ADAS Pioneer Art Gallery & Studios Reception

ADAS Pioneer Art Gallery & Studios
"SURF-N-TURF" EXHIBIT




Alan Ryall & Catherine Lindberg

Meet these two talented oil painters at our reception
on Saturday, January 19th (4-7pm)

Weekly Hours: Fri 3-7 pm, Sat 11 am - 7 pm, Sun 1-5 pm

This is Danville's newest and largest fine art gallery that will be open for your enjoyment through Spring 2008. All sales support local arts and art education grants.

Alamo Danville Artists Society
Pioneer Art Gallery & Studios
524 Hartz Ave, Danville CA

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High School Artists & Musicians are Showcased in Downtown Danville

January 25-27, 2008 -- High School Artists & Musicians are Showcased in Downtown Danville

The Pioneer Art Gallery in downtown Danville (sponsored by the Alamo Danville Artists Society (ADAS)) is hosting an exhibit of students' work from the six San Ramon Valley High Schools: California, Del Amigo, Dougherty, Monte Vista, San Ramon and Venture. Musical entertainment will be provided by San Ramon High School.

This is a unique opportunity for young artists to publicly display their work, win awards and gain recognition in our local press. And folks who attend the exhibit can gain further appreciation for:

* The importance of encouraging our young people to develop their creative talents.
* How the arts are an integral part of all professions that students are encouraged to pursue these days.
* And that art can be a viable career path, too!

Each school's art department will do an initial jurying of their students' work, and then submit up to two 3-D and four 2-D pieces per school; show could have up to twelve 3-D and twenty-four 2-D works. The Danville Arts Commission will judge the finalists and award ribbons.

There are so few opportunities and venues for artists (of all ages & abilities) to be showcased along the I-680 corridor, so this is a very important event. We have invited the Mayors, Council members and city staff of both Danville and San Ramon to attend the reception to help us bring attention to the creative achievements of these students.

The exhibit will be at the ADAS Pioneer Art Gallery from January 25-27, with a reception on Sunday, Jan. 27 (3-6pm) for the artists and their families -- public is welcome, FREE!

The ADAS Pioneer Art Gallery is Danville's newest and largest fine art gallery; open for your enjoyment through Spring 2008. All sales support local artists and arts education grants in the San Ramon Valley Schools. 524 Hartz Ave, Danville. Weekly gallery hours: Fri 3-7p, Sat 11a-7p, Sun 1-5p. For more info, email artpromoter@sbcglobal.net or visit www.adas4art.org

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January 10 Pinole recall debate will be held despite Councilman Tilton's defection

PINOLE, January 5, 2008 - Despite Council Stephen Tilton's announcement that he is pulling out of participating in the January 10 recall debate and candidates' night at the Pinole Senior Center, the event will he held as scheduled.

Former mayor and current councilwoman Maria Alegria, at the 11th hour on Friday, accepted the challenge of a debate against Concerned Citizens of Pinole (CCOP) advocate Cindy Trego. Alegria and Tilton are the targets of a recall by the CCOP, which collected 2,700 signatures on petitions last summer to place the recall on the February 5 ballot.

As recently as Thursday, Alegria had said she was not participating. She sent an e-mail to open-government watchdog group and debate sponsor Common Cause that said, "I have many reservations about your organization providing a forum for a political action committee that has conducted a vile, slanderous, and disingenuous campaign over the last seven months."

However, moderator Lisa Vorderbrueggen, political editor of the Contra Costa Times, which is co-sponsoring the event with Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, responded by saying the event would go on, with or without Alegria or Tilton.

"As a moderator, I will attempt to bring up all the relevant issues, but we will not be held hostage by elected officials who decline to participate in a public forum for the voters."

Alegria will debate Trego at 6 p.m. If Tilton decides to change his mind again and participate, Jeff Rubin, spokesman for the CCOP, will join the mix as the second recall proponent.

"You never know what Tilton will do, because he changes his mind every few minutes," Rubin said. "I am prepared right now, so even if he shows up at one minute to six, I'll be ready."

A candidates' debate, featuring Alegria, Tilton, and recall replacement candidates Virginia Fujita, Roy Swearingen, and Steve Denlis, will follow at 7 p.m. Debbie Long and Ivette Ricco, who are running in a special election for the vacant seat created when David Cole resigned from the council last August, will also participate in the candidates' debate.

In backing out, Tilton sent Common Cause an e-mail that said he "cannot be a part of the 'spectacle' they (Trego and Rubin) are attempting to have you help them create."

Tilton said in late November that he would not attend the January 10 forum, explaining that to do so would set a bad precedent, a point Alegria also alluded to in her e-mail last week.

In a November e-mail, Tilton wrote that Trego and Rubin "have shown they can do nothing more than intimidate, harass and lie to Pinole citizens. I would not be serving the citizens of Pinole by giving them a sanctioned forum to spread more lies, half-truths and innuendoes."

But in an apparent turnaround in an e-mail last month to Rubin that was forwarded to Vorderbrueggen, Tilton wrote: "(I) look forward to answering any and all questions Lisa brings forward and I would never miss the event."

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JEFF RUBIN
Spokesperson
Concerned Citizens of Pinole for the Recall of
Maria Alegria and Stephen Tilton
(510) 724-9507, office and home (try this first)
(510) 303-2700, cell
jeff@thenewsletterguy.com
www.PinoleRecall.com