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Re: “Art House Gallery & Cultural Center”
LIVE AT ART HOUSE GALLERY
JIM PAGE, HALI HAMMER & CLARA BELLINO
PRESS RELEASE
WHO: Jim Page www.jimpage.net
Hali Hammer www.halihammer.com
Clara Bellino www.clarabellino.com
WHAT: Concert (suggested donation $7-12)
WHERE: Art House, 2905 Shattuck Avenue,
Berkeley (north of Ashby)
WHEN: Sunday, November 22nd
Doors open 6:30, Clara Bellino at 7:00,
Hali Hammer at 7:30
WHY: Jim Page, incredible Seattle singer-songwriter, is in the Bay Area. Art House is honored to host.
About Jim Page: After seeing him perform at the High Sierra Music Festival in the summer of ‘97, Rob Bleetstein of Gavin wrote: “Jim Page is a lyrical genius with a guitar. This man personifies the word ‘free-flow.’ Page takes to the mic and the song invents itself on the spot; his talent is a natural wonder.” And in any of the many countries, from the countless tours and stages he has played people say the same. “A truly amazing man...one of the great originals. Ignore him at your peril.” - Hot Press, Dublin
Jim has been on the scene for more than twenty years and his reputation continues to grow. He has shared the stage with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Dan Bern, Michelle Shocked, Leftover Salmon, Mickey Hart, J.J. Cale, Robert Hunter, Chuck Brodsky, and John Hammond. His songs have been performed by Christy Moore, Michael Hedges, John Trudell, The Doobie Brothers, Joanne Rand, Casey Neill, and (yes) David Soul.
Often cited for his biting political pieces he is in constant demand by the social movements of the day.
“Jim's been writing great topical songs for as long as I can remember, bringing his acute wit and wry humor to a host of subjects that can really use both. In the tradition of Woody and Dylan, he cuts right to the heart with music you actually enjoy listening to. I'm a longtime admirer.” - Bonnie Raitt
“If Jim Page ain’t the bastard son of Woody Guthrie I’m T-Bone Walker”
- Robert Hunter
“Jim Page’s songs get right to the point. He looks at the world clearly and reports what he sees with compassion, humor and a biting sense of irony. And boy! can he sing and play. If you’re ever going to get the message, this is the messenger to get it from.” - U. Utah Phillips
Hali Hammer is an award winning singer-songwriter who has sung and played for peace and political causes for over three decades. She worked on the Heritage Tree Initiative, and was a primary organizer for Citizens to Save Minnewaska in upstate New York, which is now Minnewaska Lake State Park instead of a Marriott property. Aside from writing and performing her own music, she is a member of Freedom Song Network and plays bass with the Jump-In band, which plays folk-rock oldies. She was the coordinator of the 2003 Berkeley Free Folk Festival and is an SF Folk Club board member. Hali was a member of the chorus that sang onstage behind Nelson Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum. Her feet are tired from too many years of marching against war.
“Gotta say: The recordings of your music which you sent me a month or so ago: “The Best of…” and “Gypsy-O” are just DYNAMITE!! You write greeeat topical songs, Hali! Right up there with Malvina. Must be something about the Bay Area water…No, really: I can hardly wait to play some of your stuff on “Women’s Voices”!--and I’ll play LOTS of it, believe me! Please keep me in mind when you put out anything else!!…With a big smile on my face I thank you once again for your music and your sensibility--not to mention the gift of your voice…
— Gerrie Blake, “Women’s Voices” KUNV 91.5fm, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hailing from Paris, France, and growing up in a small village of the French Alps, Clara Bellino blends heartfelt rhythms, magical lyrics, and unimaginable emotions into a rare mixture of solid American songs with an unfettered sense of humor and a European sense of what is amusing. Clara spent the majority of the 1990's entertaining live audiences at The Great American Music Hall, The Paradise, and more recently at Café Du Nord in San Francisco. She's also played benefits for Code Pink,Music in Schools Today, Guitars Not Guns, Beyond the Hoop, Katrina, Food Not Bombs, Toys for Tots, and the Monterey Pop Festival 40TH Anniversary with "Musicians for Peace."
For More Info: Harold Adler 510-472-3170
Re: “Art House Gallery & Cultural Center”
Live @ Art House Gallery "SIMPLE ENSEMBLE" ALL STAR JAZZ
Friday Nov. 6th
2905 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley CA 94705 (near Ashby Bart stn).
7pm door 8pm Show
$5.00- $10.00 Donation
510-482-3336 info.
Pat Fahey mandolin gigged w/Dave Grisman, Mike Marshall, Daryl Anger (Great American Music Hall), Noel Redding (House Of Blues, Maritime Hall), John Lee Hooker (BoomBoom Room), B.J. Pappa, Regina Carter
Randy Craig piano founding member of Pickle Family Circus, faculty member @ Contra Costa College, artist-in-residence at School Of The Arts, Circu de Solei, one of Bay Areas greatest jazz pianists
Richard Saunders bass played with Randy for decades, on faculty at CMC in The Mission, one of the Bay Area's finest bass players for a generation, he and Randy housed and performed with pianist Jessica Williams!
Leanna Stark vocals newly minted music degree at SF State, a fresh voice in jazz ensemble
plus special guests.
We will perform radical arrangements of traditional jazz tunes off the upcoming CD "Trouble In Paradise". Randy, Richard and I have gigged together at St. Martin De Porres for homeless folks every Xmas and Thanksgiving for decades.
This gig is dedicated to:
Benjamin Linder, clown partner and civil engineer and payaso who brought electricity and juggling to El Cua in the war zones
of Nicaragua--and was murdered for doing so by the Contras on orders from CIA station in Tegulsagapa, Honduras on April 28, 1987;
Michael Smith, guitarist, songwriter and leader singer for the British rock group The Softies, who produced my first CD "The Nuclear Free Orchestra",
who died too young in May, 2007.
Abe Osheroff, building contractor who I met in Nicaragua with his crew when I was doing carpentry in the war zone, discovering later that he had been part of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain. I was Abe's favorite mandolinist!
Jessica Williams, who gave me TWO solos in one of her jazz workshops I attended in 1980, and was so encouraging. She called me over, whispering to me to "keep doing what you're doing. I like where you're going with this..."
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
what the hell?! I guess the Critic's writing is not fact-checked, either. This drivel would never have gotten past a review from someone wearing handmade socks or a prayer shawl made with skill from someone who loves them.....or anyone comforted by a blanket hand made and donated to the Linus Project for distribution in a hospital....or wanting a chemo cap custom made to help them deal with the loss of hair during cancer treatement....or.....or.....or.....or....(the list goes on and on showing the merits of knitting and crocheting). Do some actual research and then some useful writing and lay off the "humor" (leave that to actual knitting humorists like Stephanie Pearl-McPhee or Franklin Habit.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Excuse me. I didn't start knitting in 2001 as a response to a crisis. I began to knit when my grandmother taught me at the age of 9 - that would be in 1961. It doesn't take a "collective sense of doom", espresso, TV, or keeping up with social trends to make me enjoy the complexities of skills, textures and colors of yarns, challenges of a new pattern, peacefulness of soul, and rewards of a job well done when I finish a project. These lovely benefits just happen as I sit quietly and enjoy a skill and a craft that has been handed down for generations.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Rachel Swan. Knitters know how to read as well as knit! It's uh-oh time for you :)
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Rachel Swan, you need to get over yourself, honey. You do not know what the hell you are talking about.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
This is so outrageously out of touch an dismissive, I can only assume the author has completely missed her attempt at humor. So knitting doesn't take "time, patience, or dexterity". Let's see her try knitting a sock using FIVE needles, or knitting a lace table cloth using yarn the size of sewing thread and needles barely larger than a regular sewing needle. If the "East Bay Express" is actually paying for this kind of uninformed nonsense, they should probably invest in a paper shredder - it will give a much more valuable return.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Funny, I don't see a date on this article saying when it was posted. Not that it really matters as it's so misguided and uninformed. Perhaps next time Ms. Swan will get all her facts and information before writing anything? One can only hope...
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Wow! You just dismissed thousands of knitters in one article.
I knit for enjoyment, relaxation and the companionship of other knitters. I also love the ability to supply friends and family with warming gifts.
I grew up on Dwight Way and was sure I would miss the Bay Area terribly when we moved to Oregon. I do miss CA but the coffee shop and a grocery store where I knit with groups of like-minded knitters welcome us and certainly don't look down their noses at us like the author of this article does. Maybe she was poked by a needle once?
By the way, we are able to pay our bills on time and eat regularly but are not "well-heeled. It's not necessary to have lots of money to knit.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
I note with interest the comment that this posting is 3 years old, as I found it when searching for events taking place between the 26th of November, and the 4th of December, 2009. However, its age does not detract from its offensiveness.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
I invite you to try learning to knit before making asinine comparisons. Flower arranging? Really? Even the simplest scarf is a heck of a lot more work than shoving some flowers in a vase. And who the heck spackles a roof?
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
Hi All,
Thanks for your enlightening comments, which have helped draw by attention to this long-expired, three-year-old calendar listing. You get one more week to beat me up before I delete it.
Enjoy.
All best,
Rachel Swan
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
It is unfortunate that the author of this post is such a dud. Caffe Trieste must be a bit irritated that their business has now been linked with a snarly point of view and an unpleasant and off-putting dismissal of a pastime.
True enough, knitting isn't terribly flashy, and it's awfully mundane, but neither of those negate its relevance; they simply negate it to the author. It will continue to be relevant to those who take part in it. Much the same way that DIY roofing, ikebana arranging, soapmaking and yes, even macrame are relevant to those enthusiasts.
It really is too bad that the author wasn't skilled enough with satire or tongue-in-cheek to make this post funny, because all he has succeeded in doing is overtly insulting a pretty large group of people, and backhandedly doing so to several others. i have a feeling the knit night won't be very well attended.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
"Since it doesn't require as much time, patience, or dexterity as, say, making flower arrangements, spackling a roof, or cleaning your own house..."
Not to insult flower arrangers, roof spacklers (whatever that might mean) or cleaners but this is just the most ridiculous sentence I have ever read.
Has the writer of this article ever seen a piece of knitted clothing, let alone seen anyone knit anything?
Even a simple pair of fingerless mittens or a plain scarf will take several evenings for most knitters. Some intricate knitted items can take a month or more to complete. I can slap together a flower arrangement (hardly florist quality, but whatever) in about 15 minutes!
DOH!
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
That was a horrible way to be introduced to your newspaper. The misinformation in that article was amazing. I hope that you realize that this is being read all over the wold thanks to the knitting community. This is a sad commentary on the unschooled non-knitting public. I would hope this reporter gets repremanded strongly.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
As everything in life, knitting is what you make of it. Your dismissive and even hostile attitude says a lot more about you than it does about knitting and knitters.
If *you* can't be bothered to care about it more than spackling a roof (what does that even mean?), that's your issue. There are countless people out there creating works of great intricacy, creativity, and beauty. Some practical, some whimsical, some based on traditions that are hundreds of years old, some using new and innovative techniques. You certainly have no obligation to participate, but if you're going to write about it, you at least have an obligation to educate yourself first.
By the way, the phrase "Stitch & Bitch" has been around for decades longer than the book franchise. A little research goes a long way.
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
What a ridiculous article. Besides coming across as written from someone who has knitting envy coupled with mass consumption disease, it's very poorly researched. There are lots of men who knit, not just women. My boyfriend learned from me but could've learned it from his dad as easily.
In addition, knitting is an artform. Surely arts aren't seen as 'rustic'?
A quick internet search would've helped this writer immensely
I bet the poor author wears walmart socks.....
~rewselene
Re: “Caffe Trieste”
If it takes you longer to clean your house than to knit a sweater, you must have one dirty house. Just sayin'...
Re: “Art House Gallery & Cultural Center”
A GREAT PLACE TO CELEBRATE THE ARTS. Spoken Word ,Poetry ,Singer Songwriters, Acoustic Unpluged, and Great Parties