Take a trip through 25 years of Artery Houston with all of our shows and specific commentary from the founder, Mark Larsen.

History of the Artery as told by Mark Larsen, 2007

I have often said that credit for the Artery ‘invention’ goes to whoever let the wide variety of trees grow back in the 1940’s and 50’s. The larger trees form the upper canopy of the protective forest. During the first year I lived there, 1983, hurricane Alicia knocked some holes in the canopy, then that winter a record freeze took its toll on some of the younger trees. The following Spring I planted a few trees in an effort to fill in the ‘holes’ in the otherwise dense forested lot. That began my obsession to maintain and protect this fragile miniature ecosystem. I saw this as an act of defiance against the “total human appropriation region” (Tobias) that is Houston, and much of Texas.

Prior to this, the site was home to an elderly fellow, a man named Mr. Elkis. Apparently the property affected him also. He seemed to suffer from his own obsession, impulsively collecting tons of building materials, cinder blocks, bricks, concrete core samples, stacking and categorizing this strange treasure according to an order only he seemed to understand. It was this bounty of raw material that would become the building blocks for the Artery.

I had always intended to live in a beautiful place, such as my native Michigan, or any place where people were environmentally conscious and the natural world was less abused. After finishing graduate school as a painter in 1987, I realized my financial situation wouldn’t allow me to escape Texas. It was out of necessity then, that the idea of an inner-city environmental sanctuary came to be.

Almost immediately this became a community activity. Musician and sound engineer Bill Day helped lay the first blocks for the ‘temple’. Part-time inventor Bruce Adams supplied material and designs for several light and water sculptures, artist Steven Potter built architectural seating areas, photographer Jim Hicks brought a contingent of friends who helped clear the space, his artist friend Richard Fluhr built a site-specific sculpture that exists to this day. These artists and many others loaned art for temporary exhibits. In late 1987, Bill Day was playing music with a steel drum band that held regular rehearsals at the site. These gatherings marked the beginning of the Artery as a performance space. By the next season we held frequent ‘Arterys’. To attend an event meant you would experience graphic art outdoors in a forested setting, as opposed to a claustrophobic gallery. With a focus on original content, the Artery celebrated creativity through visual art, music of all sorts, dance, poetry, and guest speakers (often addressing environmental themes). In time, we developed multi-media presentations. And we always endeavored to foster inter-disciplinary collaborations. The Artery became a laboratory for ideas and expression.

Until last year, the Artery never accepted any money for events held at the site. If money was collected, it was in the form of donations and went to the guest artists or the cause we chose to sponsor. Because of rising property taxes in the Museum district, we have had to occasionally (grudgingly) accept help from the community. In addition to the myriad of artists and performers who have presented their work for free over the years, we have had a long alliance with our dear friend Malcolm Hackney who owns Bright Star Productions. For decades Malcolm has donated the resources of his production company to Houston’s non-profit and alternative art venues. Since 1993 he has assisted the Artery with sound and lighting equipment, as well his own expertise, to help us secure a reputation for excellent production values. Another essential principle of the Artery experience has been that we provide for the artists the highest possible sound quality and media capabilities.

Since 1994 I have conducted life-drawing sessions at the site in a room specially designed for that purpose. This is another Artery activity that fosters communion as well as the celebration of Beauty.

In 1999 my wife Margaret Tsanais and I moved from the house, thereby allowing the space to function as my full-time art studio. After the 2000 ‘election’ and the subsequent war against nature, Artery events have included support for candidates and causes in defense of Reason and Justice.

Beginning in 2003 we embarked on a new adventure. For a variety of reasons, past attempts to document events were less than satisfactory. With direction from our video guru Ted Barwell, we set out to document events with a level of production values that might one day lead to television quality media. Along with sound maestro Bill Day and our LA based editing genius Christopher Johnson, we have pushed this experiment to the point that in August 2007 we are having our first airing, on HoustonPBS. Always respectful of alternative media, we are convinced that the talent stream we are witnessing has enormous value for our whole community.

For years I have avoided press stories about the Artery and resisted the idea of an Artery website for fear of jeopardizing its existence. The reason for this website now is to encourage others to build an ‘Artery’
of their own. I believe the formula (principles) behind this ‘temple to nature’ can be repeated.

The only way we will know anything like Eden on Earth is if we protect what is left and foster stewardship and inspiration for nature’s return to areas from whence she has been banished.

Mark Larsen
Amended, August 2007

An Interview with Mark Larsen, 2020

Name of the space:
The Artery
(The following written by Mark Larsen, founder)

Where was the space located?
The Artery was located at 5401 Jackson, Houston Texas 77004, a few blocks from Hermann park, near the Children’s Museum and the Holocaust Museum. It was an 8,750 sq ft corner lot with a 1930’s brick home.

The site was especially unique in that it was an inner-city mini-forest with a lower, middle and upper canopy. I maintained it as a ‘biomass’, jungle like, not over-manicured. This meant more insects, birds, amphibians, and the attendant sounds and natural atmosphere.

The house on the site was malleable. I could remove walls and configure it to suit the activities. This included an art gallery, a setting for art classes, and an indoor performance stage if weather compromised the outdoor space. The outdoor performance area was shrouded in foliage with track systems in the trees which provided us with versatile lighting solutions. A large projection screen allowed for film screenings, visual artists’ presentations, and video projections as backdrop for the productions. A typical hurdle for urban spaces was never a problem for us, street parking was abundant.

How did the space come to be? Who was involved in the founding and operation, and why did you decide to start the venue?
I spent my youth in Michigan immersed in the outdoors as much as possible. From my time in nature I became painfully aware of its degradation. Houston is an ironic destination for someone so affected by this reality. I came for an MFA at The University of Houston during which time my wife needed heart surgery, financially we were stuck here. Preserving the sense of nature present at the Artery was my therapy, and obsession. The space offered me an opportunity to promote what I consider best about humans, our creative impulses. For me, creative people offer humanity some redemption against the backdrop of our improvident destruction of the natural world. Circumstances provided me with this extraordinary space and amazingly resourceful collaborators to promote artistic activity.

During autumn 1987 my friend and Artery co-founder Bill Day would practice with a steel drum band every Monday evening in the space that would eventually become the main stage. This became a ritual. Other musicians would join. They loved the acoustics provided by our tree canopy, as well as Bill’s gifts as a sound technician. Bill and I were familiar with most of the alternative art spaces in Houston and saw an opportunity to use our events to fill a niche, to accommodate the widest possible range of expression. A visit to the Artery meant one would typically experience a combination of poetry, music, a visual artist presentation or exhibit, and often a speaker, usually an environmentalist or community leader. This wide range of disciplines in a single visit became our brand. The fact that Houston is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the United States meant we could use our calendar to present music, dance, poetry and voices from around the world.

My day job is art installation and consultation; for private clients, galleries, and corporations. Most of my experiences in these realms are not inspirational. I needed a space to present my artwork, as well as the work of those I respect, free from commercialism. A spiritual space. The Artery served this purpose beyond my wildest expectations. Guests included my wealthy clients, as well as warehouse studio artists and art students. Young and old. Rich and poor. The opportunity to orchestrate these connections was my joy.

What were some of the improvements/changes you made to the space, and about how much sweat equity and money would you estimate you spent?
I lived at the site from 1983 to 1999. Throughout that time and afterwards I worked obsessively on refinements. The previous occupants were ‘pack-rats’. Besides planting a ridiculous amount of trees, they collected tons of concrete test cylinders, cinder blocks and bricks. The availability of these materials helped me address the entire space as an evolving piece of art. I was constantly modifying the walkways, seating, sculpture pedestals, as well as the flora. The Artery became an extension of me. Over the years all aspects of the space were in flux, with nature, with the discovery of new found materials, with offers from artists to display their sculpture. I refined a ‘formula’ of sorts for such a flexible space which I share at: www.arteryhouston.org/principles

Mini-forests produce a lot of debris. My goal was to present the garden as immaculate. I rigorously maintained the space hoping that it would be experienced as ‘sacred’. Our guests and presenters would react as if ‘this space is worthy of me’. This was a central lesson from my experience.

How long was the space in operation and what where the dates?
The Artery hosted events for 26 years, from Autumn 1987 through December 2013. Event history from 1990 to 2013 is available at www.arteryhouston.org/history

How did the space function financially?
Our production team and the collaborators who worked at the space were voluntary. We had the advantage of Artery partner Malcolm Hackney and his company, Bright Star Productions, for all audio and lighting support (as well as Malcolm’s considerable production design knowledge). This enabled us to establish a reputation for high production values. This meant artists would share with their peers the magic of our space. Talent would find us. Our calendar, all that we consented to, became the driving force of our activity.

Nothing about the Artery was about money, other than an occasional donation jar for the artists. I paid for everything. My skills include collaboration and networking, not grant writing. I lived in debt for the opportunity to have this adventure. Taxes were especially vexing. During our last seasons various Artery heroes held fund raisers for us at property tax time.

Some income was generated by my weekly figure drawing sessions. I taught art studio classes at colleges and was frustrated by the limitations of those spaces. Most essential for artists working with nudes is exquisite lighting and inspirational models. For twenty years the Artery studio was known for that. When the Artery ended, the most broken hearts, besides mine, were those of the regular attendees of this magical activity.

What did your neighbors think of the space?
This was an African American neighborhood before gentrification. I enjoyed a bond with my neighbors. We looked after each other. Much of the Artery content celebrated diverse cultures and they respected that. On occasion I was able to collaborate with my neighbors on events. They understood the Artery was community oriented, not for profit. Also, I was always careful to limit noise after 10pm.

What types of programming did you put on and how frequently?
I maintain a list of events and participants at the Artery website, www.arteryhouston.org. (For artistic productions my name was M.L. Gulsen). I can document 411 events, not including private charity fundraisers, political meetings, neighborhood organizational events, and art classes. I have a record of more than 2000 artists and presenters, not including weddings and memorials. We had busy years and, when money was short, slower years. The frequency of the outdoor events would follow the seasons.

I devised four categories to organize our production activity, and eventually our video archive:
Music and Dance
Poetry and Spoken Word
Speakers and Authors
Artist Profiles and Exhibitions
(Each category featured both local and traveling talent.)

Regarding music, all of the concerts featured original or traditional content. It was a rich array of singer songwriters, instrumentalists, ensembles, world music and dance. The most visceral literary experiences were the poet slams. Some of these were competitive. Once the winners from the Artery night went on to represent our city in the national competition. We featured readings by notable authors such as Daniel Quinn, Dr. Justin Frank, Maniza Naqui, Robert Bryce. Storytellers found a home at the Artery with recurring events dedicated to their craft. We also hosted many events for progressive politicians including three past (and current) Houston mayors as well as several state representatives. For years we were the meeting place for the Harris County Young Democrats and The Harris County Greens Party. We were delighted to support their activism.

One consistent focus of our mission was to facilitate presentations on behalf of indigenous people. This included such notable figures as John Trudell, Russell Means, Orlando Secatero, as well as ceremonial music from the members of the Oglala tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation. In 2006 we were contacted by Amazon Watch, they wanted to use the Artery to host Peruvian and Ecuadoran tribal elders as part of their visit to Houston to protest at oil companies’ shareholder meetings. Over the course of two years we held three events wherein the elders told their stories about the destruction of their land and the polluted water. Then they would plan the protests (the Artery studio was often useful for sign painting). I was informed later that Peru put aside two large lots to protect from future development. Whether or not civic actions are truly effective, the Artery was a valuable asset for many environmental groups to inform and educate.

When a group was using the Artery, event organizers would usually produce the audience. Otherwise that was my job. A significant investment of time and patience was necessary to procure audiences. Over the years, first by phone, then email, then eventually social media, the value of contact lists and networking was paramount. A few times audiences numbered as many as 250. 75-150 was common. My contact list was especially useful for visual art events. As with all creative communities, Houston’s visual art community is like an extended family and artists like to celebrate their heroes. The Artery had the honor of hosting Bert Long, Kate Petley, Dee Wolff, James Surls, Lucas Johnson, Charles Schorre, Sharon Kopriva, George Krause and many other visionary artists.

What types of support (or not) did you receive from the local government or larger institutions?
Whereas we received no financial support from any institution we enjoyed many collaborations. Samples of these include:

Museum of Fine Art, Houston – film screenings in November 2004, a fundraiser in April 2005
FotoFest – panel discussions
Unicef: Afghanistan and Iraqi Children’s Relief Funds – fund raisers
Amazon Watch and Amnesty International
Houston Institute for Culture – multiple coordinated events
Rainforest Action Network
GreenPeace
Military Families Speak Out
Baylor International Pediatric Aids Initiative
Texas Nature Conservancy
AIDS Foundation Houston
Women’s Caucus for the Arts
International Sculpture Conference June 2000 – multiple day event
Planned Parenthood
Flamenco Poets Society
Cherish Our Children International
Houston Poetry Fest
KPFT Pacifica radio, multiple fundraisers and presentations
Pastors for Peace
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Texas Institute for Indian Studies
Progressive Action Alliance
Houston Social Forum
Meta-Four Houston – Poet Slam
Aurora Picture Show
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
The Monarch School

Did the goals of the space change as time passed?
By 2003 it became apparent that the Artery was an impermanent phenomenon. The neighborhood began to change. Our calendar pivoted to video documentation as a priority. We continued hosting many events aside from this goal, but most programming decisions were made with the hope that we would secure compelling footage for the future. Whereas the experience of the audience was always paramount, this new goal meant more lighting and at least three camera operators in the space. Audiences were alerted with signs on the gates stating ‘You may be recorded’. Presenters were required to sign releases before we edited their work. In return, they shared rights to the media. We supplied them with a DVD soon after their event. Our aspiration was to help the artists and presenters while acquiring our video archive.

Our leader during the beginning of this new direction was Artery partner Ted Barwell, editing and technical expert. With Ted at the helm, we recorded a year with the Houston Blues Society, one concert per month of local and regional Blues masters such as Milton Hopkins, Oscar Perry, Trudy Lynn, Jewel Brown. Mr. Perry passed away a few months after we made his video, our documentation was important to his family and the Blues community. Ted forged us into a video production team. In 2007, the first screenings of the Artery Media Project episodes aired on HoustonPBS. Around this time, Ted passed the job of art director and editor to me. I attribute my success with this responsibility to my Los Angeles based friend and editing guru, Christopher Johnson, an editor on several Emmy Award winning films. I continued as camera operator along with Ted and several gifted photographer/videographers including Ben DeSoto, Frank Golden and Christine Clark. We collected an extensive treasure of high-quality recordings.

What was your most memorable show?
For me to identify a most memorable show would be impossible, they blur together as a monument to human creativity. However, there was one particularly significant event…. On February 13, 2003 I assembled a meeting of some of the smartest people I knew under the title “It’s Just War”. The tragic Iraq war was imminent and we needed the wisdom of smart people. Much of the evening was Q & A with a very large and well informed audience. Twelve minutes of our audio recording from the event made it out to radio stations across the country. In retrospect, the wisdom provided by our ‘village elders’ that night proved to be prescient.

Was burnout ever an issue for those involved?
Burnout was not an issue for our continuation so much as teammates’ need to pursue their carriers. By 2011-12 Bill Day was working full time at Bright Star Productions. Sometimes collaborators moved or became too busy with their families. Despite this we rode the adventure to the end with great excitement and vigor. I like to share with people that we ended at the peak of our game.

Why did the space close?
In 2014 the entire neighborhood turned into 4 story town homes. For us to stay would have meant no more street parking and the loss of much of the tree canopy.

What was your biggest takeaway from the project?
The Artery taught me the profound value of alternative art spaces. People are hungry for art experiences in intimate settings. An inspirational venue, especially nature-based, can facilitate civic action. The lessons of the Artery are applicable elsewhere.

What is at the location now?
The former Artery site is now occupied by 3 town homes and 2 small trees.

Are you still working on this, or a related project?
Since the Artery closed I have been consumed by the media from our productions. We recorded everything in high definition but edited in standard definition. Thanks to Christopher Johnson, I acquired editing technology necessary to re-capture the footage in the highest quality and the magic to share these videos on the internet with minimal destruction to our files. Samples of this archive are available at the Artery website. These videos are valuable for the artists as well as a resource for educators.

I have hosted several public screenings which function as a reunion for the artists as well as those nostalgic for the Artery. I am still producing content for the ‘Artist Profile’ category of the Artery video archive since these videos are not dependent on the Artery space. In May 2019 I began providing a program called Artery Media Project to Houston’s municipal television station, HTV. These 15 minute programs air weekly. To date I have delivered 60 episodes. Through our website and social media we aspire to share this treasure with the world.

 

Houston Chronicle Article November 15, 2013

Free Press Houston Article November 18, 2013

2013

JANUARY 12
Concert:  String Masters
band:
BERT LAMS ( California Guitar Trio)
TOM GRIESGRABER
with RICARDO SWEAT RODRIGUEZ

MARCH 9
Concert:  Return of Throat Singers from Tuva, ‘Alash Ensemble’
band:
AYAN-OOL SAM, AYAN SHIRIZHIK BADY-DORZHU ONDAR
narrator:    SEAN QUIRK

MAY 4
Dvd Release Party for CRAIG KINSEY

band:
MIKE WHITEBREAD         RALLY TERRELL
MARCUS HUGHES       GEOFFREY MULLER
CHUY TERRAZAS         AARON KEORNER
STEVE RUTH

MAY 11
concert:   BRAD WALKER QUARTET

band:     OSCAR ROSSIGNELI     TREY BOUDREAUX
SAM WISEMAN

MAY 18
concert:    Enloom
ROBERT LEVY        MICHELLE CAMPBELL
ABI PUTRA            AARON CORMIER
NATHAN LEE      MASON VAN KRAAYENBURG

JULY 25
Poet Slam: Houston V.I.P. vs Meta Four
THASIA ‘TRADEMARK’ MADISON
JEREMYAH ‘THE FLUENT ONE’ PAYNE
OUTSPOKEN BEAN
DEBORAK ‘DEEP’ MOUTON

SEPTEMBER 21
Fund Raiser for ‘Pink Pilates’, breast cancer support group
organized by:   PATRICIA GRAS
music:  PATRICIA GRAS with JULIO MEDRANO
ISABELA ROBLEDO
DR. ANNIE VARUGUESE

OCTOBER 5
Announcement to Artery email contact list of Artery closing at end of year

OCTOBER 16
Mark Larsen guest on KPFT Eco-Ology Program

OCTOBER 19
concert:   VIVALDA DULA from Angola
band:      MARCELO VILCHES-ROBERT
GABRIEL BATA
ERIC MARTIN

NOVEMBER 1
Art exhibit opening for French artists
SERGE RUFFATO (sculpture)
JILL STEENHUIS (lithography)
with drawings by local artist
CHONG OK-MATTHEWS

NOVEMBER 2
All-day open house and art exhibit

NOVEMBER 7
speaker:  MARK LACY, founder of the Houston Institute for Culture
topic:      ‘Mapping the Gulf Coast: The Story of Caveza de Vaca’

music:            ‘Yetlanezi’
CE ACATI BORSEGUI    TONAN TZIN BORSEGUI
TOPILTZIN BORSEGUI

NOVEMBER 9
music:      ‘Honky Tonk Blood Brothers’
JOHN EVANS         JOHNNY FALSTAFF
HANK SCHYMA           CRAIG KINSEY
with EMILY BELL

NOVEMBER 15
Art exhibit opening for painter
RENNIE MACKAY QUINN

NOVEMBER 16
Annual Singer/Songwriter Showcase featuring:    ‘Paper Moonshiners’
FRANK MEYER        ELENA ANTINELLI
also:           LAURA STEINER
NIKO LORRAINE

NOVEMBER 18
Article In Houston Chronicle about Artery closing, written by LISA GRAY

NOVEMBER 22
speaker:    HANK SCHYMA
Video and talk regarding his experiences as a storm chaser

NOVEMBER 30
music:         ‘Free Radicals’
NICK COOPER            CHRIS HOWARD
TEOFILO BIJARRO         PETE SULLIVAN
NICHOLAS GONZALEZ      JASA JACKSON
KASEY WARREN         MARCOS MELCHOR
ALBERT L. BEAR

DECEMBER 3
music:        ‘Umbrella Man’
NICK GAITAN       ROBERT RODRIGUEZ III
GABRIEL ALANIS          JUAN ROJAS

DECEMBER 7
End of Season, End of Artery Party

2012

JANUARY 7(day)
Memorial service for Dan Icehower

JANUARY 7(evening)
Butoh dance performance ‘Aterdecer de Invierno’
MACARENA ORTUZAR
score: BRUNO GUASTALLA

MARCH 3
Creative Women Unite Event
art exhibit:  ‘Giving Birth’
music:
LIZA GARZA
ASHLEI MAYADIA
GUNJEN MITTAL

MARCH 10
Creative Women Unite: Celebrating International Women’s Day
film screening and panel discussion: ‘Tlakatiliztli’
art auction benefit for 2012 Peace & Dignity Journey
music:  IRA PEREZ

MARCH 11
Lithuanian American Community of Houston
music:
ALBINAS PRIZGINTAS
JOKUBAS ZIBURKAS

MARCH 20 -MAY 31
The opening reception for photography exhibit: ‘Eagle Hunters of Western Mongolia’
BONNIE FOLKINS

MARCH 31
Carnatic-Hindustani ‘Jugalbandi’ concert of Classical Indian Classical Music
HARSHA NAGARAJAN                ASHWIN RODE
MANJULA RAO              AMBRARISH PRABHUKHOT
MAAYAVARAM SIRA                SIDDARTH SHAH

APRIL 21
Throat Singers from Tuva, ‘Alash’
AYAN-OOL SAM           AYAN SHIRIZHIK
BADY-DORZHU ONDAR
narrator:    SEAN QUIRK

MAY 18
Artery Spring Benefit:  ‘Gypsy Dance Theatre’
dancers:      ALLA SHARIY         ROBIN HOLLAND
PRISCILLA RIVAS TAZEHZAD
musicians:  KEN KNEZICK         KRISTEN JENSEN
TERRENCE KARN         LUKE HOLT

JULY 27
film screening for OCCUPY HOUSTON in a collaboration with the documentary series POV
film:         ‘Better This World’
by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway
speaker:  ESTEBAN TOVAR

AUGUST 13
Word Around Town Poetry Tour
host:          STEPHEN GROS
dj:               JOE B
poets:      KOOL B        GERRY CEDILLO        OSCAR PENA
MAKEDA           FLUENT ONE       OUTSPOKEN BEAN
BLANCA ALANIS       CHRIS WISE            KATHY FAY
DAVID MARTINEZ    MARCELL MURPHY   CAROLYN ADAMS
BOBY M with ERIC HEAD                 TRACY LYALL

OCTOBER 25
Houston Peace and Justice Center: screening and discussion of TED talk by BRYAN STEVENSON

OCTOBER 21
20 year anniversary screening of: ‘The Imminent Asteroid, a Geological Opera’

 NOVEMBER 17
Concert with CRAIG KINSEY

DECEMBER 1
Annual Artery Fund Raiser with host Jeff Abrams
music:        ‘Electric Cowjazz Band’
HERMAN KLUGE            MARK MARMON
GEOFF GIACCO          ROBERT KNETSCH
MICHAEL CRAWFORD         CHRIS BROWN
music:       JEFF ABRAMS     TONY ASCH
photography exhibit:    DAN HAVEL

 DECEMBER 3
Photo exhibit for Houston Art Institute
curated by:    TERSA MUNISTERI
JACKIE BARNES           CARMEN BROWN
VERONICA LLANO         KRISTIN OLDFATHER
LEE BROWN                JOSUE SALINAS
AMANDA SILVA              MARY STEPHENS
MARCELA SOUTHERLAND       SANDRA SILVA

DECEMBER 29
Presentation by Mark Larsen on merits of Alternative Artspaces
at Marie Fisher Theater in Sedona Arizona with
screening of Artery Media Project videos
organized by JENNIFER EPPERSON
guest panelist: DAN HAVEL

2011

MARCH 25
University of St. Thomas Social Entrepreneurship Programing Partnership with Hashoo Foundation
music showcase:
ROCKY CASTILLO     JOSE (JAY) ANTONIO SIMON    PATTI GRAS
‘The Beans’
SAM GRIFFIN               DANIEL TAYLOR
BRENDAN HALL          CHRISTIAN GALATOIRE
‘Third Ear Caravan’
KIKI PRZEWLOCKI         KELLEY WRIGHT
CALVIN HALL

MARCH 26      
The Flamenco Poets Society: a bilingual reading by DIANA MUNIZ
and JULIETTA PARRA DUCOTE
with RANDY CORDERO, Flamenco Guitar

 APRIL 15
poetry slam: Grand Slam, sponsored by Meta-Four Houston and Diverse Works

 MAY 7       
‘A Presentation of Dance Oriented Spectacles’
featuring
DANIEL ADAME          SHANON ADAMS
ASHLEY HORN            KADIEN CHIN
video:               KEITH REYNOLDS

 MAY 8           
Pre-Columbian music and dance: ‘HueHuetl’
CE ACATI BORSEGUI              TONAN TZIN BORSEGUI
TOPILTZIN BORSEGUI

 MAY 13           
art exhibit and reception: photographer MARY HERRMANN

 MAY 15        
concert:    singer/songwriters
TOM GOSS
MICHAEL ATOR

 JULY 18
poetry:        Word Around Town Poetry Tour
MARLON LIZAMA         TERESA JUAREZ
KOOL B              MICHAEL HOERMAN
STEPHEN GROS

 AUGUST 5   
Educational Program Showcase
reception and reading by children’s author MARIE ELENA CORTES
screening of Artery Media Project videos available for educators

 OCTOBER 2
Birthday celebration for Artery partner Malcolm Hackney
music:          DENICE FRANKE
music:          ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
CHUCK ROAST          KIRK SUDDREATH
JOYCE DAY         BILL DAY           SCOTT FIX

 OCTOBER 6
variety show:  presented by the students of THE MONARCH INSTITUTE

OCTOBER 16
film/conversation with directors:
‘Colores del Carnaval Dominican’
RUBEN DURAN      DONNA PINNICK

 OCTOBER 20
Climate change discussion and Q and A with students from Rice University and The University of Houston
speakers:      DR. DAN COHAN (Rice)
DR. BARRY LEFER (U of H)

 NOVEMBER 6
Pre-Columbian music and dance: ‘HueHuetl’
CE ACATI BORSEGUI              PATRICIA BORSEGUI
TOPILTZIN BORSEGUI

NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 9
opening reception for photography exhibit:
‘Domesticated Bactrian and Wild Camels of Mongolia’
BONNIE FOLKINS

 NOVEMBER 13
Annual Artery Showcase
music:          ANITA AYSOLA with ALAAP PARIKH
RICARDO RODRIGUEZ
SEAN WALTERS
MARK ZEUS
LEORA SALO

poetry:            JESSICA JOHNSON
EMANUELEE BEAN

NOVEMBER 20
Jazz Concert with HARRY SHEPPARD
BOB CHADWICK       DAVID CRAIG

DECEMBER 9
closing party for BONNIE FOLKINS photography exhibit

2010

JANUARY 16
Release party for Artery Media Project, Volumes One and Two

JANUARY 29
Radio interview with KPFT’s ‘Living Arts’ program

MARCH 21
concert: New York based singer/songwriter
JASON CONSOLACION
with RICHARD CHOLAKIAN            ZACK FOLEY
MATT FOSTER                       SHANNON RUNYON

 MARCH 22-24
Photography shoot with Artery life-drawing models
GEORGE KRAUSE

MARCH 26
film night hosted by Flamenco Poets Society
‘I, the Worst of All’ (1990) Yo, la peor de todas

 MARCH 27
Youth Benefit Concert for Houston Institute for Culture
featuring ‘Pistoleros de Tejas’
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ         BART MALONEY
NICK GAITAN                    RAJIV GROVER
JACK SCHULTZ

 APRIL 2
music:          ‘the Gypsies’
GREG HARBOR             KELLY LANCASTER
VLADIMIR KOTSIOURUBA      MIKE MIZMA
RICHARD SALDIVAR         JULIA OLIVEROS

APRIL 3
music:          ‘D.R.U.M.’ (Devine Rhythm Unified Motion)
FRANK ZWEBACK         ANURA NEYSADUM
ALAFIA GAIDI               NATHAN FAULK
with BIGGA STAAR

APRIL 9
music:          ‘Incense Merchants’
WILLIAM D. KELLEY               RAUL GOMEZ
ERIC SHUSTER               WILLIAM G. OSBORNE
BRAD WALKER

APRIL 15
music:             ‘Jay Simon Band’
JOSE ANTONIO SIMON         J.D. GUZMAN
DANIEL TAYLOR           ARTHUR FRISTOE
JOSHUA SCOTT SHEIMAN

APRIL 16
music:         ‘Poor Man’s Fortune’
KRISTEN JENSEN              SERGE LAINE
LARRY RONE

APRIL 20
40th Anniversary of Earth Day event
featured speaker DR. BARRY LEFER
interviewed by PATRICIA GREER         H.C. CLARK

 APRIL 23
music:          MARIE BROWN
with ‘FunkBank’
REGINALD HALL              Q.T.R.
QUINCY WHETSTONE

 APRIL 24
music:          LISA E. HARRIS
with  ABBY SEIBLE           RORY PABON
SHOLA IYIOLA        WENDY MTHEMBU
ROBERT BARILLAS

APRIL 30
music:      ‘Neutral Sister’ (KYRA NOONS)
with MR. BLACC SHEEP
ORVILLE ADAMS         CLIVE ADAMS
JEFF LEWIS            FRANKLIN JOHNSON
ALEX LESLIE            LEO A. MUNROE

MAY 1
music:        ‘Latin Carnaval’
EDWARD GRIGASSY          APRIL WHEAT
RODRIGO GAMBOA            REBECCA GERFIDA
MICHAEL MIZMA          VLADIMIR KOTSIOURUBA

MAY 22
music:        ‘Peekaboo Theory’
JAMES WHITECLOUD             FEDERICO BAIROSO
RAMON WAKEFIELD                DARION R. FLEMING
NATHAN MATTHEWS                ANTHONY PAYNE

JUNE 1
visiting speaker:  SWAMIJI SUDDHANANDA

JULY 9
music:        COLIN LAKE
with DON WILLIAMS

JULY 12
poetry:        Word Around Town Poetry Tour
LUPE MENDEZ             MARLON LIZAMA
OUTSPOKEN BEAN         TERESA JUAREZ
KOOL B                 MICHAEL HOERMAN
STEPHEN GROS               JESSIE NOEL
JASMINNE MENDEZ

SEPTEMBER 24
concert: New York based singer/songwriter
JASON CONSOLACION
with RICHARD CHOLAKIAN        ZACK FOLEY
MATT FOSTER                 LISA VIDAS

OCTOBER 2
Benefit for Pakistan Flood Relief co-hosted by NetIP Houston for the Hashoo Foundation
speaker:  Hashoo Executive Director CRISTAL MONTANEZ BAYLOR
music:     DAVID and CHANDRAKANTHA COURTNEY
music:                   ‘Neshan’
RAHEEL, RIZWAN, USMAN
music:                ‘They See Chaos’
JUSTIN D’SOUZA          IRFAN ISHAQ
UMER BUKHARI

OCTOBER 9
music:                 ‘The FunkBank’
QUENTIN T. RICHARDSON       REGINALD HALL
QUINCY WHETSTONE             BROCK GREEN

OCTOBER 13
music:          JENNIFER GRASSMAN
with JASON GREENBERG       FRANK M. SEDANO
music:           MICHELLE COWAN

OCTOBER 29
music:                   ‘Dovekins’
MAX BARCELOW          LAURA GOLDHAMER
STELTH ULVANA             BLAKER STEPAN
GRIFF SNYDER

NOVEMBER 5
music:       ARTHUR YORIA
music:        GARY SEBER

NOVEMBER 7
Cuban music:   ‘El Rectorado del Son’
CARLOS SANTOS NASH          RAMSES FIGUEROA
AGUSTIN SOCORRO-FU             ARTURO GELPI
DANY A. FANEGO ARIOSA

NOVEMBER 12
music:          KARINA NISTAL
LUIS DeLUNA              KAT KUPELIAN
PAUL VIELS               ROBERT LAMOS
NOE ESPINOSA          MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS

NOVEMBER 13
Annual Artery Benefit
music:           MICHAEL REX
LEE ALEXANDER
PAUL DeFATTA
GREGORY WALKER
poetry:     TINA B
EMANUELLE BEAN
MARLIN SYLVESTER

DECEMBER 11
Artery Year-End Party
exhibiting artist:  photogragher BEN DeSOTO

2009

FEBRUARY 27
benefit concert for Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez’ next China tour
music:     RICARDO SWEATT RODRIGUEZ
music:               ‘I Am Mesmer’
GEOFFREY MULLER              JO BIRD
KELLY DOYLE                 WILL VAN HORN
ROBERT ELLIS               HILARY SLOAN
MIKE WHITEBREAD           LUKAS ABERER

MARCH 5
reception for graduating artists from High School for Performing and Visual Arts
music:   BOB CHADWICK   DAVID CRAIG

MARCH 16
concert by Denver based group ‘Laura Goldhamer and the Silver Nail’
LAURA GOLDHAMER          MATT CASE
MACON TERRY              STELTH ULVARY
GRIFF SNYDER

APRIL 3
art opening for TARIK ABDUL-ALIM
music:              ‘Future Blondes’
DOMOKOS BENCZEOL         CHRIS CONES
RALF ARMIN KAETHNER          ERNESTINE E. FORBIS

music:                ‘Balaclavas’
BRIAN HARRISON          CHARLES PATRANELLA
TYLER MORRIS

APRIL 18
benefit for HOUSTON INSTITUTE for CULTURE Youth Programs
music:          from Kazakhstan, Trio Nazim
GULMIRA AMURTAYEVA   SAMOL SHAIKENOVA

music:           ‘Kayumanggi’ Pinoy Rock Band
KOY SEVERINO                   JIMI CLARK
TED JACELDO                     MARIO VELA
CHUY TERRAZAS                   JOYCE DAY
CARLOS MARQUINA               TORREY MERCER

APRIL 25
presentation/teach-in by
JunPo DENNIS KELLY, Abbbot of the Hollow Bones lay Zen order

MAY 15
‘Gypsy Dance Theatre’
KENNETH KNEZICK             KATHLEEN DENSON
ALLA SHARIY                   PRISCILLA RIVAS
ROBIN HOLLAND                KRISTEN JENSEN
TERRENCE KARN               DAVID ANDERSON

MAY 16
jazz concert
MICHELLE YOM and ROBERT PEARSON

music:            ‘Act of Nature’
JOHN ATLAS             MIKE G. SWITZER
DAN McMAHON

MAY 17
singer/songwriter night
from Washington DC, TOM GOSS
from Boston, ‘Sweet Wednesday’
LISA HOUSMAN          DAVE FALK

JUNE 23
Indian Music concert
SRINIVAS KOUMOUNDURI    CHANDRA COURTNEY
DAVID COURTNEY           BOB GOLDMAN
GUS BUSBY

JUNE 27
poetry night, curated by JESUS MACIAS
TERESA JUAREZ              ALTON BURNS
JEM MARSHALL             LEONCE E. HALL
TYSON DAVIS                 STEPHEN GROS
music by MAGGIE THERIOT MELENDEZ

JULY 19
Vietnamese-born singer/songwriter DAO STROM
with DARWIN SMITH and KEVIN FOX

AUGUST 1
poetry and music
Flamenco Poets Society presents:
‘Passages of Women and Flamenco Music’
DIANA X. MUNIZ
GIOCONDA MOJICA
LORENA B. FERNANDEZ
with Flamenco Guitarist RANDY CORDERO

AUGUST 21
film:  ‘Why We Fight’ by Eugene Jarecki

OCTOBER 2
singer/songwriter night curated by KEN GAINES
music:          RAY YOUNKIN
music:    ‘White Beets’  SAYLOR WHITE   MARK BEETS
music:     KEN GAINES and WAYNE WILKERSON

OCTOBER 3
Artery benefit curated by JEFF ABRAMS
music:          RICARDO SWEATT RODRIGUES
music:                   ‘Constant Billy’
EMILY STANDISH      BILL GALBRAITH
music:                   MARGARET SIMPSON
poetry:         JASMINNE MENDEZ        LUPE MENDEZ

OCTOBER 13
Jazz performance and video premiere party
BOB CHADWICK     DAVID CRAIG

OCTOBER 15
Dance performance and video premiere party
‘Gypsy Dance Theatre’
KENNETH KNEZICK             KATHLEEN DENSON
ALLA SHARIY                  PRISCILLA RIVAS
ROBIN HOLLAND                KRISTEN JENSEN
DAVID ANDERSON                  LUKE HOLT

OCTOBER 23
benefit for ARTreach and the Fletcher Downs Musical Scholarship
music:          ‘The Hand-Me-Downs’
HERMAN KLUGE                BARNET LEVINSON
TIM GRIFFITH                 RICHARD GAUDETTE

OCTOBER 29
Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble film
screeing of:        ‘Get Outside’

NOVEMBER 1
Indian Music concert
DAVID COURTNEY      GIRIKALAMANGALAM
SAMHITA SUNYA              ISWARI S.
CHANDRA KANTHA COURTNEY

NOVEMBER 3
from Portsmouth, UK, acoustic musician CLAUDE BOURBON

NOVEMBER 6
‘Space City Gamelan’
AARON HERMES             CHUCK ROAST
CHANDLER SMITH          YVONNE KENDALL
ANKAH S. HAGAKORE           KENNY PEAKE
DANNY MAUER

NOVEMBER 7
master percussionist from Uzbekistan     ABBOS KOSIMOV
with RAJA BANGA        AARON HERMES

NOVEMBER 11
presentation/teach-in by
JunPo DENNIS KELLY, Abbbot of the Hollow Bones lay Zen order

NOVEMBER 13
memorial poetry reading for Rafael Renteria
curated by WILL WARE
readers/poets:    TRACEY LYLE             MARCEL MURPHY
WILL WARE             REBECCA JOHNSON
TAMARA NICHOL-SMITH      MICHAEL KAHLIL TAYLOR

NOVEMBER 14
‘Fiesta Flamenca’ presented by The Flamenco Poets Society
and Soniquete Flamenco Dance Company
dancers:   ANA de la PEZA     ALEXANDRA D. SIMMONS
Flamenco guitarist:        RANDY CORDERO
cantaor:                       PACO GARRIGUES
percussionist                  ALEX NICHOLAS

NOVEMBER 17
film night with directors
ASHLEY SABIN and DAVID REDMON
film:    ‘Invisible Girlfriend”

NOVEMBER 21
‘Lucia & Valdemar Musical Ensemble’
VALDEMAR PHOENIX         LUCIA RODRIGUEZ-SANCHEZ
GARRETT KING            MARIA DOLORES ALEGRE
AARON HERMES

NOVEMBER 24
music:          ‘The Presidents’
KOY SEVERINO                   CEASAR B. JACELDO
THEODORICO JACELDO             ROMMEL ECLARINAL
RAAYMUNDO B. JACELDO            OLIVER ECLARINAL
music:          IRA PEREZ

NOVEMBER 28
concert: New York based singer/songwriter
JASON CONSOLACION
with RICHARD CHOLAKIAN       ZACK FOLEY
LISA CONCOLACION

DECEMBER 17
film screening to coincide with Copenhagen summit
ACID TEST – The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
              long-distance question and answer session with editor
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
narrated by Sigourney Weaver
directors:  Tristan Bayer and Daniel Hinerfeld
producers:  Daniel Hinerfeld and Erin Kiley
editor:  Christopher S. Johnson
director of photography:  Tristan Bayer

2008

JANUARY 16
film and discussion:    ‘Mardi Gras Indians’
presented by Houston Institute for Culture and Zulu Connection

JANUARY 17
performance:    ‘Mardi Gras Indians’
SHAKA ZULU                NA’IMAH ZULU
JUDD MASON                BROTHA T
SARAUNIYCE ZULU      ERIC BUNT

FEBRUARY 16
roast for community activist JACK VALINSKI
emcee:      ANDRES PEREIRA
roasters:        RAY HILL            ANNISE PARKER
SUE LOVELL         DALTON DeHART
JENNIFER RENE POOLE

MAY 1
part one    Traditional Navajo flute music: ORLANDO SECATERO
part two               ‘Luminosity’ (Fire Twirlers)
NOAH MAUDLIN          DAVID PRUITT
SHANNON PRUITT
accompanied by drummers from ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
CHUCK ROAST          KIRK SUDDREATH
JOYCE DAY                 BILL DAY

MAY 2
concert of experimental music:
JACOB BARTON          BEN GROW
DAVID SEDGWICK      MARJORIE GERE

MAY 3
‘Gypsy Dance Theatre’
KENNETH KNEZICK          KATHLEEN DENSON
ALLA SHARIY              PRISCILLA RIVAS
ROBIN HOLLAND            KRISTEN JENSEN
DAVID ANDERSON

MAY 17
Benefit for KPFT 90.1FM
singer/songwriter/humorist:   ROY ZIMMERMAN

MAY 22
movie night: presented by The Houston Institute for Culture
film:         ‘Argentina: Turning Around’
film:  ‘The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil’

MAY 29
Jazz concert
BOB CHADWICK                DAVID CRAIG

JUNE 8
Open House and Film Event for AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON
provided for recent graduates of CAMP HOPE

SEPTEMBER 13
Hurricane Ike: reconstruction of space begins

SEPTEMBER 26
Presidential debate viewing party

OCTOBER 1
weekly life-drawing sessions resume after Hurricane Ike

OCTOBER 2
Vice-presidential debate viewing party

OCTOBER 19
Environmental Film Series, presented by Houston Institute for Culture
film:       ‘The Water Front’

OCTOBER 21
Environmental Film Series, presented by Houston Institute for Culture
film:        ‘Everything’s Cool’

OCTOBER 24
Vaudevillian Variety Show
curated by JENNIFER SCHLITT
ADRIAN WALTER             ROXANNA KELLER
DAMARIS HAVILAND           IAN JOHNSON
DANIEL FOX                  JENNIFER SCHLITT
AMBER BROWN                  DIEHL MORAN
DAVID MACEJKA                DAVID FLOWERS
SARAH SCOGIN                   JIM HANCOCK

OCTOBER 25
Fiesta Flamenca, presented by Flamenco Poets Society
featuring Flamenco guitarist RANDY CORDERO
and Soniquete Flamenco Dance Company
ANA DE LA PEZA                  ALEXANDRA SIMMONS
SIANEY MONTES DE OCA              SANDRA MUNOZ
Flamenco guitarist:    JEREMIAS GARCIA
Cantaora:    IRMA ‘A PALOMA’

OCTOBER 26
Environmental Film Series, presented by Houston Institute for Culture
film:       ‘Black Diamonds’

OCTOBER 28
Environmental Film Series, presented by Houston Institute for Culture
film:     ‘King Corn’

NOVEMBER 4
Election Party

NOVEMBER 13
Jazz Concert
BOB CHADWICK                 DAVID CRAIG
ANDREW LIENHARD             DAVID PARKER

 NOVEMBER 20
Jazz Concert
KRISTINE MILLS
with:
KEN WARD                    MIKE WHEELER
BOB CHADWICK                 DAVID CRAIG

NOVEMBER 25
The Boo Show theater group presents:
‘Vaudeville For Your Maudeville’
LUCAS GORHAM                RYAN CHAVEZ
PHIL HAYS                KATHARINE BOYETTE
KEVEN TAYLOR                JUSTIN DUNFORD
AARON JACKSON              RACHEL TOOMBS
CORY DERDEN             MICHAEL CAVANAUGH

DECEMBER 5
Variety Show: hosted by JEFFREY ABRAMS
steel drums:      EMANIAH SHINAR
with JAMES SMITH         EUGENE HOWARD
ASHLEY BOGAERTS
environmental speaker:         PATRICIA GREER
music:               TONY HENRY
spoken word:    DINA MAHSHI   ELTON McWASHINGTON
storyteller:            ALICE EVERGREEN
music:          JEFF ABRAMS  and  TONY ASCH
storyteller:            MANNING MPINDUZI-MOTT
experimental music: ‘Room 101′ ROBERTO EYNATTEN

DECEMBER 7
Variety Show
steel drums:      EMANIAH SHINAR
with BIG AL and ASHLEY BOGAERTS
dance:                 PAOLA GEORGUDIS
with  JEFF ABRAMS  and  TONY ASCH
poetry:         ALLEN MURPHY        STEPHEN GROS
KAREN ANTONE            CEDRIC ARY
drawing exhibit:  BOB WEIR       GARRETT MIDDAUGH
AUSTIN MCLURE

2007

FEBRUARY 1
Peruvian Amazon Not For Sale!
speaker event and video screening for Amazon Watch
speakers:        LILY LaTORRE-LOPEZ
WASHINGTON BOLIVAR
ROBERT GUIMARAES VASQUEZ
mediator:        LEILA SALAZAR-LOPEZ
film:          ‘Death in Zion” by ADAM GOLDSTEIN

FEBRUARY 18
multimedia teach-in and seminar regarding proposed I-69 corridor

FEBRUARY 20
‘Stop the Dirty Coal Plants!’ sponsored by Rainforest Action Network
planning seminar for protesting Dallas based utility company’s
proposals to build many coal plants with outdated ‘dirty’ technology

MARCH 25
singer/songwriter showcase coordinated by KEN GAINES
KEN GAINES      KAREN MAL
BILL WARD      WAYNE WILKERSON

MARCH 29
instrumentalist:    RICARDO SWEATT RODRIGUES
Irish/Celtic/Folk:            ‘Constant Billy’
EMILY STANDISH      BILL GALBRAITH

APRIL 1
songwriter:           DAVID ROVICS
music/political satire:         ‘Prince Myshkins’
RICK BURKHARDT      ANDY GRICEVICH

APRIL 6
rock concert:          ‘Flight of the Whooping Cranes’
CHRIS GILLEN            STEVE ETTLING
SEAN O’BOYLE             TONY RUSSELL

APRIL 14
teach-in for PATCHAMAMA
day-long seminar regarding plight of Amazon

APRIL 14
punk/rock/rockabilly concert:      ‘The Hates’
CHRISTIAN ARNHEITER         DAVE DEVIANT
JOEL MORA

APRIL 20
concert:          ‘Sons of Peaches’
FRANK MEYER               MARVIN DYKHUIS
OLIVER STECK

MAY 5
‘Music Beyond Borders’ presents World Music Festival
hosted by the World Music Show on KPFT 90.1 fm

CHINA:          ‘Fun’s Cantonese Opera Academy’
PALESTINE:    MOHAMMED RASHED, Palestinian flute with dancers
IRAN:           ‘Chakavek Music Ensemble’, classical music
CAMEROON:                    KANGSEN WAKAI, poet
INDIA and PAKISTAN:  DAVID and CHANDRA COURTNEY and friends

MAY 8
Amazon Watch event
speakers:     TOMAS MAYNAS CARIJANO
PATRICIA GUALINGA
ANDRES SANDI MUCUSHUA
PETRONILA CHUMPI

MAY 10
concert:            MICHAEL YOUNG

MAY 13
speaker and film screening:         RAY HILL
film:        ‘The Prison Show; a Documentary’

MAY 25
concert:           ‘Free Radicals’
NICK COOPER              PETER SULLIVAN
ILEA HENDERSON           JASON JACKSON
THEO BIJARRO          CHRISTOPHER HOWARD
dancer:          JOSIANNE MPWO

JUNE 14
concert:         REG MEUROSS

AUGUST 13
radio interview with KPFT’s ‘Living Arts’ program

AUGUST 16
HoustonPBS debut of TV Program ARTERY MEDIA PROJECT
Episode ONE – 10:30pm, Episode TWO – 11:00pm
(KUHT channel 8)
Accompanied by HOUSTON CHRONICLE article

AUGUST 25
music:            NEIL C. YOUNG

SEPTEMBER 22
concert:          ‘Rattletree Marimba’
JOEL LAVIOLETTE
with GREGORY RADCLIFFE     SEAN ZIEGLER
JOSHUA CUTSHALL     CARSON BANKE

OCTOBER 5
theater presentation:      ‘365 Plays in 365 Days’
produced by:          MIKE SWITZER and Ornery Theater group
grass roots theater project of short plays by Suzan Lori-Parks                

OCTOBER 27
wedding ceremony: KATE RYBKA and RICK BRENNAN

NOVEMBER 1
film and discussion:  ‘Berkeley in the Sixties’
host:           LEO GOLD
sonsored by Leo Gold’s ‘New Capital Show’ on KPFT

NOVEMBER 2
benefit for ARTERY MEDIA PROJECT
music:       ‘Constant Billy’ with KRISTIN JENSEN

NOVEMBER 3
theater presentation:  ‘365 Plays in 365 Days’
produced by:         AUTUMN KNIGHT
grass roots theater project of short plays by Suzan Lori-Parks
sponsored by the Alley Theater

NOVEMBER 9
music:    ‘Orents Stiner and the Spirit Noise’
FLETCHER STAFFORD          PABLO LOCO
BRIAN MOORE             SHAWNE MOORE
BRIAN BALDWIN           THOMAS BONNER
music:           ‘Defenestration Unit’
MIKE SWITZER           KIRK SUDDREATH
J. CHARLES EBERSBAKER        JEFF MILLER
JOHN DUBOIS                JIM OTTERSON

NOVEMBER 10
Latin music:          ‘Quartus’
PATTI GRAS       FERNANDO LEDEHUS
GONZALO QUISBERT

NOVEMBER 17
Native American Film Festival event sponsored by the American Indian Genocide Museum
short films:           ‘The Myth of Discovery’
‘Simple Similarities’        by PHILOMENA SALEM
short film:         ‘Lakota Voices in the 21st Century’
speaker:               RUSSELL MEANS
traditional Lakota music:      ‘The Lone Star Drum’

NOVEMBER 19
Irish bagpipe concert:         ‘Tartanic’

NOVEMBER 20
art opening and exhibit from Oaxaca 
featured artists from ‘Asar-O’ arts collective

2006

FEBRUARY 11
photography exhibit, poetry and music celebrating: ‘Beautiful Side of Ugly’
a book featuring photography by JASON WOODS
and poetry by ERIC BLAYLOCK (‘EQUALITY’)
music:       ‘Osman Five’

FEBRUARY 12
fundraiser and movie for the HOUSTON SOCIAL FORUM
music:             BARTON ‘Kingbaby’ BOYCE
speakers:   HEATHER SMITH       JENNIFER ROOKS
film:           ‘Argentina: Hope in Hard Times’

FEBRUARY 19
author:        DANIEL QUINN
speaking with study groups for his novel, ‘Ishmael’

MARCH 4
fundraiser for Harris County Young Democrats
poets:             MICHAEL KAHLIL             MARIE BROWN
painting exhibit:         KATE MATTHEISEN

MARCH 30
reading and fundraiser for:
‘Plan B’, a new play by CRYSTAL JACKSON

APRIL 9
concert and fundraiser for Harris County Young Democrats
musician:            DAVID ROVICS
poets:   ROBERT CLARK      DR JOHN GORMAN       MARIE BROWN

APRIL 13
benefit for Voices Breaking Boundaries
guest speaker:         DAVID BARSAMIAN

 APRIL 24
Amazonian Leaders Speak Out!
hosted by Amazon Watch and Amnesty International
speakers:    ERMERGILDO CRIOLLO        RITA MALDONADO
moderator/translator:       LEILA SALAZA-LOPEZ
film:            ‘ChevronTexaco on Trial’
photo exhibit: ‘Crude Reflections: ChevronTexaco’s Rainforest Legacy’

MAY 5
benefit for ‘Cherish Our Children International’
host:         PATTI GRAS
music:              ‘Moodafaruka’
ROM RYAN        MARY ANN WILLIS       KATJA GRIMM
ARLANUS CHIMNEY                CHRIS HOWARD
painting exhinit:   GARRETT MIDDAUGH

MAY 6
music:                 ‘Bluerunner’
MARK MEAUX      WILL GOLDEN           ADRIAN HUVAL
CAL STEVENSON           FRANK KINCEL

MAY 8
Amazonian Leaders Speak Out!
hosted by Amazon Watch
speakers:     DOMINGO ANKUASH
JOSE GUALINGA
moderator/translator:     LEILA SALAZA-LOPEZ
film:             ‘Conoco at the Crossroads’

MAY 26
film screening:    ‘Flight from Death: the Quest for Immortality’
by PATRICK SHEN and GREG BENNICK

JUNE 15
Open Dialogue on Education
hosted by:     THE REAL SCHOOL
panel discussion and workshops

JUNE 16
benefit for ARTERY MEDIA PROJECT
screening of edited Artery footage of performances

JUNE 23
EIGHTH ANNUAL SOUTHERN GIRLS CONVENTION
day long workshops, panel discussions, seminars
music:         SARAH GOLDEN

JULY 11
Gian Carlomenotti’s ‘The Medium’   (English opera)
Monica:              AMANDA CONLEY
Toby:                   TODD TREBOUR
Madame Flora:     DANIELLE WRIGHT
Mrs Gobineau:      LYNELLE ROWLEY
Mr Gobineau:      ANDREW BROADAWAY
Mrs Nolan:           VALERIE ROGOTZKE
accompanist:       STEPHEN MORRIS
stage manager and costumes:   BECKY BROWN

AUGUST 29
video screening with guest filmmaker CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
editor for Sierra Club Chronicles segments
‘9/11 FORGOTTEN HEROES’
‘RANGE WARS RAGE ON’

SEPTEMBER 24
singer/songwriters:
FRANK MEYER
KAREN MAL
drawing exhibit:      CHONG OK MATTHEWS

OCTOBER 7
event for candidate ELLEN COHEN,
State Representative House District 134
music:                 ‘Sugar Bayou’
APRIL RAPIER          BOB OLDREIVE
PAUL KITECK         ROBERT KNETSCH

OCTOBER 8
Houston Poetry Fest
‘Poetry Out of Bounds’
hosted by Dee Ann Bongiovanni and Tina Cardona

 OCTOBER 13
film screening; ‘The Ground Truth – the Human Cost of War’
presented by MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAK OUT

OCTOBER 20
benefit for ARTERY MEDIA PROJECT
screening of edited Artery footage of performances

2005

 FEBRUARY 24
benefit for:  ‘Progressive Action Alliance’

FEBRUARY 25
film screening:  ‘After Twilight’
discussion with the director:  GARY WATSON

 MARCH 8
photography exhibit for: ‘Ripley House Project’

MARCH 22
panel discussion:  ‘MEDIA and the WAR’
participants:
DR GARTH JOWETT, Dept Chair-Media Studies, University of Houston
DR BOB BUZZANCO, Professor of History, University of Houston
HARVEY RICE, journalist, Houston Chronicle

 MARCH 25
panel discussion:  ‘Seperation of Church and State’
participants:
DR SHERRA THEISEN, University of St Thomas
CHARLOTTE COFFELT, Americans United for
Separation of Church and State
GARY WATSON, filmmaker

MARCH 26
film:    ‘BHOPAL, the Search for Justice’
panelists:
NISHANT JAIN, International Campaign for Justice
in Bhopal and The Association for India’s Development
JUAN PARRAS, Outreach Coordinator for the Thurgood Marshall
Law School’s Environmental Justice Center
DIANNE WILSON, Long-time Environmental & Worker Rights Activist
BRANDT MANNCHEN, Sierra Club, Houston – Chairperson Air
Quality Committee

MARCH 27
reading and book signing:  MANIZA NAQVI
Pakistani novelist on the topic of torture
novel:           ‘Stay with Me’
organized by Voices Breaking Boundaries
music:           ‘Kayumanggi’

APRIL 3
‘Avante Garden’ Fashion Show
designers:      KYLE FU          TARIK KAREEM
DEVLYN TAN       EVELYN SARABIA

APRIL 8
benefit for Houston Peace and Justice Center
comedian and songwriter DAVE LIPPMAN

APRIL 21
music and poetry showcase
music:        singer/songwriter SARAH GOLDEN
poetry/music:   ‘Secret Beat Society’
curated by ALEX WUKMAN
poets:   MIKE McGUIRE      KOOL B       LIZ KEITH
LYRIC OSIRIS     ALEX WUKMAN
music:        members of  ‘Medicine Show’ and ‘Libra 3’

APRIL 22
music:     (bluegrass/folk duet)    ‘Still on the Hill’
KELLY MULHOLLAN            DONNA STERNA

APRIL 23
music:  ‘Quartus’
PATTI GRAS         FERNANDO LEDEZMA
GONZALO QUJSBERT     MIQUEL ESPINOZA

APRIL 28
Fundraiser for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
War photography exhibit/film
exhibit:     Iraq war images for possible purchase for the museum
film:         ‘War Photographer’, directed by Jim Natchwey

APRIL 29
Indian sitar master
PANDIT ATMARAM SHARMA with DAVID COURTNEY
music:      PANDIT and DAVID joined by
SRINIVAS KOUMOUNDURI        BOB GOLDMAN
GUS BUSBY

MAY 11
‘Visual Artists Speak’
ARTCAR PARADE artists GRACE KELLY and CHARLES LASTER
from Kentucky and Houston artist CHE RICKMAN
co-sponsored by Houston Institute for Culture and
KTRU, Rice University Radio

MAY 27
traditional Indian music:
GEETANADAM ARUN    NALINI MUKHOPADHYAY MADHURI
SANJEEV VASUDEVAN        AJAY BALASUBRAMANYAM
music:  ‘Space City Gamelon’
GAROT WINANDAR            ADAM BUTERO
DANNY MAUER        R. GABRIEL VILLALOBOS
ARACELI CAMACHO            CHUCK ROAST
JENIFER GILLESPIE-MALONE
poet:          MICHAEL KAHLIL TAYLOR

JUNE 18
BIOREGIONAL CONFERENCE co-sponsored by Houston Sustainability Solutions
speakers:    CATH CONLAN         MARK ILLIAN     PAT GREER
SHAWN McFARLAND         BOB RANDALL

 JULY 17
folk music:  TOM NEILSEN
Pastors for Peace Tour

SEPTEMBER 9
teach-in for Texas death row inmate FRANCES NEWTEN
speakers:      GLORIA RUBAC      HITAJI AZIZ

OCTOBER 6
25th anniversary Celebration for Houston Poetry Fest
hosts:      CAROL COTTEN and CHUCK WEMPLE

OCTOBER 27
Mothers from CHIAPAS benefit
films:   ‘Women United’ (Chiapas Media Project)
‘Libre Comercio’

NOVEMBER 4
benefit for ‘Theatre Collide’
performers:  TROY SHIELD             STEVEN JAMAIL
ANGELIE De LOS SANTOS         LYNDSEY SWEENEY
NICHOLAS COLLINS      ERIC MOTA      HOLLAND VAUTA

NOVEMBER 11
New Orleans Jazz concert to benefit Katrina musicians and
Cherish Our Children International
music:     DWAYNE BURNS JAZZ TRIO

NOVEMBER 13
dinner and film screening for: Houston Social Forum
music:        RICARDO SWEATT RODRIQUEZ
film:            ‘Rumble in Mumbai’

NOVEMBER 15
panel discussion:
‘The Best Government Money can Buy’
co-sponsored by Harris County Young Democrats
speakers:     State Representatives SCOTT HOCHBERG
JESSICA FERRAR            RICK NORIEGA
music:           ‘Sky Blue 72’
FRANK ZWEBACK            JESSICA ZWEBACK
DAVIS JUMPES

NOVEMBER 20
film screening for Progressive Action Alliance
‘WalMart- the High Cost of Low prices’
directed by ROBERT GREENWALD

DECEMBER 13
party and film screening for Montrose Area Democrats
re-screening of ‘WalMart- the High Cost of Low prices’

2004

JANUARY 8
Houston Blues Society presents:  THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #4)
artist:  The MIGHTY ORQ
band:       MATT JOHNSON      JESSICA WILL

FEBRUARY 12
Houston Blues Society presents:  THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #5)
OSCAR PERRY

FEBRUARY 28
Benefit for Harris County Young Democrats video screening and concert
video:  AL GORE, global warming speech for MoveOn.org
band:  ‘Igneous Rock’
BILL PATRIDGE        SCOTT FIX       JAMES MARTINEZ
JOYCE MARTINEZ            BILL DAY

FEBRUARY 29
FOTOFEST 2004 film screening and panel discussion in collaboration with Voices Breaking Boundaries:
panelists:  JIM BLACKBURN        CHANDRIKA RAMANUJAM
film:  ‘Drowned Out, We Can’t Wish Them Away’
directed by FRANNY ARMSTRONG, India, 2002

MARCH  11
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #6)
artist:  ‘SONNY BOY’ TERRY
band:  BRIAN SCARDINO             BILL ALLISON
LITTLE RAY YBARRA

MARCH 18
Harris County Young Democrats teach-in and film screening
speaker:   DR. BOB BUZZANCO, University of Houston Professor of History
on, ‘Vietnam and Iraq, a Legacy of Deceit’
film:          ‘Of Hearts and Minds’

MARCH 24
Harris County Young Democrats teach-in and film screening
speaker:    HARVEY RICE, Houston Chronicle journalist,
on the media and his experience during the beginning of the Iraq war
film:   ‘Uncovered: the Whole Truth about the Iraq War’
directed by Robert Greenwald

APRIL 7
CD Release Party and Concert for: ‘Traveler’
CAROL BURRUS              CHARLIE BURRUS
ANDREW BLACK                 LUIGI BAI
HERMAN KLUGE

APRIL 8
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #7)
artist:  SANDY HICKEY
band:   TONY STEWART       JOHN MORRIS
JON COMETTA

APRIL 10
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION
curated by:   NGOZI HAYDELL      EUGENE FONEY
featurer readers:        LORENZO THOMAS
OBIDIKE KAMAU                AMENHOTEP BENIN
NGOZI HAYDELL                  TISH BENSON

APRIL 17
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH CELEBRATION
A Pablo Neruda Centary Reading
(Part of a worldwide celebration of the late Chilean poet Pablo Neruda)
organized by:  ROBERT CLARK
featuring:         CRAIG BERTUGLIA       TINA CARDONA
MARY MARGARET CARLISLE       ROBERT CLARK         SUSAN ELLIS
LARRY L. FONTENOT           DONNA GARRETT     SHARON GOODWIN
JOHN GORMAN            JOYCE POUNDS HARDY    LINDA KOFFELL
MICHAEL LIEBERMAN               RICH LEVY            CARLOS MARQUINA
JULIO MARQUINA              DAN RIFENBURGH         GARY S. ROSIN
MICHAEL SOFRANKO           CLINT SPENCER           NGOZI HAYDELL
MARTHA MARGARITA TAMEZ

APRIL 18
film screening and discussion:
‘Tree-Sit: the Art of Political Persuasion’

APRIL 29
benefit concert for state representative candidate JIM DOUGHERTY
music:  JEFF ABRAMS and TONI ASCH
music:  ‘Constant Billy’
BILL GALBRAITH               EMILY STANDISH
KIM KNUDSEN                RUSSELL FORY

MAY 8
benefit for: CANTEYUKE Inc.
a Texas non-profit corporation benefiting the
Lakota Nation of the Rosebud Reserve, SD.
traditional Lakota ceremonial music:
‘Lone Star Drum’
LEX LENTSCHKE       JAY HARRY         TODD COWAN
SEAN CASEY      TOM THREATT III       JOYCE DAY

MAY 20
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES  (concert #8)
artist:  MILTON HOPKINS

MAY 23
benefit for Voices Breaking Boundaries
film screening: ‘Houston Artists and Dissent’ by Laura Harrison
panel discussion:
WENDY WATRISS                MARLON PERLA
DENISE RAMOS            ERIC BLAYLOCK ‘EQUALITY’
LAURA HARRISON
poetry:      ‘EQUALITY’
music:      ‘Mock Run’
DENISE RAMOS    CHAD COLEHOWER
music: ‘Quantum 5’
JOEL PEREZ         LUCAS GORHAM
ANTHONY GARZA      KERRY MELONSON     JASON JACKSON

MAY 26
panel discussion:    ‘Women in Houston Politics’
Houston City Controller:  ANNISE PARKER
City Council Member:  CAROL ALVARADO

JUNE 17
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES  (concert #9)
artist:  TRUDY LYNN
band:   I.J. GOSEY               LEE RAY JONES
ELBERT STEWART          JAMIE FRANKLIN

JULY 8
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES  (concert #10)
artist:  LEONARD ‘Low Down’ BROWN
band:   CHAZ NADEGE               JOSEPH VALLIER
DEBORAH D. FISHER            ANN C. BROWN

JULY 24
film screening and movie
film:       ” ‘RAQ ‘EM”       by JAMES MOORE
movie:    ‘OUTFOXED’ directed by ROBERT GREENWALD

AUGUST 5
film and discussion
guest speaker:  BEENA SARWAR
topic:  Dissenting Voices in Pakistan
presented by: People for Progressive Radio and Voices Breaking Boundaries

AUGUST 12
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES      (concert #11)
artist:  JEWEL BROWN
band:  I.J. GOSEY                LEE RAY JONES
ELBERT STEWART         JAMIE FRANKLIN

AUGUST 14
art opening for Louisiana sculptor : BILL WOLFF

AUGUST 25
benefit for Harris County Young Democrats
music:  ‘Space City Gamelon’
GAROT WINANDAR            THOMAS SUTHERLAND
DANNY MAUER            R. GABRIEL VILLALOBOS
ARACELI CAMACHO                BILL DAY

music:  ‘Free Radicals’
THOMAS SUTHERLAND      GATOT WINANDAR
CHRIS HOWARD           PETER SULLIVAN
HENRY DANAGH           JASON JACKSON
NICK COOPER

SEPTEMBER 6
GREENPEACE benefit

SEPTEMBER 9
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #12)
artist:  ‘MEAN’ GENE KELTON and the Diehards
with MONICA MARIE
band:     SIDNEY MAXWELL        CURTIS CRAIG

SEPTEMBER 16
discussion and book signing
speaker:        author JUSTIN FRANK M.D.,
‘Bush on the Couch, Inside the Mind of the President’

SEPTEMBER 18
Filipino Celebration
music:  traditional Chinese instrumentation
XIAO HUA          YUAN HUA
music:  ‘Kayumanggi’, Pinoy rock band
KOKOY SEVERINO            TED JACELDO
RAY JACELDO              TORRY MERCER
BEY MARIO CHANG              SHAAKIR
JIMI CLARK             CARLOS MARQUINA
JOYCE DAY                PAULA ANICETE
short  films:
‘Liitle Brown Man’     by HOWIE SEVERINO
‘Desconocidos’        by ROMMEL ECLARINAL
“Boyet’s Derby”        by OLIVER ECLARINAL

SEPTEMBER 23
film and discussion with filmmaker
film:  ‘Liberty Bound’ by CHRISTINE ROSE

SEPTEMBER 30
Presidential Debate Viewing Party benefit for HARRIS COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS
speakers: state representative candidate JIM DOUGHERTY
candidate for congress JOHN MARTINEZ

OCTOBER 2
benefit for HARRIS COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS
speaker: state representative GARNETT COLEMAN
music:  Classical Indian Music
SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI       DAVID COURTNEY
BOB GOLDMAN                GUS BUSBY

OCTOBER 3
Houston Poetry Fest 2004, ‘Poetry Out of Bounds’
hosted by:  DEBORAH HENSEL

OCTOBER 6
reading and booksigning, ‘Crude, the Story of Oil’
author:  SONIA SHAH

OCTOBER 7
performance art, poetry and book signing
author, performance artist:   KENT EVANS
reading from book, ‘Malas Ondas’ with Dj KIENYO TIMOTHE
poetry/spoken word:        AARON TRUM
E.K. KEITH

OCTOBER 9
Transform Columbus Day Event curated by JOYCE DAY
‘cantos for familia’:       DAWN DANCY    BERTRUM E. SAMPLES
oral presentation:            TORRY MERCER
performance piece:        BABA ALAAFIA IFALADE
women’s Shaker songs:
CHLOE DeHOYOS            LEAH LUCUS
JOYCE DAY               CRYSTAL COKER

traditional Lakota music: ‘Lone Star Drum’
SEAN CASEY                     W.T. BRYANT
J. TODD COWAN                 LEX LENTSCHKE
MAX BURTON                  W. TOM THWEATT
ANNE MARIE THWEATT              JAY HARRY

OCTOBER 13
Presidential Debate Viewing Party
benefit for HARRIS COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATS
speaker:   candidate for congress RICHARD MORRISON

OCTOBER 14
reading and booksigning, ‘Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and
the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate’
author:              ROBERT BRYCE
music:             ‘Necessary Tension’
BOB CHADWICK       DAVID CRAIG        KEITH KARNACKY

OCTOBER 19
film and discussion:
‘Senorita Extraviada’, directed by LOURDES PORTILLO
subect:           Juarez femicide

NOVEMBER 8
film screenings for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, commemorating
artist and filmmaker ROBERY FRANK
‘Pull My Daisy’, 1959 and ‘This Song for Jack’, 1982

NOVEMBER  11
Memorial reading for Pulitzer Prize winning poet
DONALD JUSTICE
curated by:         DANIEL RIFENBURG
poets:     CYNTHIA MACDONALD    JENNIFER GROTZ
ROBERT PHILLIPS          RICH LEVY
EVA SKRANDE        RANDALL WATSON
MICHAEL SOFRANKO      DANIEL RIFENBURG

NOVEMBER 18
film screenings for Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, commemorating
artist and filmmaker ROBERY FRANK
‘Sanyu’, 1999 and ‘Home Improvements’, 1985

DECEMBER 2
reading and teach-in by author and activist
DAVID SOLNIT
book:  ‘Globalize Liberation, How to Uproot the System
and Build a Better World’

2003

JANUARY 9
Harris County Greens Party teach-in
film screening: ‘Hidden Wars of Desert Sorm’
guest speaker:        RICK BRENNAN

JANUARY 11
Fashion Show for designer KENNETH JR. NICHOLSEN

FEBRUARY 13
panel discussion:      ‘Its Just War’*
panelists:
FR. BRENDAN PELPHREY       PRESBYTERA SHARON PELPHREY
WENDY WATRISS                       SISSY FARENTHOLD
AMJAD CHRISTOPHER NAJJAR              CHARLES IRVINE
DAVID COURTNEY                          RICK BRENNAN
sound engineer, recording:                        BILL DAY

*(Excerpts from this event aired nationally on the Pacifica
Radio Network program ‘PeaceWatch’ on March 4th, 2003)

MARCH 15
Houston Storytellers Guild present: ‘Night of Celtic Sories’curated by BRIAN HEROD

 MARCH 29
benefit for: UNICEF: AFGHANISTAN CHILDRENS’ RELIEF
musicians and songwriters:
SEAN and REBECCA WALDON     CHUCK ROAST         BILL DAY
JUNE BURTON              TIM GRIFFITH       LAURIE WARE
JEFF ABRAHMS           TORRY MERCER       KOY SEVERINO
JO BIRD                 DEBRA BROWN        JERRY OCHOA
MARGARET LEJEUNE

poets:          CLINT SPENCER          JOHN SEIMSSEN
STELLA BRICE         KAREGA HAKIETANA

speakers:   JACKIE MEDINA (UNICEF)     WALTER BIRDWELL
RICK BRENNAN

video projections:      SCOTT SAINI

APRIL 13
benefit for:  UNICEF: IRAQI CHILDREN’S RELIEF
music:  PETER ‘MADCAT’ RUTH
music:  SANGOSVEMI ISALADE
performance:  JEANY ‘MAMALUNA’ WALKER

APRIL 23
Harris County Young Democrats – teach-in and film screening
film:    ‘The Best Democracy Money Can Buy’
by GREG PALAST
panel:        MARK CAMPOS         TERRY O’ROURKE
GERRY BIMBERG        JASON BEHRMAN
MAY 31
benefit for:
‘Harris County Women’s Political Caucus
music:  ‘Traveler’
CAROL BURRUS         CHARLIE BURRUS
ANDREW BLACK              LUIGI BAI
HOWARD HENDRIX         HERMAN KLUGE
poets:      STELLA BRICE       BETH HOLLINGSWORTH
visual art exhibit:
SHARON WILLCUTTS        DEBBIE RIDDLE
CHONG OK MATHEWS       JOAN LAUGHLIN
MARILYN BAUTISTA

JUNE 8
film screening and discussion:
‘Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death’
(Atlantic Celtic Films, directed and produced by Jamie Doran)
organized by Houston Coalition for Justice Not War

JUNE 19
Houston Playback Theater
‘personal stories brought to life in live interactive theater’
ESTEBAN GAGO      LESLIE GUANA          DUSTIN PARKS
DIANA STILES      DAYNA KNEELAND     RICHARD STILES

JUNE 21
Houston Storytellers Guild presents: ‘Stories from the Edge’
LINDA BEFELD       ALICE EVERGREEN         BRIAN HEROD
BETH HOLLINGSWORTH       SITA LEWIS         SCOTT WILSON

JUNE 25
Harris County Young Democrats – panel discussion and celebration for:
‘Killer D’s’ – Texas state representatives who made
international news by leaving state in an
effort to thwart Tom DeLay’s redistricting efforts
panelists:    Representatives  GARNET COLEMAN
RICK NORIEGA
SCOTT HOCHBERG
poetry:  KAREGA HAKIETANA
music:  ‘Two Star Symphony’
JO BIRD                 DEBRA BROWN
JERRY OCHOA         MARGARET LEJEUNE

 JULY 5
repeat screening of: ‘Afghan Massacre: Convoy of Death’
organized by Houston Coalition for Justice Not War
discussion facilitated by:
HANNAH HAWK of the Muslim Public Affairs Council
KEN FREELAND of Houston Peace and Justice Coalition

JULY 12
screening of:    ‘The Panama Deception’
organized by Houston Coalition for Justice Not War
discussion facilitated by:
YOLANDA GARZA BIRDWELL of HCJNW
TONY ALVAREZ of Latinos por la Paz

SEPTEMBER 24
Mayoral Debate organized by Harris County Young Democrats
participants:       SYLVESTER TURNER            BILL WHITE
moderator:                         RICK BRENNAN

OCTOBER 16
Houston Blues Society presents: THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #1 in a year-long series)
artist:  JIMMY ‘LOUISIANA’ DOTSON

NOVEMBER 1
performance art:  ‘Black Butoh’
choreography and performance:   CYNTHIA CUPACH
sword ceremony and accompaniment:   MARK LEE
percussionist:  ABUBAKR  SORY KOUYATE

also, performance art:     ‘Number 11.2, Lord Have Mercy’
original choreography by G.I. Gurdjieff adapted by JOHN BOX
performance:  NIKKI  ALLEN            KARA ARY

NOVEMBER 8
Traditional Lakota Ceremonial Music
WAKAN HOYE YAPI SINGERS
(from Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota)
under direction from HAROLD WHITEHORSE
projected video imagery:     TED BARWELL

NOVEMBER 13
music:      PETER ‘MADCAT’ RUTH

NOVEMBER 20
Houston Blues Society presents:
THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #2)
artist:          JEREMIAH JOHNSON and the
TEXAS ALLIGATORS
band:         ROBERT MERVIN       STEVE TREANOR
CHAZ NADESSE        DAN CARPENTER

DECEMBER 11
Houston Blues Society presents:
THE MANY FACES OF HOUSTON BLUES (concert #3)
artist:             SHERMAN ROBERTSON
band:      LARRY GUY        JAMES WALLACE
MIKE STONE

DECEMBER 18
celebration for:
AURORA PICTURE SHOW
Board of Directors Party

2002

MARCH 23
benefit for Planned Parenthood
music:  DJ SUN
music:  ‘Traveler’
CAROL BURRUS         CHARLIE BURRUS
ANDREW BLACK              LUIGI BAI
HOWARD HENDRIX         HERMAN KLUGE

APRIL 21
benefit for: Baylor International Pediatric Aids Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital
speaker:  DR. MARK KLINE
video images:  SMILEY POOLE
music:  ‘Moodafaruka’
ROM RYAN        TERRENCE KARN     KATJA GRIMM
MARY ANN WILLIS        JAY CRUSE      ARLANDO CHIMNEY

MAY 18
Fashion Show for designer KENNETH JR. NICHOLSEN

MAY 19
Storytellers and Dance
coordinated by K.B. HOLLINGSWORTH
(benefitting the Houston Storytellers Guild)

OCTOBER 20
benefit for: Houston Chapter of ‘NOT IN OUR NAME’
music:  ‘Snowshoe and Lewis’
WASI TOWNSEND            JOE JAMES
music:  ‘Free Radicals’
NICK COOPER          ANDREW LENZ         CHRIS HOWARD
KIRK SUDDREATH       TOM SUTHERLAND    CHRIS ANDERSON
KENT BRYANT

OCTOBER 23
Celebration Party for Houston Premiere at Rice Media Center for
‘THE IMMINENT ASTEROID, a Geological Opera’
(Tenth anniversary of first Houston performance in 1992)

NOVEMBER 9
Memorial and Celebration for
ALBERTO LOPEZ-TRUJILLO
1954-2002

NOVEMBER 10
‘Storytellers and Dance’ (benefitting the Houston Storytellers Guild)
coordinated by K.B. HOLLINGSWORTH
NADINE MORANDI        VICTOR SCHILL       DAVID MAYES
GREG DONNER        SERGIO TAMBURRI       SITA LEWI
BECKY ZIKES            LARRY ZIKES          BRIAN HEROD
ANN ADAM           BOB ROBINOWITZ     K.B. HOLLINGSWORTH
KATRINA BAECHT        TODD GREENLAW       ABIGAIL GEENLAW
ELIZABETH ERIKSEN     ALICE EVERGREEN     BECKY STEPHENS
NELDA DELUCIA        FAITH STEPHENS          ANN NUNES
SCOTT WILSON            DON PRICE             LINDA WILSON
ASHLEI KENNEDY

NOVEMBER 17
film screening:      ‘Hidden wars of Desert Storm’
(organized by Houston Coalition for Justice Not War)

 NOVEMBER 21
visiting author and book signing: ROBERT BRYCE for ‘Pipe Dreams’
music:      ‘JUNE BURTON and the Rhythm Methodists’
JUNE BURTON              HERMAN KLUGE
TIM GRIFFITH               GEOFF GIACCO

2001

SEPTEMBER 30
benefit concert for Progressive Voters in Action
music:  ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
BILL DAY         JOYCE MARTINEZ DAY        SCOTT FIX
KIRK SUDDREATH          CHUCK ROAST

OCTOBER 7
benefit concert for Houston city council candidate ADA EDWARDS
music:  JEFF ABRAMS           BRIAN CONNER
music:  JOHN ATLAS          VAUGHAN BOONE
MIKE SWITZER
sound:  MALCOLM HACKNEY

OCTOBER 13
music:  ‘The Lager Rhythms’
SARAH NELSON CRAWFORD      MARY KAY HYDE
LAURIE FEINSWOG     ELIZABETH BENEDETTO
PARTH RANA                 ED BENYON
HUNTER STEWART       JONATHEN ICHIKOWA
music:  ‘Traveler’
CAROL BURRUS              CHARLIE BURRUS
ANDREW BLACK                   LUIGI BAI
HOWARD HENDRIX            HERMAN KLUGE
music:  WILLY GOLDEN
SARAH GOLDEN

 OCTOBER 20
invitational dance: ‘Expressions’
coordinated by BETH HOLLINGSWORTH

2000

APRIL 9
Indian music
‘Vani group’:    SRINIVAS KOUMOUNDURI and DAVID COURTNEY
with ROBERT GOLDMAN and ALAINE BALL
‘Ragarock’:    DAVID and CHANDRA COURTNEY with GUS BUSBY

MAY 14
Mother’s Day Event
part 1: storyteller and flute:  ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’
KENT KEITH          JEFFREY ABRAMS
slide images:  BRUCE CARLOYE       FRANK GOLDEN
part 2: music:  JUNE BURTON with
HERMAN KLUGE         GEOFF GIACCO
TIM GRIFFITH     MARY KATHRYN CAMPION

JUNE 1
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE
(Corresponding exhibit at El Dorado Hall at Project Row Houses)
music:  ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
CUCK ROAST            BILL DAY            SCOTT FIX
KIRK SUDDREATH            JOYCE MARTINEZ
flamethrower:  BRIAN HOER
larva dancer:  SHELLEY BUSHER
sculptors:  BOBBE GENTRY      DAN HAVEL      ML GULSEN
holograms:  RICHARD KLINE
2-D visual artist:  HEDY TRELOAR
other musicians:  TED BARWELL       RAMON MARTIN
additional lighting design:  MALCOLM HACKNEY

 JUNE 2
OPEN HOUSE ALL DAY
evening performance and fundraiser
for ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
(repeat performance and exhibition from previous night)

JUNE 3
afternoon tour of members of International Sculpture Conference

JUNE 10
invitational dance: ‘Expressions’
coordinated by BRUCE CARLOYE

OCTOBER 5 and 7
art exhibit: ‘The Spirit of Women’
JENNIFER EPPERSON

NOVEMBER 11
music:    MICHAEL MANDRELL with JUNE BURTON
music:             ‘Constant Billy’
EMILY BLUNCK       RUSSELL FORY        BILL GALBRAITH

1999

DECEMBER 31
New Year’s Eve Event
music:  ‘Different Kind of Monkey’
CHUCK ROAST                    BILL DAY
KIRK SUDDREATH            JOYCE MARTINEZ
music:  TED BARWELL
pyrotechnic display:  M.L. GULSEN

1998

MARCH 20 and 21
Spring Woods High School Presents: ‘A Mid Summer Night Dream’
directed by:  TERRY HIBBERT         HOLLY BENTON
production design:  DAVID MILLER
sound design:  BILL DAY

APRIL 26
music:  ‘Mushroom Tribe’
CHUCK ROAST       CORY FREDRICK          BILL DAY
KIRK SUDDREATH       SEAN & REBECCA WALDREN

music:  OLGA KINNA             FRENAND VERA

music:  ‘The Patridge Family’
BILL PATRIDGE            JAMES MARTINEZ
JOYCE MARTINEZ               BILL DAY

OCTOBER 22
music:  ‘Moodafaruka’
ROM RYAN                   TERRENCE KARN

OCTOBER 25
music:  OLGA KINNA     FERNAND VERA      JESSICA BUCHHEIT
artist talk:  BASILIOS POULOUS
music:  SRINIVAS KOUMOUNDURI            DAVID COURTNEY
ROBERT GOLDMAN      LAURIE MCDONALD       ALAINE BALL

 drawing exhibition:  ‘Figure Drawings; 18 artists, 54 drawings’

NOVEMBER 8
performance art:  MATTHEW CUPACH
music:  GLENNA BELL
music:  ‘The Electric Cowjazz Band’
HERMAN KLUGE            MARK MARMON
GEOFF GIACCO          MICHAEL CRAWFORD

NOVEMBER 21
music:  ‘Electronica’
TED BARWELL     MARK MEDINA        KAT JONES
with   RAMON MARTIN         BILL DAY

NOVEMBER 23
Singer/Songwriter Showcase, hosted by KEN GAINES
BILL WARD            THADDEUS BRENEMAN
MARIENNE KREITLOWE         SAYLOR WHITE
APRIL KELLY & TIM WALKER         KEN GAINES

1997

OCTOBER 4
Texas Institute for Indian Studies Presents: ‘An Evening of North Indian Classical Music’
PANDIT K. ATMARAM             USTAD SHABBIR NISSAR
PANDIT GAJENDRA SHEWALKER

OCTOBER 19
music (bagpipes):  RAMON MARTIN
poetry:  SALLY RIDGEWAY
music:  ‘ZunZun’  Cuban Music
MARCELL RAME           JIMI CLARK
TERA LACONDA         JOSE TREVINO
exhibit, paintings:  M.L. GULSEN
exhibit, drawings:  ‘Figure Drawing Exhibit: 20 artists, 66 drawings’

NOVEMBER 2
music:    SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI        DAVID COURTNEY
LAURIE McDONALD                  ALAINE BALL
poetry:  BOB CLARK
music:  JOHN ATLAS              DERRICK LEWIS

NOVEMBER 16
music:           ‘Mushroom tribe’
CHUCK ROAST          CORY FREDERICK          BILL DAY
KIRK SUDDREATH          SEAN & REBECCA WALDREN

1996

MAY 11
Eyeopeners Garden Tour (sponsored by the Orange Show)

JUNE 15
multi-media interdisciplinary production:  ‘A Mosaic’
coordinators:    M.L. GULSEN      MARGARET TSANAIS      BILL DAY
poets:        MARGARET TSANAIS            ROBERT CLARK
PAM PASSMORE              RANDAL CALCOTE
solo musicians:    RAMON MARTIN (bagpipes)    TOMMY McEVILLEY (violin)
brass duet:              PAUL CONROY            MARTY LINDSEY
Cuban music:
MARCELO RAME’      JIMI CLARK      KIM SHELTON
rock band:             ‘Sasquatch 2000’
RIGO PEREZ         LEROY BELL      CHRIS NINE
JJ WATSON        SHANE LAUDER
musical duet:        JEFFREY ABRAHMS (flute)    TONI ASCH (guitar)
percussionists:             JULIO DEL HOYO              BILL DAY
acapella group:       ‘Nobody’s Reel’
KELLY LOFTUS            BILL GALBRAITH
GARY GRAVES              JUNE BURTON
models:
BRUCE CARLOYE         GEENA WILLIAMS
CAROLINE HOLCROFT
dancers:     AMY ELL, accompanied by CHENOA FARRELL-SOVINSKY (violin)
JENNIFER CLARK, accompanied by M.L. GULSEN (performance)
CYNTHIA CUPACH  (performance-dance)
Arabic dance:
MARIE GARCIA         KATHY CZEPIEL         FRIEDA STEELE
dance group:              ‘Ancient Urges’
SAADI CHRIS HAKAN     MARSHA GREEN    YVONNE FITCH
FLEMING DEGRAFFENREID            BARBARA SNOW
performance art:  ‘Slap Happy’
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON and MICHELLE ENGLEMAN
performers (martial arts):
NESTOR TOPCHY            CHARLES GRAHAM
videographers:
TED BARWELL            CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
MATTHEW CUPACH              LAURIE MCDONALD
HERB HOCHMAN                 STEVEN POTTER
STEVE MOORE
lighting and technical support:
MALCOLM HACKNEY       BILL DAY        STEFAN STOUT
KATHY NEUMIRE      JULIO DEL HOYO
exhibiting artist (sculpture):      NORLENE GRAY

SEPTEMBER 21
Wedding Party for Margaret Tsanais and Mark Larsen

1995

APRIL 9
fiction:  A.B. GRIFFITH
poetry:  JOHN GORMAN
music and slide talk: subject, Cuba
MARCELO RAME’             JIMI CLARK
sculpture exhibit:      GARY WELLMAN

APRIL 30
music:  ‘Nobody’s Reel’
BILL GALBRAITH           GARY GRAVES
KELLY LOFTUS             JUNE BURTON
music:  ROM RYAN
with LORY LEHRTER      ANDREA FULTON
dance:  JENNIFER CLARK
video digitalization and projection:  TED BARWELL
photography exhibit:  BRUCE CARLOYE
painting exhibit:  DONALD CALEDARE

MAY 14
poetry:  LAURA ROSA
ERIC VOUTE
JUNE LACY
speaker:  JACQUELINE BATISTE  subject: CHIAPAS
music:  JOHN ATLAS        DAVID CRAIG
painting exhibit:  CRISTI RINKLIN
sculpture exhibit:  BRUCE ADAMS

MAY 28
poetry:  JUNE LACY
video screening:  ‘Plantationland’
speaker:  Plantationland author and director
KELLI SCOTT KELLEY
speaker:  CAROL MCDAVID  subject: local archeological
discoveries of slave quarters in Brazoria County
sculpture exhibit:  DAN HAVEL
sound installation:  ‘Sound in the Garden’  BILL KELLEY

JUNE 11
multi-media production:   ‘A Seemless Evening’ directed and coordinated by M.L. GULSEN
music, music director:  BILL DAY
music:  TORREY MERCER            JODY HUGHES
sound and lighting:  ARMONDO GUERRERO    WILL CRISTIE
performance art curator:   KELLI SCOTT KELLI
performance artists:
NORM BALLINGER       STEPHANIE CHAMBERS
BRANDON DUPREE           DAVID MARTINEZ
LAURA ROSAS              THERESA O’CONNER
percussionist:  JAMES EDWARDS
dance:  JENNIFER CLARK
models:  BRANDON DUPREE            TAMI WILLIAMS
photography exhibit:  FRANK GOLDEN

JUNE 14, 15, 22, 23
theater presentation:   ‘The Balcony’ by Jean Genet
directed by:  VICKI WEATHERSBY
sound:  BILL DAY
rigging:  ADRIAN FRANK
special effects (‘rebel’ sequences): M.L. GULSEN & MARGARET TSANAIS
actors:
the Bishop:  ANDY NELSON
the Woman:  RAMONA FLOYD
Irma (the Queen):  ALEXANDER MARCHAND
the General:  PETER LIEU
Carmen:  AMY BRUCE
the Beggar/the Slave:  JERM BOOR
the Judge:  ROB FARMER
the Thief/Chantal:  ANN CANDLER
the Executioner:  GIL LUND
the Chief of Police:  ROBIN JONES
Roger:  JIM PARSONS
the Man/ the Envoy:  CHASE STAGGS

JUNE 25
music:   SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI       DAVID COURTNEY
music:  ‘New Earth’
BILLY PARKS              PAT PANKRATZ
MICHAEL FALWELL      KIMBERLEE LARSEN
JASON ARIC              STEPHAN MILLER
painting exhibit:  KAREN HUNTER
IBSEN ESPADA

SEPTEMBER 19
Women’s Caucus for the Arts, meeting and studio visit

OCTOBER 8
fiction:  DIANNE HARRIS
artist slide talk:  DAN HAVEL
music:  KEN GAINES
drawing exhibit:  AMY RUEDRINGER

OCTOBER 22
fiction:  PAMELA PASSMORE
fiction:  MICHELLE ENGLEMAN
video:  (Aids Foundation)  MICHELLE ENGLEMAN
music:  MARCEL RAME’    JIMMY CLARK
KIM SHELTON
sculpture exhibit:   ANDREW GRUECOCK

NOVEMBER 12
multi-media interdisciplinary production: ‘A Mosaic’
coordinator:            M.L. GULSEN
sound and lighting:     BILL DAY
the participants (in order of their appearance):
poetry:            MARGARET TSANAIS
music:         acapella group ‘Pforte’
CHRIS JOHNSON         LEDREYFUS LINDSEY
STEPHEN WASHINGTON        DON CARLIS
poetry:            ROBERT CLARK
music:               KEN GAINES
poetry and performance:       PAMELA PASSMORE
poetry:            TORRY MERCER
music:            JAMES EDWARDS
models:     STAR KIRKLAND        TAMI WILLIAMS
SCOTT YOEST
drawing exhibition:  LEE MARTINEZ    RICCARDO VELEZ

NOVEMBER 26
music:          ‘Necessary Tension’
BOB CHADWICK       DAVID CRAIG
artist slide talk:      JAMES SURLS
sculpture exhibit:    KATE PETLEY

1994

APRIL 4
fiction:  A.B. GRIFFITH
poetry:  JUNE LACY
music:  JUNE BURTON
music:  ‘De Shmog’
JOHN ATHAN              KILLIAN SWEENEY
CHRISTEN SWEENEY        JENNIFER NEIRA
sculpture exhibit:      PAUL WADKINS

APRIL 11
readings:  GWEN GOSLE
ISRAEL MCLOUD
artist slide talk:      STEVEN POTTER
music:  BILL KELLEY         BONNIE MCNAIRN
video installation:  ANDY MANN

APRIL 22
poetry/fiction:  LYNDA LONG
PAMELA PASSMORE
JUNE LACY
music (bagpipes):  RAMON MARTIN
photography exhibit:  FRANK GOLDEN

MAY 17
artist slide talk:  CHARMAINE LOCKE
music:  ‘The Gypsies’
GREG and MARY ANN HARBOR
DAVE PETERS            BARRY ROBERTS
KELLY LANCASTER

JUNE 5
poetry and fiction:
JASON NODLER
PAMELA PASSMORE
music:    SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI     DAVID COURTNEY
painting and drawing exhibit:     CRISTI RINKLIN

1993

APRIL 24
poetry:  MICHELE STEVENS
music:  ‘Nobody’s Reel’
BILL GALBRAITH           GARY GRAVES
KELLY LOFTUS             ERIN LOFTUS
music:  BERT SAMPLES            JOHN ATLAS
music:  Audience Interactive Drumming
sculpture exhibit:  DAN HAVEL

MAY 3
poetry:  A.B. GRIFFITH
environmental speaker:  JIM BLACKBURN
artist slide talk:  TERRELL JAMES
music:  ‘Elevator Up’
art installation:  DAN HAVEL

MAY 17
music:  SKIP HEALLY (Irish Folk Flute)
artist slide talk:  JOHN ATLAS
reading:  HERMAN KLUGE
CAROLYN DAVIS
R.T. CASTLEBERRY

JUNE 5
poetry:             ANDRE DEKORVIN
music:                   ROM RYAN
painting exhibit:    GORGE’ ENRIQUE

1992

APRIL 4
performance art ‘installation’:  ‘Static Ecstasy’ with ‘Spontaneous Combustion’
coordinated and performed by CORY FREDERICK      ELISE KERMANI

APRIL 25 
fiction:  COLLIN HUTCHINSON
artist slide talk:    SHARON KOPRIVA
music:  ‘Pleasure Center’

JUNE 6
poetry and fiction:    LYNDA LONG
ANDRE DEKORVIN
HERMAN KLUGE
music:  ‘L. B. Blunky’
LEROY BELL          TOM CLARK           TONY RORAI
MARK FRY      DARREN DOMIOUSE       AMY ROTH
MIKE PETRE          FRANK BASH          STEVE CASEY
sculpture exhibit:  PAUL WADKINS

JUNE 11
performance art:  ‘Essence Into’
written and performed by:   KELLI SCOTT KELLEY
KAREY RAWITSCHER            TRACY HELLER
music:  ‘Pleasure Center’
sculpture exhibit:       DAN HAVEL
PAUL WADKINS

JUNE 13
music:  DAVID RICE
environmental speaker: KAREN CORNELIUS (Texas Nature Conservancy)
music:  ‘Bun Length’
HERMAN KLUGE      TIM GRIFFITH      DALE MARKS
installation art:  KAREY RAWITSCHER      TRACY HELLER
painting exhibit:  CRISTI RINKLIN

JUNE 20
poetry:  WILL WARE
music:  ‘Nobody’s Reel’
BILL GALBRAITH          GARY GRAVES
KELLY LOFTUS            ERIN LOFTUS

JUNE 27
poetry:  DIANNE HARRIS
music:  ‘People With Hands’
JAMES DURKEE          CHUCK GUNN
TOM ROSSON          MARTY STARNS
DENNIS MARSHMAN       BOB HENDRI
JAMES GROSSO
video documentation:  CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON

1991

JUNE 1
artist slide talk:       SHARON STEWART with photo narrative, ‘Toxic Tour of Texas’
playwrite (theatrical sketches):      HERMAN KLUGE
music:  ‘Chemical Wedding’
BILL KELLEY            KELLI SCOTT KELLEY
BILL DAY          JOHN ATLAS            JACK TURNER
M.L. GULSEN              ELISE KERMANI
painting exhibit:      RON SMITH

JUNE 18
music:  ‘Mango Chutne’

JULY 6
performance/poet:  NORM BALLINGER
artist slide talk:  LUCAS JOHNSON
music:  ‘L.B. Blunky’
LEROY BELL             TOM CLARK            TONY RORAI
MARK FRY      DARREN DOMIOUSE        AMY ROTH
MIKE PETRE            FRANK BASH           STEVE CASEY
sculpture exhibit:  DAN HAVEL

AUGUST 3
poetry:  ANDRE DEKORVIN
video, performance:  CHAD SALVATA
music:  IAN THOMPSON
KATHY COLOM            JIM MCRINDLE
painting exhibit:  KAREN HUNTER
GORGE ENRIQUE

SEPTEMBER 7
music:  ANDY REIL
artist slide talk:  DEE WOLFF
environmental speakers:
CURT CLEMENSON (Rainforest Action Network)
JOHN JORDAN (Clean Water Action)
music:  TONY ASCH        JEFF ABRAMS
painting exhibit:  DEE WOLFF
sculpture exhibit:  RICHARD KLINE

SEPTEMBER 28
Wedding Reception for INES and PURUSHOTHAM

 OCTOBER 5
environmental speakers:
KAREN CORNELIUS (Texas Nature Conservancy)
CURT CLEMENSON  (Rainforest Action Network)
music:  SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI (Indian Sitar)
music:  ‘Shinar’ (steel drum band)
sculpture exhibit:  RICHARD KLINE

NOVEMBER 2
music:  ROM RYAN

NOVEMBER 4
speaker:  JIMI CLARK (on Cuba)
music:  BILL KELLEY
music:  SCOTT MACGREGOR       GERALD BLAKEMAN
painting exhibit:  KELLI SCOTT KELLEY
sculpture exhibit:  PAUL WADKINS

NOVEMBER 11
poetry:
CAROLYN DAVIS
MARIA ILLICH
KELLY THOMAS
MARY HELEN FASON
music:  RANDAL CALCOTE       JOHN FASON

NOVEMBER 18
theatrical reading:  ‘A Radio Play’
written by HERMAN KLUGE
performed by:  Grass Roots Theater

DECEMBER 7
artist slide talk:  JOHN ATLAS
poetry and fiction:     LYNDA LONG
KADDIE ANN OUTLAW
music:  ‘People With Hands’
DENNIS MARSHMAN          CHUCK GUNN
JIMMY DURKEE                TOM ROSSON
TED MILLER                   BOB HENRY
DALE MARKS                MARTY STARNS
painting exhibit:  KELLI SCOTT KELLEY

1990

presenters at the Artery prior to 1990 include:

SHINAR  (steel drum ensemble)
the HATES  (Houston’s first and oldest punk rock band)
los GALITOS  (Mariachi music)
JABARI AZIZ  (poet and musician)

APRIL 25
music:  GARY BURGESS

MAY 2
poetry:  FANON
environmental speaker:   GINNY ST JOHN GUIN
music:  ALLAN HAWKINS

MAY 14
poetry and fiction ‘Open Mic’

MAY 21
poetry:  JONI WHITEBIRD
music:         DAVID RICE

JUNE 4
music:  ‘Dogmen’
WALLY BRANNON            JOEL MARLOWE

JUNE 11
music:  DANNY GARTNER
FRANK GIRTIN             JOHN HESSEL
painting exhibit:      STEVEN POTTER
drawing exhibit:     CHRIS WINSLOW

JUNE 25
music:  ‘Sommerset’
JUNE BURTON             IAN THOMPSON
J.D. STEPHENSON

JULY 2
poetry and fiction ‘Open Mic’

JULY 9
artist slide talk:  BERT LONG
music:  ROM RYAN

 JULY 23
music:  ALLAN HAWKINS
painting exhibit:  PAT BURNS

AUGUST 6
speaker:  TAJ HARGEY (on South Africa)
music:  ‘Triphonics’
HERMAN KLUGE           TIM GRIFFITH
DALE MARKS
painting exhibit:  TIERENY MALONE
PAT BURNS
ARTHUR DEATLEY
CHRIS WINSLOW

AUGUST 13
poetry:  JOHN BERRY
storyteller:  JAMES FORD
environmental speaker:  MELINDA MANN
music:  BILLY THOMPSON
music:  LLOYD MATHEWS
sculpture exhibit:  PAUL WADKINS
GARY WELLMAN
MONICA GUILLORY
DAVID KIDD
painting exhibit:  ARTHUR DEATLEY

AUGUST 20
environmental speaker:  GEORGE FARENTHOLD
music:  ‘Mango Chutney’

AUGUST 27
poetry:  SUMA DIARRO
LYNDA LONG
reading:  IRA DEMBER
theatrical reading:  ‘Guilt and Worry’
BILL BEACHAM          KEITH COLLINS
music:  KIONA WISEMAN

SEPTEMBER 3
music:  JAN LOWE
fiction:  A.B. GRIFFITH
music:  MOLLY RICE

SEPTEMBER 10
artist slide talk:  CHARLES SCHORRE
music:  ‘Sommerset’
JUNE BURTON          IAN THOMPSON
J.D. STEPHENSON

SEPTEMBER 17
music:  BILLY THOMPSON
music:  GARY BURGESS

SEPTEMBER 24
artist slide talk:    GEORGE KRAUSE
music:              SRINIVAS KOUMUNDURI

OCTOBER 1
music:             ‘L.B. Blunky’
LEROY BELL            TOM CLARK            TONY RORAI
CLIFFORD DRANE              ALLEN MORRISON

OCTOBER 15
poetry and fiction:
WENDY ALDWYN
HERMINE PINSON
ANDRE DEKORVIN
slide presentation:       (subject: Chiapas)
JACQUELINE BATISTE         JIMI CLARK

OCTOBER 22
music:             ‘Sommerset’
JUNE BURTON              IAN THOMPSON
J.D. STEPHENSON
music:       SCOTT MACGREGOR
music:        BERT SAMPLES       JOHN ATLAS

NOVEMBER 5
poetry:              JOHN BERRY
poetry/music: Native American Activist JOHN TRUDELL