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Flames of Discontent: Calendar

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Community Cabaeret/University Universalist Church

COMMUNITY CABARET - 7PM

downstairs, 40 E. 35th Street
New York NY
Price: $10

The Flames of Discontent share the bill of this hip cabaret series with the event's producer singer Rachel Stone, singer-songwriter Carla Ulbrich, and the comic satire of Jen Ryan and Rik Sansone

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Dissident Arts Festival at The Brecht Forum, NYC

DISSIDENT ARTS FESTIVAL - 3PM-11PM

451 West Street
New York NY
212-242-4201

SAVE THE DATE!
The Dissident Arts Festival, a showcase for protest song, poetry, theatre and film, is moving from its location in upstate NY to the New York City's Greenwich Village starting this year. We are pleased to be able to work in collaboration with the legendary Brecht Forum--a haven for radicalism since the 70s--on this wonderful project. The list of performers and speakers will grow over the months but presently the confirmed line-up is (in alphabetical and categorical order):

Music:
-Melanie Dyer Ensemble – avant Jazz

-Rafael Figueroa –percussionist/poet/vocalist with assorted musicians backing

-The Flames of Discontent –electric protest song

-Bev Grant and the Dissident Daughters –acoustic topical singer-songwriter w/female harmony vocalists

-The Last Internationale –radical acoustic-electric ensemble

-ReadNex Poetry Squad –revolutionary Hip Hop and spoken word youth ensemble

-Salim Washington Ensemble –avant Jazz

Poetry:
Adrianna Delgado

Robert Milby

Marina Mati

Louis Reyes Rivera
and others TBA

Theatre:
TBA

Film:
-Kevin Keating

-Daniel Elash

Comedy:
Marcy Gordon

We are expecting a full range of performers and others to sign on for not only a presentation of their revolutionary art but to partake in a panel discussion as well. our Festival--the only such annual festival of protest arts--has grown and we are expecting an empowering day for all come Nov 6!

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