From Jon Brumit of South Bay Talent Center, part of the 01SJ Biennial’s Who’s on 1st, What’s on 2nd? exhibition:

Please come on down THIS SATURDAY to the final Open Mic / Talent Show here at the South Bay Talent Center in San Jose! This has been an incredible project and I am so excited to watch it come together; even more excited to realize that I have experienced only a tiny little bit of what the fine people of San Jose have to offer!

Saturday August 16 from 4:30 until 8 (or late?) pm ….
We’re on the ground floor of the Lion Building at South 2nd Street @ San Fernando, San Jose 95113

We’ll have a lot of special guests from around the bay including Vito, a former professional touring and studio Top 40 drummer, the inimitable songstress Nanci Armstrong, Lisa Mezzacappa and Phillip Greenlief giving us a fully postmodern bedtime story performance, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough rocking our faces off with her piano-ness (or will she demonstrate her highly-crafted-duct-tape-nesses?) and if we’re very lucky … special return appearances from Red: the tech-surviving penny whistle player, AC: a local up and coming R&B singer & songwriter, Alaina: an incredible voice with original music, IQ or Vocal Tone: two of the heaviest hitting rapper / writers to come through the center to date. And as usual … there’s no telling what will happen! And for those of you far away – just know you’re invited and missed! And please check out the far-ranging videos on the site when you have a chance. Fun!

The book & audio cd (yes – like a book and record set . . . DING!) will be available end of October, with loads of photos, talent worksheets, video stills, an introduction from Barbara Goldstein, writings from Glen Helfand, Susan O’Malley, and Kevin Thompson, and an audio CD too! Likely I will share some cerebral leakage inking some dark corner of the book (to further test your patience) and above all else … please look for a photo of diarrhea fountain! Oh … San Jose!!

Hope to see you Saturday!
Jon

www.southbaytalentcenter.com