Saturday, April 26, 2008

7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. w/ special after-party for attendees!

Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, (510) 848-3227, www.hillsideclub.org $20

Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) ~ Selected Previous Engagements

(see below for Workshops & Talks)

For booking: Please contact Lydia Starr at pieceofpierecords@hotmail.com

Larger Venues

• 21 Grand, Oakland, Calif. 
• Anna’s Jazz Island, Berkeley, Calif.
• At Seventeenth, Oakland, Calif.
• Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
• Berkeley Art Center, Rhythm & Muse Series
• Borders Books and Music, many Northern Calif. stores
• Beyond Baroque, Venice, Calif.
• Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco
• Bud Shank Jazz Workshop, Port Townsend, Washington
• Das Klub/1055 Howard, San Francisco
• The Donnell Library, New York City
• E3 Playhouse, Santa Cruz, Calif.
• The Elbo Room, San Francisco
• Foothill Community College, Los Altos, Calif.
• The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
• HEAR Music Store, Berkeley
• Hyatt on Union Square, San Francisco
• Hyatt Regency, Oakland
• Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
• Jazz & Blues Company, Carmel, Calif.
• The Jazz House, Berkeley
• Jewish Community Center, Marin County, Calif.
• Kelly’s, Alameda, Calif.
• The Lab Theatre, San Francisco
• La Mama Theatre, La Galleria, New York City
• Montclair Village Jazz Festival, Oakland, Calif.
• The Luggage Store, San Francisco
• New College of California, San Francisco
• New George’s, San Rafael, Calif.
• New Performance Gallery (ODC), San Francisco
• Paradise Lounge, San Francisco
• Piaf’s, San Francisco
• The Poetry Center, San Francisco
• Rasputin’s Records, Berkeley
• Redwood City Summer Concert Series, Calif.
• Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, Calif.
• San Francisco State University
• Santa Cruz Poetry Festival
• Savanna Jazz Club, San Francisco
• Shanghai 1930, San Francisco
• Skyline Community College, Pacifica, Calif.
• Stanford University
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• The WOW Cafe Theatre, New York City
• The Writer’s Center, Washington, D.C
• Zebulon's, Petaluma, Calif.

Smaller Venues

• Bonanza Books, Walnut Creek, California
• Bound Together Bookstore, San Francisco
• Cody’s Books, Berkeley
• Diesel Books, Emeryville, California
• Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco
• Grand Piano Bookstore, San Francisco
• Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco
• Talking Leaves Bookstore, San Francisco

Workshops & Talks ~ (all will be tailored to your audience)

POETRY, LYRICS, AND SPOKEN WORD: STRATEGIES FOR WRITING AND PERFORMANCE:  

This one- or two-session workshop explores techniques for writing and performing the related –  but different – genres of poetry, lyrics, rap, and spoken word. Includes writing session, performance feedback, and demonstration by Lisa and her pianist.

SOUND HEALING ~ VOCAL & ENERGY TECHNIQUES TO RELEASE BLOCKS AND FIND YOUR CREATIVE PATH:

This workshop for anyone with a voice – whether or not you call yourself a singer – presents ways to release energetic blocks and better define your own creative path. Lisa B leads exercises including visualization, breathing, vocalizing, and brief writing. Inhale, release, and re-inspire yourself! Re-connect to the ground under your feet, the sky above you, and the communities around you by focusing on your most magical instrument: your unique spirit in your own body. We will play with:

• Grounding and finding your center
• Releasing physical/emotional blocks
• Owning your creative space
• The chakras: Where and what are they?
• Resonating using the chakras
• Commitment to your creative path & keeping the spirit of play
• Handling competition and invalidation

Email Lisa B to ask questions about, and schedule, her workshops for youth, college students, and grownups.

Singer, songwriter, and poet Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) teaches and coaches writers, poets, singers, performers, and non-artists / regular people of varied ages and backgrounds. She has an M.A. and B.A. in literature/creative writing. She was Associate Director of The Poetry Center and teacher of creative writing at San Francisco State University. Her poems have been published in more than 50 literary magazines, and her 3 CDs have received wide radio play and press. She has won grants and residencies from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Headlands Center for the Arts, the Ucross Foundation, and Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. She would love to come to your school or community!


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