St. Valentine Sweetie Pie and Art Fest

SATURDAY | FEBRUARY 12 | 5-9PM | FACEBOOK
Presented by THE PIE EXTREMIST GROUP AND 111 MINNA GALLERY
Space: Entire venue | Open to the Public

Join us for a unique celebration of St. Valentine’s Day at the Second Annual St. Valentine Sweetie Pie and Art Fest!

Bring Pie – Eat Pie! | Pie=Love | Free Pie! | Unique Gifts

Did you know there was a ‘Pie Extremist Group’? You know what they do- they eat pie. They love pie. Pie is love! Join the Pie Extremist Group and share your pie baking/buying/eating skills with others! Attendees are welcome to bring pie or other things to eat.

In the Press

SF Gate Food Write up

http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/michaelbauer/2011/02/09/pie-bridges-the-political-divide/
(also see attached – on the main food page for sfgate!)

LaughingSquid
http://laughingsquid.com/st-valentines-sweetie-pie-and-art-fest-at-111-minna-gallery

Highlighted Event on Bay Guardian
http://www.sfbg.com/listing/18#Sat

SFist.com
http://sfist.com/2011/02/09/pie-cake_war_over.php#

History

St. Valentine (actually, there were two Valentine’s, martyred around the same time) was a priest and a physician in Rome , who was martyred around the year of 269, during the reign of Claudius Gothicus. According to legend, when Valentine was in prison, he sent notes of love and encouragement, and possibly pies, to the people of his community, who lived in fear of persecution. He was beaten with clubs and stoned, and, when that didn’t finish him off, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate. Later, in the Middle Ages, people believed that birds began choosing their mates on this day, for the springtime. So Valentine’s Day came to be thought of as the perfect day for sending tokens of love and for choosing a special sweetie pie.