Tuesday, March 8th:
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION
AT OHMEGA SALVAGE
2407 SAN PABLO AVENUE, BERKELEY
TUESDAY, MARCH 8th, 3PM TILL 9 PM
Here’s who’s on the program and when:
3:30-4:30 Cecile Pineda/ Author
4:30-5:00 Rybree/ musician
5:00-5:45 Toby Blome’/ Code Pink Sisters/activist
5:45-6:15 Hali Hammer/ musician/activist
6:30-8:30 Alice Pennes / Art project
6:15-6:45 Barbara Lubin/mecca for peace
6:45-7:30 Andrea Pritchett/musician
7:30-8:00 Gussie & Grits/musician
8:30 ish Shirley Smallwood (during break for Dirty Cello )/musician/storyteller
8:00-9:00 Dirty Cello/musician
Please do come if you can! And I’m SO glad to have a gig on International Women’s Day!
www.ohmegasalvage.com
OCCUPELLA will be at the Tax the Rich Rally as usual every Monday on upper Solano Ave. in front of the Oaks Theater and across the street at the Chase Bank. 4 till 5 p.m. on March 7th, AFTERWARDS 5 to 6 p.m. from the 14th on once Daylight Savings Time begins on the 13th. check our calendar at www.occupella.org for more info
Saturday,March 12th: Bernie Sanders House Concert Benefit at Raquella Thaman’s home. The event will start at 5 p.m. and we’ll start singing at 5:30. We’ll each be doing a few of our own songs, then we’ll be leading Occupella numbers. Raquella is going to make a big pot of soup and have wine and beer. If people want to bring something they can but it isn’t necessary. Lemon Hammer (no relation!) is playing at 7:00. Email me at halih@yahoo.com for the address.
Thursday, March 31st: Members of the SF Folk Music Club will be featured on Berkeley TV 25 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Here’s the link of the last show we did on February 4th, featuring Art Peterson, Amelia Hogan and Alan Smithline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0JzsEYSSxk&feature=youtu.be
The next show will feature Ken Hayes, Ed Hilton and me and Randy. We’ll each do one song and a short interview. You are welcome to come to the live broadcast. Be there by 7:15 at the latest as the show will start promptly at 7:30. The address is 2239 MLK Jr. Way (the studio is in the south end of the BHS campus, but can only be accessed from the street). It will also be live streamed on Bcmtv.org and will later be posted on their website, but we’d love to have you in the audience!
Friday, April 1st: Lawanda Ultan will be having an April Fool’s get-together at Art House, 2905 Shattuck Ave in Berkeley, and I’ll be one of the guest performers.
Sunday, April 3rd will be my POT LUCK BIRTHDAY JAM from noon till nine p.m. Email me at halih@yahoo.com for details
Sunday, April 17th: Randy Berge, Paul Herzoff and I will be playing a brunch at the Take 5 Café, 3130 Sacramento Ave, Berkeley (Between Ashby and Alcatraz) from 11 am to 1 pm. FULLY WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Friday, May 20th, 7 p.m: Rick Park will be travelling down from Eureka to do a “Spring Peacemas” show with me at Redwood Gardens
FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD I’ll be sharing a night with JUDE RESEIGNE at The Monkey House! You can go to the Monkey House website and reserve a seat any time: www.monkeyhousetheater.com
Well-versed in an assortment of moods and styles, HALI HAMMER is an award winning singer-songwriter who enjoys writing and playing a wide variety of music. She has sung and played for peace and political causes for over four decades, is a founding member of Occupella, and performs with The ReSisters. www.halihammer.com VINCE CHARMING is a multi-talented, multi-faceted, multi-instrumentalist, who has been delighting California audiences for over thirty years. He recently released his third solo CD, Everything I Know About Love on June 15, 2013. This exciting new release showcases Vince’s unique brand of Americana with 14 brilliant original songs https://www.reverbnation.com/vincecharming
Doors open at 7 pm
You need to reserve a ticket to find out the location. Email reservations@monkeyhousetheater.com
Jump-In will be playing, time TBA.
A full day of music performances, workshops, children’s activities, jamming and more!