 LAST MINUTE GIG: We'd sure love to see you TONITE!!! Show at 9pm! In this order: Misisipi Rider & Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit 77 El Deora We will have a ball despite missing our dear, fair, Katy Rexford Fortunately for all y'all Misisipi Mike will have his SOLO RELEASE CD available for the very first time. We'd sure love to see you. Friday 2/20/09 The Starry Plough 3101 SHATTUCK AVENUE BERKELEY, 510 841 2082 www.starryploughpub.com Other Important Upcoming Dates: MISISIPI RIDER CD RELEASE 3/19 at AMNESIA w/ EAST BAY GREASE!! The Pop Top Trio brings unique vocal renditions to Berkeley's elegant Claremont Hotel neighborhood. Saturday, February 28, 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30)Reservations required Suggested donation: $15 - $20 sliding scale Off Ashby Ave./Tunnel Road, near Claremont Hotel, Berkeley. For reservations (and to get directions) please e-mail ErvinCD@earthlink.net The Parlor Music Series at Spuds Pizza 3290 Adeline @ Alcatraz Berkeley CA LUNAR ECLIPSE  Francois Miglio - opening: "Fractal Syncretism". January 1 - 31, 2009 in the City Center Art Lounge http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=2,119,169&pageid=1548 Call the City Center office at 415.354.0386 for times available for viewing art show. Directions for getting there: http://www.sfzc.org/cc/display.asp?catid=2,216&pageid=21 "This little exhibition is happening in a San Francisco Zen Center address (Pages X Laguna) But this exhibition is for the people who used this place, and the opportunities for all the public to see the paintings was just for the opening. Nevertheless the Buddhists who can enter in a Zen center could see it until end of January (sorry for my english...) I let you know for my next exhibition that I hope, will be happened in the Chabot Space Center and I will voluntarily show only one painting called "'Slow Dance' " Amitie Francois The Parlor Music Series at Spuds Pizza 3290 Adeline Street at Alcatraz, Berkeley Doors Open @ 7:30 Show @ 8:00pm This Saturday January 31st, 2009 A CD Release Party Mark Lemaire http://www.myspace.com/marklemaire with Megan McLaughlin On Friday Evening January 30th, 2009 LoriJo Manly. www.LorijoManley.com www.Myspace.com/LoriJoManley Greenhouse live video webcast Greetings, Celtic Music friends! We have exciting news in an exciting month (new Prez and all). Not only are we getting very close to finishing our new CD (which will be awesome) … the big news is that on Friday, January 30 Greenhouse will be featured in a live video webcast from Emeryville, CA. And that’s not all! Here’s the kicker: You are invited to attend in person at the video shoot. How cool is that? Thirty of our closest friends will be able to come to the shoot which will take place at Ex’pressions College for the Digital Arts, a state-of-the-art teaching facility and recording studio complex. Those who don’t attend will be able to watch the webcast by going to http://mediasource.expression.edu/liveCast.htm If you would like to attend, please e-mail pgreenm@yahoo.com Greenhouse will also play on: Friday, Feb. 6 at 8 pm (Note earlier start time) Black Rose Pub Armory Dr, Santa Rosa Sunday, Feb. 22 at 6 pm Murphy’s Irish Pub Downtown Sonoma Michael Rofkar www.celticfusion.org AHIMSA Series –Tea and Talk on Tuesdays The World's First Temple: Göbekli Tepe Don Frew,Director of the Lost Endangered Religions Project February 17th, 2009, 7:30pm-9:30 pm Berkeley Buddhist Monastery – Institute for World Religions 2304 McKinley Ave at Bancroft , Berkeley, CA 94703. Near Central Berkeley BART.(The presentation will include visuals, Q and A, and refreshments. Admission is free) Until recently, few knew about Göbekli Tepe, a hilltop archaeological site in upper Mesopotamia. Excavations there have so far uncovered three megalithic stone rings covered with animal carvings – part of a religious structure dated to the 11th Millennium BC. This site predates the invention of agriculture & was being built while Europe was still in the throes of the last Ice Age. This presentation will describe the structures found to date, explain the significance of the site, and show images from visits to the site in 2005 2008 and of artifacts from the site now in the Museum of Urfa in Turkey. The presentation will be followed by refreshments, Q & A, and community conversation. The event is FREE although donations to AHIMSA are welcome. We hope you will join us! Don Frew is an Elder in the Bay Area's Wiccan community. He has been doing ongoing interfaith work on behalf of the Craft for over 23 years, serving as a Nat. Interfaith Representative for the Covenant of the Goddess, on the Board of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, on the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative, and in the Assembly of the Parliament of the World's Religions. He is the founder Director of the Lost & Endangered Religions Project, a non-profit group working with marginal religious communities around the globe to preserve the world's religious diversity. GradStudent Journal CfP: Witches, Wizards and Magic from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period Deadline: 2009-03-01 Description: Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies Special Call For Papers for Upcoming Issue on Witches, Wizards and Magic from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies is a refereed journal. Contact: submit@hortulus.net URL: hortulus.net/~hortulus/index.php/Call_for_Papers FREE OFFERS - Divine January - Soul Healing Francesca Gentille relationshipdiva@gmail.com FREE:Join my egroup SOUL HEALING by sending an email to SoulHealing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com There we will share experience, strength and hope on our journey of healing. I will personally let you know the steps I take, and experiences I engage in that reweave my soul to center. Albion Sword Schoole Classes Start Tuesday Michael Cawelti's Albion Sword Schoole is starting Introductory stage combat classes this Tuesday night the 6th in El Cerrito. 12 week course teaches basic swordplay for the stage using the rapier. Safety and realism are foremost in this lively class. The Albion Troupe has performed much of the swordplay at Ren Faire events over the last 22 years. If interested: email:captglvr@gmail.com or call Michael at 510-331-0578. Deer Creek Morris Men Recruiting Dancers Deer Creek Morris Men can take a few new men. Do you have good legs? Good wind? Some attitude? Possibly you've seen Morris dancing at Mad Sal's and Fezziwig's, or at a renaissance faire near you. Possibly you've thought, "I could do that." Maybe-- not everybody can. But we'll give you a try. Musicality and coordination are a big help. Also an interest in joining an English tradition that was old in Will Shakespeare's day. (There are over 250 active teams in North America doing some form of morris or other "ritual" display dancing.) Deer Creek practices on Goat Hill in San Francisco (OK, Potrero Hill to some) on Wednesday nights, 8-10 pm . First practice of the New Year will be Jan. 14. Weekend performance high season generally runs from May Day through Summer Solstice at various locations around the bay area. Contact Squire Dick Bagwell (510-548-1206, dickbagwell@yahoo.com) or Foreman Ethan Hay (415-332-1430, ethan_hay@yahoo.com). And look atwww.deercreekmorris.info CFP: Annual Conference of the American Society for Theatre ResearchDeadline Feb. 1st 2009 Annual Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research (http://www.astr.org) and the Theatre Library Association (http://tla.library.unt.edu/) San Juan, Puerto Rico—11-15 November 2009 - Condado Plaza Hotel and CasinoTheatre, Performance, and DestiNation Theatre shares with travel a set of expectations related to discovery and encounter, a reprieve from the quotidian, and a longing forreturn. Theatre and performance studies scholarship offers similar vistas. As both journey and destination, theatre and related performance forms—as well as scholarship about them—encompass a range of experiences from pilgrimage to voyeuristic consumption, producing effects that linger and can transform the once-familiar terrain of “home.“ Friends— Announcing the next zesty fricassee out of The Mythic Kitchen. Served up starting Jan. 23rd, orders now being taken. RASH ACTS offers five stories about hope, illusion, and the politics of daily life, staged as live theatrical animations by six actors and thirty-two brash puppets. It's written, directed, and designed by Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth Fuller and performed by those actors who created last year's DESCENT OF THE GODDESS INANNA. A young couple trapped for life on the freeway, an aged man beset by swarms of telemarketers, a dead queen resurrected in shadow, a magical baby who grows too big for his diaper, and a grown-up Alice who falls down the rabbit hole into the evening news. Vivid short stories in strange, yet strangely familiar, new worlds. RASH ACTS plays Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m. on January 23-24, 30-31, and February 6-7 at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. Tickets thru Brown Paper Tickets, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/50133 or 800-838-3006 — a great broker with a very low service fee. More information: 707-824-4307 or http://www.independenteye.org. Peace & joy for the new year— Conrad Bishop & Elizabeth Fuller The Parlor Music Series at Spuds Pizza 3290 Adeline Street @ Alcatraz, Berkeley (510) 597-0795 This Saturday, January 10th, 2009 We Welcome Ritchie Beltrans. A recent surprise, guest accompanist of Jamie Fender and David Cronin. We first heard Ritchie as a rippin' lead guitarist for the Fender Cronin Band. But he is best known for his combined harmonica, guitar support of his original material. Balladeer/Rocker Ritchie Beltrans is a breath of fresh air. Majestic, powerful, sincere and solid like the exposed rock of the mountain. He plays with energy, conviction and compelling artistry. Suggested Donation $7-10 San Francisco Bay Area Celtic Festival Saturday February 21, 2009 - 3pm to midnight Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland 94610 Map tickets: $20 - $12 Students under 22 Annual social reunion for SF bay area Celtic musicians, singers, dancers, and performers Michael and Shay Black, Tempest, Molly's Revenge, Culann's Hounds, Avalon Rising, Siamsa http://fridaynightwaltz.com/BayCeltic/ Come, join NROOGD and help us turn the Wheel Event Details: NROOGD Public Brighid When: Jan. 24th. 2009 Where: Fellowship of Humanity, Humanist Hall 390 27th Street Oakland, CA, 94609 http://www.humanisthall.net/HALL_FLIERS.html When: January 24th 2009 Gather at 6:30pm, ritual at 7pm What to bring: 1) A donation of $10-$20 is requested. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. 2) Food for the after-ritual-potluck. Bring enough to share and be prepared to take the left overs with you when leaving. 3) Children should bring their magical brooms. We will also have a few on hand for the children. 4) Consider ahead of time the things in your life of which you need to let go of. Bring that, as well. Blessed be! Please forward wherever appropriate! The Eighth International Conference on Neuroesthetics Reflections on Mirror Neurons - Mirrors of Reality? It’s that time again! This year, our Eighth International Conference on Neuroesthetics will host a day of lively discussion on “Reflections on Mirror Neurons - Mirrors of Reality?” Some scientists believe Mirror Neurons are the most important neuroscience discovery in the last decade. Their existence in humans, however, has yet to be confirmed. If operating in humans, mirror neurons—those that fire both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action by another animal—could tell us a lot about how healthy brains learn through imitation and how those with autism might be affected by problems with neural networks involving mirror neurons. Please join us as internationally renowned scientists and philosophers address a range of questions, from “How do we read the minds of others?” to “Do we read intentions into works of art?” The Eighth International Conference on Neuroesthetics Reflections on Mirror Neurons - Mirrors of Reality? Saturday, January 17, 2009 Berkeley Art Museum University of California, Berkeley Registration at http://plaisir.berkeley.edu is free but required for admittance. For any questions, please contact the conference coordinator at 510-331-9658 or by email at plaisir@berkeley.edu. Best Regards, Rezaul Bashar Conference Coordinator 510.331.9658 email: plaisir@berkeley.edu web: http://plaisir.berkeley.edu CelebratingSongwriters.com launches THE NEWS: Announcing Celebrating Songwriters.com!!  After repeated inquiries for an easy, comprehensive location with current and past show information for my long running series, I've launched a web site dedicated to all things Celebrating Songwriters. http://www.celebratingsongwriters.com/ Please browse on by and bookmark us for up to date show and venue info as well as photos and blog entries from past shows. Celebrating Songwriters is generally presented on the 3rd Saturday of the month if you want to just go ahead and mark your calendars so you don't miss any of the first class songwriters we have on tap for the 2009 season! Support your local Songwriter Upcoming Shows: Niles Canyon Train of Lights: 12/12, 12/19, 12/28 Saturday, December 13th Celebrating Songwriters, Berkeley CA Wednesday, December 17 Strings Year End Benefit Show, Emeryville CA Friday, January 16th True Wind Acoustic Friday, Santa Clara CA Saturday, January 17th Celebrating Songwriters, Berkeley CA Saturday, February 7th, Cooper's Bluff House Concert, Chico, CA Friday, March 27th True Wind House Concert, San Jose CA Support your local Songwriter by browsing on over to C-Tunes!! Download the entire Caren Armstrong catalogue or one song knowing that you are getting our 192 kbps mp3 files, which are of the highest possible sound quality, and are produced using the original 24 bit masters. That's more bit-bang for yer buck, PLUS it cuts out the middle man and is the most direct way to support my music online. Caren Armstrong has been hosting Celebrating Songwriters for 10 years at venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. This popular monthly showcase presents first class, award-winning songwriters from all over the county/country. Our format allows the audience to have an intimate look at the singer-songwriter phenomenon up close and personal in our unique, unplugged venue. "It's like playing music inside a guitar!" -Joel Rafael http://www.carenarmstrong.com Event Details: Celebrate Lady Liberty with a ritual for Matriots and Matriotism. Full Moon in Cancer Ceremony. When: Jan. 9th. 2009 Where: Lafayette, California Celebrate Lady Liberty Daughters of the Goddess is a Dianic womyn-only Goddess Temple dedicated to honoring Multicultural Goddesses through rituals and celebrating ceremonies of Womyn's Mysteries in the Spirit of Aloha. We generally have two rituals a month and are always looking for new womyn who feel the call of the Goddess. For more information, ritual calendar and newsletter check out our website. Event Location: location upon RSVP in Lafayette Event TIME Details: 7:30 pm Directions: directions and location upon RSVP Phone: (925) 787-9247 Website: http://www.DaughtersoftheGoddess.com |  Seeking Co-Host~! spectorpaints@gmail.com SARAH SPECTOR I am planning a radio show from which I will do 10 minute clairvoyant readings for callers-in. A New Age show ("Stargate to the New Earth") found me on the web last year and had me on their show doing this live for about an hour. It was unusually successful, getting enthusiastic responses from listeners. So now I will do my own show. But since I'll be in a light trance for reading, I won't really be able to efficiently manage the chat room and field calls. On Blogtalk Radio, this is a simple affair. But I prefer that the co-host take care of that job while I read. It would be nice if the co-host and I could have some light, natural banter or discussion as well. So I'm looking for a willing volunteer, which I believe will make a significant contribution to the world through peoples' ears and spirits. Ultimately, I would like to do this on a wider scale (media-wise). www.soulharbinger.com Visionary Intuitive Readings Just got this from Cat Taylor over at Dickens Fair. ... Memorial Service for Tony Guzman (forwarded by John Woodruff) WHEN: Saturday, 10 January 2009 at 3:00 PM WHERE: Unitarian Universalist Church, 2425 Sierra Blvd, Sacramento CA. Donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, the Sierra Club or the SPCA. The Sacramento Bee obituary is: http://www.sacbee.com/obituaries/story/1499317.html ~Dawn Hope your holidays have been great! As for myself... well, I hope these latest two videos will inspire others to give during the winter/holidays... Saber Claus -- an N-Star and G-Maniac Xmas (PART 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXWoF7G526o Saber Claus -- an N-Star and G-Maniac Xmas (PART 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s81jat1kQI Take care, and hope to hear from you in the new year...-- Matthew Carauddo, FFE licensed instructor, Owner The Cutting Edge -- A Cut Above The Rest Check this out: (Make sure your sound it on): Blue Beauty: http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm A Meditation for the New Year. ~ Barb This is fun, especially for those who have read the "book".... "Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black,..funnyordie.com/videos/c0cf508f... ~ Bill
Closing of The Ring: Oh honey. So sorry to hear it! Francesca Gentille I'm very sorry to hear this. Deborah Well, condolences. I know that feeling. Rule of Theatre #67(b):
You're entitled to two good hits of whatever your favorite Holiday
Cheer is. Repeat as needed. But a fresh new year is upon us May it
be good for you both. Wassail! Dick More Letters... News you needed what shooting stars really are: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_94vn4B_Z20 ~ Sally. The first violin in the local philharmonic had a friend who played the cello. The friend, who was quite good, wanted to audition for the philharmonic. There was an opening, but auditions were hard to arrange. So he went to the violinist and asked for help. Said his friend, "Don't worry about it. I'll pull some strings." (chooses to be anonymous) In this troubled time, it is always good to remember what unites us rather than what divides us. Like music. Enjoy. Happy New Year! May 2009 bring you love and support, joy and hope, prosperity and possibility. Stand By Me:Around The World ~ Tatyanna  Review Copy Available: Write to: starlightcircleplayers_at_yahoo.com with "newsletter" in the subject line. If you choose to review a book, please dedicate yourself to submitting copy edited 1000 words by Feb. 20. Lois McMaster Bujold: Book four: The Sharing Knife, Passagehttp://outofthiseos.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/early-excerpt-t.html or: http://www.myspace.com/loismcmasterbujold The Star Trek Cookbook (loaner copy, only) Ethan Phillips & William J. Birnes http://books.google.com/books?id=8n0CAAAACAAJ Mythic Plays: from Inanna to Frankenstein Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller http://www.independenteye.org/print.html (loaner copy only) I also have several titles by Particia McKillip The book pile is getting larger- but no CDs - alas - . thanks, Yer editrix More Events! THIS SUNDAY Afternoon 1/4/09 in BERKELEY BABA KEN OKULOLO & the NIGERIAN BROTHERS present African Folk Music & Dancing for Kids and Families Dance, sing, and listen to stories together for a fun cultural experience! Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center 1317 San Pablo @ Gilman in Berkeley 510-525-5054 3:00 - 4:30 pm - Doors open at 2:30 - $6 adults / $4 kids The Nigerian Brothers are the unplugged,back-to-roots group created by BabáKen Okulolo and his band mates from Kotoja and the West African Highlife Band. They play and sing the fast-disappearing village folk music of their homelands in West Africa, sharing songs in Yoruba, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Hausa, and Pidgin, bringing them to life inhighly danceable form with harmonious voices,African guitar stylings, and hand percussion instruments. Visit _www.AfricanMusicSource.com_ |
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