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Years: Remembering Event Details: Execution of Justice Emily Mann's Execution of Justice is based on trial transcripts, reportage, and interviews based on the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the trial of Dan White. Told with documentary-style elegance, the play includes a variety of characters from San Francisco’s past and illuminates the famous trial that changed San Francisco’s history forever. Students in the USF Performing Arts and Social Justice major are producing the play. The program – the only one of its kind in the nation – combines the arts with an emphasis on social justice. Professional actor Mark Rafael will play the role of defense attorney Douglas Schmidt. The play opens at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6 and continues on November 7, 8, 13-15 at 7pm. A matinee will be held on Thursday, November 13 at 2pm. Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: The cost is $12 for general public and $8 with USF ID. Reservations can be made at www.executionofjustice.com. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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Event Details: Screening of The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk recreates the tumultuous story of Milk’s grass-roots political organizing and election, through the shocking murders and their repercussions, from the eloquent candle-light memorial joined by tens of thousands of San Franciscans on the evening of the assassinations, to the angry mobs who stormed City Hall, breaking windows and torching police cars in the aftermath of White’s lenient sentencing at his murder trial. Event Time: 2 p.m., Sunday, November 9. Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: $3 suggested donation. Please reserve your tickets online. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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Event Details: AUTHORS REMEMBER KQED’s Michael Krasny will host a panel of authors who covered the slayings of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the subsequent White Night Riots and Dan White’s murder trial. Panelists include Mike Weiss (Double Play: The San Francisco City Hall Killings), Paul Krassner (Sex, Drugs and the Twinkie Murders), and San Francisco Chronicle writer Lance Williams. The authors will discuss the 1978 murders, explain how they changed the city and answer questions from the audience. The discussion is part of a week-long series of events on the USF campus to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the slayings. Event Time: 7 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 9. Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: Free and open to the public. Please reserve your tickets online. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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Event Details: REMEMBERING HARVEY MILK An
evening remembering the legacy of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey
Milk, who was murdered 25 years ago. •
Hugh Russell, baritone (as Harvey) Event Time: 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10 Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: Free and open to the public. Please reserve your tickets online. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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Event Details: Remembering George Moscone Family and friends celebrate the life and legacy of George Moscone. Chris
Moscone (USF Law ’93), Event Time: 7pm., Tuesday, November 11. Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: Free and open to the public. Please reserve your tickets online. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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Event Details: From Harvey Milk to Diane Wipple: 25 years of San Francisco Legal History A panel discussion will discuss the murder trial of Dan White and its legal implications 25 years later. David Newman’s original trial drawings will be on display at the Presentation Theater. Douglas Schmidt and Stephen J. Scherr, San Francisco attorneys who developed the famous defense for Dan White. Jim Hammer, Assistant District Attorney and head of San Francisco’s Homicide Division, will discuss the case from a prosecutor’s point of view, with special emphasis on how the courts have changed from then to now. Jeffrey Brand, Dean of USF’s Law School, will moderate the panel discussion. Event Time: 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 12. Event location: Presentation Theater on the USF campus, 2350 Turk Street (just west of Masonic). (directions map>>) Cost: Free and open to the public. Please reserve your tickets online. For additional information, contact the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at (415) 422-5979. |
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