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Singer Judy Collins makes rare appearance at SF's Rrazz Room September 20-October 1. A Conversation with Judy Collins by Suzanne Joe Kai
Judy Collins made a rare appearance in San Francisco selling out all of her performances from September 20 through October 1 at the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko.
Judy Collins is a true Renaissance woman. At 72, she's still going strong. She continues to write, perform, and lead her own record label. In addition to her own music and creative projects she nurtures and manages other artists. She is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, a painter, an author, and an in-demand keynote speaker.
2011 marks her 50th year as a performer with up to 80 to 100 concert dates across the country per year.
Judy Collins’ social history has always been linked with her musical history. As a social activist she is active in many causes, including UNICEF and the abolition of land mines.
Her latest projects to be released October 18, 2011 include a new book, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, a new album called Bohemian, and a new children’s book When You Wish Upon a Star.
If you are in San Francisco don't miss Judy Collins performing September 20 through October 1 at the Rrazz Room at the Hotel Nikko!
Visit
her
official
website
www.JudyCollins.com
Click here for Judy Collins' concert schedule
A
Conversation
with
Judy
Collins
with
Suzanne
Joe
Kai
Judy
Collins
chatted
with
Suzanne
Joe
Kai
recently
about
her
new
projects,
her
creative
spirit,
and
her
upcoming
performances
in
San
Francisco
and
across
the
country.
Suzanne:
I
understand
your
new
book
Concert Pianist Lang Lang Performs live via theaters nationwide October 22, and rebroadcast October 24
Concert
pianist
Lang
Lang
will
be
performing
in
a
live
broadcast
to
theaters
across
the
country
on
Saturday
October
22
at
8:00pm
EST
(6:00pm
MT/8:00pm
PT
tape
delay).
A
rebroadcast
performance
is
scheduled
for
Monday,
October
24 at
6:00pm
ET
(6:00pm
MT/8:00pm
PT).
Tickets
and
the
complete
list
of
theaters are
available
now at:
Heralded
as
the
“hottest
artist
on
the
classical
music
planet”
by The New
York
Times,
29-year-old Lang Lang will grace silver
screens
across
the
country
in
a
special
cinematic
concert
event, featuring
the
Philadelphia
Orchestra
under
the
baton
of
Maestro
Charles
Dutoit. Lang Lang Live
on
Franz
Liszt’s
200th Birthday is
a
live,
classical
music
in-theater
event
in
whichLang Lang will
mark
the
200th birthday
of
his
hero,
piano
virtuoso
and
composer
Franz
Liszt, by performing
Liszt’s
famed Piano
Concerto
No.1, as
well
as
some
of
the
most
celebrated
solo
pieces
written
for
the
piano.
This
Fathom
event
is
the
first
classical
music “cinemacast” headlined
by
a
solo
artist,
and
will
also
feature
special
footage
shot
at
this
summer‘s
iTunes
Festival,
including behind-the-scenes
Nan Melville’s Documentary Film ‘Nrityagram: For the Love of Dance’ screens at the Newport Beach Film Festival on May 3
Melville, a freelance photographer for several arts institutions including The Julliard School, Carnegie Hall, and The New York Times, specializes in photographing and filming the performing arts, primarily dance.
Melville first met the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble in 1996, when she was assigned by The New York Times to photograph their U.S. debut performance in New York. After visiting the Nrityagram dance village in Bangalore, India, at the invitation of the late Protima Bedi, she began working on her documentary. She returned to India to film life in the dance village, and research archival materials.
LIfe and Beyond by Marilyn Tam
The
recent
death
of
Steve
Jobs,
a
man
who
dared
to
dream
and
create
beyond
the
constraints
of
the
prevailing
consciousness,
brought
many
people
including
me
to
a
place
of
deeper
reflection.
What
does
it
mean
to
be
really
alive?
How
do
I
make
sure
that
I
am
living
my
highest
potential
every
day?
How
do
I
ensure
that
I
will
feel
at
peace
when
it
is
my
time
to
leave
this
planet?
“Your
time
is
limited,
so
don’t
waste
it
living
someone
else’s
life.
Don’t
be
trapped
by
dogma
—
which
is
living
with
the
results
of
other
people’s
thinking.
Don’t
let
the
noise
of
others’
opinions
drown
out
your
own
inner
voice.
And
most
important,
have
the
courage
to
follow
your
heart
and
intuition.
They
somehow
already
know
what
you
truly
want
to
become.
Everything
else
is
secondary.”
--- Steve
Jobs
Live presentation Oct 19, 2011: Orange County Japanese Americans in Battle and Behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Experience of Orange County Nikkei
Orange County Japanese Americans in Battle and Behind Barbed Wire:
The World War II Experience of Orange County Nikkei in History and Memory
As
a
girl,
Chizuko
Judy
Sugita
DeQueiroz
was
forcibly
removed
from
the
West
Coast
and
confined
by
the
U.S.
government
in
a
concentration
camp.
In Camp
Days
1942-1945,
the
artist
depicts
via
watercolor
paintings
and
verbal
narratives
her
haunting
memories.
Her
presentation,
based
on
her
book,
is
entitled
"Memories
of
Camp
Days
1942-1945."
Dr.
Arthur
A.
Hansen,
professor
emeritus
of
history
and
Asian
American
studies
at
CSU
Fullerton
and
the
former
senior
historian
at
the
Japanese
American
National
Museum,
presents
on
the
life,
death,
and
treatment
of
Orange
County's
most
famous
hero
in
World
War
II,
Kazuo
Masuda—and
the
culmination
of
the
Japanese
American
redress
and
reparations
movement
in
the
Civil
Liberties
Act
of
1988.
His presentation is entitled "The Masuda Family of Orange County and the American Way."
Wednesday,
October
19,
2011
4:00
-
8:30
pm
Meet
at
Orange
County
Agricultural
and
Nikkei
Heritage
Museum
Call 657-278-3407 by
Friday,
October
14
to
pre-register.
(Appreciated,
but
not
required.)
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