A Chicano reggae band Bicletas Por La Paz (Bicyclists for Peace) is bicycling its way down the coast of California from Santa Cruz to Mexico.
And they want to play for you, free, TONIGHT Friday, December 13th at the Bell Arts Factory 432 N. Ventura Ave. Also playing is The Other Band on Earth. Read more…
“SEPARATION” hits VC 8pm 12/12,13,14/13
Paul Willis Features Thursday in Ventura–see you there!
Join Art Predator and students Thursday December 12 at 7:30pm for a featured reading by Westmont Professor Paul Willis at Foster Library (in the Topping Room) 651 E. Main Street, Ventura CA 93001. Paul is also a former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, host of the annual William Stafford reading, and an avid outdoorsperson.
Phil Taggart hosts and an open mic follows (one poem, no epics!) where my students and I will read from our newly published anthologies. It’s free, but we pass the hat.
Pictured is a broadside I did for the publication of part of my recent commission for the City of Pasadena on water and power. The publication has the whole thing; I read the first part last week (most of what you see here plus another stanza from later in the poem); I’ll read the last third on Thursday.
The Day John Lennon Died: A Fan’s Story
Today is the The Day John Lennon Died … guest post by Dari Silverman; photos courtesy of Dari Silverman–Dari is in the fuzzy background of the second photo from Newsweek below; second photo by Sydney Strauss.Bike To the Future–with Holiday Cheer!
There has to be some pay off for all that bicycle and active transportation activism, right?
I’m going to be submitting my water poem that I wrote as a commission for the City of Pasadena (read the beginning of it here).Yesterday Seth Godin wrote about speaking in public. Godin says that people are afraid to speak in public because they believe they are being actively judged and that the subject of the talk or presentation that they are giving is them.
This is false. The truth, he writes, is Read more…
Concerned About Bicycle Safety? What You Can Do TODAY
Did you know that biking and walking fatalities represent 16.3 percent of all traffic deaths? Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed that and that a total of 5,469 people killed.
The League of American Bicyclists reminds us that among those killed in 2013 was Joy Covey who helped catapult Amazon.com from a small company to today’s global powerhouse. Earlier this year, on a bicycle ride in San Mateo County, Calif., the 50 year old woman was struck by a delivery van and killed.
Contact members of Congress TODAY to ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 3494 / S. 1708, which requires the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and state DOTs to account for and work to reduce bicyclist and pedestrian deaths. Take Action Here.
Bicycle Awareness: Taking It To the Streets (+ City Hall!)
Have you seen a ghost bike in your community?
Pictured here is a ghost bike: simply, it’s a bicycle that has been painted white and placed where a bicyclist has died to remind us all of where and how they lost their lives–and to remind drivers to BE CAREFUL. (Learn about the Ghost Bike Film Project here).
In the past few years, far too many people have died or been seriously injured here in Ventura County as well as elsewhere by collisions between drivers and cyclists.
My friend Rachel Morris, the Executive Director of VCCool, recently let me know about a series of events here in Ventura to bring awareness and solutions to the traffic casualties that bikers and walkers are experiencing.
Grateful for Exciting Sparkling Wine From Franciacorta Italy
Have you had Franciacorta sparkling wine from Italy? If not, you should find some and try it! Very exciting wines–not inexpensive but an excellent value anyway!
We are about ready to saber these #Franciacorta bubbles from Italy! #minecraft@JulieanneCase@mwangbicklerpic.twitter.com/onqYDwEmwP
— Gwendolyn Alley, MA (@ArtPredator) November 21, 2013
Today is the second Franciacorta twitter tasting that I’ve had the opportunity to participate in, thanks to Balzac Communications.
Before September, I don’t think I’d ever tasted this sparkling wine from Italy that rivals Champagne in quality, but is much lesser known. You’d be amazed at the quality that you can get for the money–I know I was!
Tune in to twitter #Franciacorta to see what we think about today’s line-up. Post to follow soon with more tasting notes.
I’m also planning on spending some time with that massive map they sent to learn more about this region that I hope to visit one day soon!
PS And no, I am NOT going to let my son saber the bottles with his new Minecraft sword because Rusty…
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