Right now, today, (sorry for the late notice, it's been a crazy couple weeks, but if you followed me on twitter you would have heard about it by now) at 6 pm, my good friends Colter Harper and Carolina Loyola Garcia are having an art opening tonight November 30, 2012 from 6 - 9 p.m. The show is a photographic exhibition called After Dark and they have created some gorgeous light painting portraits featuring 10 Pittsburgh artists. I was one subject, as were some of my local idols like Olivia Kissel (dancer/choreographer) and Jon Bañuelos (flamenco guitarist), I will be singing just a couple songs at the opening with Mr. Bañuelos and saxophonist Eric Singer of L.E.M.U.R. (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots). The show is at 707 Penn Gallery, located at 707 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA. I will complete this email quickly so you can hear about it. If you can't make the gig, go see the show while it's up! It's up til January 6, 2013!
Facebook event information:
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Also this weekend, on Sun December 2, 2012 I am hosting a concert to benefit my friend Vincent Eirene and his homeless shelter Duncan and Porter House.
Vincent is a long time activist, author and defender of social justice. His activism has taken him to the swamps of New Orleans to help publicize the need for action post Hurricane Katrina to the tops of mountains in West Virginia to protest the mountain top removal coal mining by Massey Energy decimating the land and creating toxic waste which poisons the inhabitants. Here in Pittsburgh he has protested numerous wars through civil disobedience by fasting outside of Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University Campus and he also took part in Occupy Pittsburgh. This short list of his works should also include the fact that he ran a homeless shelter out of his own home for nearly 20 years. Ironically he has found himself after all of his good works teetering on the brink of homelessness himself. The artists scheduled to perform at this benefit believe in what he is trying to do and hope that through this concert we will raise some money to help him start over and re-create the Duncan and Porter House homeless shelter anew.
This evening of entertainment features Phat Man Dee with members of The Cultural District (Carlos Peña, Cha & Tony DePaolis), the featured artists are Miguel Sague Jr & Miguel Sague III (father and son Afro Cuban musical duets), Olivia Kissel (dancer) and Crystal Hoffman (poetic comedienne).
Sun Dec 2, 2012, Doors at 8:30 p.m. show at 9 p.m.
$10 suggested donation, 18 and over
Shadow Lounge
www.shadowlounge.net
5972 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(412) 363-8277
The evening will be video taped by Occupy Pittsburgh Now & Rustbelt Radio and will be edited to become the first in a series of podcasts showcasing Pittsburgh artists, in a collaboration between Phat Man Dee and Ray Gerard of Occupy Pittsburgh Now and Indy Media.
Next weekend on December 8, 2012, Pittsburgh Cacophony's 4th Annual Santarchy shall march again and as has become tradition, I shall sing at the opening of their trek through our fair city with plenty of alternate carols (read, inappropriate for kids, but I'll be on the look out for innocent ears) at NOLA on the Square from 1 - 3 p.m. If you would like to join this mad band of merry and mischievous Santas I suggest you read the facebook event page and wear good shoes and lots of layers.
Facebook event information:
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The following day on Sunday December 9, 2012 is another one of my favorite ways to spend the holidaze season, with the freaks and geeks I love so well......
Morose & Macabre and Kabarett Vulgare join forces to bring you the second annual Atrocity Exhibition fundraiser, BLACK DECEMBER, a twisted winter cabaret featuring Kabarett Vulgare and other special guests.
Sunday, December 9th, 2012 Doors open at 8 pm, show at 9.
Admission is $10 and is 21+.
Shadow Lounge
www.shadowlounge.net
5972 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(412) 363-8277
Facebook event info:
http://www.facebook.com/
December 14, 2012 I am singing in a Pink Floyd tribute show at Frankie's in Squirrel Hill.
Facebook event info:
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December 15, 2012 I am very excited to take my band The Cultural District to The Hollywood Gardens The show is from 9 p,m, to midnight and while I've never sung there, my friend Olga Watkins (whose show you should see if you haven't yet) speaks very highly of it and I trust her judgement.
Hollywood Gardens is in Rochester, PA and it is located at:
169 Pinney St, Rochester, Pa 15074
More info:
http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/
Last but not least, have been invited to sing a couple tunes at a concert to benefit Pittsburgh NORML to be held at James St Tavern on the North Side. If you believe that this long help prohibition on one of God's natural medicines is archaic and cruel, come support the legalization of marijuana by attending this event at one of Pittsburgh's most historic jazz venues.
http://www.jamesstreetgastropub.com/
More info:
http://www.hollywoodgardensbar.com/
Last but not least, have been invited to sing a couple tunes at a concert to benefit Pittsburgh NORML to be held at James St Tavern on the North Side. If you believe that this long help prohibition on one of God's natural medicines is archaic and cruel, come support the legalization of marijuana by attending this event at one of Pittsburgh's most historic jazz venues.
http://www.jamesstreetgastropub.com/
And if you come to the gig this Sun Dec 2 you can ask him about it in person!
So friends, be well, live in harmony with yourself and each other, and thank you so much for allowing me the blessing of being in your world for you are surely a blessing in mine.
One love,
Mandee
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