All events are free and open to the public
unless noted
Thursday,
August 2, 2007; 7pm
Film Screening and Book Reading
The Santa Fe Film
Center Presents THE GIFTS OF GRIEF - LOVE
& LOSS
The Film Center at the Cinemacafe, Sante
Fe Admission: $8.00
(discounts listed below)
On Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM there will
be a screening and book-reading with filmmaker
Nancee Sobonya and Author Jane Bay. In a program
that speaks to everyone's life experience, the
Film Center hosts a film screening and discussion
with San Francisco Bay Area filmmaker Nancee Sobonya.
Sobonya will be joined by Marin County author
Jane Bay for a book-reading of her latest book
LOVE & LOSS--A Story About Life, Death,
and Rebirth.
THE GIFTS OF GRIEF is
a compelling documentary exploring how seven remarkable
people have embraced their pain, learned to live
with their loss and engage in life with more awareness
and compassion - featuring writer; Isabel Allende,
Cecil Williams and others.
LOVE & LOSS is
a touching memoir in which Bay shares the tragic
loss of her Tibetan foster daughter, Namgyal Youdon,
and takes us on a journey through the agonizing
process of grieving to ultimately experience the
power and healing of unconditional love. The story
plays out in the rich cultural history of Tibetan
Buddhism.
There will be a Q&A with the author and filmmaker
following the presentation. Nancee Sobonya's dvds
and Jane Bay's book will be available for purchase
at the Santa Fe Film Center which they will be
happy to autographed.
The Film Center at the Cinemacafe is located
at 1616 St. Michael's Drive in the St. Michael's
Village West Shopping Mall. The center is a division
of the non-profit Santa Fe Film Festival, offering
a year-round selection of independent films, revolving
series, educational workshops and varied opportunities
for working filmmakers to network and reach out
to the public. Except where noted otherwise, admission
to Film Center screenings is $8, discounted to
$7 for seniors (65 and older) and full-time students
with ID, and $6 for Santa Fe Film Festival members.
For more information on upcoming Film Center events,
visit www.santafefilmfestival.com
or call (505) 988-7414.
Saturday,
February 3, 2007; 5-10 PM
"Authors on the Move"
Hyatt Hotel, 1209 L Street, Sacramento,
CA
Sacremento's Premier Literary Event Presented
by The Sacremento Bee and Wells Fargo
Be taken aloft at this extraordinary evening
showcasing the talent of 35 of California’s
most aspiring and popular authors! Dine on a sumptuous
four course meal and sip boutique wine while the
literary entertainment navigates from table to
table sharing secrets on their creative inspirations,
writing habits and insights into their latest
writing venture.
Don’t miss the unique Literary Auction,
including the popular Immortality Naming of a
character in one of our author’s next novels!
All authors will be available before and after
dinner to sign books purchased at the onsite bookstore
furnished by Borders® Books and Music with
15% of the evening’s book sales donated
to the Sacramento Public Library Foundation.
A table for eight is $1,500. Limited number of
individual tickets available at $175 each. For
reservations or additional information, call (916)
264-2711 or visit www.saclibfoundation.org.
Benefiting the Sacramento Public Library Foundation
"Jane
Bay’s memoir of her time with her Tibetan
foster daughter is described in her first book,
Precious Jewel of Tibet – A Journey to the
Roof of the World (1998). Her latest book, Love
and Loss – A Story About Life, Death, and
Rebirth (2006) is something of a sequel, encompassing
the bond forged between a motherless child and
a childless mother and the consequences of life
and death on the author’s life. Bay has
worked at Lucasfilm Ltd in Marin County for 30
years and calls herself a “Sunday writer."
She is currently working on two other books."
Since its inception in 1984, the Sacramento
Public Library Foundation has raised over $7 million
for projects that enrich and expand Sacramento
Public Library programs. Funded programs include
reading readiness and community learning centers,
books and materials endowments, the Schwab-Rosenhouse
College & Career Resource Center, the Persian
Language Program, One Book Sacramento, The Bee
Book Club, and the Central Library’s historic
Sacramento Room.
Wednesday,
November 8, 2006; 9am
Book talk & Signing
Sylvia Boorstein
Meditation Class, Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Meditation and teaching by Sylvia Boorstein on
what the Buddha said about loss in the Pali canon,
how we understand the traditional stories about
dealing with death followed by dialogue with Jane
regarding LOVE & LOSS.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Woodacre, CA 94973
415-488-0164 www.spiritrock.com
Sunday,
September 17, 2006; 4:00 pm
Filmmaker and Author Talk
Christopher B.
Smith Rafael Film Center
Admission: $6.50
Through
the auspices of the California Film Institute,
Marin County author Jane Bay will give a talk
about her new book, LOVE & LOSS –
A Story About Life, Death, and Rebirth, followed
by a special engagement screening of the documentary
film, THE GIFTS OF GRIEF, directed by
Nancee Sobonya and featuring
Isabel Allende, the Reverend Cecil Williams, and
others.
THE GIFTS OF GRIEF
asks a timely important question – How do
we transform the tragedy of our losses into a
life altering experience that deepens and enriches
our lives?
After the screening, Jane and Nancee will participate
in a Q&A with the audience. The author and
filmmaker will be available to autograph books
and DVDs which can be purchased at the theatre
following the Q&A.
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA
415-454-1222
www.cafilm.org
Saturday,
September 9, 2006; 7:30 pm
Concert by Chaksampa, Tibetan Folk Music and Dance
Marin Civic Center,
Showcase Theatre, San Rafael, CA
Admission: $15 children, $25 adults
Chaksampa
is a Tibetan folk music and dance company formed
in the Bay Area in 1989 in response to the threat
to Tibetan culture from Chinese occupation. They
strive to preserve Tibet’s rich and unique
culture, especially the performing arts, in the
free world.
Music and dance in independent Tibet provided
social entertainment, educated masses on local
folklore and Buddhist history, as well as providing
a forum for political satire and carried news
from one town to another. It created a unifying
effect on the various regions of the country and
helped develop the cultural identity of Tibet.
Legends, stories, dance style and unique singing
techniques were handed down from master to student
through the centuries.
With the coming of the Chinese occupation, this
colorful and joyous form of expression was prevented
from continuing in its traditional forms. Instead,
the occupiers used Tibetan storytelling and operas
to spread their own propaganda. Traditional performance
technique was changed to reflect Chinese style,
and dance troupes in occupied Tibet are now used
to impress foreigners – supposedly demonstrating
how the Chinese have preserved local custons,
when in fact they are destroying them.
Saturday,
September 9, 2006; 4:00 pm
Sand Mandala Dismantle Ceremony
Marin Civic Center/San
Rafael - Manzanita Room
Ceremony to dismantle the sand mandala. Following
the ceremony, the sand will be disbursed into
the Lagoon at the Marin Civic Center to bless
the wildlife in the water and all sentient beings
in the surrounding area.
Wednesday,
September 6–Saturday, September 9, 2006;
10–5 daily
Jane Bay's Photo Exhibit & Losang Samten "Wheel
of Life" Sand Mandala
Marin Civic Center/San
Rafael - Manzanita Room
Marin
Arts Council exhibit of Jane Bay’s portfolio
of photographs illustrating each of her journeys
to India, Nepal and Tibet that are chronicled
in her books, LOVE & LOSS – A Story
About Life, Death, and Rebirth, and PRECIOUS JEWELS
OF TIBET – A Journey to the Roof of the
World.
The Venerable Losang Samten, master sandpainter,
will construct “The Wheel of Life”,
one of the most important mandalas in Tibetan
Buddhism. Losang Samten is a former monk from
the Dalai Lama’s monastery in India, and
Jane Bay’s spiritual friend who is featured
in both of her books.
THE WHEEL OF LIFE is a presentation
of the Buddhist teaching on the suffering and
impermanence of cyclic existence. It is used as
a teaching device to illustrate some important
ideas in Buddhism, particularly having to do with
death and rebirth. It is a valuable tool for psychological
introspection as well. No one know for sure when
it was first devised, but some believe it goes
back to the time of the Buddha himself (2500 years
ago).
A sand painting is performed for the benefit
of all. The focus and discipline of the painter
is an offering of peace and hope for all members
of the community. At the end of the construction,
the artist’s creation is destroyed to demonstrate
the Tibetan philosophy of the impermanence of
life. The sand will be ceremonially carried to
the Lagoon at the Marin Civic Center to bless
all the wildlife in the water and all sentient
beings in the area.
Thursday,
August 2, 2007; 7pm
Saturday,
February 3, 2007; 5-10 PM
Through
the auspices of the California Film Institute,
Marin County author Jane Bay will give a talk
about her new book, LOVE & LOSS –
A Story About Life, Death, and Rebirth, followed
by a special engagement screening of the documentary
film, THE GIFTS OF GRIEF, directed by
Nancee Sobonya and featuring
Isabel Allende, the Reverend Cecil Williams, and
others. 
Chaksampa
is a Tibetan folk music and dance company formed
in the Bay Area in 1989 in response to the threat
to Tibetan culture from Chinese occupation. They
strive to preserve Tibet’s rich and unique
culture, especially the performing arts, in the
free world.
Marin
Arts Council exhibit of Jane Bay’s portfolio
of photographs illustrating each of her journeys
to India, Nepal and Tibet that are chronicled
in her books, LOVE & LOSS – A Story
About Life, Death, and Rebirth, and PRECIOUS JEWELS
OF TIBET – A Journey to the Roof of the
World.