Pour Your HeART Out – Benefit for Youth Arts Education
with Fabulous Food, Wine and Live Entertainment
Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon as Grammy® Award-winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra returns to ignite the stage at this year’s Pour Your HeART Out Benefit for Youth Arts Education! Enjoy high-energy live entertainment from “One of the best large Latin Ensembles in the Continental USA” (Latinjazz.net), savor delicious treats from your favorite local eateries, sip on exclusive wines and craft beverages, dance to irresistible beats, and support arts education for Alameda County youth!
Check out last year’s stellar event!
All proceeds from this fundraiser support the continued growth of the Rhythmix PAL™ Performance, Art & Learning program. Through exposure to educational music and dance performances, PAL fosters awareness of world cultures and empowers underserved youth, stimulating a sense of pride in students’ cultural heritage and deepening connections to their communities. Thanks to the belief in the power of arts education and generous support from our funders and sponsors, PAL has served over 112,000 students since it launched in 2012.
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VOLUNTEER! From setup to check-in, help support the arts.
2024 POUR YOUR HeART OUT
Food by: Asena, Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Crispian Bakery, Donut Petit, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Semifreddi’s, Southie, Shanvi Indian Kitchen & Grocery, Tahina Fresh Mediterranean, The Preacher’s Daughter, Trabocco Kitchen & Cocktails.
Entertainment: Pacific Mambo Orchestra
2023 POUR YOUR HeART OUT
Food by: Alameda Natural Grocery, Asena, Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Donut Petit, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, The Preacher’s Daughter, Semifreddi’s, Shanvi Indian Kitchen & Grocery, Sidestreet Pho, Tahina Fresh Mediterranean, Trabocco Kitchen & Cocktails, The Vegetarian Gourmet and Wescafe
Entertainment: CHELLE’s Juke Joint
2022 POUR YOUR HeART OUT
Food by: Alameda Natural Grocery, Asena, Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Planted Foods, Semifreddi’s, Trabocco, Craft-Chocolate, Crispian Bakery and Donut Petit
Entertainment: SambaDá
2021 POUR YOUR HeART OUT
Food by: C’era Una Volta, Calafia Taqueria, Craft-Chocolate, Donut Petit, East End, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Planted Foods, Preacher’s Daughter, Semifreddi’s, Side Street Pho, Tahina, Trabocco Kitchen & Cocktails, Wescafe
Entertainment: Terrie Odabi
2020 Rhythmix MashUP – Virtual Benefits for Youth Arts
Entertainment: Marga Gomez, Jet Black Pearl, Tracy Blackman, Terrie Odabi, Shauna Rosenblum, Kim Teevan aka Ethel Merman and “Yoko”
2019 POUR YOUR HeART OUT
Featured Breweries & Distilleries: 21st Amendment Brewery, Cleophus Quealy Beer Company, Drake’s Brewing Company, Faction Brewing, Griffo Distillery, Hidden Star Orchards
Featured Restaurants: Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Craft-Chocolate, Crispian Bakery, Julie’s Coffee and Tea, Moussaka Mediterranean Kitchen, Planted Foods, Semifreddi’s, Sidestreet Pho, Trabocco Kitchen and Cocktails
Entertainment: Mary Lou’s Apartment, Maze Daiko, Christelle Durandy Duet, Salsa-Lab, EBB & Flow East Bay Belly Dancers
Wine Panel: Stevie Stacionis (moderator), with featured panelists Julie Johnson, Cary Quintana, Dr. Chris Wachira and Laurel Schenck
2018 POUR YOUR HeART OUT – Benefit for the Arts
Distilleries: Absinthia’s Bottled Spirits, Hangar 1
Breweries: Alameda Island Brewing Company, Alameda Point Craft Soda, 21st Amendment Brewery, Cleophus Quealy, Faction Brewing
Culinary Delights: Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Crispian Bakery, Greens & Grains, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Osmanthus, Patatas, Semifreddi’s, Trabocco
Featured Panelists: Deborah Parker Wong (DWSET), Jessica Clare (Cleophus Quealy), Alison Crowe (Picket Fence Winery/Plata Wine), J. Absinthia Vermut (Absinthia)
Performances by: Rhonda Benin with the Lillian Armstrong Tribute Band, Maze Daiko, Salsa Lab dancers, Taller Bombalele, Tiare Tahiti
2017 Rhythmix10 | 10 Year Anniversary Gala
Distilleries: Hangar 1 Vodka, Spirit Works Distillery
Breweries: 21st Amendment Brewery, Drake’s Brewing Co
Culinary Delights: Café Jolie, C’era Una Volta, Crispian Bakery, Greens & Grains, Julie’s Coffee & Tea Garden, Patatas, Semifreddi’s, Trabocco, Sidestreet Pho
Featured Panelists: Deborah Parker Wong (DWSET), Dalia Ceja (Ceja Vineyards), Caley Shoemaker (Hangar 1), Devonne Buckingham (Drake’s Brewing Company)
Performances by: KTO Project, Maze Daiko, Taller Bombalele, EBB and Flow East Bay Belly Dancers, Salsa-Lab
2016 Wine, Women & Song – Music, Art and Wine Festival
Culinary Delights: Calavera, Cole Coffee, Greens & Grains, Crispian Bakery, Ozumo, Patatas, Trabocco, Tucker’s Ice Cream
Featured Panelists: Deborah Parker Wong (DWSET), Violet Grgich (Grgich Hills Estate), Victoria Wilson (Matrix Winery), Misty Roudebush Cain (St Supery Estate Vineyards & Winery)
Performances by: Wild Mango, Tracy Blackman & Jimmy Dillon, Diana Rowan, Maze Daiko Ensemble
2015 Wine, Women and Song
Participating eateries: C’era Una Volta, Chicha Peruvian Bistro, Cole Coffee, Ozumo Japanese Cuisine, Patatas Spanish Tortilla, Trabocco Kitchen & Cocktails, Truffle Gateau, and Tucker’s Ice Cream.
Performances by: Maze Daiko, hang player Laura Inserra, winemaker Barbara Brown with R&B Cellars Quartet BK4, blues guitarist and vocalist Pat Wilder, Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Rhonda Benin, blues/roots saxophonist Nancy Wright, and blues vocalist, twotime Memphis International Blues Challenge semifinalist Terrie Odabi and swing guitarist and vocalist Carmen Getit with Steve Lucky
Panel: Virginie Boone, Moderator (Wine Enthusiast contributing editor), Shauna Rosenblum, Julie Hagler Lumgair, Sharon Cohn, Lee Hodo and Suzanne Phifer Pavitt
2014 Wine, Women and Song – From Broadway to the Blues
Wineries: Irish Monkey Cellars, Megawines from Pasta Pelican, R&B Cellars, Rock Wall Wine Company
Performances by: Terrie Odabi, Tracy Blackman, Jet Black Pearl, Velina Brown, Kathy Moehring, Rachel Rolleri, Unity Nguyen, Rhythmix Ensemble, EBB and Flow Belly Dance, Bean Counters, WWS Houseband
Visual Artists: The visual artists showcase included Ginny Parsons, painter, Deborah Sullivan, sculptor and Mariah Carle, photographer.
