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8 AM: Ayana Labossiere, teacher, member, Haiti Action Committee is working with Alex Walker, Vagant Poetics, on a Benefit for Haiti--an open mic for activists at Goodbellies Cafe in Oakland; Robert Roth, teacher, is a co-founder of the Haiti Action Committee and a board member of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. 8:30 AM: Jovelyn Richards, playwright, Ms. Pat's House, which is opening at La Pena, August 19; she is joined by director Stephanie Johnson. 9 AM: Kevin Epps, filmmaker, joins us to talk about his film, The Black Rock, a film about blacks incarcerated in the USA's first maxium security prison, and his year long artist residency through Feb. 2012. As a Fellow at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco, Epps is hosting a series of Filmmakers Lounge screenings. The next one is Friday, August 12, 2011, 5-8:45 PM, where he will show The Black Rock in the Koret at the deYoung. It is a part of Fiesta Friday nights. Black August screens Saturday, August 13, 1 PM followed by a Q&A with the director. Saturday,