PAST EVENT/s, 2012

[1] DEC 19 (Wednesday), starts 9PM.

Blues-rock singer songwriter SYDNEY McMATH (aka Rev. Syd of Rev. Syd and the Homewreckers of Spartanburg SC) will be the featured guest performer at the start of the Wednesday Open Mic at Vanuatu Kava Bar (15 Eagle St, downtown Asheville. 828 505-8118). CHECK her out and her band at: http://www.reverbnation.com/revsydandthehomewreckers

[2] NOV 24 (Saturday), starts 9PM

FOOD POETS SOCIETY, 3: “Poetry, Music, Food”

Performers: Riyen Roots, Alex Haskell, and poet Jadwiga McKay

Poet-cook Pasckie Pascua cooks his “culturally interfaced” dishes complement poetry and music.

VENUE: Vanuatu Kava Bar, 15 Eagle St, downtown Asheville. 828 505-8118.

FREE to come in. Dinner fee is donation-basis.

[3.a] NOV 15 (Thursday), 8 to 12midnight

PURPLE is the COLOR of FIRE

(soul, rhythm & blues, poetry, dance and autumn love)

Second of a series of events for breast cancer awareness, With WestSound, Laine Lewis, Regina Duke, and Deva Laxamana

Westville Pub, 777 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806. (828) 225-9782

[3.b] OCT 27 (Sat), starts 8:30 PM

PURPLE is the COLOR of FIRE (poetry, music, food)

Launch of a series of events for breast cancer awareness

Featuring Dulci Ellenberger, Madelyn Lavender (with Joe Longobardi), Regina Duke, Alisa Danielle Kuumba Zuwena, and Jadwiga McKay

[3.c] OCT 27 (Saturday), 9 to 11 PM

FOOD POETS SOCIETY, 2: “Poetry, Music, Food”

Poet-cook Pasckie Pascua cooks his “culturally interfaced” dishes complement poetry and music—amidst a roomful of Halloween costumed spirits.

Performer: Peace Jones

[4] SEPT, 22 (Saturday), 9 to 11 PM

FOOD POETS SOCIETY: “Poetry, Music, Food”

Poet-cook Pasckie Pascua cooks Pacific Islander dishes to complement kava-kava. ENJOY cool poetry and music from Caleb Beissert, Paul DeCirce, Kevin Evans, Tom Hoa Binh & The Peacemakers, Aaron Price, Bill Ramsey, Riyen Roots, Jadwiga McKay, Michaela Roche, and more awesome local poets and musicians, while you savor exotic cuisine.

Vanuatu Kava Bar. 15 Eagle St, Asheville. Tel # 828 505-8118.

FREE to come in. Dinner plate of island dish is $7. Proceeds go to TBonfires' community projects.

[5] SEPT 15 (Saturday), 4 to 9 PM

“Bonfires for Peace at Pritchard Park”

Featuring Peace Jones, George Terry & The Zealots, The Ones

With Dylan Wilder and James McKay, 

visiting poet from England

Emcees: Caleb Beissert and James McKay

[6] SEPT 11 (Tuesday), 8 to 11 PM

“Peace is a Flower”

Featuring James McKay, visiting poet from England. With Laura Hope-Gill, Caleb Beissert, Pasckie Pascua, and Aaron Price.

Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar

1 Page Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. (828) 252-0020

Part of “Peace is a Flower” Summer 2012 Gig Series. FREE

[7] SEPT 9 (Sunday), 4 to 9 PM

“Bonfires for Peace at Pritchard Park”

Featuring Touch Samadhi's (touchsamadhi.com) trance Goa DJs: 

Sensoma, Krikett, Spaghettiman

Downtown Asheville NC. FREE

[8] AUG 19 (Sunday), 4 to 9 PM

“Bonfires for Peace at Pritchard Park”

Featuring Touch Samadhi's Kri, Goadream 

and Sensoma

Downtown Asheville NC

[9] AUG 8 (Wednesday), 8 to 10 PM

Pasckie Pascua (featured poet)

Mind Gravy Poetry, produced by Al Black

Drip Coffee, 729 Saluda Ave at Five Points, Columbia, SC

Part of Pasckie's “Red is the Color of my Night” Summer 2012 Gig Series

[10] JULY 24 (Tuesday), 9 to 11 PM

Caleb Beissert, Pasckie Pascua, Aaron Price, Sarah Phoenix Noel

Battery Park Book Exchange and Champagne Bar

1 Page Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801. (828) 252-0020

Part of “Peace is a Flower” Summer 2012 Gig Series

PHOTOS: Adults and children at Bonfires for Peace events. Above posters, designed by Jon Seven (art by Duane Lucas Pascua)

INQUIRY: Marta Osborne, 828 280 1555, or email pasckie@yahoo.com [For Wander Women projects, get in touch with Marta Osborne at bonfires_marta@yahoo.com