Saturday, March 3
Traveling Jewish Theatre’s First Annual Purim Masquerade! Put on your Purim finest for a party you won’t soon forget.
Featuring music by Dan Cantrell, Peter Jaques, Rumen “Sali” Shopov
and members of Kitka Womens Vocal Ensemble, and the sensual and elegant middle eastern dancing of Elizabeth Strong and Mira Betz.
Special guest appearances by Michael Alpert and others.
Dinner, drinks, and a silent auction.
This is a fundraising event benefiting Traveling Jewish Theatre. $35 per ticket is tax-deductible.
Thursday, March 8
1st Congregational Church,
2345 Channing,
Berkeley.
March 8, 7:30pm.
$25 general/$20 students, seniors, members.
Friday, March 9
Dance Palace,
503 B St.,
Pt. Reyes.
8pm.
$20 general/$16 members/$5 kids & teens.
Friday, March 30
Saturday, March 31
Regency Center
1290 Sutter
(at Van Ness), San Francisco.
8pm (we're at 10:25),
$50/$100 VIP.
NOTE: You can use the promo code ARTS for $35 tickets!!!
ArtSFest presents the 4th Annual Spectra Ball and Silent Auction on March 31st at the Regency Center. Spectra Ball is a creative spectacle that brings together the spectrum of the arts with dynamic multi-cultural performances of music, theater, dance, circus, spoken word, fashion and visual art installations, all on one glorious night with a crowd of thousands. See below for the list of over 50 individual and group performances.
Proceeds benefit Artsfest to support Artsfest 2007, the Bay Area’s Fourth Annual Celebration of the Arts (May 3 – 28) which presents 100+ dazzling exhibits, performances and arts-related events throughout the Bay Area.
Spectra Ball '07 Talent Line-Up Includes:
- Akosua (Ghanaian-American Songwriter)
- ALBINO! (12-piece AfroBeat Extravaganza)
- Alex Theory Live! (Live Electronic Dance)
- Allison Lovejoy (Accordion/Piano Starling)
- Berkeley SLAM! Poets (Slam Poetry)
- Blane Lyon (Funk, Soul and Conscious Groove)
- Blue Bone Express (New Orleans Brass Band)
- Brass Menazeri (Balkan Brass Band)
- CaroLuna (Opera Diva)
- Chief Sonne Reyna (Native Chant)
- Circus Metropolus (Karnival Klown Show)
- Cohen (GypsyPop)
- Deborah Crooks (Intimate/Edgy Acoustic)
- Debórah Eliezer (Grand Ballroom Emcee)
- DJ Delachaux (Neo-Burlesque)
- DJ Kashia (Infectious Urban Groove)
- DJ Natural Sphere (World Breaks Techno)
- El Papachango (Latin Breaks)
- Eliyahu Sills & Qadim (Mystical Near-East Music)
- Elizabeth Strong & Mira Betz (Bellydance)
- Emeryville Taiko (Taiko Drum ensemble)
- Fou Fou Ha! (Cartoon Dance)
- Geralyn Gendreau (Ecstatic Poetry)
- Goddess Alchemy Project (Dub Hip Hop)
- Hot Pink Feathers (Carnavale meets Cabaret)
- J9 of Xeno (Trapeze)
- Jamie "Sparkaluscious" Luv & Vikki "FireSpice" Friedman (Super Swingin Spectra Hoopers)
- Jill Tracy (Sultry Piano Chanteuse)
- Kevin O (Emcee)
- Kingfish & Eddie's Hubba-Hubba Revue (Comedy & Burlesque)
- Kwisp (Holographic Video Synthesizer)
- Liberation Movement featuring Resurrector (Heavyweight Dub Champion) &
- Jillian Ann (Primal Experimental Dubtronica)
- Loyd Family Players (Sideways Samba Troupe)
- Mark Growden (Avante Singer Songwriter)
- Miranda Caroligne (Fashion)
- Miss Rosie
- Mythic System (A Harmonic Archtypal Metapoetic Experience)
- MoRockin Project (Moroccan/Jazz/Funk)
- Pele's Tears (Fusion, Poetry 'n Dance)
- Shamanic Cheerleaders (Divine Pep)
- Singing Bear (Acoustic Roots Music)
- Soulati & Infinite (Tag-Team Beatbox)
- Steve "Shea" Sisgold (Inspirational Singer/Songwriter/Emcee)
- The Genie w/ Eah (Stratch Guitar)
- The Human Revolution (Acoustic World Fusion)
- The Nekyia (Sexy Sublime Dance & Music)
- The Sonando Project (Afro-Cuban jazz)
- Tim Fox (Guitarra Latinoamericana)
- Tippy Canoe & Mikie Lee Prasad (Old-Timey Pop)
- Vau de Vire Society (Avante Aerial Cabaret)
- VonStilt Family