I hope everyone has gotten their tickets to the Phoenix Guitar Gala. It's $30 for 1 ticket & $50 for 2 tickets. It promises to be a fantastic evening! I want to help make it clear that the event starts at 7pm (contrary to a couple of articles that said something different :-)....

My thanks to Virginia May for bringing Aboriginal art to us! If you've never seen (or if you have) a piece of original Aboriginal art, I highly recommend taking in the show at the Mohoney Library at the SRJC Petaluma Campus. It's an amazing process. Most of the artists use the end of a stick to place their dots into the gorgeous patterns. I tried to do something like this and it takes incredible patience and skill in getting the paint onto the tool and then to the canvas in a consistent way. For details, click on the more...

Brief show at Aurora Colors Gallery the week of 7 - 14 March... Reception will be from 1 - 4pm on Saturday, March 7, 2009...

The Boomerang Gallery, inside Heebe Jeebe, is currently one of 10 sites displaying the amazing guitars to be auctioned next Saturday at the Phoenix Theater Guitar Gala (Feb 28th). Following the guitar display, the folks at the Boomerang Gallery will be presenting a moving exhibit titled "A New Hope". Click more to get the message from Drew & company...

I can't say enough about how special it is for us to have the Petaluma Arts Center open for business! I just got my Spring 2009 Art Class Schedule that is packed full of great classes for all ages.

Maqam and Iqa: Modes and Rhythms of the Middle East
Vince Delgado, Coralie Russo, and Robbie Belgrade
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 7pm
Connie Mahoney Reading Room, Mahoney Library, SRJC Petaluma Campus
Vince Delgado is a master percussionist and composer who has played music for over fifty years. He is a jazz musician, Middle Eastern musician and has studied classical North Indian music extensively. He was the executive director of the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1968 under the guidance of the great sarodist Ali Akbar Khan. He performs classical and traditional Arabic and Turkish music. Throughout his career, he has performed with many jazz artists, Middle Eastern artists, and world music drummers from Latin America, Africa, India and the Orient. www.vincedelgado.com/
Karen Petersen
Mahoney Library
SRJC Petaluma Campus
680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway
Petaluma, CA 94954
707.778.3972