"BLUE VALENTINE" - ITALIAN TOM WAITS FAN CLUB Presents TOM WAITS THE ART, THE MUSIC, THE POETRY EXPOSITION from 16 May 2004 to 15 June 2004 at The Civic Library in MEZZAGO (Milan), via S.Biffi 32 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday h.14.00-18 Thursday 14-18 / 21.00-22.30 Saturday 09.30-12-00 Sunday 16 May, h.16.00 Exposition Opening Celebration with: - VITTORIO POZZATI (Mayor of Mezzago) - FRANCESCO BAGALA' (President of "Blue Valentine" Italian Tom Waits Fan Club) following - musical performance of the BOOGIEMAN ORCHESTRA, playing live Tom Waits songs Sunday 23 May, h.16.00 Public Forum with open discussion and videos, run by FRANCESCO BAGALA', with participation of: - ELEONORA BAGAROTTI (writer of the italian book "Le canzoni di Tom Waits", Editori Riuniti) - ALESSANDRA BATTISTIOL (Co-President of "Blue Valentine" Italian Tom Waits Fan Club) - MARCO DENTI (Journalist "Buscadero") - ENZO GENTILE (Journalist "La Repubblica") Sunday 23 May, h.21.30 GIUSEPPE GAETANO performs TOM WAITS The concert will be at Palazzo Archinti, p.za Libertà 1, in Mezzago (Free Entrance) For more info: ceccoz@tomwaits.it www.tomwaits.it Introduction to the Exposition : The exposition organized by "Blue Valentine" Italian Tom Waits Fan Club and held in the city of Mezzago, Italy, has very ambitious intention: analyze the entire career of Tom Waits, from his early beginnings to the last recent two albums, through a deep retrospective, step by step, album by album, including also all the various aspetcs of his ecletic talent, as shown in his works in the worlds of theatre and cinema. We want to open all the doors of Waits world to as much people as possible, either for those who still ignore it, either for those who already like him, by offering deeper information and interesting aspects. The Fan Club put all his soul, passion and knwoledge to make this event as much near as possible to the enormous expectations about it. We hope that our work will be apreciated and that it will be succesful. Francesco Bagalà (President of "Blue Valentine" Italian Tom Waits Fan Club)