JAN 12 | stranded and disbanded, busted and disgusted

Many will remember Tim Holt as the editor of The Suttertown News, Sacramento's alternative newspaper long before the News & Review opened up shop. Living in Dunsmuir now, Tim returns for an evening celebrating Woodie Guthrie and the American folksong. His talk and performance will be followed by a folk jam. Folk musicians from beginners to pros are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and join in. It all takes place at 2pm at The McClatchy Library, 2112 22nd Street, Sacramento. It's free, folks.

"The history of the American folksong is a people's history of thiscountry," Holt says.

From the ramblin' songs of Woody Guthrie ("from Oklahoma to CaliforniaI've been stranded and disbanded, busted and disgusted") to the old-time religious songs of a much earlier era, Tim Holt will explore thehistory of the American folksong--its origins in the British Isles andWest Africa, and the social context from which it arose.Along the way he'll sing songs that represent various facets of theAmerican folksong, including the preoccupation with sinfulness and thesinner ("Hard Ain't It Hard"), the old-time gospel ("LonesomeValley"), Guthrie's Depression-era songs ("Ramblin' 'Round"), songs ofthe westward migration ("Cumberland Gap" and "Sweet Betsy From Pike"), and the contributions of Charles Neblett, a courageous champion ofcivil rights in the 1960s ("If You Miss Me On The Back Of The Bus").

Tim Holt is a frequent contributor to the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle and the author of several books, including On Higher Ground and Songs Of The Simple Life (both available at The Book Collector).

JAN 7 | POETRY | Barbara Jane Reyes and Oscar Bermeo

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center presents:
BARBARA JANE REYES, OSCAR BERMEO
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1719 25th Street. 25th & R Streets,Sacramento
(916) 451-5569.www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
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The Sacramento Poetry Center starts the new year with a reading featuring Barbara Jane Reyes and Oscar Bermeo. Hosted by Arturo Mantecon, count on it to be an exciting night of powerful poetry.
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Barbara Jane Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the SF Bay Area. She is the author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago,2003) and Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish, 2005) which received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. Her other honors include an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship and numerous Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Asian Pacific American Journal, Chain, New American Writing, North American Review, Notre Dame Review, among others. She lives with her husband, poet Oscar Bermeo, in Oakland.
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Born in Ecuador and raised in the Bronx, Oscar Bermeo is a BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) award winning poet, educator & literary events coordinator who now makes his home in Oakland, where he is the poetry editor for Tea Party magazine and lives with his wife, poeta Barbara Jane Reyes.
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Upcoming Readings at the Sacramento Poetry Center
January 14 [T]: Emmanuel Sigauke and Shevonn Blackshire
January 21[R]: Michael Cluff and Michael Garbarini
January 28 [B]: Frank Graham
February 11 [B]: Pat Grizzell and Alice Armstrong
March 3 [T]: Julia Levine and Rick Campbell
March 10 [B]: Edythe Schwartz

Host code: [T] Tim Kahl; [R] Rebecca Morrison; [B] Bob Stanley;
[A] Arturo Mantecon


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TL Coffeehouse is willing to help keep the coal out of your stockings

Viva! The (tiny) book arts!

Tiny books. I love them. One of my Christmas gifts was a miniature book (pictured) from Sharon Tanovitz. While I publish chaplettes for the Poems-For-All Series mostly as computer output, Sharon continues to amaze me with her command of the craft of bookmaking which involves hands-on paper manipulation, sewing signatures, building bindings, etc. For anyone interested in the book arts, Sharon is a wealth of information (and inspiration.) You can see examples of her work both on display and for sale at her artshop Art Ellis, 2508 J Street, Sacramento.

bookbinding class

Sharon will be teaching a bookbinding class via the Learning Exchange in a day-long session on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Description: "Explore the art of making hand-bound books. Even with no prior art or bookbinding experience, create a unique and beautiful long stitch journal. In just one session, make a hard covered exposed stitched book embellished with beads on the spine. Learn about materials, equipment and various binding techniques. This class promises to pique your interest in making books and inspiring your creativity and uniqueness." The class is $59 with a $20 materials fee. For more details or to add the class go to the Learning Exchange (search: bookbinding.)

JAN 19 | Birth Documentary / CA Midwives Benefit

FRIDAYS | Rocky Horror Returns to Sacramento

From: "Robert McKeown" View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Friday: The 4th Dimension and a little surprise

Hi there!! First off, I want to plug something - on Saturday, December 1 - you ought to head on over to the YWCA of Sacramento at 1122 17th St in midtown (between 2 and 9 PM) for IndieSacramento. It's Sacramento's largest indie/alternative craft fair, and a great place to buy gifts for you or someone else for the holidays!

And if you go, you might have a chance to win free passes to Movies on a Big Screen!!! We'll also have schedules there. There's lots more going on, too, including live music, cupcake decorating classes and, well, lots of stuff - check it all out at www.indiesacramento.com

OK - so Friday. Before I go into The 4th Dimension, which screens at 7 PM, I want to let you all in on something that hasn't really been promoted due to a very odd week last week. We had planned to begin regular Friday 10 PM screenings of Rocky Horror. Then didn't spread the word. But ya know what?? We're gonna kick it off this week ANYWAY, even if not many folks are there for it. Feel free to tell friends, and we do plan to keep showing this if people show up (we won't base that on the first night's attendance :) ). So yeah - Friday, 11/30. 10 PM. Rocky Horror Picture Show. Admission for this will be $6.00 each week (rather than $5 - it's a little pricey to run). Audience participation, as it should be, will be encouraged.


PRIOR to that - at 7 PM (admission: $5.00): The 4th Dimension.

Jack (Louis Morabito) is a loner confined to a workbench in the back of an antique shop. When a mysterious woman presents him with a broken antique clock, unexplainable events begin to occur. After finding Albert Einstein's journal on his still unsolved Unified Field Theory, Jack becomes compulsive about analyzing time and theorizing its connection to his supernatural experiences, his surreal dreams, and his perception of reality, only to lead to the discovery of the biggest mystery of all - himself. Written and directed by Tom Mattera and Dave Mazzoni.

"An Alice-like rabbit hole of suppressed memories... Simmering with neurotic emotions and surreal dream states... Sustains a disturbing, somnambulistic mood." ­
Robert Koehler, Variety

“Kafkaesque…a densely etched portrait... Stylistically channeling David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky… Striking black-and-white cinematography and stark atmospherics set an intriguing tone”
Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter

“Dark, brooding mood and tone are seductive and compelling.” ­
Ain’t it Cool News

Honorable Mention recipient from the Cinevegas Grand Jury. You might not want to miss this one... Oh and hey! December is all scheduled and will be emailed shortly! And it's gonna be a great month!!!

Of course - this at 600 4th St in West Sacramento. Corner of 4th & F in WEST Sacramento, near The Pyramid Building (so just over the river). And I am meeting PG&E there on Friday AM to see if we can get some heat going in the place!!!

OCT 27 | Unheimlich No!

NOV 16 | Proust as Prompt | Weekend Writing Intensive

Weekend goal: To bring participants into the literary world (Proust’s world) of time, symbol, dream, memory and personal myth -- an author-guided tour to your own best and most authentic writing.

Lawrence Spann will facilitate a weekend writing intensive sponsored by the UC Davis Cancer Center’s Outreach Research and Education Program as part of its “Writing as Healing” project, Friday November 16 evening through Sunday November 18, 2007 in the Facilities Support Services Building, 4800 2nd Ave, on the UC Davis Health System campus in Sacramento.

Dr. Spann founded the Literature, Arts and Medicine Program in Sacramento. Group members write to a prompt, but are not limited to it, and read what they write to the group on a voluntary basis.

All writing is treated as fiction and is confidential. All comments are positive and uplifting. Dr. Spann writes and reads with the group and comments from a literary perspective. Literary figures will be integrated throughout the weekend with handouts and explanations.

Register by calling or sending an email to
Patti Robinson, 916-734-0823 or
patricia.robinson@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
For more information, call Patti (916-734-
0823) or Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater,
Ph.D., Director, Outreach Research &
Education Program, UC Davis Cancer
Center (916-734-8810)

OCT 11 |The Weakly Inch

Friends,

Another calendar, dispensed weakly, of great events in and around Sacramento. Peruse and you'll find that there's simply no reason to stay at home. (The cat doesn't like you, anyway.) Plenty of poetry, art, noise festivals and fluxus aktions to inspire and agitate. Go forth! --Richard


OCTOBER 12TH to 14TH
NORCAL NOISEFEST 2007
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, starting at 7PM: Lunas Cafe, 1414 16th St
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13TH, starting at 4pm: The Space, 2509 R St, (at 25th)
SUNDAY OCTOBER 14, starting at NOON: The Space, 2509 R St, (at 25th)
>> Presented by Northern California Experimental Music Festival and featuring approximately 50 bands from all across the north American continent. Admission $10 per day; $30 weekend membership includes all shows, T-shirt, CD, button, and earplugs Waffles & coffee (free with admission) at noon on Sunday. Advance tickets available via PayPal. More details and performance times at http://www.norcalnoisefest.com


OCTOBER 11TH to 13TH
16th ANNUAL SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
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Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street, (916) 442-7378, http://www.siglff.com
>> Individual Tickets (includes admission to one film program): $9.00. All Festival Pass (includes admission to all film programs): $30.00. Opening Night Reception at Chops Restaurant (includes appetizers and 1 drink): $25.00. $1 discount off Individual Tickets for groups of 10 or more.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 7pm
Poetry honoring
PHIL GOLDVARG
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La Raza Galeria Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street, Mid-Town Sacra. 446-5133. www.larazagaleriaposada.org
>> Los Escritores Del Nuevo Sol present an evening of poetry and stories Honoring Phil Goldvarg and local community leaders.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 6-10PM
14TH ANNUAL ALTAR SHOW
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920 Del Paso Blvd, North Sacramento near the Globe Street Light Rail Station. Gallery Hours: Fri-Sun 12-5.
>> Hosted this year by the Phantom Galleries. Second Saturday opening reception; show runs through November 2.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1pm to 4pm
Art workshop
PAPER-MACHE CALAVERAS, PART ONE
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La Raza Galeria Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street, Mid-Town Sacra. 446-5133. www.larazagaleriaposada.org
>> Paper Mache Calaveras, Part 1 workshop with Claudia Tapia


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 7pm
Mezcla Exhibition:
THE ART OF STAN PADILLA
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La Raza Galeria Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street, Mid-Town Sacra. 446-5133. www.larazagaleriaposada.org
>> Second Saturday Reception.


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 6-10PM
dRAW PiNKY
Celebrate Second Saturday with a rare performance by dRAW PiNKY at:
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Galleria Tempest/Blooming Art, 1801 L Street, #40, 916-492-2702
>> Music from 7-9 PM. Free. Pink Toupee Collective announces the launch of Modus Memetica -- http://www.modusmemetica.org -- a one stop website for news about Pink Toupee Collective, dRAW PiNKY, Parakeet Bluff and other arts, culture and fluxus stuff!


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 5-8pm
40 Acres Art Gallery Presents
CLAUDIA BERNARDI: Silence Was Hostile And Almost Perfect
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40 Acres Art Gallery, 35th Street and Broadway, 456-5080.
>> Opening Reception with the Artist. With a special performance by Sacramento High School’s 34th Street Dance Company


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, Showtime approx. 4 PM
MANHOLE STEAM IRON Debut
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Alley Cuts, 724 Merchant Street (between J and K, and 7th and 8th Streets, downtown Sac), 916-447-5212
>> Free. Featuring female members of PINK TOUPEE COLLECTIVE and other sister artistes, stepping up to celebrate The Art of Sisterhood. Details: Modus Memetica -- http://www.modusmemetica.org.


MONDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center presents:
VIOLA WEINBERG
The Space Theater, 2509 R Street, 25th & R Sts, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org. (916) 451-5569.
>> The former poet laureate of Sacramento returns to read from her new book.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 7:15PM
CAAC Goes to the Movies:
THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY
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1640 9th Ave, East off Landpark Drive, 446-3304
>> A film Presented by the Central America Action Committee. Free.


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 7:30PM
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS / DAY OF THE DEAD
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La Raza Galeria Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street, Mid-Town Sacra. 916-456-5323. www.escritoresdelnuevosol.com
>> The Escritores del Nuevo Sol/ Writers of the New Sun offer poetry and music for this annual Mexican-originated celebration, brought to the US by the Chicano movement, and which has become a meaningful time of remembrance for people of many backgrounds to honor with joy those who have passed from their earthly life. This is one of a week’s full of activities coordinated by La Raza Galeria Posada. Cost: $5 or free-will donation as you can afford.


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 7:15PM
CAAC Goes to the Movies:
THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY
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1640 9th Ave, East off Landpark Drive, 446-3304
>> A film Presented by the Central America Action Committee. Free.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 7:30PM
Chaos, Anarchy, and Lucid Unreason:
UNHEIMLICH: ANTONIN ARTAUD & HIS DOPPLEGANGERS
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The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, Midtown Sacramento, 916.442.9295
>> GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ is the man who has reintroduced the concept of Doppelganger into the life of Sacramento. Along with ROB LOZANO, they give flesh to Antonin Artaud and His Dopplegangers. Maybe you'll laugh, perhaps you will cry and hopefully you will leave forever haunted by the unholy Doppelgangers of the Poetic Muses. SHERI ADEE, a master of atmospheres and soundscapes via Tibetan bowls, gongs, and multi-cuiti percussion instruments will be adding her unique interpretations of merging musics to the evening's performance. Unheimlich unfolds as a monthly presentation of poetry as you've never seen or heard it before. Featuring Artaud & His Doppleganger and a rotating roster of special guests. Unheimlich Theater re-emerges from the Bardo state at The Book Collector to inseminate a new myth of Chaos, Anarchy, and Lucid Unreason. Unheimlich is here not to raise consciousness, but to release the tide of the Uncanny. To breakout the underside of Pandora's hoary box and release the likes of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Poe, Hoffmann, Holderline, Michaux, and especially Antonin Artaud in order to undermine a society that has allowed psychology & technology to be on a first name basis with the creation of it's imperious culture.




ELSEWHERE & OTHERWISE
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CALIFORNIA LECTURE SERIES
Subscriptions are on sale now for their next six-lecture series ($150). Subscribe and get more info at: (916) 737-1300 or visit www.californialectures.org
SIX-LECTURE SERIES: Crest Theatre, Sacramento 7:30pm
YANN MARTEL Wednesday, October 24, 2007
HA JIN Thursday, November 15, 2007
SUE MILLER Thursday, January 10, 2008
GERALDINE BROOKS Wednesday, February 6, 2008
RICHARD POWERS Monday, March 3, 2008
TOBIAS WOLFF Thursday, May 8, 2008
WANGARI MAATHAI* Friday, September 21, 2007
(*SPECIAL EVENT: not included in the Six-Lecture Subscription Series)


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 6-8PM
POETRY CENTER'S ANNUAL BENEFIT
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The Sacramento Poetry Center's annual benefit will once again be at the home of Burnett and Mimi Miller. Poetry by Victoria Dalkey and Quinton Duval!
Music by The Swing State! (aka Mary Zeppa and Bob Stanley.) Food, drink and fellowship! Watch the web -- http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org -- for details.

UPCOMING AT THE BOOK COLLECTOR
Bookstore. 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, Midtown Sacramento, 916.442.9295
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NOV 14: TAYLOR GRAHAM (Rattlesnake)
NOV 17: JEFF KNORR (Poems-For-All)
NOV 24: UNHEIMLICH!
DEC 12: PATRICIA D'ALESSANDRO (Rattlesnake)
DEC 22: UNHEIMLICH!
JAN 25: (2008) BURNS NIGHT POETRY READING (Poems-For-All)


FIN

JULY 28 | Unheimlich does Baudelaire

SATURDAY, JULY 28TH, 7:30PM
Unheimlich Theater presents:
THE POETRY OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
Read and performed by
LESLIE KRAMER
TODD MANN
FRANK ANDRICK
GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ
SHERI ADEE
The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets
(916) 442-9295.web: www.poems-for-all.com

This month's production of Unheimlich Theatre will be presenting the works of Charles Baudelaire featuring frank andrick, Todd Mann & Leslie Kramer and Sheri Adee and Gilberto Rodiguez In a combination of essay performance, poety reading and the uncanny theatrics and sounds of Gilberto and Sheri via the auspices of UnHeimlich Theatre.

FRANK ANDRICK -- aka francois drouin -- will present an performance /essay on the life, times, and works of the French poet Charles Baudelaire. It will conclude with an exposition of Baudelaires influence from his contemporaries, thru his influence upon modem art both literary and visual including Symbolism, Dada, Surrealism, the Beats Writers, Philip Lamantia, and now contemporary Sacramemto poets. The presentation will interpolate statement, poems and prose of Baudelaire and his 'echoes' of influence as it segues into sheer unadulterated performance UnHeimlich style of works by Baudelaire, Antonin Artaud, frank andrick, Henri Michaux, by ...
GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ: The man who has reintroduced the concept of Doppelganger into the life of Sacramento. This is a rare opportunity to watch frank andrick put his passion and facts where his mouth is. Maybe you'll laugh, perhaps you will cry and hopefully you will leave forever haunted by the unholy Doppelgangers of the Poetic Muses.

The evening begins with a reading /performance of Baudelaire Poetry presented by Todd Mann and Leslie Kramer working from various translations of the poet's poems and prose. Todd and Leslie are the poets and publishers who publish the poetry art journal Lit. Jar. A new fall issue of Lit. Jar will be available in September.

Sheri Adee, a master of atmospheres and soundscapes via Tibetan bowls, gongs, and multi-cuiti percussion instruments will be adding her unique interpretations of merging musics to the evening's performance.

Unheimlich unfolds as a weekly presentation of poetry as you've never seen or heard it before. Featuring Artaud & His Doppleganger and a rotating roster of special guests. Unheimlich Theater re-emerges from the Bardo state at The Book Collector to inseminate a new myth of Chaos, Anarchy, and Lucid Unreason. Unheimlich is here not to raise consciousness, but to release the tide of the Uncanny. To breakout the underside of Pandora's hoary box and release the likes of Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Poe, Hoffmann, Holderline, Michaux, and especially Antonin Artaud in order to undermine a society that has allowed psychology & technology to be on a first name basis with the creation of it's imperious culture. We invite you to the first performance of Antonin Artaud and His Dopplegangers.

FIN