Events & Classes at the Orange Room
- Friday, January 27
- 3 Solo Performances
Steve Lawson :: Daniel Berkman :: Tom Lattanand
- 7:00pm door, 7:30pm music :: $5–20 sliding scale
- Orange Room and RTFM Records present: an intimate evening concert with Steve Lawson, Daniel Berkman and Tom Lattanand.
Join us for an evening of looped and unlooped, acoustic and electric strings—guitar, kora, and bass—with three great musicians: renowned looped fretless bass player Steve Lawson, multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde looped kora player Daniel Berkman, and solo guitarist Tom Lattanand. :: more info here
- 4 Mondays :: February 6, 13, 20, 27
- Five Animal Qigong with David Wei website
- 7–9pm :: $5–20 / class, sliding scale :: drop-ins welcome
*for advanced practitioners*
- Breathe, stretch, smile..
Our Wudang Five Animal Qigong will serve as the perfect compliment to your thriving wellness practice.
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Course will include:
› foundational stretching
› coordination and conditioning drills
› traditional five animal qigong form
› five element theory and application
› self massage and acupressure
› standing meditation, walking meditation
› therapeutic breathing
- This class is not intended for the average practitioner. The deep stretches and dynamic totem postures are simple, but challenging. Due to the advanced nature of this class, participants are recommended to have a strong foundation in movement, balance, and flexibility.
- Friday, March 16
- Pisces Party
- save the date :: more info TBA
- Slinky Productions website
- These fun, sexy and athletic classes are designed to reconnect women of all ages with their sensuality and
femininity, and to demystify the exotic dance world. Please contact Slinky Productions for more information and to register for classes.
Past Events at the Orange Room
- Interactive Mandala and Music Gathering
- September 30, 2011
- This was a wall-melting night of interactive art and great music performances. The mandala painting events were started by artists Patrick Lugo and Lea Beck over this past decade, and have played a part in creating long lasting communities and amazing experiences.
- The music lineup:
Cornelius Boots, Art Elliot, Late Stage Empire, Birdwire, Ettie Street Project, Pistols at Dawn, Tim and Bill Witter, Brandon Essex, and Micah McClain.
- Japan Benefit Concert
- April 23, 2011
- We raised $800! Thank you everyone for sharing in this evening.
- The lineup featured these memorable and diverse acoustic music performances:
- • Steve Oda on sarode, accompanied by Mike Lewis on tabla
- • Cornelius Boots performing solo honkyoku (traditional Japanese) and mukyoku (new original compositions for giant flutes) on shakuhachi (Zen bamboo flutes) and Taimu-shakuhachi (large, bass shakuhachi)
- • Tom Lattanand performing original compositions on solo guitar
- • Kaboom Quartet with Deborah Katz and David Ryther on violins, Jacob Hansen Joseph on viola, and Shain Carrasco on cello.
- A Softened Mind Shove
Brad Barton Magic Show website
- February 19, 2011
- "Your will shall be bent. Your reality will be stolen. And your mind is gonna get shoved . . . softly. You will laugh, question your senses, and leave with a new appreciation for the undiscovered potential of the mind."
- Mr Barton does it again: two totally different sets of interactive, mind shifting experiments involving the art of persuasion, vocal analysis, thought reading, and hypnosis.
- Followed by a performances by Ettie Street Project and Dr Rek, and a long night of righteos fun!
- See video of Brad and ESP in action
- Burning Thai Noodle Fundraiser
Thai Food & Dune Movie Night
- August 8, 2010
- Burning Thai Noodle thanks everyone for a super fun night and generous support to the cause! We will post photos from the playa soon.
- Infinite Mandala Party time-lapse video
- July 31, 2010
- The mandala created on May 29 became the center of an 8 foot diameter canvas. Pics coming soon.
Visit Patrick Lugo's I'Mandala site to learn more about the roots and vision behind this interactive art project.
- MindSets
- June 25, 2010
- Brad Barton, Reality Thief broght back his MindSets show back to Orange Room, blowing minds with 2 different sets of Cerebral Demonstrations of Mental Gymnastics, Forced Synchronicity, Vocal Analysis/Para-Linguistics, and MIND CONTROL, and some Old School favorites!
Tim and Bill Witter on tabla and Tom on the guitar opened for this evening full of Bragic.
- Orange Room Celebrates Its 4th Birthday! time-lapse video
- May 29, 2010
- Between Patrick and Lea's I'mandala communal art creation, Intimate Illusions by Brad Barton the Reality Thief, performances by the Presidio Quartet followed by Tim and Bill Witter on tabla with Tom on the guitar, this was a Birthday Party to remember. Thank you everyone for making this ultimate!
- Evening of Indian Classical Music listen
- February 27, 2010
- Featuring Steve Oda on sarode and on tabla,Nilan Chaudhuri, son of tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.
- I'Mandala Party gallery
- January 30, 2010
- Illuminated mandalas on the walls and, at its heart, a new mandala to be painted that night, the Orange Room transformed into
a magic realm. Please visit Patrick Lugo's I'Mandala site to learn more about the roots and vision behind this interactive art project, and the facebook page to view
recent photos and look out for future events.
- NY 2010 Party gallery
- December 31, 2009
- A picture is worth a thousand words. Please visit the gallery!
- Germart Presents... gallery
- December 4, 2009
- Two alien worlds collided at the Orange Room: the Zoopy Show performed a set of electro rock with mutant puppets, followed by Planet Booty’s wacked out space funk. The evening culminated in a special pole dance performance by Catherine Rose of Slinky Productions.
- Benefit Concert for the Daraja Academy of Kenya gallery
- November 22, 2009
- A benefit concert for violin and music programs at the Daraja Academy, the first free secondary boarding school in Kenya for girls. Performances by thePresidio String Quartet, Danny Heines and Blake Gearheard.
- The Chamber view main page
- Acoustic & Chamber Music Concert
- December 13, 2008
- Featuring compositions and performances by:
- Steve Oda (sarode) website
- String players of Classical Revolution website
- Danny Heines (guitar, throat singing) website
- Mitch Marcus (composer) website
- Wallace Harvey (Indian violin)
- Bill Witter (tabla) website
- Tom Lattanand (guitar, composer) website
- Rhythm Society: Friday Night Gatherings website
- Recognizing that divine rhythm is everywhere, the Rhythm Society celebrates spirit through music, dance, meditation and play.
Friday Night Gatherings are smaller, more intimate celebrations, giving the RS community another chance to share a fun meaningful evening together and to dance.
- The First Annual Pie Competition
- September, 2008
- Inspired by the annual chili cook-off tradition, the pie-off fantasy was finally manifested. Eleven artful and inspiring entries, ten category score sheets, a tough experienced commisioner, twenty judges or so, golden trophies, three euphoric winners—the vision was complete. All this was followed by The Big Lebowski on the big screen and white russians to maintain the sugar high.
- Slinky Productions Grand Opening Soiree gallery
- July 25, 2008
- Slinky Productions Grand Opening Party in celebration of their students who have been taking classes since 2000, and the official opening of the Orange Room as a new Slinky East Bay studio. Beautiful performances from Catherine Rose, Sara North and many others and all sorts of fun for everyone! Lighting design by Harlan Leath.
- Annual Pisces Party gallery
- March 2007 & 2008
- Thorough, all-night-long celebrations of Piscean birthdays. Live music, DJ's, dancing and birthday cakes, all in the midst of amazing ocean-inspired balloon art by LP Productions.
- Dub Lounge by Rock Medicine gallery
- October 13, 2007
- Rock Med party and fundraiser set to dub, roots reggae, and more balloon art by LP Productions.
- The Rock Med crew provides medical and emotional care for people at concerts and festivals. Their humane and unbiased style of crisis intervention prevents many hospitalizations and involvement with the law.
Events Outside the Orange Room
- Orange Room Presents:
- Wednesday, February 22
- Tom Lattanand Solo Guitar Performance website
- 50 Mason Social House website
- 9:30pm | two sets | no cover
- Special guests TBA.
Past Events Outside the Orange Room
- Orange Room Presents:
- Ettie Street Project website
- Madrone Art Bar website
- November 30, 2011
- Joined by Henry Hung on trumpet and Charlie Gurke on bari sax.
- Orange Room Presents:
- Danny Heines website
- Jack O’ The Clock website
- May 11, 2011
- Orange Room Presents:
- Jeremy Rourke website
- Vanessa Verlee website
- Evil Diane website
- Amber Lee website
- Tom Lattanand website
- March 30, 2011
- Acoustic music and singer songwriters.
- Orange Room Presents:
- Ettie Street Project website
- Madrone Art Bar website
- March 9, 2011
- Orange Room Presents:
- Professor Burns and the Lilac Field website
- Eric Maskol website
- Maya Dorn website
- February 2, 2011
- Orange Room Presents:
- Ettie Street Project website
- Lucid Mechanism website
- Dr Rek website
- January 26, 2011
- Orange Room Presents:
- Franco Nero (ska and rocksteady) website
- January 12, 2011
- Orange Room and Classical Revolution Present:
- Musical Art Quintet + guests website
- Classical Revolution website
- January 5, 2011
- Seaweed Sway and Orange Room present:
- Dina Maccabee Band website
- The Carton Quartet website
- Holly Mae & the Painted Room and Tenderfoot website
- December 29, 2010
- Orange Room Presents:
- Doppler Trio website
- Beep Trio website
- December 22, 2010