Dear friends,

Three little news items I'd like to share... Cameron and I are back from an amazing (although tiring) trip to Egypt and Jordan. Now I'm scrambling to get ready for what's next...

1. DCIC free in-store performance, this friday at Crooked Beat. Show starts promptly at 7pm. Let's go to Asylum afterwards for vegan nachos and shiner bock on tap, ok?
details: http://dcic.alkem.org/schedule.html

2. Starting a week from Friday, I'm going on tour playing guitar with Joe Lally. Check the dates below - for those of you not in the DC area, this is a great chance for us to visit in person. Plus the music will be really good. Joe Lally is a wonderful musician and singular songwriter... and Ricardo is an incredible drummer (who I am eager to meet). That combination is really a "dream team" rhythm section. It's going to be a blast playing with them every night for two weeks!
details: http://joelally.com/
and I'll paste the tour dates further down in this message

3. Eigenvalues has been awarded a small grant from the Puffin Foundation for developing a new piece. We are in the midst of a campaign to match their gift.
details: http://improvarts.alkem.org/cclub08spring.html

Here's the itinerary for the Joe Lally tour. Hope to see some of you while I'm on the road!
Hope you're doing well, and enjoying the Spring,
-Jon
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May 16: Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks  (early show, Joe's set at 7:45)
May 17: Cincinnati, OH - Blue Rock Tavern  w/Pomegranates
May 18: Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern  w/ Michael Columbia
May 19: Bloomington, IN - Art Hospital
May 20: Detroit, MI - Alvin's
May 21: Buffalo, NY - Soundlab (Big Orbit's Soundlab)  w/ Thrones and Orthrelm
May 22: Ithaca, NY - No Radio Records
May 23: Cambridge, MA - Middle East ~upstairs~  w/ Glorytellers
May 24: Portland, ME - Space  w/ Glorytellers
May 25: Providence, RI - The Livingroom  w/ Glorytellers
May 26: New London, CT - The Oasis  w/ Fatal FIlm and Hand Grenade Seranade (Joe's set at 11pm)
May 27: New York, NY - Knitting Factory  w/ Glorytellers
May 28: Washington, DC - Black Cat ~backstage~  w/ Glorytellers
May 29: Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary  w/ Glorytellers
May 30: Baltimore, MD - Talking Head  w/ Glorytellers and Baby Aspirin

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