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Sea of Dreams - San Francisco- NYE - 2011

Sea of Dreams in San Francisco is the place to be tonight!!

anonEvents, Sunset Promotions & an-ten-nae present

SEA OF DREAMS NYE 2011

GalaxSea - A New Year's Eve-O-Lution

FRIDAY - 12/31/10 NEW YEAR'S EVE

8PM-5AM
 
 


@ SF CONCOURSE EXHIBITION CENTER (link)
635 8th St. San Francisco, CA 94103
[MAP]

 
NEW! ||||  Click for "Things 2 Know B4 U Go!!"

featuring
|||||||| LIVE PERFORMANCES by:

 
> THIEVERY CORPORATION (bio)
> BALKAN BEAT BOX (bio)
> MODESELEKTOR (bio)
> BEATS ANTIQUE (bio)
> THE LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE (bio)
> MiMOSA (bio)
> ELITE FORCE (bio)
> MEAT KATIE (bio)
> GAUDI (bio)
> GOVINDA (bio)
> MOTION POTION (bio)
> LowRIDERZ feat. AN-TEN-NAE (bio) & LAURA (bio)
> SYD GRIS (bio)
> AFROLICIOUS (DJ Set) (bio)
> DGIIN (bio)
> DEX STAKKER (bio)
> DREW DROP (bio)
 > JORO BORO (bio)
> RUMBLEMUNK (bio)
> DJ FERAL (bio)

FEATURING IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS BY

~ THE DO LaB - creators of world-class performance environments in the WORLD will be transforming the West Hall into an art-filled dream world.
~ OPEL & OPULENT TEMPLE - from the clubs & the playa to the Concourse's crystal lobby.
~ HOOKAHDOME will turn the entire Mezzanine into a Sensual & Exotic Dreamscape
~ OMSHANTEA HOUSE will create an artful and calming chill zone were you can sip steaming and aromatic teas
~ INFLATABLE ARTS will once again blow it UP!
~ LASERS AND LIGHTS
illuminating starfields
~ ANONEVENTS doing it in high style and wit.

AND A STELLAR ARRAY OF MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:

~ CirQULARIOUS!
- Sea of Dreams' own floating sideshow/cabaret will once again unfold its automatic rainbow of circus, aerial, carnival performance and dance!

Amrita Bollywood Dance (Bolly-Hop)
Jan Damm (Circus Artist)
Serpent Sirens (Bellydancers)
Fou Fou Ha! (Big Foulery)
Vespertine Circus (Troupe du Jour)
Shredder Hoops (Next Level Hoops)
HoopGirl All-Stars (Beauty-go-round)
Agent Red (Aerial Attack)
Richard Hartnell (Inspirati)
GoGo Bass (DanceMagic)
VigilAnti-UP (Stilt Attack)
Cera Byer & Friends (DanceXplosion)
Kerri Kresinski (Sweet Can/ Tissue)
Irina Mikhailova (Voce Bella)
~ FRACTAL FOREST INTERACTIVE ZONE

- The Bay Area's finest elite force of dig-it-all interactive artists showcase new & extraordinary possibilities.

Moldover (Mini-Masher/LoveTech)
Rich DDT Trapani (LoveTech)
Justyn Myers (Fractal Temple)
Tim Thompson (LoopyCam)
Kristin Neidlinger
(Sensoree)
Warren Stringer
(Muse/ Plaz)
Lyès Belhocine & Drew Detweiler (DreamTube)
Sid Gabriel Hubbard (Light Nucleus)
Tim Anderson (Claymation Zoetrope)
Andrew Johnstone (Burning Man Earth)
Jon Ferran (Video/Motion Mapping)

 

~ CELFONE pARTy-CIPATION - (We're talking YOU ME-dia! Download the iPhone App from BACKSTAGE PASS that enables you to capture and upload your own photos & videos for LIVE playback and display throughout the venue OR download LIVESHARE for Android to capture and upload photos for playback.

~ A-MUSEUM PLAYGROUND - Delightful hands-on analog play spaces; creation, activation & transformation stations manned by technicians from the future @ CatalystArts Lab + a host of pro facepainters & massage practitioners!
~ SEA oF GALLERIES - Inflammatory curation from Will Chase Arts, a retrospective of gr8 Bay Area Art - aRt - arT !
~ VIDEOVISIONARIUMS - Lightstorm Whirlwinds from all corners!
~ VENDORLANDIA - As always, the finest and classiest merch!
~ PATIO FOOD COURT - Gourmet food from gourmet food trucks!!
~ MULTIPLE MIDNIGHT MAY-HEMERRIES - Pretty pretty bang bang inter-dimensional transitions from wherever U R!

Costumes MORE than Encouraged - Come Dressed as your Dream! Share that Dream with Others!

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134298353289205

:: The Story: Once again, anonEvents, Sunset Promotions, and An-ten-nae Presents have joined forces for this 11th edition of the Bay Area's premier New Years Eve spectacle, Sea of Dreams NYE.

 
This musical lineup will be the stuff of NYE legend - a who's who of the hottest progressive, international, live, electronic and performing arts acts.

 
Returning to headline the event are the incredible global-electro-soul masters THIEVERY CORPORATION with a full LIVE band with singers, MC's and horns, New York City ethno-hip hop trailblazers BALKAN BEAT BOX, Berlin techno innovators MODESELEKTOR, and Bay Area gypsy electronic heroes BEATS ANTIQUE. Just added, from Oakland, by way of the world, the ecstatic dance blasts of MIMOSA. And very proud we are to be presenting the world-renowned cirq/cabaret/performance art troupe LUCENT DOSSIER EXPERIENCE in their FIRST-ever San Francisco appearance, doing a complete extended stage show as well as several smaller performances. LowRIDERZ (feat. An-Ten-Nae & Laura) and the North Bay's DGIIN have also been announced for the main stages.

 
:: OPULENT TEMPLE & OPEL PRODUCTIONS rejoin the Sea of Dreamteam, producing a stage of the hottest electronic dance music, including legendary UK acts ELITE FORCE & MEAT KATIE, as well as local heroes SYD GRIS, MOTION POTION, DEX STAKKER and DREW DROP.

 
:: The legendary HOOKAHDOME will be back and much bigger this year hosting the world beat sounds of UK superstar GAUDI, Austin Texas' GOVINDA, New York's JORO BORO and the Bay Area's own FERAL.

 
:: About The Venue: anonEvents will again transform the Concourse Center into a multi-stage, multi-environment undersea fantasyland, complete with multiple sound-systems, cabaret performers, circus performers, aerialists, contortionists, balloon drops, confetti cannons and over 50 massive pieces of inflatable art. After the overwhelming success of Sea of Dreams 2009-2010, the event will be prepared for an even bigger audience with enhanced staffing, VIP hosts, and expert ticketing and box office support provided by Eventbrite and Metrowize. 2010 entry lines were nearly nonexistent due to the expertise of the new team, which will be back intact for a repeat performance.

:: About the Organizers: anonEvents (www.anonsalon.com) has been active in the Bay Area for  more than 20 years, conjuring productions that include music, fine art, politics and dance to unite the Bay Area’s conscious communities. Since 1998, Sunset Promotions (www.sunsetpromotions.net) has successfully produced over 1000 concerts & 20 music festivals including the beloved North Beach Jazz Fest (www.nbjazzfest.com) and SF Funk Festival (www.sffunk.com). For more than a decade, An-Ten-Nae Presents (www.an-ten-nae.net) has produced some of the Bay Area’s most cutting edge music events.

 


 
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Merry Christmas To My Readers

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

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EBay Bidder to Enter Alternate Universe as Lunar Eclipse Coincides with Winter Solstice

The winning bidder of an eBay auction will have the rare opportunity to enter an alternate universe on the historic night lunar eclipse coincides with winter solstice.

An auction to benefit The First Amendment Project has brought together prominent authors of different genres to offer bidders opportunity to have their name in a future novel or script. The auction is has been divided into four tiers. The third tier ends on December 20, 2010, and one individual will win an historic prize.

 Author Anastasia Blackwell has offered bidders the opportunity to not only have their name used for character, but also to enter an alternate universe as a fully developed character. The winner bidder will determine age, sex, physical characteristics, occupation, and whether they are good or evil. The novel, titled “The Chamber of Curiosities”, is set in a carnival on a deserted bastion overlooking a seaport in a mysterious land on the brink of industrial revolution. A key moment in the novel is the night of a lunar eclipse, when a remarkable transformation occurs and changes the destinies of the characters and the evolution of the land. The love story revolves around a charismatic circus freak giant and a beautiful young trapeze artist. The novel’s estimated publication date is late 2011, with screenplay to follow.

 ther participating authors include Jenji Kohan, the creator of the Showtime series “Weeds”, Andrew Sean Greer, Ayelet Waldman, Ben Katchor, Chris Ware, Dan Chaon, Dan Gutman, Dave Eggers, Derek Haas, Elinor Lipman, Francine Prose, Jane Smiley, Janet Burroway, Joshua Ferris, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Lorrie Moore, Margot Livesey, Mona Simpson, Nami Mun, Patrick DeWitt, Phillip Margolin, Rick Moody, Robert Mailer Anderson, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Stacey D’Erasmo, Stuart Woods, Suzanne Brockmann, T Campbell, Thomas Perry, Vendela Vida and Walter Kirn, Laura Benedict and Lisa See.

The auction is a benefit for First Amendment Project, the Oakland, CA-based nonprofit organization that provides free legal services on public interest free speech and free press issues.

 Auction continues until December 27, 2010, most notably with opportunity to bid to have named used for character in new “Weeds” episode, by Jenji Kohan.

 More information about The First Amendment Project at: http://www.thefirstamendment.org/news.htmlhttp://

 EBay Auction: http://stores.ebay.com/Auction-Cause/First-Amendment-Project.html

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The Gift of Immortality on Ebay

 Holidays come and go and few remember what gifts they received the previous year, although certain unique presents are remembered for a lifetime. This season it is possible to give the perfect present, the gift of immortality. But you must act quickly as the offer expires December 27, 2011.

The First Amendment Project has assembled a group of thirty prominent authors of different genres who are auctioning character names in future projects on eBay. Among opportunities available at the auction, which can be found at http://3.ly/fapauction include the opportunity to be immortalized as a character in the next episode of the hit Showtime series, “Weeds” In addition to the character name, the winning bidder in the “Weeds” auction will receive a signed copy of the pilot script, the box set of DVDs of the first five seasons of the series and a “Weeds” baseball cap. Bidders will also have the chance to be an FBI agent or a stripper with a heart of gold in the next entry in Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters series; a villain or a victim in Thomas Perry’s next entry in the Jane Whitefield series, a wounded World War I soldier or drunken Bohemian in Andrew Sean Greer’s next novel, as a character in a new musical by Janet Burroway, or a character in a cartoon series by Ben Katchor, Chris Ware or T Campbell. Young adult authors Dan Gutman and Kevin J. Anderson are offering character names in the next entries in their Baseball Card Adventures and Star Challengers series, respectively, and Anastasia Blackwell offers readers opportunity to run away with the circus in her new romantic suspense novel/screenplay.

The auction, which began on November 26, is scheduled in tiers, with final bidding on December 27th. Participating authors include Jenji Kohan, Andrew Sean Greer, Ayelet Waldman, Ben Katchor, Chris Ware, Dan Chaon, Dan Gutman, Dave Eggers, Derek Haas, Elinor Lipman, Francine Prose, Jane Smiley, Janet Burroway, Joshua Ferris, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Lorrie Moore, Margot Livesey, Mona Simpson, Nami Mun, Patrick DeWitt, Phillip Margolin, Rick Moody, Robert Mailer Anderson, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Stacey D’Erasmo, Stuart Woods, Suzanne Brockmann, T Campbell, Thomas Perry, Vendela Vida, Anastasia Blackwell and Walter Kirn. In addition, authors Laura Benedict and Lisa See are offering “book club packages,” in which they supply multiple copies of one of their books and make a telephone call to the group

All proceeds will benefit First Amendment Project (FAP). FAP is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free legal services on public interest free speech and free press matters. FAP serves its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists by defending those who are sued because they have written or spoken about matters of public concern, representing those seeking access to government records and proceedings and representing those challenging the constitutionality of laws, regulations or governmental policies or practices that restrict the freedom of speech. See below for the list of participating authors and their corresponding auction dates

This is the third character name auction for First Amendment Project. The first two auctions, held in 2005 and 2006, earned over $170,000 for the organization.

More information about The First Amendment Project and Ebay auction go to:

http://www.thefirstamendment.org/news.html.

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Give The Gift of Immortality To A Loved One This Christmas

Christmases come and go, and we rarely remember what we received the previous your, although at the time each gift seemed very important. This year you will have the opportunity to give a gift to a loved one that will last forever.  The Gift?  Their name featured in a published novel.

The First Amendment Project has come up with the unique idea of auctioning the opportunity to have your name, or the name of a friend or loved one, immortalized in a soon to be completed novel.

The auction is a benefit for First Amendment Project, the Oakland, CA-based nonprofit organization that provides free legal services on public interest free speech and free press issues.

In addition to the character name, the winning bidder in the “Weeds” auction will receive a signed copy of the pilot script, the box set of DVDs of the first five seasons of the series and a “Weeds” baseball cap. Among the other opportunities available at the auction, which can be found at http://3.ly/fapauction include the chance to be an FBI agent or a stripper with a heart of gold in the next entry in Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters series; a villain or a victim in Thomas Perry’s next entry in the Jane Whitefield series, a wounded World War I soldier or drunken Bohemian in Andrew Sean Greer’s next novel, as a character in a new musical by Janet Burroway, or a character in a cartoon series by Ben Katchor, Chris Ware or T Campbell. Young adult authors Dan Gutman and Kevin J. Anderson are offering character names in the next entries in their Baseball Card Adventures and Star Challengers series, respectively.

I have offered the opportunity to run away and join the circus in my new novel "The Chamber of Curiosities". The love story between a freak show giant and a beautiful young trapeze artist is set in a deserted bastion overlooking a seaport in a mysterious land. The winner bidder will not only have a character named after them, they will be alllowed to determine personal details and relationship to other characters.
This is the third character name auction for First Amendment Project. The first two auctions, held in 2005 and 2006, earned over $170,000 for the organization.

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Prominent Authors Support The First Amendment Project In Unique Ebay Auction

Prominent American authors are supporting the First Amendment Project by offering bidders the opportunity to have their names used in upcoming projects. The importance of our fundamental right to freedom of speech is not only important to writers, but to all citizens.  A few of the famous writers featured in auction are quoted on The First Amendment Project website:

The authors speak:

"There's nothing more important to democracy: protecting -- and fighting for -- the right of free expression. It's a battle that began at the birth of our Constitution, and is carried on in the courts today by the First Amendment Project." Carl Hiaasen.

"The First Amendment is the cornerstone of American liberty. Our freedoms to speak and to write are our most sacred legacy. We are living in a time when First Amendment rights are under siege. I'm involved in this auction to show my support for the First Amendment against all its enemies." John Lescroart

"As a science fiction writer, I like to push ideas, stretch my imagination, provoke people to think along new paths. That frightens others who like to believe they have the "only" way. Unfortunately, some of those people are in positions of power and try to enforce their opinions as law. We need staunch groups to stand up against those agendas and let people have their say. It's the only way the truth can keep getting out." Kevin J. Anderson

"Everything I do--everything this country is about--depends on the First Amendment." Francine Prose.

Conducting the charity auction is Auction Cause, a premier online auction management agency specializing in high impact and high value eBay charity auctions for nonprofits and their corporate partners. Auction Cause also conducted the 2005 auction.

The First Amendment Project is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. Since 1992, FAP has provided advice, educational materials, and legal representation to its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists in service of these fundamental liberties. Providing over $400,000 in free legal services every year, FAP is the only nonprofit organization in the country to offer direct, free and low-cost legal representation exclusively on First Amendment matters in three primary areas:

  • Defending those sued for exercising their First Amendment rights.
  • Representing those challenging laws and governmental policies that infringe on First Amendment rights.
  • Representing those seeking access to governmental records & meetings and court records & proceedings. Please consider a donation today.

    There are several ways to support FAP:

  • Make an online donation right now by clicking here.
  • Set up a recurring monthly donation. Even a small donation each month goes along way to helping us continue our programs.
  • Auction an item on Ebay for FAP's benefit. Because FAP is a registered charity with Ebay, you can designate FAP as the beneficiary of the proceeds of your auction.

--The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

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Author Anastasia Blackwell Joins Prominent Novel and Television Writers In Auction Supporting The First Amendment Project

I am pleased to announce that I have been selected to join a select group of prominent authors and television writers in an auction for The First Amendment Project. The auction offers bidders the opportunity to have there name used in a future novel or television show.

I join thirty prominent authors, representing a variety of literary genres, including  Jenji Kohan, the creator of the Showtime series “Weeds”,Andrew Sean Greer, Ayelet Waldman, Ben Katchor, Chris Ware, Dan Chaon, Dan Gutman, Dave Eggers, Derek Haas, Elinor Lipman, Francine Prose, Jane Smiley, Janet Burroway, Joshua Ferris, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, Lorrie Moore, Margot Livesey, Mona Simpson, Nami Mun, Patrick DeWitt, Phillip Margolin, Rick Moody, Robert Mailer Anderson, Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum, Stacey D’Erasmo, Stuart Woods, Suzanne Brockmann, T Campbell, Thomas Perry, Vendela Vida and Walter Kirn.

More information about The First Amendment Project, founded to protect our right to freedom of speech, and the auction may be found on their website at http://www.thefirstamendment.org/news.html

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Tanya Hoover and Marek Kaszuba of Trapeze Pro In Sonoma in Rehearsal for Music Video

 

 

 

 

Trapeze artists Tanya Hoover and Marek Kaszuba, of Trapeze Pro In Sonoma, are in rehearsal for a combination static and flying trapeze act for a music video based on a scene from "The House on Black Lake". It is believed to be the first time the rare combo of static and flying trapeze is used in to recreate a scene from a novel for  music video.