South FIRST FRIDAYS April 7, 2006

Join us for South FIRST FRIDAYS - this Friday, April 7th!

An eclectic evening of arts & culture on the First Friday of every month in downtown San Jose's SoFA district.

All art venues are free and open to the public, 8pm 'til late.

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design - 366 South First Street
Artist's Reception: Problems, Power and Solutions. City. an art show by Sara Thustra
Sara Thustra and friends come to you with examples of life desperately loved and passionately concerned. Labored over is a beautiful cityscape telling you their stories. Thustra accompanies this scape with intricate paintings discussing the push and pull of what he sees as our complicated emotional spheres, connecting us to the bigger picture.
Featuring songs by Eric and Ivy 

GreenRice Gallery - 300 South First Street (entrance at the back of the building, 3rd floor)
Artists' Reception: Palimpsest of Essence by Rebecca Bui and Jenny Do
In search for our true essence, we must peel away all the superimposing elements that have accumulated in and transformed our beings, layer by layer. 

MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana - 510 South First Street
Tortillas, Chiles, and Other border Things: New Work by Consuelo Jiménez Underwood
Featuring Selector Chatos 1013 spinnin Rare Groove, Nu Soul and Jazz Classics.
Also featuring L.A. based performance group BUTCHLALIS de Panochtitlan

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art - 451 South First Street
Open late with Rio de Historias / River of Stories: Drawings, Prints and Artists' Books by Gustavo Ramos Rivera, a noted Bay Area artist inspired by the landscape of his native Mexico and Bay Area Abstraction; Amy Hicks: Suspended Series, a rumination on commuting; and Night Moves: Driving by Braille on First Street, and Happy Hour on Market Street.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles - 520 South First Street
Last chance to view: Jean Ray Laury: A Life By Design, which closes April 9th.
Late Night with Dress Rehearsals features singer/songwriter Lisa Dewey and stand-up comic Preeva Tramiel.

*Participating Nightspots:

SoFA Lounge - 372 South First Street
South First Billiards - 420 South First Street
*Special discounts with South FIRST FRIDAYS card, available at any of the above art venues.

Media sponsor: METRO NEWSPAPERS

Visit SouthFirstFridays.com for full exhibit and venue listings. See you downtown!

Official Website: http://www.SouthFirstFridays.com