Ancora Imparo

Pirates Raid Holiday Port!
Sunday, July 19th 10AM - 5PM
FREE Pirate Event!

We will have food (potluck), sword fights, music, belly dancing, drums, games, and Tickets to ALDEA and Pirate MUD WRESTLING!

See azcorsair.com for more information!

Holiday Port is this Sunday!
10AM - Whenever the pirates get tired!
FREE Event!
Bring your good spirits, drums, swords, games, music, and something to share, be it food or drink!
We will have dancers, sword fights, and TICKETS TO the ALDEA RAID!

For more information visit azcorsair.com

Happy Birthday Badrea!
WOW Show Tonight!
Over Coffee (303 & Greenway)
6PM-9PM
FREE Show

Thunderstump Tonight at The Firehouse (1015 1st St.)! FREE Show! 10PM-11PM! Amazing Comedy band singing about all that which geeks and gamers love!

Rumor has it that they have written a new song inspired by something I mentioned ^_~

After wandering the entire house yesterday I discovered that I am surprisingly low on wire hangers! I am sincerely confused as to how this could have happened. Back in the day, the supply seemed endless. So. I am putting out a request once more. If anyone is tossing wire hangers, send them my way. Thanks much!

I spent a ton of time working on the online presence yesterday too. Change of address to all of the business sites and such. 80_Sixed Amazon and 80Sixed on iOffer are fully updated and ready to go, online anyway. I am still trying to sort out where to put everything store related, in the house.

In bellydance news, Kimm and Jess popped the studio cherry last night! Still no mirrors but the space was wonderful! I did get at least one call on the Tuesday dance classes too. She said she would call back, never did, but I will bug her today.

Hoping everyone is well!

Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, dear ___________. Happy birthday to you.

Whose birthday is it, you ask? It's Badrea's birthday! YEAH!!!! Join Dancers of De Nile at Over Coffee on Saturday, July 11th from 6-9PM as we celebrate our dear troupe director's birthday. EVERYONE WELCOME from beginner student to professional dancer, as well as musicians and troupes. Come to perform or just dance during our open dance.

Kirk & Al will be serving up some cool & refreshing summer drinks and they have plenty of yummy treats for your belly. It's a FREE, family friendly event. So come & hang out with your friends, make some new friends or meet up with some long lost friends. It's hotter than heck out side! So there's no place better to be than at Over Coffee.

Tuesday Evenings
6PM - 7PM
Bellydance Basics
Near 67th Ave & Peoria
$5 per student

e-mail for more information: easalle@cox.net

I am looking for large mirrors for the studio room, no frames, a good sewing table, more time, and....

Students!

I am so ready for people interested in taking classes! And yes, I am still West side!

Posting to you live from the new house! Woo Hoo!

Spent last night here. So exciting! There is still a lot of cleaning to do and still at least two trips of stuff from the apartment, including the cats. But we are here!

Moving party starts! Monday, 8AM!

1984 Chevy Silverado 4WD
Stolen from 91st ave and Camelback area

Shaun's friend at work had his truck stolen a couple days ago. This truck is his baby! Please help!

The grill and wheels (black and white teardrop cut outs) are custom and it may still have the Cardinals fan plate on the front. Full off road package.

I would be crying my eyes out if someone stole my Molly, so I am passing this on hoping other gearheads will too!

Thanks!

Hey all! Shaun and I get the keys to the new house on Monday!
*must contain excitement*

We are calling in our moving karma accumulated over the past decade we have been in the same apartment in AZ.

Any willing to pack, carry, loan truck space, etc are welcome. Pizza, booze, sodas and good company to follow when all the work is done.

Much thanks and much love to all!

THUNDERSTUMP!
(Adam, the son of the Amazingly funny Tom Tuerff! and band!)

July 10th
10-11pm

The Firehouse
(Just north of 1st Street and Roosevelt)
1015 n. 1st Street Phoenix 85004
602 300 7575

Bring your friends, why not? It's free!

P.S. Rumor has it they are working on a Zombie song!

HEY EVERYONE!

Please post this message everywhere you can--forward it, plaster it on Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, Livejournal, wherever!

Yes, it's true--we're closing down after this Sunday.

Why? That's a story for later. Just trust us that it was VERY unexpected and TOTALLY beyond our control--our business has been doing GREAT!

The important thing is--we may not be going out WHEN we choose, but we're going to go out HOW we choose--ON OUR OWN TERMS, ON TOP AND IN STYLE!

So this weekend join us for ONE LAST BASH!

Say farewell to the Valley's ONLY independent movie theatre, run BY movie geeks, FOR movie geeks!

Friday & Saturday we will have our regular $2 movies all day

FINAL ADULTS ONLY ROCKY HORROR SEATING AT 11PM THIS FRIDAY! ($7)
REGULAR ROCKY ON SATURDAY NIGHT SEATING AT 11PM! ($7)
THE ROOM SCREENING 9PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY ($8)

THEN OUR BIG FINAL FAREWELL BASH STARTS AT NOON ON SUNDAY!

We will have live bands, comedians, magicians, musicians, vendors, performances artist, free mystery movies, and more! If you are a vendor or performer and want to be part of it, LET US KNOW ASAP! (602 502 8421/chandlercinema s@gmail.com)

THEN AT 5PM WE WILL HAVE OUR FAREWELL-FOR- NOW PERFORMANCES OF REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA (5pm) AND THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (7pm)

We will also feature screenings of THE ROOM and LOBSTERMAN FROM MARS

Appearances are expected from Page the Village Idiot, the Strange Family Circus, the Midnite Movie Mamacita, and more!

Help make our last blast a success & help us close this place as debt-free as possible--PLEASE SHOW UP TO SUPPORT US! And spread the word!

Lobby events are free
ROCKY & REPO are $7 each or both for $12. We expect both of these to be sold-out, standing-room- only performances!

As for the future, losing this place is a BIG blow--it's one of the last bastions of subculture in the Valley! BUT--we're looking for new places to take ROCKY, REPO AND OUR OTHER SHOWS. I PROMISE YOU THIS IS NOT THE END! WE'VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN THE PAST AND WE ALWAYS RISE AGAIN FROM THE ASHES BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE. WE WILL RISE AGAIN! HAVE FAITH AND STAY TUNED TO THIS MAILING LIST AND TO WWW.AZROCKY. COM AND WWW.CHANDLERCINEMAS .COM!

Big thanks to Darren Lynn Bousman, Trash City Entertainment, Mitch Palmer, all of our sponsors and friends, and so many more people than I can possibly think to mention!

WHAT: CHANDLER CINEMAS LAST BASH FEATURING ROCKY, REPO & MORE
WHEN: SUNDAY JUNE 21ST STARTING AT NOON
WHERE: CHANDLER CINEMAS, 2140 NORTH ARIZONA AVENUE, CHANDLER AZ, 85225
(NW CORNER OF ARIZONA AVE & WARNER, BEHIND TARGET)
HOW MUCH: LOBBY EVENTS FREE/ROCKY & REPO $7 EACH/OTHER EVENTS PRICE TO BE ANNOUNCED
WHO: EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
DRESS CODE: AS LONG AS IT WON'T GET YOU ARRESTED (KEEP IT STREET LEGAL), ANYTHING GOES--COME AS YOU ARE!
DISCLAIMER: NOT ALL EVENTS WILL BE TOTALLY FAMILY FRIENDLY. ROCKY AND REPO DEAL WITH MATURE SUBJECT MATTER IN AN IMMATURE WAY AND ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
HOSTED BY: COME AS YOU ARE ENTERTAINMENT WITH HELP FROM TRASH CITY ENTERTAINMENT
CONTACT: MATTEO AT 602 502 8421 OR CHANDLERCINEMAS@ GMAIL.COM (CHANDLERCINEAS AT GMAIL.COM)

It's the raid t' end all raids and it is happening on Friday, November 13th!

The Arizona Corsairs host a night of music, dance, booty chasing, debauchery and chance, as they invite pirates and scallywags from these desert seas and beyond!

Tickets are currently $25.00 each and include entrance to the main hall event, merchants row, and scrumptious pirate dinin'!

Ticket prices will be risin' like the tides so contact:

Captain Blackstrap 623-363-0489 or easalle@cox.net
(Tickets are available from any of the AZ Corsair Captains)




*A portion of proceeds will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital*

Bellydance 101 - 8 Week Session

Mountain View Community Center
9th St & Grovers

Thursday evenings: 6:30PM - 7:30PM

Last Chance to sign up!

Romantasy Cabaret is this Saturday! June 13th!

Doors open at 8:30PM and the party goes until 1:30AM!

Club Red
2155 University Dr.
Tempe AZ

1920's Costume encouraged!

See you there!

To ALL of you.

I post this every year and I add a little and change a little, depending on what the year has shown me.

To the mothers who have birthed and raised their children
To the mothers who have opted to adopt
To the mothers who have furry, fuzzy, four-legged children
To the mothers who have children of the more abstract muse-like sort
To the mothers who chose to have others raise their children
To the mothers who chose not to give birth
To the mothers of creativity
To the mothers of art
To the mothers of ideas and revolutionary thought
To the mothers of corporations
To the mothers of science
To the mothers known better as 'teacher'
To the mothers known better as 'Mrs.___' by the neighbor kids

To my mom, who 'brings out the sledge hammer to repaint the walls'.
To my grandmother, who will never slow down.
To my mom-in-law, who worries too much over all the right things.

To myself, for accepting that even if I am not a 'good mom' I still can go to bed every night secure with the thought that I sincerely tried.

Our children, though they love us, are heartless and innocent. We must nurture them into fruition and mold them to maturity. No matter what our children become, no mother can be called a failure if she followed her heart with a good dose of common sense in the lead.

Happy Mother's Day Show!

Way Out West Bellydance
Tonight! 6PM - 9PM
Over Coffee 303 hwy & Greenway Rd.

FREE!

See you there!

So many exciting events have been passing by lately that the memory of the last fades as soon as the next one is current. This moves me to try at blogging on LJ more frequently again. Well, we will see anyway.

The Commodore pulled strings again and got in on some information that the Tempe MarketPlace and Cine Capri Harkins would be giving away tickets to the Red Carpet Premiere of the newest X-Men movie. One the day of the Cheba Hut 4.20 event, Max and Eli took off on a mission to obtain these tickets, and obtain they did! By chance, three tickets!

Cut to April 27th: Shaun, Eli, and I, with ticket and wristband each, JD, Kendra and Max in tow, head to the big event. We did use this as an excuse to get as dolled up as possible. Max and the kids hung by the gates surrounding the ticketed area and the boys and I took our places. Boredom and the need to see if it was possible lead me to sneak Max and JD in to the restricted area with the guys. Max, in his tux, was easy to walk directly in through the front gate with me on his arm and the wristband on mine. It is astounding how oblivious people can be if you look like you belong somewhere. JD was a bit more humorous. He was talking with me over the gate and before he realized what his crazy mother was up to, I had lifted him over.

The entire experience was exhilarating and I would love to do it again! The movie was not too bad. Shaun, Eli and I scaled it at about a Blade I, between Spiderman and Iron Man. I will not give anything away though.