<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="text-align: center;"><img id="m_964031468891869879E6B7F849-D924-4637-A81C-F4253C95DD6A" class="" apple-inline="yes" src="cid:16b525bb5dda3e5f4621"></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-right: 4.5pt; background-color: white;"> <span class="" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; color: blue;">July 13th:</span> <b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt; color: blue;">Rumi’s Caravan Returns to Oakland</span></b></p><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Unitarian Church, 685 14<sup class="">th</sup> Street, 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:00) </span></b></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: blue;">Recitation of World Poetry</span></i></b><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">with Doug Von Koss, Barry and Maya Spector, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista and others,</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">and musicians Christine Tulis and Cindy Albers</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">and Sufi dancer Chelsea Rose</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">TICKETS:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> $15.00/Advance, $30.00 at the door</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4060914" target="_blank" class="">https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4060914</a></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">A Poetic Conversation:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> For twenty 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.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">This is a benefit performance for the </span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">Middle East Children’s Alliance </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">(</span><a href="http://www.mecaforpeace.org/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">www.mecaforpeace.org</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">), a superb organization that provides education, medicine and hope for refugee children in Palestine.</span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Work scholarships are available.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Website:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;"><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BarrySpector/059e57c072/TEST/c20b33d63c" target="_blank" class="">www.rumiscaravan.com</a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Facebook:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2279921332260544" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/2279921332260544</a></span></p><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Video:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?BarrySpector/059e57c072/TEST/92878b3b4e/v=xjJA9bzPSd4" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjJA9bzPSd4</span></a><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 4.5pt 0.0001pt 13.5pt; background-color: white;"><br class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> </p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>