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Announcement: Monday Night Art Salons with host Angar Mora, Café Arrivederci, 11 G Street, San Rafael, CA. It is with great sadness that we announce that Angar Mora, host of the Monday Night Salons and coordinator of art for Cafe Arrivederci in San Rafael and Ristaurante Aurora in Novato, CA, Passed on January 9, 2016, after a short illness. There is a great void where he once stood and directed poets, artists, sculptors, dancers, singers, story-tellers, and any other genre of artists who came his way. We all will miss him very much. A memorial service will be held at Cafe Arrivederci. No one will be able to fill his shoes. If you are interested in attending, please contact Judy Cheung at jhcheung@comcast.net.
Continual: Art exhibit by Natica Angilly at Café Arrivederci, 11 G Street, San Rafael, CA. Natica has a nearly permanent show of her artwork with tambourines, masks and canvases.
Ongoing: Monday and Thursday evenings: dance classes and rehearsals of three dance troupes associated with AEI. For information, please call Natica at 510-235-0361.
Various Dates: Classes in dance, drums, etc., by Natica Angilly for adult education of Contra Costa County. For what is coming up, please call Natica at 510-235-0361.
February 20: Chinese New Year Celebration and Fundraiser presented by the Redwood Empire Chinese Association in the Santa Rosa, CA, Vet's Memorial Building, 5:00-9:00 p.m. For information and tickets, please contact Judy Cheung, jhcheung@comcast.net.
March 11-13: Rakkasah Middle Eastern Dance Festival and Bazaar, Richmond Auditorium, Richmond, CA. For information and tickets, please visit www.rakkasah.com.
April 2: Poets Dinner 11:30-3:00, Zio Fraedo's Restaurant, 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill. Richard and Natica Angilly are on the planning committee. Judy Cheung is head of the decorations committee.
April 16: Earth Day Celebration at Quarryhill Oriental Botanical Garden, 12841 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442. Judy Cheung will be there with dragon dancers and an Adult Chorus that will perform about 1:00. For more information, please visit www.quarryhillbg.org.
May 15: Last day to postmark your Dancing Poetry entries for our big contest with 3 Grand Prize winners that will be danced at the Dancing Poetry Festival. Over 50 cash prizes will be given. For more information on how to enter and what we are looking for, please visit check the tabs for previous Dancing Poetry Festivals.
July 18-22: Children's Chinese Culture Camp: for children 5-12. Limit 20 campers. Redwood Empire Chinese Association Center, 3455 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. Judy Cheung is one of the camp coordinators. For information please visit www.recacenter.org or call Judy at 707-528-0912.
August 13: Multi-Cultural Poetry Reading and Pot Luck Lunch sponsored by AEI, RECA and Poets of the Vineyard, at the RECA Center, 3455 Sebastopol Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407. For photos of past MultiCultural Readings, please look at the Multicultural Poetry tab. For information and RSVP, please contact Judy Cheung at jhcheung@comcast.net.
November 27-December 1, 2016: 24th World Congress of Poets presented by United Poets Laureate International, DoubleTree by Hilton Sonoma County Wine Country, Rohnert Park, CA. All poets who are working for world peace and brotherhood through poetry are welcome to attend. For information and registration, please visit www.upli-wcp.org. Judy Cheung is president of the 24th World Congress of Poets. Natica and Richard Angilly, with the Poetic Dance Theater Company will be assisting in the coordination and running of this world-wide event.
December: TBA Annual meeting. All members welcome.