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Re: “Saturday Night Special: East Bay Open Mic”
Eat more! Drink more! Watch more TV! Procrastinate! Avoid the gym!
Resolutions are made to be broken.
That's why the theme for our January 2012 (optional) writing challenge is:
"BROKEN RESOLUTIONS."
Join us on the last Saturday of every month for an evening of literary performances with featured readers, drink specials, and an open mic. We'd love to hear your poems, stories and comedic sketches on our optional monthly theme (or any topic). As ever, there will be some ridiculous prizes to celebrate your creative efforts. Or, you can just sit back, sip the tasty beverage of your choice, and enjoy the show!
Our January features are: LJ Moore & Chanel Timmons
14 open mic slots. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes at 7:30pm when the reading starts. Each reader will have 3-5 minutes maximum.
FREE!
But bring CASH if you want to buy drinks
Hosted by Hollie Hardy & Tomas Moniz
Season 2 upcoming dates:
January 28 (featuring: LJ Moore & Chanel Timmons)
February 25 (featuring: Camille Dungy & Tess Taylor)
March 31
April 28
May 26
RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/events/28463866492…
Join our fan page, where you can also find more details and photos from past events here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saturday-Nig…
Re: “Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band”
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Re: “Diamonds in the Rough”
Cannot Wait!!!
Re: “En las Manos de las Mujeres”
This is a rare opportunity to see museum quality traditional crafts and folk art by master Mexican craftswomen, two of whom will be present at the exhibit. Don't miss it!
One correction: For more info. go to www.mexicobyhand.com or www.facebook.com/mexicobyhand or call (510) 526-6395
Re: “Shop Salvation Army Thanksgiving Weekend!”
Thanks, but I don't shop anti-gay organizations! The Salvation Army activiely opposes gay rights and believes that gay people should be celibate!
Re: “Windsurfing Lessons”
Cal Sailing Club is the best deal on the bay if you want fun, safe, cooperative windsurfing and sailing. All the teachers are volunteers, the club is a non-profit, and members fix the gear and provide free sailing Open House events and free sailing for disadvantaged youth groups in summer. Thanks to grants from the State Department of Boating and Waterways, the gear is superb--nice wide, stable windsurf boards with lightweight, easily handled sails, and modern trainer sailboats with nimble controls and forgiving handling. Plus the club has a "refugee kitchen" where hungry windsurfers and sailors gather for food and homebrew. If you just want to learn windsurfing, and want a pro to get you carving jibes fast, a windsurf program like Alameda Boardsports, ABK, or Delta Windsurf is great. But for a fun intro to windsurfing, Cal Sailing Club offers the best deal on the bay.
Re: “Win FREE Tix to the big DIY Bead & Jewelry Show!”
Just now, I learned that I have the talent for beading because I get to stimulate my creativity. Now I can make various beaded gifts to my friends and family that I can personally make and it gives them happiness. I think everyone should try to hook one bead and let us see how well you perform. I am very thankful to these kinds of websites because it really made me a good bead maker now.
Re: “Win FREE Tix to the big DIY Bead & Jewelry Show!”
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Re: “Win FREE Tix to the big DIY Bead & Jewelry Show!”
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Re: “Merrily We Roll Along”
Really enjoyable evening of local musical theatre. Live orchestra is tops. At the heart are inspired, well directed performances, and a very clever story of three friends beginning in 1976 with the action going in reverse back to 1957. Sondheim tunes are great. Poignant, sophisticated, and entertaining. Thursday, 10/20 will offer $10 rush tickets to teen (age 19 and below). In addition: Friday 10/21 and Saturday 10/22 at 7:30pm.
Re: “Merrily We Roll Along”
This is a powerful production that you won't want to miss this weekend. It is beautifully performed by young, exuberant,and extremely talented actors who burst onto the stage. I felt lucky to see this show last weekend and wanted to recommend it to people to try to catch it on the last weekend of its run. I've heard that the show on Thursday night which will offer discounted tickets for teens.
This is a great opportunity to see an amazing production of a rarely seen Sondheim musical at a great price.
Re: “Merrily We Roll Along”
I had the opportunity to see this wonderful,rarely produced Sondheim show at the Sunday matinee this past weekend. I had to recommend this event to other people because it was so incredible. There are only three more performances so I suggest you get tickets as soon as you can. This show has an exuberant and amazingly talented cast of young performers and the music is haunting and beautiful. The story is so poignant, it really makes one think about one's life as the characters move backwards in time to their youth when they were idealistic and starry eyed. A beautiful theme and a reminder to try to rememember our ideals and goals and aspirations from our youth and to live them throughout our lives.
I really recommend that you try not to miss this show!
Re: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Lots of fun. We were a little disappointed in the vocals, Riff-Raff was especially weak, but Tomas Theriot as Frank-n-Furter is a hoot, and confident enough in the role to ad-lib occasionally to good advantage. This production lacks menace, and some of the lines are not played to the best advantage, but the light-hearted quality of this production is engaging. Still too raw for the kiddies, but not as outrageous as you might expect.
Re: “Bumps & Gaps”
Hadley Williams innovative range of materiality combined with a minimalist approach form wonderful viewing experiences. She is an artist to watch!
Re: “East Bay Mini Maker Faire”
If you like the Maker Faire in San Jose, you will love this one...mini refers to the size-a more manageable area to cover but just as much fun and oh so interesting...don't miss it. I loved it even in the pouring rain last year!
Re: “Smashing Pumpkins”
I've been to the Fox Theater in Oakland many times. I've seen many, many bands in this lovely theater. I know the acoustics aren't the best but this is the worse sounding indoor show that I have ever been to.
I've also seen the Pumkins a few times, once in the Fillmore in SF and that was their last tour, they were amazing, high energy and the sound was the best that I could ever have imagined. Now think the exact opposite at the Fox. Awful sound, I couldn't even make out what Billy was singing, the bass was heavier then anything I've ever heard. It sounded like the band was stuffed inside the trunk of a old Cadillac, muffled and just plain awful sounding. The mic must have been picking up some sort of echo from the acoustics above and behind the band, it was just plain awful.
The song selection also sucked. I have listened to their latest album Teargarden By Kaleidyscope and I expected them to play their latest songs but the combination of not being able to understand the lyrics and then the terrible sound left me truly disappointed. There were maybe a handful of songs that they played from previous albums (this was yet another massive disappointment).
Truly one of the worse concerts I have ever attended. The fans left listless and humbled by the fact that a great band in a beautiful venue does not equate to a great show.
This would be a ZERO star show if it were up to me, but one star is the minimum I can give.
Re: “Diego El Cigala”
DIEGO EL CIGALA
Spanish Gypsy singer just nominated for his third Latin GRAMMY
Bay Area debut and first major North American tour
TIckets Only Available online at http://www.BayAreaFlamencoFestival.com
or by phone at (800) 838-3006
(Tickets not available through Cal Performances)
"When I listen to him, it warms my heart." - Paco De Lucia
"a conjurer of impulsiveness and abandon." - The New York Times
The Bay Area is thrilled with the news of Diego el Cigala's much anticipated debut here this Fall. Noted as a pioneer for his unique approach to Latin American music forms such as the bolero, tango and Afro-Caribbean jazz, Cigala has deep roots in the culture of Spanish Gypsy flamenco. As explained by Josh Kun in the New York Times, Cigala is able to "enter flamenco into conversations with other traditions without ever sacrificing its distinctive identity." He won his first Latin GRAMMY for Bebo & Cigala: "Lagrimas Negras," hailed by critic Ben Ratliff of The New York Times as Album of the Year and "one of the great new cross-pollinating documents of Latin music." And then he went on to win another for a more flamenco-oriented CD "Picasso en Mis Ojos" which featured guests such as the legendary Paco de Lucia and Latin jazz master Jerry Gonzalez. Returning to the bolero, his 2008 project "Dos Lagrimas" united him with giants of Cuban percussion Tata Guines and Changuito and established his ongoing collaboration with the musicians who will be appearing with him at Zellerbach: guitarist Diego del Morao, pianist Jaime Calabuch Jumitus, percussionist Sabú Porrina and Cuban bassist Yelsy Heredia. Just nominated for yet another Latin Grammy, his latest album "Cigala & Tango" marries "Spanish flamenco with the equally gritty and powerful South American tango." (The Observer, UK). "It works effortlessly," says Felix Contreras of NPR who describes it this way: "it's a cross-genre type thing. It's as if John Legend made a blue grass album and killed."
Cigala's first major North American tour will include stops in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Miami, Chicago, Detroit, Vancouver, Toronto and New York City from October 20 through November 6, 2011.
Cigala Video Clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSA3Ki8cN4o (Bebo y Cigala)
Re: “East Bay Mini Maker Faire”
This is a great event for anyone with an inquisitive mind, not just children! If you're a maker, crafter, hacker, shopper, foodie, music-lover, or just want something fun to do, this is the event for you.
Re: “Undercover Presents: Nick Drake's 'Pink Moon'”
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