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Thanks to AMPer Shirin Pilehvari for sending this on:

Text of Mohsen Makhmalbaf's speech in European Parliament on Wednesday 8 July 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen;
Honourable members of parliament,

I am here - as an Iranian, as an artist and as a representative of the protestors who are being killed in Iran for the sake of democracy - to ask you the following questions:

"If the passengers of an aircraft were taken hostage by a hijacker, would the governments of the world side with the hijacker or with the passengers? Would the nations and governments of the world declare that the hijacking is an internal affair between the passengers and the hijacker, or take steps to rescue the passengers?"

Volume 6, Issue 8 is now online...

http://www.poetryvictims.com/

Jeff

Thanks AMPer Kelly Thompson for passing this on.

http://artbaloney.wordpress.com/

Been listening a lot to Madredeus lately.

A Studio of their Own: The Legacy of the Fresno Feminist Experiment documents the foundation of the nation's first feminist art program at Fresno State University & its' enduring legacy in contemporary art.Exhibition & Symposium highlight the international reputation of first-year alumni in feminist video, performance and new genre public practice. Current work as well as early work will be shown.

Symposium: Thursday September 17- Friday September 18
artists' presentations, performances, and a panel discussion moderated by Moira Roth.

http://www.astudiooftheirown.org

Yesterday was published in CD Baby the sixth album Asnografia (Donkeygraphy).
Inspired the book Platero y yo by spanish writer Juan Ramón Jimenez, but isnt´a second part of Plateroideologia (Plateriodeiology) 2.006. This album the secondaries actos are more important that Platero. Traditional, folk, spanish music with arrangments clasicals instruments.

Emerging Visions visionary art ezine #15, Shifting Perceptions ~ emerges with great good tidings for Joyous Solstice and beyond

http://emergingvisions.blogspot.com

Shift
and all strict and sure
rearranged in light-swift display
hues of the every day
bending, twisting, flying
Leaping into play

share and enjoy

HEY ARTISTS!!!!!!!!!

I'm collecting survey responses now for my Urban Planning Grad Thesis on artist colonies. Please follow this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=EtBwynyfMfd95m7Bz41wRQ_3d_3d

Thanks!

Hello friends. Just wanted to let you know that I'm having an exhibition of my paintings in the Highland Park district of LA in the extremely cool Cafe De Leche at 5000 York Blvd (cross street Avenue 50). The exhibition is up now and will be there till July 9th. This is a selection from my work, some old, some brand new (the first two in my Feral Children series). Hope to see you there!

SUNDAY, 6/14 6:15pm
Best Fish Taco in Ensenada
1650 Hillhurst LA CA 90027

more info:
http://bit.ly/TELETHON-1 OR Link to the event's facebook page: http://bit.ly/TELETHON1

Howard Seth Cohen and company have pulled out all of the stops to create a new theatrical extravaganza.

Dancing girls, original songs, special guests, and all for free.

Donation bar. Fish tacos and Shrimp tacos to feed your hunger and create the ultimate live theater experience.

Take a peek behind the scenes of a Telethon raising money to combat global warming. One dollar a day is all it takes. That's less than the cost of a cup of coffee. Do you care enough to share your wealth? Is that chorus girl pregnant?