Join Janina and her band as they explore the transcendental vanguard of experimental lounge music!

Janina will share the evening with Indian Classical Sitarist Joanna Mack, who will accompanied by Tabla Player, Hari Das.

May 25th 7-11pm

$5-20 no one turned away for lack of funds

Joanna Mack is a deeply trained, North Indian, classical Sitarist, who studied in Kolkata under the auspicious direction of Deepak Choudary, a senior disciple of Ravi Shankar. Joanna will be accompanied by well known Bay Area Tabla player Hari Das, who has studied extensively under UstadAmjad Ali Khan.

http://JoannaMack.com/biography.html

Janina uses her classical Indian vocal training to dive into the Transcendental Avant Garde and will be backed by her experimental band in full spirit!

Together they will create an evening of Mystical Ambiance.

$5-20 No one turned away for lack of funds.

The Parlour is a Vegan, Drug & Alcohol free space.

The Exploratorium will challenge non-patrarichal modes of knowing.

Visitors will be guided through an esoteric field of experience.

Read * Translate * Broadcast * Receive * Channel ~ Knowing

The performative climax will be a ceremonial sacrifice honoring Mother Earth.

Please bring an object for interpretation and let the magic commence!!!

This event is part of Saturday Salon, which is a once a month Feminist Performance Series.

The West Coast Yoga Journal Conference ignoring the needs & demands of Hyatt hotel workers for 10 years in a row now…

Rusty Wells told me hate was a strong word, thank you Mr. Dripping in Yoga Shanti. One woman assured me I was unyogic and another woman said she had opinions about the corporatization of Yoga, but no conflict…sigh.

People kept wanting me to make it okay for them, can’t you just say you hate Yoga Journal? Can’t you say you like Yoga but…Why do you have to us the word hate? You don’t really hate yoga?

No, I just hate your version of it!

Please welcome the newest member of the Parlour community.

Mackeral Jack Valentine!

Check him out on Facebook, he’s a public figure!

Mack Jack is advocating for Chihuahuas, Chi mixes and Pitbulls, because these breeds are euthanized the most in California.

The sunny climate of West Oakland is well suited to produce abundant food for it’s residents, however the soil is highly contaminated with lead and other environmental toxins. Lead is referred to as a “legacy pollutant” as it is no longer used in house paint or gasoline, still, it’s toxic effects remain. To counter this, many residents use raised beds to grow food. The Ranch in Dogtown, where the Parlour is located, is able to plant directly into the ground due to years of soil remediation. The garden is beautiful, bountiful and is the heart of our community, but it is private…

In honor of Occupy the Farm, where students/activists and urban farmers are occupying pristine agricultural land “owned” by the University of California at Berkeley to promote food sovereignty, I post this video. Last week at Occupy the Farm we had a discussion about Race & Class in Urban Agriculture and the question was raised, How to diversify the Farm in order to bring other  communities already working in the food justice movement together? As well as, How to inspire those not already involved in urban agriculture to see the value and dignity of community, urban farming?

Please feel free to post your ideas?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpQLfh6uwI0&feature=related