Join us on Halloween Eve for a fun night with THUGZ (Tribal Hippie Underground Zone)! Enjoy your favorite Grateful Dead and Classic Americana tunes as we dance the night away. Cash prize for best costume! Doors at 6:30 PM. Tickets $20/$15 for members.

It’s a Halloween Party celebrating the Prince of Darkness!

Don't miss this special Halloween performance of Sabbath Lives in Occidental.

Well known throughout the Bay Area, Sabbath Lives recreates the classic, heavy, and blues-infused sound of the godfathers of heavy metal, focusing on accurate guitar tones, raw power, and iconic Ozzy-era anthems. With Tom Finch, Kalyan Godden, Dana Miller and Troy Bradley.

It's Halloween so dress up! Cash prize for best costume.

Doors at 7:30, Show at 8:00 PM. Refreshments/beer/wine for sale, free parking. Limited seating, first come.

$25 GA, discount for members.

Troy Bradley - has been singing in the Bay Area for over 30 years with bands like dysfunctional family and Sabbath lives.  He has sung with many local guitar heroes such as Josh Zee, Eric McFadden and Tom Finch, to name a few. Troy is originally from Huntington Beach where he formed his first punk/metal band called funeral of dreams before moving to the Bay Area in the early 90s where he has been singing ever since.

Dana Miller - Drummer, has played with multiple local rock bands, including local legends liquid sky and 2 Lane blacktop. Dana recorded an album with producer Bill Bottrell in the 90s and has played on multiple sessions and records, including English pop duo Alisha’s Attic for Mercury records which placed a song on the soundtrack of the hit, Bridget Jones‘s diary.

Tom Finch - a California native and Guitarist for over 45 years is Influenced by rock, blues, and jazz styles. A Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame inductee, Tom has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Canada, and is featured on many albums with groups such a Big Brother & the Holding Co, Jazz Iguanas & Pamela Parker as well as leading his own groups. Tom has played with a variety of artists some of which include: Jefferson Starship, Joan Baez, Norton Buffalo, Steve Smith and many more! 

Kalyan Godden -  a California native and multi-instrumentalist for more than 30 years, he plays bass, guitar, and sarode. Primarily a bass player he has played with many bay area groups such as, Bent Again, The Holdouts, Burl, 5MO, Roots Foundation, Red-I, The Beautiful Losers, Prozak and Sabbath Lives, in genres spanning grunge, rock, reggae ,and metal. When he is not playing music he can be found repairing or building a wide range of instruments, from guitars to sitars and everything in between.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Tap!

These classes are for those who wish to discover tap dance and those who wish to continue exploring. 

This class offering is weekly on Tuesdays in six-week sessions. Three levels are taught: Beginner from 10:15-11 AM, Intermediate from 11 AM - 12 Noon and Advanced from 12:30-1:30 PM. Summer Session starts Tuesday, September 8th and ends Tuesday, October 13. Additional classes can be taken on the same day for $5/class (pay on site).

Classes are led by Starr Hergenrather and Gabe Copeland. A limited supply of tap shoes is available for use at the class. Please contact us ahead of time to ensure we have the right size for you.

Participation fee is $120 for the series (six sessions), $90 for OCA members.

You can email us with any questions, or come to a class.

Tap Dance provides an avenue for developing coordination, balance, musicality, rhythm, and general love for movement.  We will learn the basics (if a beginner) and beyond, through warm-ups, discover the language of tap dance, learn the Shim Sham, and routines that will launch you onto your own exploration of the dance form.

Tap is an extremely fun and rewarding form of dance. Tap Dance originated in the 19th century through a fusion of African and Irish dance styles, becoming a unique American art form in the melting pot of New York City. It developed through percussive footwork, initially on plantations and in urban cellars, and later gained widespread popularity through minstrel shows, vaudeville, and Hollywood musicals. Innovators like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly to name just a few, who shaped its evolution, which continues today with new fusions in contemporary dance. May 26,  Bojangle’s birthday, is National Tap Dance Day.

Starr Hergenrather has been teaching Theatre and Dance for over 54 years, dancing for 70 years, which is amazing since she is only 45 years old!  She received her Theatre Arts and Teaching Credentials in 1971 from Denver, CO.   Starr has taught theatre/creative dramatics/improvisation/dance to all ages and directed and produced theatre for many, many years.  She and her family moved to Sebastopol in 1983.  In 1987, she received her Dance credential and degree from SSU.   Starr loves the theatre and dance and everything about them.  She has performed on stage and in film throughout her teaching career.  Before joining the staff at Analy in 2001 where she became the Theatre Arts Program Director and taught one dance class starting in 2010, when the high school lost its Dance instructor due to No Child Left Behind, she taught at Brookhaven School from 1990-2001 teaching a myriad of subjects, including Theatre and Dance, and Rincon Valley Junior High School from 1987-1997, as BJ Van Noy’s choreographer and asst. director of her Music Program.  Starr’s tap mentor was a Vaudeville and later Broadway song and Dance man by the name of Jack Williams.  Starr studied with Jack for almost 20 years., until his waning years.

Tap, which is a magical form of dance, btw, is Starr’s first dance love, next to swing, salsa, and partner dancing, and then just plain social, wild hippie dancing at concerts.

Starr also teaches Private Tap Lessons for any level dancer.  Starr has a studio at her home.

Gabe Copeland (pictured with Mindy on flier above)

Gabe has been a dance educator for over 20 years. He has performed nationally and internationally as a featured member of the Los Angeles based touring company Rhapsody in Taps. Other credits include ABC’s Gong Show, China’s Dream television show, soloist in KIN Dance Company’s Down Around Brown Town and soloist on an international tour with Caution: Men At Work Tap!  He has also performed in many Southern California Civic Light Opera productions such as Cole, Crazy For You, and Rodgers & Hart: A Celebration. Most recently, Gabe performed in the critically acclaimed Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation honoring Gregory Hines and had the privilege of performing a piece originally choreographed by the tap legend himself. 

Mindy Copeland

As a dance educator since 1995, Mindy has also enjoyed a career in performance. As a member of the Los Angeles based touring company, Rhapsody in Taps, Mindy performed the choreography of Linda Sohl-Ellison, Gregory Hines, Fred Strickler, Sam Weber, Brenda Bufalino and Foster Johnson. She was a featured soloist in the international tour of Caution: Men At Work Tap! Mindy appeared in the short film, Tap Heat with choreography by Danny Daniels, and appeared in and choreographed for national and international television shows including the Jerry Lewis Telethon, China’s Dream Show, Spain’s Extremo Urbano, and ABC’s Gong Show.  Other stage credits include, appearing with the legendary Chester Whitmore in A Tribute to Jeni Le Gon, and KIN Dance Company’s James Brown tribute show, Down Around Brown Town. Most recently, Mindy directed and performed in the critically acclaimed 2023 Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation.

The Copelands have shared the stage with tap legends Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan, Fayard Nicholas and Bob Carroll and performed Begin the Beguine together in Swing Into Spring. They direct Tap Overload which has a collection of original tap dance film shorts on its YouTube channel and produced an original tap dance comedy show-Office Beat. The show received rave reviews and the official Hollywood Fringe Festival Award, Best of Physical theatre and Dance as well as the Robby Award for Best Choreography of LA Theatre in 2016.

Bring your instrument down to OCA for our Bluegrass Jam Session!

Led by multi-instrumentalist David Pascoe, our monthly jam session is held on the first Tuesday of each month. We’ll meet in the OCA studio and take turns leading/choosing songs. Guaranteed to be a great time for all! $5 donation requested of participants. BYOB.

See you at the jam!

Regenerative Ayurvedic Yoga with Tirza Dawn

Come, step onto your mat with an open heart and an open mind.

Invest in your self care and join us for morning yoga in the OCA studio. $20 per class, $15 for OCA members.

Pay at the door for a-la-carte sessions or use the link below to pay ahead for four weeks at a time.

Tirza Dawn Naramore is a yogi, mother, artist, ceremonialist and lover of life.  She has been practicing and teaching yoga and meditation for 30 years and offers yoga retreats and trainings that center on optimum health, self realization and self love.  Her teachers are from many yoga and tantric traditions, but her primary lineages are Iyengar and Kali Ray.

Tirza is deeply devoted to community building and is honored to have created a number of community supported non profits including Mystic Family Circus and The AWAKEN Project, which serves families with children on the autism spectrum.  Tirza is proud to be the mother of 3 wild teenagers, including her incredible son who is diagnosed with autism.

Tirza’s spirituality is one of many influences and teachings. Beginning with a Christian up-bringing and being raised on a Christian commune in her early childhood, she later expanded into more earth-based ways. While in her 20’s Tirza was adopted into the Native American Church, where she learned from her relatives a way of living the “Beauty Way.”

During the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Tirza lived in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, directing the Mystic Family Circus, which was a performance group dedicated to cultural awareness and bridge building. She worked with Cirque du Soleil, Burning Man, Reclaiming, Contraband, CELLspace and other Bay Area art collectives and non profits to provide conscious entertainment and “prayerformances” for the betterment of humankind and the planet.

In 2012, Tirza helped to found the Buckeye Gathering, an ancestral skills gathering in Northern California which draws teachers and students of all ages to learn ancestral ways of tending the earth and survival skills.

Tirza Dawn was the founder of yoga programming and the Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Trainings at the dhyana Center of Ayurveda in Sebastopol, California, which operated a community center of healing and education from 2010 to 2020.

Occidental Center for the Arts presents Electric Tumbleweed! One of Sonoma County's finest bands returns for our listening and dancing pleasure.

Tickets are $20/$15 for OCA members. Doors open at 7:30 PM. No dogs. Refreshments available. Free parking.

Electric Tumbleweed is a psychedelic outlaw country group based in Sonoma County, California. Founded in 2019 by members rooted in bluegrass, country, and psychedelic rock, the music is a hard driving mixture of twangy guitar and psychedelic noise, held together by a steady rhythm section with the cry of pedal steel layered in between it all. Electric Tumbleweed has maintained steady momentum in the Northern California music scene; backing David Nelson (New Riders of the Purple Sage) on multiple occasions; most notably at the Mystic Theater with guest Mark Karan (Ratdog) for a sold out performance. Electric Tumbleweed performed regularly at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads as a solo group as well as with Scott Law, Barry Sless (Phil Lesh and Friends) and Dave Zirbel (Sammy Hagar Band) are regular pedal steel players in the group. The band has been invited to play multiple festivals and events including The String Cheese Incident’s Hog Farm Hideaway, Ain’t Necessarily Dead Fest (backing David Nelson). We aim to keep our goals high, and to perform high quality music; focusing on writing and arranging new songs, and booking future tour dates. We are excited to release our debut full-length album in October 2021, which features Sam Bush (New Grass Revival), Barry Sless (Phil Lesh & Friends), and Lester and Dylan Chambers (The Chambers Brothers). The album features the artwork of Stanley Mouse/Jennae Bennett and was engineered and mastered by Grammy winning Oz Fritz (Tom Waits).

Don't miss this special evening where we’ll take a musical trip to Dublin with some of the Bay Area’s finest musicians and singers! Eamonn Flynn, Darcy Noonan, Hector Bragado and Felim Egan will dazzle us with their traditional and original "Dublinesque" harmonies. OCA favorites through and through, we're just delighted to bring back this spirited, talented group.

Tickets are $25, $20 for OCA members. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Refreshments available, art gallery open during intermission.

EAMONN FLYNN & DUBLINESQUE

Eamonn Flynn forges his own brand of Irish soul. The Dublin-born singer-songwriter/pianist got his start with The Commitments, a hit film about an Irish soul band, and has since worked with American blues and R&B stars Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Evelyn Champagne King, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Zigaboo Modeliste (The Meters), The Ray Charles Project, and many more.

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Flynn's new quartet DUBLINESQUE brings his deep soul and gospel roots together with the Irish music traditions he was raised on.

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"Dublinesque is my attempt to recreate the kind of parties we had in my parent's house, growing up in Dublin," explains Flynn. "There'd be neighbours and friends and it would always end up as a sing-song/jam session. Everyone would participate - if you couldn't hold a tune you'd perform a 'recitation' or tell a joke!

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"There was never any delineation between genres of music - whether it was Irish tunes and ballads, soul music or a Beatles song," he emphasizes.

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The band brings together three talented Bay Area Irish traditional musicians: fellow Irishman Félim Egan (The Black Brothers) on accordion, local favorite Darcy Noonan on fiddle, and from Basque country, Spain, Hector Bragado on banjo. They are also sometimes joined by special guests. Previous guests have included Glide Memorial Choir, Maria Muldaur, Mary Black, Róisín O, Michael Black, Shay Black, Autumn Rhodes, Margaret Graham and dancers from the Kennelly, Dillon and Whelan Schools of Irish Dance and the Cooley-Keegan Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí.

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"This is my chance to play with some of my favorite musicians and recreate those parties!" says Flynn.

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Flynn's latest of three solo albums is 'Anywhere But Home,' celebrating Dublin from his San Francisco pandemic perspective. It received praise and widespread airplay in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

"Flynn's songwriting moves with true emotional register across history, folklore and poetry…with grit and true Dublin savvy.” Deirdre Cronin - Irish Music Magazine

Please join us for a special groundbreaking book launch featuring Harmony Village’s own Dennis von Elgg, owner of The Redwood Needle Acupuncture Studio. This is a free event featuring selected readings by the author, audience Q&A, book sales and signing. Refreshments available. The book’s expected release date is September 1, 2026.

In Heart Stories, acupuncturist, educator, and Sonoma Coast author Dennis von Elgg explores the fascinating intersection of Traditional Chinese Medicine, modern cardiovascular science, and the stories we carry that shape our lives. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, contemporary medical research, timeless Eastern wisdom, and moments from his own journey, von Elgg invites readers to consider heart disease through an entirely new lens—one that recognizes the intimate relationship between physiology, emotion, stress, memory, and consciousness.

Rather than presenting Eastern and Western medicine as opposing viewpoints, Heart Stories reveals the surprising places where they converge. Along the way, readers encounter compelling patient stories, reflections from the author’s own life, practical insights for improving cardiovascular health, and an exploration of the emotional patterns that often accompany illness, resilience, and healing.

Written for both healthcare practitioners and thoughtful readers, Heart Stories is an exploration of what it means to heal—not only the physical heart, but the human heart as well. Blending science, philosophy, personal reflection, and clinical wisdom, it offers an invitation to see both health and human experience with fresh eyes.

"Drawing from decades of hard-won clinical experience, von Elgg reframes our tradition while respecting its roots, considering the classics in the context of modern research and cardiovascular therapy. With case studies that read like stories and invitations for us to reflect on both ourselves and our patients, this is one of those books that will make going to work all the more interesting and rewarding."

Dr. Jason D. Robertson - Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine

"This work bridges the measurable and the mysterious aspects of the heart with remarkable intelligence and humanity. Rooted in both cardiovascular science and Chinese medicine, it offers a rare synthesis — equally rigorous and deeply compassionate. Professor von Elgg offers a beautifully articulated exploration of what it truly means for the heart to be 'well.'"

Dr. Bianca Di Giulio, L.Ac.
Author of "Bridging the Gap: Integrative Oncology and the Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine"

"In 'Heart Stories,' Dennis von Elgg turns his holistic lens towards cardiology while finding deeper meaning and enjoyment in our lives. This book is a written treasure that will inform and delight practitioners and patients alike for many generations to come."

Robyn Adcock, DACM, LAc, CMT, Director of Pediatric Integrative Medicine, UCSF

"It is unusual for a book to give both the EKG and the 神 (shén) equal weight. With clinical clarity and a teacher's warmth, Dennis' book makes the case for psychocardiology and a way to meet the whole of a patient's being. For practitioners working where biomedicine and East Asian medicine meet, it's a thoughtful map of a territory that is too often left unexplored."

Toby Daly, PhD, LAc
Author of An Introduction to Chinese Medicine, The Saam Acupuncture Tradition, and Tracing Our Lineage

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dennis von Elgg, L.Ac., is an acupuncturist, educator, and author who has spent more than three decades exploring the intersection of Traditional Chinese Medicine, modern medical science, and the human experience. Living and practicing on California’s Sonoma Coast, he has dedicated his career to helping patients understand the relationship between emotional well-being, cardiovascular health, and the body’s remarkable capacity to heal.

His debut book, Heart Stories: An Inner Exploration of Heart Disease and Human Consciousness, weaves together clinical insight, contemporary research, Eastern philosophy, patient stories, and reflections from his own life to offer a fresh perspective on the Heart—not only as an organ, but as a center of physiology, emotion, and consciousness.

Dennis lives on the Sonoma Coast, where he maintains a private acupuncture practice, teaches, writes, practices yoga, coaches high school baseball, and treasures time with his son.

Through his writing, Dennis hopes to encourage a deeper conversation about healing—one that honors both scientific discovery and the wisdom found in our own lived experience, reminding us that the journey toward health is as much about understanding ourselves as it is about understanding the body.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Tap!

These classes are for those who wish to discover tap dance and those who wish to continue exploring. 

This class offering is weekly on Tuesdays in six-week sessions. Three levels are taught: Beginner from 10:15-11 AM, Intermediate from 11 AM - 12 Noon and Advanced from 12:30-1:30 PM. Summer Session starts Tuesday, September 8th and ends Tuesday, October 13. Additional classes can be taken on the same day for $5/class (pay on site).

Classes are led by Starr Hergenrather and Gabe Copeland. A limited supply of tap shoes is available for use at the class. Please contact us ahead of time to ensure we have the right size for you.

Participation fee is $120 for the series (six sessions), $90 for OCA members.

You can email us with any questions, or come to a class.

Tap Dance provides an avenue for developing coordination, balance, musicality, rhythm, and general love for movement.  We will learn the basics (if a beginner) and beyond, through warm-ups, discover the language of tap dance, learn the Shim Sham, and routines that will launch you onto your own exploration of the dance form.

Tap is an extremely fun and rewarding form of dance. Tap Dance originated in the 19th century through a fusion of African and Irish dance styles, becoming a unique American art form in the melting pot of New York City. It developed through percussive footwork, initially on plantations and in urban cellars, and later gained widespread popularity through minstrel shows, vaudeville, and Hollywood musicals. Innovators like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly to name just a few, who shaped its evolution, which continues today with new fusions in contemporary dance. May 26,  Bojangle’s birthday, is National Tap Dance Day.

Starr Hergenrather has been teaching Theatre and Dance for over 54 years, dancing for 70 years, which is amazing since she is only 45 years old!  She received her Theatre Arts and Teaching Credentials in 1971 from Denver, CO.   Starr has taught theatre/creative dramatics/improvisation/dance to all ages and directed and produced theatre for many, many years.  She and her family moved to Sebastopol in 1983.  In 1987, she received her Dance credential and degree from SSU.   Starr loves the theatre and dance and everything about them.  She has performed on stage and in film throughout her teaching career.  Before joining the staff at Analy in 2001 where she became the Theatre Arts Program Director and taught one dance class starting in 2010, when the high school lost its Dance instructor due to No Child Left Behind, she taught at Brookhaven School from 1990-2001 teaching a myriad of subjects, including Theatre and Dance, and Rincon Valley Junior High School from 1987-1997, as BJ Van Noy’s choreographer and asst. director of her Music Program.  Starr’s tap mentor was a Vaudeville and later Broadway song and Dance man by the name of Jack Williams.  Starr studied with Jack for almost 20 years., until his waning years.

Tap, which is a magical form of dance, btw, is Starr’s first dance love, next to swing, salsa, and partner dancing, and then just plain social, wild hippie dancing at concerts.

Starr also teaches Private Tap Lessons for any level dancer.  Starr has a studio at her home.

Gabe Copeland (pictured with Mindy on flier above)

Gabe has been a dance educator for over 20 years. He has performed nationally and internationally as a featured member of the Los Angeles based touring company Rhapsody in Taps. Other credits include ABC’s Gong Show, China’s Dream television show, soloist in KIN Dance Company’s Down Around Brown Town and soloist on an international tour with Caution: Men At Work Tap!  He has also performed in many Southern California Civic Light Opera productions such as Cole, Crazy For You, and Rodgers & Hart: A Celebration. Most recently, Gabe performed in the critically acclaimed Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation honoring Gregory Hines and had the privilege of performing a piece originally choreographed by the tap legend himself. 

Mindy Copeland

As a dance educator since 1995, Mindy has also enjoyed a career in performance. As a member of the Los Angeles based touring company, Rhapsody in Taps, Mindy performed the choreography of Linda Sohl-Ellison, Gregory Hines, Fred Strickler, Sam Weber, Brenda Bufalino and Foster Johnson. She was a featured soloist in the international tour of Caution: Men At Work Tap! Mindy appeared in the short film, Tap Heat with choreography by Danny Daniels, and appeared in and choreographed for national and international television shows including the Jerry Lewis Telethon, China’s Dream Show, Spain’s Extremo Urbano, and ABC’s Gong Show.  Other stage credits include, appearing with the legendary Chester Whitmore in A Tribute to Jeni Le Gon, and KIN Dance Company’s James Brown tribute show, Down Around Brown Town. Most recently, Mindy directed and performed in the critically acclaimed 2023 Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation.

The Copelands have shared the stage with tap legends Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan, Fayard Nicholas and Bob Carroll and performed Begin the Beguine together in Swing Into Spring. They direct Tap Overload which has a collection of original tap dance film shorts on its YouTube channel and produced an original tap dance comedy show-Office Beat. The show received rave reviews and the official Hollywood Fringe Festival Award, Best of Physical theatre and Dance as well as the Robby Award for Best Choreography of LA Theatre in 2016.

2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 2-4 pm in the OCA Lobby

Interested in learning, sharing and reading short plays? Readers Theatre is a fun opportunity to express yourself.

Readers Theatre participants read scripts adapted from literature, while the ‘audience’ pictures the action by hearing the script being read aloud. It requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines. Instead of acting literature as in a play, the performer’s goal is to read a script aloud effectively, enabling the audience to visualize the action. Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and some gestures. $15 participation fee, $10 for OCA members.

Alternating READER’S CHOICE nights: Can be play, poetry, story, essay, your own writing, OR ??????

For more information, email Joan Ambrosini, coordinator .

Rest & Renew at our Sound Bath!

Support your nervous system, release anxiety and stress, and harmonize your body, mind and spirit on the 2nd Tuesday of every month! Laura Benson has a Masters in Intuition Medicine(R) and is a certified sound healer who will guide you through a gentle meditation before each sound bath session. Bring your own yoga mat & blanket and come ready to rest and renew! In the OCA Studio.

Sliding scale pricing $25-$35.

A sound bath is a whole-body, immersive listening experience. During a sound bath, participants often sit or lie down, and are surrounded by the mostly non-melodic soundscapes created by a range of instruments played by the sound bath facilitator. Hence, they are “bathed” in sound.

Sound therapy is a non-invasive healing modality that utilizes the physical and physiological interactions of sound on our bodies and nervous systems to produce therapeutic results. In a sound healing session, specific sonic frequencies are used to soothe the central nervous system, calm the breath, and quiet the mind by encouraging the brain to move into more relaxed states, down from beta (fight-or-flight) and into theta and alpha waves. This increases present-moment awareness and reduces stress and anxiety. Sound baths have been found to be effective in improving mood, cognitive function, and overall mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

Crystal bowl sound baths are particularly powerful in that each bowl is tuned to a specific frequency that corresponds with a different chakra, or energy center, of the body. Based on specific needs, a practitioner can focus on releasing tension or clearing out stuck energy in specific chakras by playing certain bowls or intervals. 

While attending a sound bath, you may experience physical sensations brought out by the crystal sound bowls or gong, such as tingling in your limbs or scalp, slowing of your breathing, eye flutters, or small muscle spasms. Not to worry! These sensations often indicate the release of tension or emotional energy stored in the body’s energy systems.

Join us for our monthly literary open mic night! Bring an original story to share or come and listen to stories told by your community members.

Storytelling

Prose

Recitations

all told in 7 minutes max

Please join us to share your original work. We will randomly select 7 (willing) audience members to read or recite their work. We want YOU!

$10/$5 for OCA members. Pay @ door. Beer/wine/refreshments available.

Transform Your Memories into Meaningful Narrative

A Writing Retreat in Beautiful West County 

Ready to tell your story? Your memories are waiting to become literature.

Discover the power of your personal story and learn to craft it with authenticity, depth, and literary grace.

Workshop Overview

Join us for an immersive memoir writing experience designed to help you uncover, shape, and share the stories that have defined your life. Whether you're a complete beginner or have been writing for years, this workshop will provide you with the tools and confidence to transform your memories into compelling prose.

What You will Learn: 

• Memory Mining Techniques: Discover how to access and explore your most meaningful experiences

• Narrative Structure: Master the art of organizing your life events into engaging storylines

• Voice & Perspective: Develop your unique authorial voice and choose the right point of view

• Scene Construction: Learn to craft vivid, cinematic scenes that bring your memories to life

• Truth vs. Accuracy: Navigate the ethical and creative considerations of memoir writing

• Character Development: Portray yourself and others with complexity and compassion

• Revision Strategies: Polish your work through effective editing techniques

Workshop fee is $147, $127 for OCA members. This workshop is limited to 8 participants and will be held in the OCA Studio.

Workshop Format

• Duration: One Saturday ( 4 hours total).

• Class Size: Limited to 8 participants for personalized attention

• Format: Interactive sessions combining instruction, writing exercises, and peer feedback

• Materials Provided: Writing prompts, handouts, and recommended reading list

Who Should Attend

• Aspiring memoir writers at any experience level

• Anyone interested in preserving family history

• Writers looking to explore personal narrative

• Individuals seeking therapeutic writing experiences

• Those curious about the memoir genre

What to Bring

• Notebook and writing materials

• Open mind and willingness to share (in a supportive environment)

• No previous writing experience necessary

Led By

Alaura O’Dell MFA, an experienced memoir author and writing instructor, will guide you through each step of the creative process with warmth, expertise, and encouragement. Alaura has guest lectured at Santa Rosa Junior College, Marin College and Sonoma State University. O’Dell is currently working on a memoir, which has attracted an international publisher. For over 30 years she has lead women’s workshops and classes, including with her company, Sacred Journeys for Women, facilitating retreats to sacred sites around the world. 

Gradina is a Balkan music ensemble based in California’s North Bay area. 

We celebrate the seasons and their festivals through song and dance, bringing Old World rituals to new light and new generations to revel in the staying power of gratitude for life on Earth.

We sing both a cappella and with instrumental accompaniment. We lean toward traditional songs and arrangements. We present “sit-down” concerts for choral listening as well as dance concerts, and we are also available to teach most of the dances we present. We are honored to play with many Balkan musicians from near and far, and every concert is different, often with a different array of performers alongside the core group.

Our special guests will be Gaelen Genetti on Bulgarian kaval and Christina Penrose on clarinet.

Tickets are $25/$15 for OCA members. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

Occidental Center for the Arts Literary Series presents Autumn Muses, An Afternoon with poets, Marjorie Stein, Kathleen Winter, Claire Drucker and Todd Melicker.  Join us for a relaxed Autumn afternoon of poetry from our four esteemed poet friends, with tea and cookies!  This free event will include selected readings by each poet, with handpan interludes from Judith Lerner, followed by audience Q&A, book sales & signing.

About the Poets

Marjorie Stein is the author of unRavel, which was selected by Elaine Equi for the 2025 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize An Atlas of Lost Causes, Marjorie’s first book, was published by Kelsey Street Press in 2011. Another poetry project, In the Hinges of the World, was shortlisted for the Lost Horse Press 2020 Idaho Prize for Poetry. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming in American Poetry Journal, Blood Orange Review, The Denver Quarterly, Interim, Marsh Hawk Press Chapter One Series, Mary, New American Writing, VOLT, and other publications. Marjorie lives in Northern California, with her wife, where she is privileged to spend time playing with words. 

www.marjoriestein.org

Kathleen Winter is the author of Transformer, I will not kick my friends, and Nostalgia for the Criminal Past. Her collection Serial Fabulist is forthcoming from Texas Review Press in early 2027. Her poems have appeared in The New Republic, The New Statesman, Cincinnati Review, Agni, Yale Review, Gulf Coast, Tupelo Quarterly, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Her work has been supported by fellowships from the Texas Institute of Letters, the University of Texas at Austin, Heinrich Böll Cottage, Maison Dora Maar, Cill Rialaig Project, James Merrill House, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Awards include the Poetry Society of America The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award and the Rochelle Ratner Memorial Prize. Kathleen lives in Glen Ellen, California.

Claire Drucker is the current Sonoma County Poet Laureate. She is a Jewish lesbian mom, educational consultant, poet, and dancer. Her first book-length collection of poems, The Life You Gave Me, was published in 2023 by Kelsay Books. Her chapbook, The Fluid Body, was published in 2014 by Finishing Line Press. Claire’s poems have been published in numerous journals, including CA Quarterly, Jewish Literary Journal, Rust & Moth, Epiphany, Puerto del Sol and Women Artists Datebook. She taught English at Santa Rosa Junior College for many years and was also a poet-teacher with CA Poets in the Schools. She is currently the poetry curator for The Sitting Room, a community library dedicated to women’s literature and art in Penngrove.

Todd Melicker is the author of rendezvous (Winner of the Black Box Poetry Prize, Rescue Press) and is this the body / if hovers (lyric& Press). Originally from the Northern Sierra, he lives with his family in Sonoma County.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Tap!

These classes are for those who wish to discover tap dance and those who wish to continue exploring. 

This class offering is weekly on Tuesdays in six-week sessions. Three levels are taught: Beginner from 10:15-11 AM, Intermediate from 11 AM - 12 Noon and Advanced from 12:30-1:30 PM. Summer Session starts Tuesday, September 8th and ends Tuesday, October 13. Additional classes can be taken on the same day for $5/class (pay on site).

Classes are led by Starr Hergenrather and Gabe Copeland. A limited supply of tap shoes is available for use at the class. Please contact us ahead of time to ensure we have the right size for you.

Participation fee is $120 for the series (six sessions), $90 for OCA members.

You can email us with any questions, or come to a class.

Tap Dance provides an avenue for developing coordination, balance, musicality, rhythm, and general love for movement.  We will learn the basics (if a beginner) and beyond, through warm-ups, discover the language of tap dance, learn the Shim Sham, and routines that will launch you onto your own exploration of the dance form.

Tap is an extremely fun and rewarding form of dance. Tap Dance originated in the 19th century through a fusion of African and Irish dance styles, becoming a unique American art form in the melting pot of New York City. It developed through percussive footwork, initially on plantations and in urban cellars, and later gained widespread popularity through minstrel shows, vaudeville, and Hollywood musicals. Innovators like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly to name just a few, who shaped its evolution, which continues today with new fusions in contemporary dance. May 26,  Bojangle’s birthday, is National Tap Dance Day.

Starr Hergenrather has been teaching Theatre and Dance for over 54 years, dancing for 70 years, which is amazing since she is only 45 years old!  She received her Theatre Arts and Teaching Credentials in 1971 from Denver, CO.   Starr has taught theatre/creative dramatics/improvisation/dance to all ages and directed and produced theatre for many, many years.  She and her family moved to Sebastopol in 1983.  In 1987, she received her Dance credential and degree from SSU.   Starr loves the theatre and dance and everything about them.  She has performed on stage and in film throughout her teaching career.  Before joining the staff at Analy in 2001 where she became the Theatre Arts Program Director and taught one dance class starting in 2010, when the high school lost its Dance instructor due to No Child Left Behind, she taught at Brookhaven School from 1990-2001 teaching a myriad of subjects, including Theatre and Dance, and Rincon Valley Junior High School from 1987-1997, as BJ Van Noy’s choreographer and asst. director of her Music Program.  Starr’s tap mentor was a Vaudeville and later Broadway song and Dance man by the name of Jack Williams.  Starr studied with Jack for almost 20 years., until his waning years.

Tap, which is a magical form of dance, btw, is Starr’s first dance love, next to swing, salsa, and partner dancing, and then just plain social, wild hippie dancing at concerts.

Starr also teaches Private Tap Lessons for any level dancer.  Starr has a studio at her home.

Gabe Copeland (pictured with Mindy on flier above)

Gabe has been a dance educator for over 20 years. He has performed nationally and internationally as a featured member of the Los Angeles based touring company Rhapsody in Taps. Other credits include ABC’s Gong Show, China’s Dream television show, soloist in KIN Dance Company’s Down Around Brown Town and soloist on an international tour with Caution: Men At Work Tap!  He has also performed in many Southern California Civic Light Opera productions such as Cole, Crazy For You, and Rodgers & Hart: A Celebration. Most recently, Gabe performed in the critically acclaimed Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation honoring Gregory Hines and had the privilege of performing a piece originally choreographed by the tap legend himself. 

Mindy Copeland

As a dance educator since 1995, Mindy has also enjoyed a career in performance. As a member of the Los Angeles based touring company, Rhapsody in Taps, Mindy performed the choreography of Linda Sohl-Ellison, Gregory Hines, Fred Strickler, Sam Weber, Brenda Bufalino and Foster Johnson. She was a featured soloist in the international tour of Caution: Men At Work Tap! Mindy appeared in the short film, Tap Heat with choreography by Danny Daniels, and appeared in and choreographed for national and international television shows including the Jerry Lewis Telethon, China’s Dream Show, Spain’s Extremo Urbano, and ABC’s Gong Show.  Other stage credits include, appearing with the legendary Chester Whitmore in A Tribute to Jeni Le Gon, and KIN Dance Company’s James Brown tribute show, Down Around Brown Town. Most recently, Mindy directed and performed in the critically acclaimed 2023 Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation.

The Copelands have shared the stage with tap legends Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan, Fayard Nicholas and Bob Carroll and performed Begin the Beguine together in Swing Into Spring. They direct Tap Overload which has a collection of original tap dance film shorts on its YouTube channel and produced an original tap dance comedy show-Office Beat. The show received rave reviews and the official Hollywood Fringe Festival Award, Best of Physical theatre and Dance as well as the Robby Award for Best Choreography of LA Theatre in 2016.

Meets third Thursday of each month, 4-6 PM in the auditorium. Contact Jerri Miller for info.

Join us each month on the third Friday for a fun night of Karaoke! Come and sing or just enjoy the music and our community. Hosted by Jeffrey Seligson and Kevin Murphy.

Free event.

Youth Band Presents Classic Beatles Music

Join us for an evening of classic Beatles songs performed by the Sacramento Preparatory Music Academy! Support young musicians at this fun event. The band will perform Rubber Soul in its entirety, and a selection of other classic Beatles tunes.

Tickets are $25/$20 for OCA members. Free for kids 12 and under. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Refreshments available.

https://sacprepmusic.com/

Welcome to the wonderful world of Tap!

These classes are for those who wish to discover tap dance and those who wish to continue exploring. 

This class offering is weekly on Tuesdays in six-week sessions. Three levels are taught: Beginner from 10:15-11 AM, Intermediate from 11 AM - 12 Noon and Advanced from 12:30-1:30 PM. Summer Session starts Tuesday, September 8th and ends Tuesday, October 13. Additional classes can be taken on the same day for $5/class (pay on site).

Classes are led by Starr Hergenrather and Gabe Copeland. A limited supply of tap shoes is available for use at the class. Please contact us ahead of time to ensure we have the right size for you.

Participation fee is $120 for the series (six sessions), $90 for OCA members.

You can email us with any questions, or come to a class.

Tap Dance provides an avenue for developing coordination, balance, musicality, rhythm, and general love for movement.  We will learn the basics (if a beginner) and beyond, through warm-ups, discover the language of tap dance, learn the Shim Sham, and routines that will launch you onto your own exploration of the dance form.

Tap is an extremely fun and rewarding form of dance. Tap Dance originated in the 19th century through a fusion of African and Irish dance styles, becoming a unique American art form in the melting pot of New York City. It developed through percussive footwork, initially on plantations and in urban cellars, and later gained widespread popularity through minstrel shows, vaudeville, and Hollywood musicals. Innovators like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly to name just a few, who shaped its evolution, which continues today with new fusions in contemporary dance. May 26,  Bojangle’s birthday, is National Tap Dance Day.

Starr Hergenrather has been teaching Theatre and Dance for over 54 years, dancing for 70 years, which is amazing since she is only 45 years old!  She received her Theatre Arts and Teaching Credentials in 1971 from Denver, CO.   Starr has taught theatre/creative dramatics/improvisation/dance to all ages and directed and produced theatre for many, many years.  She and her family moved to Sebastopol in 1983.  In 1987, she received her Dance credential and degree from SSU.   Starr loves the theatre and dance and everything about them.  She has performed on stage and in film throughout her teaching career.  Before joining the staff at Analy in 2001 where she became the Theatre Arts Program Director and taught one dance class starting in 2010, when the high school lost its Dance instructor due to No Child Left Behind, she taught at Brookhaven School from 1990-2001 teaching a myriad of subjects, including Theatre and Dance, and Rincon Valley Junior High School from 1987-1997, as BJ Van Noy’s choreographer and asst. director of her Music Program.  Starr’s tap mentor was a Vaudeville and later Broadway song and Dance man by the name of Jack Williams.  Starr studied with Jack for almost 20 years., until his waning years.

Tap, which is a magical form of dance, btw, is Starr’s first dance love, next to swing, salsa, and partner dancing, and then just plain social, wild hippie dancing at concerts.

Starr also teaches Private Tap Lessons for any level dancer.  Starr has a studio at her home.

Gabe Copeland (pictured with Mindy on flier above)

Gabe has been a dance educator for over 20 years. He has performed nationally and internationally as a featured member of the Los Angeles based touring company Rhapsody in Taps. Other credits include ABC’s Gong Show, China’s Dream television show, soloist in KIN Dance Company’s Down Around Brown Town and soloist on an international tour with Caution: Men At Work Tap!  He has also performed in many Southern California Civic Light Opera productions such as Cole, Crazy For You, and Rodgers & Hart: A Celebration. Most recently, Gabe performed in the critically acclaimed Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation honoring Gregory Hines and had the privilege of performing a piece originally choreographed by the tap legend himself. 

Mindy Copeland

As a dance educator since 1995, Mindy has also enjoyed a career in performance. As a member of the Los Angeles based touring company, Rhapsody in Taps, Mindy performed the choreography of Linda Sohl-Ellison, Gregory Hines, Fred Strickler, Sam Weber, Brenda Bufalino and Foster Johnson. She was a featured soloist in the international tour of Caution: Men At Work Tap! Mindy appeared in the short film, Tap Heat with choreography by Danny Daniels, and appeared in and choreographed for national and international television shows including the Jerry Lewis Telethon, China’s Dream Show, Spain’s Extremo Urbano, and ABC’s Gong Show.  Other stage credits include, appearing with the legendary Chester Whitmore in A Tribute to Jeni Le Gon, and KIN Dance Company’s James Brown tribute show, Down Around Brown Town. Most recently, Mindy directed and performed in the critically acclaimed 2023 Jazz Tap Jam! Show for the Lively Arts Foundation.

The Copelands have shared the stage with tap legends Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan, Fayard Nicholas and Bob Carroll and performed Begin the Beguine together in Swing Into Spring. They direct Tap Overload which has a collection of original tap dance film shorts on its YouTube channel and produced an original tap dance comedy show-Office Beat. The show received rave reviews and the official Hollywood Fringe Festival Award, Best of Physical theatre and Dance as well as the Robby Award for Best Choreography of LA Theatre in 2016.

Bluegrass and American Roots Music

Don't miss this incredible show at OCA! Bluegrass legend Laurie Lewis and her amazing band The RIght Hands will give us an afternoon show that you won't soon forget. Laurie will be joined by Brandon Godman, Hasee Ciaccio and other fine musicians for this performance.

Tickets are $35, $30 for OCA members. Doors open at 2:30 PM. Refreshments available, free parking. Art gallery open during intermission. ADA seating available - please contact us at info@occidentalcenterforthearts.org for details.

For nearly four decades, Laurie Lewis has gathered fans and honors for her powerful and emotive voice and her versatile, dynamic songwriting. She is a sought-after recording producer and an equally skilled teacher and mentor.

And she is an inspiration and a ground-breaker – across genres, across geography and across gender barriers.

Laurie has shown us how a woman can blend into any part of the classic bluegrass singing trio, and she showed us how a great voice could move fluidly between bluegrass and other types of music. She showed us how a female fiddler could emulate the strength and grit of the early bluegrass musicians. She has shown how a Californian can appeal to traditional bluegrass audiences, as well as winning acclaim in the worlds of Americana and folk music.

She has shown us how to lead bands of talented musicians – learning from them while helping them make their best music. And she has shown us how to thrive in a constantly changing musical environment – without ever sacrificing her art.

"Her voice is a rare combination of grit and grace, strength and delicacy. Her stories always ring true."

Linda Ronstadt

Bring your instrument down to OCA for our Bluegrass Jam Session!

Led by multi-instrumentalist David Pascoe, our monthly jam session is held on the first Tuesday of each month. We’ll meet in the OCA studio and take turns leading/choosing songs. Guaranteed to be a great time for all! $5 donation requested of participants. BYOB.

See you at the jam!

Rest & Renew at our Sound Bath!

Support your nervous system, release anxiety and stress, and harmonize your body, mind and spirit on the 2nd Tuesday of every month! Laura Benson has a Masters in Intuition Medicine(R) and is a certified sound healer who will guide you through a gentle meditation before each sound bath session. Bring your own yoga mat & blanket and come ready to rest and renew! In the OCA Studio.

Sliding scale pricing $25-$35.

A sound bath is a whole-body, immersive listening experience. During a sound bath, participants often sit or lie down, and are surrounded by the mostly non-melodic soundscapes created by a range of instruments played by the sound bath facilitator. Hence, they are “bathed” in sound.

Sound therapy is a non-invasive healing modality that utilizes the physical and physiological interactions of sound on our bodies and nervous systems to produce therapeutic results. In a sound healing session, specific sonic frequencies are used to soothe the central nervous system, calm the breath, and quiet the mind by encouraging the brain to move into more relaxed states, down from beta (fight-or-flight) and into theta and alpha waves. This increases present-moment awareness and reduces stress and anxiety. Sound baths have been found to be effective in improving mood, cognitive function, and overall mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

Crystal bowl sound baths are particularly powerful in that each bowl is tuned to a specific frequency that corresponds with a different chakra, or energy center, of the body. Based on specific needs, a practitioner can focus on releasing tension or clearing out stuck energy in specific chakras by playing certain bowls or intervals. 

While attending a sound bath, you may experience physical sensations brought out by the crystal sound bowls or gong, such as tingling in your limbs or scalp, slowing of your breathing, eye flutters, or small muscle spasms. Not to worry! These sensations often indicate the release of tension or emotional energy stored in the body’s energy systems.

Bring your original poems, prose or storytelling to our open mic night!

• We'll pick 7 performers from the hat - come share your work

• Read aloud or memorized - just keep it to 7 minutes or less

• 2nd Fridays of the month 7pm

Stories teach us about life, about ourselves & about each other. Help to create west county’s newest storytelling community. 7 Minutes Max is an evening of live stories, poems, or readings told in 7 minutes or less. Hilarious or sublime, poignant and personal tales told through the ancient oral tradition of storytelling, this evening will be sure to move, delight & intrigue you. This is an event for mature audiences & not intended for children. Interested storytellers will have a chance to throw their name in the hat to present their story. Remember, 7 minutes max! Notes allowed for readers.

$10 GA, $5 for OCA members. Pay at the door. Storytellers will be selected randomly from willing participants.

Beer/wine/refreshments available.

Award winning singer/songwriter and legendary guitarist join forces for special performance!

Award winning singer/songwriter Keith Greeninger and legendary guitarist Nina Gerber join forces for a powerful night of music, song and community celebration. Both artists share deep roots in the rich California music scene and are well know for their dynamic, improvisational performances and collaborations.

Don't miss this special performance! Tickets are $35 General Admission, $30 for OCA members. We expect this show to sell out so get your tickets early!

Guitarist Nina Gerber started her music career playing along side of the iconic singer songwriter Kate Wolf. She has since gone on to establish herself as one of the finest guitarists on the planet performing and recording with some of the genre’s finest songwriters including Nanci Griffith, Karla Bonoff, Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, Laurie Lewis and Chris Webster just to name a few.

Keith Greeninger is a compelling singer/songwriter and performer whose songs have won top honors at such prestigious music festivals as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Kerrville Folk Festival. A seasoned troubador who paints intricate portraits of the human condition with powerful melodic images, deep engaging guitar rhythms and compelling, heart-wrenching vocals, his songs cut an honest, hard worn path to places of simple truth about good people holding on to hope and instinct in a world that often tries to strip these things away.

Meets third Thursday of each month, 4-6 PM in the auditorium. Contact Jerri Miller for info.

Details & TIckets available soon. Save the date!

Lyrics Born - “Funkiest Rapper Alive”

Since releasing his first single “Send Them” in 1993, Lyrics Born has grown to become one of the most prolific and respected independent rappers in the Bay Area. We are beyond thrilled to host this performance in OCA’s intimate auditorium. Tickets will sell out quickly! OCA members will have first dibs on tickets starting in September.

Tickets are $35, $30 for OCA members. Public ticket sales start November 1. OCA members will have an advance purchase opportunity in October.

About Lyrics Born:

Lyrics Born relocated to the United States from his birthplace of Toyko, Japan right around the time Hip Hop was exploding on the East Coast. From the moment he heard Sugar Hill Gang’s 1980 classic “Rapper’s Delight,” the Bay Area Hip Hop luminary knew he’d found his calling.

While many of his peers signed major label contracts, Lyrics Born was repeatedly turned down because — even though he was meeting similar metrics and analytics — he says major labels didn’t know how to market him, being a rapper of Japanese, Italian and Jewish heritage.

“It was almost a blessing because it forced me to go out and create my own label, Mobile Home Recordings, and get my own distribution deals,” he said. “That’s one of the reasons why I’ve been able to continue to do what I do, because I own my entire catalog and I’m able to live off of that.”

Twenty-five years later, LB has obliterated the stereotypes of what an MC is “supposed to” look like and captured the hearts of countless fans who gravitate to his distinctive voice. He’s now the only Asian-American MC to release 10 studios albums and the first to play major music festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza.

From his Quannum Projects debut with Latyrx (1997’s The Album), to 2003’s seminal solo album Later That Day, he’s consistently pushed the boundaries of his craft. His newest project, Quite A Life, is like the exclamation point on his milestone year.
“Ten albums is a lot for any artist, let alone an indie artist who colored outside the lines, so to speak,” LB says. “I'm just appreciative there was always somehow a path for me, no matter how impossible it seemed — either on paper or in practice.”

As the first Asian-American to release a greatest hits compilation, he’s pumped out multiple smash singles throughout his career. From “Callin’ Out” and “I Like It, I Love It” to “I Changed My Mind” and "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" his material has always retained a musically eclectic feel.

The self-proclaimed “funkiest rapper alive” carries on his tradition of weaving funk and soul into classic, boom-bap Hip Hop on Quite A Life. Without the influence of icons like James Brown, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Zapp & Roger LB admits he wouldn’t be who he is today. Coupled with his love of rap pioneers such as KRS-One, Rakim and Snoop Dogg, LB’s music is the perfect Hip Hop and funk-flavored gumbo.

For live shows, LB often recruits a full band to “keep it all the way funky” for his audience. Coupled with wife/singer Joyo Velarde’s powerful voice, the unrelenting energy of his performances electrify every crowd.

Save the date and join us for the Fifth Annual World Music & Dance Festival! Dozens of activities await you at our unique, immersive celebration of music and dance from around the world. Open to all ages, all experience levels.

Free instrument check

Musical Instrument Lending Library

Free Parking

Free for kids 12 and under

Scholarships available

Tickets go on sale in December 2026.

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