STG Presents Krishna Das & Joan as Police Woman

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

Joan as Police Woman
Date: Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 9:00pm
Venue: Columbia City Theater (21+)
Price: $12.00 in advance, $14.00 day of show, not including applicable fees
Seating: General Admission
On Sale: Friday, March 18th @ 10am
Ticketing Information: Available online at Tickets.com, in person at the Paramount Theatre box office (M-F 10am-6pm), 24-hour kiosks located outside the Paramount & Moore Theatres, charge by phone at (877) 784-4849, or online at STGPresents.org.

The 'Deep Field' is an image captured by the Hubble space telescope of a region inside the constellation Ursa Major, of the youngest and most distant known galaxies. Deep Field is also a relaxation technique to enable profound physiological and psychological change, a novel about a young woman's emotional awakening against the backdrop of global conflict and a band from Charleston, Georgia. But while change, growth and music all figure on Joan 'As Police Woman' Wasser's astounding new album, it's the Hubble image that gave birth to its title. "I found a photo of a slice of space that is just a tiny spot to the bare eye. But because space is infinite as we understand it so far, the spot spans a massive area, the distance so far, the length so wide, the depth so vast. We know so little about our surroundings. And as is the macrocosm, so is the microcosm, how deep can you delve into your own life... it's endless too." Digging in deeper than ever before, The Deep Field begins with the words "I want you to fall in love with me," and continues to unfurl an unashamed lust for life. It's unquestionably her best, most significant album yet - in Joan's own words, "my most open, joyous record," but it's her most soulful record, and also her most rocking; her most personal, yet her most universal too. "I went through the process of writing by wanting to speak from a more universal point of view, like, say, Stevie Wonder does, about the human experience. I have to hand it to Stevie, by the way, who single-handedly made being positive cool. There are enough lows in life in general and I am not interested in hanging out in them when I could be dancing. So I've tried to write songs about hope and being open and free. I knew it would be more challenging because of the cliché of positivity. I endlessly rewrote the lyrics till they rang true for me. It is not easy being green! Fact is, it's not easy being human sometimes. I'm not living some delusional existence, I have just learned that my thinking dictates my reality. I am aiming for total freedom. What else is worth living for- especially when it's so obviously there for the taking? I get bigger bites and more of a taste for it the more I take chances and step out of what I imagine to be my comfort zone. I get closer the more I laugh, the more I use kindness rather than reverting to fear and frustration, the more I learn to soak in the bath of ecstasy. Sound crazy? Good. "

Krishna Das
Date: June 6, 2011 @ 7:30pm
Venue: Moore Theatre (All Ages)
Price: $33.00, not including applicable fees
Seating: Reserved Seating
On Sale: Friday, March 18th @ 10am
Ticketing Information: Available online at Tickets.com, in person at the Paramount Theatre box office (M-F 10am-6pm), 24-hour kiosks located outside the Paramount & Moore Theatres, charge by phone at (877) 784-4849, or online at STGPresents.org.

Chanting with Krishna Das consists of:
· Chanting with musical accompaniment
· Meditation instruction
· Readings from different spiritual traditions
· Teachings and discussions about the spiritual path

Programs with Krishna Das are usually done in three different ways:
· Evening kirtans of 2-3 hours with call-and-response chanting
· Afternoon workshops of 3-4 hours with call-and-response chanting, talks about the spiritual path, and a forum for questions and answers. Some workshops are done with like-minded teachers
· Week or weekend retreats from 2-7 days sometimes done with like-minded hatha yoga or meditation teachers which include evening call-and-response chanting, and afternoon workshops. Because of the length of the retreat, it offers more time for the participant to dive deeper into the experience.

Sharing his heart through music and chanting is the basis of Krishna Das' own spiritual work;his way of serving the Divine within himself and others. In the winter of 1968, Krishna Das met Ram Dass, who had just returned from his first trip to India. After living and traveling with Ram Dass in the U.S., and hearing Ram Dass' many stories about Maharaj-ji, Krishna Das traveled to India, where he was blessed to meet and stay with this extraordinary guru. While living in India for almost three years, Krishna Das' heart was especially drawn to the practice of Bhakti Yoga-the yoga of devotion. Fanning the flames of his inner longing, Maharaj-ji led him deeper and deeper into the practice of kirtan-chanting the Names of God. As an appointed pujari (priest) for the Durga temple in Maharaj-ji's ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas, Krishna Das immersed himself in the worship of the Divine Goddess. Krishna Das spent as much time as possible with Maharaj-ji over the years in India, opening himself to the flow of Grace and purifying his heart. Early in 1973, he was asked by Maharaj-ji to return to America.

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