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August/September 2003
  
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Join
DMDCAF at the second annual Orinda
Film Festival
September 18-21, 2003! There is a great program in store for you with
narratives, documentaries, and shorts from the Bay Area to around
the world! DMD will be manning the box office all weekend so stop
by and say hello on your way to a movie!!
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| AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR PART HARMONY, the acclaimed documentary film, with a live performance by the Vukani Mawethu Choir! This insightful and dramatic documentary chronicles the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa by examining the inspiring, empowering magic of an oppressed culture's proud musical heritage. Don't miss this special opportunity to experience both the history on screen and the music live on stage in one uniquely uplifting program! August 10th, 2:00pm at the Parkway Theater in Oakland. $10 tickets on sale at 1:00pm--get there early--first come first serve! |
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fureyousproductions
presents an evening of Sufi music from Istanbul with The Erdemsel
Brothers at the Clarion
Music Center on 816 Sacramento Street in San Francisco on Saturday,
August 16, 2003, 8:00pm. The Erdemsel Brothers feature Sinan Erdemsel
on oud (11-stringed instrument used in the Middle East) and other
Turkish instruments, singer and frame drum player Faruk Erdemsel,
and Samuel Atchley on ney (Middle Eastern Flute). Preview their
talents on Music
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Four
More Weeks of
Love and Taxes! Josh Kornbluth's hysterical new collaboration with David Dower, Love and Taxes, has received rave reviews and played to packed houses at the Magic Theater. Now it has moved to the Berkeley Rep for a run August 20 - September 14 in the Thrust Stage! If you have not yet seen this piece that hits on two universals in all of our lives, see it now! And email Josh to join the nex truly progressive tax movement!!! |
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Check out local talent Noe
Venable at the release party for her new record, the
world is bound by secret knots. Thursday, August 14th at the Great
American Music Hall.
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More Theater! |
More Films + Music! |
| Word for Word's newest intriguing production is The Fall River Axe Murders, Angela Carter's take on the Lizzie Borden case, runs August 5 - September 7 at the Magic Theater...10th Annual Afro Solo Arts Festival runs August 1-31, 2003 at various Bay Area venues...Bruce Pachtman returns to the Marsh with a new version of Don't Make Me Look Too Psychotic two nights only August 17-18. Email brupach@aol.com for $10 ticket special...SF Fringe Festival runs September 3-14 and promises to have some shows that will be a perfect fit for you, and some that will not fit you! Always choose carefully at the Fringe and look for audience reviews--but it's arguably the purest way to support independent theater... |
We give our highest recommendations to Together and Whale Rider, two incredible films for all ages!! Always check out the Bay Area Repertory Theater listings as well! And email us your current favorite films and why!! The Billy Nayer Show celebrate DMD's birthday at Cafe du Nord August 6+7...Orquesta Universal celebrates DMD's birthday by playing the elegant Down Low on 2284 Shattuck Avenue on August 6th,at 10:00 pm. On August 8th, catch their Latin Jazz/Salsa quintet at the Water Street Grille in Sausalito. Or see the full band on August 10th at the San Jose Jazz Festival. For great recommendations about upcoming films on cable, check out John Seal's weekly column at Box Office Prophets! |
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