Butterfly's Bay Area Events Calendar
Dedicated to informing you of the best events in music, art, poetry, media,
politics, spirituality & consciousness.
Contents **Asterisk denotes events I plan to attend.
Details for the following events on-line at http://www.butterflyspirit.org/calendar">www.butterflyspirit.org/calendar
Other peace & justice events at http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.html">www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/bayarea.html
Fri. May 19 7:30 pm Music that Cooks w. Robert Temple - Oakland
Need to POST
Fri. May 19 8 pm House Concert w. Mystic Teacher R.J. Stewart
- Sebastopol
May 19-20 Circles for Sustainable Community -
Garberville
May 19-21 Joshua Tree Music Festival - Joshua Tree,
Ca
May 19-22 PanEuRhythmy Dance Retreat - Corralitos
Sat. May 20 10am-5 pm Conflict Transformation Workshop - Sonoma
Sat. May 20 5-9 pm Guitars not Guns Benefit Spaghetti Feed - Novato
Sat. May 20 7 pm Wavy's 70th Birthday Bash - Berkeley
Sat. May 20 8 pm House Concert with Tru - Oakland/Postponed
May 20 & 21 SheShamans Workshops - Geyserville
Sun. May 21 10-6 pm **Holistic Living Expo - San Jose
Sun. May 21 6-9 pm Evening of Song, Dance & Poetry Benefiting
Seaflow - Mill Valley
Sun. May 21 7-9:30 pm Introduction to Nonviolent Communication - Oakland
May 21-22 Ranches & Rolling Hills Art Exhibit -
Nicasio
Sat. May 27 7 pm **New Moon Music & Tulip Temple Healing - San
Geronimo
Mon. May 29 1 pm Remembering Our Peacemakers - SF
June 3-4 **San Francisco Crystal Fair - SF
June 7 -11 Mythic Journeys Conference w. Deepak
Chopra - Atlanta, GA
June 9-11 **Harmony Festival - Santa Rosa
Sat June 10 8:30 pm Techno-Tribal Dance @ Harmony Festival - Santa
Rosa
Jun 23-25 Dept. Of Peace Conference w. Marianne
Williamson - Sherman Oaks
July 28-30 Joydancer Summer Celebration of Love -
Petaluma
Wish of the Week - That Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues joins our network
Last week I mentioned that our wish was that Neil Young join our network.
Within days I was in contact with some friends of Neil and may have somen news
for you on this soon. Shortly after, on Sunday May 14th, I got a message from
Stephan Smith that his open letter to Neil Young was printed on the editorial
page of the San Francisco Chronicle. His editorial, Hey, Neil Young: We young
singers are hog-tied, too, focuses on the issue that many young peace
musicians are not getting there music played on corporate media stations. You can read
the editorial at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/14/ING3RIQCIJ1.DTL">
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/14/ING3RIQCIJ1.DTL
Stephan happens to also be a friend of Chris Chandler who raised the same
issue in his song, There's Something in the Air / But It's Not on the Airwaves,
that I featured some months back It also deal with the media blackout of many
of the protests against the war in Iraq. A misic video of his song can be
experienced at www.chrisvids.org
Both Stephan and Chris are on our Make Love Now War CD. On it Stephan sings
The Bell with legendary singer/songwriter Pete Seeger, who sent our CD to Sing
Out magazine and is also a member of Musicians for Peace
So my wish for this week is that Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues will join our
network. I met Mike many years ago sitting under a butterfly mobile at a
Borders Books & Music store. I just got this email from his office in Grass
Valley
5-15-06
Hello Alan!
Yes, Mike remembers you and the good work you are doing with your group
Butterfly Spirit. It seems your organization has grown as has your continued
commitment to your butterfly vision for world peace.
He is helping his two sons launch a recording project at present but will
take a look at your website and calendar and see if there is anything in the
future he can help or be a part of.
Thanks for keeping him in mind and may you have much success with your
organization and it's goals.
Very best regards,
mikepinder.com for Mike Pinder
We have gotten some responses to our wish that we are looking for a grant
writer and nonprofit management help. I am meeting with a grantwriter on June 3.
Please call Alan at 415-424-7238 or reply to this email if you have any ideas
or would like to help.
Please also consider becoming a contributing member this week and you will
get our Make Love Not War that includes the Bell by Stephan Smith & Pete Seeger
or our Songs for Cindy compilation CD. Mention that butterfly sent you and I
will include a CD of 19 of the best butterfly songs I know. Details are below.
Quotation of the Week
When we have done all the work we were sent to Earh to do, we are allowed to
shed our body which imprissons are soul like a cocoon enclosed the future
butterfly.. And ... when the time is right, we can let go of it, and we will be
free of pain, free of fears and worries ... Free as a very beautiful butterfly
returning home to GOD - Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Music Video of the Week
http://videos.digett.net/jacksonbrowne/lives/lives_in_the_balance.wmv">http://videos.digett.net/jacksonbrowne/lives/lives_in_the_balance.wmv
Great new anti-war video from singer Jackson Browne.
Frozen, a song by Madonna paired with images from the current conflict in
Iraq. This is a compelling antiwar video produced by Chris Valentine. http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=480">
www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=480
Music of the Week
www.celestecenter.com I Can Change
the World - Power-to-the-people anthem by Celeste. You can hear it and
download it free.
www.freepeacesongs.com/02-get-it-right-this-time.mp3 Let's Try To Get It Right
This Time - A song for George Bush by Spida
www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23448 Listen to the full album of Living with War by Neil Young
on the Internet. A good quality download can be found at
http://ts.searching.com/torrent/722588/Neil_Young_Living_With_War_Advance_2006_RNS
(Note this is a "torrent" download for which you may need to install some
additional free software available on the net.)
Story of the Week
Butterfly Magic and the Moody Blues - On August 5, 1993, I was invited to a
butterfly garden at the Green Lane Nature Center not far from Allentown,
Pennsylvania. When we arrived there were hundreds of butterflies fluttering about a
profusion of fragrant flowers, shrubs, and herbs. I suddenly felt connected to
nature through the wonder of all that was around me. Something was stirring
my deepest emotions. I felt like a child again and began likening this scene to
be something similar to one right out of Alice in Wonderland. Read the
complete story at http://www.butterflyspirit.org/stories/bfly_magic_moody_blues/index.htm">
www.butterflyspirit.org/stories/bfly_magic_moody_blues/index.htm
New Member of the Week
DonorDove - Boulder, CO www.donordove.org
Rusty Stephey, Producer Events & Live TV - Representative for International
Superstar Mikey Dread
www.myspace.com/Rusty1
You can contact Rusty at russ@infoasis.com or 415-827-2480 Mikey's
website is www.mikeydread.com
Seaflow is an educational nonprofit organization building an international
movement dedicated to protecting whales, dolphins and all marine life from
active sonars and other lethal ocean noise pollution. http://www.seaflow.org">www.seaflow.org
This Week's Links
Musical Peace Tour - Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan,
and in partnership with Berklee College of Music and Seeds of Peace, the four
week-long tour, “Roads to You: Celebration of One World” exists to bring
world cultures closer together http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/music_nm/arts_roads_dc">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/music_nm/arts_roads_dc
Please also see www.roadstoyou.com
CNN's Jack Cafferty reports on NSA Telephone Spying & US Dictatorship -
Cafferty says, "We all hope nothing happens to Arlen Specter, the Republican head
of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cause he might be all that stands between us
and a full blown dictatorship in this country. He's vowed to question these
phone company executives about volunteering to provide the government with my
telephone records, and yours, and tens of millions of other Americans. See http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/05/11.html#a8245">
www.crooksandliars.com/2006/05/11.html#a8245 and
www.snipurl.com/qg5f
Cathy Garger at "Against These Wars"
www.mytown.ca/garger says this film clip from CNN news is as hard-hitting
as anything I've seen since Charlie Sheen blasted the government for 9/11
(implying it was an inside job) and, before that, its biting coverage of the
glaring absence of federal response to Katrina's helplessly drowning citizens.
Crying Wolf: Who is Behind the Death Squads in Iraq? http://www.cryingwolf.deconstructingiraq.org.uk/index.html">
www.cryingwolf.deconstructingiraq.org.uk/index.html
Read the May 4th letter from US Congressman Dennis Kucinich to Donald
Rumsfeld demanding to know why US funding is going to Iraqui death squads. http://www.cryingwolf.deconstructingiraq.org.uk/action.html">
www.cryingwolf.deconstructingiraq.org.uk/action.html
Mother's Day card with animated butterfly. http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=FL43617448">
www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=FL43617448
Where have all the butterflies gone? Last year, surprisingly large numbers
of painted ladies migrated through Northern California -- this year, few have
shown up Newspapers all over the country have published various forms of this
story.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/09/MNGSVIO7NM1.DTL&hw=butterfly+painted&sn=001&sc=1000">
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/09/MNGSVIO7NM1.DTL&hw=butterfly+painted&sn=001&sc=1000
Also see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/09/AR2006050901352.html?referrer=emailarticle |