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December 18, 1:20 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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I thought I'd do a quick roundup of some miscellaneous Beatle-related items. We'll do this every so often. If you have any Beatle-related items, even local ones, please email me at beatlesexaminer@gmail.com. I can't promise I'll use everything, but every one will be considered for use either here or on my Abbeyrd's Beatles Page website. And if you haven't subscribed to this column yet, please take a second, click on the button at the bottom and spread the word. 

• Hard Rock Cafes in Hollywood, Fla., and San Francisco are holding events with proceeds to benefit Yoko Ono's "Imagine There's No Hunger" food program today and tomorrow (Dec. 18 and 19) respectively. For more information, see the list of Hard Rock Cafe events here.
• Sean Lennon will play drums and guitar as a member of Hal Wilner's Parade at 10 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Stone, Avenue C and 2nd Streeet, New York City. Information: www.thestonenyc.com/
• An exhibit of photos, "The Beatles in India: Creativity and Inner Peace," by Paul Saltzman, is now on view at the San Francisco Art Exchange, 458 Geary St., San Francisco, through the end of the year. Saltzman, author of  "The Beatles in Rishikesh," visited the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in India in 1967 to study meditation. He met, hung out with and photographed The Beatles, Mia Farrow, Donovan and Mike Love.  Prints are available for sale. The gallery is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• Yoko Ono will give a lecture titled "Passages for Light" at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA., at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Drive, adjacent to Tresidder Union, Stanford. She'll discuss two of her current projects, Onochord and the Imagine Peace Tower. Stanford will also be the site of her Wish Tree installation starting next month. The lecture is open only to the Stanford community and not the public. A panel discussion about her art career, "Yoko Ono Then and Now," to be held Jan. 12, is free and open to the public. The panel, which will not include Yoko Ono, will be moderated by Gordon Chang and feature Mark Gonnerman, Pam Lee, and Peggy Phelan. More information: yokoono.stanford.edu/.
• NY Music Examiner Sherry Fulghum has reviewed "The McCartney Years" in her latest post.
• From Chicago Theatre Examiner Mark Meyer: Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles makes its Chicago premiere.
• Ringo has taken his share of knocks this year, but here, for a change, is a nice tribute to him by former Joe Jackson guitarist Vinnie Zummo on YouTube. We hear several influences in there -- Jeff Lynne and ELO, George Harrison ("When We Was Fab") and "Penny Lane."