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Greeting Acoustic Music Fans: A special thanks to all who came out to the inaugural evening of the Listening Room Concerts Special at The Coachhouse in San Juan Capistrano last Thursday night over 80 strong and resulting in our being offered a quarterly residence there! Mark down Sunday, July 15th for the next show at the venue, featuring everything divine and more tba! This Monday night is a special celebration of three years of monthly, first Monday, Listening Room Concerts at The Fremont Centre Theatre and the talent assembled for this anniversary show is truly phenomenal. I want to publicly acknowledge and thank owners/operators Lissa & Jim Reynolds and Rosemary Layng for providing a home for us in this beautiful former chapel space, and the core volunteers without whom this series could not have grown or continued: Frequent host and pr man David Zink (http://www.davidzink.ws), Tim & Lois Tedrow (Sound and Door) and Burton Jespersen, (Light, Camera and Action!). Also, to all who have helped grow by attending and spreading the word to friends and family about these nights, (and season tickets holders), thank you. And to our sponsors, who have made upgrades like the new printed programs possible, my deep appreciation for your ongoing support: Busters Coffee Shop, D&S Printing, Pedrini Music (http://www.pedrinimusic.com), Pro Printing, Enas Cassettes, Trader Joes/South Pasadena and TAXI (http://www.taxi.com), along with Performing Songwriter Magazine (http://www.performing songwriter.com), SongLink, North American Folk Alliance and National Music Publishers Association. Lastly, I want to thank the over 300 artists so far, who have traveled to South Pasadena from eight different countries and cities through North America - including those appearing Monday night to gather together and share a part of themselves for an appreciative audience, and a few bucks for gas I am honored to be the steward of these events, and look forward to many years to come at the Fremont Centre Theatre. Come join in the celebration this Monday evening! Sincerely, Brett Performing Songwriter/Presenter http://www.brettperkinspresents.com ** 'Brett Perkins Presents' 'The Listening Room Concert Series' THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONCERT! =Celebrating The Start Of Our Fourth Season= Fremont Centre Theatre 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, CA Acoustic Evenings Of Local,National,International Performing Songwriters RESERVATIONS STRONGLY RECOMENDED! ****MONDAY, APRIL 23RD**** Featuring: Special Guests HARRIET SCHOCK (Los Angeles) Hit Songwriter (That Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady/Helen Reddy), Performing, Recording Artist, Author, and Celebrated Teacher. http://www.harrietschock.com JOHN TOWNSEND "Legendary voice of the Sanford/Townsend Band 'Smoke From A Distant Fire', Co-writer of 'Celebrate Me Home' (K. Loggins), and so much more! 'everything divine' Featuring the five-part harmonies and co-written tunes of Michael Glover & Robyn Rosenkrantz (Bright Blue Gorilla), David Zink, Mark Davis and Brett Perkins. "A local 'supergroup' - Pasadena Weekly SEVERIN BROWNE & JAMES COBERLY SMITH "Two performing songwriters whose sensitive and intricate interweaving of voices and guitars make for a compelling performance" KATHRIN SHORR http://www.kathrinshorr.com TIM BURLINGAME + Special Surprise Guests - You Never Know Who Will Show Up This Night! Musical host BRETT PERKINS (South Pasadena/Copenhagen) "A true troubadour" Bliss/Pasadena Weekly http://www.brettperkins.com Showtime: 7:30pm-10:00pm Tickets $10.at the door, all ages, and $8. if paidin advance, with reservations recommended, by calling the theatre at 626/441-5977. Visa/Master Card/and other major cards are accepted. ** 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. STRUCTURE Th

Dear Friends, In 1980, I formed OK Research to investigate of the role of technology in our society using its own documents as source material. In celebration of the twenty-first anniversary of OK Research -- which was followed from 1983-1985 by OK Genetic Engineering; and from 1986 - 1990 by Bad Information -- a paper describing these information art projects, including the OK GENETIC ENGINEERING COMPANY CAR, HUMAN LUST INDUCING VIRUS, (HLIV) and the BAD INFORMATION BASES is now available on the web. Published in 1988 in LEONARDO, the paper contains some of my ideas about the role of technology in our society, about information art, about computer technology, about biotechnology. It details how as president of Ok Research and of OK Genetic Engineering, I documented the activities of technology and biotechnology corporations -- using information from their own literature as iconography. "OK Research, OK Genetic Engineering, Bad Information: Information Art Describes Technology" is available at http://www.judymalloy.net/okge.html OK Research, OK Genetic Engineering or Bad Information were also documented in THE UN/NECESSARY IMAGE, Peter D'Agostino and Antonio Muntadas, eds; (New York: Tanam, 1982) several issues of ART COM MAGAZINE; and were shown in installations including Site in San Francisco; (partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts) EXPERIMENTAL BOOKS, curated by Margaret Stainer at Works Gallery in San Jose; and Monumental Women curated by Joe Babcock and Michael Bell at SOMAR. Other venues for this work included the Berkeley Art Center; (ART) WORD (ART) at Trojanowska Gallery; and the Smithsonian Institution which included a copy of HLIV in its biotechnology collections. Best, Judy Malloy http://www.judymalloy.net

A FRESH POT OF GUMBO group exhibition April 27-29, 10am-5pm RECEPTION: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 8pm-Midnight 451 Citrus Ave. (1 block west of Highland, between Melrose and Beverly) artists: Jamie Adams Peter Breunig Sky Burchard Christopher Chinn John Cline Jonathan Davies Andrew Hahn Matt Hemminghaus Kristi Lippire Sandra Low Peter Ortel Michael Parker Amy Sarkisian Ehren Tool Abbie Wanamaker "An Explosion of Tastes in Every Mouthful!" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

TeAda Productions Seeks People of Color to Participate in "Native Immigrant." A world premiere performance at the Japan America Theatre on June 23, 2001. Looking for dancers, actors, singers, musicians and other performers willing to work in an organic play development process to create ?Native Immigrant.? Familiarity with Boal technique, guerilla theater, and other improvisational practices are a plus. This community based project will be developed during the first month of rehearsals utilizing input gathered from the community and the multi-racial cast. AUDITIONS for "Native Immigrant" 1:00pm on April 29, 2001 JACCC, 244 S. San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Streets in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Playwright/Director: Leilani Chan Assistant Director: Ova Saopeng Choreographer: Malia Oliver Performance Date: June 23, 2001 Performance Venue:Japan American Theater For more information contact: TeAda Productions at 310/998-8765 or visit our web site http://www.teada.org. Not willing to perform but want to be part of the process? Come visit our interactive website at http://www.teada.org and click on the "Native Immigrant" image! Tell us about your ancestors! -- TeAda Productions 1653 18th Street #2 Santa Monica, CA 90404 phone:310/998-8765 fax: 310/453-4347 http://www.teada.org teada@...

FREE EVENT - Mark your calendar! On Sunday May 20 five museums located on the Arroyo will open their doors free of charge to the public for a celebration of art, history and music. Free shuttle service will be provided between museums which include: The Gamble House, Heritage Square Museum, Lummis Home and Garden, Pasadena Historical Museum and the Southwest Museum. In addition to touring the museums for free, other free events include: performances from musicologist Ian Whitcomb at the Gamble House, author Mark Thompson discussing his new biography of Charles Lummis at the Lummis Home and historian Daniel Lewis presenting "Charles Lummis in Chautauqua" an unscripted monologue also at the Lummis Home. The Southwest Museum will feature a Mexican "Mercado" (marketplace) where guests can view and purchase regional art from Central and South American artists. Heritage Square will offer craft demonstrations, historical re-enactments and musical groups. Pasadena Historical Museum will have members of the California Arts Club setting up canvas around the grounds for painting demonstrations. For more information, call (213) 740-TOUR. Hope to see you there!

The Los Angeles Bach Society presents the final concert of its inaugural season and you are invited. WHO: Judith Malafronte, mezzo soprano; Bruce Haynes, oboe and oboe d'amour; Michael Sand, violin; Edward Murray, directing from the harpsichord and organ WHAT: Music of J. S. Bach: Cantata 54 - Widerstehe doch der Sünde, Oboe d'amore Concerto in D (reconstruction by Bruce Haynes and Oboe and Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (also reconstructed by Bruce Haynes), Cantata 82 - Ich habe genug WHERE: St. John's Episcopal Church, 541 W. Adams Blvd. at Figueroa St., Los Angeles (from the 110 Pasadena/Harbor Freeway, exit at Adams. Blvd. to the west; the church is on the south side of the street) WHEN: Sunday, April 29, 2001; 3:00 p.m. TICKETS: $25 VIP, $18 General, $12 student/senior MORE INFORMATION: Call 213-383-3940 If you would prefer not to receive these annnouncements, please respond accordingly [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

May 20 Palos Verdes Concert: Three Organists and Orchestra In Music by Bach, Handel, and Others A concert at The Neighborhood Church, 415 Paseo del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates, on Sunday, May 20, at 4:00 p.m. will feature three organists performing on the church’s recently installed pipe organ in combination with a small chamber orchestra. Organists Edward Murray of Los Angeles and Thomas Neenan of Pacific Palisades will join the church’s own organist Rebecca Ogle and members of the St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra in a varied program of concertos and other ensemble and solo works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Michel Corrette, Joseph Ahrens, and Gerald Near. The organ in The Neighborhood Church is one of the important musical resources in the South Bay area. Installed in 1999, it consists of 30 stops and 1900 pipes. Its design, construction, and installation were a collaborative effort by Glatter-G?tz Orgelbau of Owingen, Germany, and Rosales Organ Builders of Los Angeles. The participating organists are members of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, which is co-sponsoring the event. Admission at the door is $12 general and $10 for seniors, with students admitted free. There will be no advance ticket sales. For further information, call (310) 378-9353 ext. 116.

One or two female dancers needed immediately for new butoh dance theater work to premiere June 15-17 at Highways Performance Space. Rehearsals begin early May. Written, directed and choreographed by acclaimed dance theater artist Michael Sakamoto, the show is a dark, visceral, absurd and comic ride through the films, history and mind of the diabolical Doctor Chi. It is a subversively pop examination of the line between benevolence and destruction, control and chaos, beauty and madness, intellect and irrationality. Female dancers with: butoh or butoh-influenced training; basic acting, improvisation and/or performance skills; and a keen sense of humor are encouraged to inquire as soon as possible at (310) 823-6389 or michaelsakamoto@.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

WORLD PREMIERE AT THE LA FILM FEST "Life and Debt" a film by Stephanie Black written by Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica-land of sea, sand and sun. And a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Using conventional and non-conventional documentary techniques, this searing film dissects the "mechanism of debt" that is destroying local agriculture and industry in Third World countries while substituting sweat-shops and cheap imports. With a voice-over narration written by Jamaica Kincaid, adapted from her award-winning book "A Small Place," "Life and Debt" is an unapologetic look at the "new world order," from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, government and policy officials who see the reality of globalization from the ground up. With music by Mutabaruka, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Sizzla, Bob Marley, Buju Banton, Yami Bolo, among many others. WORLD PREMIERE AT: Los Angeles Film Festival April 26 5:00pm at Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre 8000 Sunset Blvd FOR TICKETS and ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: www.lafilmfest.com 1-800-965-4827

Heritage Square Museum presents a Mother's Day Victorian Fashion Show May 12, where costumes from the last two centuries will be featured. Refreshments, a souvenir and a tour of the museum will be included in the ticket price. Advanced reservations are recommended. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For more information, call (626) 796-2989 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Heritage Square Museum is located at 3800 Homer Street, Los Angeles, near the 110 Pasadena Freeway at Avenue 43.

Reminder: THE DURFEE FOUNDATION ARTISTS' RESOURCE for COMPLETION (ARC) grant Second Quarter Postmark Deadline is this Tuesday, May 2, 2001 ARC grants provide rapid, short-term assistance to individual artists in Los Angeles County who wish to complete work for a specific, imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their career. Artists in any discipline are eligible to apply for grants of up to $2,500 each. Applicants must already have secured a commitment from a recognized institution to present the proposed work. for application and guidelines go to www.durfee.org Recipients for the First Quarter 2001 are: Cindy Bernard $2,134 To facilitate the inclusion of rear-screen projection in the performance, "projections+sound," to be presented at the Goldman-Tevis Gallery in Chinatown (Los Angeles) on March 17, 2001. Elizabeth Bryant $1,520 For travel to Croatia in June 2001 to oversee the installation of the artist's street banners as part of a Los Angeles/Croatia artistic exchange. Allan deSouza $2,400 For the purchase of a view camera and related equipment to be used during a residency at Art in General in New York, New York from May 3 to June 30, 2001. Maria Elena Fernandez $2,175 To engage a dramaturg, director and lighting designer for a solo performance of "Confessions of a Cha Cha Feminist" at Side Street Projects in Los Angeles, California, on April 6 & 7, 2001. Dan Froot $2,150 To engage a director for the performance of "Shlammer" at the Los Angeles Theater Center on June 22 & 23, 2001. Leonardo Vilchis $2,150 For digital editing of video related to the exhibition "Squatters" and related performance activity at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves in Portugal from June 10 to 12, 2001.

Rozalla's Poem About America Today Rozalla remembers a day when washington was sunny but now it is gloomy and not very funny Gone are the days when the white house was an orgy Now it's a sex-deprived dungeon Yet Bush is still Whorey The Republinazis just care about stealing tax dollars and pocketing the cash as the rightwing screams & hollers their bigotry and hatred is their only identity Yet intelligence is something they do not have in plenty Rozalla would like to kick Bush out and bring Clinton back Look at this madness- Ashcroft pretending to like blacks?!?! And Bush thinks hes environment friendly as he feeds us arsenic... while he stands on trial for lying about texas funeral industry larsony? This political terrorrism must be brought to an end Before salmonella in hamburgers becomes a fashion trend Rozalla admits she, Bill and Hillary have sex, Yet even Jeb & Katherine have publicly kissed So what if Bill Clinton lied in court about getting a blow job... Five Un-Supreme Judges lie in court every day as their victims sob! Rozalla sees all of our civil rights being diminished Oh when will these miserable four years fucking finish? The seas are rising as Rozalla sits here writing this poem And Bush is spewing carbon dioxide into the Ozone! And his oil allies refuse to lower their prices At his own reccomendation while he pushes environmental vices Then the ugly duckling wannabe presidnet calls China And refuses to appologize oh how mature of him- the whiner! The idiot is going to provoke a worldwide nuclear attack with his foolishness and hostility Oh Fuck The Bushes are back.

Subj: At the Luckman: Yusef Lateef and Randy Weston Date: 4/25/01 10:03:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: AField@... (Field, Adele) LUCKMAN EVENT NOTIFICATION A Rare Performance at the Luckman YUSEF LATEEF AND RANDY WESTON IN CONCERT WITH ADAM RUDOLPH AND ETERNAL WIND Los Angeles - In a rare West Coast concert appearance, Yusef Lateef and Randy Weston will perform at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A., on Saturday, April 28, at 8:00 p.m. Joining Yusef Lateef will be composer/percussionist Adam Rudolph and Eternal Wind (Federico Ramos, Ralph Jones and Charles Moore). Since the 1950s, research scholar and composer/performer Dr. Yusef Lateef has been a pioneer in the multicultural expression of "autophysiopsychic" music - "coming from the physical, spiritual and mental self." He has recorded over 60 records that creatively, succinctly, and clearly provide a path for the new generation of "World" composers and musicians. He has contributed to the legendary groups of Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus and Cannonball Adderly, and led his own ensembles in tours worldwide. Currently a Five College Professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Dr. Lateef was a Senior Research Fellow at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria from 1981 to 1985. "Since my return from Nigeria," he has written, "I've been experiencing an ongoing dialectic reality in my approach to melody, rhythm, harmony, form, and aesthetics." Dr. Lateef has composed for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Augusta, Georgia Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the New World. His composition, The African-American Epic Suite, was recorded and performed by the K?ln (Cologne) Radio Orchestra and received its U.S. première by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 1998. Numerous publications to his credit in both music and literature include "Repository of Musical Scales and Patterns," and the novella Night in the Garden of Love (Vantage Press). In concert with Eternal Wind, Dr. Lateef performs on the soprano and tenor saxophones, shenai, Germanic C and alto flutes, piano, oboe, bamboo flute and Chinese globular flute. Eternal Wind co-founder Adam Rudolph is a master percussionist and composer who has been in the vanguard of the development of cross-cultural improvisational music for over 20 years. Combining music-making ideas from around the globe, his compositions weave what he terms "an audio syncretic musical fabric." Rudolph has performed in concerts throughout the U.S., Europe and Brazil with Don Cherry, Jon Hassel and Hassan Hakmoun, among others. His repertoire of world rhythms come from the Balinese, Cuban, Ghanaian, Haitian, Hindustani and Moroccan traditions, layered on top of his strong foundation in American improvisational jazz drumming. While living in Ghana in 1977, Rudolph met the Gambian griot Foday Musa Suso, with whom he formed the Mandingo Griot Society in Chicago - the first band to blend traditional African music with R&B and jazz. Although voted "Percussionist Deserving Wider Recognition" in a Down Beat International Critics Poll, Rudolph has "never been interested in trying to showcase technique on the drum" - his performances are "always in the service of greater spiritual and emotional expression." To honor Yusef Lateef's sixty years of performing, Beyond the Sky - featuring ten compositions by Rudolph and Lateef, three of which were co-composed - premièred at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in February, 2000. In celebration of Dr. Lateef's 80th birthday, the CD was recorded the following day, and later released through YAL and Meta Records. For five decades, pianist/composer Randy Weston has used the 20th century African Diaspora artform of jazz to manifest a musical free zone that exalts the spirits, rhythms, hopes, dreams, dignity and beauty of the people who are "darker than blue." The first musician to connect the dots drawn by Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's Afro-Cuban fusions with the ancestral power points of the Motherland, Weston has transcended time, space, language, and culture barriers with music that touches th

save the dates, we have a great and exciting line up of films this year! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:04:47 EDT From: APAFirstWeekend@... To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: [VC] VC Film FestLA Asian Film Festival May 17 - 24 VC Film Fest - the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival Turns Sweet 16 LA Premieres and World Premieres of Over 80 Films and Video Works and the 25th Anniversary of a Landmark Film Will Celebrate Over 30 years of Asian American Media Los Angeles, CA April 25, 2001 Mark your calendars for VC FilmFest 2001: The Visual Communications Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival, set for May 17-24, 2001. Now in its 16th year, the Festival will unreel over 90 films and videos will at the Directors Guild of America, The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, and the Japan America Theatre. "This year's VC FilmFest is representative of the coming of age for many of our under represented Asian American communities" said Festival Co-Director David Magdael. "A majority of our festival films reflect the changing face of Asian America, as well as a growing cosmopolitan profile of Asian communities including the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the gay Asian communities. This year’s featured Asian American directors have served up a variety of works that pull no punches in being distinctly American while keeping true to their Asian roots." Bookending the Festival will be the Los Angeles Opening Night Premiere of "Green Dragon" by Timothy Linh Bui (co-producer and co-screenwriter of the multi-award-winning "Three Seasons") on Thursday, May 17 at the Directors Guild of America; and a special rare showing of John Korty's 1976 telefilm "Farewell to Manzanar" on Thursday, May 24 at the Japan America Theatre. Starring Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Don Duong, and Hiep Thi Le, "Green Dragon" (an official selection of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival) is a moving, multi-part story that tells the tale of the first wave of Vietnamese refugees who were housed in camps across the southwestern deserts of the United States in 1975. And "Farewell to Manzanar," based on the book by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston, is perhaps the first feature-length film to tell the story of the WWII internment of Japanese Americans from a unique firsthand perspective. Other works by Asian American makers include: o The Los Angeles premiere of Anurag Mehta's Slamdance Film Festival favorite, "American Chai," a coming-of-age comedy of a young college student torn between traditional Indian values and the pursuit of his rock ’n roll dreams (Fri., 5/18, DGA). o Rod Pulido's much-anticipated "The Flip Side" will also make its Los Angeles premiere on Saturday, May 19 at the DGA. The first feature effort by a Filipino American filmmaker invited to the Sundance Flim Festival, "The Flip Side" tells the story of a young college student dealing with his new found Filipinoness and trying to get his own family to recognize their own selves. o The highly acclaimed underground animation hit, "Wave Twisters," from DJ Q-Bert (Sat., May 19, DGA), "Roads and Bridges," the electrifying first feature by Robert Altman protege Abraham Lim (Sun., May 20, DGA), the L.A. premiere of Amy Chen's "The Chinatown Files" (Sun., May 20, DGA), and the World Premiere of "Daughters of the Cloth" by Seung-Hyun Yoo. International works include the Los Angeles premieres of Yongyooth Thongkongtoon's highly acclaimed "The Iron Ladies," Kaze Shindo's "Love/Juice," Djinn's "Return to Pontianak," "Spinning Gasing" by Teck Tan, and "The Wrestlers" by Buddhadeb Gasgupta. Other international highlights include "Anino" by Raymond Red, the first Filipino film to win a coveted Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Short films and videos, traditionally the backbone of VC FilmFest, will be represented by the likes of returning artists Francisco Aliwalas, Leo Chiang, Kip Fulbeck, Richard Fung, Jane Kim, Richard Kim, Ellie Lee, Young-mi Lee, Thomas Moon, Stann Nakazono, Fatimah Tobing Rony, Angel Velasco Shaw, an

Just a reminder! Hope to see you this Sunday! Mahalo.... __________________________________________________ TeAda Productions Seeks People of Color to Participate in "Native Immigrant." A world premiere performance at the Japan America Theatre on June 23, 2001. Looking for dancers, actors, singers, musicians and other performers willing to work in an organic play development process to create ?Native Immigrant.? Familiarity with Boal technique, guerilla theater, and other improvisational practices are a plus. This community based project will be developed during the first month of rehearsals utilizing input gathered from the community and the multi-racial cast. AUDITIONS for "Native Immigrant" 1:00pm on April 29, 2001 JACCC, 244 S. San Pedro St., between 2nd and 3rd Streets in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Playwright/Director: Leilani Chan Assistant Director: Ova Saopeng Choreographer: Malia Oliver Performance Date: June 23, 2001 Performance Venue:Japan American Theater For more information contact: TeAda Productions at 310/998-8765 or visit our web site http://www.teada.org. Not willing to perform but want to be part of the process? Come visit our interactive website at http://www.teada.org and click on the "Native Immigrant" image! Tell us about your ancestors! -- TeAda Productions 1653 18th Street #2 Santa Monica, CA 90404 phone:310/998-8765 fax: 310/453-4347 http://www.teada.org teada@...

Don't miss the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Co at Cal State Northridge on Sat April 28 at 8pm. "a uniquely American melting pot of traditional Chinese stage pictures, international pop and the cutting edge of post-modern dance," says the San Francisco Chronicle. Call 818-677-2488 for reservations, tickets and directions. The program move from ancient to modern choreography and will feature: DYNASTY SUITE Cai's interpretation of four classical Chinese dances from dynasties in 770 BC to the present. Beginning with "Basket Girls - Dance from Zhou" (770-221 BC, with traditional Chinese music), dancers in elegant blue dresses carry long poles with dangling baskets and make beautiful patterns across the stage. Courtly dancers throw breathtakingly high arches with their red silk ribbons in the "Dance from Tang" (618-907 BC) depicting timeless graceful goddesses. In the "Dance from Qing" (1644-1911 AD), a row of dancers in richly embroidered Chinese attire and headdresses walk on high platform sandals with royal grace and charm. "Straw Hat Girl" features a mysterious sensual soloist in a modern Dai dance style. BEGIN FROM HERE features dancers in red silk suits standing on high block platforms performing geometric shapes with long electrifying silk ribbons. CANDELAS a mesmerizing dance with lit candles set to the music of Gustav Mahler. Directions: CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE is located in the San Fernando Valley at 18111 Nordhoff St. west of the 405 freeway and south of the 118 freeway. The campus is bounded by Zelzah on the east, Nordhoff on the south, Reseda on the west and Devonshire on the north. Parking is in lot C, located at Zelzah and Plummer streets and is FREE on weekends. Call 818-677-2488 for reservations, tickets and directions. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

The California Arts Council and the California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies are working together to prepare a guide of all open studio events happening in the state of California for the months of May - December 2001 to help celebrate the Year of the Arts. If you have an open studio event you would like to include, please do the following: Send the date, time, location, types of works and a contact phone number and/or website to: Kristen Saroyan, Community Relations/Membership Services kristen@... <mailto:kristen@...> (415) 441-5900 x.14

The ARTSWORK Building Standards-Based Programs conference is for administrators, teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists, parents and community people who are ready to evaluate their current programs and needs, celebrate their successes, and develop short and long range action plans for program implementation, improvement, and expansion. The major g oa l s of the conference a re to: ? demonstrate how comprehensive arts education programs can and do work in individual districts throughout the state, regardless of size, location or expertise; ? provide information on how to move toward standards-based instruction in the visual and performing arts; ? present tools for moving through an arts program self-study process and on to an action plan for implementing, improving or expanding your visual and performing arts program. Who is this conference for? To attend: send a check for $299 (late registration fee) made out to CAAE (California Alliance for Arts Education -- the conference provider) and mail to: Beth Mott P. O. Box 583 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 Questions?: Reply to this e-mail, please.

Reply to this e-mail if you want a pdf file of the application -- thank you! -------------------------------------- The California Department of Education, the California Alliance for Arts Education, the California Arts Council and The California Arts Project are partners in presenting the ARTS WORK CONFERENCE in Pasadena, May 17 – 19th. More than 400 teachers, administrators, artists, parents and community arts activists will meet to exchange best practices, curriculum resources and partnership strategies. The ARTS WORK CONFERENCE this year will feature year-two results from the Model Arts Program, a network of twenty-two diverse school districts throughout California. Using a specially developed TOOLKIT, each district will present a self-study of its arts programs, placing them on a continuum of program implementation. Soon all California schools will share in the research and contribute to the proven methods of comprehensive, sequential, standards-based arts education through a groundbreaking website: www.teachingarts.org. The ARTS WORK CONFERENCE will also bring together the members of the California Arts Assessment Network who have pioneered student assessment in the arts, along with appropriate professional development for K-12 educators on assessment techniques. Special workshops will be presented on the new California Content Standards in the Visual and Performing Arts, adopted by the State Board of Education January 10, 2001. For anyone concerned about improving education in California, for anyone eager to maintain California’s competitive edge in business and industry, for anyone interested in the role of the arts to invigorate community life, the ARTSWORK CONFERENCE offers a unique opportunity to learn about the excellent work now in progress. I would be pleased to answer questions about the Conference or you may contact Beth Mott, Project Coordinator, for further information: 805-543-7072. I hope to see you there! Joan Palmer, Arts Commissioner, City of Pasadena 626-795-0718; joanplmr@... California Department of Education – California State Agency for education California Alliance for Arts Education – Statewide non-profit organization promoting comprehensive arts education K – post secondary Affiliate of the KENNEDY CENTER ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION NETWORK California Arts Council – California State Agency for the arts The California Arts Project – California State University based agency for teacher development in the arts ARTSWORK A Call for Arts Education for all California Students THE REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT’S TASK FORCE ON THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, 1997 After a series of four meetings, May to September 1997, the State Superintendent’s task force of 60 artists, business and industry representatives, arts providers, researchers, scholars, parents and educators prepared the following Call To Action. The Vision: The Superintendent’s Task Force on the Visual and Performing Arts envisions fully funded arts education programs that reach all of California’s students. Schools with strong arts education programs are better schools. Arts education must not be limited to students who are especially talented. All students can learn and benefit from arts education. All teachers and administrators, not just those who specialize in the arts, must support and be involved in arts education and must have opportunities to participate in well-designed preservice and in-service arts education programs. Time, staff, facilities, materials, and equipment must be provided to support arts education programs. The Goal: All students in California public schools will have high-quality arts education program from prekindergarten through grade twelve. All students will: ? Develop and demonstrate literacy in and through dance, music, theatre and the visual arts. ? Participate in arts-related school-to-career experiences. ? Have access to the arts through a variety of educational experiences and technologies both in and out of school. Recommendations To achieve this goal, the Task Force makes the following recommendations:

For those of you who want to hear Delaine Eastin's address at the annual State Department of Education Arts Conference, held this year at the Pasadena Hilton, here is your chance.... The dinner will begin at 7 pm, Thursday evening, May 17, and will feature a welcome by Mayor Bill Bogaard, an address by Delaine Eastin, California Superintendent of Public Instruction, and some remarks by Barry Hessenius, Director of the California Arts Council. Four hundred teachers, administrators, artists, parents and arts organization representatives will participate in the conference, but the dinner can accomodate more. Delaine is an effective spokesperson for arts education and has done much to return the arts to the classrooms of California. Please join us! To reserve a place, send $75 by check to CAAE (California Alliance for Arts Education) and mail to: Beth Mott P. O. Box 583 San Luis Obispo, CA 93406