OCTOBER 2007
Monday, October 1
Mon 10/1 7:00 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
emily lacy
ordinary objects
corey fogel
Tuesday, October 2
Tue 10/2 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland]
first tuesdays temescal presents
Amanda Schoofs - Mike Dale - Liz Sexe
Weasel Walter - Alyssa Lee
Jen Baker - Andy Strain
curated by liz albee and phillip greenlief, first tuesdays temescal is a monthly series focused on collaborations with improvised music and movement. we tend to have three shortish performances on each evening.
Tue 10/2 8:00 PM Hillside Club [2286 Cedar Street Berkeley, CA]
Multimedia artist Antonio Jorge Gonçalves improvises with "light paintings" accompanied by two local all-star improv groups:
The Jon Raskin Ensemble with Liz Allbee (trumpet), Matthew Goodheart (piano), Kjell Nordeson (drums), and Jon Raskin (saxophones).
The Acme House Band: Tom Djll (trumpet), Matt Ingalls (clarinet), John Shiurba (guitar), Tim Perkis (electronics), and Gino Robair (synth).
Wednesday, October 3
Wed 10/3 7:00 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
Mama Buzz Cafe Presents - 7 pm David Boyce - Phillip Greenlief duo play loose-limbed free improvisation for two tenor saxophones - 8 pm Clevenger Three, features Nathan Clevenger, Lisa Mezzacappa and Aaron Novik in a chamber-jazz setting that boasts tuneful compositions by Clevenger that give the trio lots of room for melodic improvisation.
Wed 10/3 7:16 PM Prelinger Library [8th and Folsom Streets, San Francisco]
Illuminated Corridor: Prelinger on Prelinger Outdoor performative projection from Craig Baldwin, Cinepimps, Steve Dye, António Jorge Gonçalves (Portugal), Lance Grabmiller, Sarah Lockhart, Killer Banshee, Charles Kremenak, Peter Nyboer et alia; Panorama Ephemera performed by large ensemble conducted by Gino Robair; live broadcasts from Neighborhood Public Radio. and episodic dance from Theatre of Yugen.
Thursday, October 4
Thu 10/4 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Vulcanus 68 -- 9pm SOPHISTICUFFS the roots of outlaw
Friday, October 5
Fri 10/5 8:00 PM Kaiser Center Auditorium [300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA]
Oakland School for the Arts Benefit Series Presents Savage Dance
Staying true to the improvisational spirit of jazz is a core value of the Savage Jazz Dance Company; establishing this improvisational quality enables Mr. Savage to evoke an “in the moment” experience for his dancers and audiences alike.
This performance is a benefit for Oakland School for the Arts.
Fri 10/5 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Two sets of amazing free-jazz...Tin/Bag opens the evening, followed by the amazing piano, drums, saxophone trio of Chris Brown, Phillip Greenlief and Donald Robinson following.
Fri 10/5 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Free Jazz Fridays: Tin/Bag celebrates the release of their newest Evander Music recording "And Begin Again" with a west coast tour. Then, Expanding upon the possibilities posited by free jazz, the Brown-Greenlief-Robinson Trio uses the languages of acoustic and electronic music to explore composing in real time.
Fri 10/5 8:00 PM Johansson Projects Gallery [2300 Telegraph Ave, Oakland]
TrioMetrik will perform during the Oakland Art Murmur, featuring their "NuRoque" style of intelligent computer music and multimedia performance. Ashley Adams, electric bass, Marielle Jakobsons, electric violin, Keith McMillan, guitar, programming, and direction. See more info at TrioMetrik website
Saturday, October 6
Sat 10/6 7:30 PM Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St., SF, CA ]
Shirzad Sharif (Som'ma, Dubistan) & Friends - Shirzad's Solo Album CD Release Party @ the Red Poppy Art House
Sat 10/6 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th Street (at Broadway) Oakland, CA 94612]
The 1st Annual Forward Music Festival: An Evening Celebrating Creative Music---featuring an all-star, critically acclaimed lineup of local and internationally recognized leaders in avant jazz and improvisational music including 2007 Jefferson Award Recipient, San Jose's Jazz Ambassador Eddie Gale with his vanguard musical ensemble; The spoken word and creative music of Positive Knowledge featuring multi-reed player Oluyemi Thomas and poetic vocalist, Ijeoma Thomas just back from their European tour with special guests; and the Trio comprised of adventurous pianist Joel Futterman, drummer Alvin Fiedler,who is one of the founding charter members of the Chicago based Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM) and multi-reed player Ike Levin and their highly innovative, energy-laced approach to “in-the-moment” created musical compositions.
Sat 10/6 8:15 PM Noe Valley Ministry [1021 Sanchez St SF]
Plays Monk - Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola
Sunday, October 7
Sun 10/7 4:00 PM Piedmont Piano Company [660 Third Street SF]
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
Music of Philippe Leroux: Julie Steinberg, piano; Tod Brody, flute
Preview works to be performed on October 8th in an informal and educational setting.
Sun 10/7 7:00 PM Fat City [314 11th St. @ Folsom SF]
Southern Sexual (from New Orleans) - Electro / Punk
Thomas Dimuzio - Noise / Experimental / Ambient
plus RECORD LABEL RECORDS artists -
Kush Arora - bhangra/industrial/dub/experimental
Flourescent Grey - electronic/electro-acoustic/experimental
Kossak - dub/downtempo/experimental/found sound
Sun 10/7 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Evander Music & The Jazz House Presents: 8 pm Citta di Vitti
Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone; Lisa Mezzacappa - bass; Jason Levis - drums -- 9 pm Steve Swell's Slammin' the Infinite (NYC):Steve Swell - trombone; Sabir Mateen - saxophone; Matthew Heyner - bass; Michael Wimberly - drums
Sun 10/7 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
FUCK COMPOSERS!
Diane Grubbe (flute/piccolo) Kyle Bruckmann (oboe) Matt Ingalls (clarinets) John Ingle (saxophones) Liz Allbee (trumpet) Tom Dambly (trumpet) Jen Baker (trombone) Andy Strain (trombone) Toyoji Tomita (trombone) Kanoko Nishi (koto) Ava Mendoza (guitar) Charity Chan (accordion) Hadley McCarroll (piano) Kjell Nordeson (percussion) Monica Scott (cello) George Cremaschi (bass), Tim Perkis (electronics)
Monday, October 8
Mon 10/8 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [700 Howard St. @3rd SF]
Premieres from the Vanguard. Music of Romitelli, Leroux, Campion. Tody Brody, flute. Julie Steinberg, piano
pre-concert talk 7:15 pm.
Tuesday, October 9
Tue 10/9 8:00 PM Intersection for the Arts [446 Valencia, between 15th and 16th Mission District SF]
Scott Amendola Quartet with Ches Smith, Matthias Bossi & Devin Hoff
Tue 10/9 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Birgit Ulher Quartet (Birgit Ulher - trumpet, James Fei - saxophone, Damon Smith - double bass, Kjell Nordeson - percussion) + Bolivar Zoar (Mary Clare Brzytwa, Ava Mendoza, Theresa Wong)
Wednesday, October 10
Wed 10/10 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Birgit Ulher - trumpet
Liz Allbee - trumpet
Scott R. Looney - Electronics
Damon Smith - double bass
Weasel Walter - percussion
+ The Ruins (alone) & Good For Cows
Thursday, October 11
Thu 10/11 7:30 PM Mills College Ensemble Room [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Marco Cappelli performs pieces from his "Extreme Guitar Project" which juxtaposes the traditional (six nylon strings) against the possibility of something 'other' (altered tunings, noise, metal strings, electronics) in a series of works written especially for him. Cappelli studied at Conservatorio di S. Cecilia in Rome and at the Musik Akademie in Basel with Oscar Ghiglia. He has collaborated with many artists including Anthony Coleman, Butch Morris, Jim Pugliese, Marc Ribot, and Elliott Sharp to name a few. This concert is presented with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
Thu 10/11 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8 & 9pm: acoustic and electronic solos and duos between Henry Kaiser and Rick Walker
A night of exceptionally versatile creative and innovative sounds!
Thu 10/11 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
BRUTALSFX FEST #43
Winters in Osaka (IL)
Pink Canoes
Mykel Boyd (IL)
Kukie Matter
Mr. Mercury Goes To Work
Head Boggle Domo (Not In Auralsize)
8pm SHARP - donation
Thu 10/11 8:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco]
Renowned conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies will be joined by partner Maki Namekawa in a special recital of works for two pianos by Philip Glass and J. S. Bach (transcriptions by György Kurtág). The concert, a benefit for the Bay Area's leading new music organization, Other Minds, will also feature the U.S. Premieres of works by Balduin Sulzer (Austria) and Chen Yi (China/US), and a recent work by San Francisco composer Adam Fong. The pianists, along with Glass, Chen and Fong, will share their thoughts about the music in a 7pm pre-concert discussion hosted by Other Minds Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian. For details click here.
Thu 10/11 8:00 PM Maybeck Studio [Berkeley]
Ulher, Perkis, Robair, Sorvillo @ Maybeck Studio
An evening of improvisation with dance and music exploring rooms of the lovely Maybeck House in Berkeley, featuring Birgit Ulher (trumpet), Paige Sorvillo (movement), Tim Perkis (laptop) and Gino Robair (percussion/analog synth/prepared piano).
Friday, October 12
Fri 10/12 8:00 PM Mills College Lisser Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Music by Milhaud, Stravinsky, and Carter performed by Graeme Jennings, violin, and Christopher Jones, piano.
Fri 10/12 9:30 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
A night of improvisational music and then some
Lisa Mezzacappa-bass
Devin Hoff-bass
Graham Connah-keys
Ben Goldberg-clarinets
Ralph Carney-winds
Josh Smith-reeds
Scott Amendola-drums and things
Willie Winant-possibly... let's all hope
Saturday, October 13
Sat 10/13 1:00 PM The Lap [2948 16TH STEET @ CAPP SF]
[:] p l u g 3 [:] day 1 of the San Francisco Headphone festival, part of the international Headphone festival series. This is the third annual transmission from san francisco
Sat 10/13 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Mute Socialite (Ava Mendoza, Alee Karim, Moe! Staiano, Shayna Dunkelman) perform with Death Sentence: Panda!, The Moggs, and 0th (featuring XK Saz/Zeek Sheck and Amanda Warner).
Sat 10/13 9:00 PM Techno.Rising @ MIGHTY [119 Utah Street, San Francisco 94103]
Jason Leach, legendary cofounder of UK underground techno outfit, SUBHEAD, arrives in SF for this North American exclusive. Joining him in an orgy of live hardware performances are Eats Tapes, and freetek pioneer Pongoid of the notorious S.P.A.Z. collective. Dj's Forest Green and Mosonik bring the tech noise. AudioSect.org for details.
Sunday, October 14
Sun 10/14 1:00 PM The Lab [ p l u g ] pt 2 - new venue [2948 16th St @ mission SF Calif]
ALL DAY headphone FEST [ p l u g ] : ---->
weldschmertz, Telepathik Friend, lna, horaflora, Filthmilk, Gather the Bones, Les Trois Feuilles, respectable citizen., Nommo Ogo, saKAna, CatSynth (Amar), My Helical Elk, Cypod, quiet time, A. Marin, Matt Davignon, headboggle, Tullan Velte, SIXES 66, DOUBLE VISION, Lance Grabmiller, transponderfish, Magnanimous, lx rudis
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Sun 10/14 7:30 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30pm: Charity Chan - solo piano
8:45pm: Bill Noertker's Moxie - music for film
Monday, October 15
Mon 10/15 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
8ish - Amar Chaudhary, solo electronica
9ish - Polly Moller & Company
Tuesday, October 16
Tue 10/16 6:00 PM Rooz Cafe [1918 Park Blvd (between 19th St & 3rd Ave, near the Parkway Theatre) Oakland CA]
Two sets of electro-acoustic improvised music:
6pm: Last Chance For The Loneliest Kitten (Josh Smith, Kurt Kotheimer)
7pm: The Noodles (Michael Zelner, Suki O'Kane, Allen Whitman)
Tue 10/16 8:00 PM Climate Theater [285 9th St (at Folsom), San Francisco]
8:00pm
Luke Westbrook Tree+O
9:30pm
Rubber City
David Slusser-leader, composer, saxophones
Philip Greenlief- Saxophone
Chris Ackerman - Drums
Richard Saunders - Bass
Wednesday, October 17
Wed 10/17 8:00 PM Anno Domini Gallery [San Jose 366 S. 1st Street San Jose, CA]
night 1 of Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival (6th Annual)
Wed 10/17 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Tonight Only! - Guitarist Michelle Webb from Las Cruces, New Mexico, playing a wide variety of electric guitar sounds, from multistringed to prepared to heavily processed, en route to play at the Norcal Noisefest!
Thursday, October 18
Thu 10/18 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:00 pm Joel Wanek & Dan Godston (CHI) w/guest Eric Glick Reimann
9:00 pm Michelle Webb (NM)
Thu 10/18 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
8:15 - Chinapainting, acoustic looping sound art (nyc/oaxaca)
9:15 - The Sophisticuffs, the softer side of... (oakland)
Thu 10/18 9:00 PM Rotture [315 SE Third on the East Waterfront Portland, OR]
Polly Moller & Company, consisting of guitarist Bill Wolter, bassist Jim Carr, electronica artist Amar Chaudhary, and Polly Moller on flute, bass flute, and voice).
Friday, October 19
Fri 10/19 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell St. SF]
Chinapainting: Meridian Gallery is excited to announce the upcoming performance by the international, virtual, improvisational, acoustic looping duo Chinapainting
Fri 10/19 8:00 PM Free-Jazz Fridays Jazz House [1510 8th Street Oakland]
THE STIR ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO featuring Dan Godston trumpet & Joel Wanek bass with special guest Jim Ryan winds. Others TBA.
Fri 10/19 8:00 PM Pearl Alley Studios [120 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz, CA]
night 2 y2k7 loopfest
Fri 10/19 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Join us for an evening of electro-acoustic music, combining compositions and improvisation from some of the finer bay area electronic and electro-acoustic ensembles: Blevin Blectum solo, Wobbly and MaryClare Byrwytza duo, and shudder.
Saturday, October 20
Sat 10/20 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Quartet w/ Jacob Lindsay/Ava Mendoza/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter plus Eric Glick Rieman/Dan Godston duo
Sat 10/20 8:00 PM Noe Valley Ministry [1021 Sanchez Street @ 23rd San Francisco]
KIHNOUA: (Scott Amendola, perc; Dohee Lee, voice; Larry Ochs – sax)
ips: 14 Aphorisms by Georges Braque - Songs by Steve Lacy: (Bruce Ackley, sop sax; Phillip Greenlief, alto sax; Aurora Josephson – voice)
Sat 10/20 8:00 PM JCC of the East Bay [1414 Walnut st Berkeley, Ca 94709]
Dan Cantrell & Friends and Eliyahu & Qadim
Sat 10/20 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
BrutalSFX Festival #44
Yximalloo (japan)
Slusser
Tinnitus Insect Volume Knobs (>1kHz tones from Ma++ Ingallls with George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Matthew Goodheart, Lance Grabmiller, David Slusser, and Moe! Staiano)
Vulcanus 68
Nommo Ogo
Bullshit Detector
Sunday, October 21
Sun 10/21 12:15 PM Pearl Alley Studios [120 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz, CA]
y2k7 loopfest Main festival featuring 60 artists from 8 countries noon to midnight
Sun 10/21 1:00 PM Pearl Alley Studios [120 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz, CA]
night 4 y2k7 loopfest
Sun 10/21 4:00 PM Mills College Lisser Hall [Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613]
Mills Center for Contemporary Music at 40. CCM and CalArts composers present a concert commemorating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM) at Mills College. Works by Brown, Bischoff, Fei, Payne, Rosenboom, and Trayle.
Sun 10/21 6:00 PM Persian Center [2029 Durant Ave # 1 Berkeley, CA, 94704]
Persian Garden Special Event - Classical Persian Music & Modal Jazz Improvisations with Jazz Master Dr. Lloyd Miller
Tuesday, October 23
Tue 10/23 8:00 PM Climate Theater [285 9th St (at Folsom), San Francisco]
8:00pm
Thomas Dimuzio
9:00pm
David Molina and Transient
Wednesday, October 24
Wed 10/24 7:30 PM The Marsh [The Marsh, in association with Other Minds 1062 Valencia St. between 21st and 22nd SF]
Improv:21 presents
Henry Kaiser: Improvisation at the End of the World
Wed 10/24 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Evander Music Presents
Phillip Greenlief - Amanda Schoof duo; Weasel Walter Trio
Thursday, October 25
Thu 10/25 7:00 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 FOLSOM @ 22nd San Francisco,CA 94110]
Marc Cary-laptop,fx|David Boyce-sax,fx|Sameer Gupta-tabla. David Boyce brings his amazing array of pedals and fx for this very special engagement of spontaneous improvisations with Marc Cary on laptop and Sameer Gupta on tabla.
Thu 10/25 7:30 PM The Exploratorium [3601 Lyon St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Working with custom-made filmstrips and an elaborate array of modified projectors, the Brooklyn-based Bruce McClure creates immersive sound/light experiences that go beyond the merely cinematic.
Thu 10/25 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: Arc Minute
9pm: 9pm: Kaiser/Hsu duo (Jim Kaiser - bicycle wheel/electronics, Angela Hsu - violin/electronics)
Thu 10/25 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
The Weasel Walter Large Ensemble will premiere a new long-form work for a 9 piece ensemble featuring Weasel Walter (drums), Damon Smith (bass), Aram Shelton (alto saxophone), Jon Raskin (reeds), John Ingle (reeds), Andy Strain (trombone), Tim Perkis (electronics), David Slusser (reeds), Liz Allbee (trumpet) and others. The first set will feature multiple smaller groupings of these skilled improvisers.
Thu 10/25 9:00 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF]
The Nels Cline Singers (with special guest Jeff Parker from Tortoise)
Friday, October 26
Fri 10/26 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
An eclectic evening of improv, noise, psych and rock with Holland Hopson (Appalachian clawhammer banjo + electronics, Improvising trio of Matt Ingalls, Jake Rodriguez and George Cremaschi, psych master Nehemiah St. Danger, and P.A.F. - original lineup featuring Eric Carlson, Gene V. Baker and Scott Pinkmountain
Sunday, October 28
Sun 10/28 7:00 PM Masonic Center [1111 California, San Francisco]
25th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival Presents Ornette Coleman
Sun 10/28 7:30 PM Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
All Hallows Show (fun, old spook film, candy)
7:30 Ghost In the House (CD Release)
Kyle Bruckmann, Karen Stackpole, Tom Nunn,David Michalak
8:30 Lords of Outland
Rent Romus, CJ Borosque, Philip Everett, Ray Schaeffer
Sun 10/28 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Experimental violinist Eric km Clark will perform for the first time in the Bay Area with his Simplified Violin™, a traditional violin fitted with four E-strings. The 8pm concert, presented by the nationwide composers' collective "The Collected," will feature the world premiere of works by nine living composers, written especially for Clark and his unusual instrument.
Monday, October 29
Mon 10/29 7:30 PM Mills College Ensemble Room [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Known for her dynamic timbral explorations on the electric accordion, ANDREA PARKINS will perform a solo audio work built from sonic materials that document the specificity of objects--collected, invented or implicated--as they are set into awkward motion and ultimately come to stasis.
Events outside the Bay Area
Thursday, Oct 11 2007 8:00 PM
Cool Cat Gallery
918 24th Street (between I and J streets) Sacramento, CA 95816
Java Lounge Presents
An Evening with The Lost Trio
Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone
Dan Seamans - bass
Tom Hassett - drums
The Lost Trio celebrates the release of "Plays the Solid Gold Hits" with west coast dates in 2007. The new record features songs by Bob Dylan, Bjork, Beck, Beatles, Juana Molina, and more...
Friday, Oct 19 2007 8:00 PM
Astoria Visual Arts Center
453A 11th Street
(at the corner of 11th and Exchange)
Astoria, OR
Polly Moller & Company, consisting of guitarist Bill Wolter, bassist Jim Carr, electronica artist Amar Chaudhary, and Polly Moller on flute, bass flute, and voice) will be coming soon to the Astoria Visual Arts Center.
They'll be performing all-new arrangements of composed material (including three pieces from their new album, "Not Made of Stone") interwoven with quartet improvisations.
Amar Chaudhary will open with a solo electronica set.
October 19, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Creative Music Series
Astoria Visual Arts Center
453A 11th Street
(at the corner of 11th and Exchange)
Astoria, OR
Cost: $5.00 donation
Saturday, Oct 20 2007 8:00 PM
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Avenue (18th and Union)
Seattle, WA
Polly Moller & Company, consisting of guitarist Bill Wolter, bassist Jim Carr, electronica artist Amar Chaudhary, and Polly Moller on flute, bass flute, and voice) will be coming soon to the 1412 Gallery in Seattle.
They'll be performing all-new arrangements of composed material (including three pieces from their new album, "Not Made of Stone") interwoven with quartet improvisations.
October 20, 2007
8:00 p.m.
Gallery 1412
1412 18th Avenue (18th and Union)
Seattle, WA
No cover, donations accepted.
