Donoma: Press

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"Taste of Wisconsin pleases palates"
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Just down from another stage where the band Donoma had an audience standing six deep, Justin Her, 12, and cousin Kazoua Song, 16, were putting on a show of their own, full of spirited personality as they served visitors at the counter of Kay’s Eggrolls in a booth adjacent to their uncle Steven Xiong’s Bao’s Bubble Tea, another popular stop for Taste of Wisconsin attendees.

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Sacred geometry, simplicity, spirituality, and shifting into a new age of consciousness are at the heart of the theatrical enactment of the End of the World celebratory extravaganza scheduled in St. Paul's Cultural Center at 2215 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park on August 15 starting at 7 p.m. According to organizers Israel Alpizar and Wes Heine, five bands, poetry, art works and film along with light and sound presentations will be in perfect harmony with the 119 year old church structure, created by Norwegian craftsman for their religious sanctuary.

"As an artist, death is a big concept that I deal with in my work. Prior to the death of my good friend Brendan Scanlon (an internationally known street artist known as SOLVE), he and I decided to have a fun bonanza about the end of the world in the Wicker Park Nights space on Milwaukee Avenue. But when Gretchen Travers brought Wes and myself here to St. Paul's, we knew that we had to do a serious, big, great event here," explained Alpizar.

With out stretched arms in the middle of the uplifting spacious sanctuary with its tongue and groove wooden ceiling,calming richness from the century old railings and benches, vibrant sounds from the historic organ and the dancing geometric designs in the stained glass windows, Heine said, "This space attracts believers and non believers, artists and non artists. It feels awesome."
Wes Heine (left) and Israel Alpizar stand in front of a stained glass window at St. Paul's disussing sacred geomety (used in most indigenous cultures, all major world religions and mathematics.

As part of these warp speed times, these organizers are in agreement with the plans and efforts to move into a cleaner age. An age where people are conscious of and involved with cleaning up our planet and collaborating with others to that end. In this time of political and economic distress, they feel it is important for people to wake up their consciousness. Alpizar said, "Sometimes I think that humans need a spanking." They are offering that spanking as they celebrate the ending of the past and the awakening of the future on August 15.

Tickets are available at the door for $5.00. Wes Heine is available for further information at 312.731.2690.Heine and Alpizar at organ and piano



Having met in a film editing room while working after college, both Alpizar and Heine have their own bands and work on audio and visual projects. Natives of Wisconsin, they both love Chicago and the West Town community.



Heine and Alpizar test out the organ and piano in the St. Paul's Cultural Center.

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