Parole represents the state's belief in rehabilitation, and that their officials can assess whether someone has been rehabilitated. Throughout California's history, the use of parole has waxed and waned with the theories guiding our criminal justice system.

When the State of California is determining whether someone can be released on parole, individuals appointed by the governor - nearly all former law enforcement officials - conduct a grueling hearing lasting at least three hours. They ask probing about the worst thing a petitioner has ever done, examine any violation of prison rules during their incarceration, and critique their plans upon release ...

Price: $30 per person
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Ever wanted to paint and didn't know where to start? Want to create a work of art for your special someone? Does a little liquid courage help your creative juices flow? Established Fine Artists Naomi Duben and Nicole Terzic will be hosting a special Sunday Paint Event where all materials are supplied, in a comfortable atmosphere amongst your peers.

You will be guided step by step through an instructed painting which you can take home that day - ...

Founded in 1957, the Internationale Situationniste was one of the foremost Post-war European avant-gardes. Its leader, Guy Debord, posited that “in modern societies... everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.” The opening sentence of Debord’s Society of the Spectacle (1967) encapsulates the Situationsists’ unique take on traditional Marxo-Hegelianism. To Debord, the cause of workers’ alienation is not lack of agency (as Marx believed); rather, in modern societies, it happens because social interactions are mediated by (distorted) images.

Situationists rejected the accumulation of material goods, denouncing cultural productions - books, paintings, etc. - as expressions of a ...

A very laid back and down to earth figure drawing class with live models focused on the Erotic Human Body. In this class, we will have a male and a female model. Bring your own drawing material, more on site to share. Attendance requires a suggested donation of $15 to $25. Check the event page on Meetup.com/artgasmica for past classes. No skills necessary. This class is open to 21 years old and over.

Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean: A conversation about India, Australia and talking to each other across the universe.

Australia is a largely English-speaking postcolonial nation of 24 million people. India is a post-colonial republic of1.34 billion people that speak 1,652 different languages. Their differences may look bigger than their similarities but some truths are universal. In September, 2012 a horrific rape case drew Australians onto the streets in candle lit vigils of protest. In December, 2012 thousands of people marched the streets of Delhi by candlelight, expressing their grief and outrage at the brutal rape of a 23-year-old student. ...

Another Church of Creativity, coming at ya!

We’ve had fun at the Red Vic, but our pop-up run there has come to an end. Join us for a final evening of Tea & Shibari with our lovely rigger LuLu and enjoy this playful, kinky space one last time. Your support will determine whether we find a new home for these events in April or call this a grand finale for the series.

Come to drink tea, tie or be tied, be social and maybe catch someone’s eye. Dress how you want to feel, and feel the rope through your fingers and the delicious brews pass through your ...

Bring Food! Bring wine! Bring booze! Bring Fun!

All-House Community Potluck Dinner + we'll be doing a lil' Karaoke afterwords / impromptu dance party in our main living room.

Dinner = 7/7:30ish
Karaoke = 9 PM

The shipping container might seem an unlikely candidate for the most influential invention of the 20th century, but it has arguably had a bigger impact than the plane or the microchip.

This evening as part of the Infrastructures subseries, the Red Victorian Lectures brings you Renee DiResta from Haven shipping logistics. Haven connects commodity traders, food producers, and shippers to thousands of logistics providers through one platform.

For a primer see this:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-big-metal-box-that-changed-the-world/5684586

Join us for an evening of learning followed by a lively discussion! Doors at 8pm, talk begins at 8.30pm on the dot. Suggested donation is $5. We ...

We’ve had fun at the Red Vic, but our pop-up run there has come to an end. Join us for a final evening of Tea & Shibari with our lovely rigger LuLu and enjoy this playful, kinky space one last time. Your support will determine whether we find a new home for these events in April or call this a grand finale for the series.

Come to drink tea, tie or be tied, be social and maybe catch someone’s eye. Dress how you want to feel, and feel the rope through your fingers and the delicious brews pass through your ...