Sunday November 15 7:30 – 10:10 Art House Gallery 2905 Shattuck Ave Berkeley just north of Ashby donation $5 – $10 Contact: Michael Childs (415) 828-9663 Michael_v_childs@yahoo.com www.michaelchilds.com VOICES OF PASSION! an evening of mystic, erotic, activist poetry, words, and song to open the heart Michael Childs – modern Renaissance artist: writer of screenplays and poetry, musician, both singer-songwriter and composer, award winning woodworker, professional artist with over 500 art shows and exhibitions to his credit, his main purpose in life is to bring about the transformation of Mankind through love. michaelchilds.com. He’ll be performing original songs, ghazals, and new collection entitled, “The Ups and Downs of Love, Mostly Down.” The following artists have enthusiastically agreed to lend their voices to his for this special evening of song and poetry and prose-poetry: Marc Kockinos, a wonderful performance poet and spiritual seeker,has been writing and performing poetry since 1994 He has featured at venues from San Diego to San Francisco. His work has been published in various poetry journals, most recently in ‘Out on Our’ Magazine. La Tigresa (Dona Nieto), author of “Naked Sacred Earth Poems”, (Regent Press, 2010), a tremendous performance poet and outspoken voice of feminist-erotic poetry, she made international headlines in 2000 when she blockaded logging trucks with bare-breasted recitals of her poem, “I am the Goddess.” www.LaTigresa.net Clive Matson, a beat poet, contemporary of Ginsberg and Corso, mentored by Huncke, his collection, “Mainline to the Heart and Other Poems,” was published by Diane di Prima and re-released 2009; he has taught more than 3,000 workshops worldwide; the anthology he co-edited with Allen Cohen, “An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind – Poets on 9/11,” won the 2003 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles National Literary Award. www.matsonpoet.com Dee Allen, an inspiring Afro-Italian anti-authoritarian performance activist-poet from San Francisco. He has appeared in various newspapers, newsletters, underground ‘zines and literary journals for almost 2 decades, such as Flipside, Writer’s Showcase, etc Ava Bird, bay area poet, rhymes the radical and forges through the forbidden, what it is to be a woman, boldly and directly taking on topics and issues rarely touched upon by other writers. Arthur Sheridan, planetarian, well known poet and activist, he hosts the monthly open mic at the Taste of Rome in Sausalito. Forward email This email was sent to michael_v_childs@yahoo.com by michael_v_childs@yahoo.com. Email Marketing by Michael Childs | POBox 2714 | Sausalito | CA | 94966 Hope you can make it. RSVP. If you can’t, a video will be available. Michael Childs 415 828 9663 www.michaelchilds.com