South First Fridays gallery crawl – Free and open to the public this Friday

Explore the SoFA district, downtown’s hub of art and creativity, this first Friday of the month.  Meet people and appreciate art in an inviting environment. Galleries along South First Street from San Carlos to Reed Street and on Market Street open their doors late with exhibit receptions, readings, performances, live music and more.  8 pm-late.  It’s all free and one of the best events in downtown San Jose. South First Street between San Carlos and Reed streets, and various locations. www.southfirstfridays.com

The joint is jumpin’ to the music of Thomas “Fats” Waller in this Tony® Award-winning
musical revue. Five phenomenal artists and a jumpin’ jazz band take you through the pain and triumphs of the African-American experience during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 30s. It was the Golden Age of Jazz with places like the Cotton Club and Savoy Ballroom where snappy swing music, snazzy jazz and the stride piano infused the energy of the country. Life and love are song and dance in this sexy, funny, jazzy musical featuring the seminal Fats Waller tunes: “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Black & Blue,” “The Joint is Jumpin’” and “I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling.”

“A whole series of jazz worlds – uptown and downtown, raffish and posh, funny and startlingly beautiful.”                              – New York Times

East Bay Dyke Dance Practice Group was a great success last Sunday!  We had a great turnout - a good match with leads and follows! We already out grew our dance room. New time because we needed a larger room! Please join us in Hall2 - upstairs, Sundays 4 to 6pm.

Lake Merritt Dance Center, Hall 2
200 Grand Ave, Oakland
 
Country Western 2 step, West Coast Swing, Nightclub 2 Step, Country Western Waltz, East Coast Swing

No partner necessary

$5 donation requested to cover costs

Any profit will be donated to a charity the attendees select

You're welcome to email me at: EBDykeDancePractice@groups.yahoo.com

Vivien

Tickets: $10-$15  Info Phone: 650-345-2807 x560

Dates:
March 19-March 27, 2010  Times: Fri-Sat 7:30pm  Sun: 2pm

Peter Townsend’s tale of a young boy’s journey from pain to triumph is the most electrifying evening of rock and roll ever to play in a theatre!

Now she is very well kept and much more experienced - until someone reads her palm and tells her that, like a
swallow, she will fly back to love. And so, disguised as the shop girl she used to be, Magda takes off for a night
of adventure at the Bullier. There, she meets a young man and begins to relive that other magical night. Although
her wealthy protector arrives to tell her he hopes she won't regret her decision, she runs off with her new beau to
a romantic idyll on the Riviera.

Magda is happy with the way things are, but the young man hopes his parents will reinstate his inheritance and
allow him to marry her. Although permission is granted, Magda is wise enough, discreet enough, and in love
enough to know that her scandalous past will ruin her young lover. She returns home to her benefactor.

HALF MOON BAY'S AWE-INSPIRING FESTIVAL OF MAJESTIC MACHINES
The World's Coolest Cars, Thrilling Motocross Freestyle Demos, Historic Warbirds, Demolition Derby
Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show, April 25, 2010 at Half Moon Bay Airport
Spectacular 20th Anniversary Celebration Planned

ADMISSION:  $20 for adults, $10 for age 11-17 and 65+, and free for kids age 10 and under.
WHEN:  Sunday, April 25, 2010. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE: At Half Moon Bay Airport (9850 N. Cabrillo Hwy) on Hwy. 1, 5 miles north of Hwy. 92.
Info-Line:     650-726-2328  or www.miramarevents.com

To protect their daughter from the Communist regime, Sonia’s parents sent her to the United States during the Cuban revolution and she never saw them again. Thirty years later and living in the Midwest, Sonia, a fiercely devoted mother of two, has created a home that embraces her own cultural traditions along with her husband’s Jewish religion. Three months after 9/11, their son announces he is quitting college to join the army. Sonia combats grief and terrifying abandonment through political forces that once again threaten to shatter her family. Can she come to terms with her secret past, her parents’ decision, her children’s choices and her duty to her adopted country? Set in Minneapolis in 2001 and Cuba in 1961, Sonia Flew questions parental sacrifice, familial responsibility and patriotism in times when worlds collide.

“ … soars with a passion …”
                                                              – Boston Herald