The buzz is out. This is the smartest thing you can do in Washington, DC on a Sunday night, and the most fun. We encourage you to bring people who you love, or people you think need a little love. Artist in Bloom Resident Fellow Terrence Cunningham has been holding it down for seven months, and  HASN’T MISSED A SUNDAY. Come see what a FULL BLOOM looks like. Another bit  of exciting news, Terrence has submitted his song, “Champion,” to be the  official song of the World Cup in South Africa. This was the result of his trip there last month. We believe World Cup decision makers will see the light in this beautiful song and share it with the world. $5-10 suggested donation.

At the Thaylobleu show, Nov. 6 2009 at BloomBars. Mr. Hu makes magic as a musician and producer. Omar Retnuh aka: Mr. Hu — Guitars, vocals, turntablism, producer, emcee…what you need? He got it. Retnuh is also the brainchild behind several musical groups The Remainz, HUYU, and most famously, Urban Ave. 31, where he lent his superior production and songwriting talents to create two neo-soul masterpieces — The Healing Part 1 & The Healing Part 2, featuring recently signed Jive recording artist Raheem Devaughn. http://www.myspace.com/mrhuremainz

Sunrise Cinema — “Don’t Drink and Drive! Watch Movies Until Sunrise! — 2:30am to 6:00am — That’s right, Sunrise Cinema is back. This event is a no-brainer. Too many tragedies that don’t have to happen. We hope this will provide a healthy and safe alternative to driving all the way out to Sterling, VA or Gaithersburg, MD. Sometimes we even have a comedian for the first ½ hour (And we’re taking applications). Nothing like a little laughter at 2:30 in the morning to wake you up. And we are looking for insomniacs help us run it!!! $5-10 suggested donation.

Join us for an intimate conversation with on of the best in the business of screenwriting on Saturday, March 20th from 1-2pm.

Marilyn Horowitz is a NYU professor, writer, producer, writing coach, and script doctor. She won the New York University Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004. Marilyn hosts two seminars per year on the “Creative Business of Screenwriting” for New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). Marilyn was the script consultant and associate producer on The Reawakening, an independent feature film produced under the auspices of the ABC New Talent Development Scholarship Grant.

Marilyn’s private writing students have gone on to sell scripts to Miramax, HBO, Hallmark Entertainment, and ABC, as well as gained admittance to the AFI Graduate Writing Program, Sundance Writers Lab, and the IFP Market’s No Borders Forum. Marilyn’s students have also won the 2002 and 2003 NYWIFT Screenplay Contests, placed highly in the Nicholl Fellowship, and were finalists in the Slamdance Film Festival and Austin Film Festival script competitions.

To learn more about Marilyn Horowitz visit: http://www.FinalDraftScript.com

Saturday, March 20th – 2:00 to 4:00pm

Screenwriting 101 — The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting

Cost: $50 (We know it’s steep, but that’s why we’re having the “Conversation with” from 1-2pm) Pre-Registration Required.

This two-hour intensive workshop will end the agony that plagues screenwriters of all levels: How to structure a script. The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting helps writers structure, write and rewrite scripts with ease. By asking your characters these four simple questions you will be able to outline your screenplay like magic. The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting, part of The Horowitz System® of writing taught at New York University for over 10 years, has helped hundreds of writers create market-ready screenplays fast.

Spaces Limited. To register contact Classroom 34 at (410) 231-3434 or info@classroom34.com

They asked us to write about volunteerism. This is what came to mind: http://www.blackplanetrising.com/blog_item1.php

Black Planet Rising is a really cool site that connect volunteers with organizations in need.

To all the artistic seeds needing a little TLC, BloomBars has finally tilled “The Garden.” Come share your creation with the community. (Material must be appropriate for all ages). Suggested donation is $5-10.

Special featured artists this week, FRANK BELL. a young singer and songwriter extraordinaire, his music has been featured on MTV’s The Real World and he has played major venues from Atlanta to Times Square, NYC. Currently on his east coast tour, Frank’s only stop in DC is here at BloomBars. LISTEN TO THIS CAT!! www.frankbell.net

Hosted by Jonathan B. Tucker, of the 2009 DC Slam Team

Sign-up on the list starts at 8:30. show starts by 9pm. bring your poetry, music, comedy, song, rap, spoken word, or whatever. as long as it is within the realm of human respect it is okay. All ages and eccentricities. are welcome. That means ALL MATERIAL is appropriate for all ages, okay?

This is by far the coolest bio we’ve ever read, and most hilarious….Did we SAY LISTEN TO THIS CAT. Listen! www.frankbell.net

Frank Bell was born in Calabria. His father was a soldier in the Calabrian mob, and his mother was a professor of Romantic Literature in a convent school. His family moved to Argentina when he was very young following the sudden death of his father’s employer Don Aldo Brancaleone. They settled in Iguazu Falls near the Brazilian border where little Frank became fluent in Portugese and Spanish in addition to his native Calabrian dialect. When his father was deported back to Calabria for gun-running Frank left home. He headed for the pampas to become a gaucho, learning to ride and throw the bolos and developing his lifelong taste for yerba maté. While visiting Buenos Aires he had a chance encounter with the famous Argentine impresario Señor Fulgensio Sorprender who saw potential in the hirsute young gaucho and cast him as the lead in a local production of Evita. Frank stole the show and his acting career was launched. Frank then moved to New York City to pursue acting and had a notable string of successes in off-broadway art house productions, including the legendary Utica Community Performing Arts Center production of Streetcar, before his acting career was briefly sidetracked for a season playing power forward for the Nets. When a serious dental sprain ended his basketball career, Frank reluctantly returned to acting. He and his roommate, Vin Diesel, then moved to LA to act in TV and cinema. The two actors no longer live together in their small Hollywood apartment – each now has a mansion in the Malibu colony – but they are planning to work together soon in a Miramax biopic on the life of Warren G. Harding. Frank is also a serious graphic artist and has had a number of one-man shows in select galleries in Soho and the Bowery. His influences include Red Grooms, Hieronymous Bosch and Margaret Keane. He has been married twice, once for several years to Uruguayan actress Lola Chang, with whom he had three sets of twin girls, and again for part of an afternoon to Julia Roberts. He is currently an eligible bachelor and an avid reader of the personal columns.

On Wednesday, May 12th at 9:00pm, Inkblot will make their first appearance at BloomBars.

Special thanks to Gary Prince for inviting Inkblot to experience BloomBars. Just listen: http://www.myspace.com/inkblotsucks. And then you can thank him yourself when you come to the show. Gary will also be opening for Inkblot. We’re digging their sounds. And they have big hearts too. They’ve taken us up on our offer to highlight a non-profit organization doing great work in their community. They’ve chosen, 826 National, a family of eight nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Their mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. You can learn more here: www.826national.org. Now if we can just get Cornel West Theory to join the night’s bill!

Bio:

Inkblot is fully a western psychedelic circus laced with fusions of rock and electronica as well as more delicate moments featuring acoustic instrumentation and curious spoken word and found sound (samples). Live performances are highly energetic, at times danceable and featuring a dazzling visual aspect (projector, lights). In the summer of 2009 Inkblot released their debut album, “Oink!” The initial recording sessions started in the spring of 2008 in a studio no bigger than a cubicle and evolved into a year-long cross-country anomaly, defying most conventional recording techniques. Capillary Action drummer Dan Sutherland and best-selling author Rick Strassman both lent out their immense talent on “Oink!” with percussion and spoken word (respectively).

Seed the Sound Sundays w/Terrence Cunningham is an experience you’ll want to share with the ones you love.

It’s official! David James has joined our BloomBars family. With more than a dozen appearances in the last year, you might have assumed he was already in….and you’d be correct! But now, as an Artist in Bloom Resident Fellow, we have committed to helping him get to the next level as an artist and community leader. And he has committed himself to helping grow our budding community. He’ll start off helping BloomBars resident Gary Prince with Guitars Not Guns (We Still Need Students Ages 11-18).

So come celebrate the occasion on Sunday, and continue to follow David’s growth on our website www.bloombars.com. There you can read David’s blogs, watch videos, follow Ndelible shows, and of course hear his music on our new BloomBox Music of the Month (Tell us what you think of the playlist). All the artists perform at BloomBars, where you can also find their CDs.

Bio

Singer/Songwriter/guitarist David James is the front man and founding member of the band Ndelible. His first introduction to music was at the age of 9. At the age of 11 he wrote and recorded his first Hip Hop song and has been writing and performing music since then. You would never know David only began playing the guitar in 2005. David along with Myron Mullon and Ron Byrd started the alternative/soul/ hip hop band Ndelible. David is the primary songwriter and front man for the band and is heavily influenced by: Tommy Sims, Lauryn Hill, Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Jay z, The Roots, Switchfoot, Citizen Cope and many other artists. Ndelible released there first album “Time and Chance” in the summer of 2009. They have shared the stage with: Common, Eric Roberson, Kindred the family soul, Dwele, Pj Morton, Algebra Blessett and many more. David is currently works with youth at the Guitars not Guns program where he teaches guitar. He also works with ndelible raising money to help the victims of the Haiti tragedy through Ndelible’s music. He is also in the process of writing Ndelible’s 2nd studio album and working with the band on a mixtape to help promote that album.

Come join veteran yoga instructor Marcia Greene. Suggested Donation: $5 – $10 (Free for BloomBars volunteers). Yoga mats available.

Marcia’s practice is grounded in Hatha yoga in the Sivananda tradition:

HATHA: Hatha is a very general term that encompasses many of the physical types of yoga. Generally, if a class is described as Hatha style, it is likely to be slow-paced and gentle and provide a good introduction to the basic yoga poses. SIVANANDA: Sivananda yoga is based upon five principles:

1. Proper exercise (Asana, focusing on 12 poses in particular)

2. Proper breathing (Pranayama)

3. Proper relaxation (Savasana)

4. Proper diet (Vegetarian)

5. Positive thinking (Vedanta) and meditation (Dhyana)

Her practice will offer instruction on the First 3 principles – Asana, Pranayama & Savasana. Marcia has completed her training and accumulated the required teaching hours pursuant to the standards of the Yoga Alliance for status as a Senior/Advanced Registered Yoga Teacher (“RYT”), known in the yoga world as a “Yoga Acharya.”

Some yoga thoughts to which she subscribes:

“The primary benefits of yoga are increased strength and flexibility of both body and mind, as well as an increased sense of focus and clarity.”

“Yoga philosophy teaches that we are allocated only a certain number of breaths between our first inhalation at birth and our last exhalation at death. So the more slowly you draw each breath, the longer – and calmer – you will live.”