AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

June 8th - 6-9 PM

1643 N. Las Palmas Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Being an artist in our race, society, and era is the final prelude to dis-covering our true power as creators.
Start the journey here:
http://loumajors.com/us.html

M. J. HIGGINS fine art & furnishings

244 South Main Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Hours: Tues–Thurs:11am-6pm & Fri-Sat:12-6pm

213.617.1700 artgallery@mjhiggins.com www.mjhiggins.com

Puffs & Twigs Susan Weber Twigs Kelly Thompson

Paintography

M a y 5 – M a y 3 1, 2 0 0 7

OPENING: THURSDAY MAY 10TH 6-9 PM

During the Downtown Art Walk www.downtownartwalk.com

Paintings inspired by photography & photography that implies painting.

Artists: Kelly Thompson, Susan Weber and Peter Novak

I ride past fields of thawing mud
the bare oaks still covered with snow,
I ride through towns so small
and so silent that the shy wave
of the girl downtown on her bike
who was in each of us those towns,
was enough to welcome me.
Maybe, if I had chosen
any of those towns could've served
as a destination,
as a place to rest the engine;
but more, a place
where I might have lived another life
that I couldn't live anywhere else
How much of our lives have we spent
in transit,
between people, places, things
even ideas of ourselves that we can commit to?
For whatever reasons,
as afternoon becomes evening

The Brea Art Gallery will be presenting a new exhibition entitled "The Media." As you might imagine, this exhibit will comment on the media as an art form and mode of communication. The opening reception will be held on the 26th of May from 7-9 pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

Please follow the following link for directions and further information: http://www.cityofbrea.net/article.cfm?id=1562

Hope to see you there.

Cheers!

Apples and Blackberries

Apples and blackberries for the taking,
Waiting by the roadside,
Waiting for the right person to come along,
One who loves their appearance, fragrance and taste.

Most pass them by without a glance,
Unaware of their roadside presence,
Focused on some other urgent task.

Many consider them a backdrop for their life,
As they consider most everything a backdrop
For a life they have not yet lived.

The apples and blackberries don’t seem to mind.
Yet as one person reaches out
To taste and savor them,
I hear fruit everywhere say “yes!”

Donnel Lester

LaArtLab presents Fire Escape, an art show ,and Fire Sale a group installation. Opening reception Saturday May 12th..closing reception Sat. May 19th
50% of all art sale proceeds will be donated to Firefighters Charitable Foundation.Please go to www.LaArtLab.com for more information and directions. The show and performances will be held at Upstairs at the Market Gallery 1057 So. San Pedro St. L.A. 90015

Dear AMP Community,
This is my first time connecting to this service.
I’m thrilled to announce the birth of my debut novel, ARIA.

History
A decade ago, I was trapped alone in a monsoon in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. My travel companion had departed the day before. I had run out of books to read and had already written my postcards. I was a 23-year-old medical student on holiday, a privileged Iranian-American unacquainted with suffering. As I waited for the rains to end, I had little else to do but sit with myself. The spiritually perplexing issues posed to me by my patients with unimaginably difficult lives percolated through my mind. I realized I was woefully unprepared for making sense of the maelstrom of sickness and dying that I was witnessing in the clinical setting. I began to write. A novel was born, the story of how great loss might manifest in the context of a comfortable US life. I had seen grief take a variety of forms in different parts of the world. This seemed worthy of further exploration. I kept writing after my return from Indonesia, stealing quiet moments in the interstices of medical work. Finally—for publication is a lesson in delayed gratification and patience—my writing is publicly accessible. My novel, Aria, is now in bookstores, is available on amazon.com worldwide, and is being translated into five languages.

WHAT: The Fuxedos and John Doe at the Silver Lake Film Festival's closing night gala!

WHEN: Saturday, May 12.

The documentary "X: The Unheard Music" starts the
night off at 6 pm. After the film, there'll be a live award presentation to X's JOHN DOE, followed by sets from THE FUXEDOS, IGOR SPECTRE, and THE HIGH WIRES between 8 pm-ish and around 10.

The gala wraps with DJ Assault on the turntables upstairs at The Echo, and the drag artists of Dragstrip vamping it downstairs at the EchoPlex.

WHERE:

Screening: the Los Feliz 3 cinemas (1822 N. Vermont, LA 90027).

Bands and beyond: the Echo (1822 W. Sunset Blvd., LA

Presenting the Second Community Showcase!
Our "Belly Merry" Holiday show was so much fun! Kara Nomadica was the frosting on the cake.
The registration file is at the bottom of the page or on my website.
So fill it out soon and mark your calendar.
Saturday June 23 2007 Avogadro's Number 605 South Mason Street.
And this time we are adding a Belly Dance "Swap Meet" after the show
Belly Happy Shimmies! Shahravar
www.shahravarbellydance.com

"Community Showcase" Every Belly is invited to this free show! Free to the public Free to the artist!
My goal is to create positive representations of Middle Eastern dance, providing a stage for performers and Building community is also important. -Shah