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support is invaluable & deeply appreciated. Bright
Moments!!! Avotcja “In the wind we learn …
that die hards do not die They
only echo throughout the universe …
as light” Wednesday February 24th Rondeau Records and Move Or Die Productions Celebrate the release of their newest book ”HANG MAN” by Myron Michael with James Cagney also Avotcja
& Eugene Warren (of Avotcja
& Modúpue) WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24th @ THE GRAND (right across the street from 7PM TO 9PM Free Admission (but
donations gratefully accepted) (510)922-1507 www.myronmichael.com a Cave Canem Scholarship benefit fund
event “El
halcon en el cielo no se da cuenta que los de abajo lo velan.” (The hawk in the sky does not realize that those below are watching
him) Sunday February 28th join us the 2nd &
4th Sunday of every Month THE MUSIC OF THE
WORD (LA PALABRA
MUSICAL) still in English,
Spanish, Spanglish y Lo 3:30 –
5:30PM No Cover hosted by Avotcja (Donations for flyers accepted & don’t forget to bring your Congas, Guiros, Maracas,
Panderetas etc. Always the word festival to remember! @ REBECCA's BOOKS (specializing in Ethnic Poetry) wheel chair accessible (½ block North of Sunday February 28th ODILIA GALVAN
RODRIGUEZ (Curandera
de Palabras) JAVIER ReYES (Poet/Hip Hop Theater) & PAUL FLORES (big, energetic, flavor) & you & you
& you ¡Vengan todos & tell
everyone to tell everyone! rebeccasbooks@yahoo.com or www.Avotcja.com ¡Dime con quien te
juntas, y te diré quien eres!
(Tell who you hang out with & I’ll tell you who you are!) Saturday March 6th CELEBRATING
INTERNAT’L WOMEN’S DAY (part of the Rhymes & Rhythms Series) hosted by NANCY HOM &
AVOTCJA with GENNY LIM, MYRNA
ZIALCITA, NANCY HOM, MEKLIT HADERO,
NELLIE WONG, TUREEDA MIKELL, MAMACOATL, ARLENE BIALA, AVOTCJA &
PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM SATURDAY
MARCH 6th @ THE I (doors open @ 1:30PM) 2PM – 5PM $5 to $10 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of Funds) (415)399-9580 or www.Manilatown.org (a
benefit for the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, a Non-profit organization
dedicated to preserving & fostering the
rich cultural and artistic traditions of Filipino
American community). “Music is
the foundation that my life stands on!” Avotcja
(Poet/Musician Saturday March 13th The 25th
Anniversary Empowering
Women of Color Conf. (EWOCC) “Intergenerational
Wisdom” Celebrating
Our Past, Present, & Future returns on
March 13-14, 2010 to the UC Berkeley Campus to
honor the legacy of women of color in the celebrate the
struggles of women of all ages… This
year, the nation's oldest and largest women of
color conference will focus on embracing our
collective histories, acknowledging our
impact on the present & supporting our
lifelong development across generations. The
two-day conference will be dedicated to issues affecting
women at every stage of their lives with
workshops, speakers, panels, performances, networking,
and vendors of interest to all age groups, and live
performances including See.Think.Dance., Aguacero, spoken
word, and muraling. SATURDAY MARCH 13th 9:30AM - 5:30PM (conference
opens with members of The Bay Area Blues Society’s Hall Of
Fame Jazz Group Of
The Year AVOTCJA & MODÚPUE) AVOTCJA (Poet/Musician) SANDI POINDEXTER (Violin) & (Koto Master) SHIRLEY
KAZUYO MURAMOTO SUNDAY MARCH 14th 9:30AM -
2:30PM Conference is in the The Martin
Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Student Union Building on the U.C. (MLK is located on the northwest
corner of the intersection of Admission
to the conference includes access to all workshops, speakers, breakfast, lunch
and snacks, and live performances. Online
registration available: www.ewocc.berkeley.edu On-site registration will also be available at the
conference. For
disability accommodation requests and information please visit: “Karma is a woman,
....... and she's always pregnant!” Avotcja-Poet/Musician Saturday March 13th THE 2nd SATURDAY POETRY & PROSE
READING SERIES hosted by Jeanne Lupton featuring JULIA VINOGRAD & AVOTCJA OPEN MIC to follow 7PM – 9PM No Cover (but
Donations are appreciated) @ THE For The Arts (a couple of blocks west of GrAnd) www.frankbettecenter.org
or www.Avotcja.com “¡Hay Campo
y Espacio para tod@s
en la arca de la Poesia!” (“There’s
room for
everyone on the ark of Poetry!”) Arnoldo
Garcia-Poeta Sundays March 14th & 28th join us the 2nd &
4th Sunday of every Month THE MUSIC OF THE
WORD (LA PALABRA
MUSICAL) still in English,
Spanish, Spanglish y Lo 3:30 –
5:30PM No Cover hosted by Avotcja (Donations for flyers accepted & don’t forget to bring your Congas, Guiros, Maracas,
Panderetas etc. Always the word festival to remember! @ REBECCA's BOOKS (specializing in Ethnic Poetry) wheel chair accessible (½ block North of Sunday March 14th 3:30PM – 6:30PM A Celebration of Women & The Word MAMACOATL (La Border Crossing Diosa) GENNY LIM (Poet/Playwright/Performer) EKUA OMOSUPE
(dynamic Word Witch) LESLIE SIMON (Poet/Women’s Studies S.F.C.C.) ARLENE BIALA (Poet/Educator) KAYLAH MARIN (Singer/Songwriter/Poet) SANDRA GARCIA
RIVERA (Boricua Poet Chanteuse) & PHAVIA
KUJICHAGULIA (Poet/Musician) Sunday March 28th MILTA ORTIZ (Poet/Dramatist) & FRANK
WILLIAMS
(The Chairman of Spoken
WordT) & you & you
& you ¡Vengan todos &
tell everyone to tell everyone! rebeccasbooks@yahoo.com or www.Avotcja.com “The less we have to carry, the
higher we can climb" an old
Berber parable Sunday March 21st COLORED GIRLS featuring the
Spoken Word & Poetry of CHINAKA HODGE NANCY HOM AVOTCJA CLARA HSU Sunday March 21st 3:30 – 5:30PM
$5-$10 Donation hosted by Tureeda Mikell @ JOYCE GORDON
GALLERY wheel chair accessible (1 block east of the tell the
world! www.joycegordongallery.com or www.Avotcja.com "You
just can't lose with the Blues!" Jazz Legend Dizzy Gillespie Sunday March 28th join us the 2nd &
4th Sunday of every Month THE BLUES HALL OF
FAME @ THE AIRPORT HILTON (IN THE GRAND
BALLROOM) hosted by THE BAY AREA BLUES
SOCIETY This years show will induct notables such as: SHEILA E,
CAL TJADER, CORNELIUS
"SNOOKY" FLOWERS, JANIS
JOPLIN, LONNIE HEWITT, RUSSELL
CITY COUNTRY CLUB, CURTIS
MOORE, HERBERT MIMS Jr., AUGUSTA LEE
COLLINS, JOHNNY
MORRIS (aka) RONNIE DARK (KDIA &
KSOL), & more to be announced... SUNDAY
MARCH 28th 2010 THE BLUES HALL OF
FAME @ THE AIRPORT HILTON
HOTEL (IN THE GRAND
BALLROOM) wheel chair accessible hipwayblues@hotmail.com or www.bayareabluessociety.net 6PM – 10PM Tickets:
$30 in advance or $35 @ the door ¡Camaron que se duerme, se
lo lleva la corriente! The shrimp that sleeps gets carried away by the current! ( |