2nd ANNUAL ECHO PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL

ECHO PARK LAKE, LOS ANGELES, CA
(1020 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90026 )

Saturday Sept. 30th & Sunday Oct. 1st
10am-8pm

A FREE concert featuring an All-Echo Park line-up of musicians and
ensembles including:

James Lumb aka Electric SkyChurch
Future Pigeon
Mezklah
Why?Things Burn
Listing Ship
Atomic Sherpas
Dreaming Ferns
Downbeats
Puttanesca
Visions of Hildegard
and more . . .

Echo Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Located
about two miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park is an
incredibly diverse and culturally rich neighborhood that is more than a
century old. Neighborhood landmarks include its namesake Echo Park Lake
, Angelus Temple , Elysian Park and Victorian-era Angelino Heights . In
the past, many musicians thrived here including Marilyn Horn, and Art
Pepper. Rumor has it that Woody Guthrie and even Neil Young once lived
in the Echo Park hills.

Today, many musicians, visual artists and poets live in this "poor man's
Laurel Canyon" and the Music Festival is an opportunity for community
members to come out and sit by Echo Park Lake, enjoy a picnic and a live
performance by many of the bands who make their homes and create music
here.

Organized by violinist and EP resident, Varoujan Nalbandian, the
Festival has the support of local businesses and community groups
including the Echo Park Improvement Association, the Greater Echo Park
Elysian Neighborhood Council, Department of Recreation and Parks,
Council Member Eric Garcetti's office and the LA Alternative Press
(which is the exclusive media sponsor.)

Please visit www.echoparkmusicfestival.com for more info.

Relish for Congress.

The Best War Ever

The History Book

The History Book on Google Books

—WANTED— Posters on Immigration

The Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) is updating its Immigration exhibition No Human Being Is Illegal! Posters on the Myths and Realities of the Immigrant Experience, last displayed in Los Angeles in 1999. CSPG is asking artists, organizations and activists for poster donations to renovate this exhibition and help it circulate in Los Angeles as soon as possible.

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...” The disparity between the eloquent promise on the Statue of Liberty and the increasing attacks directed against immigrants is enormous. Whether against the Irish or Chinese in the nineteenth century, the Japanese interned in the 1940s, or Mexicans, Central Americans and Middle Easterners now, discrimination based on race, class, language, and culture has unfortunately been consistent. The 21st century now brings us both legal attempts to criminalize immigrants—in HR 4437, and vigilante attempts to thwart and punish—as with the Minute Men. But we have also recently seen the largest demonstrations in U.S. history, as millions of immigrants and their supporters have taken to the streets to show solidarity. No Human Being is Illegal is an exhibition about discrimination and prejudice, but it is also about hope, commitment and determination. It is reclaiming the power of art to communicate and inspire people to act to make a difference.

Criteria for posters CSPG collects:
1). It must be produced in multiples such as silkscreen, offset, stencil, litho, digital output etc.
2). The poster must have overt political content.

If you would like to to donate posters, please contact:
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
8124 West Third Street, Suite 211
Los Angeles, CA 90048-4039
tel: 323.653.4662 • fax: 323.653.6991
email: cspg@politicalgraphics.org

With more than 50,000 posters, the Center for the Study of Political Graphics has the largest collection of post World War II posters in the U.S. Through traveling exhibitions, online photo albums, internships, and volunteer opportunities, CSPG is reclaiming the power of art to educate, agitate and inspire action.

Subvertisements— Using Ads & Logos for Protest

Subvertisements— Using Ads & Logos for Protest
Submissions due by December 15, 2006

Subvertisements will feature posters that use well-known logos and advertising imagery to tackle ongoing struggles for social change at home and abroad.

For more information contact CSPG:
323.653.4662
cspg@politicalgraphics.org

Art shown above: iRaq,Forkscrew Graphics, Silkscreen, 2004, Los Angeles, California

This exhibition is funded in part by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.

Call for Subvertisement Posters!

STAN’S CAFE, “OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Skirball Cultural Center presents STAN’S CAFE, “OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD” September 26–October 1, 2006 Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90049 (Exit Skirball Center Drive off the 405) (310) 440-4500, fax (310) 440-4595 Contact: Stacy Lieberman (310) 440-4578, or Mia Carino (310) 440-4544 Email, communications@skirball.org Web site, http://www.skirball.org Please direct e-mail inquiries about the exhibition to the gallery’s address (above); DO NOT use “Reply” button, it will send to ArtScene. To view formatted version of this announcement online: http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/0906/Skirball0906b.html Stan’s Cafe, performance stillsof "Of All the People in All the World" by Ed Dimsdale Acclaimed performance installation will use 5½ tons of rice to illustrate human life Los Angeles—Of All the People in All the World, by British theater company Stan’s Cafe, will open at the Skirball Cultural Center on September 26 for a one-week limited engagement as part of the troupe’s first U.S. tour. It will remain on view through October 1, 2006. In this deeply affecting work of art, five artists, all dressed in factory uniforms, will measure grains of rice to quantify statistics about human life. At their disposal will be 11,000 lbs. of the staple food—the weight of 300 million grains of rice, one grain for every person in the United States. The performers will place the rice into labeled piles portraying wide-ranging truths, from the most serious historical and contemporary facts and figures—the U.S. prison population, the civilian deaths in wars around the world in the last 10 years, the number of Tibetans living in exile today, for example—to such pop-culture trivia as the headcount at Charles and Camilla’s wedding or the thousands of “American Idol” auditions last season. The statistics represented will be changed continually over the course of the work’s six-day run at the Skirball, creating a shifting landscape of rice inside the gallery where it will be staged. During Of All the People in All the World, visitors will be encouraged to converse with the performers, share their own stories and discuss the demographics to which they may belong. Occasionally, the artists will measure statistics suggested by visitors on the spot. To complement the work’s exhibition at the Skirball, Stan’s Cafe will also lead four interactive workshops for local elementary and middle-school students as part of the Skirball’s school outreach initiative. Participating youths will research statistics, build mounds of rice to illustrate their findings and regard the discrete grains of rice that represent themselves in the context of the millions of others on display. “Our aim in producing this work is to capture a picture of the world in all of its vastness and mystery as well as its everyday ordinariness,” explained Stan’s Cafe artistic director, James Yarker. “It links today with yesterday, big moments in history with personal memories, great successes of the human race alongside its terrible failures and the challenges it continues to face.” Since its premiere at the Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry, England in May 2003, Of All the People in the World has toured throughout the United Kingdom and has traveled to Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain and Ireland. The German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung praised the work, remarking that “the knowledge gained is astonishing.” Of All the People in the World will make its U.S. premiere September 8 through 17, 2006, at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s annual Time-Based Festival. Stan’s Cafe’s performance is presented at the Skirball between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish High Holy Days that mark the Jewish New Year and are known as the Days of Awe, a time of reflection for Jewish people around the world. “We hope Of All the People in All the World will inspire visitors from the diverse communities of Los Angeles to reflect on our small, purposeful roles in an ever-expanding global society,” added Jordan Peimer, Director of Programs at the Skirball. “Some of the statistics portrayed are dismal and shocking, others playful and celebratory. These intriguing—and surprisingly beautiful—piles of rice make tangible the myriad connections among people, communities and cultures.” At the Skirball, Of All the People in All the World will be performed by Amanda Hadingue, Charlotte Goodwin, Heather Burton, Karen Stafford and Craig Stephens, who is also associate artistic director of Stan’s Cafe. The 11,000 lbs. of rice used in the work will be recycled for animal feed when the performance is completed. Based in Birmingham, England, Stan’s Cafe is one of Britain’s most groundbreaking theater companies today. Its members are primarily theater practitioners, working under Yarker’s artistic direction. Their unusual name, pronounced “Stan’s Kaff,” takes after the name of the café where Yarker and co-founder Graeme Rose agreed to form the company in 1991. Stan’s Cafe’s oeuvre encompasses a broad range of media, including screen-based art, theater, radio and site-specific performances requiring extensive audience participation. Most recently, the company completed Home of the Wriggler, a production powered by stationary bicycles pedaled by the cast members themselves. Of All the People in All the World will be open during regular museum hours (see below for details); regular admission applies. Admission will be free on Sunday, October 1, as part of the citywide “Museums Free-for-All” during which day visitors will be welcomed to museums across Los Angeles at no charge. Admission to Of All the People in All the World will also be free on Thursday, September 28, as all Skirball exhibitions are free to the public every Thursday. Of All the People in the World is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Rwanda/After, Darfur/Now: Photographs by Michal Ronnen Safdie, on view through October 1, 2006. PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL USA. Related exhibition: RWANDA: AFTER DARFUR: NOW Photographs by Michal Ronnen Safdie Through October 1, 2006 $8 General, $6 Seniors and Students Free to Skirball Members, Children under 12, and Full-Time students on weekdays with valid ID Includes admission to all exhibitions Tickets available at the door This exhibition presents nearly 40 color and black-and-white photographs taken during Michal Ronnen Safdie’s travels to the Central African countries of Rwanda and Chad. In 2002, she focused on the pilot phase of Rwanda’s gacaca tribunals, an emotionally-charged public confessional process meant to resolve the fates of lower-level genocide suspects and help victims learn precisely how their loved ones were murdered. In 2004, she documented the hardships of the refugees displaced from Sudan’s Darfur region living in Bahai, a makeshift camp on the Chadian border; two-thirds of the camp’s 18,000 refugees were women and children, still in shock from the genocide carried out against their families and communities. The exhibition challenges us to look at the aftermath and consequences of cruelty and violence perpetrated by individuals against their neighbors and by governments against their own citizens. Born in Jerusalem, Ronnen Safdie is author of The Western Wall (1997), a book of photographs with an introduction by Yehuda Amichai, which also took the form of an international traveling exhibition. Her work has been exhibited at Salander-O’Reilly Galleries in New York, Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, and Tel Aviv University Art Gallery. Her photographs are included in museum and private collections, including George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and The Jewish Museum in New York. THIS EXHIBITION HAS BEEN FULLY SUPPORTED BY SEVEN ANONYMOUS DONORS. Visiting the Skirball: The Skirball Cultural Center is located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (exit Skirball Ctr Dr off the 405). Regular museum hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 12:00–5:00 p.m.; extended hours on Thursdays until 9:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; closed Mondays. PLEASE NOTE THAT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD WILL CLOSE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, AT 3:00 P.M. IN OBSERVANCE OF YOM KIPPUR. Admission to OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN ALL THE WORLD is $8 General, $6 Seniors, and free to children under 12, full-time students, and Skirball Members. It is also free to the general public on Thursday, September 28, and Sunday, October 1. For general information, the public may call (310) 440-4500 or visit <http://www.skirball.org>.

Save Darfur

Stephen Longfellow Fiske

8PM Saturday

Venice folksinger *Stephen Longfellow Fiske* will entertain at the P&F Center, 1720 Main St. He is a long time resident of Venice, and an activist with issues such as the mess on the Ocean Front Walk and Earth Day. He is also the author of "The Art of Peace, and an artist. Check out the rest of the P&F Center Calendar at
www.VenicePeaceandFreedom.org

Venice Music Festival

All Day Sunday

The Venice Music Festival, formerly known as Jazz at Palms Court takes place on the 700 block of Palms Blvd. The morning brunch costs $100, but you can come from 1-6pm for a $20 donation. See all your old friends, meet new ones.
I'll be doing the audio engineering.

Venice Arts Council is having a booth at the VCHC World Music event fundraiser on this
coming Sunday, 17th, Brunch 11am - 1pm, Afternoon Concert 2 - 6pm. To booth
sit you do not need to pay. If you wish to come in
the yard for the event you need to pay at the door.

The Life and Times of Harry Bridges

8PM Tuesday and Wednesday

>From *Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks - The Life and Times of Harry Bridges* - at the Pacific Resident Theater, 703 Venice Blvd. This is a one-person play starring Ian Ruskin as the great longshore labor leader, Harry Bridges. It's particularly timely since Bridges was an immigrant who the government tried more than once to deport. In spite of that, he built the most powerful, and democratic, union of our time.

The Golden Age of Chicano Rock 'n' Roll

7 Dudley Cinema - 8pm

WED, Sept 20. THE RING ('52, 79m) Domenic Priore & Gene Aguilera, authors of the forthcoming book The Golden Age of Chicano Rock 'n' Roll: An East L.A. Visual History, host a very rare screening of this evocative tale set in downtown L.A.'s Bunker Hill district of a young Mexican-American boxer who learns the dirty truth about the fight game. With Art Aragon, a local boxing idol who was the only game in town (pre-Dodgers, Lakers, Rams). Chicano teenagers in the film wear just-post-Pachuco fashions, lookin' very proto-Rock 'n' Roll. Also: rare clips of legendary East LA groups, such as Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), Thee Midniters ("Whittier Blvd.") and Cannibal & the Headhunters ("Land of 1000 Dances) at the height of their success, and 20 minute preview of Jon Wilkman's documentary Chicano Rock! 7pm pre-show features poetry reading by Ruben Guevara (Ruben & the Jets), plus a Q&A and CD signing with Little Willie G. and Jimmy Espinoza of Thee Midniters.

Ray Jessel at Parlor Performances

PARLOR PERFORMANCES
presents ON A HUMOROUS NOTE: Evenings with America's
Wittiest Songwriters!
Saturday, September 16 @ 8pm * RAY JESSEL�s "Songs from the Ridiculous to
the Romantic!"

�Ray is the millennium Noel Coward! I love his songs." Michael Feinstein
"...you'd be foolish if you missed Ray when he's performing in your
town." Carl Reiner

The last lyricist to work with Richard Rodgers, Jessel was
co-composer/lyricist of the Broadway Sherlock Holmes musical "BAKER
STREET." His songs are recorded by Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Durante, Sammy
Davis Jr., Michael Feinstein, and others. Making his debut (at 72!) as a
cabaret artist at the Gardenia in 2002, Ray has since performed
throughout North America and has been featured at New York�s Town Hall.
Ray�s CD, �Ray Jessel - The First 70 Years� will be available for
purchase at the show!

STEINWAY HALL @ FIELDS PIANOS * 12121 W. Pico Bl. (one door west of Bundy
on Level P2)
Intimate 100-seat hall � RSVP early! * $25 cash or check at the door! *
Park Free in Building Lot!
To RSVP & for Monthly Calendar call (310) 471-3979 or e-mail
jeannine@frankentertainment.com

"Next Stop, Hollywoodland"

"Next Stop, Hollywoodland"

******* A Voice In The Well Production *******
Wednesday, Sept 20, 2006 at 7:30pm

WARSZAWA PATIO & BAR
1414 Lincoln Bl (& Santa Monica Bl)
Santa Monica 90405

Featuring:
Catherine De Las Casas & Michael Lindsay
present a Woody Allen detective genre spoof: MR BIG
Michael Lindsay returns as 'Sam Spade' and Maire Clerkin
guiles him as 'Brigid O'Shaughnessy' in The Maltese Falcon
William H Bassett reads a Groucho Marx letter to WARNER BROS during their infamous feud over A Night In Casablanca
Bassett returns as the Corporate Honcho who reads the riot act to Lindsay's News Reporter "Howard Beale" in a blistering satirical scene from Paddy Chayevski's classic: Network;
Eric Oleson plays gumshoe 'Philip Marlowe' and Judith Ryskiewicz parries with him as 'Vivian Sternwood,' the role Lauren Bacall made famous in a double entendre scene written by William Faulkner for The Big Sleep;
Poet and Songstress Carmen Vega presents her original work based on her life here on the Edge of the Boulevard of Broken Dreams;
Eric Oleson & Maire Clerkin return as 'Sully' and 'The Ingenue"
in Preston Sturges' classic Sullivan's Travels;
Vinnie Caggiano plays eclectic variations on Henry Mancini music;
Produced & Hosted by Eric Vollmer

Virtual Venice

NEW AT VIRTUAL VENICE
For quick access it's all here on the home page, in the "New" box
http://www.virtualvenice.info/index.htm#new

*** Rubber Tramps of Venice (and elsewhere) celebrating life on the road.
Contest: Tell the webslave about your worst road trip ever, for the chance to
win a copy of Rubber Tramps on DVD

*** Gerald Wiegert and the Vector Supercar

*** Paul Tanck on Venice-related Films

*** "Song of the South": a Fascist Film? by Thomas Pleasure. Remember the 1961
controversy around the Fox Venice showing this?

*** "Alley Trip" new Venice painting by Pat Hartman

*** 25 Years Ago in the Free Venice Beachhead
by Rick Davidson, about the early days of the Peace & Freedom Party and the role
played by John Haag and Anna Haag and numerous other dedicated activists, birth
of the Beachhead, the dreaded Canal Project

*** New page "The Spectre" No. 2, Spring 1962 - apparently an online exclusive.
Transcription of first page editorial by John Haag

*** Questions - a whole lot of us need help remembering stuff from back in the
day, locating lost friends, etc. Answer a question or ask one!

Thank you to everybody who sends in stuff. Eventually it will all wind up in the
right place.

*** Nobody Leaves Venice - 7 new entries for a total of 54

*** 25 Years Ago in Venice
from Call Someplace Paradise and Ghost Town: A Venice California Life

*** Venice Memorabilia - buy this stuff and help keep Virtual Venice going

*** Venice in Books - new entries

*** Venice in Magazines and other ephemeral places - new entries

*** Quotations about Venice - total of 98

*** Venice in Films - 12 new entries for a total of 261

*** Actors, Screenwriters, Directors, Novelists and Journalists Actors etc. who
live or lived in Venice - 11 new entries for a total of 215

*** Actors, Screenwriters, Directors, Novelists and Journalists with
Studio,Office or Hangout in Venice - new entries for a total of 99

*** Theater in Venice, Venice in Theater - new entries

*** Poets Roster - new entries

*** Music in Venice - new entries

*** Venice Links - new entries for a total of 82, sorted into Art, Fun,
Happenings, History, Humans, Issues, Literature, Music, Press

Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media

CORPORATE MEDIA EXPOSED BY A PROGRESSIVE WHO GOT INSIDE

In his new book, Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media, Jeff Cohen takes you inside TV news and the conservative biases, timidity and tabloidism that dominate it. Few media critics have been afforded an intimate, on-the-job view of the outlets they condemn, but Cohen -- who founded the media watch group FAIR -- spent years at CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. He was a senior producer at MSNBC’s Donahue during the run-up to the Iraq war, and witnessed war-enabling bias and censorship firsthand. He tells all in a biting, humorous paperback taking aim at the entire rightwing hot-air brigade that Cohen saw up close: O'Reilly, Hannity, Buchanan, Novak, Falwell, etc. (Ann Coulter wouldn’t debate him.) The book includes a foreword by Jim Hightower.

Order from Amazon Order from an independent store.

MOLLY IVINS says: "Jeff Cohen's dissection of cable TV news is both irresistibly funny and civically painful. It goes from uproarious anecdotes to those that make you wince."

IF YOU LIKED "OUTFOXED," YOU'LL LOVE CABLE NEWS CONFIDENTIAL.

The book has won praise from Robert Greenwald, Tim Robbins, Studs Terkel, Bob McChesney and others.

BARBARA EHRENREICH: "A deliciously funny expose."
HOWARD ZINN: “Future historians…will have his book as a primary source."
AMY GOODMAN: "Read this book and fight for change."

HELP MAKE THIS BOOK A BIG SELLER.

EXPOSE THE MYTH OF A “LIBERAL MEDIA.”
ASK STORES TO ORDER IT. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE.

For more: http://cablenewsconfidential.com/

Protest at Afghan Embassy

LAIndyMedia points out that a group of women from Afghaninjustice.com are planning to don burkas and chain themselves to the Afghan Embassy in Los Angeles to protest Afghan President Hamid Karzai's failure to outlaw burkas, treat women better and provide the free Democratic government he supposedly promised.

SHEPARD FAIREY, “RISE ABOVE”

SHEPARD FAIREY, “RISE ABOVE”
September 16 – October 14, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, September 16, 8 – 11 pm

Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90036
323.933.4408
E-mail: mkgallery@mindspring.com
Website : http://www.mkgallery.com

Shepard Fairey, “Guns and Roses”, 2006, Mixed Media Unique Collage, 39" x 30".

In Shepard Fairey’s newest exhibition titled Rise Above the artist continues a highly charged visual discourse that attempts to reveal and skewer abuses of power, governmental hypocrisy, and loss of civil liberties. Inspired by one of Fairey’s favorite punk bands, Black Flag, the title refers to lyrics that call for people who are dissatisfied with the system to rise above the problems to provoke change, or work outside of it. “Jealous cowards try to control... rise above, we're gonna rise above”. Peace advocacy and the questioning of power and authority are dominant themes.

The exhibition will feature politically charged screenprint, stencil, and hand collaged mixed media art works which use metaphor, humor, and seductively stylized elements to deliver beautiful, provocative results. The works blur the perceived barriers between propaganda and escapist decoration, political responsibility and humor, all with the intent to stimulate both viscerally and intellectually.

"art terrorist" Banksy in LA

from www.boingboing.net


Banksy's LA show this weekend: location revealed


The work of British "art terrorist" Banksy, whose Gitmo prisoner in Disneyland prankstallation is shown here, will be shown in a Los Angeles warehouse this weekend.

Until now, the location was a closely-held secret, but Sean Bonner has the scoop:

"As promised, on the day of the opening (tonight) Banksy revealed the location of his 'Barely Legal' exhibition which will be showing all weekend in Los Angeles. The location is a warehouse downtown on Hunter Street, which is aparently off Santa Fe and near the freeway."

Link to details at blogging.la. Previous BoingBoing posts about Banksy: Link

Venice Arts Council News

AK Fest still taking musicians
Venice Music Fest - in 10 days!
Iraq For Sale Premieres
Venice Arts - PASSAGES BETWEEN THE PAST AND FUTURE
"War does not bring Justice" - Women in Black - Liberty Hill
Pacific Resident Theater:  From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks.
Calabash News
Walgrove Elementary School needs artists
7 Dudley Cinema
PARLOR PERFORMANCES - "PARLOR-PALOOZA!!" - Mort Sahl
Arab Street Hip Hop-Funk-Rock for Peace
"INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR" - Film in Pasadena
Artist RFQ from Rosendahl
ZOCALOLA
LA Film Screening & Benefit for the Cuban Five
SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL - A Place at the Table - Play
ACLU of Southern California Garden Party

ntrstng Links.


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Kim of the Abbot Kinney Fest says they are still taking applications
from musicians who want to play at the AKFest Sept 24th
send email to: info@abbotkinney.org
ph 310-396-3772 fax 310-396-9480

with links to artist/band info.

Venice Arts Council is planning to have a table there, come help.

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The Venice Music Festival is Sunday September 17th.
733 Palms Ave, Venice, 11am brunch, 1pm concert
A Fundraiser for the Venice Community Housing Corporation.
Richard Glaser (brunch), Kwanza Jones, Afrobeat Down, Los Pinguos

Check out VCHC's online auction catalog 
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IRAQ FOR SALE has launched, and it's been a wild week!

We've had some terrific media coverage and early reviews, from ABC to AlterNet to AMERICAblog: http://iraqforsale.org/reviews.php

This is a critically important first step to using the film to drive the issue of war profiteering into the pre-election debate, and of course, this unwanted publicity is making the war profiteers VERY UNHAPPY.

Already, CACI has ordered us to stop and KBR is attacking the film without having seen it.  These corporations are taking a page out of Wal-Mart's playbook, and we know what a disaster those efforts to silence us were.  http://iraqforsale.org/profiteers.php

Now is the time to turn the heat up.  Get out there and spread the word, buy DVDs, plan screenings, and use the film to pressure elected officials to stop the profiteering.  To help with your efforts, next week we'll be mailing out promotional gear (posters, stickers) to everyone who both signed up to host a screening on Brave New Theaters and bought a DVD.  A lot of great stuff you can use.

Buy DVDs: http://iraqforsale.org/buy.php
Post your screening info: http://iraqforsale.org/screenings.php
Promotional materials: http://iraqforsale.org/promotional.php

Everyone from the military to truck drivers are supporting patriotism over profit.  Arianna Huffington called this a "bipartisan no-brainer".  Let's show the war profiteers what real democracy is about!

See you at a screening,
Robert Greenwald

P.S. We are posting extended bonus scenes on the website you can use to spread the word too.  Check out this one on Blackwater, "America's private army": http://iraqforsale.org/video_blackwater.php

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venice arts

PASSAGES BETWEEN THE PAST AND FUTURE
 Premiere Exhibit in U.S. of Photography by Bedouin Children of Abu Kaf, Israel
 
 Come join us!
 
 The Venice Arts Gallery is pleased to present Passages
 Between the Past and Future, an exhibition of original
 photography from the children of the recently recognized
 Bedouin village of Abu Kaf. It will be the premiere exhibit in the
 United States; the work has previously been shown in Israel at
 the Museum of Bedouin Culture, northern Negev; the Yitzhak
 Rabin Center, Jerusalem; the Achva College of Education; and
 the Beit Berl College, Tel Aviv.
   This exhibit represents a culmination of their efforts. The
 results are poetic and vibrant, revealing the potent, intimate
 connections among tradition, community, and family. Everyday
 moments such as mothers preparing food, sisters praying, or
 brothers playing in the fields, are given new importance, as the
 children capture and describe their unique perspectives.
 The project was designed by Frumin to empower Bedouin
 children to use cameras to create individual self-portraits and
 portraits of their communities, challenging the children to
 articulate their hopes and dreams and to reflect upon the
 strengths of their community. Their photographs are being used
 educational tools, allowing Bedouin youth to better know
 themselves and to share their unique perspectives with their
 counterparts throughout Israel.
 
 RECEPTION: September 9th
 TIME: 5pm - 7pm
 LOCATION: Venice Arts Gallery: 1809 Lincoln Boulevard
 MORE: Open through September 30th, 2006

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Women in Black-Los Angeles

Sunday, September 10 at 7 p.m.

Aliyah Strauss from Women in Black in Israel

"War Does Not Bring Justice"

Liberty Hill Foundation Community Room,
2121 Cloverfield Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404.
Parking and entrance in rear of building.

Sponsored by Women in Black-Los Angeles and co-sponsored by
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Los Angeles
Branch and L.A. Jews for Peace
endorsed by Palestine Aid Society
Requested donation $10

For more information call (323) 993-3322.

Aliyah Strauss - biography

Aliyah Strauss who was born in St. Louis, MO, in 1935 and later moved to
Israel, is a longtime member of Women in Black in Israel, a women's
organization founded in 1988 to oppose the Israeli occupation of
Palestine. Aliyah is chair of the Israel section of the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In 1995 she and an
Israeli Palestinian women, were the Israeli delegates to the NGO World
Conference on Women in China.

Aliyah also works in Bat Shalom, the Israeli part of the Jerusalem Link.
Together with the Palestinian part of the Link, the Jerusalem Center for
Women in eastern Jerusalem, they hold many dialogue activities.

In January, 2004, Aliyah became an active participant in Machsom Watch.
This group organizes small groups of women (2-5) who go into the
occupied Palestinian territories to monitor the checkpoints (machsom)
set up by the Israeli army all over the West Bank. Every day, in the
early morning when the Palestinian workers are going to work, and again
in the afternoon, the women of Machsom Watch visit the various
checkpoints and write reports that are posted on the Machsom Watch
website. These women are greatly appreciated by the Palestinians who see
them as a helping link to the Israeli occupation authority. All these
organizations are part of the Coalition of Women for Peace in Israel, a
group of women's organizations that oppose the occupation and the
militarization of Israeli society. http://coalitionofwomen.org/home/english

Aliyah has also organized and participates in the Raging Grannies in
Israel. The songs they have written and performed are very popular among
peace activists.
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Pacific Resident Theatre

THE 60s
by Trish Soodik

Special $10 Preview Performances
Sept. 9, 14, 15 - 8pm; Sept 10 - 3pm

THE CAST: Mariette Hartley - Steve Vinovich
Jerry Sroka - Dana Dewes - Kevin Rahm
Austin Highsmith - Samantha Thomson
Neil McGowan - William Lithgow

Directed by Paul Linke

Thurs-Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 3 pm
703 Venice Blvd., Venice (4 blocks west of Lincoln)

September 19^th, 20^th, 26^th and 27^th at 8 PM (Followed by Q&A) $10

From Warf Rats to Lords of the Docks.

Starring Ian Ruskin as Harry Bridges
At Pacific Resident Theatre

Box Office – 310- 822- 8392 Tuesday – Saturday 3-7 PM or at the door

DVD available of the play directed by Haskell Wexler with appearances by Edward Asner and Elliott Gould with music by Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie & others. Produced by Ian Ruskin and Suzanne Thompson
For more information visit www.theharrybridgesproject.org

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Calabash News

Happy September! What a transition - getting back into the fall groove. I'd love to give you a couple things to look forward to on your calendar - and they're family friendly!
Talk to you soon.
Love, Joselyn

ADAAWE at the Western Arts Alliance Conference
Saturday, September 9th, 2006 - 11:15-11:30AM
Western Arts Alliance Official Juried Showcase Presentation!
Long Beach Convention Center Grand Ballroom, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach CA 90802-4825
Price: Open to Conference Participants & Public for Showcase ONLY
ADAAWE has been chosen to perform in the Western Arts Alliance Official Juried Showcase Presentation! Please come and support!

Drum Workshop - Come and Play! - 2-3:00pm
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Holy Nativity Church
6700 W. 83rd Street, Westchester CA 90045-2730
Price: $10, or $5 for children
Drum Workshop with Joselyn, founder of ADAAWE, focusing on African Djembe and Kpanlogo drum technique and rhythm. We also improvise, and find our own voice through rhythm (and we have a ball). Call 310-967-4426 to reserve. Repeats on the 2nd Saturday of each month (usually).

ADAAWE Concert
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Levitt of the Lawn at Scripps College - 5:30 - 7:00PM
1030 Columbia Way, Claremont CA 91711
Price: FREE
Elizabeth Wood Memorial Steps at Bowling Green Lawn (outdoor venue)

"ADAAWE is 7 women strong of the drum & voice, who perform an uplifting fusion of African rhythm, Gospel & original funk.", www.adaawemusic.com
Music on itunes
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=25201684

Sincerely,
Joselyn Wilkinson
Calabash Productions
...evolution through music
www.joselynwilkinson.com

Music on itunes
Joselyn & wild roots: Shape Shifting
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=48731913
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Walgrove Elementary School is seeking artists to create large scale
paintings on our newly paved center courtyard as part of our Garden of
Knowledge renovation project, and we're wondering if you might be able
to help.

Our plan is to paint learning images (such as a chart of the solar
system, a map of the United States, the periodic chart, and
the hand-sign alphabet for the deaf) on the pavement and walls that
children can incorporate into their play. Per Jay Griffith's pro-bono
design, landscaping and seating will be phased in over the next six
months, but the paintings would need to be completed by mid-November.

We are the recipients of a Community Beautification Grant from the
City of LA, and also have a pledge of donated paints from Naylor
Paints to help cover costs.

Might we schedule a time to talk about the project? I'd love to get
your thoughts and see if you might be able to help.

Thanks for your consideration,

Laurie Hansen
Project Manager, The Garden of Knowledge
http://friendsofwalgrove.com/knowledge.html

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7 Dudley Cinema

at SPONTO Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, 310-306-7330, free admission, 8:00pm, www.81x.com/7dudley/cinema Come early - seating is limited & pre-shows
WED, Sept 20. THE RING ('52, 79m) Domenic Priore & Gene Aguilera, authors of the forthcoming book The Golden Age of Chicano Rock 'n' Roll: An East L.A. Visual History, host a very rare screening of this evocative tale set in downtown L.A.'s Bunker Hill district of a young Mexican-American boxer who learns the dirty truth about the fight game. With Art Aragon, a local boxing idol who was the only game in town (pre-Dodgers, Lakers, Rams). Chicano teenagers in the film wear just-post-Pachuco fashions, lookin' very proto-Rock 'n' Roll. Also: rare clips of legendary East LA groups, such as Ritchie Valens ("La Bamba"), Thee Midniters ("Whittier Blvd.") and Cannibal & the Headhunters ("Land of 1000 Dances) at the height of their success, and 20 minute preview of Jon Wilkman's documentary Chicano Rock! 7pm pre-show features poetry reading by Ruben Guevara (Ruben & the Jets), plus a Q&A and CD signing with Little Willie G. and Jimmy Espinoza of Thee Midniters.

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** Sun. Sept. 10 * 2pm & 6pm * PARLOR PERFORMANCES' "PARLOR-PALOOZA!!"
$25/$15 w/ RSVP via e-mail *
** Sat. Sept. 16 * 8pm * Sr. Citizen Cabaret Darling RAY JESSEL
(RSVP via e-mail for Ray and win equal # of additional tickets to
Parlor-Palooza!!)
** Thu. Oct. 26 * 8pm * Jazz wit JAY LEONHART's hilariously hip "The
Bass Lesson"

Parlor Performances kicks off "Season 17" with a non-stop buffet of
comedy, cabaret & solo performance!  PARLOR-PALOOZA offers continuous
mini-performances from 2pm-10pm. Then, at 10pm, stay (or return) for
"Insomniac's Delight," a late-night comedy hour featuring new works,
audience participation (5-minutes per spot!) & more!

Catch complete shows at 2pm, 4pm & 6pm!  * �Insomniac�s Delight� @ 10pm!!
* Steinway Hall * 12121 W. Pico Bl.(one door w/ of Bundy Dr. under Fields
Pianos - level P2) in West L.A. * $25 / $15 w/ advanced RSVP via e-mail!!
(admission includes Insomniac's Delight!) * OK to come & go -- just don't
leave in the middle of someone's 12-minute spot! * FREE Passes for Event
Planners, Arts Presenters & Program Chairs! (e-mail name & affiliation) 

Friday, September 22 at 8pm * $22.50 *
McCabes presents a very special night with American treasure MORT SAHL!

"... dazzling comedic gifts that age has not diminished. He remains a
predator of the pompous and pretentious and an election year for him is
like feeding time for a lion at the zoo." Chicago Tribune

"...the so-called "rebel without a pause" blazed a trail for the
political humorists of our time, the Dennis Millers, the Jon Stewarts,
the Al Frankens, the Bill Mahers." Chicago Sun Times

MORT SAHL, who first took an irreverent stand on the cutting edge of
American social and political humor with his legendary appearances at San
Francisco's famed "hungry i" in the early 1950s, refuses to slow down or
soften his touch after nearly five decades of ruffling the feathers of
the powerful and affluent and shaking a finger at their deeds. Sahl was
the first humorist on the cover of "Time" magazine and the first
non-musician to win a Grammy Award. His comments today are as incisive as
ever.

McCabe's Guitars * 3101 W. Pico Bl., Santa Monica CA 90405 * Tickets:
(310) 828-4497 * $22.50
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Sept. 23 (Sat), 9 pm—The Arab Street Hip Hop-Funk-Rock for Peace

This groundbreaking line-up addresses a young and socially conscious audience and will feature Arab-American andother rappers who use their lyrics to voice their little-heard point of view.

Presented in partnership with the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) this concert is one of several programs tied into the current CAFAM exhibit "Sovereign Threads: A History of Palestinian Embroidery," July 16-Oct. 8, 2006 at the museum.

The concert itself is a groundbreaking event that features diverse Middle Eastern artists, including the Palestinian groups N.O.M.A.D.s and The Philistines, Excentrik, New West, the Legitimates and DJ Cole Minor.

At Café-Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 West Adams Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90016 (just southwest of the 10 Fwy. and La Brea).

Tickets are $15 at the door, $12 with flyer or students with i.d. 310.559.5544.
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South Pasadena Neighbors for Peace and Justice Presents
"INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR",
narrated by Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow.

An offereing of Alternative media with speakers, Film and take-home goodies!
Saturday Sept 9th
South Pasadena Library Community Room----------Doors open 6:30 pm

SEE, SPEAK, and HEAR THE REAL NEWS!
Where Millions of Americans now go to find out the real news : Air America, LinkTV, KPFK, the Pasadena Weekly, internet news sites and the up and coming Blogesphere! Why is satellite better than cable? Unspun news that gets at the root our life today. Meet Special Guests and get Take-away goodies.
A fun and informative way to open your eyes and ears to the real world of today.
The So. Pas. Library is at 1115 El Centro (corner Diamond) South Pasadena, 91030; Metro Gold Line “Mission” stop. For More information call: 626-441-1324
Suggested Donation $5. Seniors and Youth $2. Free refreshments!. This Event Not Sponsored by the City of South Pasadena nor the So. Pas. Library

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As part of the Public Works Improvement Arts Program, the Dept. of
Cultural Affairs has issued a "Request for Qualifications" to public
artists for the El Sereno Constituent Services Center & Barrio Action
Youth & Family Center in CD14. The call is open TO ALL artists residing
in the City of Los Angeles.

Please refer interested artists to the Request for Qualifications
online information:
www.culturela.org/publicart/publicpercent.html or call Becky Snodgrass
at 213-202-5544. Submissions are due Wed. Sept. 13th.

We have a few brochures in our Westchester office, if you'd like to
come in and pick one up.

Good luck to all,
Laurie Sale

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Laurie Sale
Special Projects Deputy
Councilman Bill Rosendahl - 11th District, Los Angeles City Council
Westchester Office
7166 W. Manchester Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 568-8772
Fax: (310) 410-3946
laurie.sale@lacity.org
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Zócalo presents a vibrant series of programs that feature thinkers and doers speaking on some of the most pressing topics of the day. Bringing together an extraordinarily diverse group of Angelenos, Zócalo--"Public Square" in Spanish--seeks to create a non-partisan and multiethnic forum where participants can enjoy a rare opportunity for intellectual fellowship. www.zocalola.org
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LA Film Screening & Benefit for the Cuban Five
"Clandestinos (Underground)"

Tuesday, September 12, 7 pm
A.N.S.W.E.R. Office: 1800 Argyle Ave, #400, LA
Click here for map and driving directions

Download Flyer

For more info call 323-464-1636 or email answerla@answerla.org.
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CENTRAL SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
and the Harry Bridges Institute

Present

“A Place at the Table”

A play created and performed by Latino students from Manual Arts High, School of Global Awareness

Saturday, September 9, 2006
3:00 p.m.

At the Harry Bridges Institute
350 West 5th Street, Suite 209
San Pedro, CA 90731

For more information please call Diane Middleton at (310) 519-7555


This is a moving 30 minute theater piece that will appeal to both young people and adults. Students wrote poems, prose and first person accounts of their experiences as immigrants and as the children of immigrants. The performance is followed by a “Second Act” discussion with the audience about the current debate surrounding the immigration issue.

Conceived and directed by Susan Franklin Tanner and produced by Travis Miller, Monica Boyer De Francisco, and Andy Garcia

There is no charge for this performance

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The 43rd Annual ACLU of Southern California Garden Party

Sunday, September 10, 2006 printer version

Save the Date!

The 43rd Annual ACLU of Southern California Garden Party

Sunday, September 10, 2006
2pm - 5pm

At the home of Stanley and Betty Sheinbaum in Brentwood

Activist of the Year Award
Jodie Evans

Religious Freedom Awards
Salam Al-Marayati
Reverend J. Edwin Bacon, Jr.
Rabbi Leonard Beerman
Reverend Altagracia Perez
Reverend George Regas

3rd Annual Stanley Sheinbaum Award
Robert Scheer

Chapter Activist of the Year Award
Anne MacMurray (Inland Empire Chapter)

Tickets $40
(includes an annual ACLU membership for new members)

Click Here for sponsorship/recognition opportunities and ticket information.

For more ticket/sponsorship information or to volunteer, please contact Sarah Ellis at (213) 977-5212 or sellis@aclu-sc.org

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Listen to Pete Seeger's New 60-Second Recording
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/seeger.mp3
http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/09/07/666_questions_with_coop.php
http://www.goodmagazine.com/ - started by Peter Alsop
http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008905.php
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/art/TOM-SACHS-AND-CHANEL/
http://www.furpeaceranch.com/index.html - Jorma Kaukonen's Guitar Camp
www.savethepeaks.org/background.html

--

Eric Ahlberg
www.veniceartscouncil.org
www.myspace.com/b91s
politicsandart.blogspot.com
Jamendo : Jampoet - Pianism 

Can satirists govern?

The satirist is an insurgent - he can snipe and detonate and oppose, but he can never govern.
- Rich Cohen, Funny Business, LA Times.

Public Art Forum Documents
Harry Bridges at the Pacific Resident Theatre
Iraq for Sale
Progressive Art at Workmen's Circle
Ross Altman at Church in Ocean park
The Ground Truth at Agape
Chalk For Peace
Triathalon starts in Venice 6:45am Sept 10
Heal the Bay Beach Cleanup
Visions of Los Angeles
Links including Simpsons vs Startrek

We're working on getting information from our Public Art Forum up on the website,
here's what we have so far.

Public Art Forum Proceedings

Introduction

Comments on A Master Plan For Venice

Comments on Non-Violent Gun Sculpture

Comments on The Venice Sign

Comments on The Bronze Camels

Comments on Sculptural Trash Cans

Comments on Windward Circle Sculpture & Landscaping

Comments on Venice Historical Banners

Comments on Venice Blvd. Landscape Project

Comments on The Endangered Art Fund

More News...

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Coming soon to Pacific Resident Theatre.

“Harry Bridges is one of the most important labor leaders of the 20^th century. Ian Ruskin has captured him – his persona and his ideas – brilliantly”. - Howard Zinn

Join us for the acclaimed one-man play –

Starring Ian Ruskin as Harry Bridges

Pacific Resident Theatre - 703 Venice Boulevard, Venice

September 19^th, 20^th, 26^th and 27^th at 8 PM $10

Box Office – 310- 822- 8392 Tuesday – Saturday 3-7 PM or at the door

DVD available of the play directed by Haskell Wexler with appearances by Edward Asner and Elliott Gould with music by Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie & others. Produced by Ian Ruskin and Suzanne Thompson

For more information visit www.theharrybridgesproject.org

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2 shows this Monday (that's labor day!).  7pm and 9:30pm.  Both totally free.

We stopped taking reservations for the 7pm show, but you can still get in if you get there early.  Doors open at 6:30.   Those of you with reservations, you will lose them if you aren't there by 7pm to make room for others.

WHAT: 'Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers' World Premiere
WHERE: Laemmle Monica
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica 90401
WHEN: Sept. 4th (Labor day) at 7pm and 9:30pm
COST: FREE, just show up.

There will be a Q&A with Robert Greenwald after the 7pm show.

The handful of people who have seen it tend to use the phrase 'blew me away' or 'i'm blown away' or 'my mind is blown'.   So this film may not be suitable for some audiences.  :)

Hope to see you there!

Jim Gilliam
producer, Brave New Films

P.S. here's the trailer:  http://iraqforsale.org/

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Art: Progressive Art

A Shenere Velt Gallery presents the work of artist Peter Whittenberger concerning militarism, Big Brother, the media and class. Reception today; runs thru Oct. 26. 5-7 PM. Workmen’s Circle, 1525 S Robertson Blvd., LA. (310) 552-3477. . .
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Music: Labor Day Sunday

Folk (fighter) Ross Altman appears for his 26th year to sing labor songs and highlights from his new CD "Storm Warnings," at the annual Labor Day Sunday in Ocean Park. 10:15 AM. Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., Ocean Park. (310) 399-1631.

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Benefit: "The Ground Truth"

A documentary about the realities of Iraq War Vets and the War they were forced into. A benefit for the National Veterans Foundation. Reception with filmmaker Patricia Foulkrod, Shad Meshad & the soldiers. Monday September 11 2006, 6 PM. AGAPE Center, 5700 Buckingham Parkway, Culver City.$125. (818) 777-3469. . .
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Crimes of the Oval Office: Bush and the Potential for Impeachment
Elizabeth Holtzman and John W. Dean in Conversation
Moderated by Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison
A book signing will follow the event.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
8:00 pm, Royce Hall on the UCLA Campus

Former congresswoman and Brooklyn district attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, author of The Impeachment of George W. Bush (Nation Books, September 2006) joins former presidential counsel and bestselling author John W. Dean (Worse Than Watergate and Conservatives Without Conscience) for a wide-ranging public airing of the charges that President Bush and members of his Administration have undermined, circumvented and violated provisions of the American Constitution they swore to uphold.

This historic event re-unites two of the central participants from the Nixon Impeachment era, both of whom have written authoritatively on the crimes of the Bush Presidency. On the eve of the fall political season and in light of recent Federal Court decisions challenging the legality of controversial Bush policies, this conversation between two of the most thoughtful and experienced observers of American politics could not be more timely.

Tickets are $15 & $10. Click here to purchase online and click here for more info.

Co-sponsored by Democrats.com, Truthdig.com, Public Concern Foundation, and Take on the Media Campaign.

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Political Action: Chalk4Peace

Peace Chalking on pavements and sidewalks around the world. Everyone is invited to participate. Sept. 16-17. . . .

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The Los Angeles Triathlon will take place on Sunday September 10th and begin at Venice Beach at 6:35 a.m. with the ocean swim segment. The bike course starts at the beach and proceeds up Venice Blvd., travels through the Fairfax District, Museum Row, Hancock Park, Hollywood and Koreatown, with the transition to the run segment in downtown LA and the finish line at STAPLES Center. There are approximately 25 miles of street closures to ensure the safety of the competitors. All streets will be opened by noon.
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Please join Heal the Bay to help reduce pollution on our beaches on Coastal Cleanup Day: Saturday, September 16, 2006, at Venice Beach at Rose Avenue, from 9:00 am to noon! For more information, please visit: http://www.healthebay.org/volunteer/ccd/2006/eventinfo/
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Contact: Marianna Gatto
(213) 485-8432
mariann.gatto@lacity.org

L.A. 225: Los Angeles through the Eyes of Artists
EXHIBIT EXPLORES ARTISTS'
VISIONS OF LOS ANGELES
FOR THE CITY'S 225TH BIRTHDAY

LOS ANGELES - From September 1 to October 16, 2006, in commemoration of the
City of Los Angeles' 225th birthday, El Pueblo Historical Monument will
present
L.A. 225: LOS ANGELES THROUGH THE EYES OF ARTISTS. L.A. 225 is a free
exhibit that explores artists' perceptions of the cultural, political,
social, historical and geographical character of Los Angeles.

The exhibition features the work of such artists as Barbara Carrasco, Robbie
Conal, Ricardo Duffy, George Evans, Victor Gastelum, Clement Hanami, Leo
Limon, Sandra Low, Dominique Moody, Jose Montoya, Frank Romero, Lola
Scarpitta, Richard Wyatt and is curated by Marianna Gatto and Shervin
Shahbazi. A complete list of participating artists is available upon
request. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2006
from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Pico House Gallery at El Pueblo Historical
Monument, 424 North Main Street, Los Angeles, 90012.

About El Pueblo Historical Monument
El Pueblo Historical Monument is the oldest section of Los Angeles and is
the site where the City was first established in 1781. The forty-four acre
park consists of numerous historic buildings, museums, a beautiful outdoor
plaza and the world famous Mexican marketplace on Olvera Street. The
Monument represents the rich history, culture and ethnic diversity that is
the foundation of the City of Los Angeles.

Calendar Editors Please Note:

What: "L.A. 225" is an exhibition of artwork that explores artists' visions
of Los Angeles. It is presented by El Pueblo Historical Monument.
Where: Pico House Gallery at El Pueblo Historical Monument.
When: September 1 to October 16, 2006.

Free Public Programs:
Walk to Los Angeles
Retrace Los Angeles founders' footsteps! Join the Walk to LA from San
Gabriel Mission to the Plaza at El Pueblo Historical Monument. (The event is
free and everyone is welcome!) 7:00 a.m., Monday, September 4, 2006 San
Gabriel Mission 428 S. Mission Avenue, San Gabriel CA 91776-1299 To register
visit: http://www.lacity.org/225/225_walk.htm
L.A. 225 Opening Reception:

Pico House Gallery, Saturday, September 9, 2006; 6:00-9:00 p.m. Live music.
Free.

Film Screening:

Phillip Rodriguez's evocative documentary, "Los Angeles Now." Pico House
Gallery Courtyard, Friday, October 6, 7:30 PM. Pico House Gallery will be
open extended hours on the evening of the screening from 4-7:30 PM. Free.

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LINKS
http://www.current.tv/burningman/
http://www.fixthegulf.com/
http://operationeden.blogspot.com/2006/08/tear-drop.html
http://www.ursulamartinez.com
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EkTpUxh8Vxc - Simpsons vs Startrek
http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/ad/retouch/index.html - how cover girls get retouched
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Eric Ahlberg
www.veniceartscouncil.org
www.myspace.com/b91s
lapoliticalart.blogspot.com
www.jamendo.com/us/album/2571/
Canal Party Sunday, must write me.