<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">the time has come</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">to break all my promises</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">tear apart all chains</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; 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"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">and break at once</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">all lovers' ties</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">with the sword of death</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">put cotton inside</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">crash the door and</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">enter the chamber</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">where all sweet</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">things are hidden</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">how long can i</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">beg and bargain</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">for the things of this world</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">while love is waiting</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">how long before</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">i can rise beyond</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">how i am and</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">what i am</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> - Jelalludin Rumi</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(Ghazal 1591, translated by Nader Khalili)</font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="color: black; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">In less than ten days, on Saturday, February 7, lovers of the spoken word from all over the Bay Area will arrive at Rumi's Caravan to refuel with the beauty, mystery, and wisdom of Rumi, Hafiz, and the mystic poets.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">We always see a surge in demand for tickets during the final week. And, sadly, in recent years, we've had to turn folks away for lack of seats.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">Now, therefore, is the best time to invite friends to join you or to recommend tickets to folks who would also appreciate the celebration.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">In order to accommodate everyone who wants to come, we added a 3 pm matinee performance this year. <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">And we've also just announced a special Group Rate for groups of six or more for the matinee. We trust this will satisfy the demand for seats.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"><span class="textexposedshow">TICKETS are available online at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://rumiscaravan2015.brownpapertickets.com/" style="text-decoration: underline; ">http://rumiscaravan2015.brownpapertickets.com</a><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">These events are benefits/fundraisers for the Center for Climate Protection.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">We are deeply grateful for this opportunity to co-create with you an experience so beautifully expressed by Artistic Director Kay Crista:<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">"With ecstatic poetry, a potency of feeling slips in with the words, bypasses the brain, pierces the heart, and enters directly into the soul . . . and we are uplifted, effortlessly, like grace."<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">We look forward to soul-lifting with you.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"><span class="hascaption"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06">“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>~ Rumi<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"><span class="hascaption"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"><span class="hascaption">PS, To learn more about Rumi’s Caravan, please “like” our page on Facebook:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hascaption"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Rumi.Caravan" style="text-decoration: underline; ">www.facebook.com/Rumi.Caravan</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="hascaption"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#173b06"> </font></span></p></body></html>