Exene Cervenka and Wayne White exhibition at Western Project

 

 

 

 

 

 


EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT


(Left) Exene Cervenka, Fairy Tale, 2007, mixed media, 20 x 16 inches.
(Right) Wayne White, Tinted Lard, 2008, acrylic on offset lithograph, framed, 20 x 24 inches.

EXENE CERVENKA and WAYNE WHITE :  We're Not the Jet Set
Paintings, Collages and Sculptures
July 25 -
September 5, 2009
Opening Reception:  Saturday July 25,
5 -8pm


Western Project
3830 Main St., Culver City, CA 90232
Contact, Erin Kermanikian
(310) 838-0609, fax (310) 838-0610
Web site, http://western-project.com
E-mail, cliff@western-project.com

 

Western Project is proud to present Exene Cervenka and Wayne White in We're Not the Jet Set. Each a long time resident of Los Angeles, they address contemporary America with an urban sensibility and found objects. Wayne White paints language on vintage framed lithographs, recalling the intelligence and incisive bite of Mark Twain. Exene Cervenka, lead singer of the seminal punk band X, collages remnants from her travels across the US; photographs, children's books, bullet boxes and other familiar pieces of Americana. Both artists point to a shared history - a Pop culture and cosmology illuminating the light and darker aspects of our society. Cervenka unabashedly explores desire and consequence; White's paintings are colloquial tidbits, humorous tales of knowledge. Both are after a kind of wisdom within the shadows of human nature. While clearly in the lineage of Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell, these artists cut to the chase about who we are and what we are up to.
 
Exene Cervenka is currently touring with X, and included in Celestial Ash; Assemblages From Los Angeles, curated by Kristine McKenna at the Craft and
Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. Wayne White will open a solo sculpture exhibition at Rice University in September and is the subject of the recent release: Wayne White: Maybe Now I'll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve, edited and designed by Todd Oldham and published by Ammo Books, LLC.
 
For further information and images, please contact the gallery at 310-838-0609 or cliff@western-project.com or erin@western-project.com



 

 

 

 


Stefani 's July & Aug events


This is a gentle reminder (especially to Westsiders) about a wonderful show
SVE is doing for a wonderful cause... PENA. If you want to reserve tix in
advance email: tickets@sparcmurals.org for more info.. Lauri


Happy mid summer, (already ? Wow........ its flyin')
Here are some dates to put on your calendars , more opportunities to catch the Ensemble and various other configurations of very talented friends & folks I get to play, and I mean play, with.
We'd love to see you up dancing or tapping your feet !
in Joy, Stefani


Peta Orbach Paintings at Bolivar Cafe and Gallery. June 27 - Aug 2 Reception Sat July 18..7-10pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calabash News - Workshop reminder!

Greetings Eric!

 

Just a quick remiinder for the "Come and Drum" workshop/circle on Saturday! Hope to see you there. Also, please register for the "RhythmSong" intro workshop on August 8th at Calabash Productions. Space is very limited for this groundbreaking creative workshop, and reservations by Aug. 1st are HIGHLY recommended. We can't wait to share this wonderful, fun work with you! And..my new CD is pushed back a little, but we're still hoping for a late August release. In the meantime, I have a new album preview song up on the site, check it out - "Identify Your Love"!

 

Love,

Joselyn

Calabash Productions

...evolution through music

 

 

Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Come and Drum! -
2-3:30PM
Holy Nativity Church

6700 W. 83rd Street
Westchester, CA 90045-2730

Price: $10 minimum donation

Come and Drum! In this ongoing drum circle/workshop series, you will learn African and other world rhythms, playing technique and improvisational creativity. In a fun supportive environment, we learn, play and create rhythm and community. Drummers of all levels welcome, and children over age 10. Bring a drum if you have one! Please RSVP to info@joselynwilkinson.com.

 

 

Sat. August 8, 2009, 1-4PM
RhythmSong
Goda Yoga

9711 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

With Haize Hawke of A-Muse-Sent and Joselyn Wilkinson of Calabash Productions.
$45 single workshop, advance registration by
8/1/09 (includes workshop, materials and light refreshments)
$10 per child of workshop participant (aged 3-10), advance registration by
8/1/09. (includes creative activities, materials and light snack)
Please Register at 
Calabash Productions. Questsions! email info@joselynwilkinson.com.

 

For creative people who want to dig a little deeper into their musical and creative inspiration, we present:  RhythmSong. Write poetry and lyrics in a guided soulful environment, give them melody and rhythm, express your inner dancer, and share your creativity in a supportive, loving circle. RhythmSong participants are led through West African drumming, creative movement, poetry and song to create exciting new work and further inspire their artistic growth. The series is open to creative people of all areas and levels of experience. Creative childcare will be available by advance request. Kids will participate some with their parents and enjoy their own creative time. We will present an intro workshop in August, and a full series of four Saturdays in September.

 

Haize Hawke, singer, dancer and choreographer, is the founder of A-Muse-Sent and Kali Dance Company. She lends her voice to many musical projects and performs her unique blend of Indian, African and modern choreography around Southern California. Her one-woman performance piece, “Country Colored Girl” is currently in pre-production.

Joselyn Wilkinson, singer, songwriter, percussionist and theatre artist, is the founder of Calabash Productions and ADAAWE, 7 women of the drum and voice. She has written and released two albums of original music and performed around the
U.S.  Joselyn is a UCLA/World Arts & Cultures grad who has taught theatre, dance, music and percussion for over ten years and specializes in helping students realize their unique creative vision.

 

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Venice 2000 Gettogether July 23 5:30 SPARC

 

Judy Baca, Robbie Conal, Donna Deitch, Steve Ehrlich, Jodie Evans, Patricia Foulkrod, Robert Greenwald, Tom Hayden, Coy Howard, Linda Lucks,

 Melissa Mathison & Sarah Pillsbury

We are inviting you join us and get to know the team at Venice 2000 who are responsible for keeping our neighborhood safe and gang violence in check through their gang intervention and prevention program.  Since October 1999, Venice 2000 has reduced gang related violence in the communities they serve.  They have done this with their various services and programs:


Safe Passage, Cease Fire Committee, Consultations, Counseling, Life Skills Trainings, Self Improvement, Community Development, Community Intervention, Early Intervention/Prevention, Senior Events, Case Management and Family Advocacy


The goal of Venice 2000 is to provide the resources and guidance to help struggling youth and community members of all ages make the transition from negative anti-social behavior to positive value-centered alternatives. We need to meet Venice 2000 so we can learn more about this dynamic agency providing services in our community and build ways to work together.

Join us on
July 23rd from
5:30pm to 7:00pm
for refreshments and community conversation with
Stan Muhammad and Claudia Bracho
at another amazing
Venice community space
826LA, upstairs at SPARC,
685 W Venice Blvd

 Thanks for supporting peace in our community!


RSVP to Janna at 310.827.3046 or
jannablairslack

 


A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

8-8 Is Going To Be Great! Maureen Cotter At Beyond Baroque

8-8 Is Going To Be Great!

Save thae date- that's me when I was with Led Zep!

Beyond November Fundraiser July 12, 2009, Michelle Shocked, Bernie Pearl, Los Pochos, Richard Montoya ++

The Ash Grove Foundation will hold a fundraiser on Sunday, July 12th for its Beyond November Summer 2009 festival in August.   The fundraiser will take place at 939 San Vicente Boulevard (at Larkin Pl.), a private residence,  in Santa Monica, 1:00 – 5:30 p.m.   Performances start at 2:30 p.m. and include Michelle Shocked, blues guitarist Bernie Pearl, pianist Sheila Nicholls, guitarist/songwriter Roy Zimmerman, writer S. Pearl Sharp, S.H.I.N.E Mawusi women’s drum alliance, Get Lit players, Los Pochos and Richard Montoya of the Culture Clash.   Tickets are $40 per person.   For tickets and information:  (310) 391-5974 or AshGroveMusic.com.

 

Jazz Funk Fest at the Talking Stick 6/20/2009

For immediate release 
Contact: Gerry Fialka 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com 
 
The Talking Stick proudly presents JAZZ FUNK FEST on Saturdays, June 20, Sept 19 and Dec 19 from 7-10pmfree admission at 1411 Lincoln Blvd, Venice CA 90291, phone 310-450-6052, more info: laughtears.com 310-306-7330

In the tradition of the Venice West Cafe (the legendary Beat hang-out at
7 Dudley Ave, aka Sponto Gallery from 1984-2008), local Venice musicians will celebrate the rebellious liberation of tuneful creativity. 
 
At 7pm, BLACK SHOE POLISH. Within the free collective BSP, words that should never be said collide with notes that should never be played. Fiery poetic painter Rex Butters slap sense into words through multi-dimensional discourse. Clifford Novey & Gerry Fialka combine fantastical funky fretwork with keyboards and a cauldron of controlled chaos, creating ink stained improvisational interplay. Spoken Word and Free Improvisation as it was never meant to be, Black Shoe Polish reconvenes the Inconceivable with righteous rascality. 

At 8pm, FREDDY GINNS & ZEBRA PARTY provide original witty lyrics to their jazzy blues ala Mose Allison and Detroit funk keyboardist Lyman Woodard. 

At 9pm, Lyrical multi-instrumentalist ERIC AHLBERG'S JAZZ WORKSHOP recall the explorations of Public Enemy, The Art Ensemble of Chicago and John Coltrane with tasty world beat tangents.

"To funk is only peternatural its daring feers divine. Bebold!" - Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

 

MoZaic brings Spoken Word to Venice Friday nite 6/19/2009

     Come on out on this Friday, June 19th from 7pm til 10pm at The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge 1411 Lincoln in Venice 90291 as MoZaic Celebrates Spoken Word past, present, and future. We are so proud to be hosting our favorite family members that have gone on to be Teachers. Bess Kepp, Mike The Poet, A.K. Toney, Saria, and Christian. These amazing Artist will be featuring their top Poetry Students, who happen to be some of the best young Poets on the Slam Scene. I cannot  wait for this festive evening! Please join us! Love and Respect Nickie Black

 

 

Stefani, Steve Moos & Ivan Kadey 6/18 Thursday night @ 7:30

June 18th Thursday night 7:30-10P
 
Come, relax… enjoy singer-songwriters
 Steve Moos , Ivan Kadey &
Stefani Valadez, performing original, & classic, passionate, acoustic sounds with real Venice ambience and a good meal !
no cover  

Please join us at Danny’s Deli in
Venice
 
a "matzoh ball’s throw away from the beach" (Zagat, 07).
www.dannysvenice.com/ <http://www.dannysvenice.com/>

23 Windward Avenue
Venice, California 90291
(located at the corner of
Speedway and Windward Ave. Just 1/2 block from Venice Beach.)
 
 

Beyond Baroque Schedule June and July 2009

19 June, Friday— 7:30 PM
WHEN JUSTICE FAILS BUT THE PEN PREVAILS: with TERRI JENTZ, JOHN POMPOSELLO, and MARINA BORAWICK

Spend an evening with authors relating truth-is-stranger-than-fiction stories about felons among us, from that handsome boy next door, to cops, even the judge! TERRI JENTZ is author of Strange Piece of Paradise, 2006 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, an LA Times Book Award, and Edgar Allan Poe Award in mystery writing. The book investigates an unsolved attempted murder against her and her Yale roommate in the Oregon desert in 1977. Her story will be part of a PBS Frontline documentary, Forgiveness this summer. Former NYPD officer JOHN POMPOSELLO has received 20 medals including the Medal of Valor. As an undercover cop in harm’s way, he fought the drug trade, organized crime, and bodyguarded Presidents. His favorite? “Getting mugged for a living." JP’s memoir is The Inner Shield. MARINA BORAWICK is daughter of a judge, an attorney, and is finishing a memoir of the American dream become nightmare amidst an upscale suburban minefield of deception, sadism and devilry, the latter in high places. Both Pomposello and Borawick are alumnae of Beyond Baroque’s non-fiction and poetry workshops (Pomposello facilitated the Tuesday Creative Fiction workshop for several years). Borawick has devoted the last decade to transforming the Center’s grounds. Anyone remember when the front garden was six dead rose bushes and the backyard lifeless? Justice is slow but sure!

20 June, Saturday— 7:30 PM
Beyond Baroque Celebrates POETRY FLASH with WANDA COLEMAN, BRENDAN CONSTANTINE, CYNTHIA KRAMAN, SUZANNE LUMMIS, and JOYCE JENKINS

Join us for a celebration of the West Coast’s crucial and free literary
periodical,
Poetry Flash. This vital print resource has helped
California and West Coast poets, publicized their work, supported
countless small press publishers and provided lit news and gossip since
1972, appearing in over 300 print issues. We’ll feature poets published
in and featured by
The Flash. Prize-winning WANDA COLEMAN, L.A. poet, prose writer, and truth-teller, has been featured many times in Poetry Flash. Her newest books are Jazz and Twelve O’Clock Tales: New Stories and The Riot Inside Me: More Trials & Tremors. BRENDAN CONSTANTINE’s new book is Letters To Guns (Red Hen). His other titles are Zombie Dovecote and Crimewave. He is the creator of Industrial Poetry, a Writer’s Block workshop, and lives in Hollywood at Bela Lugosi’s last address. CYNTHIA KRAMAN’s new book is The Touch (Bob Holman’s Bowery Books). She’s author of three previous books of poetry, and was lead singer and lyricist for the Seattle punk band Chinas Comidas. SUZANNE LUMMIS is founder and director of the LA Poetry Festival and literary coordinator of Poetry in the Windows for the Arroyo Arts Collective. The Flash selected her last book, In Danger (Heyday), for the California Poetry Series. JOYCE JENKINS, Poetry Flash founder, is author of the chapbooks Joy Road and Portal. Her poetry is part of the Berkeley Poetry Sidewalk, a street of cast bronze pavement plaques. She received an American Book Award 1994 and the PEN Oakland Lifetime Achievement Award 2006. All proceeds will benefit Poetry Flash.

21 June, Sunday— 3 - 5 PM
SWAMI X SPEAKS

Meet the 83 yr-old Venice icon and philosopher who initiated stand-up
comedy on Ocean Front Walk park benches in the 1970s. SWAMI X's wisdom, puzzles, humor, numerological observations, and poetry have graced the Boardwalk for three decades, making him a legend and living symbol of the Venice community’s free and nonconformist spirit. Presented by the Free
Venice Beachhead. $10 special admission.

26 June, Friday— 7:30 PM
B.H. FAIRCHILD and ALBA CRUZ-HACKER

The Dominican-American poet, teacher, and translator, ALBA CRUZ-HACKER is author of No Honey for Wild Beasts (2008). Her creative and critical works have been published throughout the US, Canada, and Caribbean. She was awarded the 2007 UCR Poet’s Laureate Prize and the 2007 Tomas Rivera Selection in Poetry. B.H. FAIRCHILD's The Art of the Late was finalist for the National Book Award and received the Kingsley Tufts Award. His Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest received the National Book Critics Circle Award and Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress. His sixth book, Usher, is just out from W.W. Norton.

27 June, Saturday— 7:30 PM
Spirit of
Southern California Poetry Series Celebrates LUMMOX PRESS and RD ARMSTRONG
Beyond Baroque's Spirit of Southern California Poetry Series celebrates
the work of poet, publisher, and renegade RD ARMSTRONG (Raindog) and his Lummox Press. Lummox Press, and the Little Red Books, have featured some of the leading lights of SoCal poetry, its outsider poets, beats, bohemians, and beyond. The evening will mark a decade of Little Red Books with publication of Lummox Press' latest,
The Long Way Home. Readers will include PATRICIA CHERIN, BILL GAINER, EDWARD JAMIESON, JR., MARIE LECRIVAIN, TERRY MCCARTY, ANGELA MANKIEWICZ, RICK SMITH, WILLIAM TAYLOR, JR., GERALD LOCKLIN, SCOTT WANNBERG, and the publisher/poet himself, RD ARMSTRONG. Hosted by AMELIE FRANK and G. MURRAY THOMAS.

28 June, Sunday— 7:30 PM
The Spirit of Hope and Change: Music, Poetry, & Conversation with FERNANDO CASTRO, HECTOR HERRERA, ARLEN JONES, and a Tribute to
UTAH PHILIPS
Poet, playwright, and journalist FERNANDO CASTRO was born in Ibagué, Colombia and immigrated to the New York’s Jackson Heights. He "grew up in the bosom of an immigrant working class family,” keen to America’s contradictions. HECTOR HERRERA was born and raised in Mexico City, is a labor activist, and a member of SAG. He’s provided voice over narration and served the community as legal and medical interpreter. ARLEN JONES has worked as boycott organizer for UNITEHERE! on hotel campaigns. He is a volunteer bike mechanic and board member for the LA Bicycle Kitchen, an East Hollywood non-profit. The late UTAH PHILIPS was a nationally known folk artist, singer/story teller, and Grammy Nominee for his work with Ani DiFranco. An archivist, historian, activist, philosopher, hobo, tramp, and member of the IWW, Philips’ life was reflected in his music and lyrics. Courtesy of Brave New Films there will be a screening of the short documentary Stop Starbucks. Hosted by RICHARD MODIANO.

5 July, Sunday— 5 PM
Open reading with C.E. CHAFFIN

C.E. CHAFFIN is editor of The Melic Review. Widely published as a poet, critic and essayist, his new collection Unexpected Light: Selected
Poems and Love Poems 1998-2008
was recently published by Diminuendo Press. Hosted by MARIE LECRIVAIN. Sign-up 4:45 PM. FREE.

10 July, Friday— 7:30 PM
An Evening with ASKEW POETRY JOURNAL

The Askew Poetry Journal has published twice a year since only 2006 and has already featured some of the best voices in SoCal poetry. Done
beautifully in the indie tradition of newsprint,
Askew is based in Ventura, its philosophy citing Emily Dickinson’s “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” Askew is edited by poets MARSHA DE LA O and PHIL TAGGART. Readers will include: SUZANNE LUMMIS, PATTY SEYBURN, GLENNA LUSCHEI, AMALIO MADUENO, MARJORIE BECKER, PERIE LONGO, CAROL DAVIS, DOROTHEA GROSSMAN, JACKSON WHEELER, KIMBERLY YOUNG, RUTH NOLAN, FLORENCE WEINBERGER, LAUREL ANN BOGEN, JAMES CUSHING, CATHYRN ANDRESEN, DORIS VERNON, HOLADAY MASON, SARAH MACLAY, ENID OSBORN, CAROL DECANIO, DAVID STARKEY, MAGGIE WESTLAND, MICHAEL BAUER, ELNORA MCNAUGHTON, JEANETTE CLOUGH, RICHARD NEWSHAM, FRIDAY LUBINA, ELLEN REICH, JOAN DAY, JOYCE LAMERS, DIAN SOUSA, and AMY UYEMATSU.

17 July, Friday— 7:30 PM
Fathers and Children: MEL WEISBURD & STEFI WEISBURD, GERALD LOCKLIN & ZACHARY LOCKLIN

MEL WEISBURD co-founded the epochal Coastlines Literary Magazine and has been published in Walter Lowenfel’s
New Poets of Today; Best Articles and Stories, Epos, Poetry Los Angeles, Leonard Wolfe’s Voices from the Love Generation, Poets of the Non-Existent City: L.A. During the McCarthy Years, and Eating the Pure Light, (Homage to Thomas McGrath). He is author of A Life of Windows & Mirrors, Selected Poems (Conflux) and The Gloria Poems, A Short Memoir of a 50-year Marriage. His daughter STEFI WEISBURD is author of The Wind-Up Gods (Black Lawrence), winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award, and a children’s collection, Barefoot: Poems for Naked Feet (Wordsong). Her work has appeared in Poetry, APR, Paris Review, and Threepenny Review. She received a "Discovery"/Nation prize in 2002. GERALD LOCKLIN is author of over 125 books, chapbooks, and broadsides, with over 3,000 poems, stories, articles, reviews, and interviews published in periodicals. His most recent titles include Gerald Locklin: New and Selected Poems, Points Elsewhere; Wedlock Sunday and Other Poems; The Hotel Ristorante; Candy Bars: Selected Stories; The Life Force Poems; Go West, Young Toad: Selected Writings; The Pocket Book and others. A collection of essays on his work and a bibliography will be available from Blazevox in 2009. His son ZACHARY LOCKLIN teaches at California State University, Long Beach. His poems and stories have been published in magazines including Pearl, Flymf.com, Poetic Diversity, Magnapoets, Freefall, and the Chiron Review, which he coedits with his father.

18 July, Saturday— 7:30 PM
SUZY WILLIAMS - THE SUMMER LIT SHOW

In her fourth annual summer celebration of song and literature, LA's
Diva Deluxe SUZY WILLIAMS performs songs based on the words of Kurt Vonnegut, Dorothy Parker, Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, William Blake, Vladimir Nabokov, Frank Conroy & Baudelaire. With BRAD KAY & special musical guests. You've read the book, now hear the song. Nat Hentoff has praised Suzy Williams: "Vibrant and lusty...great gusto and bold emotion." Admission $10.

24 July, Friday - 7:30 PM
Uberbraid #1: Collages & Collisions, with MOLLY BENDALL, SARAH MACLAY, HOLADAY MASON, and GAIL WRONSKY

Two pairs of collaborators join forces for a combined reading of work,
lending voices to each others' words. MOLLY BENDALL is author of three collections
After Estrangement, Dark Summer, and Ariadne’s Island. Her new collection Under the Quick is forthcoming from Parlor. She co-authored with GAIL WRONSKY (see below) the forthcoming Bling & Fringe from What Books. Her poems have appeared in the anthologies: American Hybrid: The Norton Anthology of the New Poem, American Poetry: The Next Generation, and The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative Poetry. SARAH MACLAY is author of The White Bride and Whore (both U of Tampa), and three chapbooks. Her poems have appeared recently in APR, Field, Ploughshares and The Best American Erotic Poems: 1800 to the Present (Scribner). She is currently working on a collaboration with HOLADAY MASON, with whom she co-edited the anthology Echo 6 8 1 (Beyond Baroque). HOLADAY MASON is author of Towards the Forest (New Rivers) and two chapbooks: Light Spilling From Its Own Cup (Inevitable) and Interlude (FarStarFire). Her poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, Poetry International, Runes, and River Styx. She was co-editor of Echo 6 8 1 (Beyond Baroque). GAIL WRONSKY is author, coauthor, or translator of nine books of poetry and prose, including Dying for Beauty (Copper Canyon), Blue Shadow Behind Everything Dazzling (Hollyridge), and a translation of the poetry of Alicia Partnoy, Volando Bajito (Red Hen). She is Director of Creative Writing and Syntext (Synthesizing Textualities) at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

8 August, Saturday— 7:30 PM
A Summer Night with MAUREEN COTTER

MAUREEN COTTER returns for her fifth annual summer reading performance at Beyond Baroque with more "Prison Stories," this time from the year 1969. This year’s evening will focus on the back story of how Charles Manson got caught, as told by the guard and the inmate whose testimony was key in putting the Family behind bars. Cotter is a graduate of the Pasadena Playhouse and has been developing her autobiography in workshops at Beyond Baroque.

 

Venice Arts Group Show June 20, 2009

6 Visions: Group Show
Work from the
Venice Arts Adult Documentary Photography Workshops

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - Monday, July 6, 2009

Exhibit Opening and Reception: Saturday, June 20th 5-8pm
1702 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Featuring the works of:

Pablo Davanzo
Scott Halford
Emily Hart Roth
Larry Naylor
Megan Schoenbachler
Naomi Zipperman

 

Venice Arts Gallery
1702 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Phone: 310 392-0846

You are Invited - June 25th

America is on sale and so is my art!

See the great creative studio and gallery... 

Larger format prints are here now.

 

Food, beer and wine will be served by 

Chef Colleen Stewart of On Location Catering - 

Keeping the Venice Vibe Alive.

 

Music courtesy of 100.3fm

 

Plenty of parking!

Thursday, June 25th 4-8pm

Spread the Word - RSVP

 

Love All ~

 

Louise ~ L. A. Marler 

 

310-449-4477

 

3000-B Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, 90405

 

www.LAMarler.com

 

 

Festival Production Handbook

Yoga/writing Class by donation

Bea Ammidown Yoga
YogAbility Institute
537 San Vicente Blvd. #104
Santa Monica, CA 90402
310.358.3338 voice mail; 310.451.0598 home/studio
beayoga888@verizon.net
Www.yogability.org


Please see my new information re Yoga and The Writing Muse by donation.  Spread the word, come and stretch the body and mind with me Monday evening. June 15.
7-9 PM.


 breathe sweetly, Bea

http://www.mysticjourneybookstore.com/saleitem.php
 
YOGA AND THE WRITING MUSE
 
Let your writing breathe
As your body flows

Monday June 15, 2009
7 9 PM
Mystic Journey Book Store
1319 Abbott Kinney.
Venice, CA
310 -399-7070
www.mysticjourneybookstore.com
By donation suggested $10
           50% donated to the non-profit YogAbility Institute for Special Needs
 
With Bea Ammidown,
E RYT 500
 
Journalist:
L.A. Times, Life Magazine
Voice Dialogue Facilitator
Certified Yoga Therapist

            This creative and healing workshop( since 94) allows hidden (or very present) voices in the body to speak through gentle dynamic  Yoga therapeutic movements and energizing writing exercises.
        Learn to align different body parts with the intellect, the emotions and the spirit through a therapeutic practice and guided visualization. Inspire  and uplift the muscles in the brain and heart as well as in the body!
Beginners and non-writers welcome. Please bring a
 mat and a notebook.
For more information call Bea 310-358-3338. www.yogability.org <http://www.yogability.org> beayoga888@verizon.net

Peachfest Sun 6/14

PEACHFEST

Date: 06/14/2009

PEACHFEST celebrates Peach Tree Pottery's 10 year anniversary in Mar Vista. This incredible FREE summer event runs from 11 am to 6 pm on 6/14 and is open to the general public. PEACHFEST will highlight the pottery and ceramic work of current and former students, as well as studio Teacher/Ceramicist, Linda Mechanic. A retrospective of previous Peach Tree Pottery gallery artists will also be available (paintings, photography, multi media & much more). Studio-REV (a local recording studio) and two Boise Avenue musicians are taking charge of the live music portion of the day. Scheduled to perform are Billy Yates (The Outlaws/Marshall Tucker Band), Dominic Campanella (Lead Vocalist/Guitarist of The Quarter After), Stampead, Simone DeBlasio, Melissa Chester, Meagan Walsh, and The Motion. 15% of the sale of pottery & art will be donated to The MS Society, with some artists donating 100%. Additional fundraising opportunities include a raffle with chances to win free Pottery Lessons, Dance Lessons, Closet Organization, Hair Cut/Styling, and more. Free food will be provided by The Metro Cafe, Pit Fire Pizza, Creative Edible Delights, and New School West (with additional donation opportunities available at the food concession). PEACHFEST is a "green" event, featuring recycling, use of compostable/biodegradable service items, and a water bottle refillable water station. For full event details, log on to: http://www.peachtreepottery.com

Exhibit Spaces Available :: Venice Eco-Fest :: Sat. June 27

 

 
Exhibit Spaces still available!

Venice Eco-Fest Logo

 

Dear Potential Exhibitor ~
If you haven't sent in your application yet, email/fax or send it in today!  We've got a few spaces available on the beach - one with your organization's name on it.  Hope to hear from you this week as plans are firming up for a fabulous day. 
                                                                                          ~
Venice Eco-Fest Organizers

 Feel free to forward this invitation to eco-friends and colleagues you think might want to come out and play!

VBEF09 Exhibitor


This summer, the
Venice Chamber of Commerce and Earth Day Los Angeles invite you to exhibit at the 2nd annual "Venice Eco-Fest" 2009, held on the world famous Venice Beach Boardwalk. The festival, in the Venice Plaza & Recreation area at the end of Windward Avenue, will include 200 exhibit booths, solar sound stage, music, food, and interactive children's art/play area.

Attendance is expected to exceed 20,000 people over the course of the day.


A great way to introduce your product or service to SoCal residents, visitors & world travelers ~ and have some fun in the sun.

 

Volunteer / Enjoy! VB08 Stage

Show Your Love for Mother Earth

  • On June 27 Venice Beach will be transformed into ECO-BEACH
  • Come experience the future NOW with an array of Eco-Info, Music, and FUN
  • Sun-powered sound stage with entertainment all day: music, dance, poetry
  • Kid's Area with exotic animals, and interactive creative play
  • Tasty organic & vegetarian treats
  • E-Salvage Electronic Recycling Bin, Filtered Water Stations (BYO reusable water bottle)
  • Million Trees Campaign Tree Give-away
  • SIGN UP TODAY show your concern for protecting our environment (and get free beach parking all day)

Please call 866-220-2370 or email volunteer@earthdayla.org if you are interested in volunteering.

Contact us anytime with questions.   Click below to download application.
APPLY TODAY

We've extended the application deadline:
Please postmark your application by June 13 to be included in this awesome day
 
See you at the Beach ~
 
Venice Eco-Fest 2009 Organizing Team

Sponsorship & Exhibits :: 888-295-8372 ::
earthdayla@yahoo.com


CLICK a button ABOVE to DOWNLOAD APPLICATION and PARTICIPATE!

 

BEF Link to be Carbon Neutral
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Daniel Beaman's Photos of the Carnivale.

This is a great collection of big smiles. Keep with it past the many shots of the Asian girl.

Artist Partcipation in the Venice Eco-Fest June 27 2009

There are preparations for Venice Artists and their friends to participate

in the Venice Ecofest with their art.  

This has a lot of potential and limitation. 

Thru discussion we came up with these guidelines:

 

 

Frequently to be Asked Questions:

 

How can I display my art at the Eco-Fest?

 

      Wall Hanging space is limited, but we want to use some of the handball court walls. 

That’s a lot of space but only so much at eye level for small work. 

Work to be placed on these walls must be coordinated with Brett Woods (see below).  

Artists are completely responsible for their own installation and pickup.

Easels could be used but they need to be wind-proofed, like with artist-provided sandbags and clamps.  

They also need to be located where they do not block walkways. 

Free standing sculptural pieces are good but must be windproof and tourist-proof.

We may be able to locate these all over our site.  

The fire department inspectors will ask us to remove art which might be somehow dangerous to public safety.

We must cooperate with them 100%.

 

 Who decides what work is placed?

 

            This is going to be a very informal process and is being coordinated by Brett Woods.

BrettWoods.com spase31@hotmail.com.    

 

Who will provide security for art pieces?

 

            All artists are responsible for their own work’s security and installation.   Bottom line is that you stay with your work all day.   You may be able to coordinate with others to guard the works.

 

Can I sell my Art?

 

            Only in a Vendor Booth, if you rent one or work with another vendor.   No work can be sold outside of the vendor areas.  No work can be sold in the exhibition area.   This is not an Art Sale, it is an informal exhibition.   If the possibility of sales comes up, exchange business contact information and do your business elsewhere.

Calabash News - Joselyn's out singing and new album!

Happy almost summer!

Wasn't that rain yesterday magical?  So unexpected, and such a blessing in the middle of a drought.  The title of my new upcoming album, "Chance For Rain", comes from that hope that dry times will be over, that there is poetry in our day-to-day, and dare I say, beauty in our struggle (whatever that may be).  We've spent almost two years cookin' up this soulful/ jazz-infused/ singer-songwriter project, and will be ready to share our feast with you in a few weeks!  There might be a mid/late July CD release concert in the works, and I'll let you know as soon as I do!  In the meantime, I'm blessed to sing some of my new songs (stripped down and acoustic-like) for friends' worthy and wonderful events this month, and invite you to share in the love!  See you soon.

Love,

Joselyn

www.joselynwilkinson.com

 

This Sunday at True Archdale's fabulous benefit event...

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"Circle of Friends"
a benefit to support the making of a documentary on the people of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Sunday, June 7th,  
4 - 7 PM
809 6th Ave. Venice, CA  90291
(Valet Parking Provided)

Hope you can join us for this special day!

Featuring the music of:
Maetar, Mark Lennon, Jacqueline Fuentes, Philip Franchini, Liz Irons, Jillian Speer, Joselyn Wilkinson, Don Barrozo, and special guests!

Featured Artists:
Gale McCall, Francisco Letelier, Dianna Cohen, Liz Marx, William Attaway, Lulu Stewart, Ivo Vergara, Gary Palmer, Michelle Oppenheimer, Robert Sturman, Kim Cheselka, True Archdale, Fortune Sitole

Suggested Donation:
$20 Bronze Circle Friends  
$50 Silver Circle Friends
$100 Gold Circle Friends 
$500 Platinum Circle Friends
$1000 Producer's Circle Friends

Please RSVP
True Archdale
truefitness@earthlink.net
310-493-8154
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And later this month, with bandmate/ great singer-songwriter Jason Luckett at friend Cheryl Moss' wonderful Yoga studio...

Solstice Soul Salon - Goda Yoga - 06/27/09 - Culver City, CA

What

Solstice Soul Salon - The Innaugaral Event of a New Soulful Series

When

Saturday, June 27, 2009

7:30pm - All Ages

Where

9711 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA, USA 90232

GODA Yoga has been an integral part of the Culver City community for seven years and is a true oasis for our busy clientele. GODA’s authentic feel is at once welcoming and intimate. Located in the heart of Downtown Culver City, GODA brings Heart to this emerging and hip area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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