Friday The 13th: Arize

Event name: Friday The 13th: Arize

Date: December 13th, 2013
Location: The Marquist 3807 San Pablo Avenue
Emeryville, California 94608

Doors: 6pm - 12am ($10)

25% of proceeds go to these two organizations for Philippine relief work~

Links:

http://www.haiti.communitere.org/

http://transnationalaction.org/

Tattoos for $13 + $7 tip from 12pm - 9pm/ first come first serve

This event is a cross pollination of arts from live tattoos, artwork, art expo, vendors, food, and drinks, to give a GREAT place a GRAND OPENING & and to honor the Philippine Island Disaster.

Please come and support the Philippines! 25% goes to Tigra: (http://transnationalaction.org)! They are actively rebuilding 5000 boats for the fishing communities affected by the devastating typhoon that recently hit the Philippines! 60% of all people affected were living in fishing communities. Let's help them become self-staining again! 

The Phoenix is the symbol of the people who have been devastated arizing from the ashes!

Music:

1. DJ Offerings (Audiopharmacy)

2. DJ Offerings (Celeste Lear)

3. DJ Offerings (KAmau BAkari ABayomi)

4. Vocal Offerings: Atiim Chenzira

5. Band: JJ Jamz

Art:

1. Jack Eastgate

2. Freedom Bean

3. Joel Thompson

4. Lorenzo Vasquez

5. Eghan Thompson (Sculptures)

6. Calvin Grey (Master Artist)

7. Two of the finest tattoo artists in the BAY

a. Nucleah Disasta

b. Noah Boyes

Culinary Vendors:

1. Daniella Bensimon (Mediterranean foods)

2. TBD

Drinks by donation and proof of age only:

Barista: Rachel Gregory

1. DNA / Rhinestone Carboys

Fine Art Vendors:

1. Eghan Thompson (Jewelry)

2. http://Paperthrones.com presents Among The Veils

3. Please contact Atiim@ThousndWordZ.net for more information, or to be included in future shows.

Artists bio’s: (www.interviewz.blogspot.com)

For more info: http://AThousandWordZ.net/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AThousandWordZ

Make a donation to the Red Cross for Philippines relief.

Syndicated article from Global Red Cross Response Efforts: http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Red-Cross-Sends-Support-to-Philippines-for-Typhoon-Response?&nbsp

 

When responding overseas, the American Red Cross works closely with the affected Red Cross society to provide the level of staff support and assistance requested.

Posted November 12, 2013 , Updated article

Help people affected by the Pacific typhoon. 

Last Friday, Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Pacific islands of the Philippines, leaving behind a scene of destruction and despair. The global Red Cross network is responding to emergency needs in the Philippines with food, water, and relief supplies, and the American Red Cross is lending people, expertise and equipment to this massive effort. 

While Red Cross relief efforts are well underway, blocked roads, destroyed infrastructure and downed communication lines are making the response particularly challenging.

The Philippines, a nation of more than 7,000 islands, faces enormous devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that produced record strength winds along with high storm surges. Approximately 10 million people across 40 provinces have been affected with as many as 600,000 people displaced and the death toll continuing to rise. 

PHILIPPINE RED CROSS ON THE GROUND The Philippine Red Cross is leading this response effort and their volunteers have been caring for people even before Typhoon Haiyan made landfall. Prior to the arrival of Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippine Red Cross worked closely with local disaster authorities to support preemptive evacuations, helping move more than 125,000 families to safer shelters. The Philippine Red Cross also disseminated early warning messages and safety tips in areas along the path of the typhoon.

Days later, Philippine Red Cross volunteer rescue and relief teams continue to provide assistance in the hardest hit communities, including assisting in search and rescue efforts. The Philippine Red Cross has extensive experience in search and rescue and large-scale relief and recovery programs. The Philippine Red Cross is the largest humanitarian organization in the country, with 1,000 staff members and an estimated 500,000 active volunteers engaged in response to this emergency. 

The Philippine Red Cross has begun distributions of relief supplies and volunteers are packing more supplies to send to all the affected areas. However, delivery of supplies in the worst affected city of Tacloban has been significantly constrained by damage to local infrastructure. Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of about 220,000 people the hardest with a tsunami-like storm surge pushing a wall of water nearly 10 feet high inland.

Specialized emergency response teams from Red Cross societies across the globe are moving into the Philippines to assist the Philippine Red Cross. These include teams with expertise in logistics, disaster assessment, shelter, health, water and sanitation. 

AMERICAN RED CROSS RESPONSE EFFORTS The American Red Cross is among those societies helping support the response efforts of the Philippine Red Cross. Four people from the American Red Cross have arrived in the Philippines. These include two people who specialize in telecommunication and who are travelling with satellite equipment, and two others who specialize in disaster assessment. 

When responding overseas, the American Red Cross response is different than a typical disaster response in the United States, working closely with the affected Red Cross society who serves as the lead to provide the level of staff support and assistance requested. 

The American Red Cross is also helping to reconnect families separated by this typhoon and has activated its family tracing services. If people are looking for a missing family member in the Philippines, please remember that many phone lines are down. If people are unable to reach loved ones, contact your local chapter of the American Red Cross to initiate a family tracing care.

The American Red Cross remains in close contact with the Philippine Red Cross, and more help and assistance will be provided in the days ahead.

People who want to donate to the American Red Cross to support the response for this typhoon can go to redcross.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS.

Tags: Philippines, Typhoon

About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.

ARTIFACTS – Chris Schelling JFKU Arts & Consciousness Program MFA Graduate Exhibition Public · By Arts & Consciousness

A show by Arts & Consciousness, displaying art by C.S. Novus

 ARTIFACTS – Chris Schelling JFKU Arts & Consciousness Program MFA Graduate Exhibition
The secret narrative of these objects and images lies within you as the viewer. What stories will arise through your exploration with these ARTIFACTS of experience?

Exhibition: July 8 – 19, 2013
Reception: Saturday, July 13, 6 – 9
FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

Arts & Consciousness Gallery
2956 San Pablo Avenue, 2nd Floor, Berkeley, CA, 94702
Hours: Monday – Friday 12-5 pm
For more information: call 510.647.2041

The Arts & Consciousness program educates the creative leaders of tomorrow, offering a Master of Arts in Transformative Arts that explores the deepest personal, social, and spiritual dimension of creativity. Learn more at our Open House: Saturday, July 20, 10:30 am. To RSVP or for more information, call 800.696.5358 or visit www.jfku.edu.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/385782854855418/

ATTENTION: 

Due to the lack of details and communication, I have decided to pull A Thousand WordZ involvement with the April 21st Oakland Nimby show. 

I will be contacting all parties invited and confirmed for this event personally. Thank you for your level of interest and support. Without support and creativity, A Thousand WordZ is a very small picture.

Blessings,
Atiim Chenzira,
Founder
A Thousand WordZ.

An organization of mixed genre artists who share their works in community to build community, which is the bigger picture. 

A Thousand WordZ is currently looking to conduct smaller focused shows. We will ask for participants once we locate a few venues to partner with. Be well, and thank you for your participation.

~Atiim Chenzira
Founder of A Thousand WordZ


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Hi Atiim,

As Director of Communications, I am based in Partners In Health's Boston office. Like you, I often rely on our colleagues on the ground in Haiti to hear the latest updates.

This morning I took a moment to look back through many of the pictures that have come across my desk in the past 12 months. In every photo, the resilience of our Haitian colleagues -- every one of whom has experienced the loss of a parent, child, sibling or dear friend -- is overwhelmingly apparent.

And today, it's clear to see that we've made a real impact in Haiti. Thanks to your donations and the hard work of our colleagues on the ground, Haiti's story has become more than a tale of tragedy -- it has become a story of hope and dignity against all odds.

Take a look at these photos to see what we have achieved together -- and then leave a note of support for the men and women doing this vital work.

http://pih.org/send-a-message 

Zanmi Lasante, PIH's Haitian sister organization, and its 4,000 Haitian staff played an integral role in rapid response efforts in the days and weeks after the earthquake. Your support also helped us to maintain a constant presence on the ground. To date we have treated over 200,000 patients at PIH clinics in spontaneous settlements, and we've more than doubled our mental health team staff to 70. And as we continue to serve those in need, we've redoubled our efforts on important long-term projects that will improve public health in Haiti for years to come.

Some of those projects are large, like the new 320-bed teaching hospital we're building in Mirebalais. Others are of a smaller scale -- like our work with a young woman named Carmene whose legs had to be amputated after a wall collapsed on her during the earthquake.

Doctors from PIH and our partners at Hopital Albert Schweitzer fitted Carmene for new prosthetic legs two months after the quake. Now, she has joined the rebuilding effort herself. Hired by Zanmi Lasante as a Community Health Worker, she supports the mental and physical rehabilitation of other patients with disabilities.

Carmene's story is just one among hundreds of thousands in Haiti. But it illustrates the real difference that we've made day in and day out thanks to the support of people like you.

Every day our Haitian colleagues are at work serving their community. Please take a moment to see how much progress they've made and leave them a word of support -- we'll be sending all of your messages to our team in Haiti.

http://pih.org/send-a-message 

Thank you so much for getting involved with Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante. I feel deeply, deeply proud of our work -- and so should you.

With profound thanks,

Andrew Marx
Director of Communications

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April 1, 2010

Dear A Thousand Wordz and; D.N.A Brewing Organization:

As you know the response in the days following the earthquake in Haiti were both immediate and critical. After my initial trip upon finding my mother safe, I knew that I had to return to Haiti and deliver immediate assistance to the people of Haiti. Currently to date the money we raised has allowed us to:

* Organized a Medical Clinic administered by New York partners (Marly and Qaid) in conjunction with

doctors and nurses from Humanity First

* Provided additional medical supplies to the Humanity First Clinic in Turgeau

* Bought & Distributed food to Families in Trugeau: 525 lbs. of rice, 600 lbs. of beans, 118 lbs. of cornmeal,

155 lbs. of barley, and 120 lbs. of pasta

* Bought 100 large temporary housing structures made with canopies (10ft x 12ft) and tarps

* Installed 2 water filtration systems which will produce and provide over 1000 gallons per hour.

* Bought art from local artists to be sold at Fundraiser in Seattle

* Delivered 5400 gallons of filtered, potable drinking water

Your contribution of $500.00 will be directed towards rebuilding Targeau, an area of Port au Prince where my family is directly affected. We have identified a total of 9 homes & 1 school that need to be rebuilt. When others were still debating how to deliver assistance, we were doing it. In a matter of days and from hundreds of miles away from Haiti we mobilized, found the resources and hand delivered them. We could not have achieved this without organizations like yours.

We are the conduit for the contribution to humanity that you wish to make. Every dollar you donate goes to help people in Haiti affected by this devastating earthquake. I thank you for your faith in me to deliver assistance and create a better life for the people of Haiti. And I hope to have your continued support in this task to rebuild Haiti. Please continue to follow the progress we make via our website blog, www.strengththroughunity.org (L'Union Fait La Force).

With Sincere Gratitude,

David Pierre-Louis
Executive Director
&
Farah Ebrahim
Development Director

The DNA Brewing Organization:

Who? What is that?

HTTP://DNAbeer.BlogSpot.Com

 

The RhineStone Carboys: 

Who are the RhineStone Carboys?

http://interviewz.blogspot.com/2010/02/rhinestone-carboys.html

Biographical information for artists involved with event on Featured FolkZ

EVENT:

 02/27/10

A Thousand WordZ: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

a night filled with mixed genre arts and artists, a thriving community of creative folks raising awareness, and some creative fund raising for Haiti relief.

Cost: $10 sliding scale

Enter and you will find art, photography, DJ's, great live music/bands, some great food, and beer by donation brewed by local brewers to raise funds for clean water, medical supplies, and food for Haitians in need. That is a night, and a $10 bill well spent. Come join us in celebrating diversity, and community.

The evening will go from 7pm to 12am in the Theater, and there will be some smaller after parties following from 12am - 3am. So far...

First and foremost ~ Design & Support:

reFRACTion (lighting and audio),

Lux Capacitor (lighting and audio),

Digital Bliss Productions,

and Ridah Ridah Entertainment

Sonic Art:

Dahrio Wonder (R&B), Dragon Spit 22 (Hopadelic Rock N' Soul), Divasonic (Live Electronica), Ecdysis (live world folk n' soul), DJ Manny Black aka Kosmic Kid, pending: Mixed Nutts (vocal acappella), and DJ "Big Willie" Adams, Xandra (Acoustic Blue Soul), and Freedom Bean (Funky Expressionist Bass), and Marcell William (R&B).

EXHIBITING Visual ARTISTS:

(all or most art is for sale ~ some proceeds will benefit Haitians)

Photography:

SooozhyQ

Bethanie Hines

Live Photography:

Lauren Stower

Paintings:

Reshma Azmi, Andreas One (Smith)

Local 365 Crew: (Paintings)

Suzie Ferras, Pete Doolittle, Paul Barron, Lauren Stower, Anthony Kurtz, Chirs Granillo, Lady Reni, Asha, & Luis Marroquin.

Project Elefont Crew: (Paintings)

Chris Granillo, Lady Reni, Suzie Ferras, Lorenzo Vasquez, Manny Fresh

Live Art crew:

Suzie Ferras, Pete Doolittle, Chris Granillo, & Lady Reni

Live Projection:

Anthony Kurtz

Dance:

Decoy Galorina.

Tasty Art:

Pat Brown (Gourmet food), Hood Chefz (Gourmet food), DNA Brewing Organization (in collaboration with Rhinestone Carboys Crew), and maybe, just maybe... delicious sweets made by Maete.

Haiti Hopaweizen ~ $5 minimum donation.

http://dnabeer.blogspot.com/

Back in visible ACTION!

A Thousand WordZ

Hello Community!

February 27th, A Thousand WordZ is organizing an event called

 "A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words".

We will be located at the Oakland Noodle Factory from 7pm - 12am+.

Photoraphy, paintings, liveperformances, and art, and music, artists, and world citizens will be present to experience. Some home cooked fooood, and home brew...

Extra Special Information:

We are brewing a beer named "Prince-of-Porters", and Haiti Hopeaweizen, which we're giving away for free at the event. We, however, HOPE you will honor our time and commitment to brewing these special drinks, and make a donation to our efforts to support Haiti in their time of need. (Some potential recipients) We have researched a number of non-profit organizations (501 c 3, both charitable, and corporate) to give our raised donations to give aid to Haitians in their time of need. You can also donate to two other causes; New Orleans, and a couple of local non-profits of your choice. Get at me if you are interested in helping. A Community Urban Soul Project Collaboration. Many collaborators to be mentioned. Stay tuned.

For Immediate Release

October 2007

CUSP (Community Urban Soul Project) and Digital Bliss Productions
team up for a new monthly event at Poleng Lounge in San Francisco, CA. Both collectives have produced events all over the Bay Area since 2004 and are taking their eclectic variety of live music and community back to the Poleng Lounge this fall every 2nd Thursday of each month. Expect a cross-pollination of live bands and electronica bands with live elements. However mixed the Poleng Lounge will be it will emphasis electronica with a monthly residency from Divasonic (Live ~ Electro - Acoustic - Drum & Bass) and a bi-monthly residency from BOMANI (Live Hopadelic Funk & Soul). Including a rotation of three spectacular DJs; DJ Fridaylove, DJ Big Willie and DJ rAhnlee. DJ Fridaylove spins ‘Oakland Big Beats’, DJ Big Willie spins “Everything Funky” and DJ rAhnlee is a Laptop DJ who produces and plays his Afro Galactic ambient music.

Next SHOW:
November 8th, 2007 10pm-2am

Door: $10
$7 w/ Flyer

http://www.polenglounge.com/



Record Release celebration for Divasonic and her sophomore album
‘Changing Wind’.

Performing: @ 10pm

Divasonic and Friends
(Live electro-acoustic-DnB)

http://www.divasonic.com/

Performing: @ 11pm

Weather Pending
(Pop/ Electronic/ Dance/ DJ)

http://www.myspace.com/WeatherPending

DJ: (Laptop Set) from 10pm – 1:30am

DJ rAhnlee
(Afro-galactic Ambient Musik)

http://www.myspace.com/rAhnLoam





· The Community Urban Soul Project (C.U.S.P.) began in 2004. CUSP aims to raise both awareness and funds for specific community issues and needs, and build a stronger artist community and community in general by showcasing musicians of many genres. The members are creative folks; teachers, actors, counselors, doctors, etc, who are involved in community outreach on many levels. These groups work together to share music as a tool to build community.

Digital Bliss Productions was established in 2004 to promote women electronic music producers, vocalists, instrumentalists and engineers as well as women who combine media and disciplines to create their own unique voice in the digital realm. Digital Bliss seeks to connect groups in the wildly varied Electronic music scene to create more community and cross-pollination in the Bay Area and subsequently on a Global Scale. Through performances, education, touring, compilation releases and blogging we share our new voices and music.

Contact: Digital Bliss Productions ~ Lynda Arnold Divasonic@sbcglobal.net

CUSP organizers: Bekka Fink & Atiim Chenzira Atiim@Atiim.net

510-593-4394

For Immediate Release

September 2007

CUSP (Community Urban Soul Project) and Digital Bliss Productions

team up for a new monthly event at Poleng Lounge in San Francisco
Both collectives have produced events all over the Bay Area since 2004 and are ready to bring their eclectic variety of live music and community back to the Poleng Lounge this fall every 2nd Thursday of each month. Expect a cross-pollination of live bands and electronica bands with live elements. However mixed the Poleng Lounge will emphasis electronica with a residency from Divasonic, DJ Fridaylove and DJ Big Willie. DJ Fridaylove spins ‘Oakland Big Beats’, DJ Big Willie spins “Everything Funky” and BOMANI plays live Funk/Hip Hop/Soul.

FIRST SHOW:

October 11, 2007 10pm-2am Door: $7 http://www.polenglounge.com/

Record Release celebration for Divasonic's ‘Changing Wind’ album. Performing: Divasonic and Friends (Live electro-acoustic-DnB) http://www.divasonic.com/

Record Release celebration for Atiim Chenzira's (lead singer of BOMANI) debut album 'In Pursuit of Happiness..." BOMANI (Live Funk/Hip Hop/Soul) http://www.myspace.com/bomanimusik

DJ Big Willie
DJ Fridaylove

The Community Urban Soul Project (C.U.S.P.) began in 2004. CUSP aims to raise both awareness and funds for specific community issues and needs, and build a stronger artist community and community in general by displaying musicians of many genres. The members are creative folks; teachers, actors, counselors, doctors, etc, who are involved in community outreach on many levels. These groups work together to share music as a tool to build community.

Digital Bliss Productions established itself in 2004 to promote women electronic music producers, vocalists, instrumentalists and engineers as well as women who combine media and disciplines to create their own unique voice in the digital realm. Digital Bliss seeks to connect groups in the wildly varied Electronic music scene to create more community and cross-pollination in the Bay Area and subsequently on a Global Scale. Through performances, education, touring, compilation releases and blogging we share our new voices and music.

Contact:

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  Digital Bliss Productions Organizer: Lynda Arnold
  

• CUSP Organizers: Bekka Fink & Atiim Chenzira 510-593-4394
  

A THOUSAND WORDZ

PREZENTZ:
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&
Resource Collective

Click the image and set up an account. This is one of the best resouces I know. If you travel you can benefit from this. If you want to collaborate or ask questions amongst your peers... This is for you.

-Atiim Chenzira

Reno Nevada@The Green RoomCeleste Lear & Divasonic rocked the house!!!

The Green Room Story:

Celeste Lear met a downtempo queen on line named Artemis and immediately loved her electronic and ambient music. Artemis' husky, heavenly alto floats over dreamy organic soundscapes and smart, dynamic beats. Combining elements of trip-hop, drum and bass, breakbeat and poptronica, Artemis fuses a hybrid sound that can take you from a rocking club to a late night lounge and everywhere in between. So, Ms. Lear reached out in hopes of collaborating with other powerful independent women musicians like herself and invited Artemis to collaborate on shows.
Artemis and Divasonic are both Cyberset artists and partners of a collaborative Diva started with her first partner Rena Jones. Anyway... Celeste is thorough. She reached out to Divasonic too because Divasonic, a beautiful performer and producer, with ambient bass beats and acoustic piano and flute, heads an electronica collaborative named Digital Bliss Productions. Diva established an annual event called Estrogenesis produced by women artists of Electronic music in San Francisco, CA. (check it out by clicking here). This was all while Celeste felt the networking energy.
Ms. Lear began spreading the word of her upcoming album release "The Echo Inside" a few months ago in February.

Well, to say the least, Celeste Lear fell in love with Diva's music too and invited both Artemis and Divasonic to join forces and set up a couple of shows in Santa Cruz, California and Reno, Nevada.

Brookdale Lodge May 6th, 2006

Well... I hear the show was phenomenal, but the house lighting and sound isn't the best. Artemis's music is spiritually saturated and colored in depth, so I know she did a beautiful job on stage. This is what I hear. This downtempo queen could hypnotize a nation. I'm sure she was a sensation. I saw her perform at the 14th annual Digital Be-In and whew!
So, after the Brookdale Lodge, which didn't have the biggest turn out, partially due to the story of it being haunted by 49 residing spirits and partially because of underground rumors of staff politics (strictly rumor I'm sure), the show was great, but the attendance was short. The ladies parted ways, Diva after the show and Artemis and Celeste Lear in the morning. Artemis returned to her Marin Ranch and Diva headed back to her Bay Area home and next to meet Celeste in Reno, Nevada to finish Celeste Lears Northern Tour.

The Experience:

I drove up to Nevada with Divasonic to feature on a new track that we collaborated on production and writing named 'Seed'. We met Celeste, Peter, Bryan and Jeff at the Lear lair. From there we left for the show to set up and get sound checked. It was a great day. The bar reminded me of a secret hole in the wall. It was made of bricks and tucked in an alley between two businesses right on the street. The staff greeted us all with helping hands and drink tickets. Yes, it was a great night.
Diva sound checked first and enveloped the room with teasing sounds of what was to come. Meanwhile I talked with the band mates of Celeste. Bryan, the bass player is a grounded cat that's cooler than a Polar Bear's toe nail. Peter, the keys player, carries an alluring mystic that grabs anyone's attention. He stated he'd just done a photoshoot in LA before doing the tour, while explaining why he had two blue extentions in his hair that looked 'Native American'. Jeff the drummer explained how he happened upon the drumless band two weeks prior to the tour. He had just finished playing with Andre 3000 and re-settling in LA when he browsed Craigslist and found Celeste's add for a drummer. Well, Celeste was in for a treat.
During sound check for Celeste the band played a few tunes and each one made me jump and dance. Now, there aren't too many bands that grab my body the way Celeste's band does. When a band moves me I can't do nothing but pay each member the fullest respect. RESPECT!
After all the business of checking and situating occurred the doors opened at 8pm and Divasonic blessed the house with her beautiful music. She started with a new song from untitled upcoming CD. The song was called 'Changing Wind'...It was amazing! I got on stage and performed our piece 'Seed', which will get better as it is more polished. The house was packed. No one left the room. It seemed the room became more and more filled as her set went on. Diva performed her new single "Filled With Love" and "Candy Store" from her "Birth" CD. In awe the crowd sat quietly listening to every note being played and every lyric being sung. I hoped for dancing, but it felt like dancing wasn't as important to the crowd as it is to me. It didn't matter, the room continued to fill. By the time Divasonic retired from the stage the only consistent thing I recall hearing from Celeste Lear and other spectators is, "That girl is going places..."
After all of the anticipation Celeste mounted the stage with 'the band' and ripped the club a new "@$# hole". I couldn't help but fill my camera with pictures the entire night and I worked up such a sweat from dancing, there wasn't a beer that made me tipsy. Celeste's father and step-mother were present and according to her announcement mid-set, "This is the first show my father's seen my band play live". Every song had deep bass rythmes and Soul filled singing, drumming that was completely unbelievable and both the Keys and Guitar were singing to each other. A real band! A real funky band! They performed a number of new tunes; 'Letter From A Train', 'Mrs. Knievel', 'House of Glass' and my new favorite tune, "Tears in the garden" from her long awaited album "The Echo Inside".
The experience filled me with love, with joy, with enthusiasm to continue my community building work and a sense of deep connection to the process of creating and performing music that makes people think, feel and move. All three ladies are certified lyricists. They have the music to back it up and the attitude to enrich any room they fill with their music. If I could relive it again I would, but it will forever be an experience I'm eternally grateful for. Thank you.

Celeste Lear says, "I am at oneearlear@yahoo.com
...My band members names are:

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  Bryan Jeffries on bass,
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  Peter Johnson on keys/laptop and
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  Jef Van Veen on drums(who, by the way, played on Andre 3000's 'Love Below').
  
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  I...Celeste Lear...do all our programming, arranging , voice and guitars (Production)."

For more information about Celeste Lear go to
http://www.myspace.com/celestelear or visit her home page at http://www.celestelear.com/
For more information about Artemis go to
http://www.myspace.com/artemis1 or visit her home page at
http://www.artemis.fm/
For more information about Divasonic go to
http://www.myspace.com/divasonic or visit her home page at
http://www.divasonic.com

other links to view:
http://www.digitalblissproductions.com/
http://www.Cyberset.cc
Artemis, Divasonic & Celeste Lear are members of
The Community Urban Soul Project:
http://www.CommunityUrbanSoulProject.blogspot.com

A Thousand WordZ

Hello Community!

Do you have photography, paintings, words, song, poetry, and music…talent to share?

I am Atiim Chenzira, organizer of A Thousand WordZ
http://mailto:atiim@atiim.net/
www.APictureZWorth.Blogspot.com

A Thousand WordZ is an Ezine and a Community that is rapidly growing. We're started as a Benefit Organization and Music Collaborative and will eventually become an Ezine when our community grows stronger. We use a medium which allows artists to share their gifts and talents, arts and creativity, technical know-how and editorial knowledge with each other. We’re inviting you to join our communtiy and to submit your works for our future publication. We focus on Audio and Visual arts, which could be anything you do; short stories, essays, journalism, poetry, photography, paintings, drawings, song- lyrics, rap/hip-hop, rock, reggae, punk, spoken word, whatever… We are moving in a group and erecting something that is useful to us all.

This is how it works: You read the theme of the upcoming issue. You send us your works. We configure the Ezine accordingly. We set up events to display our works. For your contributions to the Ezine we provide a link from our Network Section (Voltronnection) to either your webpage or email address. The Network Section will be open to the public and we will give snippets of recordings and a tour of our site. For more information please contact us at AThousandWordZ@hotmail.com or use the links above.

The First Issue:
UPRIZING
Subtitle:
SEED

If you have any works that fall under any of the titles above, please send them. Pass this on to your frendz:

A THOUSAND WORDZ

This is an organization that welcomes community support to help raise funds for community needs.


Today A Thousand WordZ stands as a shell of what it could be. The idea is great. We've raised funds this year for Hurricane relief and through our music collaborative (C.U.S.P.) Community Urban Soul Project, we've raised funds for Breast Cancer last November. Our November 10th, 2005 show at the Oakland Metro sparked a realization among the artists that witnessed and participated that community is greater than working alone. Sharing is beautiful and helps take some burden away from isolated attempts to achieve a goal. So, since musicians are clearly into making music this thread of commonality and the will to share our gifts to make a positive change in our immediate communities glues us to this idea of humanity. Humanity can only exist when sharing is involved. So won't you share with us? Share in this idea of community and help us help us all.

Take a look around the sidebars and see which blog you'd like to display your talent. Are you a photographer or visual artist? Are you a musician looking to join a solid community? Are you a comic strip writer? Are you a citizen looking to change the status quo, the way things exist? Are you a poet, a creative writer, an activist writer...etc? Do you want to share in a growing community of poeple who want to share of themselves to be a community? Welcome.

Look below

1. Make our blogs your homepage and surf the net easy with your community just a click away.
2. Stay informed with events and send us your events to post for the community to share in and participate.
3. Encourage and support the arts by submitting your writings, visual arts, links to your music, etc... there is a blog for everyone and almost anything and if there isn't and you have one we can link ourselves to, please email Atiim Chenzira at Atiim@Atiim.net and let us build our network.
4. Remember: change doesn't just happen it is created.
   

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"You don't fail.... You give up"
I will never fail at building community, because I will never give up. -Atiim

PROFESSIONAL?

I DO NOT KNOW.

TRUTH: It hurts sometimes, It is violent sometimes, It is raw sometimes, but it is.

The reality of our world is Capitalism and the food we work for to feed the beast's life. We realize that the struggle is easier to bare when more are shouldering the cross. Beat up and worn out we struggle to make it by and be unseen. Conflict is the last thing anybody wants when they are tired. Hmmm.

I'm tired and many more are too. Exhausted is a stronger and probably more appropriate concept.

What do we do about it?

Communicate or pout?

Reach out or go down without trying to?

Build up or scatter like Babel?

Well humility is needed to rebuild, because it was arogance that destroyed the tower to heaven.

What is heaven?

A community of all building with one goal in mind sounds like one appropritate way of describing it, but it's grander than that.

It's a basic understanding that we all must visit to coexist...

Peace is the frame to the bigger picture, but compassion is the compass.

Sharing is the key...

We all have colors to mix and use to paint our own signature to the mural of life.

What do we share?

Everything you can is the answer.

We wake up with Grace and without our permission and have whatever we do to give it all again, so what do we have to give?

Everything we are and have without regret or fear is the answer.

What do I do?

What do you do?

I do not know, but I will give my all.

Right now this is an idea. This is a concept and a hope... this is my passion and my torch. Turbulent like flight and extreme at times, this is real and up to us all to decide how to write, for it is written.

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