<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font class=""><b class=""><span class="">July 8th:</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font class=""><b class=""><span class="">Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Oakland </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><b class=""><span class=""><font size="4" class="">Humanist Hall, 390 27<sup class="">th</sup> Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30) <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><b class=""><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></b></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="">Recitation of world poetry </span></i></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><i class=""><span class=""><font size="4" class="">with Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista and others, <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></i></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><i class=""><span class=""><font size="4" class="">and musicians Christine Tulis and Suellen Primost <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></i></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">TICKETS:</span></b><span class=""> $15.00/Advance, $30.00 at the door<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2881016" class=""><span class="">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2881016</span></a><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">A Poetic Conversation:</span></b><span class=""> For fifteen years Rumi’s Caravan has inspired audiences, weaving together poems by Rumi, Hafez, Machado, Rilke, Yeats, Mary Oliver, Joy Harjo, Naomi Shihab Nye, David Whyte and other poets across the world.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class="">The presenters create an improvised poetic conversation with musical accompaniment. Moving through moods of prayer and grief to humor and celebration, the Caravan always highlights the beauty of the spoken word.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><span class=""><font class="">All of our performances benefit local non-profit organizations. This year, our fourth in Oakland, we are proud to partner with the <b class="">Middle East Children’s Alliance</b></font> (</span><a href="http://www.mecaforpeace.org/" class=""><span class="" style="color: windowtext;">www.mecaforpeace.org</span></a><span class="">),<font class=""> a superb organization that provides education, medicine and hope for refugee children in Palestine.<o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""><font class="">Members of Rumi’s Caravan are available for interviews in the East Bay: Please contact Barry Spector at 650-327-5493.</font><o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Website:</span></b><span class=""> </span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BarrySpector/059e57c072/TEST/c20b33d63c" class=""><span class="" style="color: windowtext;">www.rumiscaravan.com</span></a><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Facebook:</span></b><span class=""> </span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BarrySpector/059e57c072/TEST/6e66589821" class=""><span class="" style="color: windowtext;">www.facebook.com/Rumi.Caravan</span></a><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><span class="">Video:</span></b><span class=""> </span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BarrySpector/059e57c072/TEST/92878b3b4e/v=xjJA9bzPSd4" class=""><span class="" style="color: windowtext;">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjJA9bzPSd4</span></a><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><span class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><i class=""><span class=""><font class=""><font size="4" class="">We would appreciate if you would forward this announcement to your friends and post a copy in your public space or office. Call Barry if you’d like copies of the post card.</font><font size="2" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></font></font></span></i></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 45pt 0.0001pt 9pt;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="EF00D34A-DEE7-4A1B-9A86-2754C879BB55" height="320" width="228" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:A40E51D1-C0E8-4B5D-A025-DD7479FD7406@hsd1.ca.comcast.net" class=""> <img apple-inline="yes" id="97ED21FE-93CD-418D-85A1-30F23E988BFB" height="320" width="229" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:886D1928-E644-4AF6-8173-295F9369699A@hsd1.ca.comcast.net" class=""></div></div></body></html>