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SUMMER NIGHTS AT MOCA 2001
Dedicated to Billy Higgins (1936-2001) whose contributions to jazz and Los
Angeles
will not be forgotten.





Each week combines outstanding live jazz and art to create one of the city's
coolest vibes. There's no mix like it in town.



Free each Thursday from 5 -8 PM
Galleries open until 9 PM
Wine, Microbrews and Barbecue
Info call: 213.633.5334







MOCA at the Geffen Contemporary (152 N. Central Ave, Little Tokyo)



6/14 - Les McCann
Famed "groove man" delivers his signature back-to-the-roots jazz
Emceed by James Janisse

6/21 - Isaac Smith Big Band
Exciting 18-piece big band features some of L.A.'s top young musicians
Emceed by Leroy Downs

6/28 - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
Multi-talented Ghanaian plays a unique blend of African percussion and
American Jazz
Emceed by James Janisse

7/5 - Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Sultry chanteuse and her eight-piece band serves up the best in swing and
jump blues
Emceed by Scott Yanov

7/12 - Dr. Art Davis
A musical journey through all the idioms of jazz with this legendary bass
player
Emceed by James Janisse

7/19 - Poncho Sanchez
Infectious Latin jazz by the great conguero and bandleader
Emceed by Jose Rizo

7/26 - Ralph Irizarry and Timbalaye
The L.A. debut of this internationally celebrated ensemble famous for its mix
of gospel, Afro-Rican plena, and calypso-accented Latin funk
Emceed by Jose Rizo



MOCA at California Plaza (250 S. Grand Ave, Downtown LA)



8/2 - Eric Alexander
Mixing hard-bop jazz with the sounds of swing
Emceed by Leroy Downs

8/9 - Papo Vazquez
Celebrated trombonist fuses Afro-Caribbean rhythms with elements of
progressive jazz
Emceed by Jose Rizo

8/16 - Mose Alison
World-renowned songwriter, singer and pianist creates elegant jazz and blues
Emceed by Leroy Downs

8/23 - Bobby Watson
One of the great alto saxophonists plays swing, hard bop, and free jazz
Emceed by James Janisse

8/30 - Paolo Fresu
Award winning, straight-ahead jazz by this Italian trumpeter
Emceed by Leroy Downs

9/6 - Larry Nash Symphonic Orquestra
Talented jazz pianist leads an all-star local band through bop tunes and
ballads
Emceed by James Janisse

9/13 - Dwight Trible Quintet
Jazz vocalist combines the best of vocal virtuosity with musicianship and
improv
Emceed by Leroy Downs



Creative Producer: Dennis Sullivan
Produced by Community Arts Resources (CARS) in association with MOCA
House Engineer: JPM Audio

Tonight.

2 shows:

urban funk wednesdays 7 - 9 pm (pacific)
the OG eclectic broadcast wih DJ Dov Viramontes
spinning a live eclectic mix of music you won't hear
anywhere else.

feed your head wednesdays 9 - 11 pm (pacific)
A bizaree mixture of music, spoken word and genre
defying sets of sound from DJ and Los Angeles spoken
word artist Rick Lupert


To listen:

click on 'listen'

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Ney Nava Dance Theatre, directed by Shida Pegahi
Contemporary, classical & mystical Persian dance
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Adam and Laila del Monte with John Bilezikjian & Guests
"El Azahar," new flamenco/Middle Eastern/jazz fusion

A concert for Levantine Center, a new paradigm for
Middle Eastern/Mediterannean cultures and coexistence.

Saturday, June 23, 8 pm, Wilshire Ebell Theater
4401 W. 8th St., Los Angeles CA 90005

Tickets $25, $35 and $100 VIP (includes special gifts and best seating)
Call 323/650-3157.

To learn more about the artists and the venue, with seating chart, visit

Fire in the Library; Fires in Your Mind
An ongoing series of dialogic artworks created by Eugenia Butler

Seeing the W(Hole)
The Architecture of Collective Vision
What Can We See?

Architect Michael Rotondi, poet-historian D. J. Waldie,
artist-activist Karen Atkinson, Buddhist scholar Mokusen Miyuki,
and special guests Natalie Bookchin,Vincent Johnson and Magu Lujan

join Eugenia Butler for a playful conversation about big ideas.

June 16 at 2pm in the Mark Taper Auditorium
Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library
630 West 5th Street
For reservations please call 213 228 7025
free admission with reservation
parking $1 with library card


A part of Side Street Projects鈥� 6掳 Triennial
Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Public Library
and the California Council for the Humanities

Side Street Projects
400 South Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-620-8895
sidest@...

Greetings Acoustic Music Fans:

This Saturday night is a special Listening Room concert at another cozy venue, The Catalyst, on the grounds of Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. This is a first time inclusion of the Listening Room concept into The Methodfest Independent Film Festival, more information on which can be found at

I hope you can join us for this special show, where each of the artists will play full 35 minute sets. As always, please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think might enjoy the show. They can get on this list simply by sending the message "Add Me/SoCal" to mail@...

Sincerely,

Brett

**
'Brett Perkins Presents'

'A Listening Room Concert Series'
=Special Event=
The Catalyst Coffee House
130 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA
(South off Walnut/One block east of Los Robles - Free Street Parking)

Acoustic Evenings Of Local,National,International Performing Songwriters

**SATURDAY, JUNE 16TH****

Bright Blue Gorilla


Kathrin Shorr


Dogwood Moon


Tim Burlingame


Jamie Green


Musical host BRETT PERKINS


Showtime: 9:00pm-12:00 midnight. Tickets $10.at the door, all ages. Cash or checks accepted. **

=SEASON TICKETS LIMITED TIME OFFER=

Season Tickets for the Fremont Centre Theatre series are available at only $60. per twelve tickets, (that's 50% of the door price!) which are transferable and can be used in any combination. To order by credit card, call the Fremont Theatre at 626/441-5977. By check or money order, mail to Brett Perkins Presents 1441 Huntington Drive, PMB 1950, South Pasadena, CA 91030.

=PROGRAM ADVERTISING=

Advertising is also available in our monthly printed programs, distributed throughout the area at music and culture venues and at performances. For further information, simply respond to this email with an 'Advertising Information Requested' message.

**SPECIAL Business Card rate of only $200. for a full years placement**
(One Set Of Season Tickets Included With Advertising Purchase)

Help us continue to bring this level of quality art into the community by becoming a season ticket holder and/or program advertiser. **
MISSION

The concept behind the Listening Room Concert Series is to provide both
listener and performer with an intimate, receptive environment where the
intricacies of song and performance can be best experienced.

**
UPCOMING SHOWS

7/9 FREMONT CENTRE THEATRE w/ Byron Wall (L.A.), Jeff Gold (L.A.), Puppets Of Castro (L.A.), Border Radio (Altadena), Nicola Gordon (Santa Barbara), John M. (L.A.), Gilli Moon (L.A.). Musical host Brett Perkins.

8/6 FREMONT CENTRE THEATRE w/ Kate Bennett, Jennifer Terran(Santa Barbara), Tor (L.A.), Maya Rides Away (SF), Deborah Gee (L.A.). Musical host David Zink.

8/8 THE COACHHOUSE LISTENING ROOM SPECIAL EVENT w/ Rosie Flores, everything divine, Mark Davis, Warren Sellers, David Zink, Bright Blue Gorilla.
**
Over 1000 performing songwriters from eight countries have appeared so far on Brett Perkins' produced Listening Room concert events including the Southern California Fremont Theatre and Coachhouse series, the Denmark series, now in it's fourth season, and in special presentations in a number of other cities Bergen, Cannes, Hong Kong, London, Toronto and Washington DC.

These evenings provide the audience with the opportunity to discover bright, new voices on the rise in the performing songwriting community, coupled with seasoned veterans of the trade from throughout the world.

Past performers of note on songwriter concerts produced by Brett Perkins include legendary songwriters Burt Bacharach, Jeff Barry, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Leiber & Stoller and Gamble & Huff among others during the NAS years, along with more recent rising voices like Dan Bern, Jonatha Brooke, Lisa Loeb, Ellis Paul, Martin Sexton, Ron Sexsmith, Juliet Turner and Dar Williams.

**
The Listening Room Concert Series is sponsored in part by Busters Coffee, The Bookhouse,Magazines Etc., Enas Cassettes, Performing Songwriter Magazine(), Pedrini Music
(), Pro Printing, NMPA (),North American Folk Alliance (), Songlink (), TAXI () and Trader Joes, South Pasadena.
**
Artists wishing to be considered for the Listening Room Series can send a cassette or CD to:

BPP 1441 Huntington Dr., PMB 1950, South Pasadena, CA 91030

Performers are selected based on a subjective assessment of the developmental level of their writing, as well as overall artistic presence. Follow up by email is recommended six to eight weeks after sending a package.
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earjam II


what: EARJAM II
an all-star two night music and sound performance
festival featuring 25 LA solo artists and groups.

when: Friday June 22, 2001 8-11 pm
Saturday June 23, 2001. 8-12 Midnight

where: Side Street LIVE
425 S. Main St. 2nd floor, downtown L.A.
TICKETS: $10/ per night; $18 for both nights,
$7/per night students.
Reservations recommended.
Call (213) 620-8895.
Parking ($3) available in the building at 425 S. Main St.

This year EARJAM II will be jumpin and jammin with some of last
year鈥檚 most earbending artists joined by a whole new crop of equally
stimulating music and performance innovators. 25 soloists and groups
will be featured in two very different evenings.

Be prepared to sample the sounds of LA鈥檚 leading aural innovators --
from free jazz to experimental funk, from microtonal ambiences to
world beat rhythms, from accoustic/ electronic hybrids, to hand-made
instruments to computer-driven wireless ones, from classically-based
vocals to out-of-this world vocalese. Hear the latest work from some
of your favorites, those whose work is well-known, and others you
have never encountered before. And most of all -- the surprises that
happen when they jam together.

Friday night will focus on bands, performative groups, and vocalists,
with Non Credo (Joe Berardi & Kira Vollman), Ulysses Jenkins鈥�
OtherVisions Band, The Emily Hay Collective (Michael Intriere, Emily
Hay, BradDutz, and Sara Schoenbeck), Anna Homler and Steuart Liebig,
Josie Roth, The Dark Bob & Carey Fosse, Vanessa Paloma, International
Metal Supply (Jean Pierre Bedoyan & Paul Cutler), Scot Ray & Michael
Vlatkovich, Andrew Bucksbarg, Julie Adler, and Linda Albertano.


Saturday night will emphasize soloists, duets, accoustic
instrumentals, improvization, and big group jams with David Ornette
Cherry with Stephen 'Breeze' Smith, Vinny Golia, Bruce Fowler, Jim
McAuley, Mike Fink, Lynn Johnston鈥檚 Double Duo ( Peter Chan, Noah
Phillips, Jeremy Drake), Ron George, Ellen Burr, Sara Schoenbeck &
Harris Eisenstadt, Fawntice McCain, Susan Rawcliffe, Nina Sun
Eidsheim & Ronit Kirchman, Petra Haden and George Sarah.

EARJAM is being produced by sound, performance and visual artist
Jacki Apple, the former producer/host of the Soundings radio show and
composer/ performer/artist Julie Adler in collaboration with American
Composers Forum- L.A. Chapter.


****
Tune in to KXLU 88.9 June 20th from 9-10 pm with Emily Hay, Jacki
Apple & Julie Adler promoting EARJAM!
****
And we're LA Weekly's Pick of the Week in the June 21st issue!




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<< Hey folks, it's us here at Visual Communications, letting you know what
screening events we have in store for you this month. Did we tell you that
Visual Communications' annual summer fundraiser, CHILIVISIONS, returns for
its 14th year on Saturday, August 25 at the JACCC Plaza and Japan America
Theatre? Well now you know (and yes, the date was changed from August 18, so
note the new date!!!) Look out for a program line-up coming real soon!.

And also, watch for info on a new edition of PINOY VISIONS we will be
curating as part of the 10th Anniversary edition of the Festival of
Philippine Arts & Culture, Sept. 8 and 9, 2001 at San Pedro's scenic Point
Fermin. If all goes well, we'll announce the program line-up in early August.

Hey, we're working with a couple of community organizations to bring a
screening of Marilou Diaz-Abaya's epic JOSE RIZAL to the L.A. area on
Tuesday, June 19; see the factsheet below. Please print out and read
offline; or feel free to pass along to all your online friends. And if you
missed the film the first time it came to town, this is a great opportunity
to see an award-winning work by one of the Philippines' acknowledged masters
of cinema. Hope to see you there!

That's it for now. We apologize for any dupes, as we know some of you may be
on multiple lists servs. See ya all next time! >>


Visual Communications and KULTURA Philippine Folk Arts
in cooperation with the Alex Film Society
Presents a special screening of Marilou Diaz-Abaya's

JOSE RIZAL
Starring Cesar Montano, Jaime Fabregas, Joel Torre, Gardo Versoza, Gloria
Diaz, Pen Medina, Monique Wilson

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 Showtime 7:00 p.m.
Alex Theatre
216 North Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA 91203
(One block north of Broadway, near Glendale Galleria)

Tickets: $12.50 General; $7.50 Children and Seniors
Charge by Phone 800 233 3123; program info: 626 796 1690 or www.kultura.org
Proceeds to support the
Philippine Heritage Month/Glendale Free Community Events Series

Unquestionably the most anticipated film in the history of cinema in the
Philippines, JOSE RIZAL is the most successful Filipino film ever, as well as
the most expensive Filipino film ever made. The film swept seventeen out of
eighteen awards at the 1999 Metro Manila Film Festival. Most significantly
however, JOSE RIZAL has touched the hearts and minds of the Filipino people
and has renewed interest in this national hero as well as reviving a sense of
pride in those who see it. Jose Rizal (1861-1896), Philippine nationalist
and martyr, pride of the Malayan race, was a versatile genius. He was a poet
and patriot, novelist, painter, sculptor, linguist, physician, opthalmic
surgeon, educator, ethnologist, naturalist, economist, engineer and
theologian. He was an expert swordsman and a good shot. Having studied and
traveled extensively in Europe, America and Asia, he mastered 22 languages
including Latin, Spanish, German, English, French, Chinese, Japanese,
Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Russian, Tagalog and other native dialects.
The contemporary of Tagore and Sun Yat-sen, and the forerunner of Ghandi, he
died before a Spanish firing squad, aged 35, for rebellion and sedition, and
for inciting the Philippine Revolution of 1896-98, the earliest national
uprising against a colonial power in Asia. JOSE RIZAL is the most
spectacular and controversial Philippine film epic made to date. It was
released in Manila in June 1998, the Centennial of Philippine Independence.

This screening has been made possible courtesy of GMA Films/Philippines

CalArts, an institution of higher learning recognized as a national and
international leader in art, dance, film/video, music, theater, and
critical studies education, seeks an experienced and successful
writer/editor to join its Advancement and External Affairs team. The
Institute Editor reports to the Communications Director and is responsible
for writing and editing high-quality print and electronic publications that
advance the mission and visibility of CalArts.

BACKGROUND
Now 30 years old, CalArts is a community where creativity and vision are
nurtured by accomplished artists in an atmosphere unrestrained by
traditional boundaries--where borders are meant to be crossed, where
students are re-imagining the future of the arts and exploring dimensions
that have never been considered, and where faculty are not only teachers
and artists but also mentors and colleagues across disciplines. Its six
schools have never been stronger, with enrollments and selectivity at
all-time highs, and strong commitments from all Deans to build upon this
excellence toward even greater accomplishments.

The next several years will mark the opening of the Roy and Edna
Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) in downtown Los Angeles鈥� Walt Disney
Concert Hall complex in 2003 as well as the launching of one of the most
ambitious arts school fundraising effort in the country. The Institute
Editor will play a crucial role in these activities by helping to position
CalArts as one of the leading arts schools in the country and as a major
player in the cultural fabric of Southern California through outstanding
printed and electronic publications, including the website, a semi-annual
magazine, a bimonthly calendar, press releases, brochures, and campaign and
presidential communications, among others.

RESPONSIBILITIES
路 Supervising the content, appearance and timely production of a
semi-annual magazine and companion bi-monthly calendar.
路 Writing endowment campaign communications, as assigned.
路 Writing presidential communications, as assigned.
路 Ensuring the editorial integrity of all Advancement and External Affairs
printed and electronic communications.
路 Assigning and managing free-lance writers.
路 Writing accurate and timely press releases in accepted journalistic formats.
路 Identifying noteworthy developments among the faculty or within programs
suitable for press releases or other promotion.
路 Copy editing, rewriting and proofing Advancement and External Affairs
print and electronic publications, as assigned.
路 Advertising and other promotional copywriting, as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS
路 Excellent written and verbal communications skills and experience.
路 Proven track record of publishable work.
路 Excellent proofreading skills and attention to detail.
路 Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and successfully.
路 Ability to generate accurate and creative copy on short deadlines.
路 Ability to work successfully with outside contractors.
路 Interest in and knowledge of contemporary art.
路 Ability to work independently and set priorities that advance CalArts鈥�
mission and visibility.
路 Ability to work cooperatively with other individuals and departments to
achieve institutional goals.
路 Flexibility, initiative and self motivation.
路 B.A. in an art discipline, journalism, English or related field; advanced
degree preferred.

COMPENSATION
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience, and a comprehensive
benefits package will be provided.

SEND LETTER OF INTRODUCTION AND RESUME TO:
Sherrill W. Britton
Assistant Vice President
Advancement and External Affairs
CalArts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355-2397
(661) 253-7883


For more information on CalArts, please visit the web site at
<>

CalArts, an institution of higher learning recognized as a leader in art,
dance, film/video, music, theater, and critical studies education, seeks a
successful fundraising professional to lead the corporate and foundation
giving program within the context of one of the most ambitious arts school
fundraising efforts in the country. This new position reports to the
Associate Vice President for Advancement and supervises six staff,
including a team of writers.

Now 30 years old, CalArts is a community where creativity and vision are
nurtured by accomplished artists in an atmosphere unrestrained by
traditional boundaries 戮 where borders are meant to be crossed, where
students are re-imagining the future of the arts and exploring dimensions
that have never been considered. In 2003, the Institute will open, in
downtown Los Angeles鈥� Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, the Roy and Edna
Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), a flexible performance space and art
gallery that promises to be an internationally important venue for the kind
of pioneering artmaking for which CalArts has always been known.

The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of progressively responsible
corporate and foundation experience, preferably in a cultural or
educational institution; knowledge of local, regional, and national
corporate and foundation communities; and superior analytical, writing,
editing, and organizational skills. Campaign experience is preferred.
Salary commensurate experience and a comprehensive benefits package will be
provided.

Position available September 1st. Letter and resume to: Sherrill W.
Britton, Assistant Vice President, CalArts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia,
CA 91355-2397
<>

Due to long-term systemic financial pressures, the Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center has laid of several staffers, the last
"hireds". I've been the development director since September, recruited
and supported by funding from Working Capital Fund. It seems much too
short a tenure.

My background of over 30 years in marketing communications has for the
past decade been focused on the arts and culture. My resume also includes
some 10 years at KCRW where I was founding proudcer of not only the
Summerday Gourmet Festival and Rare Wine Auction, but also the exec prod.
of two literary series of contemporary short stories from Japan and Korea.
I have worked on many projects as well as on staff including the 1990 LA
Festival for which I was publicity director. For a copy of my complete
resume via e mail, please write or call.

Your tangible help will be rewarded by a Japanese tea ceremony given in
your honor by yours truly. (For real!)

Thanks

Lauren W. Deutsch
835 S. Lucerne Blvd., # 103
Los Angeles CA 90005
Pho: 323 930-2587
e lwdeutsch@...

through June 22:
Director of Development
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
244 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles Ca 90012
Tel: 213 628-2725
Fax: 213 617-8576
EMail: deutsch@...

Hi all,
Last year's inaugural L.A. Blues4U Festival was a lot of fun -- great music,
great food, and great people. This year's concert will take place on Sunday,
July 1, and ... well, for starters, the headliner is the incomparable Mavis
Staples! Bring your low-back beach chairs, relax and celebrate the July 4th
holiday a few days early with friends and family outdoors on the All-Purpose
Field at Cal State L.A. It's no problem to get to from anywhere in the L.A.
area, parking is easy, and if you like blues, you will have a terrific time!
(See below for full details.)
Best Regards,
Adele Field
Luckman Fine Arts Complex
(323) 343-6616

L.A. BLUES4U FESTIVAL 2001
Los Angeles - On Sunday, July 1, blues fans will welcome the 2nd L.A.
BLUES4U FESTIVAL, headlining popular Gospel/R&B vocalist Mavis Staples, and
featuring Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, Floyd Dixon and Finis Tasby.
Produced by Bubba Radio and Music Productions and the Luckman Fine Arts
Complex, in association with the Southern California Blues Society, the
event will take place on the All Purpose Field at Cal State L.A. Gates open
at 9:30 a.m. and the show starts at 11:00 a.m.

About the Artists
Vocalist Mavis Staples, lead singer with Staple Singers family band, is a
1999 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Over the years the
Staples Singers have had many top 40 hits, including "I'll Take You There,"
"Respect Yourself," and "Reach Out, Take My Hand." Mavis' masterfully
phrased vocals have given her one of the most recognizable voices in the
world.

Blues harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite initially made his mark leading
electric bands in Chicago and San Francisco, and his reputation has now
spread far and wide. The late Big Joe Williams once referred to Musselwhite
as "one of the greatest living harp players of country blues."

Coco Montoya started his musical career as drummer and switched to guitar.
After stints with Albert Collins and John Mayall, he has established himself
as one of the most electrifying guitarists/vocalists on the scene today. His
1995 album, "Gotta Mind to Travel," received a Handy Award for Best New
Artist - an impressive debut for Montoya. Since then he has become a
crowd-pleasing favorite on the blues festival and club circuit.

Originally from Marshall, Texas, blues legend/songwriter Floyd Dixon is a
major stylist in the piano blues, R&B, jump blues, and the West Coast blues
style originated in Los Angeles' own Central Avenue. Dixon's songs such as
"Hey Bartender," "Call Operator 210," and "Tired Broke and Busted" have
become modern-day blues classics. "Hey Bartender" was performed in the first
Blues Brothers film.

Another Texan, Finis Tasby has had a long, successful career on the blues
circuit. At one time he played and sang backup for Z.Z. Hill, and his band
backed up Clarence Carter, Lowell Fulson and Freddy King on a Texas and
Oklahoma tour. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1973, Tasby has been rocking
the local area with his down home vocals and rollicking band.

WHAT: L.A. BLUES4U FESTIVAL 2001, produced by Bubba Radio and Music
Productions and the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, in association with the
Southern
California Blues Society.

WHO: Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, Coco Montoya, Floyd Dixon, Finis
Tasby

WHEN: Sunday, July 1, 2001, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: All-Purpose Field, California State University, Los Angeles 5151
State University Dr., Los Angeles. Centrally located and accessible
from all freeways, at the intersection of the 10 & 710.

TICKETS: Festival seating. $25 through June 16, $28 after June 16,
and at the gate. Tickets available through the Luckman Box Office, (323)
343-6600; TicketMaster, (213) 365-3500, or www.ticketmaster.com.

INFO: (323) 343-6600, lablues4u@...

The sixth annual Echo Park Arts Festival is seeking neighborhood artists,
writers and musicians interested in participating in the weekend arts event
on Oct. 13-14.
This year's festival will feature four separate programs for visual
artists--including a venue for folk craft and outdoor art installations--as
well as a studio tour, musical performances and poetry readings. A ''chat
book'' will also be published featuring the work of neighborhood authors.
Space will also be available for Eastside artisans to sell their
handmade or designed gift items and artwork.
The deadline to submit applications is July 15 There is a $10 admission
fee.
Preference is given to artists who live or work in Echo Park.
A copy of the application is available online at www.EchoParkArts.org
Applications can also be picked up at the Echo Park Avenue galleries,
1500 block of Echo Park Avenue; Bookbound, 1545 Echo Park Ave.; Labor Fruit
& the Downbeat Cafe in the Alvarado Arts Building, 1200 N. Alvarado; and
other neighborhood locations.
Please call (213) 250-4155 for more information.
--Jesus Sanchez, festival director
jesussanchez@...

NEW OPERA ABOUT SALLY HEMINGS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON
FOUR PERFORMANCES PRESENTED BY GRAND PERFORMANCES
AT CALIFORNIA PLAZA, LOS ANGELES
THURSDAY thru SUNDAY, JUNE 14 to 17, 8:00 PM
PART OF FREE CONCERT SERIES IN DOWNTOWN

I want to let you know about a special presentation Grand Performances will
be offering this week with the hope that you can join us for one of the
four performances of MONTICELLO. This new American opera will see its
first fully staged production, re-telling the Sally Hemings - Thomas
Jefferson story. A very accessible score and powerful lyrics should make
this program one that audiences will remember. Cast members include
international touring singers including two from the LA Opera resident
company.

The performances are taking place this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, June 14 to 17 and all begin at 8:00 PM. We are using our intimate
Marina Pavilion so seating is more limited. I expect it will be less
crowded at the beginning and more crowded at the end of the run.

MONTICELLO was originally developed and presented in concert version by
L.A. Theatre Works, (Susan Albert Lowenberg, Producing Director) and
broadcast on KCRW.

I hope you can join us. If you have not received a schedule, let me know
and we'll mail you one or you can check out the season on our web site
<www.grandperformances.org>.

Best wishes,

Michael
**
Michael Alexander
Grand Performances
350 South Grand Avenue, Suite A-4
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 687-2190
(213) 687-2191 fax

Correction on this event: The show is SATURDAY the 23rd, not FRIDAY. Hope
to see you there-- SATURDAY!

Tickets for this event are going fast! Call the JAT box office at
213-680-3700 to reserve yours now! This event is ONE NIGHT ONLY, next week
SATURDAY! Come watch some of the most exciting artists in Los Angeles share
a stage together in this new important work! Mahalo!

____________________________________

May 21, 2001 PRESS CONTACT:
Rochelle Fabb
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Loud Mouth Prods.
THEATER
(310) 823-6389



The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) presents
NATIVE IMMIGRANT
written and performed by 20 members
of LA鹿s diverse community
conceived and directed by Leilani Chan
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm
At the Japan America Theatre



Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
presents NATIVE IMMIGRANT, a new, original theater production involving a 20
member, multi-racial cast, and conceived and directed by
critically-acclaimed, award-winning, performance artist and JACCC
Artist-in-Residence, Leilani Chan. This one-night-only performance runs
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm at the Japan America Theater, 244 San Pedro St. in
Downtown LA (Little Tokyo). Tickets are: Reserved Seating $16; JACCC
Members $14; Groups $12. For ticket purchase call the Japan America Theatre
Box Office, 213-680-3700, Monday-Saturday, 12 noon -5 pm or Sunday after 12
noon on show days.

NATIVE IMMIGRANT is an interdisciplinary, inter-generational theater project
that breaks down cultural barriers, and builds upon the rich diversity of
Los Angeles鹿s multiethnic Hawai鹿i community and its intersections with other
communities of color. Through the use of theater, dance, poetry and
performance art, NATIVE IMMIGRANT explodes stereotypes, explores and exposes
the struggles of cultural identity, displacement, racism, survival and what
it means to be "native." This American-made performance will be infused with
the languages of the performers鹿 including Spanish, Japanese, Laotian,
Mandarin, Pidgin-English and a multitude of other regional dialects.
Through this powerful production performers rewrite history and reveal a new
American experience in the shifting demographic of LA, where a racial
majority no longer exists.

NATIVE IMMIGRANT was conceived and developed by Leilani Chan by gathering
personal stories from her performance and storytelling workshops and from
members of the community, and workshopping them through a "collective
creation" theater technique that combines storytelling, improvisation, Boal
technique and guerilla theater. Through these workshops, artists from
multi-ethnic communities explored and developed theatrical expressions for
shared legacies of struggle and survival and the conflicts that arise
between immigrant and native people. The cast features comedians, theater
and film actors, performance artists, poets, dancers and emerging performers
from LA鹿s diverse communities including: Asian American, Native American,
Native Hawaiian, African American and Latino/a communities. Performance
Artists/Community Activists: Erin O鹿Brien, Pat Payne, Raquel Salinas.
Comedians: Maria Martinez & Dwayne Perkins. Performers: Kimiko Broder,
Letitia Chang, Akiyo Fujimura, Sachi Kikuchi, Marc Macalintal, Nol
Martin-Tungpalan, Michelle Sekine, Anne Selby, Alejandro Villasenor, Eve
Yeung. Choreographer: Malia Oliver Assistant Director: Ova Saopeng.

BACKGROUND ON THIS PRODUCTION AND CREATION PROCESS
NATIVE IMMIGRANT culminates Leilani Chan鹿s third year as California Arts
Council Artist-in-Residence at the JACCC. The performance is based on
stories shared by artists of color the community members from Los Angeles鹿s
diverse environs who have participated in Chan鹿s workshops and performances
conducted at the JACCC over the past three years. All artists and
presentations deal with cultural and political issues most urgent to their
communities. Issues that have been explored include: cultural genocide
(i.e. the effects tourism in Hawai鹿i), struggles with assimilation of both
immigrant and non-immigrant communities of color, multi-racial identity, the
psychological effects of domestic violence against women of color, language
barriers, sexual orientation and much more.

Since 1995 Leilani Chan, Artistic Director of TeAda Productions, has curated
and directed the Kalo Projects. Kalo Projects explore contemporary issues
facing the people of Hawai鹿i in Los Angeles to tell the untold stories of
their families and community. A great number of people from this community
are of multi-racial ancestry. Participants of Kalo Projects have included a
complex myriad of Chicano-Filipinos, Chinese-Hawaiians, Japanese-Vietnamese
Americans, and others. In 1999, Chan expanded her workshops to include
inter-cultural and multi-racial dialogue and expression.

Leilani Chan (DIRECTOR) is a poet, playwright and performer who was born and
raised in Honolulu, Hawai鹿i. She is an internationally known performance
artist and cultural worker and is founder and Artistic Director of TeAda
Productions which is dedicated to performance for and about people of color.
Ms. Chan鹿s one woman show "E Nana I Ke Kumu: Look to the Source" was
developed at New Works for a New WORLD play lab at the UMASS Amherst and
received commissions from the New England Foundation for the Arts and the
National Presenters Network (NPN) Creation Fund. Ms. Chan has also
performed with Ping Chong and Company and Guillermo Gomez Pe帽a. Ms. Chan is
a California Community Foundation Performing Arts Brody Fellow, a California
Arts Council award-winning theater artist, and has been a JACCC Artist in
Residence for the past three years. Chan has been an artist in residence
and has performed in venues across the nation including: Grand Performances,
Highways Performance Space, Self Help Graphics, Japan American Theatre, the
Getty Center, La Pe帽a Cultural Center (Berkeley, CA), Galer铆a de la Raza
(S.F., CA), Conference on World Affairs (UC Boulder, CO), New World Theater
(Amherst, MA), Kumu Kahua Theater (Hawai鹿i), amongst many other notable
venues. She also curated the first weekend of Native Hawaiian performance
and performance art in LA at Highways.

"Leilani Chan is thought-provoking, challenging, artistic, entertaining,
funny and educational艩An American original, rising star for the 21st
century." 颅 Phil Esparza, World Theater

Malia Oliver (CHOREOGRAPHER) is a ten-year veteran performer with the Iona
Pear Dance Theatre of Honolulu, HI. She holds a BA in dance from Hampshire
College in Amherst, Massachusetts and a graduate certificate in Laban
Movement Analysis from the University of Washington. She is the recipient
of both the 1994 Hawaii State Dance Council Choreographic Award and
choreography winner at the New England American College Dance Festival in
1990. She is a founding member of Somavox, Momobones, and Giinko Marischino
performance groups and collaborates regularly with Dreamtheater in Los
Angeles and the Mystic Family Circus in San Francisco.

Ova Saopeng (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) is an actor born in Laos and raised in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He has been living in Los Angeles for close to 10 years
and works primarily in children鹿s theater. A University of Southern
California Theater School graduate he has worked with hereandnow, East West
Players, Theater in the Park and the Mark Taper Forums P.L.A.Y program. He
tours and is a part of the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic theater companies of
Water鹿s Edge Theater and We Tell Stories. A Kalo project ensemble member, he
continues to support TeAda Productions.

For further information or to purchase tickets call the Japan America
Theatre Box Office at 213-680-3700.

For press information, please contact Rochelle Fabb at Loud Mouth
Productions, (310) 823-6389.






--
TeAda Productions
1653 18th Street #2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
phone:310/998-8765
fax: 310/453-4347

teada@...
****

What next at TeAda?

Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
presents NATIVE IMMIGRANT, a new, original theater production involving a 20
member, multi-racial cast, and conceived and directed by
critically-acclaimed, award-winning, performance artist and JACCC
Artist-in-Residence, Leilani Chan. This one-night-only performance runs
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm at the Japan America Theater, 244 San Pedro St. in
Downtown LA (Little Tokyo). Tickets are: Reserved Seating $16; JACCC
Members $14; Groups $12. For ticket purchase call the Japan America Theatre
Box Office, 213-680-3700, Monday-Saturday, 12 noon -5 pm or Sunday after 12
noon on show days.




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Hello! I have extra tickets for this weekend's Playboy Jazz Festival held at
the Hollywood Bowl for Sunday's line-up. Four seats in the W2 section -- yes
it is in the back, but it's a great day and you can hear the music
wonderfully from the back. I have four seats at $15 each.

Let me know if you are interested.

Thanks

Tickets for this event are going fast! Call the JAT box office to reserve
yours now! This event is ONE NIGHT ONLY, next week Friday! Come watch some
of the most exciting artists in Los Angeles share a stage together in this
new important work! Mahalo!

____________________________________

May 21, 2001 PRESS CONTACT:
Rochelle Fabb
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Loud Mouth Prods.
THEATER
(310) 823-6389


The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) presents
NATIVE IMMIGRANT
written and performed by 20 members
of LA鹿s diverse community
conceived and directed by Leilani Chan
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm
At the Japan America Theatre


Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
presents NATIVE IMMIGRANT, a new, original theater production involving a 20
member, multi-racial cast, and conceived and directed by
critically-acclaimed, award-winning, performance artist and JACCC
Artist-in-Residence, Leilani Chan. This one-night-only performance runs
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm at the Japan America Theater, 244 San Pedro St. in
Downtown LA (Little Tokyo). Tickets are: Reserved Seating $16; JACCC
Members $14; Groups $12. For ticket purchase call the Japan America Theatre
Box Office, 213-680-3700, Monday-Saturday, 12 noon -5 pm or Sunday after 12
noon on show days.

NATIVE IMMIGRANT is an interdisciplinary, inter-generational theater project
that breaks down cultural barriers, and builds upon the rich diversity of
Los Angeles鹿s multiethnic Hawai鹿i community and its intersections with other
communities of color. Through the use of theater, dance, poetry and
performance art, NATIVE IMMIGRANT explodes stereotypes, explores and exposes
the struggles of cultural identity, displacement, racism, survival and what
it means to be "native." This American-made performance will be infused with
the languages of the performers鹿 including Spanish, Japanese, Laotian,
Mandarin, Pidgin-English and a multitude of other regional dialects.
Through this powerful production performers rewrite history and reveal a new
American experience in the shifting demographic of LA, where a racial
majority no longer exists.

NATIVE IMMIGRANT was conceived and developed by Leilani Chan by gathering
personal stories from her performance and storytelling workshops and from
members of the community, and workshopping them through a "collective
creation" theater technique that combines storytelling, improvisation, Boal
technique and guerilla theater. Through these workshops, artists from
multi-ethnic communities explored and developed theatrical expressions for
shared legacies of struggle and survival and the conflicts that arise
between immigrant and native people. The cast features comedians, theater
and film actors, performance artists, poets, dancers and emerging performers
from LA鹿s diverse communities including: Asian American, Native American,
Native Hawaiian, African American and Latino/a communities. Performance
Artists/Community Activists: Erin O鹿Brien, Pat Payne, Raquel Salinas.
Comedians: Maria Martinez & Dwayne Perkins. Performers: Kimiko Broder,
Letitia Chang, Akiyo Fujimura, Sachi Kikuchi, Marc Macalintal, Nol
Martin-Tungpalan, Michelle Sekine, Anne Selby, Alejandro Villasenor, Eve
Yeung. Choreographer: Malia Oliver Assistant Director: Ova Saopeng.

BACKGROUND ON THIS PRODUCTION AND CREATION PROCESS
NATIVE IMMIGRANT culminates Leilani Chan鹿s third year as California Arts
Council Artist-in-Residence at the JACCC. The performance is based on
stories shared by artists of color the community members from Los Angeles鹿s
diverse environs who have participated in Chan鹿s workshops and performances
conducted at the JACCC over the past three years. All artists and
presentations deal with cultural and political issues most urgent to their
communities. Issues that have been explored include: cultural genocide
(i.e. the effects tourism in Hawai鹿i), struggles with assimilation of both
immigrant and non-immigrant communities of color, multi-racial identity, the
psychological effects of domestic violence against women of color, language
barriers, sexual orientation and much more.

Since 1995 Leilani Chan, Artistic Director of TeAda Productions, has curated
and directed the Kalo Projects. Kalo Projects explore contemporary issues
facing the people of Hawai鹿i in Los Angeles to tell the untold stories of
their families and community. A great number of people from this community
are of multi-racial ancestry. Participants of Kalo Projects have included a
complex myriad of Chicano-Filipinos, Chinese-Hawaiians, Japanese-Vietnamese
Americans, and others. In 1999, Chan expanded her workshops to include
inter-cultural and multi-racial dialogue and expression.

Leilani Chan (DIRECTOR) is a poet, playwright and performer who was born and
raised in Honolulu, Hawai鹿i. She is an internationally known performance
artist and cultural worker and is founder and Artistic Director of TeAda
Productions which is dedicated to performance for and about people of color.
Ms. Chan鹿s one woman show "E Nana I Ke Kumu: Look to the Source" was
developed at New Works for a New WORLD play lab at the UMASS Amherst and
received commissions from the New England Foundation for the Arts and the
National Presenters Network (NPN) Creation Fund. Ms. Chan has also
performed with Ping Chong and Company and Guillermo Gomez Pe帽a. Ms. Chan is
a California Community Foundation Performing Arts Brody Fellow, a California
Arts Council award-winning theater artist, and has been a JACCC Artist in
Residence for the past three years. Chan has been an artist in residence
and has performed in venues across the nation including: Grand Performances,
Highways Performance Space, Self Help Graphics, Japan American Theatre, the
Getty Center, La Pe帽a Cultural Center (Berkeley, CA), Galer铆a de la Raza
(S.F., CA), Conference on World Affairs (UC Boulder, CO), New World Theater
(Amherst, MA), Kumu Kahua Theater (Hawai鹿i), amongst many other notable
venues. She also curated the first weekend of Native Hawaiian performance
and performance art in LA at Highways.

"Leilani Chan is thought-provoking, challenging, artistic, entertaining,
funny and educational艩An American original, rising star for the 21st
century." 颅 Phil Esparza, World Theater

Malia Oliver (CHOREOGRAPHER) is a ten-year veteran performer with the Iona
Pear Dance Theatre of Honolulu, HI. She holds a BA in dance from Hampshire
College in Amherst, Massachusetts and a graduate certificate in Laban
Movement Analysis from the University of Washington. She is the recipient
of both the 1994 Hawaii State Dance Council Choreographic Award and
choreography winner at the New England American College Dance Festival in
1990. She is a founding member of Somavox, Momobones, and Giinko Marischino
performance groups and collaborates regularly with Dreamtheater in Los
Angeles and the Mystic Family Circus in San Francisco.

Ova Saopeng (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) is an actor born in Laos and raised in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He has been living in Los Angeles for close to 10 years
and works primarily in children鹿s theater. A University of Southern
California Theater School graduate he has worked with hereandnow, East West
Players, Theater in the Park and the Mark Taper Forums P.L.A.Y program. He
tours and is a part of the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic theater companies of
Water鹿s Edge Theater and We Tell Stories. A Kalo project ensemble member, he
continues to support TeAda Productions.

For further information or to purchase tickets call the Japan America
Theatre Box Office at 213-680-3700.

For press information, please contact Rochelle Fabb at Loud Mouth
Productions, (310) 823-6389.






--
TeAda Productions
1653 18th Street #2
Santa Monica, CA 90404
phone:310/998-8765
fax: 310/453-4347

teada@...
****

What next at TeAda?

Los Angeles, CA - The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
presents NATIVE IMMIGRANT, a new, original theater production involving a 20
member, multi-racial cast, and conceived and directed by
critically-acclaimed, award-winning, performance artist and JACCC
Artist-in-Residence, Leilani Chan. This one-night-only performance runs
Saturday, June 23 at 8 pm at the Japan America Theater, 244 San Pedro St. in
Downtown LA (Little Tokyo). Tickets are: Reserved Seating $16; JACCC
Members $14; Groups $12. For ticket purchase call the Japan America Theatre
Box Office, 213-680-3700, Monday-Saturday, 12 noon -5 pm or Sunday after 12
noon on show days.



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The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
proudly presents the return of the groundbreaking,
collaborative dance performance, In Between the
Heartbeat, on Friday & Saturday, June 15 and 16, 2001
at 8pm at the Japan America Theatre, located at 244 S.
San Pedro St. in Downtown Los Angeles (Little Tokyo).
Tickets are: $20 orchestra, $17 balcony, $17/$14 JACCC
Members, $15/$12 students, seniors and groups.
Tickets are available at the Japan America Theatre Box
Office. Call 213-680-3700, Monday through Friday, 12
noon 5 pm and Sundays from 12 noon on performance
days.

Back by popular demand after its critically-acclaimed
world premiere at the Japan America Theatre in 1998,
the groundbreaking, collaborative dance performance,
In Between the Heartbeat features
internationally-acclaimed butoh artist Oguri and
dancers of his company, Renzoku, and renowned visual
artist/performer Hirokazu Kosaka and IKKYU (one bow)
archery group. Los Angeles-based dancer Oguri has
toured across the globe as a solo artist and with Min
Tanaka and Mai-Juku and Danny Ezralow and Friends.
Kosaka is a Buddhist priest and master teacher of Zen
archery as well as visual and performance artist.
Israeli-born contemporary/world music composer and
multi-instrumentalist Yuval Ron will mix live sounds
with his pre-recorded original compositions in this
production.

"Youre sure to be amazed and often mesmerizeda
moving theatrical vision" The San Diego Tribune

A sensational juxtaposition of technology and
tradition, In Between the Heartbeat is a visually
stunning, viscerally engaging performance that
incorporates the primordial beauty of butoh movement
and the breathless precision of Zen archery within an
evocative set of photocopy machines and an enormous
quilt backdrop of over 200 electric blankets. The
dancers will use the photocopiers as eerily luminous
and auditory platforms for their choreography. In
Between the Heartbeat delves into global questions
about the physical, intellectual and emotional human
response to a propagating technological environment.
Developed by Japan-born artists now residing in Los
Angeles, the show depicts Los Angeles as being the end
of a modern Silk Road (the ancient trading route that
connected Europe and Asia, and ended in Japan) and
reflects on the paradoxes of the modern world.

"In Between the Heartbeat is a visual masterpiece
every moment has meaning and the accumulation is
strangely simple, strangely spiritual" KCRWs
Theater Talk

- end -


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God sees the Freepers
By William Rivers Pitt

June 9, 2001桾here was a striking moment during the interregnum last November/December that has stayed with me ever since.

"Inside Politics" was running 24 hours a day on CNN, you will recall. I was watching one evening, several days into the theft, and there was Judy Woodruff interviewing conservative columnist Bob Novak. The question of the hour was whether Al Gore should just quit and go home.

On this night, Novak was pointing to a public poll that had been running on CNN.com. You know these polls. Log on to a news site and you can vote your opinion on whatever happens to be the headline of the day. The poll Novak referred to asked the question: "Should Al Gore concede?"

The results showed that some 89 percent of the American population who found their way onto CNN.com voted "Yes" to this question. The count of those who voted numbered in the tens of thousands.

Novak flapped this poll all around the studio as indisputable proof that a large majority of the American people saw Gore as a thief and a usurper and a sore loser who should just go away. Soon enough, Gore did.

I never forgot that night, and never lost the sneaking suspicion that something shady had occurred. Somehow, someone had flooded that poll with "Yes" votes to skew the results. I had no proof, and the theme song to 'X-Files' was sounding in my head . . . but I was mortally sure that something was rotten in Denmark.

Now, after all these months, I have figured out what happened that night.

That CNN.com poll was "Freeped."

What does it mean when something gets "Freeped?" Aim your browser to , join the conversations in the forums, and you will find out.

FreeRepublic.com is a website which describes its cause thusly: "We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America."

This seems innocent enough. I am a particular fan of governmental largesse, but respect coherent arguments against it. I believe my work against the illegitimacy of Bush proves my dedication to rooting out political fraud and corruption. And while I am no conservative, I have met many conservatives whom I admire for their intellect, ability to articulate a message, and integrity in the truest definition of that word: "Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code."

My grandfather was a conservative of great integrity from the old school, and I never once found cause to look down on him, even when we disagreed on a principle. My grandfather was the ideal conservative, in my opinion.

A part of me is glad he died before I could tell him about the Freepers.

A Freeper is a member of FreeRepublic.com. Freepers speak to each other on the forums of this website, discussing all varieties of topic. Purportedly, they support the ideals espoused above. In actuality, there is a yawning moral chasm between word and deed.

Take the CNN.com poll I discussed above, for example. A common Freeper tactic is to post on the FreeRepublic forums a notice that a poll exists somewhere which asks a question dear to the conservative heart: "Should the Congress pass more gun control legislation?" or "Is Bill Clinton the illegitimate spawn of Satan and Baal?" The URL to this poll is provided, and the Freeper legions swarm to vote . . . say, "no" on the first and "yes" on the second. There are a lot of Freepers, and many of them will vote multiple times. This obviously skews the result.

This is how a poll is "Freeped."

Novak and CNN used the "Freeped" CNN.com poll to convince the public that 89 percent of them wanted Al Gore to quit before the votes were counted. This helped to push the rising tide that allowed the Supreme Court to get away with stealing the election.

Is this not political corruption? Does such a disruption skew information that is provided to the public via the media? Does this not pervert the truth?

Of course, there are liberals out there who organize the same kind of coordinated mugging of public Internet polls. It can be argued that such things are no more than political gamesmanship.

Dig a little deeper into the Freeper phenomenon, however, and you will find a darkness where true morality dares not show its face.

As we all know, Jenna Bush was recently busted for attempting to purchase booze at a restaurant named Chuy's in Austin, Texas. The manager of the establishment, Mia Lawrence, called 911 when she saw what was happening.

The Freepers took this personally, believing the Jenna fiasco to be part of some liberal conspiracy to humiliate Bush and the daughters. They called for a 'Freeping' of Chuy's restaurant.

Salon.com recently wrote a story about the Freeper reaction to the Chuy's situation. I quote it in part below:

"The attacks against Mia Lawrence, the bar manager, are being orchestrated on the Internet. Her address, date of birth, drivers license and registration information, physical description, and even birth information about her infant child have been posted on Freerepublic.com, along with calls for punitive actions. Freerepublic.com Web site's sysop pulled some of the information as it was called to his attention梩o his credit梑ut the info has circulated and been posted to other Internet forums to spread the 'Get Lawrence' frenzy." *

I felt a chill in my spine when I first read these words. The manager, Mia Lawrence, was in all likelihood seeking to save her restaurant from breaking Texas' punitive underage drinking laws, signed by Governor Bush, which would have cost Chuy's its liquor license.

She earned for her trouble a legion of stalkers who speak openly of loving guns. Her personal information, along with maps providing driving directions to her home, was posted on FreeRepublic. I am confident in my prediction that she has not slept since dialing 911.

I did some research regarding this topic on FreeRepublic. Entering the word "Chuy" into the search engine provided, I found the following Freeper commentary:

"The manager, (aka 'Mia the Liberal DemonRat'), tried to cause as much trouble for the Bush twins and their dad as possible and now might get it returned back on her own head in spades!!! This is sweet!"朤ruth_Eagle

"Hell! Surround Chuy's with tanks and set the place on fire while fully occupied."杘lustee

"Let's turn that TEXMEX joint into a BARBECUE!"杕akoman

I read comments, since removed by the moderators of FreeRepublic, which suggested that someone should go into Chuy's and smear butyric acid on the tables.

To be fair, a fellow Freeper posted the following dissent:

"Every thread that had Mia's addy posted on it got pulled. Every one. It's NOT OK. Printing a map to the house, and having the addy on the map, is arguably worse."朇yberLiberty

CyberLiberty is proof positive that not all Freepers are violent psychopaths. Still, there were far more posts in the vein of olustee's than of CyberEagle's. By all means, seek out the site and investigate for yourself.

I am forced to wonder how posting the name, address and physical description of a restaurant manager from Austin, as well as the description of her infant child, furthers the conservative cause in America.

I am reminded of the words of art critic and author, Harold Rosenberg: "The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice."

Clearly, the purported targeting of the daughter of the president is mortally offensive to the average Freeper. I decided to do a search using the words "Chelsea Clinton." I found the following:

Question asked: "I really do wonder what perversions Chelsea participates in." Response: "THAT is something I would rather NOT wonder about. Animals, plants, the elderly . . . echh. The girl is a walking STD."朅ntiChris

"If people didnt know that hillary was an ugly assed dyke - they must have been blind - she just put up with old dumb ass so she could run the white house - just look at the bizarre bunch she put in office - the female version of frankenstein - which is janet reno - and this could go on and on - halfbright looks just like broomhilda - weirdest looking bunch ever to defile any government - and all courtesy of mr hillary - and then she supported all the fags in hollywood and along with her fat assed dyke buddy rosie - they all look like something from a sideshow at a circus - everyone of them has the coyote rating." [sic]朿andyman34

In these two short entries, the daughter of a president is accused of carnal knowledge of animals and plants. She is accused of being a spreader of socially transmitted diseases (STDs). Senator Hillary Clinton is called a "dyke." The very notion of balance or fair play is conspicuously absent here. The hatred is palpable.

Hatred . . . which brings me to yet another favorite Freeper topic.

A singular characteristic of the average Freeper is an abiding love and respect for Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Many Freepers use Christ as the shield with which they defend their views. Sometimes, they use him as their sword.

If I remember my Sunday School classes, Jesus said in the Book of John, chapter 15 verse 12, " This is my commandment, that ye love one another."

I entered the word "homosexual" into the FreeRepublic search engine, and found the following. Keep the Bible quote I provided in mind as you read:

"The spread of infectious diseases . . . oral and anal cancer . . . death from HIV infections . . . Just some of the ways GOD gets even with the queers and faggots."杣pchuck

"In another time, and in another place, they burned people like this . . ."朎ast Bay Patriot

"I will tell you that the Lord God has at least 7000 righteous in the USA that have not bowed their knee to baal = and these flames of fire are going to rise up soon and speak the Living Word of a Holy God to these frog-demon-freaks and ban them from our land. I will NOT let this country be over-run by Communist/Socialist/Globalist/Abortionist/Feminist Sodomites." [sic]杍dhmichigan

"DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT shake hands with any homosexuals."朚r. K.

I have been a Christian all my life. My understanding of the teachings of Jesus directs me to love my enemies, and accept everyone桟hristian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist梐s a child of God. Jesus was the son of God, but was also a revolutionary seeking freedom from Roman persecution. Therefore, as a Christian and a freedom-loving American, I respect and love those who do not bend a knee to any religion. Jesus died so all of us could live, and the American Revolution was fought so that all people in this nation could live as they wish. These two events are connected intimately.

I do not pretend, as a card-carrying heterosexual, to understand how one man can look with lust upon another man. But after being friends with, and after sharing apartment space with, a number of homosexual men and women, I know in my heart that such things exist for a reason and are not wrong. God loves everyone equally, as He sees the smallest sparrow fall. I love everyone, too. Perhaps, like gay men and women, I was born that way.

I have never espoused the burning at the stake of any human being, be they gay or conservative. I know of no liberal who has espoused such action. How such a statement falls within the yardsticks of Christianity or true conservatism is a mystery which I may never solve.

I do know this, however: were Jesus to log on to FreeRepublic and read the perversion His message has undergone in 2,000 years, He would beg to be crucified again, so as to be spared exposure to such hatred.

I suppose it is easy for the average Freeper to post such virulent messages on a public forum. After all, they dare not use their real names. Names like Truth_Eagle, upchuck and AntiChris are shields behind which cowards hide. It is easy to speak when no one can see your face. A veteran of many email flame wars, I know well how brave a person can be when shielded by the anonymity of a computer keyboard. Those who sexually stalk teenage girls in Internet chat rooms use similar tactics. It is very effective.

My screen name, on each and every board I post to, is WilliamPitt. I am easy to find. I do not hide, and I never will.

The glaring fact of the cowardice of the average Freeper should not in any way diminish the effectiveness of their actions. They pervert public polls. They call and email congressional representatives en masse, thus creating the illusion of massive public pressure that twists the actions of elected officials who seek only respond to the legitimate concerns of constituents. They bombard media outlets with prurient stories to discredit respectable Democratic officeholders. They are the bedrock base of the entity we know as the GOP. They are powerful.

Keep these things in mind when you find yourself shocked by the results of a poll on MSNBC, or when a senator refuses to support reasonable gun control laws, or when the press decides to spend two years covering a consensual sex act between adults.

Robert Kennedy described Richard Nixon as being a symbol of "the dark side of the American Dream." Were he alive today, he would described FreeRepublic in the same terms.

The Freepers are out there.


* From "The jihad against Chuy's" by Anthony York, Salon.com




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Self-Help Graphics presents:

Continuation of the Land of a Thousand Dances Series
Cannibal and the Headhunters

Wednesday, June 13th
@ 7:00pm

Join founding members of Cannibal and the Headhunters, Robert (Rabbit)
Jaramillo and Richard (Scar) Lopez as we continue this lecture and music
series exploring the history of Chicano music.

This series takes its name from the book Land of a Thousand Dances, written
by David Reyes and Tom Waldman, which is a seminal exploration of the East
L.A. Sound. The co-authors will be present and serve as co-hosts throughout
the series. Each evening will consist of conversation with the musicians
followed by a short performance. Don't miss a moment of this amazing FREE
lecture/music series!


Wednesday, June 13th, 7:00 pm - Founding members of Cannibal and the
Headhunters, Robert (Rabbit) Jaramillo and Richard (Scar) Lopez discussing
their career with the group. Includes rare footage and photos. Also with them
are Max Uballez and Andy Tesso.

Be There!

Self-Help Graphics & Art
3802 Cesar Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90063

323-881-6444

www.selfhelpgraphics.com

Santa Monica College presents The Visual Art Mentor
Exhibition,
opening June 22 at 5:00 to 9:00 PM at the Pete and
Susan Barrett Art Gallery
at the Madison Campus, Santa Monica Blvd. at 11th
Street.
Call 310-434-3434 for more information.

From painting to performance, intaglio to
installation, this exhibit
celebrates the accomplishments of the students in the
newly expanded Visual
Art Mentor Program.

Chosen by their Santa Monica College art faculty
mentors as artists with
talent
and potential, these students have been challenged to
create beyond their
previous experiences. Representing our global art
community, this diverse
group of participants comes from ten nations and spans
a wide range of ages.
These students have been developing their work in the
Airport Campus studios
under the guidance of the mentors. They also meet
regularly to learn about
the rigors and delights of the academic and
professional art worlds,
visiting
artist's studios, galleries and other sites.

The Visual Art Mentor Exhibition runs from June 22 -
July 20, 2001.
Gallery hours for this show: Tuesday - Friday 11:00
AM to 5:00 PM,
Saturday 12:00 - 3:00 PM

* * A special Artists' Symposium will be held
Wednesday, June 27 at 7:30 PM
in
the Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery at which
the artists will discuss
their work.




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