International Abstract Artwork

September 4 through October 6, 2007
Our Inner Worlds: Paintings by abstract artists Maria Santiago, Marina Reiter, and Shela Qamer
Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe
Exhibit open during cafe hours.

Reception: Friday, September 7, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Co-sponsored by Empowered Women International.
Visit the artists' online galleries.

A Burmese "Vagina Monologue"

Friday, August 31, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe
963 Bonifant St. in downtown Silver Spring

Dr. Kaung’s Salon: poet, playwright, and painter Kyi May Kaung reads from her new dramatic monologue, “With or Without Womb,” based on her interview of a Burmese woman.

Author to Read from Novel Set in Kashmir

Friday, August 24, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dr. Kaung’s Salon: Novelist Meena A. Nayak

Meena A. Nayak reads from her new, fourth novel, Endless Rain (Penguin). She will talk about how she came to write about terrorism in Kashmir, and her research trips there. Meena teaches Creative Writing and Mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.

Kyi says, “Come and find out more about Kashmir -- a place of political turmoil as well as unrivaled beauty, so often featured in world-class writing out of India, especially in the novels of Salman Rushdie. What happens when a writer is compelled to write about a place but knows the research for it could become life threatening?”

Our informal agenda:
• Meet, greet, and eat: 6:30 to 7pm
• Reading, talk, and questions: 7 to 8:30pm

One-Act Festival Features Space 7:10 Alumni

One-Act Festival at Silver Spring Stage.
The play The Record features local actor (and journalist) Melissa Robinson (she was Dr. Kaung's guest, co-author of the non-fiction book about the Vietnam-era Navy pilot wife and her rise in activism). Another play is written by Tom Block (is it "our" Tom? I don't know). Ivan Kovatchev's one act based on the short story by Gogol, from which excerpts were read at Space 7:10 a few months back, The Overcoat. Check it out.

Painter Matewos Legesse

Life Line and Beauty, an exhibit of paintings by Matewos Legesse
August 14 through September 1
Space 7:10 gallery at Kefa Cafe
963 Bonifant St. in downtown Silver Spring
Open during cafe hours.

Meet the Artist Reception:
Friday, August 17, 6:30 to 8:30pm

Matewos Legesse was born In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He graduated from Addis Ababa University School Of Fine Art And Design. His work has been shown in solo, group and permanent exhibitions in Ethiopia, Germany, the United States, and Sweden, and includes participation in a live art program by making body painting on 'Adunga' dancers for a circus. Legesse’s current paintings express his ideas and feeling about the concept of a 'LIFE LINE AND BEAUTY,' or the path that each individual follows and the goals that we try to achieve along the way. He is interested in helping and working with children and has attended an artist residency program in Kentucky. Legesse currently lives and works in Maryland.

Out of Town Exhibits, Marilyn Banner

Marilyn Banner, one of Space 7:10's first featured artists, has two shows this month:

• "Words" at Muse Gallery, 52 North 2nd Street in Philadelphia, August 3 through August 24.
• "The Box Show" at Light Street Gallery, 1448 Light Street in Baltimore, August 18th through October 6th. Opening Reception, Saturday, August 18th, 2-6 P.M.

Nihal Kececi exhibit in Alexandria, VA

Opening Reception for painter Nihal Kececi at Durant Art Gallery on Cameron Street in Alexandria, Virginia:

Friday, September 7
6:30 to 8:30pm

Space 7:10 regulars will remember Nihal's expressive, graceful, dreamy, possibly pensive women with unspecific facial features and generous colors.

Dr. Kaung's Salon: Working with Survivors

Friday, August 10, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe
963 Bonifant St. in downtown Silver Spring

Dr. Kaung’s Salon:
Essence Pierce and Karen Hanscomb, Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma, will discuss their work, which includes specialized mental health services and social services for survivors of torture and war trauma. The organization is based in Baltimore and has a satellite office in Wheaton.

Our informal agenda:
• Meet, greet, and eat: 6:30 to 7pm
• Reading, talk, and questions: 7 to 8:30pm

Upcoming - Late Summer Schedule

Friday, August 10, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dr. Kaung's Salon: Essence Pierce, whose work with Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma based in Baltimore was featured in the February issue of O: The Oprah Magazine. www.astt.org

August 14 through September 1
Paintings by Matewos Legesse
All events at Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe, 963 Bonifant St. in downtown Silver Spring

Friday, August 17, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Reception for Matewos Legesse

Friday, August 24, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dr. Kaung's Salon: Meena A. Nayak to read from her new novel, Endless Rain (Penguin), which is set in Kashmir. Meena teaches Creative Writing and Mythology at Northern Virginia Community College.

Friday, August 31, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dr. Kaung's Salon: Kyi May Kaung reads from her new dramatic monologue, "With or Without Womb," based on an interview of a Burmese woman.