Successes & Current Events by Shekeyna Black


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Dancers, poets,


musicians, DJ’s,


mimes, performance artists of all kinds will dance, sing, play and recite poetry through the streets of Santa Rosa, a free- dom of speech event for peace & sustainability, in solidarity with events happening all over the world for 100 Thousand Poets for Change Global Event Day on September 28, 2013!


The march starts at noon at the his- toric DeTurk Round Barn Park in the charming Santa Rosa West End neighbor- hood. The Performing Artists will head through downtown with a stop at Old


Courthouse


thing like what happens in New York City where I grew up,” said Ron Woodman a.k.a. DJ Loisaida. “The New York Dance Parade brings danc- ers to the streets to celebrate all cultures. We have talented performers in Sonoma County and this will give the people in our community a chance to see


100 Thousand Poets for Change, or 100TPC, is an international grassroots edu- cational organization focus- ing on the arts, especially poetry, music and the


liter-


on Friday, features an eclectic array of bands and DJ’s inter- weaving genres from rock to rap to punk and beyond. Saturday


the perform-


ers take to the streets of Santa Rosa in the 100 Thousand Performing Artists for Change March for Peace & Sustainability lead- ing the crowd to Arlene Francis Center for more fun entertain- ment. Sunday is Poets day with and all-day poetry


marathon. Good Food and ary arts. It was found- Square


for some performances. The event culminates at the Arlene Francis Center, for an afternoon and evening of poetry, music, dance, art, and more. “The idea for the event is to honor 100 Thousand Poets for Change with some-


their own reflection in the diversity of the


artists and to make their con- cerns heard about their future as a community and as citi- zens of the planet.”


ed in 2011 by Michael


Rothenberg and Terri Carrion, and focuses on a world-wide event each September. Locally, the three-day event will be held at Arlene Francis Center September 27 – 29 with a wide variety of perfor- mances. The opening night,


Beverages are available all weekend at Arlene Francis Center. The full schedule is available online on the Facebook event page: 100 Thousand Performing Artists for Change March, 100, 000 Musicians for Change Rock n' Rap Fest, and Marathon Poetry Reading & Community BBQ-100 TPC 2013 Weekend for Peace & Sustainability.


UPBEAT TIMES • September 2013 • 14 DANCING IN THE STREETS


Season Begins with a Streetcar


By Nancy Roberts


Healdsburg, CA. ~ Tragedy, comedy, a murder plot, a daring escape, the struggle for justice, and a dash of Sonoma County wine: the Raven Players’ 2013- 14 season at Healdsburg’s Raven Performing Arts Theater has it all.


In one of America’s great plays, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Blanche DuBois tries to live in rose- colored fantasy.


realism,” she declares, “I want magic! And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!” The self-deluded and ill-treated Blanche will need “the kindness


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by Ron Skaar


-Sonoma County Caterer- Executive Chef at the Furth Center


(EVENT SPACE AVAILABLE) 707.490.7636


14 • September 2013 • UPBEAT TIMES Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein


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