KJazz 88.1 | Community Events Calendar

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6:00pm - 7:30pm

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Artscape "Safe & Sound" Streaming Series Featuring the Mojo Ike & Val Septet WHAT: The Global Arts Project & the Collins Park Neighborhood Association Present Artscape "Safe & Sound" Streaming Series, a free concert featuring award-winning artists Ike and Val Woods. The event will be broadcast in order to allow audiences the opportunity to enjoy the music of these talented musicians in a safe environment.

WHO: Grammy-nominated artists Ike and Val Woods have performed throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. The Miami-based blues duo recently completed an eighteen city European Tour where they electrified their audiences with their high energy yet soulful Blues performances. The Ike and Val Woods Blues Band competed and won first place at the Monterey Blues Festivals’ “Battle of the Bands”. They have shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Gill Scott, Ramsey Lewis, KEM, Jerry Butler, Jeffrey Osborne, Bobby Blue Bland, the Whispers, Tommy Castro, Eddie Cotton Jr., Jonathan Butler, David Sanborne, Earl Klugh, Betty Wright, Nestor Torres, the Ruppingtons, Pancho Sanchez and the O’Jays.

The concert is presented by The Global Arts Project, and will be hosted by Ray Breslin, president of The Collins Park Neighborhood Association, and George Neary. The venue, Miami Beach Woman’s Club, is sponsored by South Beach Group.

WHEN: Sunday, August 2nd, 6-7:30 p.m. Eastern

WATCH: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlobalArtsProject/ YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ya4cmodb Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimberlyglobal1 GAP website: http://www.globalartsproject.org/livestream

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12:00pm - 1:30pm

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Graced with an impeccable voice, Sara Gazarek is one of the leading lights of an impressive new generation of jazz vocalists. Her career has been the picture of success – highlighted by five acclaimed albums, an ardent fanbase, enthusiastic reviews and collaborations with such luminaries as Kurt Elling, Fred Hersch, Billy Childs and Larry Goldings. Her latest double Grammy-nominated album, Thirsty Ghost, “Distills everything appealing about Gazarek into an intense and heady brew.” (JazzTimes)

Time:

9:45am - 9:00pm

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NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts a packed and exciting day of virtual screenings and Q&As powered by Seed&Spark, which include a program of animated work from all around the world with InFocus: International Animation, our InFocus: Disabilities screening of the finalists from this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, a selection of California short films presented in partnership with Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS), as well as a collection of work from the city of Los Angeles co-presented by City of Los Angeles Councilmember Bob Blumenfield.

The day begins with InFocus: International Animation, a slate of animated films from France, Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, Estonia, Iran and Brazil representing a range of animation styles and storytelling visions, from the haunting to the awkward to the surreal to the heartfelt.

The day continues with a celebration of the finalists of this year’s Easterseals Disability Film Challenge: Home Edition, a collection of films telling unique stores and showcasing disability in its many forms, as part of InFocus: Disabilities.

The afternoon continues with shorts program Made In California, a selection of films made throughout the versatile state of California, including documentary, coming of age, drama, comedy, animation and music videos presented in partnership with Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS).

The evening concludes with a closer look at the city of Los Angeles with Made in Los Angeles, a selection of short form work made right here in LA, co-presented by City of Los Angeles councilmember Bob Blumenfield.

All filmmakers are welcome and encouraged to submit their projects which will be considered for all upcoming NFMLA Festivals, regardless of the InFocus programming, which celebrates diversity, inclusion and region. NFMLA showcases films by filmmakers of all backgrounds throughout the year.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/event/monthly-film-festival-august-22nd-2020/

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12:00pm - 1:30pm

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Eric Marienthal started his professional career with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt. He has since gone on to perform in over 80 different countries, record 14 solo CD’s and play on hundreds of records, films, television shows and commercial jingles.

Eric won two Grammy Awards and has seven nominations as a member of the Chick Corea Elektric Band and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. He has performed with a myriad of artists, including Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Aaron Neville, Johnny Mathis, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, David Benoit, The Rippingtons, The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band, Patti Austin, Lou Rawls, David Lee Roth, The Yellowjackets, B.B. King, Ramsey Louis, Patti Labelle and Olivia Newton-John.

Nine of the songs recorded by Eric have made it to the top 10 of the National Contemporary Jazz Radio Charts and three have made it to No.1. Eric was voted as being one of the year’s “Favorite Alto Sax Players” in the JAZZIZ Magazine Reader’s Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods.

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12:00pm - 1:30pm

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Pianist-composer-bandleader Josh Nelson has performed with some of the most respected names in jazz, including Kurt Elling, John Pizzarelli, Benny Golson, Sheila Jordan, George Mraz, Dave Koz, Joe Chambers, Peter Erskine and has toured with legendary vocalist Natalie Cole for six years. His own recordings, beginning with 2004’s Anticipation, have received international acclaim. His follow-up, Let it Go, was hailed by Jazz Times, All About Jazz and Jazz Review as a fully-realized breakthrough album. Nelson’s next album, 2009’s I Hear a Rhapsody, had him re-imagining Jerry Goldsmith’s “Theme from Chinatown,” Jimmy Van Heusen’s “Here’s That Rainy Day” and Elliott Smith’s “Everything Means Nothing To Me” and included seven powerful originals. With 2011’s sci-fi-influenced Discoveries, Nelson introduced his Discovery Project, an immersive multi-media presentation combining video, performance art, light and art installations with his original music.