Joe Barretta at United Community Walk & Modesto Blues Fest, noon, June 14

Just a note, that we support and love the State Theatre, where Mercenary Graphics and Keena Wells of the JB Presents Modesto Blues Festival and special events art and set up staff, crew, got in to start up our production and participation in the Downtown Modesto Third Thursday Art Walk, moved on to Act of Kindness and Claytons, did Fat Tuesday at Tresetti's, been over to our friends at Queen Bean where last year's United Community Walk started, on way to A and W, where we've had the following music friends help us with our deal on the art walk, and the Peer to Peer Recovery Art Project, hosts of the Modesto Blues Festival art venue, with El Concilio this year, more artists friends, but at our MODESTOARTX and Advocates dates with Mental Health, Not an Airplane, Rachel Renae last October, Johny and Kelly for May 2008, for the State Rachel Renae twice, Tara Tinsley, Jon Valenti, Solo Bass Andres Cervantes, John Ady (of Joe Barretta Band and Rhythmn Deluxe and Blue monday jams), Randy Marshall, Jimbo, Dave Hanley and Kenny, Joelle Maddyson, Joe Barretta and Rachel Renae on a repeat of dates, Hippy Dave in for a missing Dave Hanley as Rachel Renae gave us the news, and Efren with some help on blogs, emails, and he's doing Relay for Life next week, with friends, same as last year when on our same day, so here's the map, thanks friends, and come out....... Cherub and Paisley were doing art walk last month at good dog, need some art with them now, while we get ready for art and wine fest coming up, support that too.......

Anyway, Joe Barretta, be our music guest at State Theatre, June 14, Elizabeth Ingebretson, one of the Blue Monday Artists at Clayton's and doing workshop June 14 at the Chartreuse Muse, be our featured artist, so special working artist day for her at Blues Fest, so get a preview, join us, pick up the new June art walk specials, got some coupons in them from DEVA, Tresetti's, Claytons, cool photography from the Photographers Gallery, ad from Convention and Visitors Bureaus as Jennifer Mullen returns to Graffiti Summer event, the Modesto Blues Festival and United Community Walk, again in the ART VENUE.....

Come out and walk with NAMI Stanislaus on Flag Day, and stay for the free Modesto Blues Festival.

NAMI Stanislaus invites you to the United Community Walk, starting 10 a.m. June 14, at Mancini Bowl, in Graceada Park as the opening event for the Modesto Blues Festival.  National Alliance on Mental Illness, Stanislaus affiliate is the host non-profit, and is using the event as a fundraiser toward NAMI mental health education and general programs, with suggested donations of $10 with walking teams, and as an awareness event supporting Hope and Recovery in our community.  We invite you to join us as we walk up to Rotary Junction on the Virginia Corridor Walking Park, and then return to Graceada Park for a great day of FREE music and art at the Modesto Blues Festival.
 
Donations can be made to NAMI Stanislaus.  For information call Bob Madearos at 551-8459, Lynn Padlo at 576-0809, or email lpadlo234@comcast.net.  Lynn is our NAMI Stanislaus President and Bob Madearos is our new Treasurer.

Modesto Blues Festival music starts at 1 p.m., and lineup includes Rhythm Deluxe, D.J. Slate and Rocket 88, Rene Solis & Laura Chavez and Guitar Extravaganza, the Reno Explosion of Blue Haven, and the Whiskey Haulers Band, and MoFo Party Band.  An after party will be held at Minnie's Restaurant at 107 McHenry.  Festival also includes Art hosted by the Peer to Peer Recovery Art Project, classic cars, food, vendors, and other Recovery groups and community nonprofit partners. 

Festival organizer is JB Presents.
email  johnb@jbpresents.com
web link  www.jbpresents.com
myspace  www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest

 
Joyce A. Plis, Secretary
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Stanislaus County
(209) 558-4555  (new NAMI phone number)
 
 

all brought to you by John Black, my partner JB of JB Presents and of course part of Peer to Peer Recovery Art Project, who did our famous calendars, the posters I don't do, he employs four artists most of the time on our stuff, I only get to do blues frog logos and our blogs.

http://www.myspace.com/modestoartx
http://www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest
http://www.myspace.com/commonality
http://www.myspace.com/modestoartwalk
http://www.thestate.org

See Bruce Jones and opening event at State Theatre if you aren't going to Riverdance Pick and Gather with us, friends of John and Jim from NAMI Stanislaus bought eight tickets, my mom's going, and Mary Boutte friends ought to take advantage of that discount, or see the State Theatre, where Leon Russell shows Night after blues fest. plus

Wine bottles, mostly full, in Bottleography by Picasso's, and Mistlin Gallery, and artists who did the decorating, auction off for a good cause, ART WALK NIGHT...

Be there, Chris Murphy had to let me know had too much copy in the art column this month, so much art going on, and all the graffiti summer events, and blues fest, and apricot fiesta, and

X FEST IS COMING..... support Ruben, make comments, support postings on modesto famous......

by the way, this is our best effort to keep up with our friend Chris Ricci, usually wins with X fest in our MAMA award division, so come out have a good time at both. Ours is FREE.... don't let that buy your vote, go to Minnie's after the park..... see Barretta for Lunch, go to Film Society, find Bonilla Wafer out there somewhere, support Slam on Rye, Riverdance Pick and Gather, and of course, my hero, AngryF, ShootenpicsBob, psychedelicpanda, Efren, and Greg Edwards and Off the Air.

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