A Taste of Africa Benefit

Time	13 May · 17:30 - 21:30
Location	El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe 1615 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM
Created by:	Issa Nyaphaga
More info	JOIN US FOR TRADITIONAL AFRICAN FOOD, MUSIC, DANCE, BODY PAINTING, AND STORY TELLING. Come celebrate the soul of African creativity right here in Santa Fe. Soulful Presence US and HITIP Cameroon are proud to announce the first annual A Taste of Africa benefit in Santa Fe. Artists will be showing their unique visions and expressions in African to benefit the annual Mobile Clinic Project for people of Cameroon this summer. FEATURING: Jambo Café / Culinary artist Ceci Tadfor / Culinary artist Hakeem / Drummer Gasali / Drummer and visual artist Nancy King / Storyteller and writer Shayla / West African dance performer Jen Klarfeld / Visual atist Vikki Scott / Black Art Studio Kamajou Tadfor / Actor and artist Issa Nyaphaga / Performer and visual artist BRING YOUR KIDS! All proceeds benefit Hope International for Tikar People www.hitip.org The event will include: AFRICAN FOOD, LIVE MUSIC, RAFFLE, SILENT AUCTION TICKETS: Children under 12: Free General: $15 ($20 at the door) or $25 for 2 people Supporter: $25 – Includes 1 free raffle ticket Benefactor: $50 – Includes 5 free raffle tickets Advance tickets available at Jambo Cafe For more information, please call 505.992.0591 Donate online http://www.soulfulpresence.org/donate.php

Earth Day 2011!

Happy Earth Day!

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/earthday

http://www.conservation.org/act/get_involved/protect_forests/Pages/deforestation.aspx

http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=203924.0&dlv_id=175344

http://www.plantafish.org

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/placesweprotect/longisland/mashomack-preserve-slideshow.xml

http://prospectfarmbk.wordpress.com/support-us/membership/

http://www.nycpermaculture.info/events/17141015/?eventId=17141015&action=detail

The Hata Foundation Annual Luau

Save the date and buy a table!

Please join The Hata Foundation for an evening of wonderful live entertainment and great silent auction prizes to support education funds that enable the deserving children of Hawai'i reach their full potential!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Paradise Cove at the Ko'olina Resort

Oahu

6 pm - 10 pm

thehatafoundation.org

Tsuru Project

Miki Katagiri's second Tsuru Project event this Sunday, April 17!

2:00 pm-5:00pm

232 Bedford Avenue (N.4/N.5)

"L" Train to Bedford

Come by to join the festivities, learn more about the nuclear situation, make a donation, make a tsuru for the upcoming Tanabata (Wishing Tree) Festival in August, or simply come by to take a tsuru home to keep Japan in your thoughts and spread the word! 232 Bedford Avenue (N.4/N.5). "L" Train to Bedford

http://tsuruproject.wordpress.com/

YMCA Honolulu's Healthy Kids Day 2011 at the Bishop Musseum

Please join The Hata Foundation in supporting the YMCA of Honolulu's Healthy Kids Day at the Bishop Museum. Kudos to family and friends who are busy experimenting with healthful recipes for delicious baked goods that will be on sale tomorrow!

Don't forget...Canned goods will also be collected for the Annual Hawaii Food Bank Drive.

Free admission for Kama'aina and Military Families with I.D.

Saturday, April 16.

9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Bishop Museum

1525 Bernice Street.

http://www.ymcahonolulu.org/about/news/healthy_kids_day

http://www.bishopmuseum.org/

http://www.hawaiifoodbank.org/page9.aspx

http://thehatafoundation.org/

Saving Pelican #895

Congratulations to director Irene Taylor Brodsky and HBO for a timely and successful screening

of "Saving Pelican #895" at the Museum of Natural History! Here's to continuing to raise awareness of how human action impacts our environment!

Irene Taylor Brodsky (Director),

Michael Carloss (Biologist), and Jay Holcomb

(Executive Director of International Bird Rescue

Research Center) answer the youngest Q & A participant's

question on the why's of brown pelican #895's

life.

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/saving-pelican-895/index.html#/documentaries/saving-pelican-895/synopsis.html

2011 Urban Glass Fete de Verre: FUTUR

2011 Fête de Verre: Futur Start: 2011-04-16 19:00 End: 2011-04-16 23:00 Timezone: America/New York 2011 UrbanGlass Fête de Verre: FUTUR A festive evening of fabulous glass, fine cuisine, futuristic fantasy and “fun”d raising Honoring Matthew Eskuche for New Talent and Tina Oldknow for Service to the Field SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011 7 pm Cocktails, Entertainment, Silent Auction 8:30 pm Dinner, Awards, Live Auction Capitale, New York City 130 Bowery between Grand and Broome Streets Dress: Futuristic (Click to view gallery) EXCLUSIVE VIP EVENT Exclusive event for VIP ticket holders: Cocktails and Flameworking Demonstration with Honoree Matthew Eskuche @ UrbanGlass Thursday, April 14, 2011 6-8pm Download an invitation and response form. See ticket and advertisement information and to purchase online. AUCTION PREVIEW ONLINE Preview Auction Online beginning at 12 pm EST March 15. AUCTION PREVIEW EXHIBITION An exhibition of artwork from the Auction selected by Jane Adlin, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Katya Heller, Heller Gallery; David McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President, Museum of Arts and Design; and Claire Oliver, Claire Oliver Gallery. Live Auction Preview @ Chashama Gallery 217 E. 42nd Street (btw 2nd &3rd Avenues) NYC Exhibition Opening Reception Thursday, March 24, 2011 6-8pm Open to the Public Tuesday, March 22 - Saturday, April 9, 2011 Tuesday-Friday 12-8pm Saturdays 12-4pm URBANGLASS TIME CAPSULE PROJECT Artists and Friends of UrbanGlass from all over the world have donated items to commemorate their memories of learning, experimenting, teaching, socializing, or creating at UrbanGlass. Erica Rosenfeld has created twenty-four time capsules that will be displayed as centerpieces at Fête de Verre: Futur. All centerpieces will be sold to help support the artists who use our facilities. A small group of the time capsules will be on display at the Auction Preview Exhibition. View Time Capsules Online beginning March 24.

New Era for the Brooklyn Philharmonic

Congratulations to the Brooklyn Philharmonic for bringing Alan Pierson on board! Expect a truly WOW Artistic Directorship shared with the extraordinary Alarm Will Sound and look forward to an innovative program of classic symphonies, as well as interpretations of classic symphonies by Brooklyn's unique musical imaginators. Here's to a progressive music scene to be enjoyed alongside the 5,000 students in 24 Brooklyn Public Schools!!

http://brooklynphilharmonic.org/about.html

WE ARE ONE

More Art!

Monday, April 11, 2011.

Gallery 61

New York Institute of Technology

16 West 61 Street

2-9 pm

http://nycweareone.org/