{"id":1550,"date":"2010-08-15T20:36:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T03:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2013-12-05T21:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T21:29:04","slug":"redondo-beach-power-of-art-festival-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/1550-redondo-beach-power-of-art-festival-reading.html","title":{"rendered":"Redondo Beach Power of Art Festival Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1551\" style=\"border: 0pt none;margin-top: 0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/files\/2010\/08\/power-of-art-300x2241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>Despite a stubbornly recurring sore throat, I made the journey down to Redondo Beach yesterday to read a few poems at the invitation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redondobeachartgroup.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=54&amp;Itemid=85\" target=\"_blank\">Redondo Beach Power of Art Festival<\/a>. It was a pleasure to join the lineup with such a diverse group of locals: Jared Johnson played Eastern melodies on his specially-tuned guitar, then read a few linguistically dense, abstract poems; Professor Anthony Lee read brave pieces about the human experience; Chicano poet Marcelino Miyares recited rhymed and unrhymed poems with a Christian influence; <a href=\"http:\/\/artro2.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Indika Perera<\/a> read a variety of poems in his sonorous Sri Lankan accent; Brenda Petrakos performed pieces at the front of the stage combining poetry, song, and dramatic monologue; Barbara Rabinowitz read work ranging from haiku to mini-epics lamenting the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operative.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hannibal Tabu<\/a> recited poems about the shared plight of Mexican- and African-Americans, a love poem, and a poem about comic books. <!--more-->Scheduled between a lively backstage drum circle and poetry workshop conducted by Prof. Lee, we read to a receptive audience at the beautiful and well-appointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redondo.org\/depts\/recreation\/facilities\/rbpac\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center<\/a> theater. Clearly, this small coastal community is doing something right to celebrate the &#8220;power of art&#8221; in such style. Thanks again to Barbara and the Festival for having me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1552\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1552  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/files\/2010\/08\/poa-poets1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"306\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L to R: emcee Bert Riddick, Hannibal Tabu, Barbara Rabinowitz, Jared Johnson, Robert Peake \/ Brenda Petrakos, Charles Indika Perera, Anthony Lee, Marcelino Miyares. Photo by Charles Indika Perera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a stubbornly recurring sore throat, I made the journey down to Redondo Beach yesterday to read a few poems at the invitation of the Redondo Beach Power of Art Festival. 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