BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130618T095255CEST-9326UGLhV8@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130618T070655Z DESCRIPTION:\n \;\nOver the span of a 25 year illustrious career\, Step hanie Mills has distinguished herself as an actress and performer who is a s at home on the Broadway stage as she is in the recording studio. Hit rec ords such as "\;I Have Learned To Respect The Power Of Love\,"\; & quot\;Home"\; and "\;Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin?&rdquo\; have become enduring classics. Stephanie&rsquo\;s critically acclaimed appearan ces in shows like the four-time Tony Award-winning "\;The Wiz"\; a nd "\;Your Arms Too Short To Box With God"\; has assured her of a consistently loyal following among fans\, industry insiders and critics al ike. The loyalty that she has inspired in her audience has seen her throug h a twenty-five year career filled with accomplishments and achievements. Stephanie&rsquo\;s journey as an enduring performer began like that of so many of her contemporaries\; singing gospel in church in her native Brookl yn.\n\nHer vocal abilities became evident early on and by the age of nine\ , she was mesmerizing crowds in her first Broadway musical "\;Maggie F lynn\,"\; sharing the stage with co-stars Shirley Jones and the late J ack Cassidy. Other early credits included appearances in such pop culture classic\, shows like "\;Captain Kangaroo\,"\; "\;Wonderama\,&q uot\; "\;The Electric Company"\; and "\;String"\; (present ed by the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City). For six consecutive we eks\, an eleven-year old Stephanie won the famous Amateur Night at the ren owned Apollo Theater and a first recording\; "\;I Knew It Was Love&quo t\; landed her the much-coveted role of Dorothy in the Broadway musical &q uot\;The Wiz"\; at the age of fifteen. For five years\, Stephanie wowe d packed houses with her amazing vocal gift and after making albums for AB C and Motown\, she signed with 20th Century Records in 1979.\n\nWorking wi th producers James Mtume &\; Reggie Lucas\, Stephanie recorded "\;W hatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin&rsquo\;?"\; and by 1984\, she had climbe d the charts with major hits: "\;Sweet Sensation\,"\; "\;Never Knew Love Like This Before"\; (a gold single)\, "\;Two Hearts&quo t\; (a duet with Teddy Pendergrass)\, "\;Keep Away Girls\,"\; &quo t\;How Come U Don&rsquo\;t Call Me Anymore?"\; and "\;The Medicine Song."\; Stephanie scored three best-selling albums in a row with &qu ot\;Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin?"\;\, "\;Sweet Sensation"\; and "\;Stephanie"\; in the span of just two years. The &lsquo\;80 s were a golden period for the petite vocalist: signed to MCA Records\, St ephanie was responsible for a string of hit singles and albums. "\;I H ave Learned To Respect The Power of Love"\;\n(1986)\, "\;I Feel Go od All Over"\; and "\;(You&rsquo\;re Puttin&rsquo\;) A Rush On Me& quot\; (both from 1987)\, "\;Something In The Way (You Make Me Feel)&q uot\; and "\;Home"\; (both 1990 recordings) all topped the R&\; B charts. The 1987 album "\;If I Were Your Woman"\; was No. 1 on t he R&\;B Albums chart and was a Top 30 pop best-seller\; while the 1989 album "\;Home"\; was also a Top 5 R&\;B and Top 100 charted LP .\n\nReturning to the stage\, Stephanie toured the country in the early &l squo\;90s with "\;The Wiz"\; and during the past decade\, she has appeared in a number of highly-acclaimed roles in such shows as "\;You r Arms Too Short With Box"\; (starring with Teddy Pendergrass)\, " \;Children Of Eden\,"\; "\;Ragtime\,"\; "\;Play On"\; (a tribute to Duke Ellington&rsquo\;s music)\, "\;His Woman\, His Wife "\; and "\;Black Nativity."\; The recipient of NAACP Image Awa rds\, Stephanie&rsquo\;s multi-faceted career has also included recurring roles in popular television soap operas "\;Search For Tomorrow"\; and "\;One Life To Live."\; In 1994\, Stephanie returned to her go spel roots with "\;Personal Inspirations\,"\; an album that won pr aise with both gospel and secular audiences\, netting her "\;Stellar A ward"\; and "\;Dove Award"\; nominations. Stephanie marked a r eturn to recording in 1999 with the dance music cut "\;Latin Lover\,&q uot\; produced by Masters At Work and in 2000\; she did a duet with BeBe W inans for his Motown album "\;Love And Freedom."\; Stephanie&rsquo \;s music has frequently been sampled during the last few years and in 200 1\, she was a special guest on rapper DMX&rsquo\;s "\;The Great Depres sion"\; album\, reprising the vocals from her first 1979 hit "\;Wh atcha Gonna Do With My Lovin?"\; for the track "\;When I&rsquo\;m Nothing."\; Following a dazzling performance at comedian Sinbad&rsquo\ ;s Soul Festival in Aruba\, Stephanie began touring again in 2001 and has been wowing audiences on shows with artists like The O&rsquo\;Jays\, Teddy Pendergrass\, The Isley Brothers\, Carl Thomas and at festivals that have included Mary\nJ. Blige\, India.Arie\, Alicia Keys\, Babyface and Smokey Robinson.\n\nShe says\, "\;It&rsquo\;s been wonderful being back onsta ge and singing songs from all parts of my career. So many people have aske d me when I would have a new record out and I would just say &ldquo\;soon. &rdquo\; I was surprised because\, so many times\, people forget about you if you don&rsquo\;t have a new release! But then after the birth of my so n Farad last year\, I felt revitalized. I felt like singing and performing again&rdquo\;. &ldquo\;I think I&rsquo\;m more creative musically and whe n I do a lot of my material now\, I can relate to it more than ever. The e xperiences in life make you sing differently. And\,"\; she adds\, &quo t\;One of the results of having my child has been that it&rsquo\;s definit ely made my voice stronger. I can sing higher and hold notes longer!"\ ; Look for Stephanie Mills to make another mark in her wonderful career as fans begin to discover the creative energy and soulful singing that is a mainstay of her voice and more so than ever on Born for This!\nFor more in formation\, visit her website here! DTSTART:20120614T200000 DTEND:20120617T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:A Rare Intimate Evening with STEPHANIE MILLS ((SOLD OUT)) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR