 | 24th Annual Tibet Day - SF 11:00 AM » 11:00 PM | | | Sat Dec 5 11am-11pm
24th Annual Tibet Day – “Looking at the World through Eyes of Compassion”
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Bay Area Friends of Tibet invites you toto discover Tibet’s warm people and its beautiful and intriguing culture at the 24th Annual Tibet Day!
For over two decades, Tibet Day has brought Tibetans and Bay Area residents together at Fort Mason Center to celebrate Tibetan culture and to support the survival of this extraordinary civilization.
Tibetans and supporters (including Chinese, American, Burmese, Taiwanese, Uyghur, Mongolian, Himalayan, and other friends) will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize and his message of Looking at the World through Eyes of Compassion.
During the day at the Fair (11am – 7pm) The 24th Annual Tibet Day will feature: delicious Tibetan cuisine, political updates from behind the "red dragon" curtain, lectures and discussions with noted Tibetan authors.
-Meet prominent Tibetan activists, learn about cultural, environmental, and political issues, and collect materials to help advocate for human rights in Tibet.
-Meet Artist-photographer Don Farber, and enchant yourself with his new brilliant photography book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
-Also meet Attorney Dennis Cusack, Chairman of the International Tibet Support Network and author of Tibet’s War of Peace, Producer-Director Gregg Eller and his new film, Recalling a Buddha, and Author/activist Canyon Sam, who will speak about her new book, Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History.
-Catch up on your holiday shopping at Tibet Day where hundreds of one-of-a-kind handicrafts, including jewelry, clothing, rugs, and ritual objects will be available to admire and purchase.
Stay for the Evening Concert (8pm – 11pm) and enjoy performances by notable artists from around the world.
Among the artists who are scheduled to appear are: pop music artist Pemsi (direct from India), the Bay Area’s own Tsering Wangmo of Chaksampa Tibetan Dance & Opera Company fame, and the Dharma Bums.
*Also, Tibet Day is pleased to present world famous South African singer Gideon Bendile of the musical group, Zulu Spear, and The Lion King movie. We are also delighted to schedule the first-ever cultural performance appearances by the Uyghur community!
**Also, expect a secret Tibetan guest performer!
Fort Mason Conference Center, Marina Blvd at Buchanan St., San Francisco
$10 Adults, $5 Children 12 and under.
Evening Concert: Adults $25, Kids & Seniors $15
*$5 discount to Evening Concert for attendees at the Fair
For more information contact:
Bay Area Friends of Tibet 415-409-6353 bafot@friends-of-tibet.org www.friends-of-tibet.org |
| The Peace Alliance/ Northern California House Party - SF | | | Sat Dec 5 1 pm
You are invited to the Red Victorian Bed & Breakfast Center from 1:00 - 3:30 pm for this house party and virtual national town hall conference call to learn more about making peace real in 2010. Meet other community peacebuilders and join us for discussion and refreshments.
We will also have postcards available to send to elected representatives urging them to support H.R. 808 for a U.S. Department of Peace and H.R. 1064, the Youth PROMISE Act, which targets gang violence and crime by involving the entire community, a variety of social, court and health services, as well as evidence-based programs.
We will be serving light refreshments only, but before our event, folks may enjoy lunch and join a Peaceful World conversation at the Red Vic Peace Cafe beginning at noon.
Red Victorian Bed & Breakfast Center, 1665 Haight Street, San Francisco
RSVP and info contact - Nancy Kivette at nkivette@roguediplomacy.com
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| Evening of Sacred Chanting and Meditation - SF | | | Sat Dec 5 7 pm
An Evening of Sacred Chanting and Meditation to bless the opening of the Hanuman Center in SF. We will sing in Swahili, Sanskrit, Hopi, English and...? with friends musical, meditative and poetic. You are invited to bring a small bell for a special meditation
4450 18th St (at Douglass), San Francisco
$10 Suggested donation
Contact: Aletha Zsido alethasings@yahoo.com
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| Musical Night in Africa - Berkeley | | | Sat Dec 5 9:30 pm , opening Libation Ceremony with Babá Ken at 9 pm
Kotoja, West African Highlife Band, Afrobeat ConneXion, Nigerian Brothers
Musical Night in Africa is a decade-old, much-anticipated Ashkenaz tradition, featuring past favorites and new elements. Produced each year by Nigeria’s Babá Ken Okulolo, it is a musical tour of West Africa, from teeming cities to remote villages that hold on to ancestral traditions. Music ranges from folk songs to the hottest African dance rhythms. The theme of the 10th Night in Africa is “We Are All Africans,” which is also the title of Okulolo’s new CD. The night is a thank-you, as Okulolo puts it, “to our community and to our common ancestors for their unseen everyday blessings and guidance.”
The festivities begin at 9 p.m. sharp with Okulolo leading a traditional African welcoming libation ceremony. The sweet traditional folk of the Nigerian Brothers then kicks off the live music. At 10 p.m. Okulolo’s latest project, Afrobeat ConneXion, takes the stage, followed by the hypnotic dance rhythms of the West African Highlife Band. Kotoja concludes the celebration with nonstop electric dance music.
The Bay Area’s leader in the World Beat and Afrobeat scene, Kotoja is directed by Okulolo, one of the pioneers in West Africa’s modern music. He came to America as the bass player in Nigerian band King Sunny Ade’s African Beats, settled in the East Bay, and soon thereafter launched Kotoja. It features bandmembers from West Africa and America playing a bubbling brew of African highlife, juju, jazz, and world dance rhythms with driving guitars, riffing horns, and persuasive percussion. Kotoja was the inspiration for New York clothier Dan Storper to create Putumayo Records, the popular world music label. www.kotoja.com
More recently, Okulolo created the improvisational Afrobeat ConneXion from studio jams with musicians who demonstrate a restless, driving attitude in exploring African music. Afrobeat ConneXion also features Nigeria’s Soji Odukogbe, who was for five years the lead guitarist for Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late pioneer of Afrobeat. The band plays hard-hitting Afrofunk grooves with a jazz sensibility. www.facebook.com/agx
West African Highlife Band includes master musicians from several West African countries and the United States. It draws on folk traditions combined with modern stylistic elements, played with acoustic and electric instruments, and revives the infectious classic highlife dance hits of Ghana and Nigeria. The band features musicians who have played with such African masters as Hugh Masekela, King Sunny Ade, and Fela Kuti.
The Nigerian Brothers bring to life traditional folk music and highlife songs. Although they’re not blood brothers, nor do they all come from Nigeria, they do share the experience of growing up hearing the songs they sing together in Yoruba, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Hausa, and Pidgin. They recreate the sweet, lilting sounds of their earliest village memories through their harmonious voices, African guitar stylings, and hand percussion instruments. This gentle but rhythmic music is a special treat for those who seek an authentic African sound that is fast disappearing from its homelands. www.AfricanMusicSource.com
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley 510-525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
$15 |
| Native Elements - Belmont | | | Sat Dec 5 10 pm
Native Elements - San Francisco's own premier 11 piece reggae band... Conscious modern urban roots reggae from the heart guaranteed to make your feet move and put a smile on your face. www.native-elements.com
Chris’ New Harbor, 150 Harbor Blvd., Belmont
$10 |
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