BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130522T100214CEST-4648nmcVMK@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130522T080514Z DESCRIPTION:Don Reed (HBO\, Cosby Show\, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) EA ST 14TH chronicles the true tale of a young man raised in Oakland by his m other and ultra-strict stepfather as a middle class\, straight A\, God-fea ring church boy. The boy\, however\, wanted to be just like his dear old D ad. Too bad he didn't know dear old Dad was a pimp. And yet we find even t he outlaws in our community have a moral compass that leads our most promi sing to higher ground and higher education. Very funny\, definitely poigna nt &mdash\; a ride down a street you won't soon forget. The New Yorker - & quot\;Hilarious! The audience can't stop laughing."\; The San Francisc o Chronicle described Reed as an "\;Irresistible presence\,"\; and the East Bay Express declared the show &lsquo\;...Nothing short of amazin g."\; The show is a Double NAACP Theatre Award Nominee - Best Actor &a mp\; Best Playwright --Best Bay Area Critics Circle Award Solo Performance nominee and was the longest running one man show in East Bay Area History . Visit east14th.com for backstory or themarsh.org to view his new '80's s how The Kipling Hotel.\n\n51Oakland was established in 2011 by Yoshie Akib a\, co-owner of the renowned musical venues\, Yoshi&rsquo\;s Oakland and Y oshi&rsquo\;s San Francisco\, and Jason Hofmann\, a young Oakland-based en trepreneur and former educator who\, within the last few years\, has becom e increasingly involved in philanthropic activities benefitting youth.\n 51Oakland\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization\, is organized and operated solely to promote educational\, artistic and musical opportun ities for youth in the Oakland community. 51Oakland provides access to men toring\, nurturing and training by professional musicians.\n\n51Oakland&rs quo\;s mission is to inspire student learning\, hard work and self-esteem by strengthening the role of music and the arts in the Oakland public scho ol system. 51Oakland is being built with the help of the public school tea chers\, to help build bridges that will keep music and the performing arts alive and available for our community&rsquo\;s youth. DTSTART:20120730T200000 DTEND:20120730T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:Don Reed's East 14th - A Benefit for 51Oakland END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR