Hurricaine Howie Plays Kramerbooks in November

Notes from Howie Feinstein, who played a cozy, delightful show in Space 7:10 a while back. Upcoming shows at Kramerbooks at Dupont Circle:

Wed. 11/15, 8:00 pm: Solo Keyboards @ KRAMERBOOKS CAFÉ
Wed. 11/29, 8:00 pm: Solo Keyboards @ KRAMERBOOKS CAFÉ


SOUNDBITES: Come on out to Kramerbooks at Dupont Circle (1517 Connecticut Ave., NW - DC) for great food and drink, books, and some New Orleans / R&B piano …Please contact me at khfeinstein@us.net or (301) 564-9482 for music for all occasions; I’m already getting inquiries for holiday events …Please let me know if you’d like to host a house concert – a great opportunity to hear live music at home, all costs reimbursed – Help keep the music alive…

Copies of my solo C.D. “All By Myself” (featuring a rare vocal track), as well as albums by Rita Clarke & The Naturals, Krewe Of Renegades, and Diamond Eye, are still available, same-day delivery, for just $5.00 each from the above addresses … Watch out for a new Hurricane Howie C.D. later this year – recording to begin after completion of my civil rights history/memoir, Fire on the Bayou, which will be the basis for a film documentary to be released in 2007 …

Let the good times roll, Howie

Paintings by Kyi May Kaung at Local Gallery

Paintings by Kyi May Kaung, founder and facilitator of Dr. Kaung's Salon series at Kefa Cafe, are part of an intriguing exhibit titled "Freedom" at Silver Spring's Heliport Gallery (8001 Kennett Street). The exhibit features four refugee and asylum artists at different stages in their artistic careers. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 4-7 pm. Contact David Fogel: David@gatewaycdc.com or 301.562.1400.

Catch it while you can—I saw it yesterday, but I'm not sure when the exhibit closes! –Amy

Traditional Folk Ballad Sing

Friday, October 27, 6:30-8:00 PM
Dr. Kaung's Salon and the Folklore Society of Greater Washington present a Traditional a Capella Ballad Sing hosted by singer and folklorist Lisa Null.

Lisa has performed in festivals and concerts throughout North America and Great Britain including Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion. Of all the songs she sings, none are more precious to her than the old story songs passed on for centuries through oral tradition. She will be singing some of her favorites, mostly old but also a few newer ones created in the old style. Come to listen, to sing on refrains, or to share a few of your favorites. Because of Halloween, ghostly ballads are particularly welcome. Admission is free.

Subject of First Dr. Kaung's Salon Awarded Nobel

Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, accused in 2005 of "insulting Turkishness," was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, worth about $1.5m., on Oct 12, 2006 (article on the writer by Joy Stocke in Wild River Review).

According to Wikipedia, in December 2005, eight world renowned writers -- Jose Saramango, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gunter Grass, Umberto Ecco, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Goytisolo, John Updike and Mario Vargas Llosa issued a joint statement supporting Pamuk.

The Turkish Justice Ministry dropped the criminal charges in January.

Typically, the Nobel selection committee picks the winner from approximately 350 nominations.

I am so happy and proud to note that the first session I did in my Dr. Kaung's Salon at Kefa Cafe in MD was on Orhan Pamuk. A woman in black walked in and told us she had read every single one of Pamuk's books. Another salon attendee had a son working in Istanbul. Two Turkish students showed up and animatedly started defending the Turkish government's point of view, while their friend, an emigre engineer, looked on smiling and saying nothing.

I have read only two of Pamuk's novels -- "My Name is Red" and "Snow." I think them both exquisitely excellent.

—Kyi May Kaung

Modern Dance Performance at Space 7:10

Here's what Bikem Ozturk, a dancer, writer, healer, and mother (of Atesh Can, 18 months), says about the structured improvisation she's planning for the evening of October 20:

LIMITS ARE THE SKY
explanation of the dance.. exploring WHAT WE DO DESPITE our limits. Asking HOW CAN WE LIVE WITH OUR LIMITS AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS LIFE MORE INTERESTING.. acknowledging that LIMITS CAN TURN INTO OPPORTUNITIES. MY DANCE IS ABOUT COURAGE, JOY, AND MINDFULLY LIVING A FULL LIFE WITHIN LIMITS. Asking HOW CAN WE USE MINDFULNESS IN OUR LIFE TO ENJOY LIFE MORE.

Born in Istanbul in 1966, Bikem studied ballet as a child, and at 23, participated with Zeynep Gunsur in the first dance theater project of Green Grapes. Since moving to the United States in 1993, she has been dancing in Liz Lerman Dance Exchange classes and projects. Bikem has been a student of Zen since 1991 and her practice is mindfulness in everyday life.

Event Reported in Asian Pacific American Media

Asian Fortune - Asian Pacific American Community news in the Washington DC metropolitan area

Short article on our premier of the rough cut of Mergence, a film by J. Tomiko Anders.

Meet the Artist, Regina Barker

Paintings by Regina Margarita Barker-Barzel
October 9 through November 4, 2006
Exhibit co-sponsored by Empowered Women International

Opening Reception
Friday, October 13
6:30-9 pm, Space 7:10 at Kefa Café

Born in what is now St. Petersburg, Russia, Regina Barker-Barzel dreamt of becoming a singer and her early career was in classical music performance. She participated in the Jewish dissident movement, and in 1972, gained her freedom when she was able to successfully defect from the Soviet Union, first to Austria and later to Israel, where she began to paint.

Barker-Barzel has exhibited in Israel, Spain, Italy and the United States. Travel and living in different countries gave her a profound love of the beauty of various landscapes, and she became haunted by the faces of the people and characters she met and that truly inspired her in her paintings.

Empowered Women International (EWI) advances entrepreneurial opportunities and creates sustainable livelihoods for immigrant and refugee women artists and artisans. EWI runs its own A Woman’s Story Gallery to market the art of its member artists, tell their stories, and train them in life and business skills.