PAST EVENTS

(September 27, 2009)

Altadena Junction proudly presents…

Storytelling Jam (spoken word and music)

An evening of unique performers blending storytelling and music in an intimate setting.

Featuring Julio Martinez, Geoffrey Leigh Tozer and Beverly Mickins. Hosted by Lance Anderson.

About The Performers:
Julio Martinez is the weekly host of KPFK Radio’s Arts in Review, is a theatre critic for Daily Variety and Features Editor of Latin Heat Magazine where he also contributes a weekly TeleVision column. Formerly, he performed as a guitarist for singers Al Jarreau, Sarah Vaughn and others…. Geoffrey Leigh Tozer is the Sly Crooner of Swanktown “your pal the lounge lizard mixing martinis and stirring up modern urban fairy tales” on SiriusXM Book Radio…. Beverly Mickins is the creator of Story Salon the longest running storytelling show in Southern California. Her Atomic Lounge shows combine singing and storytelling…. Lance Anderson has been telling stories in a wide array of venues for nearly 20 years. One of the first storytellers to experiment with podcasting, he also founded the LA Podcasters in 2005. Anderson is also the current “Ringleader” of both Verge of LA literary magazine and Altadena Junction.

$10 Cover. RSVP Required.
(626) 791-8586
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This Friday September 4, 2009 from 7-11pm the Altadena Junction is proud to present…

In the Spirit of Franz Hals and Fotomat, Alex Schaefer will be painting 20 minute oil portraits from life! Sit and get painted.

Alex Schaefer was born in 1969. Like many artists, he took an interest in painting relatively late in life, but for whatever reason, at 18 he began to study drawing and painting in earnest a study that has continued to this day. He applied twice to the Art Center College of Design and was accepted the second try. His exposure to certain influential teachers such as Richard Bunkall, Dan McCaw, and Harry Carmean cultivated a deep fascination for art, specifically the history and craft of oil painting, representation, and expression.

After gra …duation in 1992, Mr. Schaefer entered the burgeoning video game industry where he worked for nine years with the virtual light and space of digital media, an experience that invariably influenced his perception and depiction of painted light and space on canvas. While no longer making video games, he still loves computers but takes particular delight in all the earthy, messy, “analog” aspects of paint and flaunts its physicality.

In addition to his expanding reputation as a fine artist, he is a loved and admired composition and painting instructor at the Art Center College of Design. Mr. Schaefer’s artwork is in a growing number of collections, both public and private, in the United States and abroad.

Podcasting’s leading exponent of storytelling, Lance Anderson has been has been telling stories in a wide variety of venues and formats for nearly two decades. At various point in his career, Anderson has been described as a comic, writer/performer and as a performance artist. In March of 2005 Anderson began his highly acclaimed podcast Verge of the Fringe which quickly built him a worldwide audience. This lead to his UK tour of The Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment and to the honor of being the featured speaker at the first Podcast Forum at Cambridge University. Anderson is also the founder of the groundbreaking collective the LA Podcasters. He is currently the “ringleader” for Verge of LA mixed media magazine. The UK magazine Dazed & Confused recently described Anderson as an “Underground Hero.”