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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.157 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:27 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Blog</title><subtitle>Blog</subtitle><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-07-03T15:26:48Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.157 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>A Mark Doty Preview</title><category term="Mark Doty"/><category term="reading"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/6/29/a-mark-doty-preview.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/6/29/a-mark-doty-preview.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (KSD)</name></author><published>2012-06-30T00:35:25Z</published><updated>2012-06-30T00:35:25Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Poet Mark Doty comes to City Center on Saturday, July 21 for <a href="http://50years.sfzc.org/an-evening-with-mark-doty/">Glow at the Extremest Verge</a>, a reading from his forthcoming book, <em>What is the Grass</em>.&nbsp; For a taste, see the below video of Mark reading on PBS Newshour.</p>
<p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable frame"><span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83slEB_k_O4" target="_blank"><img src="http://50years.sfzc.org/storage/post-images/mark_pbs_screengrab_300px.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1341015047410" alt="" /></a></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 300px;">Poet Mark Doty reads &#8220;A Display of Mackerel&#8221; </span></span></p>
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<p>They lie in parallel rows,<br /> on ice, head to tail, <br /> each a foot of luminosity</p>
</blockquote><br class="clear" /><p>For more about Mark, see his <a href="http://www.markdoty.org/">website.</a></p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>Recording of the Chant from RaKU</title><category term="Concert for Peace"/><category term="Reportage"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/6/1/recording-of-the-chant-from-raku.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/6/1/recording-of-the-chant-from-raku.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-06-02T00:02:00Z</published><updated>2012-06-02T00:02:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Back in February, monks from SFZC&#8217;s City Center had the rare opportunity to perform with the SF Ballet orchestra.&nbsp;At the invitation of composer Shinji Eshima, they chanted the <em><a href="http://www.seattlesotozen.org/resources-1/enmei-jukku-kannon-gyo">Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo</a>,</em>&nbsp;with a haunting orchestral accompaniment, in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sfballet.org/tickets/production/overview/2012-program-6">original ballet&nbsp;<em>RAkU</em></a>.</p>
<p><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F48338377&show_artwork=true"></iframe></p>
<p>We&#8217;ve posted a recording on SoundCloud; take a listen.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/2012/03/san-francisco-ballet-triumphs-raku-strange">SF Examiner called RaKU &#8220;glorious,&#8221;</a> saying:</p>
<blockquote>Eshima&rsquo;s music pulses with desire, passion, drama and eventually stark tragedy. Under Martin West&rsquo;s baton, the orchestra and soloists are glorious.</blockquote>
<p>Shinji will be teaming up with monks from SFZC again on Monday night for the premier of his eclectic, poetic <a href="http://50years.sfzc.org/a-concert-for-peace/">Resounding Compassion: A Concert for Peace</a>. We hope you can join us!</p>
]]></content></entry><entry><title>We Do Indeed Live in a Dream</title><category term="Anderson &amp; Anderson"/><category term="Media"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/20/we-do-indeed-live-in-a-dream.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/20/we-do-indeed-live-in-a-dream.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-03-20T23:44:00Z</published><updated>2012-03-20T23:44:00Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>Over at KQED Arts, a <a href="http://www.kqed.org/arts/performance/article.jsp?essid=88231">thoughtful write-up of the evening with Laurie and Reb Anderson</a> that conveys a nice sense of their conversation:</p>
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<p>It is something of a novelty to see so practiced a storyteller being asked questions by a teacher of Zen. After words of greeting, Reb Anderson stated his first question: &#8220;Are we living in a dream?&#8221; Laurie and the audience laughed, and then decided it was too early in the evening for such a question. When laughter or solemnity waved through the audience, Reb Anderson&#8217;s expression was unchanged. Instead he smiled a content smile, while his eyes fixed deeply at Laurie&#8217;s.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>There were many questions for Laurie Anderson.</p>
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<div>&mdash;Jeremiah Barber, <a href="http://www.kqed.org/arts/performance/article.jsp?essid=88231">A Performance Artist and a Zen Monk Walk into a Theater&#8230;</a>, KQED Arts</div>
<p>Source: http://www.kqed.org/arts/performance/article.jsp?essid=88231 (http://www.kqed.org/arts/performance/article.jsp?essid=88231) by Jeremiah Barber</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>Home Movies of Hope Cottage Construction</title><category term="Anderson &amp; Anderson"/><category term="Archives"/><category term="SF Zen Center"/><category term="Stories"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/14/home-movies-of-hope-cottage-construction.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/14/home-movies-of-hope-cottage-construction.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-03-14T18:34:45Z</published><updated>2012-03-14T18:34:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[These &#8216;home movies&#8217; from Arthur Richardson of the building of Hope Cottage for his mother, Hope, were shot by her husband, George Wheelwright, co-founder of Polaroid. The footage is silent and moody and thoroughly enchanting if you know a bit of the background story.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>"Its reach is beyond meditation"</title><category term="Interviews"/><category term="Media"/><category term="SF Zen Center"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/13/its-reach-is-beyond-meditation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/13/its-reach-is-beyond-meditation.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-03-13T21:01:02Z</published><updated>2012-03-13T21:01:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[On Monday the San Francisco Chronicle ran a wonderful feature article by Julian Guthrie on Zen Center&#8217;s 50th anniversary.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Hope Cottage, Built by Hand</title><category term="Anderson &amp; Anderson"/><category term="Archives"/><category term="Stories"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/10/hope-cottage-built-by-hand.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/10/hope-cottage-built-by-hand.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-03-11T04:44:35Z</published><updated>2012-03-11T04:44:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Arturo Richardson, the son of Hope Wheelwright, describes how Hope Cottage came into being, against the odds.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Laurie Anderson &amp; Reb Anderson, Making Up the Past</title><category term="Anderson &amp; Anderson"/><category term="Archives"/><id>http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/10/laurie-anderson-reb-anderson-making-up-the-past.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://50years.sfzc.org/blog/2012/3/10/laurie-anderson-reb-anderson-making-up-the-past.html"/><author><name>ZC50 Editor (LT)</name></author><published>2012-03-11T03:01:05Z</published><updated>2012-03-11T03:01:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[From the archives of the journal Wind Bell, a 1989 interview with Laurie Anderson and Reb Anderson, posted to Sangha News Weekly.
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