December 14 at 7:45pm Danny Moynahan host a night of music and revelry at the Talking Stick on Lincoln Blvd. in Venice. Many talented musicians will be in attendance, Hen House’s own Baba Alade among them. So head out for a night of FUN, FESTIVE and FREE live music!
The name Michael C. Ford will probably ring a bell to not just a few Manteca Unified School District students who were in elementary and high school during the mid-to-late 1980s. Those were the years when the award-winning spoken-word artist did stints as a poet-in-residence at Brock Elliott School, Manteca High and other campuses in the district.
Chances are, some of the students he taught probably still have in their possession today copies of an anthology of the youthful verses they penned in the classroom which was “published” at the end of their poetry lessons with the Grammy/Pulitzer Prize poet.
Ford was actually the resident poet for San Joaquin County area schools as well as language arts consultant for the California Poets-in-the-Schools program at the time, so he touched the lives of hundreds more would-be young poets than just those he mentored in the Manteca Unified School District. (more…)
Last Month Hen House Curated a Night of Poetry and Music at Beyond Baroque…Watch Ellyn’s Performance and Subscribe to Hen House’s Youtube Channel here!
Ellyn Maybe and Jackson Browne rocked the crowd the night before the Plastic Pollution Coalition’s heavy-weight Tedx Event at the Annenburg Community Beach House. Ellyn was among many incredible speakers, scientists, artists and activists all working to raise public awareness about plastic pollution and the crisis of our oceanic ecosystems. The reception for the event couldn’t have been more beautiful and the focus of the evening couldn’t have been more pressing. Check out the Plastic Pollution Coalition’s important work here and enjoy some photos from the event!
Plastic Pollution Coalition Fete at the Marion Davis Beach House
Robbie Fitzsimmons and Danny Moynahan Rock Out Amidst the Artwork
Ellyn will be performing alongside speakers Sylvia Earle, Ed Begley Jr., Inara George, Fabien Cousteau, and Jackson Browne, to name a few. Tune in to this important event or organize your own viewing party.
