MENTAL NOTES 13TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SAT NIGHT DEC 29TH @ THE BLUE NOTE 131 WEST 3RD STREET (BETWEEN 6th Ave. & McDougal St.) 12AM Join us as we celebrate 13 years of xspiritmental vibrations from the Mental Notes family, also bringing in 9 years since the birth Movement In Motion Featuring special guests: - MAYA AZUCENA - MARINE FUTIN - AKIM FUNK BUDDHA - THE ADVENTURES OF KAILA & THE KID - PHASE ONE - MAJESTY - ANAIS ALONSO - EVAN GREER & KIRSTEN LAMB - KATA (BEATBOX JAPAN) - SWISS CHRIS on drums - BILL FOSTER on bass - YUKI ISHIBA on keys - LLOYD DEBONIS on trumpet xspiritmental jam session winter vibrations serving the people since 1999 ALL AGES $10 COVER www.xspiritmental.com This months featuring organization UZN Universal Zulu Nation theme, building institutions donate to our UZN multicultural of the universe @ http://uznbuildingfund.blogspot.com/ Peace and blessings to all universal beings on this so called planet earth!!!! THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION MULTI-CULTURAL CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE This center will serve as a safe haven for community youth as well as elders. This center will provide neighborhood youth a place to learn life skills and educational studies and above all be safe. In this time of after school programs being cut from budgets in schools our youth are left with nothing to do and no where to go. We will offer many workshops to help assist our youth to be ready for life after High School. These workshops will include life skills (how to write a resume, how to handle job interviews, how to dress for job interviews). We will have guest speakers to conduct these workshops and to help prepare the children. Some workshops can be overseen by community elders many of which are retired professionals. This gives them a sense of worth and something to occupy themselves, and it also helps bridge so-called generation gaps as both the elders and the youth learn more about each other. In this time where obesity is a major issue in our communities we will conduct classes and workshops nutrition and healthier living. We will also have a gym. The gym will provide a clean safe environment for our children to play, exercise, and learn the spirit of competition through organized sports. The gym will also be used for self defense classes. We would also have an exercise room for weight training, calisthenics, and aerobics. We will also include a recording studio, photography studio, and other arts and craft studios/workshops (drawing, sculpting, and painting).This will give the members of the center hands on experience with professionals in their respective fields. All these programs are important to the development of the creative skills in our youth. A lot of these programs are no longer available in schools. We will also provide child care services. There are many young mothers in our community that want to work or go to school but they can’t because of the lack of safe places to provide child care. The elders can also be an important part of child care. We will also have a library which will provide our youth with a place to do their homework as well as read up on things that they will not learn in school. For more information please contact either email address below: Email to:uznbuidingfund@gmail.com or zulustaff@earthlink.net