Salma
FREE JON SLOAN AND END THE ATTACKS ON SACRED PLANTS
February 22nd, 2010
I didn’t write the following blog but I felt it was important enough that people should see what is going on with innocent people in the name of the law. -S
By SpaceHippy - On February 4, 2010, 24 officers of the Food and Drug Administration, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and local law enforcement raided Bouncing Bear Botanicals, a legal botanical shop and warehouse in Lawrence, Kansas. With guns drawn, the officers burst into the building and handcuffed everyone, including senior citizens. Jonathan Sloan, the 29-year-old owner, was immediately arrested and jailed.
Souldish NYC Events February 17 - 24
February 19th, 2010
Souldish on the radar NYC Events…
Souldish 2/12 - 2/19 2010 NYC Events
February 12th, 2010
Here it is folks, your Souldish NYC events for this week. There is a Tryptophantasia afterparty also on Saturday. See the attached flyer for details.
Love,
Salma
))Souldish Featured Event((
==Saturday, February 13==
“Tryptophantasia” An Animation Film Screening
Presented by Kaliptus @ Wild Project, NY - Feb 13th 2010 A“Tryptophan Art Utopia” project. Tryptophantasia is a psychotropic event that brings to you some of the best, cream of the crop, underground, psychedelic animations the universe has yet to offer. The screenings that will be projected in Wild Project’s theater may reveal some of the deepest secrets of the universe! If you are ready for consciousness expansion, don’t miss this event, as it will elevate your mind beyond the beyond. Anywhere from 24-28 short films will be screened for two hours varying in style, quality, and nature… and ranging from paradigm shifting animations to mystical videos, tripadelic motion graphics, mind warping experiments, occult surrealism, and lots more. This event is geared to alter your very being to a higher level of super hue-man exaltation & inspiration through the display of some very extraordinary projected screenings.
Artists include: Bruno Dicolla http://brn.cc/, Yoshi Sodeoka http://www.c505.com/, Kaliptus http://kaliptus.com/, Blu http://blublu.org/, Zumbakamera http://www.zumbakamera.com/, Stieg Retling http://www.plasticflesh.com/, Malcolm Sutherland http://www.animalcolm.com/, Weirdcore http://www.weirdcore.tv/, Joseph Pelling http://www.josephpelling.co.uk
Sponsored by Souldish & Evolver, Hosted by Salma of Souldish, Organized/Directed by Kaliptus; In-Joy!
(7p - 10p, $5 Adv - $7 Dr)
Wild Project (The theater is handicapped accessible.)
195 East 3rd St., p. 212.228.1195
For more info contact: Kaliptus.Arts@Gmail.com, info@thewildproject.com
http://vimeo.com/channels/
Reality Sandwich Interview: http://www.realitysandwich.
Promotional preview video: http://vimeo.com/8939268
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)Other Events((
==Saturday, February 13==
1UP For Haiti - a video game tournament fundraiser for Haiti crisis relief
It’s been nearly a month since Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, taking the lives of over 100,000 and leaving 1.5 million homeless. Nearly 97% of Port-au-Prince schools are destroyed and it’s been estimated that rebuilding the city may take decades. People are in desperate need of aid, from all of us. Why not help out by doing something competitive and fun, surrounded by awesome people?
Join us at New Work City on Saturday, February 13th for a fundraiser for the people of Haiti. We’ll be playing Mario Kart in a tournament-style face-off, and all buy-ins will go to Haiti relief efforts. There’s a suggested donation of $20 per person to enter. There will be more games to play, as well as drinks, snacks, and great people. Bring your friends and give what you can. Hope to see you there.
Saturday, February 13
(7p-midnight, $20 suggested donation)
New Work City
200 Varick St, Room 507B
Facebook Listing: http://www.facebook.com/event.
==Saturday, February 13th==
Biodanza-The Dance of Life
Special Valentine’s Day theme - Dance Your Love
The Dancing Path™ and Energy of Breath™ are excited to offer a special Biodanza class with Biodanza facilitator Michelle Dubreuil Macek. Biodanza expands your creativity, vitality and ability to love. It fuses music, movement, and your emotions to create a strong sense of community that enables you to connect to yourself and others on a deeper level. Biodanza is about feeling the fullness of every moment and awakening your full passion for life. Come dance with abandon and experience the pleasure of letting go. Biodanza movement encourages you to express yourself freely. There is no choreography and no dance experience is required. Come alone, with a friend, or significant other to expand the love you have for yourself and others. Biodanza is hugely popular on the west coast and in South America. Until now it has rarely been offered in NYC. We are incredibly grateful to have Michelle come all the way from Maryland to offer Biodanza here in NYC. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience this beautiful dance practice.
DanceTheaterWorkshop Studio
219 W 19th Street (bet.7th & 8th Ave.)
(7:30- 9:30pm, $20adv $25 day of)
Prepay at meetup site below to get adv rate
www.meetup.com/thedancingpath/
www.thedancingpath.com
==2/13/10==
Secrets of Coquettes de Valentine’s Eve Cruise
Hosted by Dance of Vice. Fancy a romantic Jazz Age cruise featuring live jazz, swing, burlesque, and vintage lingerie fashion shows? This valentines eve, find yourself dancing the night away with winking beauties clad in flirtatious vintage dishabille on a romantic 3-hour luxury cruise along the east river aboard the jewel, featuring songs of love and lust by shanghai mermaid impresario Juliette Campbell, hot jazz and swing from the 1920-40s by baby soda jazz band, saucy burlesque by valentine vixen gal Friday, and a titillating fashion show featuring vintage pinup inspired designs by Renee Masoomian and vintage lingerie of the 1910s, 20s, 30s and 40s. Boarding is from 9-10pm at e23rd & FDR Dr (look for the Marco polo cruises lighted sign and palm trees). The jewel departs promptly at 10pm and returns at 1am. Hot food, snacks and cocktails will be available on board (cash only). RSVP & Become a fan of DOV on Facebook for admission discounts, special promotions and event updates! Reserve your tickets at dancesofvice.com for reduced admission.Advance tickets and details can be found on the DOV website. Only 250 tickets are available, so don’t delay in booking your tickets to start off this romantic weekend with your sweetheart.
(9p – 1a, $26 adv, $30)
The Jewel (Marco Polo Cruises)
E23rd & FDR Drive
http://www.dancesofvice.com
==Sunday, February 14th==
UnMarriage Until GayMarriage
Join hundreds of couples at The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park this Valentine’s Day for a mass ritual in support of the rights of ALL people to marry whomever they wish. Send a strong message to New York State and the rest of the country. Marriage is a civil right! Unmarriage until gay marriage, no marriage until gay marriage. Brides and Grooms will suspend their vows in a ritual officiated by Reverend Billy. Tragic and hopeful love songs will be sung. Participants will be issued an official unmarried certificate suitable for framing. Wear your bride and groom best!
Bethesda Angel Fountain, Central Park
Near the 72nd Street Entrance
(Free, 1pm sharp)
http://revbilly.com or
Facebook: UnMarriage Until GayMarriage — http://bit.ly/cd7oBK
==Tuesday, February 16==
Towards Zero Net Energy Homes
Explore the methods for designing homes that require little or no non-renewable energy to power them. Learn about the best strategies to reduce energy loads – air sealing, insulation upgrades, glass & fenestration considerations, orientation and passive techniques, as well as information on reducing loads from domestic hot water, ventilation, lighting and appliances. Learn about biomass fuel-burning appliances, solar thermal, ground source heat pumps, solar electric & wind turbines through several case studies of zero annual net energy homes. Get more information at: NYDesigns.org/services/
(9a - 4p, $265)
NY Designs
45-50 30th Street | Long Island City, NY 11101
http://www.NYDesigns.org
==Also on Tuesday==
Incite to Insight World Arts Collaborative - Performers Unite for Human Rights Cause
A Full Night of Multi-Cultural Musical Talents and Artistic Genres. This is the start of many wonderful events occurring in 2010. A group of bands are coming together to support the first of a series of global causes at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on February 16 (“Fat Tuesday”) at 8pm. In this cross-cultural world-themed Mardi Gras show, the artists will raise awareness of the incredible strength, courage and resiliency of women who continue to struggle in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Simon Kashama of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Ruined” will lead the way. The Mardi Gras values of justice, faith and power (traditionally represented by the event’s traditional colors of purple, green and gold) will be celebrated through each band’s set prelude, which will include a cover song off the award-winning CD “Congo’s Angels”– in remembrance and support of our Congolese sisters and their plight, as we continue to engender hope and faith for improvement of their current situation. Incite to Insight World Arts Collaborative was conceptualized by Simon Kashama, Chuck Dorman, Jason Vitelli and Marianne Jaycox (see “About” section below). This cross-cultural, multi-genre and globally focused project involves the collaboration of multifaceted artists performing unique combinations of music, art and dance. The project celebrates unity within diversity. See more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
If you’d like to help our Congolese sisters struggling in the worn-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, please visit Friends of the Congo: http://www.friendsofthecongo.
(8p-2a, $15)
Public Assembly in Williamsburg
Please contact AlkemydiaCreative@gmail.com with any questions.
RSVP online at http://www.i-to-i.eventbrite.
==Sunday, February 14==
Sunrise Valentine - Watch the Sunrise~Valentine NYC~spread the love
At the Brooklyn Bridge, hosted by Kiana Love. Sunrise Valentine is a non-political, non religious, heartwarming, silly, love celebration for kids of all ages. Watch the sunrise & valentine NYC. Looking for creative people, performers, actors, artists to help create this loving valentine. Lets transform this day into a fun joyful loving day for NYC. Contact me to Kiana to get involved.
(6:15a - 10:15a, free)
http://www.meetup.com/
==Tuesday, February 16==
Incite to Insight World Arts Collaborative - Performers Unite for Human Rights Cause
This is the start of many wonderful events occurring in 2010. A group of bands are coming together to support the first of a series of global causes at Public Assembly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on February 16 (“Fat Tuesday”) at 8pm. In this cross-cultural world-themed Mardi Gras show, the artists will raise awareness of the incredible strength, courage and resiliency of women who continue to struggle in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Simon Kashama of the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Ruined” will lead the way. The Mardi Gras values of justice, faith and power (traditionally represented by the event’s traditional colors of purple, green and gold) will be celebrated through each band’s set prelude, which will include a cover song off the award-winning CD “Congo’s Angels”– in remembrance and support of our Congolese sisters and their plight, as we continue to engender hope and faith for improvement of their current situation.
(8p-2a, $15)
Public Assembly in Williamsburg
70 North St., Williamsburg
RSVP online at: http://www.i-to-i.eventbrite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Please contact AlkemydiaCreative@gmail.com with any questions.
==Wednesday, February 17==
Presentation: Josh MacPhee “Paper Politics” Based on an exhibition of artwork by 200 international artists, the book “Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today” showcases art concerned with social justice and global equity. Please join Josh MacPhee for a presentation and discussion of art created in response to the monumental trends and events of our times. Josh MacPhee is a member of political art cooperative Justseeds and the creator of numerous fantastic books.
Bluestockings Books
(7p, $5 Suggested)
172 Allen St. @ Stanton (in the Lower East Side)
http://www.bluestockings.com
==Friday, February 19==
The Turning Point
A film about the importance of local networks and connections. From Findhorn, Scotland, a positive and inspiring film about our transition to a low carbon future. Featuring visionary leaders and pioneers in the fields of Human Ecology and Global Transition, this film takes an inspiring look at our potential to create a life-sustaining society as we face the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. “The combination of serious, funny and beautiful was perfect!”
(7-9 p, film is 45 minutes; discussion afterwards, $10)
388 Atlantic Ave., Bk – closest to A, C & G, but near the B, M, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5, and F
http://raganella.com/2010/01/
))Upcoming((
==Sunday, February 21st==
Huun-Huur-Tu Throat-Singing Workshop and Concert
NY Shamanic Circle presents a rare opportunity, up close and personal…Special events with the famous Tuvan group. Throat-singing, is a powerful sound system of spiritual development, health improvement and rejuvenation, based on ancient Tuvan shamanic tradition. It connects with Spirit of Highest Power and is both magical and practical, developing your deep breathing, and higher spiritual alignment using vibrational sound. Learn exercises for the development of your voice, energy and body, to create a direct transformational experience. For those of you already experienced in throat-singing techniques, you can broaden your scope to learn and practice with most famous Tuvan masters of this ancient art form. In an intimate setting, Huun Huur Tu the Tuvan most famous group will perform rarely heard indigenous music, which will marvel you with their ancient healing sounds. DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! “Throat-singing music comes to us from the time before language,” explains Huun-Huur-Tu co-founder, Sayan Bapa. “This is why it is so difficult to find words to describe its beauty.” “A sonic marvel, throat singing cannot be described, it simply must be heard,” agrees the Boston Globe. “And Huun-Huur-Tu…are among the most renowned in this ancient vocal style.” Huun-Huur-Tu come from the former Soviet Autonomous Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges that is the birthplace of shamanism. This indigenous music highlights rare instruments and preserves what is arguably some of the world’s oldest form of music making. The best known genre of Tuvan music, xöömei (khoomei, throat-singing), comprises what one might call a lexicon of musical onomatopoeia in which natural sounds are mimetically transformed into musical representations. Visit Huun-Huur-Tu site: http://www.hhtmusic.com. Important: Informal seating, please bring a pillow to sit on. This is also a “shoes off” sacred space. A reservation is a MUST. Limited room available (only for the first 40 people, with waiting list). If attending our Friday’s Open Circle (tonight Feb 12th), you can sign-up in person to be first on the list for these events, and can bring your check or cash payment then to reserve your space.
To reserve your space, now you can sign-up and pay online:
(Please check our HOME page’s daily status of EVENTS AVAILABILITY prior your payment)
1. On NYSC’s website, click “DONATE” button.
2. In check out, provide your complete PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION.
3. Write in note: the type of “CODE(S)” (HHTWKSP, HHTCON, HHTCWP) from above pricing, and the “Name of Attendees” for our pre-registered/pre-paid list.
$80 Combined Workshop and Concert Special
(save $10) (use code: HHTCWP)
Throat-singing - Workshop
1pm – 5 pm -$65 Workshop (use code: HHTWKSP)
Shamanic Sound Healing - Concert
7pm – 9pm - $25 Concert (use code: HHTCON)
83 Leonard St.
5th Fl.(elevator access)
For more information: Contact Olivia, 917.215.4866 or email: nyshamaniccircle@gmail.com
http://www.nyshamaniccircle.
==February 24==
Page Meets Stage Series Presents: Yusef Komunyakaa meets Tyehimba Jess
Please join us for an evening of poetry read by Yusef Komunyakaa and Tyehimba Jess as part of the Page Meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker) on February 24th at 8:00 Page Meets Stage strives to bring together two different poets, one from a more academic background, and one who focuses on stage performance. Yusef Komunyakaa
was
born in 1947 in Louisiana, at the outset of the civil rights movement. He served in the army in Vietnam in 1969-1970 as the managing editor of the Southern Cross and earned a bronze star. He started writing Poetry in 1973 and earned his M.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing by 1979. Komunyakaa gained notoriety with Copacetic in 1984, a book of poetry heavily influenced by jazz. He won awards on his following books, and has been cited for by poets such as William Matthews and Robert Hass as being among the best writing on the war in Vietnam. Detroit born Tyehimba Jess’ first book of poetry, “Leadbelly,” is a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. He has been described as a “rare poet who bridges slam and academic poetry.” His work has been anthologized in many publications, and he has been honored with many awards, such as The Chicago Sun Times Poetry Award in 2001, and the Whiting Writers’ Award in 2006. He also served as Chicago’s Poetry ambassador to Accra, Ghana. Hosting between 20 and 30 shows a week the Bowery Poetry Club is proud of our place in the lineage of populist art: the Yiddish theater, burlesque, vaudeville, beat poetry, jazz, and punk that gave the Bowery its name.
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery; (212) 614-0505
http://www.bowerypoetry.com
==Sunday February 29==
From Mod to G-D
Brought to you by Henrietta Flowers. From Mod To G-D is an enlightening evening of true stories you won’t believe from filmmaker, televisionary, journalist, now monologuist, David Silver, an Englishman in America since the sixties, and an eyewitness to counterculture history. Featuring never-seen footage of Bob Marley, Beatles and Stones, Andy Warhol, Muddy Waters, Abbie Hoffman, Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Joey Ramone and many other icons from his private collection.
(Door 7p, $12 adv. $15 dr)
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St.
http://www.websterhall.com
))Call for Artists((
Hello Creative New Yorkers,
It’s the dawn of a new decade! The Solo Show starts 2010 with a newly formed Residency Program dedicated to supporting & inspiring emerging artists. With even greater opportunities & resources to offer, we are on the hunt for the next generation of great artists from around the world. Are you the next Solo Show Legend? The 2010 Winter Solo Show is a juried international art competition for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums: sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video and more. The Selected Artist will receive: $5,000 cash grant. Solo exhibition in 3rd Ward’s gallery, complete with a massive opening reception. 3-month residency at 3rd Ward including private live/work studio & full facility access (photo studios, wood & metal shop, media lab, classes.) Airfare & shipping to and from 3rd Ward for non-NYC residents. 2-page spread in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Magazine, NYC exposure - postcards, fliers, press. Plus. The top 25 artists will be featured in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Magazine and website. We are joined by judging panel: Carol Lee, Arts Editor at Paper Magazine, Dan Deacon, Sound Artist & Electro-acoustic Wizard, Rostarr, NYC Artist and Paolo Salvagione, Lead Design Engineer, The Long Now Foundation. Submit your best work now.
http://www.3rdward.com/
Last Day to Submit March 1, 2010, 11:59 p, EST.
Love,
3rd Ward
195 Morgan Avenue
http://www.3rdward.com
info@3rdward.com
http://twitter.com/ThirdWard
))Ongoing Classes((
Hoop School - Hooping Instruction/Hoop Sculpt/Hoop Story
An exciting hoopdance series that will push you to learn WAY faster than you could figure it out on your own. Each series will feature a guest instructor for a day to pass on his or her best gems of “hoopocity”. Why struggle through months and years of frustrating trial and error trying to decipher all the cool tricks by yourself like I did (and many expert hoopers did) when you can take advantage of our collective knowledge and experience, served to you on a silver platter? Hoosculpt is a fun-conventional fitness class for beginners. No experience necessary. Join us for a fun, funky, fabulous adventure into fitness that will challenge your idea of “working out”. Using only adult hoops and your own body weight, we’ll boost our stamina, core strength, coordination, and flexibility. Hoop moves like jump-throughs and revolving doors, partner up for circuit training, mix it up with games: rainbow ring, hoop limbo, hoop chaser, hoopstacle course. And maybe you’ll learn a few fancy tricks in the process. This is not a dance class; you will Sweat. Hoopstory: An affordable, weekly hoop jam for those who prefer something loose and casual. Write your own story! No rules, no teachers, no formal instruction. Learn from your friends and peers. We provide great tunes and a nice space: centrally located, climate controlled, sprung floors, full length mirrors & bathrooms. You just show up with $6 and a hoop and play.
Please contact Ted for details at RSVP required: thefunnestbootcamp@gmail.com
Link: http://www.facebook.com/event.
Interview with Kaliptus “Tryptophantasia and Beyond”
February 8th, 2010 
On February 13th at the Wild Project, the multi-talented animation artist Kaliptus will be screening animation from a group of psychotropic video artists at an event he calls “Tryptophantasia.” Kaliptus describes himself as an exorcist and bringer of paradise through visual poetry. Some of his most exciting client work has been with Alex Grey, Marvel, Stephen King, Black Tide, Sneaux, Orange County Choppers, Seed Gallery. Although still quite young for such accomplishments, Kaliptus sees himself playing an even greater role in the transformation of the human soul and hueman condition to it’s rightful place as a forever expanding and universal entity. Here I interview him as a way to gain deeper understanding of a complex, driven and visionary young artist.
Q: Thank you for talking with me, I am curious about you and your work. My first question has to be, explain the name Tryptophantasia. Many of your events have such interesting and esoteric sounding names. What inspires them?
A: You’re welcome, Salma. It’s a pleasure. The meaning of Tryptophantasia originated from the word Tryptophan. When I first read “A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants” by Richard Evans Schultes, I discovered that the amino acid Tryptophan was largely responsible for the bio-chemical aspects of a psychedelic experience and that most indoles or hallucinogenic alkaloids come from this amino acid. I found it worthy of integrating it into my artsy jargon and combined it with the word fantasia, which is an animated film, produced by Walt Disney. The event does resemble a sort of psychedelic or visionary Fantasia so I felt that the title was perfect and just rolled with it.
Q: Kali, your work ranges from sketches, paintings and digital manipulations all the way through to video art and animation. Much of it seems steeped in deeper meaning and brings to mind hidden worlds and makes transparent the perpetrators of “the afflicted man.” Would you call yourself a visionary artist?
A: I do consider myself a Mystic or Visionary, Multi-Media artist. One of my many roles is to expand the consciousness of myself and the consciousness of those who interact with my artworks and me. I strive to create devices in which the possibility of a higher state of being increasingly becomes more available and forever grows, transforms and expands itself. I hope to break down more and more boundaries that separate us from the infinite, in hopes of achieving Utopia here in this living world, even if only for a temporary moment.
Q: What inspires the themes and subject of most of your work?
A: Most of my works are inspired from my own previous mystical experiences. A large number of them are attempts to bring back a piece of that realm of experience from which I had gone into and returned. However, some of my works with a more dark and violent appearance are intended to be types of exorcism. There are times when certain destructive extremes and imbalances manifest themselves from the subconscious mind and into the world. When I tune into the metaphysical existence of such extremes I try to exorcise them by giving them a chance for expression, in hopes that they will not manifest destructively in the physical world of waking consciousness. A good example of this sort of thing I did, is the animation “Endarkened.”
Q: Is there a message in each work or is it an expression of what you have seen, a sort of documentary or revealing of hidden things or something else entirely?
A: Every piece of work varies and in most cases they might be all of the above and more. Let it be a mirror to the public.
Q: When I look at your work I feel a mixture of deep disturbance and at the same time it inspires within me a curiosity and compassion for what you are trying to show us and for you for what you have seen. Do you ever think about how your work comes across to others and is there any particular way you’d prefer to have people see your work?
A: I think that many people will find what they are looking for in my works. If they seek enlightenment they might find it. If they seek chaos they might find that. Whatever they seek, they will probably find it and that just about goes for anything I think. Because of that, I do not fear the possibility of being misunderstood.
Q: Why Kali? Talk about a little more about Kali’s role in your life and in your work and in your mission and self-identity.
A: Well, to say the least about this deep and complex happening, my girl friend and I almost died in 2002. During this near-death experience I experienced many, many strange things, one of them being a sort of internal rebirth. The “Rebirth” actually just made me more of whom I already was. It kicked me off of autopilot and awakened my being into a more conscious type of living. The paradigm shift was so creative yet chaotic that I forever became a reflection of “it”. I became a sort of Earthquake or rather “Mindquake” of the heavens, casting what Patanjali would call “Dhyana” on my immediate environments around and within me. I became a sort of Kali-Man and my girlfriend became my opposite counter-part. However since that day we’ve become more unified than ever, and I must admit that I have bits of her and she has bits of me. I guess sometimes I feel like Shiva & sometimes I feel like Kali but altogether, I feel like an entirely new being. But please, keep in mind, I do not claim to be Kali or Shiva and do not want to be worshipped as god or guru. I just think that the karmic energies of universal myth and poetry have a tendency of manifesting in humans from time to time. In the Jungian sense I just think that Shiva, Kali and a bunch of other collective archetypes exist in all of us and can be accessed accidentally or on purpose depending on what one’s path stumbles upon. In that sense, we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
Q: How does Kali fit into your work?
A: Kali as energy fits into my work as much as it fits into the rest of world. I think it’s just an organic manifestation that happened. I don’t really pray to Kali or try to convey her subject matters all the time. Though I’ve had interesting visions of what seemed to be the appearance of Kali, eyes closed in the underworlds of a certain meditation I had in the past, I do not make all of my work about Kali. Kali has just become transformed into a male aspect and has been made into an alias or mask for me as an artistic entity.
Q: How do you see the world ever changing and how is your work related to that vision, if at all?
A: Well, I hope that everyone as a whole becomes more eco-friendly. It seems natural for evolution to have its quantum leaps during times of pressure and desperation, so in a world of heightened pollution and earthly destruction, I hope that we all learn to keep what we have and improve it. If my works can assist the process of attaining the possibility of a paradise or utopia on this planet, I would be extremely fulfilled but I guess we’ll just have to take action, wait and see what happens. I can’t help but to remember one of Robert Anton Wilson’s quotes, “Advantage all without disadvantaging any!”
Q: If your work is an extension of something even greater within yourself, how would you describe that greater thing?
A: The minute you describe something in words, you take away the direct experiential mean because words are metaphors and they become like a photocopy of a photocopy of the real thing. I can call my work an extension of the genius or an extension of human nature or an extension of the universe, god, nature, etc. But in more accurate terms, it is an extension of something else entirely that cannot be described or fully understood.
Q: What are your beliefs about the spiritual or psychological significance of art and how it might affect others to transform themselves or to better understand the invisible world around us?
A: Well, some the art I have created is based off of previous experiences. I think that there are some who are out there and have seen the same symbols, traveled through the same realities, witnessed the presence of the same energies but are keeping it private because they might think that if they share it with the rest of the world, people might think they are crazy. I hope that my art breaks them out of their shell and gives them the confidence that they need to go onto a more universal path. After all, when I almost died, my girlfriend and I saw eyes everywhere. We experienced a sort of shared-hallucination during the peak of our internal death process. Then 2 years after the experience I saw the works of Alex Grey and realized that he had experienced the same exact realm of phenomenon and I thank him greatly for painting it. This was very inspiring for me and I hope I can do the same thing for other people.
Q: Tell me more about your new project, Tryptophantasia. Who are the artists that you are working with or who will be featured in this event?
A: I must admit that the global artists in this animation screenings event are definitely the best and most talented individuals that I have ever brought together.
We have Bruno Dicolla http://brn.cc/, Yoshi Sodeoka http://www.c505.com/, Blu http://blublu.org/, Zumbakamera http://www.zumbakamera.com/, Stieg Retling http://www.plasticflesh.com/, Malcolm Sutherland http://www.animalcolm.com/, Weirdcore http://www.weirdcore.tv/, Joseph Pelling http://www.josephpelling.co.uk, Fernando Sarmiento http://vimeo.com/user597310, Jacob Rendell http://vimeo.com/jacobrendell, Aghori Christ http://psychedelicswastika.blogspot.com/, RKDB http://vimeo.com/rkdb, Mato Atom http://vimeo.com/mato, Domino http://www.dominovisualart.com/, and Syd Gnosis http://cosm.org/.
Please be sure to check out all of their works because they really are cream of the crop video artists, motion graphics designers and animators that have been in the industry for sometime.
Q: What inspired you do put together the artists involved, why did you choose them specifically? What role or place does each one provide in the greater vision you have of what you’d like to say or accomplish with this project?
A: The content of their works fits in with the theme of the event in that they are mystical by nature. They are also some of the best video artists I have ever stumbled upon. Please check out the artist’s websites, come to the screenings and judge for yourself.
Q: Can you tell us a story about one of your interactions with any one of these artists or how you came across them and what your first reaction was?
A: Ok, sure. One of my favorite artists that will be displaying one of his pieces called “Psychedelic Death Vomit (Slight Return) 3d”, is Yoshi Sodeoka http://www.c505.com/. I met Yoshi when I used to work at Motherland, Inc http://motherland.us/ doing work for clients such as Marvel, Stephen King, Blacktide, etc. Yoshi used to split the studio space with Lance Sells http://normalnatural.net/, the creative director at Motherland so I used to sit across from Yoshi everyday at work and got to know him quite well. We clicked big time ever since and aside from us being interested in each others works a lot, we were pretty compatible and got to hang out a few times at the studio, during lunch, etc.
Q: Can you describe briefly a few of the styles of the artists in the show and what you like about their work?
A: The styles of the artists vary from psychotropic animations to mystical videos, tripadelic motion graphics, mind warping experiments, occult surrealism and lots more.
Q: What role do you think animation may have in re-educating people into a new way of thinking that is more resonant with the resurrection of the mind-soul from out of the pits of hell that we sometimes find ourselves in and into the quiet still place of a heart centered existence?
A: Well, I think that animation is a more visual and accurate way of communicating something as opposed to words. You can convey an experience directly, rather than describing it in a misleading juxtaposition of vocabulary that jades an experience.
Q: Is there anything else that you’d like to say about Tryptophantasia?
A: I hope to all that are reading this that you get to experience the screenings and support this fairly young and underground psychedelic animation scene. It is you, our audience that can nourish the artists and give us a chance to keep doing what we do best. I thank all the past, current and future supporters some of which are and were COSM, SVA, Seed Gallery, Motionographer, Kromotion, Rebirth Nation, Vimeo, Souldish, Evolver, Reality Sandwich, Subterranean, etc.
Thank you for your insights. I, for one, am looking forward to learning more about your work and I’m excited about the animation screening.
Tryptophantasia is a multi-artists animation film screening being held in NYC at The Wild Project Theater on February 13, 2010. The Wild Project is located at 195 E 3rd St. The theater is wheel-chair accessible. Contact Ana Mari at (212) 228 - 1195 or info@wildproject.com for more information about the theater.
A full listing of the event can be found here: “Tryptophantasia on Souldish”
Tickets are $5 in advance or $7 at the door and can be purchased in advance here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/708935. There will be an after-party for the event too. Click here for flyer: http://kaliptus.com/Tryptophantasia-afterparty.jpg
“Tryptophantasia” Afterparty! 2/13/10
February 6th, 2010
“Tryptophantasia” An Animation Film Screening
February 6th, 2010 
==Saturday, February 13==
“Tryptophantasia” An Animation Film Screening
Presented by Kaliptus @ Wild Project, NY - Feb 13th 2010 A“Tryptophan Art Utopia” project. Tryptophantasia is a psychotropic event that brings to you some of the best, cream of the crop, underground, psychedelic animations the universe has yet to offer. The screenings that will be projected in Wild Project’s theater may reveal some of the deepest secrets of the universe! If you are ready for consciousness expansion, don’t miss this event, as it will elevate your mind beyond the beyond. Anywhere from 24-28 short films will be screened for two hours varying in style, quality, and nature… and ranging from paradigm shifting animations to mystical videos, tripadelic motion graphics, mind warping experiments, occult surrealism, and lots more. This event is geared to alter your very being to a higher level of super hue-man exaltation & inspiration through the display of some very extraordinary projected screenings.
Artists include: Bruno Dicolla http://brn.cc/, Yoshi Sodeoka http://www.c505.com/, Kaliptus http://kaliptus.com/, Blu http://blublu.org/, Zumbakamera http://www.zumbakamera.com/, Stieg Retling http://www.plasticflesh.com/, Malcolm Sutherland http://www.animalcolm.com/, Weirdcore http://www.weirdcore.tv/, Joseph Pelling http://www.josephpelling.co.uk, Fernando Sarmiento http://vimeo.com/user597310, Jacob Rendell http://vimeo.com/jacobrendell, Aghori Christ http://psychedelicswastika.blogspot.com/, RKDB http://vimeo.com/rkdb, Domino http://www.dominovisualart.com/, Syd Gnosis Syd@Cosm.org And lots more to be announced…Visionary Arts, Accessories, Clothes, & Vending by Scribles, Holistic Massages by Pablo Salazar, Reiki Sessions by Ray Hermann, Live Painting by Martin Cash, Be sure to bring an xtra dollar for 3D chroma Depth glasses… Some animations are done in anaglyph 3D ;). Also be sure to check out Tryptophanatic Netvision to get an idea of the style of films that will be screened… Also be sure to check out Tryptophanatic Netvision to get an idea of the style of films that will be screened…
Sponsored by Souldish & Evolver, Hosted by Salma of Souldish, Organized/Directed by Kaliptus; In-Joy!
(7p - 10p, $5 Adv - $7 Dr)
Wild Project (The theater is handicapped accessible.)
195 East 3rd St., p. 212.228.1195
For more info contact: Kaliptus.Arts@Gmail.com, info@thewildproject.com
http://vimeo.com/channels/tryptophanatic))NYE((
Promotional preview video: http://vimeo.com/8939268
Buy Tickets Here ==> https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/708935
Souldish NYC Events 2/5 - 2/14 2010
February 5th, 2010
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This weekend join fellow Burners GalaGalactic Camp Fundraiser, come out the the Vintage Clothing & Antique Textile Show & Sale or everyone’s favorite weekly figure drawing event Drink and Draw at 3rd Ward, revel at Chaos Brigade or at the One Night Stand Warehouse Party - Debaucherous Refuge, celebrate with Reverend Billy, join a shamanic Ritual with Itzhak Beery, support your community gardens, help raise money for Haiti and much more. Read the rest of this entry »
Souldish NYC Events 1/28 - 2/4
January 28th, 2010
Greetings New Yorkers,
I’ve selected some wonderful events for you this week. Included are
several Haiti fundraisers. HIghlighted you’ll notice Evolver’s next
spore this Friday, January 29th at Collective Hardware. I encourage
you to check it out as this month will feature Larry Harvey of Burning
Man fame. Also featured is a benefit for our friend Fabian form
Globesonic at (Le) Poisson Rouge on Saturday, January 30, who has given
us many free hours of dancing and musical delights and is now in need
of our assistance as he regains his health. Save the date for
Saturday, February 13th as Evovler and Souldish will be sponsoring a
multi-artist psychedelic animation film screening directed by Kaliptus,
at the Wild Project. Also listed are several upcoming events that will
take place in the following weeks to come, so that you can get your
tickets early and not be left out. I hope you enjoy immensely.Sign up for the newsletter for even more fun and upcoming events.
’til next week,
Salma
http://www.souldish.com
Send suggested event listings to Salma@souldish.comGive it Up - Burning Man’s Larry Harvey at Evolver Gift Spore
January 26th, 2010
===Friday, January 29th===
Burning Man’s Larry Harvey at Evolver Gift SporeEvolver NYC (www.evolver.net/evolver_nyc) and Burners Without Borders (www.burnerswithoutborders.org
) invite you to “Give It Up” at our next Spore, where the topic of the night is gifting – what it means, how it can manifest in society, and possibilities for the future. Consider the potential of a community whose economy is based on giving, rather than having – and cooperating, rather than competing. This Spore will focus on Burning Man, a phenomenon that has revolutionized and broadened the scope of gifting’s potential. We’ll hear from our special guest – Burning Man co-founder, Larry Harvey – who’ll be coming from San Francisco to share his insights on this emerging concept. Then he will lead a discussion, along with long-time Burners and community leaders David Koren (FIGMENT) and “Costume Jim” Glaser (Open Kulture), concerning gifting’s role as we continue to evolve. Come early for music and mingling with the Time Interchange of New York (TINY), a dynamic network of New Yorkers connected through a complementary currency system founded on gift culture’s key tenets. Dedicated members of TINY will be offering their services (for free of course!), ranging from energy healing to sewing/mending your torn jeans!
Stick around for more music, food and drinks, a raffle with some awesome prizes, and interactive entertainment - Burner style! Engage, philosophize, dance, and explore your gifts with some of New York’s most thought-provoking partyers - this is an event you won’t want to miss! Music by DJ 2melo (eNoiz) and Tektite (Vitamin B).
$15
7PM – DOORS
PARTY Til Late
Check out TINY –www.timeinterchange.com – if you register and complete one transaction (it won’t cost you a dime!) before the Spore, you’ll get a raffle ticket with the possibility of receiving a surprise gift!Collective Hardware
169 Bowery (below Delancey), First Floor
http://www.evolver.net/ny_give_it_up_spore Souldish NYC Events 1/15 - 1/18 2010
January 15th, 2010
))Souldish Featured Upcoming Event((
==Saturday, February 13==
“Tryptophantasia” An Animation Film Screening
Presented by Kaliptus @ Wild Project, NY - Feb 13th 2010 A “Tryptophan Art Utopia” project. Tryptophantasia is a psychotropic event that brings to you some of the best, cream of the crop, underground, psychedelic animations the universe has yet to offer. The screenings that will be projected in Wild Project’s theater may reveal some of the deepest secrets of the universe! If you are ready for consciousness expansion, don’t miss this event, as it will elevate your mind beyond the beyond. Anywhere from 24-28 short films will be screened for two hours varying in style, quality, and nature… and ranging from paradigm shifting animations to mystical videos, tripadelic motion graphics, mind warping experiments, occult surrealism, and lots more. This event is geared to alter your very being to a higher level of super hue-man exaltation & inspiration through the display of some very extraordinary projected screenings.
Artists include: Bruno Dicolla http://brn.cc/, Yoshi Sodeoka http://www.c505.com/, Kaliptus http://kaliptus.com/, Blu http://blublu.org/, Zumbakamera http://www.zumbakamera.com/, Stieg Retling http://www.plasticflesh.com/, Malcolm Sutherland http://www.animalcolm.com/, Weirdcore http://www.weirdcore.tv/, Joseph Pelling http://www.josephpelling.co.uk, Fernando Sarmiento http://vimeo.com/user597310, Jacob Rendell http://vimeo.com/jacobrendell, Aghori Christ http://psychedelicswastika.blogspot.com/, RKDB http://vimeo.com/rkdb, Domino http://www.dominovisualart.com/, Syd Gnosis Syd@Cosm.org
And lots more to be announced…Visionary Arts, Accessories, Clothes, & Vending by Scribles. Also be sure to check out Tryptophanatic Netvision to get an idea of the style of films that will be screened… Sponsored by Souldish & Evolver, Hosted by Salma of Souldish, Organized/Directed by Kaliptus; In-Joy!
(7p - 10p, $5 Adv - $7 Dr)
Wild Project (The theater is handicapped accessible.)
195 East 3rd St., p. 212.228.1195
For more info contact: Kaliptus.Arts@Gmail.com, info@thewildproject.com
http://vimeo.com/channels/tryptophanatic))NYE((
Buy Tickets Here ==> https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/708935==Friday, January 15==
The Fine Art of Dirty Talk
With Amy Jo Goddard Feeling shy about talking dirty? Have a lover who wishes you would, but you sometimes clam up or struggle with obstacles to saying those sweet nasty things? Wish you could open the door to dirty words without shame? This workshop will be a fun exploration of dirty talk, why we like it, what we want from it and how to incorporate it with partners.
(7:15p - 9:30p, $25 adv, $30 dr)
Sexy Spirits
301 W 55 St # 4
http://www.sexyspirits.com/schedule.php?action=disp&id=596==Also on Friday==
No longer empty at the former Tower Records
No Longer Empty has been rocking vacant commercial space for the arts for the last year, and this Friday night is one of their greatest coups yet– The old Tower Records space on Broadway, converted to an interactive art gallery. This exhibition spotlighs more than twenty artists that work with sound, light, and image, Never Can Say Goodbye celebrate the store’s historic role as the locus of the community– the old way to meet people face to face and share music and information.
Friday, January 15
(7p-10p, free)
Continues January 16 - February 13, Wednesday to Sunday, 12pm to 7pm
4th street and Broadway
http://nolongerempty.org/exhibitions/L2%206%20Ncsg.html=====Saturday, January 16th=====
One Love commUNITY Drum Circle
Drum, Dance, Celebrate & Connect from your heart with a conscious, vibrant community. Two music rooms to explore- Ecstatic Drum/Dance Circle & Relaxing Nirvana Chill Out Lounge with mini massage & reiki sessions available to nourish your body, heart and soul. The night will start with an opening ceremony of invoking the gratitude in our hearts. Followed by JustinJustin Toca lovingly facilitate the drummers leading the dancers into ecstatic bliss. Presented by The Dancing Path™ & Energy of Breath™
Dancers- $20 adv $30. day of
Drummers- Are now free before 7pm! $20 after 7pm
Prepay in adv by 11:45pm the night before the event at the meetup site to get the adv rate.(6:30-7p Opening Ceremony 7p-9:30pm Live Drumming, $20 adv., $30 door)
Dance Theater Workshop Studio
219 W 19th Street 3rd Floor (bet 7th & 8th Ave)
Register at: www.meetup.com/thedancingpath/==Saturday, January 16==
Vision Quest - A Group Show of Neo-Shamanic art
Opening Party…Observatory and Phantasmaphile’s Pam Grossman are proud to kick off 2010 with VISION QUEST, a group show of neo-shamanic art, on view from January 16th through February 21st. A healer, a medicine (wo)man, a guide: the shaman is a figure who interfaces with nature magic and the invisible world at large, for the betterment of the tribe. Fluent in the language of symbols, and a perennial student of plant wisdom, the shaman is also a translator – bringing back messages from a place veiled thick with leaves, bones, smoke, ghosts. This journey to the other side – to the innerside – is not just a flowery promenade of song and trance; of friendly animal spirits and ancestral reunions. For while this land is rife with vibrant, variegated beauty, it can also be a danger zone. Images of decapitation and dismemberment abound - though ultimately act as portents for personal transformation and rebirth. This shadowy terrain is trod only by those brave enough to encounter whatever may be found along the way, as each sojourn is mysterious, thoroughly unpredictable, and entirely individual. However, the results of the trip often prove invaluable, as the traveler returns armed with knowledge that will in turn illuminate and repair the community, and fortify his or her own soul. While the role of the shaman has traditionally been fulfilled by experienced elders in indigenous groups spanning culture and time, VISION QUEST posits that our artists fit the bill as well. Today, with more of us living in an urban jungle rather than a real one, it has become all the more important to figure out ways to internalize the lessons of nature: its growth, its brilliant bloom, its death. And in an age of digitization and distraction, of wire vines and humming screens, it’s no wonder we long for deeper, more sensory experiences of self - with all of its darkness and divinity. As such, each piece in VISION QUEST explores the archetype of the shamanic voyage, using the tools of paint, pencil, or paper in lieu of fire, flower, feather. Taken together this work represents a full spectrum of what it means to go underground and out of body; to go there and come back again, perhaps just a little bit wiser or, at the very least, more wide awake. Directions to observatory: ***please use nevins st./Proteus gowanus entrance***observatory is located at 543 union street at nevins st., In the gowanus neighborhood of brooklyn. The entrance is currently through proteus gowanus gallery, in the alley off nevins st (see below for full details). R or m train to union street in brooklyn: walk two long blocks on union (towards the gowanus canal) to nevins street. 543 Union street is the large red brick building on right. Go right on nevins and left down alley through large black gates. Proteus gowanus is the second door on the left. F or g train to carroll street: walk one block to union. Turn right, walk two long blocks on union towards the gowanus canal, cross the bridge, take left on nevins, go down the alley to proteus gowanus, the second door on the left. Show on view: January 17th– February 21st, 2010, Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 3-6pm; Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm
(10p, free)
Observatory
543 Union Street at Nevins St., in the Gowanus neighborhood BK
http://www.observatoryroom.org==Also Saturday and Sunday==
The Way of the Shaman: The Shamanic Journey, Power and Healing
In this experiential workshop, Nan and David will introduce us to some of the basic methods used by shamans to enter non-ordinary reality, obtain hidden knowledge, answer personal questions and contribute to our own health as well as that of others and the planet. Particular emphasis will be placed on the classic shamanic journey, one of the most remarkable visionary methods available to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream. We will be initiated into shamanic journeying, aided by traditional drumming and movement techniques. We will learn how this journey can be utilized to awaken dormant spiritual abilities, to restore spiritual power and health, and to discover and study with our own spirit helpers, and how to apply shamanism in daily life. Note: This is the Foundation for Shamanic Studies Basic workshop. Completion of this workshop qualifies participants to take more advanced courses with the faculty of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
(10a - 5:30p, $240)
Roy Arias Studios & Theatres
300 W 43rd St, (Class will be held in room 606 and 609 on the 6th flr)==Also Saturday==
Kundalini Meditation
Release what does not belong to you and Embrace what does….Hosted by OSHO NY. OSHO Kundalini meditation is the perfect way to release unnecessary stress and reclaim your innate wonder-filled being! This hour long meditation allows you to enter into the evening relaxed and rejuvenated. We need at least five to get live…Eight to elevate…I am just playing:) But the more the merrier……..Lets gather to connect to and celebrate out true selves.
(6:45p - 8p,$7 - $15 sliding scale)
Move with Grace Studio
469 Myrtle Avenue ( btwn Washington & Hall) BK
http://www.movewithgracestudio.com/==Also on Saturday==
Yoga Trance Dance with Jeffrey Duval
Yoga Trance Dance Yoga Trance Dance unifies the ancient rivers of yoga and dance into one free-flowing, joyful, and healing sadhana or spiritual practice. Journey off your yoga mat, back through time, to the Primal Self. Progress through different cycles of guided movement mediations. Explore subtle cool waves, and revel through inner-fire. Release yourself from form, ideas, rules, and classification systems, to trance-like state of bliss, pure consciousness. Pulse through yoga asanas, yogic breathing, primal rythms or talas, and creative dance-like movement. Prana serves as the conductor and the means of flow. Sahaja means spontaneous natural joy of a divine nature. Sahaja Flow is free-form movement that when invoked brings a state of absolute Freedom and Space. The left brain or thinking brain gets turned off, and 108% of your energy can explore your innate presence of the cosmic dance of the universe! Simply put, get into the groove! Guided by Jeffrey Duval, yoga teacher, dancer, and recently shiva-certified trance-dance river guide. All levels, all ages, all welcome. By Donation. Donations go to the FRESH foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to bringing yoga to children who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity.
(6:30pm - 8:30pm, $donation)
Sonic Yoga, NYC
754 9th Ave (212) 397-6344
http://www.sonicyoga.com==Also on Saturday==
Psytrance
With YogiBogeyBox presenting Rastaliens DJ Set/ Southwild live. With a fanstastic vibe, this amazing venue with YUMMMY sound will provide us with two floors of music as well as an outdoor patio to take a breather. While the Red Hook does not have subways running through its underground yet, there are other options. The B61 bus, which travels express from Williamsburg and downtown BK drops you off one block from the venue. The F train carroll street stop drops you a short 10 minute walk from The Hook. There is plenty of parking space and the cab fare to the venue ranges from 8 from BK to 12 from Manhattan.
(10p - 6a, $)
Hello BK (The Hook)
18 Commerce St, BK
Directions: http://www.thehookmusic.com/directions.html==Sunday, January 17==
See Jules Febre Upside Down
Monthly inversion (handstand, headstand, forearm-stand & shoulder-stand) workshop w/ Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Jules Febre. Inversions like headstand and shoulderstand are the most powerful of the asanas, affecting one physically: reversing the aging process, mentally: stimulating intuition and clarity and spiritually: expanding consciousness leading to enlightenment. This 2.5 hour workshop will be offered every month at Jivamukti Yoga School from the perspective of a different advanced certified teacher each month. Learn how to invert safely with proper alignment and intention. *Handstand, headstand, forearm-stand & shoulder-stand will be covered in each month.
(6 to 8:30pm, #35 adv, $40 day of)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd Fl.
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com==Also on Sunday==
Troy’s art Opening-Szechuan Food…
We will start at 4PM with the Williamsburg Art & Historic Society’s Annual Salon Show (of which I am a member and have a sculpture and oil painting in the show.) As the opening closes 6PM.- we will then proceed to Ling Shung on 39th St. (between 5th & 6th) Manhattan for Szechuan Hot Pots (Meat &/or vegetarian! The Chinese Menu contains exotic meats that are intriguing to me- duck, goose. Vegetarian options include pressed tofu - and many other goodies. Several of us have had the Lamb Hot Pot- chilli’s & peppercorn a go-go!!!) After dinner…! Dress for the weather, bring walking shoes, water, BYOwhatever (be discreet!) and have fun!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
(4p - 4a, $fun money for food and drink)
135 Broadway, Williamsburg-Brooklyn 11211
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=phil+craft&init=quick#/event.php?eid=241158197970))Upcoming((
==Friday, January 22==
Group Channeling & Light Activation for the New Year with CC Treadway
CC Treadway Channels her guides and gives messages directly pertaining to audience members. Channeling evenings connect you with the divine and fill you with love and wisdom. If you have ever been curious about channeling this will be a loving introduction. CC Treadway is a channel, energy and sound healer. She has a private practice and teaches in Sedona, AZ and NYC.
Fri, Jan 22
(7-9p, $25) all are welcome, no one turned away.
6th St. Community Center
638 East 6th St bet. Ave B and C
To register: healer@cctreadway.com
http://www.sixthstreetcenter.org
http://www.treadwayesoteric.com==Saturday, January 23==
An Intimate Night of Music at the NY Culture Circle Meetup - Noe Venable and Matt Kanelos
As always, this is going to be an intimate living-room type concert, Culture Circle-style. This ravishingly melodic pixy will hypnotize you with her otherworldly songs and spirit. This accomplished, NPR-featured, musician (and leader of the indie band The Smooth Maria) will treat you to a rare solo set on acoustic guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjM9sVO7Oc
(7p , $10)
Hayko’s Turkish Carpets
857 Lexington Ave (at 65th St)
2nd Flr (Midtown) (212) 717-5400http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o9EsIWz4Lw
==January 22 - 24 and 25 = 28==
The Prophets Conference - 2012 Tipping Point
The Great Rethinking…Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be apart of something groundbreaking? Conference 22 - 24 January 2010; Mayan Site Expedition 25-28 January 2010. Reality Sandwich is one of the media sponsors.
Cancun Mexico
Info: http://www.greatmystery.org/events/cancun2012.html==Friday, January 29==
Give It Up Spore with Larry Harvey - Presented by Evolver NYC and Burners Without Borders
Evolver NYC and Burners Without Borders invite you to “Give It Up” at our next Spore, where the topic of the night is gifting – what it means, how it can manifest in society, and possibilities for the future. Consider the potential of a community whose economy is based on giving, rather than having – and cooperating, rather than competing.
This Spore will focus on Burning Man, a phenomenon that has revolutionized and broadened the scope of gifting’s potential. We’ll hear from our special guest – Burning Man co-founder, Larry Harvey – who’ll be coming from San Francisco just to share with us his insightful understanding of this profound concept and his thoughts on its role as we continue to evolve. Come early for music and mingling with the Time Interchange of New York (TINY), a dynamic network of New Yorkers connected through a complementary currency system founded on gift culture’s key tenets.
(7p - 12a, $)
Check out TINY – www.timeinterchange.com – if you register and complete one transaction (it won’t cost you a dime!) before the Spore, you’ll get a raffle ticket with the possibility of receiving a surprise gift!
Collective Hardware
169 Bowery (below Delancey), First Floor
http://www.evolver.net/ny_give_it_up_spore
http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/event.php?eid=253819892568==February 20th==
Bioluminescence II - presented by Disorient
Arrow Chrome’s floating Piscean celebration and Birthday bash. Bioluminescence is a Boat party on 3-floor, climate controlled, paddle-wheel boat with 2 sound-systems and full bar. The theme is glowing and illuminated figures and art, an exploration of the crossroads of bio and techno logical. Bioluminescence is a fund-raiser for the Disorient camp at the Burning Man Festival. Bioluminescence is a birthday party. Bioluminescence is a miracle of our natural and artificially enhanced illumination. The party takes place on a Boat, called Queen of Hearts. We will set sail from a soon-to-be-disclosed location…. The party starts at 10 pm and the boat leaves at 11pm sharp….don’t be late!! DJs include: D-JUICE — SEQUOIA (DC) — FRIAR TUCK — THE BASS — REDA — ARROW CHROME–MIKO–HORUS Plus: Super hot sexy and amazing fashion show by the one and only WHEYLAN and crew! Aerial performance art by the breathtaking SANDHI FERREIRA and friends! Bioluminescent Aquatic Art by GREGORY SKOLOZDRA! Biolumbrilliant hoop dance by the lovely and talented BEX BURTON! Shakti fusion bellydance by the magnificent OCEAN! Salacious gogo dancing with the irresistible LAURA BARON! Tarot readings of hope and positivity by BAZOOKA JULES! Deep sea and other world projections by DOCTOR MOJO! and, cutting-edge belly-dance expression from the founder of East Coast Tribal…SERA SOLSTICE! PS: We are currently seeking submissions from installation artists, performance artists, gogo and belly dancers, circus performers and the like. Dancers in cakes fully encouraged and reverse spanking birthday rule in full effect!! Please dress in you best glow-ware, black-light reactive and underwater themed outfits to show off your personal Bioluminescence. ** Special Thanks to our dear friends at Kostume Kult for helping to make this party what it is!! We Love You!
February 20th, 2010—
(10p to 4a, tba)
Da Boat
