showings, presentations, etc...
see below.

*Punk Passage San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981- San Francisco
was the center of a vibrant and exciting punk scene in the late 1970s,
rivaling Los Angeles and New York. In 1977, photographer Ruby Ray
began documenting the punk scene in the city for the seminal punk
magazine Search and Destroy. Punk Passage San Francisco First Wave
Punk features 45 black and white photographic portraits and live music
photographs of original punk innovators by the San Francisco-based
photographer Ray in the Main Library, Jewett Gallery, Sept. 12-Dec. 6.
Original punk rock 'zines, flyers, posters and ephemera from 1977 to
1981 along with additional articles and ephemera from the Library’s
Art, Music and Recreation Center Collection and from the Little
Magazine Collection, Book Arts & Special Collections also will be on
view, sharing the rich historical roots of punk rock from the center
of the San Francisco artistic movement. The photographs represent some
of San Francisco’s contribution to the international punk movement.
The message is unabashed individualism, creativity, do-it-yourself
activism and black humor. Bands such as the Avengers, the Dead
Kennedys, the Dils, Crime, Sleepers, the Mutants and others are
represented, placing them within the historic context as an important
part of San Francisco’s counter-cultural history, as innovative for
its time as the beat and hippie movements were.
Exhibition:  From September 12 through December 6, 2009
Main Library, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
Related Display: Punk Penelope
September 12 through December 6, 2009,
Main Library, Lower Level Café
Related Programs:
Meet the Artist-Photographer Ruby Ray
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 5 p.m.
Main Library, Lower Level, Jewett Gallery
Punk Live on Film: Screenings of Louder, Faster, Shorter; Deaf Punk
and Insect Lounge Sally RemiX 1978 followed by audience Q & A with
filmmaker Mindy Bagdon and photographer Ruby Ray.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 6 p.m.
Main Library, Lower Level, Koret Auditorium
Gimme Something Better- Author reading and presentation by Jack
Boulware and Silke Tudor. Book sale to immediately follow.
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 6 p.m.
Main Library, Lower Level, Latino Hispanic Community Meeting Room,
Film Screening of SF Punk (West Coast Premiere) by Target Video
followed by audience Q & A with photographer Ruby Ray and video
producer Joe Rees.
Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 6 p.m.
Main Library, Lower Level, Koret Auditorium,
100 Larkin Street (at Grove)
Queer Punk: Panel Discussion - Panel will discuss how being Queer
influenced their music and share memories of playing in the San
Francisco punk scene in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Panelists include KD Davis,
bass player for Wilma and Impulse F, Debbie Hopkins, drummer for The
Contractions and Jon Ginoli, founder of Pansy Division.
Tuesday November 17, 2009, 7 p.m.
Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library
1 José Sarria Court (at 16th St.)