Listen & Be Heard Network Arts News

EPICUREANS ENJOY FREE GOURMET TASTINGS AT BERKELEY REP
Culinary artisans offer the audience free samples of champagne, cognac, sushi, and more

(l to r) Lance Gardner and Shoresh Alaudini star in the world premiere of Itamar Moses’ Yellowjackets at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Photo courtesy of kevinberne.com

These events are only appetizers for a seven-course banquet of shows. The 2008/09 Season brings brilliant artists back to Berkeley Rep’s stage and provides proof of the Theatre’s commitment to commission 50 new plays by 2013. The season takes flight when Artistic Director Tony Taccone directs the world premiere of Yellowjackets, an incisive new play penned by Berkeley native Itamar Moses. The next five shows: Delroy Lindo stages August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone; Mary Zimmerman presents an adaptation of The Arabian Nights; Associate Artistic Director Les Waters reunites with Sarah Ruhl for the world premiere of In the Next Room (or the vibrator play); former Artistic Director Sharon Ott returns to direct Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment; and Waters tackles Martin McDonagh again with The Lieutenant of Inishmore. The season concludes with a second show from Ott: the world premiere of You, Nero by Amy Freed.

Tastings are free with a ticket to that evening’s performance. Seats start at $27, and discounts are available for seniors, students, and anyone under 30 years of age. Berkeley Rep is located on Addison Street in downtown Berkeley. To attend a show, contact the box office at 510.647.2949, 888-4-BRT-tix (toll-free), or berkeleyrep.org.

QUILOMBO COUNTRY
New Documentary about Black Rebel Villages of Brazil,
In Debut Run at the Pioneer Theater in NYC, September 19-25, 2008
– Narrated by Public Enemy’s Chuck D

Children on way to school. Varre Vento, Trombetas.

“Quilombo Country,” the award-winning documentary about Brazilian villages founded by escaped and rebel slaves, will have its premiere theatrical run at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater from Friday, September 19th to Thursday,September 25th every evening at 7 pm. The film is narrated by Chuck D, poet, media commentator and leader of the hip hop band Public Enemy. The Pioneer Theater is located in the heart of New York City’s East Village at 155 East 3rd Street near Avenue A. The film’s creator, writer-director Leonard Abrams, will take questions after the Friday and Saturday screenings. Seating is limited. Go to http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer. Student discounts apply.

If you can’t make it to New York, find out how to see the film at http://www.quilombocountry.com. Journalists and
educators may write to leonard AT quilombofilm DOT com or call 212-260-7540 to receive a copy for review for publication or possible institutional purchase.

The Little Dog Laughed

Patrick Alparone and Kurt Johnson in The Little Dog Laughed

Nominated for a Tony Award for best play of 2007, The Little Dog Laughed centers around an actor Mitchell, his acerbic agent Diane and a hustler named Alex. Diane steps in control when she realizes her client is in the closet and tries to preserve his image in the public’s eye to protect his career and her paycheck.

B Street Theatre’s “B3 Series”
Tuesdays - Fridays @ 7pm, Saturdays @ 8pm, Matinees: Sundays @ 1pm (8/31 and 9/7 only), Thursdays @ 2pm (9/4, 9/18 and 9/25 only.)

B Street Theatre Box Office 2711 B Street Sacramento, CA 95816 (916) 443-5300

New Play Festival

The Centre Stage New Play Festival receives hundreds of scripts throughout the year submitted by playwrights from around the country and abroad. Four finalists have been chosen to be presented in readers’ theater format during this year’s festival. The 2008 NPF Playwright-in-Residence will be Arlene Hutton. Her newest work, Letters to Sala, will be read (featuring Shirley Sarlin.) Talkback sessions for the four festival finalists will take place immediately following the readings, making the festival a rare opportunity for playgoers to participate in the creative process that will culminate in a full production of the play chosen as festival winner.

The Centre Stage
September 8-12, 2008. Readings will be held at 7 pm each evening. FREE.
501 River Street, Greenville, SC. (877) 377-1339

Listen & Be Heard Network at BlogTalkRadio.com
The Storyteller, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 8pm PST
Storytelling is the ancient art of drama, without special effects, without a director, with just one actor who plays everyone. Storytelling is the simplest way to command attention from all ages and kinds who speak the same language and have the same desire to know how the story ends.

Listen & Be Heard Arts Networking, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 8pm PST
A time for arts professionals of all kinds to discuss issues facing all of us, and ways to create creative prosperity.

Listen & Be Heard Poetry Open Mic, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 8pm PST
Hosted by Martha Cinader Mims, there will be two rounds of open mic, the lightning round and the spotlight round.

WBAI Radio, NY - Underground Railroad - Jay Smooth
Sat./Sun., midnight-2:00 am EST. Host: Jay Smooth Website: www.hiphopmusic.comThe Underground Railroad radio show delivers the finest in Hip Hop music and culture every Saturday night at midnight. Jay Smooth founded the Railroad in 1991 and soon became known as the first DJ on Radio to explore mixing classic jazz cuts with the latest underground Hip Hop.

KPFA Radio, CA Transitions On Traditions
On the Air Mondays at 8:00pm, PST
Jazz, Blues, Spoken Word, and then some. With Greg Bridges.

NoBoarders Poetry Radio at Live365.com - Various Times
Linda DiFeterici, Founder & President of DiFeterici-Roach, Inc–She is a poet, poet activist & producer of several poetry readings, poetry slams & festivals in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. Linda founded Eadon’s Place internet poetry broadcast in Nov 2005, which was renamed NoBoarders Poetry Radio and re-launched July 9, 2008. She initiated and organized the Mid-Atlantic Poetry & SpokenWord Festival from 2004-2006 and Southern New Jersey Poetry Slam. Her cd “Husbands, Lovers & Significant Others”, was released in 2004 DiFeterici-Roach, Inc, a corporation for the arts, serves the artistic and practical needs of poets and independent artists through various media and programs.

KUNM Radio, NM - All that Jazz

Mondays-Fridays 12:10pm-1:30pm, local music Jazz by and for the people. Request line: 505-277-5615

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 from 8-9:30pm PST. Listen & Be Heard will host its first BlogTalkRadio.com internet radio show with an open mic. 

There will be three rounds of open mic. The lightning round (30 seconds) and spotlight round (five minutes) will feature four designated poets who signed the open mic list ahead of time at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe. The third round will be for poets who are listening to call in and share one poem. Hosted by Martha Cinader Mims.

Scheduled to be featured on the 19th are Alicia Jones, Don Hagelberg, Adam Gottschalk and DDE. [Read more →]

I did a little websurfing to find some interesting poetry videos to get you started looking for stuff you might not have thought was out there. Embedded below is a little video I was featured in awhile back, with pieces of poems from my cd. The links below this video all lead to videos which may take a little while to load. Be patient! I wouldn’t lead you astray. Next week I’ll be on vacation, so look for a new editor’s picks column on August 20, 2008. In the meantime please share your favorite poetry video links in the comments box below! [Read more →]

 DanceBrazil
Max Pollak and RumbaTap
Friday, August 01, 2008
From 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage

Petaluma Summer Music Festival

Summer Music Festival- Cinnabar Theater - Sonoma County Theater, North Bay, Petaluma, presents Drama, Opera, Musical.

Dayna Stephens will appear at the San Jose Jazz Festival on Saturday, August 9, at 6pm.

We’re offering a $20,000 Grand Prize for the best new and creative short video that reflects the American Muslim experience. Everyone in the U.S. is invited to compete, regardless of race or religion, so grab a camera, pick an assignment, read our online tips, and get filming.
http://www.linktv.org/onenation

Culture Unplugged Studios will be launching ‘Green Unplugged’ - the festival where we unite to share our voices, not only as film-makers but culture-makers. The festival will facilitate contemplation, connection & celebration of life, culture & nature through cinema. We invite your green & socially conscious films that bring to light nature’s demand to wake us to our future - an integrated individual and the human society. Share stories that reveal where we come from, our collective journey leading to our present and contemplating the path beyond.
www.cultureunplugged.com
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Celebrating Independent Book Publishers

Field of Wanting
By Wanda Phipps · Paperback: 75 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] (2008)· ISBN: 1-934289-04-3
Wanda will be appearing at The Living Theatre in NYC on July 28th. For more
information check out her website: www.mindhoney.com and
www.blazevox.org.

PELICAN DREAMING: POEMS 1959-2008
Poems by Mark Young
Selected and with an Introduction by Thomas Fink
ISBN: 978-0-9794119-5-3
412 pages
Price: $24.00
Release Date: 2008
Distributors: Meritage Press and Lulu at http://www.lulu.com/content/1955266
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