Hangar 18

Awareness-Raising event and recep­tion for the Emi­nent Domain Aware­ness Group Show

Var­nish Fine Art

77 Natoma Street San Fran­cisco, CA 94105

This event fea­tures leg­endary Dead Kennedys front­man and activist Jello Biafra, recent Vice Pres­i­den­tial can­di­date and for­mer SF Board of Super­vi­sors Pres­i­dent Matt Gon­za­lez, news­man and Arg­onaut Edi­tor War­ren Hinckle, live screen­print­ing by Polit­i­cal Grid­lock and The Fire­house Kus­tom Rockart, and music by Burnt House and DJ Evil Justin + sur­prise guest performers!

Join us for an evening of spo­ken word, live music and art as we raise aware­ness about Emi­nent Domain in our neigh­bor­hood. Few know that a San Fran­cisco agency, the Trans­bay Joint Pow­ers Author­ity, is elim­i­nat­ing 33 small, local busi­nesses, includ­ing Var­nish, and numer­ous res­i­dences in order to demol­ish all prop­er­ties and later resell the land. The TJPA is forc­ing Var­nish, among the first ten­ants and years before the end of the lease, to vacate this Sep­tem­ber for an Octo­ber 2009 demo­li­tion of its nearly 100 year old build­ing. This gallery and wine bar will have to vacate 77 Natoma Street, but the own­ers hope that by rais­ing aware­ness about this emi­nent domain threat they can stop its abuses on this and future San Fran­cisco projects.