Think Postcard Project will exhibit

An update on the Sacramento Poet Laureate's Think Postcard Project:

Remember the Think Postcard Project of 2006?

Well, it has come of age!In fact, there are many exciting developments with all of our PoetLaureate's projects. But the one that you may find of especial interest are the plannedexhibitions of Think Postcard!

We are exhibiting the postcards sent in to SMAC starting March 31 andgoing through the month of April. You will be receiving a postcard in the mail with the completeannouncement.

The exhibits will be held at La Raza/ Galeria Posada, The Asylum Gallery, Luna's Cafe and at the Galt and Isleton libraries.

We are holding an assembly 'party' to choose the groupings ofpostcards for the different venues and to insert them into clear plastic sleeves for safety anddisplay. We are looking for volunteers to help out on Saturday, March 31 from 10a to 2p, at the SMAC offices. We would love it if you could come lend a hand.Should be fun! You'll be in great company! and we'll have somerefreshments.Please let me know if you'll be able to help out.

Warm regards,
Anja Aulenbacher
Grants and Cultural Programs Coordinator Limited Term
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
2030 Del Paso Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95815-3022
www.sacculture.com
(916) 566-3986

April 4 | Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon
Meeting the Historic Challenge:War, Peace and the 2007 California Democratic Party Convention
Wednesday, April 4
7 pm
Coloma Center Auditorium
4623 T St.Sacramento, CA

Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR.org). His weekly column on media and politics, Media Beat, has been in national syndication since 1992. He has written op-ed articles on media issues for many papers, including the Boston Globe, Washington Post, Newsday, New York Times, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and Baltimore Sun. His articles have also appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Canada’s Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and the Jordan Times. Norman Solomon’s eleventh book, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death, was published in 2005. Solomon’s other books include Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You (co-authored with Reese Erlich), The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media and three collections of columns co-written with Jeff Cohen -- Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News, (1997), Through the Media Looking Glass (1995) and Adventures in Medialand (1993) -- as well as The Trouble With Dilbert: How Corporate Culture Gets the Last Laugh (1997), False Hope: The Politics of Illusion in the Clinton Era (1994), The Power of Babble: The Politician's Dictionary of Buzzwords and Doubletalk for Every Occasion (1992), Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media (co-authored with Martin A. Lee, 1990) and Killing Our Own: The Disaster of America's Experience With Atomic Radiation (1982).

Goodbye Judy Halebsky

Arriving at the bookstore today; a small stack of poetry books, various authors, left there by Judy Halebsky (pictured above, in front of the poetry center, next to eyes-askanse poet Crawdad Nelson.) She leaves shortly for Japan. A pleasant, productive asset to our local poetry mix, we're happy to unburden her of books but will miss the proximity of her smile, energy and kindness.

Judy gives one final poetry reading tonight:

Tuesday (3/27), 8:30-9:30 PM: Bistro 33 in Davis presents littlesnake broadsider Judy Halebsky (with two other Squaw Valley poets, don't ask me who). Judy will be leaving us very soon for her doctoral studies in Japan, so be sure to drive over to Davis and say goodbye. (source: Kathy Kieth)

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The Loft can be an exception

"The Loft" is the kind of place that, when there's a documentary on the Midtown Sacramento D.I.Y. music scene twenty years from now, everyone that wasn't will claim they were part of the scene there. On again, off again, the Loft has been a music venue of a different kind for over a decade. Still tacked to the door are the "what" and "why" rules Scott Soriano posted years ago. "There are no good places for bands to play or to see bands in town," He writes at the end of the note, "The Loft can be an exception."

When word went out on Heckasac that Scott planned to tear down the posters and paint over the grafitti to make way for bookshelves -- The loft sits behind and above Time-Tested Books -- I decided to walk over and take pictures. Specifically, 153 pics of dubious quality (or relevance) all in some effort to capture a little bit of Midtown history. You can find them at: http://www.kodakgallery.com/poems-for-all (password: maybe)

The new True Love Cafe

There is movement in and around the building that will eventually house the new True Love Cafe on K Street (twixt 23rd and 24th Streets). I snapped this picture of in the alley behind the building on my way to the bookstore. We're looking forward to their return and miss them as neighbors when they were half a block from us on J street.

HQ | One year and it still floats!

HQ: Headquarters for the Arts celebrated its one year anniversary on Saturday (5/20). J. Greenberg (pictured above) hosted the evening which featured poets, musicians and an artist's depiction of the unfolding event. Check out the pics at http://www.kodakgallery.com/poems-for-all (password: maybe)

Jan. 25 | Burns Night

Jan. 21 | J. Greenberg & Co.

Jan. 28 | Th Losin Streaks