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My featured guest on Tuesday, December 9 at 8pm PST, will be Matthew Layton, the principal owner behind Falcor and Friends Presents, the organizer who is responsible for putting on the event The Third Annual Holiday Sweater Good Vibe Drive at Ashkenaz in Berkeley, CA on Dec. 21st. We'll listen to some music and talk about The Everyone Orchestra, Chris Haugen’s SeaHorse Rodeo and the numerous bands that these band members are a part of.

The show will also feature announcements posted at Listen & Be Heard Network Arts News, some storytelling, some arts editorializing, and calls from listeners with thoughts to share and arts announcements. Poets may call in with a poem.

L&BH Radio Hour Featuring Poetry Open Mic The feature this week is POETRY. Please call in with your poem or announcement about a poetry event or website, share with a national audience and let's get to know each other by voice.

The show will also feature announcements posted at Listen & Be Heard Network Arts News, some storytelling, some arts editorializing, and calls from listeners with thoughts to share and arts announcements.

Please join me to listen and be heard. Wishing you Peace and Poetry martha cinader mims

At the start of the show I was joined by Listen & Be Heard Theatre Critic Maria Vrobel, who talked about some alternative holiday shows around the Bay Area of California. I spoke about my poem about the Federal Reserve, which someone lifted and put at stopthefed.org without my permission, and I also read the poem. We heard from Russ Golata in Florida, with some announcements and a poem. I played my weekly editorial from my arts news TV show, which was about looking around and making use of what we already have. I also shared a couple arts opportunities. At the end of the show I read some poetry from three different chapbooks published by Listen & Be Heard, "Infinite Love Poem", "Environmental Terrorists" and "a little book of odes."

My featured guests were Armando from Armando's in Martinez and Maria Billingsly from the Martinez Opera. Among other things I learned that the Martinez Opera is about two hundred years old, and has an educational program that brings opera to very young people and also the elderly. We also spoke about what's going on in downtown Martinez, California and what it takes to keep the doors open for live music at these venues.

I made some arts grants announcements, and played "Einstein's Mind" a story I originally recorded live on WBAI Radio about 10 years ago. At the end of the show Bill Vartnaw called in from Petaluma California to announce a reading with Q.R. Hand jr. in Sausalito on Wednesday night.

Pamela Fingado and Patricia Zemanek have been regular contributors to Listen & Be Heard Network Arts News. They also both run galleries in El Cerrito CA. Are the Fingado Art Gallery and Eclectix Gallery part of a burgeoning arts movement in El Cerrito? Please join my conversation with Pamela and Patricia as we talk about their holiday exhibitions, the arts scene in El Cerrito, and what it takes to keep the gallery doors open.

As always, there is an open mic for poets who want to call in with a poem, and anyone who would like to make an arts event or opportunity announcement or talk about the state of the Arts in general. There will also be some announcements of opportunities for arts professionals and, if time permits, some arts editorialising. But I would rather hear from you! Following are all the details.

Wishing you Peace and Poetry
martha cinader mims

A Mosaics Exhibit at Fingado Art Gallery will open on November 14 and closes on Dec. 26, 2008. Featured artists are Karen Pearle and Fuff Tabachnikoff. 
  The artist’s reception will be open to the public 7:00- 9:00 P.M. on November 14, 2008 in conjunction with The Stockton Avenue Art Stroll.
Fingado Art Gallery is open during the holiday season Wed- Saturday 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM. For information call 510 593 9081. 7025 Stockton Ave.

Eclectix Gallery Presents: The 50/50 Show
Nov. 14th-Dec.28th Come One, Come All … To See The Show! Fifty artists exhibiting their works, all priced at fifty bucks! An eclectic mixed media of goodies, ready to buy and take home, right off the walls. No theme, just lots of cool art. When one piece is sold, it will be replaced by a new piece. Be original and give the gift of art this season! Make it an EclectiXmas! Opening reception: November 14th, from 7-10 PM. Live Music, Art & Thou. At Eclectix Gallery, 10082 San Pablo Ave. (at Central Ave.), El Cerrito, Ca 94530 For more info: http://www.eclecti

My featured guest for the L&BH Radio Hour on Tuesday October 28 at 8pm will be Mark Baldrich, one of the organizers of the 12th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival.

The poetry festival takes place in Berkeley, CA from noon-4pm. This event was started by Robert Hass when he was U.S. Poet Laureate from 1995-97. It is a joint effort of Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers' Market, Poetry Flash, and EcoCity Builders. We will also be joined by poet Chris Olander, a performance poet and arts educator, who will be leading the Saturday morning Creek Walk in Berkeley.

As always, there is an open mic for poets to call in with a poem. I also take calls about arts opportunities, arts events, or your thoughts on the state of the arts.

The call in number is 718-506-1481.
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I have some arts opportunities announcements for radio producers and visual artists this week, some event announcements and my pick for the week. If time permits my editorial is about a New Deal for the Arts. But I would rather hear from you! (You can always read my editorials at http://listenandbeheard.net/artsnews/category/letter-from-the-editor/

Please, listen and be heard!
Wishing you Peace and Poetry
martha cinader mims