Sunday, November 25, 2012

Dr Rock & Latin Rock, Inc. Presents Holiday Party Featuring Santana Members Past & Present- Alex Lightwood

Holiday Party
Sat Dec 8
Doors 7pm $18 Show 8pm $22 Door
Over 21 please

Dr Rock & Latin Rock, Inc. Presents Holiday Party Featuring Santana Members Past & Present-
Alex Lightwood
Tony Lindsay
Raul Rekow
Walfredo de los Reyes Jr
Ermonn Flynn
Ken Harrill
Myron Dove

Club Fox
Tickets   650-FOX-7770
2223 Broadway
Redwood City
CA  94063

Dharma Talk by the Nuns of Aloka Vihara

Dharma Talk by the Nuns of Aloka Vihara
On Sunday, December 2nd, Alameda Sangha will be hosting and welcoming
two Theravada Buddhist nuns from San Francisco. 7-9pm

Ayya Santacitta and Ayya Anandabodhi will speak to us on the Dharma.
These nuns practice in the traditions of the Thai Forest Monastery and offer regular opportunities
 to hear the dharma and practice at their monastaryin the Sunset District. 

They are very important in the local Bay area Theravada Buddhist world. 

For more information about their order please visit their website http://www.saranaloka.org

Buena Vista United Methodist
2311 Buena Vista Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
alamedasangha@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/alamedasangha/home




Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Don't Miss Lisa B's Holiday Concert



Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) ~ Songs for Chanukah, Christmas, and the Solstice
Saturday, December 8, 2012 from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Musically Minded Academy
5776 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 601-5700
http://www.musicallyminded.com/
 
Door general $15, students/seniors $12, advance sales available until Dec. 8:   http://musicallymindedacademy.eventbrite.com/

Featuring artists:
Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein), vocals
Ben Flint, keyboards
Fred Randolph, bass
Alan Hall, drums  
Jazz and pop singer and poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) and her Holiday Trio will perform a diverse mix of songs celebrating Chanukah, Christmas, and the Solstice at this special concert on the first night of Chanukah. The performance will feature songs from Lisa B's 2011 holiday CD, including the Jewish traditional song "Hine Ma Tov," Matisyahu's Chanukah song "Miracle," the standards "Let It Snow," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," and "Christmas Time Is Here," Donny Hathaway's soul holiday song "This Christmas," a special version of Cole Porter's "Night and Day" celebrating the Solstice, and Lisa B's new originals "Holiday in Oakland" and "The Flame." 
Here's a stream and lyrics from Reverb Nation of "Holiday in Oakland," a new anthem celebrating the great city of Oakland composed with Jim Gardiner of Pajama Studios: http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/3468815 
Singer-songwriter-poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) performs jazz, jazz-soul, and pop standards and original songs, often incorporating her unique spoken word and poetic rap. Her five CDs received radio play and charting on hundreds of trade-reporter stations and excellent reviews in All Music Guide, Jazz Times, and many other publications. 
Of Lisa’s 2011 holiday CD, critics wrote “Vibrant, diverse... courageous… [with] an energy that is enchanting” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer); “Should be playing in hipper households over the next few months. Tasty throughout” (Midwest Record); “An ambitious undertaking… Ms. Bernstein’s energy is so palpable –- you can’t help but be drawn in… highly recommended.”  – Girlsingers.org. 
Lisa B has performed 80+ gigs in the Bay Area and beyond, including the Elbo Room, Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco State, Stanford University, 2009 Harmony Festival, La Pena, Paradise Lounge, and 2nd Annual Bay Area JazzPoetry Festival. She is the author of the poetry books The Transparent Body (Wesleyan University Press) and Anorexia (Five Fingers Poetry), and her poems have appeared in 60+ anthologies and periodicals. Lisa B is a former Associate Director of the Poetry Center at SFSU and received creative writing grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, and elsewhere. She also volunteers as a poetry-writing teacher to youth in Oakland and Emeryville. (www.lisabmusic.com)
Ben Flint, pianist, performed for many years with Isaac Hayes’s band and has also performed with Ledisi, Mary Stallings, and Nicolas Bearde.  He studied at the Berklee College of Music, has a master’s degree in music from USC, and teaches at Berkeley Community College and the Jazzschool. Ben is a regular member of Lisa B’s trio and has cowritten one song with her.
Bassist Fred Randolph leads The Fred Randolph Quintet and performs with the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, Sandy Cressman’s Homenagem Brasileira, Michael Smolens’s Kriya, Bobbe Norris and Larry Dunlap, Kenny Washington, Marcos Silva, and many others. He leads the jazz program at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland.
Drummer Alan Hall has performed and/or recorded with Eddie Harris, Paul McCandless, Art Lande, Ratzo Harris, Stuart Hamm, Kai Eckhardt, Billy Childs, Kenny Werner, Rebecca Parris, Cirque du Soleil and many others. He is featured on Lisa B’s 2011 holiday CD. He teaches at Cal State University East Bay, the Jazzschool, Musically Minded Academy, and elsewhere.



Blue Planet Network Benefit and Photography Exhibit



Blue Planet Network Benefit and Photography Exhibit
Friday, December 7, 2012, 7-10pm

WixLounge San Francisco, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94110

Wix Lounge San Francisco presents a benefit for Blue Planet Network on Friday, December 7th, 2012 from 7-10pm.

Join photographers Rudi Dundas and Christine Krieg as they talk about their experiences and show their work for Blue Planet Network in rural areas of Kenya, India, Cambodia and Vietnam.  Special guest, Sabore, a traditional Masaii warrior from the Samburu region, will also be attending.

Today nearly one billion people live without access to clean water. BPN's  goal is to increase the impact of safe drinking water programs for people worldwide.

A photography exhibit of the work of Ms. Dundas and Ms. Krieg will be on display during the month of December. All prints will be available for sale.

People involved:
Meredith Nevard, Wix.com
Christine Krieg, Christine Krieg Photography
Rudi Dundas, Rudi Dundas Photography
Lisa Nash, Blue Planet Network
Silke Knebel, Blue Planet Network
Jackie Goneconti, Blue Planetwork

Websites:
blueplanetnetwork.wix.com/dec7benefit (Event announcement and RSVP)
www.blueplanetnetwork.org
www.cksworld.com
www.rudidundas.com
www.wixloungesf.com

Website
blueplanetnetwork.wix.com/dec7benefit (Event announcement and RSVP)


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