When: Sunday, January 31 at 8:00 PM
Where: The Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street (between Stanton and Houston Streets)
Price: $6
Organized by Dorothy Friedman August and special reading by Judith Malina.
Please join for a party in support of the health, wellness, and recovery of DBDBD’s good friend Fabian Alsultany on Saturday January 30th, 2010 at: (Le) Poisson Rouge 158 Bleeker Street New York, New York 10012 (212) 228-4854. Tickets: $12 (advance/door) 11PM -4 AM
The organizers are also raising funds in Fabian’s name for “Doctors Without Borders” to generate funds towards their relief efforts in Haiti.
Live performances by: Hassan Hakmoun & Zahar, Falu, Basya Schechter (Pharaoh’s Daughter), Luqmon Brown (Funkface), Malika Zarra and Haale.
Mondo Mundo fest features an eclectic lineup of emerging and established acts including Brooklyn’s Toshi Reagon, a longtime favorite of urban blues fans. More exotic offerings including West African electronica band Burkina Electric and Lebanese singer/songwriter Abaji. Antibalas’ Martin Perna’s and Grupo Fantasma’s Adrian Quesada’s psychedelic Latin-funk project Ocote Soul Sounds rounds out the bill and promise a rousing set in support of their latest album, Coconut Rock.
When: Saturday Jan 9
Time: PM 7:30
Where: Hiro Ballroom (371 W 16th St, 212.242.4300)
Price: $15
About the artists:
Thu, Nov 19 at 8 pm
Sat, Nov 21 at 8 pm
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
$30; Members $25; Students $15; Day of Show $35
As part of the yearlong Extremely Hungary festival, Fire + Fire is a collaborative and conceptual music-theatre work that will explore and underscore the dual histories of musical expression and political oppression that mark Black American and Roma peoples in, respectively, the USA and Hungary. It will feature an ensemble of 16 performers from both cultures who are both deeply rooted in their ancestral traditions and intensely experimental in their expression of them. The ensemble employs a fusion of spoken word, movement and “jam sessions” to create a brand new vernacular that will spring this tale of two cultures to life.
On the Black American side these include drummer, percussionist and Gullah musicologist David Pleasant; Delta blues guitarist, vocalist and banjoist Valerie June; vocalist and violinist Mazz Swift; guitarist, banjo and kora player Ayodele Maakheru; electronic vocal maven LaTasha Nevada Diggs; and visual artist Marilys Ernst.
