SF Bay Area pals you don't want to miss this one ...

This Friday 07/24/2009 07:30 PM
The Community Music Center
544 Capp Street
San Francisco, California, USA Cost:$10

http://www.outsound.org/summit/09/schedule_details09.html

Bonfire Madigan Shive performs her original music live debuting a multimedia program for cello, voice, movement, mood extremes, film and sacred geometry entitled Portrait of the Artist as a Transliminal Criminal.

at THE 8th ANNUAL OUTSOUND NEW MUSIC SUMMIT JULY 19 – 25, 2009 The Community Music Center 544 Capp Street @ 20th, San Francisco, CA $12 General / $6 Student, Advance Tickets $10 (general only) @ Brown Paper Tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61377

For full festival sched:

http://www.outsound.org/summit/09/schedule_details09.html

Bonfire Madigan Shive debuts a her newest one night only inter media program at this renowned festival on
Friday July 24, 2009 Doors open to the public:
7:00pm Artist Q&A:7:30 – 7:45pm (hosted by Suki O’Kane)
BMad start time: 10pm

..

Sacred geometry is geometry used in the design of sacred art and
architecture. The basic belief is that geometry and mathematical
ratios, harmonics and proportion are also found in music, light, and
cosmology. This value system is seen as widespread even in prehistory,
a cultural universal of the human condition.

http://bonfiremadigan.com

Building radical peer-led mental health support in a world gone mad!

http://theicarusproject.net

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."
-Martin Luther King

Check out the feature video interview and article on Bonfire Madigan up now on:

http://wiretapmusic.com

See BMad and cohorts for Free in beautiful McLaren Park San Francisco at 2pm on Sunday May 24th. It's the 29th anniverssary of Food Not Bombs = Soupstock 09

http://soupstock.org

In 2003 BMad helped to create The Icarus Project organizing collective which has now become a powerful force in the peer-led mental health Mad Pride movement. Check out this recent article in Newsweek Magazine on another founding member, great friend to Madigan and host of Madness Radio, Will Hall:

http://theicarusproject.net/icaruspress/icarusnewsweekmagazine

http://www.madnessradio.net/

If you enjoy the efforts of this artist please consider making a donation or purchasing music or merchandise directly from Bonfire Madigan at:

http://bonfiremadigan.com

with much Mad love & gratitude on the Conspire ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

BONFIRE MADIGAN SHIVE CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY WITH LIMITED EDITION SINGLE RELEASE AND LIVE PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE!

March 2009 San Francisco, CA.
Marking her first 2009 live appearance in the Bay Area, virtuosic composer Bonfire Madigan Shive will perform her otherworldly indie chamber pop with full band Sunday March 29 at Café Du Nord in San Francisco, celebrating both her birthday and a brand new limited edition single. Signed clear vinyl copies of her new single, the Lady Saves EP will  debut at this show.

The EP, produced by SF Studio Paradiso engineer Shawn Biggs (Little Echoes), features remixes by London based, Ninja Tune/Mush recording artist Neotropic (Riz Maslen) and SF’s Dub I.D. (a.k.a. DJ Tomas) of Voltage Music. Album and acoustic versions of the title track “Lady Saves The Dragon (From The Evil Prince)” are included featuring Shive on voice and cello with contrabassist Ashley Adams, drums Matt Lucich and vocalist Shelley Doty.

The Lady Saves single EP heralds a forthcoming album expected in autumn 2009.

A noted cellist, vocalist and composer, Shive's songs have been included in the films Better Luck Tomorrow, But I'm a Cheerleader and Chain Camera. She composed and performed the original score for American Conservatory Theater's 2008 production 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, had a busy December performing another original score for a one night only program in NYC off-Broadway called Powerful Voices: Women in Ancient Greek Drama directed by ACT-SF’s artistic director Carey Perloff and starred Academy Award winning actor, Olympia Dukakis. The next day she headed to the UK to feature at London's Barbican Hall Twisted Christmas program alongside Jarvis Cocker, Patrick Wolf, Mary Margaret O’Hara, and concluded 2008 with a solo concert tour of England.

At the Sunday March 29 Café Du Nord show, Bonfire Madigan will perform with Doty, Adams, drummer/percussionist Rob Ahlers (50 Foot Wave, Kristin Hersh), violinist Emily Palen (Dolorata) and surprise guests from BMad's years in the SF Bay Area, NYC and west coast music and art communities.

Preview music from the Lady Saves EP on the audio player at http://bonfiremadigan.com

Bonfire Madigan is a little string outfit led by the dynamic cellist Madigan Shive ... she stirs up a ruckus. — The New Yorker

Madigan in concert is dazzling; she can build a skyscraper of sound with a full-bodied fortissimo and then knock it into dust in one breath. — Bohemian.com

Bonfire Madigan, AKA Madigan Shive, is one of my favorite musicians of all time. She clutches her cello like a life-raft, singing in gorgeous yelps and hums.  — The Mercury Portland, OR.

KALX 90.7 FM presents: Bonfire Madigan Birthday Bash & EP Release Party!
Sunday March 29 featuring Bonfire Madigan full band set with performances by all female indie rock ensemble Excuses for Skipping, DJ Tomas, Shelley Doty & special guests. Café Du Nord, 2170 Market Street at Sanchez, San Francisco, 94114. 8 p.m., 21 w/ID $12, http://www.cafedunord.com/

For more information or to schedule an interview with Madigan email bmad@bonfiremadigan.com or visit http://bonfiremadigan.com.


End.

SOULDIERS!

Here's a 'lil UK tour.. . Pls Help Roar it in by getting the word out toward many more and lotsa other awesome communities around this nation state disolving divide of a globe village.
Huge Thnx to Carey Perloff, David Coulter + Melanie COTL without whom (and of course many others) this woudn't be on right now.

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Bonfire Madigan in NYC & The United Kingdom

December 2008

*7th Sun NYC @ Florence Gould Hall (Performing her original score to this one night only theater program starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis)* sorry all sold out
11th Thur London, UK @ The Barbican Hall http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=7848
14th Sun Brighton, UK @ The Westhill Village Hall
16th Tue Manchester, UK @ The Black Lion
17th Wed Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
18th Thur Hull, UK @ Adelphi Club
19 Fri London, UK @ The Horse Hospital
21 Sun London, UK @ Royal Academy of Arts Bar/Cafe 3pm

*** just added! 2 more very different gigs in London
pls help get the news out ...

19 Fri London, UK @ The Horse Hospital
To benefit V-Day London: The Mad & Strange / Strange & Mad Show
starring Bonfire Madigan and Richard Strange
(songwriter, storyteller, actor, punk legend: see him in
Harmony Korine's latest film, Mister Lonely playing an impersonator
playing Abe Lincoln)
http://www.myspace.com/richardkidstrange
w/ DJ Riz Maslen/Neotropic (original member Future Sounds of London)
only £ 6-8
Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX
by tube: Russell Square, Piccadilly Line
buses: 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188
http://www.thehorsehospital.com/
V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls founded
by playwright and activist Eve Ensler. V-Day is based on three core
beliefs: that art has the power to transform thinking and inspire people to act,
that lasting social and cultural change is spread by ordinary people doing
extraordinary things, and that local women know what their communities need
and can become unstoppable leaders.





21 Sun London, UK @ Royal Academy of Arts Bar/Cafe
special 3pm afternoon musical presentation of mostly instrumental music
Bonfire Madigan showcasing slices frm her
2008 scoring commissions for the American Conservatory Theater
cello, live looping, vocalization
get the rest of BMad's merch as solstice gifts (she can't take it back!)
with Riz Maslen/Neotropic/Small Fish with Spine
In 6 Burlington Gardens W1
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/gsk-contemporary-season/events/eat-drink/late-night-bar,610,EV.html


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http://myspace.com/bonfiremadigan
http://theicarusproject.net



DECEMBER 2008 UK TOUR:


*December 11th: LONDON
at The Barbican, London,
7.30pm
Cost: £13/18/22 subject to availability
Twisted Christmas featuring many special guests (see flier below)
Are you frustrated by the fey joviality of Christmas? Long for a sense of meaning and depth to be returned to our yuletide traditions? Then Twisted Chrismas is for you. Brought to you by David Coulter & the team behind 'Plague Songs' this deliciously dark evening features an array of special guests performing their own versions of Christmas songs past present and future. Christmas with a twist - returning a little bit of darkness to light...


*December 14th: BRIGHTON
at the Cowley Club (or Westhill Village Hall??)
Bonfire Madigan, and Daniel Knox, + Lianne Hall.
8pm onwards.
£4.
Mulled wine and mince pies!!
Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton BN1 4JA, Tel.: 01273 696104,
http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk


*December 16th: MANCHESTER
At: The Black Lion, 65 Chapel Street, Manchester
Lineup: Bonfire Madigan / mcwatt / march of alka malka.
There will also be a festive buffet
8pm
£5 on door
Updates via: http://www.kaffequeeria.org.uk/present.htm kaffequeeria@riseup.net


*December 17th: LEEDS
At: Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds, LS6 1NY, Tel: 0113 275 2411,
http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
8pm
£5 on the door
Supported by: Ray Rumours (London; Ex- Electrelane, The Battys, & Lesbo Pig) + The Seven Inches (Leeds)

For updates...
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32884272452
Myspace event: www.myspace.com/manifestaleeds http://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&eventID=473205.08664&Mytoken=45B274AB-65E7-417B-B1B5D15F697D876D207235084


*December 18th: HULL
Adelphi Club, 89 De Grey Street, Hull, HU5 2RU Tel: 01482 348216
http://www.theadelphi.com


Pls pass these on and on and write yer reviews of gigs and look out for major releases of new studio work in the new year! seriously. w/ so much gratitude.

sorry me west coast cats.
this mssg just in from joe merch medina the promoter/organizer.
do not fret (hey cello usually has no frets anyway)
bmad is making tour plans and new releases are seriously percolating.
in the meantime check out this promo tralier for my comp@s at the freedom center
and check out all the cool things afoot at the icarus project linked below.

RE: Mondo Cello Fest 2008
On Sep 9, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Joe Medina wrote:

Dear friends and colleagues,

I am deeply disappointed to let you know that I have to postpone the Mondo Cello Fest until the spring. We all live in difficult times right now and I have seen my resource pool dwindle as the costs for running this tour keep rising. I have been hit by financial blow by financial blow in the last few weeks, but I have been burning the candle at both ends in an effort to make this work. Any of you who know me at all know that I am a fighter and a hard worker until the end—if there was a way to avoid this then I would do it. Hopefully, this will not sour my relationship with any of you and we can move forward with the goal of picking up the reins on this soon (as I am definitely looking at this as a postponement and not a cancellation). Thankfully, money has not exchanged hands in most cases at this point and there are not too many advance tickets yet that need refunding. Yesterday was my last attempt at trying to horde enough money together to cover everything, but circumstances deemed that it is not to be—at this particular moment in time anyway. My plan now is to put my nose to the grindstone, stay off the road for a while, and save enough money to have Mondo Cello Fest in the first few months of next year. I am hoping the venues, performers, personnel, etc. are all understanding about this unforeseeable matter and we can reschedule this with the same line-up and venues intact.

Thank you so very much,

Joe Medina


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 8, 2008

FREEDOM CENTER'S "HEALING VOICES" TOP STORY ON FORBES.COM

"Lucky 7" Anniversary Celebration Planned


NORTHAMPTON, MA: Forbes, a leading international business magazine, has chosen the Northampton, MA based Freedom Center, an alternative mental health organization run by and for people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, to be featured as their charity of the month in September. From August 29th through the end of September, Forbes is highlighting the Freedom Center's work through its website, www.forbes.com. Included in Forbes' "Philanthropic Pitch" campaign to support Freedom Center is a five-minute video along with a written story called "Healing Voices" about one of Freedom Center's Co-Founders, Will Hall. For the first four days of the release, "Healing Voices" was the top rated story on the Forbes website, and it has consistently remained in the top ten since. To access the "Healing Voices" story and video, you can visit www.freedom-center.org and follow the direct link to Forbes.

To celebrate the honor of being recognized by Forbes, and its seven-year anniversary, Freedom Center will host a special event to screen the video at its "Lucky 7 Psychosocial" party on September 20th at 6 pm, at the World War II Club, 50 Conz St., Northampton, MA. The celebration will also include a hula-hooping performance by the Noho Hooperstars, live music by "Bucket Benny," and a dance party hosted by DJ Black Angus until midnight. Screening of the short film will begin at 7pm. There will be a cash bar, and the event will be catered by the Alternative Food Company. Suggested donations are $10 at the door, however nobody will be turned away for a lack of funds.

"Forbes contacted me a few years ago for an article on alternatives to anti-depressant medications," said Freedom Center co-founder Will Hall. He said the Forbes editor was so moved by the story of the Freedom Center that the group was chosen for this special fundraising opportunity via the Forbes website.

Local filmmaker PJ Moynihan, of Digital Eyes Film, produced the 5-minute Freedom Center video that appears on the Forbes site. "I have a personal connection with the subject matter," said Moynihan. "This is a tremendous opportunity for the Freedom Center story to begin making its way out into the world as a model for change."

Mary Clare Higgins, Mayor of the City of Northampton, describes Freedom Center as "a valuable option for many of our residents. It is a welcome addition to services available to citizens of our city."

Freedom Center is currently funded solely by individual donations and small grants, which include monies from Resist, Inc. and the City of Northampton's Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG). "It demonstrates how a small group of dedicated folks can initiate change as well as a whole new way of seeing and doing things," says Northampton CDBG Administrator, Michael T. Owens.

Freedom Center is a volunteer, peer-run group that supports informed choice and self-determination regarding medication, other psychiatric treatments, and holistic alternatives. Freedom Center incorporates a Harm Reduction philosophy and supports people's choices in their own mental health recovery and in their own lives. Freedom Center offers yoga, acupuncture, writing groups, support groups, educational events and volunteer advocates for rights protection. Freedom Center is volunteer-run and offers all its services for free. Donations are tax-deductible and can be made to Freedom Center/CHOICES and mailed to P.O. Box 623, Northampton, MA 01061.

Forbes.com is the single largest economic portal on the Internet, with an estimated 15 million visitors per month. Initiated by Forbes Senior Editor, Richard Morais, the Philanthropic Pitch is a unique feature that, each month, promotes a charity in an effort to encourage philanthropic giving. The Freedom Center Philanthropic Pitch will be featured for the month of September, after which it will be archived at Forbes.com.
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http://www.forbes.com/video/?video=fvn/philpitch/pf_freedom082808

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big mad LOVE on the Aspire

Bonfire Madigan is performing two very special & very different concerts in N. CA this week.
Not to be missed. Please come on out, pass it on and we'll keep on the conspire to Aspire ...

See BMad w/ band & surprise guests in San Francisco this Thurs 7/31 @ Cafe Du Nord
with Faun Fables (CD release!). doors at 8pm. 21+. space is limited. get tickets and further info from the venue.
http://www.cafedunord.com/

& dancing solo in Big Sur 8/2 @ the gorgeous, just saved from the fires, Henry Miller Library.
with Conspiracy of Beards. a 30 member acapella male choir performing exclusively the songs of Leonard Cohen. and more ... all ages concert! 7pm.
http://www.henrymiller.org/

BMad will have the newly repressed i bleed: a decade of song cd songwriting collection with cover art by cristy c road,
http://www.bonfiremadigan.com/records.html
the new book anthology live through this: on creativity & self-destruction she wrote a chapter in printed right before bell hooks' essay (!) beautiful haunting cover art by fly published by seven stories press
http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100238060
as well as the studio paradiso promo cd sampler featuring dance remix of new tune lady saves (the dragon from the evil prince).
http://littleechoes.com
http://studioparadiso.net
you can get these things at these upcoming shows. get 'em online if you can't make it.

check official site + myspace page for updates. new releases, upcoming tours, a film release, et al ...

we're working again on a new BMad site relaunch and if you have archival pics, reviews, writings to include pls post 'em here or send them our way. thanks!

recent press:

The howls of a wounded cello and the voice of a tormented angel suffuse the blood-soaked tragedy on the American Conservatory Theater's stage. Above all - literally, seated high amid the massive organ pipes of Walt Spangler's industrial-baroque cathedral set - composer, cellist and vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive is an electrifying one-woman heavenly choir. - San Francisco Chronicle 6/13/08

On Fire: Of all the zany places for a singing cellist to perform, the ultra-imaginative and captivating Bonfire Madigan has chosen, in a repeat appearance, the Cloverdale Plaza. There's gotta be some secret connection—maybe her brother works at Pick's Drive-In? Because surely Madigan, who's just finished a lauded run with ACT's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, for which she composed and performed the music, has bigger things on her mind. One part PJ Harvey, one part Arthur Russell and one part Jacqueline du Pré, Madigan in concert is dazzling; she can build a skyscraper of sound with a full-bodied fortissimo and then knock it into dust in one breath. Once a stray puzzle piece on the early '90s Olympia scene, Madigan has settled quite comfortably into San Francisco's Mission district. Buy her a milkshake at Pick's when she performs, inexplicably, on Friday, July 18, at the Cloverdale Plaza, Cloverdale Boulevard, between First and Second streets, Cloverdale, CA. — Bohemian.com Week of July 16-22, 2008 Picks by Gabe Meline.

Albums include Sew True, ...from the Burnpile, Saddle the Bridge, Plays for Change, and the recently repressed i bleed: a decade of song; she is currently finishing her sixth full-length album, to be released in late 2008.
See her performing live this Thurs July 31st in SF at Cafe Du Nord and Sat Aug 2nd in Big Sur at the Henry Miller Library.
Visit Shive at

http://bonfiremadigan.com
http://myspace.com/bonfiremadigan

so so damn glad to be alive

MADIGAN Debuts DUETS FOR HAIR & GUT!

COME SEE Very BLOODY THEATER!
A 1630'S JACOBEAN TRAGEDY: 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE
WITH MUSIC COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY BONFIRE MADIGAN SHIVE
Public Previews Open June 5 -10 Show Premiers June 11 Runs Thru July 6
SPECIAL DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR BMAD FANS ARE HERE!!!

http://www.act-sf.org/promotions
Enter Discount Code: Pity1

VIDEO TRAILER TEASER FEATURING A NEW BMAD SONG IS UP HERE!!

http://www.tispity.org

http://www.act-sf.org/tispity/

Press Previews:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117713.html

http://sanfrancisco.broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.cfm?id=27902

http://bonfiremadigan.com

HERE HEAR!
SF Chronicle REVIEW!!!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/13/DD3D114QBQ.DTL&hw=&sn=001&sc=1000
THANK YOU FOR YOU! FOR MORPHING ME INTO WE.
FOR GIVING UP Monoculture GREED FOR Multidisciplinary FREEDOM.
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, CLICKs ALL TOGETHER ...
Throw Flowers, Ribbons, Candy ... Your Art! as Mecca Normal says:
Throw Silver, Throw Gold.

Hope to see you soon from my organ loft in the SF Geary Theater! ! ! ! ! !!

xox

doing this project heals me. keeps me connected to my inner life and it's interconnection/interdependence to the outer world. and that's you all. i am blessed to have had and continue to receive such inspiring, amusing, befuddling, heart warming responces and artistic conversations and contributions to what BMad is and does in the world. we are shaping this - deciding this together. as the song refrains: theworld'schanging theworld-theworld'schanged the world -- inch x inch ... we inch our way in ...

so here is the latest amazingly fun and sweet bit of creative feedback from the great extended BMad community. i feel like i have the coolest chosen, self-selecting, self-determined network of family/fan/friends ever! and yeah, that's you too!

i am offering this blog space as a forum to share, exchange ideas, writing, poetry, plays, art, illuminations, brain/heart droppings or nearly anything you can dream up from having these sounds, ideas in your life. and as we anticipate more sounds and performances and we shape the present together ...

yes, as my latest composition is exclaiming:

Flattery Loves Company!

i have written many songs and pieces of artwork inspired by my examination of others creativity and perspectives on reality/truth/beauty/brutality and who decides/controls it. hey - we do!

so here's the invitation: let's continue on with this. the BMad Army Souldiers opened it up and i made a pact to keep opening: keeping collective juices flowing: nudge nudges to our compas: a culture of RECIPROCITY & RADICAL COMPASSION IN ACTION:

Thanks to Mark for busting this out again.

-----Original Message-----
From: M. A.
To: bonfire madigan shive
Sent: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:12 am

A Lunchtime Screenplay for Madigan - The Director's Cut:

-Setting: Two friends sit at an old table in a dimly lit cafe. There is a light haze in the room. The city is unknown. Outside, it is raining.-
-Camera pans to the ongoing conversation-
Person A: "It is raining."
Person B: "Yez."
A: "It rains a lot'"
B: "Yez."
A: "I used to like rain"
B: "Zertanly"
A: "You're doing that fake Portuguese accent again. Stop it."
B: "Ztop What?"
A: "You know I hate that."
B: "Of Course."
-The conversation lulls for a time-
-The camera draws back as a smartly dressed waiter brings over an order of food.-
Waiter: "OK, I have two almond biscotti, a half-caf mocha latte with cinnamon, a Moroccan tea with a twist of orange, and uhh... Which of you ordered the chili fries?"
A: "That would be me."
-The waiter sets down the items and appears to be hesitating.-
B: "Oh yeah. Here's something for you."
-B hands the server a coupon for a free car wash with purchase of an oil change and tire rotation. The waiter exits left-
A: "You always over-tip."
B: "It's how you get good service. How are you chili fries?"
A: "Hmmmm.... Something is missing. Please try some. Tell me what you think. Though we'll need more napkins."
-The two friends share the chili fries-
B: "Something is certainly missing. Something is just not right."
A: "Yes."
B: "I cannot put my finger on it."
A: "I have."
B: "What is it? What is it that creates this dismal absence of joy in the chili fries?"
A: "Eclectic cello music. There is none here. So there is no life. No flavor."
B: "Yes. All is bland and formless without the cello."
A: "If only there was cello."
B: "Yes. But not just any cello, I am sure."
A: "No. Not just any cello, indeed. It must be Her."
B: "Perhaps she will return some day."
A: "Perhaps. Perhaps."
B: "I shall look to that day."
A: "You want the last fry?"
-B's brow is furrowed in thought-
-Pause with the camera on B-
B: "No. It's yours."
-A does not notice this offer. He is staring into the rain.-
-The camera zooms in on the solitary chili fry.-
-Fade out-
Fin.

!HOLA COMPAS! Happy New Year from the 07 divine toward the 08 infinite ...

well after weeks of extreme psychic, physical and political p a i n
awash in worlds of profound personal as well as collective e l a t i o n
BMad has just been allowed back into the States having lived thru stolen passports, transcontinental bus rides through military checkpoints, jungle women for dignity rising, illegal status, chilango spanish just to scratch the surface and she would truly love to, in fact, she and her cello need to see you:

THIS WEDS 01/23/2008 08:00 PM at The Stone
Avenue C and 2nd Street
New York City
Cost:$10
Description:Artistic director John Zorn's The Stone is an invite only (for artists, no demo's allowed) not-for-profit performance space dedicated to the EXPERIMENTAL and AVANT-GARDE. BMad is honored to make her Stone debut performing a set of original works w/ plenty of surprises. curated by the legendary producer Hal Willner (Laurie Anderson, Lucinda Williams, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, and many more). students 13 to 19 admitted half price. children 12 and under free. they tell us that there are no advance ticket sales. all admissions are at the door prior to each performance. *pls note that space is limited and show will start at 8pm. Please Please Come! http://www.thestonenyc.com


LET US Walk the talk of MLK today & every day:

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Martin Luther King, Jr.,

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of
civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant
animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.


[I]t is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown
from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt
and persistent pain.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967.

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