Summer's Heating Up at Charter Oak
Summer 2007

Featuring an evening performance by Djinn, Brooklyn's own "East Coast Tribal" style music ranging from traditional Middle Eastern to an experimental blending of traditional instruments with electronics and beat boxing. Check them out at www.djinnnyc.com/

The evening also includes exotic world music performances with dancing and concludes with a tribal fusion music and dance djam guided by Djinn.

3:00 - 4:15 PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment) musician workshop
3:00 - 4:15 Jellyfish! squishy tribal dance workshop with Katie Bertsche
4:30 - 6:00 Intermediate dumbek workshop with Carmine Guida -- Embellishments, fills & soloing
4:30 - 6:00 PURE dancing workshop
6:30 - 7:00 Combined PURE dancers and drummers run-through
7:30 various dance/music performances featuring Nada Dum Ka, Sugati, Katie Bertsche, Milange Gitan, Joy Herbst and PURE
8:30 DJINN
10:00 The Djam That Came From the Deep! a tibal jam of deep sea magnitude - scuba-guided by DJINN

In efforts to help out fellow community members Alyssum and Jassamyn recover for their losses for ther tragic house fire (http://people.tribe.net/alyssum/blog), we are encouraging people to make donations to help them get back on their (dancing) feet. Donations can be made at Nomadic Summer Spirit or directly at alyssumclimbs@hotmail.com. There are also established wish lists at http://mygiftlist.com/giver_main.asp?frommgl=true&code=GUEST&buid=62210 and
http://mygiftlist.com/giver_main.asp?frommgl=true&code=GUEST&buid=62211

The evening performances are $15 general, $10 for workshop attendees, seniors, Charter Oak & Let*s Go Members, $5 for students.
Drum and Dance workshops are $15 - $25, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.

For tickets, directions, workshop registration and more information, contact:
Charter Oak Cultural Center
21 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860.249.1207
www.charteroakcenter.org

For updates and an open exchange of ideas for all facets of this event, check out our tribe on Tribe.net. http://tribes.tribe.net/nomadicsummerspirit
or updates on the various drum circles and tribal experience of Southern New England http://snedrumcircles.tribe.net
and http://NEtribaldance.tribe.net
Gathering of the Tribal Moon, a monthly tribal music and dance jam at Charter Oak Cultural Center, http://tribes.tribe.net/gatheringofthetribalmooninhartford
and information on PURE, the Public Urban Ritual Experiment visit http://www.puredance.org
as well as information about Milange Gitan here http://conntribal.tribe.net

Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m.

Outdoor Music Series:
Hartford Steel Symphony

Mixing styles from folk, ragtime and country music to rock and roll and punk music, The Devil Makes Three pushes the boundaries of acoustic music. Also performing with DM3 is Pariah Beat. Presented by Charter Oak. $10 or $8 with a canned food for Hartford Food Not Bombs.

An evening of Flamenco music, song, and dance with the VAL RAMOS FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE, singer ALFONSO MOGABURO, and dancer JULISSA. Sponsored by the Evelyn Preston Memorial Trust Fund. Co-sponsored by the Charter Oak Cultural Center. Free.

Friday, September 7 and Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.

In this outlandish comedy, an elderly couple, who live locked in an abandoned mansion, find themselves in a frustrating situation--chronic hunger and the challenge of cooking red beans that were placed in a pot a century ago.  To make matters worse, Federico and Matilde are hounded by an intruder and begin to speculate what will happen when the unknown "entity" appears.  Theatre of the absurd at its best!  This play will be performed entirely in Spanish.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, Charter Oak & Let*s Go! Members, and $5 for students.

Saturday, October 6 from 10:00 a.m. to  11:00 p.m.

This day’s events feature two workshops (10 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.) with Dalia Carella, a world-renowned Near/Middle Eastern Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Instructress and Global Fusion Artist. Her mystical and innovative dances and choreographies are taken from the tradition of the Near and Middle East including Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, as well as North Africa including Morocco and Algeria.

Friday, November 16 and Saturday, November 17 at 8 p.m.

El Super is a warmhearted look at  the plight of a Cuban family in New York:  Roberto, Aurelia and their 17 year old daughter, Aurelita.  It’s February, the winter is harsh, especially as experienced in their barely-heated basement apartment.  For ten years Roberto has been the super of the apartment building, firing up the boiler, repairing windows and moving bags of garbage. “The Super” feels lonely, homesick and totally out of place in New York. He longs to return to his homeland - or at least to Miami - where it doesn’t snow.  He is determined to find a solution that will give him and his family a better life. This play will be performed entirely in Spanish.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 seniors, Charter Oak & Let*s Go! Members, and $5 for students.