TW Newsletter Number 15 - May 2010
Welcome to the May 2010 Treasures of Wonderment Newsletter, an online magazine promoting positive change through creative living.
In this issue:
HER LOVE FOR JAZZ
In a world of overnight sensations, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton’s success has come from the road less traveled. A decision in the mid ’90s to move to Southern California from her New England home resulted in a decade-long collaboration with her current band mates. A Wisconsin-born choir girl, unexposed to jazz until college, Tierney eventually found the best of the best--collaborators with their own impressive jazz pedigrees, from Natalie Cole to Diana Krall, from Ray Charles to Randy Brecker--pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Trey Henry and Kevin Axt, and drummer Ray Brinker. [Watch a video interview below] Read more...
IMAGINE SLEEPING ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR
A global day of action demanding an end to human rights abuses in Iran has been called for Saturday, 12 June. The initiative – coordinated by human rights group United4Iran – is being co-sponsored by numerous organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Nobel Women's Initiative, the Baha'i International Community, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, FIDH (Federation Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme), and Pen International. Read more...
SHE HELPS PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES
John Haines has been called an Indiana Jones of the spirit. He recently met with Linda Hindley, a visitor from her native England. University educated with majors in science, economics and sociology, in the course of her long, productive and eclectic working life she’s been a teacher, organic farmer, consultant, administrator in various social service fields, all leading to her present occupation of healing—or, as she would say, a channeller of energy. Her healing/energy work today finds her variously engaged in hospitals, a drop-in centre and in private practice.; much of what she does is given freely. Read more...
ANOTHER WAY TO ESCAPE
Study, Play and Live with Some of the World's Top Performing Artists: If you haven't participated in a KoSA event, our annual workshop is the mother of all immersions. This year, we celebrate the 15th anniversary of the world renowned KoSA International Percussion Workshop, Drum Camp and Festival. The multi-day event will be held from July 27th through August 1st on the Green campus of Castleton State College, in Vermont, USA. Read more...
INTERNATIONAL ACTION IS URGENT
As seven Baha'i leaders in Iran enter their third year of imprisonment, new details about the harsh conditions of their incarceration have emerged, renewing calls for their immediate release. "These innocent Baha'is have now been locked up for two full years in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, under conditions which clearly violate international standards," said Bani Dugal, the principal representative of the Baha'i International Community to the United Nations. "We call on the Iranian authorities to release them now, and ask the international community to join us in this plea. The dictates of justice demand no less. Read more...
MUSIC FOR HIS HEART
Russell Garcia was born on 12 April 1916 in Oakland, California. He grew up in what he says was an “ordinary” household where music was something that came out of the radio. At the age of five-year-old Russ was standing by the radio every Sunday morning listening to the New York Philharmonic. Russ Garcia lives in New Zealand with his wife since 1971. Read an interview with Randall Larson. Read more...
GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS
MILLIONS of neighbours are encouraged to become good friends at the Fête des voisins on May 28. More than eight million people participated in last year's fête - a huge jump from its origins in a quartier in Paris. It was founded by Atanase Périfan in 1999 who was moved to action after hearing how an elderly woman’s body was not found in her flat for two months after she died. Mr Périfan said: "It was so sad to think that nobody knew the woman was there.” Read more...
FLOWER CHILD
An Interview with ruie Mullins - Hippie life is still going strong but it seems that their cause is absolutely different from the 1960's when hippies through their appearance, declared their willingness to question authority and live as free as they could.In June 1967, the song "San Francisco" written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas and sung by Scott McKenzie was initially designed to promote the Monterey Pop Festival: "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair... If you're going to San Francisco, You're gonna meet some gentle people there." Read more...
TW Featured Artists and Writer's Corner
- Where Else? by John Etheridge
- Les Enfants d’Afrique by Maria Chouchtar
- The Night of the Blue Moon by ruie Mullins
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