Support local music at Mr. T's Bowl

Mr T's Bowl
5621 1/2 N. Figueroa St
at Ave 57 in
Highland Park
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Wed Aug 13th @ Mr T' s
Slummon Kechelon
http://www.myspace.com/slummonkechelon
The Big Booty Party
http://www.myspace.com/tonguedance2
The Dharma Bums
http://www.myspace.com/thedharmabums
123Manhattan Murder Mystery
http://www.myspace.com/manhattanmurdermystery

Support local music at Mr. T's Bowl

Mr T's Bowl
5621 1/2 N. Figueroa St
at Ave 57 in
Highland Park
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Wed Aug 13th @ Mr T' s
Slummon Kechelon
http://www.myspace.com/slummonkechelon
The Big Booty Party
http://www.myspace.com/tonguedance2
The Dharma Bums
http://www.myspace.com/thedharmabums
123Manhattan Murder Mystery
http://www.myspace.com/manhattanmurdermystery

Highland Park music festival August 9

Sat August 9th

HIGHLAND PARK SUMMER FEST!

SEASONS

LE SWITCH

NINJA ACADEMY

THE HECTORS

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS

THE HEALTH CLUB

MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY

THE BEETERS

ODD MODERN

THE SUFFERERS INCORORATED

SOUL OR SYSTEM

ARS POETRIA

THE NIGHTBIRDS

T'S 5 DOLLARS.

IT'S FROM 12PM-10PM.

FOOD AND DRINKS.

ALL AGES!!

5030 YORK BLVD.

BEHIND ZEPPELIN MUSIC STORE.

LA CA. 90042 Highland Park

Shimmy Showcase Sunday

Everyone is invited to come out, have a cup of Java, munch on something yummy and enjoy some really great dancing FOR FREE!

Below is our upcoming schedule for the next several Sundays at the Coffee Haven Internet Cafe in Long Beach. If you are a dancer interested in performing at an upcoming showcase, please check out the schedule below for open dates and then email us at
shimmyshowcase@yahoogroups.com
with the dates on which you'd like to perform.

The SHIMMY SHOWCASE begins at 7 p.m. at the COFFEE HAVEN in Long Beach (1708 E. Broadway -- 562-437-3785).
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UPCOMING SHOWCASE CALENDAR
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August 3: Alexiis presents the sixth ShimmyShowcase “Burning Bellies” program featuring Hipsy Gypsies, Estra, and Shirin. This is a really fun theme and we hope you’ll come down to Coffee Haven for some really “hot” dancing!

August 10: This promises to be another great Shimmyshowcase as coordinator Saviya brings back LIVE MUSIC by Fernan Cobian on Arabic Ude, accompanied by some live percussionists as well. The talented Tehani, Najma, Marguerite, and Richie will also dazzle you with their dancing.

August 17: Xandra is pleased to be presenting Delilah and MaraLena with her students Jennifer and Emelia for this Shimmyshowcase.

August 24: Abraiha, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to be introducing new dancers May and Mia and other performers yet to be determined. This means we still have an opening or two, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com

August 31: No Shimmyshowcase this Holiday weekend. Have a great Labor Day!

September 7: Saviya, Shimmyshowcase coordinator for this evening, is pleased to present Shimmyshowcase founder Katerina and the Kabuki Dolls, as well as former Shimmyshowcase coordinator Kashmir with live music! This will be a great program you won’t want to miss!

September 14: Alexiis presents Sylvia and students for another exciting Shimmyshowcase. We still have an opening or two for dancers, so if you would like to perform, please contact us at ShimmyShowcase@yahoogroups.com

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Please allow time for parking to avoid missing any of the fun, so be sure to be at the coffee house well before 7:00 PM. We try not to start the show until everyone has settled with a tasty beverage.
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for additional information, please visit our website at: www.ShimmyShowcase.com

We look forward to seeing you soon at the Sunday Shimmyshowcase!

Palm tree poisonings and other ASPCA news

Pet Health Alert: Sago Palm Poisonings on the Rise
Though palm trees evoke daydreams of the sandy seashore, the Sago palm plant is no day at the beach. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center has seen Sago palm poisonings increase by more than 200 percent since 2003-- and over half of the cases have proven fatal.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=Xq5uo6UjQPK2ZK5tUAwUOg..
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Miley Cyrus and Disney Team Up with ASPCA!
Last Friday, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus joined us in NYC to kick off a three-month, cross-country fundraising extravaganza that promotes her latest film while raising money for the ASPCA. It's the "best of both worlds!"
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=FRmNOfDJNA7ddyuAWC0qEA..
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Federal Alert: Save America's Horses from Slaughter Overseas!
The newly introduced Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R. 6598) would prohibit the overseas export of horses if they are to be slaughtered for human consumption. This bill has the potential to move quickly in the U.S. House of Representatives, but please act today to voice your support-- Congress's session ends in November!
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=lULxe3VPHGcpwFOz0T9AzA..

More Alerts For Your Area...
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=i0DTk7D0ZQZS69UA4y5fWQ..
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Got an eye for type? The ASPCA is looking for a Print Production Designer to create print collateral and advertising for our local and national programs. We're searching for an aesthete with knowledge of color theory, branding and typography and a conceptualist who's comfortable implementing original designs and editing existing files. If you have one or two years of experience and know your Photoshop from your Illustrator, we'd love to hear from you!http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=xPwWTimC54coS0bBs1xQpQ..

The ASPCA offers generous benefit packages for full-time employees. Please submit your resume and salary requirements for our prompt consideration.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=Zls0gnGiHOKAkjI8nmh2hA..
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Is it okay for my pup to hang his head out of the car window?
Should I feed my cat before or after a long trip?
Can my dog travel under my seat on the plane?

Getting ready to hit the road or fly the friendly skies? Globe trottingwith your pet doesn't have to be stressful-- if you take proper precautions. Before packing your bags, come chat with ouresteemed Dr. Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., ASPCA Executive Vice President & Science Advisor -- we just call him Dr.Z! -- about how to keep your pets safe, healthy and as comfy aspossible during all your adventures. Join us in the ASPCA Online Community, Friday, August 1, from noon to 2:00 P.M., and get ready for answers to your toughest questions on safe pet travel.
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=zOE6HBds_94aiDtBFOzVCg..
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Renew My Membership: http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=2R6Dl7fVCpUks-aNwoFzkw..
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424 E. 92nd St., New York, NY 10128
Visit us online at www.aspca.org

Make a date to get in shape

Beginning September 8, Tri-Community Adult Education's fall term begins offering all types of fitness classes.

In addition, Yoga classes held morning and evening:
Sat, 7am, Yoga Basics
M/W/F, 8:30am, Yoga
M/W/F, 10:30am, Yoga Basics
M/T/W/T, 4pm, Yoga
M/W, 8pm, Yoga + Sculpt
Tu/Th, 8pm, Yoga

All fitness classes are held at Griswold Adult Education Center, 16209 E. San Bernardino Rd., Covina, Monday through Friday, from 7:30am to 9pm and on Saturdays from 7am to 11am. Open to all fitness levels.

Students may register at any time during the school year for all classes.

$20.00/1st class; $10 ea./next 3 classes. Seniors (60+ years) $12.00/1st class, $6 ea./next 3 classes.

You can register on the day of class. Class schedules are available online at www.trifit.info. For more info, call 626/472-7681.

Brother Von Doom touring in support of new effort

Naming the album Relentless might not have even been necessary for Dayton, Ohio thrash newcomers Brother Von Doom; evil WALL-E’s actions speak volumes of the sonic ammunition inside their debut album endlessly jacking blast beats, puking-up-blood screams and de-tuned six strings that alight like punctured fireworks bought at roadside stands.

The touchstones are their—gracefully nodding to the Scandinavians and Californians who birthed these sounds—but this is a more local brew, born amidst endless rehearsals in crummy mid-western basements but always meant for a large stage looming high above a battlefield somewhere—IN THE FUTURE. As the great prophet Nathan Explosion once said, “Brutal”.

Currently on Thrash and Burn Tour with Darkest Hour, Parkway Drive, Misery Signals, Winds Of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Arsis, + more!

*solo shows (not Thrash & Burn):

8/1 – Dayton, OH – The Attic
8/3 – Springfield, OH – Springfield (w/Behold Eternity)*
8/5 – Louisville, KY – Headliners
8/6 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s
8/12 – Huntington, WV – Monkey Bar
8/21 – Claremore, OK – King of Clubs (w/Suicide Silence)*
8/22 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
8/23 – Houston, TX – Java Jazz

Gregorian Masters of Chant CD available only at Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that the Gregorian Masters of Chant CD Gregorian Masters of Chant and DVD Live At Kreuzenstein Castle, will be available nationwide on Curb Records exclusively at Barnes & Noble stores and online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) starting July 29.

Internationally, the Gregorian Masters of Chant have released nine albums and five DVDs in seven years, and have had major chart success and numerous gold and platinum awards. They have sold more than four million copies all over Europe, Singapore, Japan and South Africa, and are now bringing their unique brand of music to America.

Frank Peterson, whose production credits include Sarah Brightman, Ofra Haza, José Carreras, Alannah Myles, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Marky Mark, created the idea of the Masters of Chant, by fusing pop and choral music, performed by ten classically trained singers. Peterson has been pursuing his vision of a harmonic fusion of pop and choral music ever since 1999.

"Years ago, I visited the Escorial Royal Monastery in Spain," said Peterson. "I was listening to rock music on a walkman but suddenly some unusual sounds got mixed in: a monastic choir sang Gregorian chants in the hall next door."

"We are very excited to be a part of this project with Frank Peterson and the Gregorian Masters of Chant,” said Chuck Gorman vice president of Music and Video for Barnes & Noble Booksellers. “We've found the music to be extremely moving and passionate and are excited to bring it to our customers exclusively."

Incorporating well-known classic songs with a new sound transporting the listener into the timeless world of Gregorian chant, the Gregorian Masters of Chant CD includes: “Brothers In Arms,” “Tears In Heaven,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Close My Eyes Forever,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Heroes” and more.

Family Force 5 to release new effort August 19

Complete with rippling rhythms, assaulting electronics and a raucous rock ‘n roll Family Force 5’s sophomore album Dance Or Die will be released August 19 on CD and digitally on the Transparent Media Group founded by the Olds brothers, manager Chris Woltman and producer Joe Baldridge with EMI Music Marketing and Tooth & Nail Records. The group’s sophomore release oozes with over-the-top illustrations, charging out of the gate with funky rhythms, percolating club grooves, undeniably infectious hooks and instantaneous sing-a-longs. Imagine an inventive evolution of the band’s eye-opening debut, Business Up Front, Party in the Back, blended with Prince getting down at a Daft Punk concert where Michael Jackson busts out the moonwalk in the center of the dance floor.

“Listening to Family Force 5 is like lighting a cluster of firecrackers in your mouth,” offers guitarist Derek Mount (known to fans as Chap Stique), recommending a spin of Dance Or Die over that daredevil antic. “This album provides a connection and an escape, and it's guaranteed to make your booty shake and your head bang. It's greasy, slimy and soupy, yet still very slick and shiny at the same time.”

Family Force 5 is:
Solomon “Soul Glow Activator” Olds - vocals, guitar
Jacob “Crouton” Olds - drums, vocals
Joshua “Fatty” Olds - bass, vocals
Derek “Chap Stique” Mount – guitar
Nathan “Nadaddy” Currin - keyboards, turntables

Finishing up a successful trek with the Vans Warped Tour 08 the band gears up for the Dance Rawr Dance 2 tour kicking off on October 6 with a national pre-sale on August 8. An unrelenting rush of delightfully uncontainable madness hearkening back to the days of massive spectacles on tour, in addition to members thrashing the stage wearing matching futuristic spacesuits, expect to meet the Family Force 5000, a massive drum machine they personally invented that, at first glance, looks more like the next NASA launch computer than it does a musical instrument.

“'Dance or Die' is an unconventional arsenal of ultimate dance floor anthems,” declares Family Force 5000 player/keyboardist Nathan Currin (Nadaddy). “We're at war. Dancing is our weapon, and our party is ready to pull the trigger.”

Armed with a do-it-yourself paradigm and a diversified entertainment enterprise, Family Force 5 is primed for intergalactic conquest.

Are you ready to DANCE RAWR DANCE 2

See them live:
10/6 Lincoln Theater Raleigh, NC
10/7 Steppin Out Virginia Beach, VA
10/8 Recher Theater Baltimore, MD
10/9 Highline Ballroom NYC, NY
10/11 ICC Boston, MA
10/13 The Chameleon Lancaster, PA
10/14 TLA Philadelphia, PA
10/15 Diesel Pittsburgh, PA
10/16 Mod Club Toronto, ON
10/17 The Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
10/18 Madison Theater Cincinnati, OH
10/19 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
10/21 St Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
10/22 Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
10/23 House of Bricks Des Moines, IA
10/24 Station 4 St Paul, MN
10/25 House of Blue’s Chicago, IL
10/27 Sokol Omaha, NE
10/28 Creepy Crawl St Louis, MO
10/29 UTC Chattanooga, TN
10/30 Beta Bar Tallahassee, FL
10/31 State Theater Tampa, FL
11/1 Music Farm Charleston, SC
11/2 Headliners Columbia, SC

www.myspace/familyforce5

Open Fist to present adaptation of Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage"

The Open Fist proudly presents a world premiere musical event, the stage adaptation of Frank Zappa’s classic rock opera JOE’S GARAGE. This production is adapted for the stage by Pat Towne and Michael Franco, will be directed by Pat Towne with Musical direction by Ross Wright and choreography by Jennifer Letteleir. Produced for The Open Fist by Michael Franco, Charlie Otte and Pat Towne with permission from the Zappa Family Trust.

JOE’S GARAGE tells us the story of Joe – a simple guitar player in a garage band – as he is drawn into the dark and nightmarish world of the music business. As Joe deteriorates from betrayal, disease, and madness, our narrator, the Central Scrutinizer asserts that music is responsible for his demise, and is therefore evil.

JOE’S GARAGE is a cautionary tale about the oppression of government and its desire to make its citizenry conform and obey. It ponders a world where the government controls the masses by making music a crime.

Masked in the simplicity of a high school musical, the play’s attacks on government’s surveillance of its own citizenry, the sexual escapades of the Catholic Church, the ridiculousness of Scientology, the avarice of the music business, self serving journalism, mindless consumerism and bad boy rock and roll behavior in general, makes for a wicked and timely satire – all this wrapped in the brilliant music of legendary rock icon Frank Zappa.

JOE’S GARAGE will preview on Thursday, September 18, Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 at 8pm and Sunday, September 21 at 7pm, and will open on Friday, September 26 at 8pm and run through Saturday, November 22 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor’s Gang) in Hollywood.


ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST

FRANK ZAPPA (American Composer, fl. (1940 – 1993).

PAT TOWNE (Adaptor, Director, Producer) A long time member of the Los Angeles theatre community, Pat recently directed Gorey Stories, a theatrical adaptation with music of the works of Edward Gorey, for the Sacred Fools Theater. The show won 3 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards including Best Ensemble, Pat earned an Ovation Award nomination for direction, and the show won the Ovation Award for Best Musical/Intimate Theater (The Franklin R. Levy Award). Pat is a founding member of the award winning Zoo District Theatre Company. He has directed and performed in several of its productions including the world premiere of Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog at the Ivan Franko National Theatre in Kiev, Ukraine. Pat is from Chicago where he was a founding member of the Annoyance Theatre. From there he went on to direct its production of The Real Live Brady Bunch Off-Broadway.

MICHAEL FRANCO (Adaptor, Producer, Production Design) has received LA Weekly, LADCC, Ovation and Garland Awards for his work as a Writer, Producer, Director, Designer and Actor for The Room, The Swine Show, Gorey Stories, Heart of a Dog, Uppa Creek, The Slow and Painful Death of Sam Shepard, Pathe’ X, The Master and Margarita and Nosferatu for The Zoo District, The Sacred Fools and The Open Fist Theatre Companies. As a writer Michael has five plays and two award-winning adaptations of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novels, The Master and Margarita and Heart of a Dog. His critically acclaimed play The Room had its world premiere at The Open Fist in September of 2007. His new play, an adaptation of Sartre’s, The Wall is slated for a 2009 world premiere. Michael is an alum of the famed Chicago Second City and a founding member of Chicago Actors Ensemble. Michael toured the Soviet Republics in 1990-1991 in a joint production with The Chicago Actors Ensemble and The Comradeship of Artists and Musicians performing Heiner Mueller’s, The Despoiled Shore, Medea Material and Landscape of the Argonauts. In 2002 Michael was invited to Kiev, Ukraine to produce the world premiere of his adaptation of Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog.

CHARLIE OTTE (Producer, Production Design) has worked around the country in theatre, opera, and film. Some of his favorite New York productions include Flood by Gunter Grass, Moliere’s Imaginary Invalid, Brecht’s Baal, Mikhail Bulgakov's Bliss, as well as Songs From Liquid Days and La Belle et La Bete by Philip Glass. Additional New York productions include The Cuchulain Cycle (based on the writings by W.B. Yeats), the multi-media production This is a Test, and restaging The Civil Wars and Einstein on the Beach for Robert Wilson. In Los Angeles, work includes James Joyce’s The Dead, Travesties by Tom Stoppard, Bulgakov’s Flight, Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, Gozzi’s King Stag, David Rabe’s Goose and Tomtom, and new plays by Bradley Smith, Steven Haworth, Rick Pagano, and John Bishop. Otte has garnered multiple honors, including a TEA Award for his work as the creative director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and another for work as the creative director for the Texas State History Museum. He received the John Huston Award for directing excellence at U.S.C. film school and an LA Weekly Award for comedy direction.

ROSS WRIGHT (Musical Direction) (aka Elvis Schoenberg) is the creator, writer, composer and conductor of the Orchestre Surreal. Wright’s music has been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Wright earned a Bachelor’s from California State University at Northridge, a Masters of Music from UCLA film scoring program and now teaches at the Musicians Institute.

JENNIFER LETTELLEIR (Choreography) has been recognized for her work in Los Angeles and Florida as a choreographer and created the critically acclaimed musical I Hate TV. Jennifer has worked in professional theatre both regionally and locally.

CRICKET SLOAT (Lighting Design) won the LADCC award for her Lighting Design for Gorey Stories and is a long time friend and collaborator with this production team. Lighting Eenie Meenie, Autobahn, Macbeth, The Swine Show and The Room. Cricket is currently at the mercy of Michael Bay working on “Transformers 2 and 3” in the film world.

TIM LABOR (Sound Design) most recently won The LA Weekly award for his Sound Design of The Swine Show for The Sacred Fools. Tim was also nominated for his work on Travesties at the Open Fist, and his sound designs have appeared in Beaverquest and Sex and Imagining (Sacred Fools), American Book of the Dead, Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog, Louis Slotin Sonata (Circle X), The Room, Beautiful City, Criminal Genius, Adult Entertainment, Escape from Happiness, Galileo (Open Fist.) Tim is also a professor of music at UC Riverside and a founder of Riverside Music Authority (a joint venture with the Open Fist to present new music and artistic symposia.)

JOE’S GARAGE will preview on Thursday, September 18, Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 at 8pm and Sunday, September 21 at 7pm, and will open on Friday, September 26 and at 8pm and run through Saturday, November 22 at The NEW Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. (former home of The Actor’s Gang) in Hollywood.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 7pm. Ticket prices are $25; tickets for the opening night gala are $30. Previews are $15. Special group rates available for parties of 10 or more. For tickets, please call (323) 882-6912 for details or visit www.openfist.org to purchase tickets online or to view complete schedule.