[Antiracism] Invitation for some comic relief!

[maryandkeith at comcast.net]

The following event is endorsed by Traprock Peace Center, American Friends Service Committee, SAGE, Arise for Social Justice, Justice for Woody, and Food for Thought Books. 20% of the proceeds will be donated to rural Mayan Guatemalan villages & farms devastated by mudslides & floods in 2005. Please visit www.behrhorst.org to learn about relief efforts.

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Please join us for an evening of music, hilarious storytelling, raw political satire and biting cultural commentary by performance poet and musician
 CHRIS CHANDLER  ( www.chrischandler.org ) 
with David Roe on piano. 
Chris Chandler has performed on thousands of stages across the US and Canada as well as for hundreds of organizations seeking social justice.
~See below ticket info for the Chris Chandler Story~

PLUS political theatre by the valley’s new
 Belly-Up Theater Troupe 
 
The evening will be hosted by DJ Fern as MC,
with open dancing to follow the show
 
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
7: 30 pm, doors open 7:00 pm
 
Amherst Unitarian Meetinghouse
121 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
$8.00 Adults / $5.00 Students / Children 12 and under free
 
 Also featured will be informational tables from some of the valley’s leading peace and justice activist groups---Traprock Peace Center, AFSC, Arise for Social Justice and SAGE.
 
Please purchase tickets in advance from:
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOOKS
106 NO. PLEASANT STREET, AMHERST
Call Mary or Keith at 413-253-3562 for more information
 
  
 Chris Chandler has performed on thousands of stages across the US and Canada as well as for hundreds of organizations seeking social justice.

The Chris Chandler Story

Few musicians can claim “on-the roadisms” the way Chris Chandler can. He is a true veteran of the road, traveling across The United States of Generica for many years. His anthology of road tales transforms into a flock of doves beneath the musical high-wire act. 

Chris has worked with everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Ani DiFranco and Pete Seeger to Mojo Nixon. Utah Phillips says, “Chris Chandler is the best performance poet I have ever seen.” But this is not performance art – like the clichés of Hollywood would imply. No one pours chocolate on the wings of a sparrow. This is steeped in the centuries of tradition that define theatre. At one time in human history bards roamed outside the castle wall carrying tales from village to village. Today, gritty road warriors do the same – outside the castle walls of corporate America. Between the frequencies of Clear Channel, still exists the forgotten art form of storytelling.

Originally from Stone Mountain, Georgia the son of a Baptist minister, Chris has been on or around the stage his whole life. As a teen-ager he was in the bars and on the road working as a roadie for bands like the Georgia Satellites. He graduated from the North Carolina School of the Performing Arts in 1988. That summer – which was supposed to be a “summer away from college” he hit the road as a street performer to fund his way to audition as a lighting designer in Theatres across America. He actually landed a job on Broadway no-less but turned it down to become a performer in his own right. He has been on the road ever since. 

For the first few years Chris was living in has car and stopping in every town from Bangor to San Ysidro where he opened his guitar case and waxed the manifesto electric sporting a sign that read “Stranded Musician Needs Gas Out of Town.” Eventually he hooked up with a group of performers busking in Harvard Square where he joined a commune of other traveling street musicians. These nomadic experiences naturally fed him into the world of activism. Since then he has performed at thousands of festivals, colleges, and bar rooms across the US and Canada.

You can usually find Chris at demonstrations and protests – large and small - all across the US and Canada. He was recently seen protesting the FTAA in Miami, the G-8 in Calgary and the Iraq war (both of them) in Washington, DC to name a few.

Chris has played union halls and debutante balls, picket lines and county fairs, “Prestigious” folk clubs, and skid row laundromats. His experience as a street performer and rabble rouser shine through every performance making him a welcome addition to festivals, carnivals, hayrides and riots, or where ever the rabble need to be roused.

Chris has performed at some of the most prestigious festivals across the US and Cananda:

Here are a few:

The Boston Folk Festival ...click here
The Bread & Roses Festival .click here
The Dogwood Festival .......click here
The High Sierra Music Fest .click here
The Islands Folk Festival ..click here
The Kerrville Folk Festival click here
Lollapalooza ...............click here
The National Poetry Slam ...click here
The Oregon Country Fair ....click here
The Ottawa Folk Festival ...click here
The S. Florida Folk Festivalclick here
South By Southwest .........click here
The Takoma Park Folk Fest ..click here
The Vancouver Folk Festival click here
Vancouver Island Musicfest..click here
The Whole Earth Festival ...click here
The Winnipeg Folk Festival .click here



He has collaborated with, recorded with, performed with, 
shared a bill with, toured with or opened for:

The Austin Lounge Lizards...............................click here
The Be Good Tanyas .....................................click here
Dan Bern ...............................................click here 
Lou and Peter Berryman .................................click here
Adam Brodsky ...........................................click here
Chuck Brodsky ..........................................click here 
Catie Curtis ...........................................click here 
Ani DiFranco ...........................................click here
Farin ................................................ .click here
Anne Feeney ....................................,.......click here
Gina Forsythe ..........................................click here
The Gas Tank Orchestra .................................click here
Allen Ginsberg .........................................click here
Richie Havens ..........................................click here 
Magda Hiller ...........................................click here
Pat Humphries & Sandy O as Emma's Revolution............click here
Jim's Big Ego ..........................................click here
Jabbering Trout ........................................click here
Billy Jonas ............................................click here 
Leo Kottke .............................................click here
Mary Lou Lord ..........................................click here
Andrew McKnight ........................................click here 
Myshkin ................................................click here
Mojo Nixon .............................................click here
Shaun Mullins ..........................................click here
Alix Olson..............................................click here
Tom Paxton .............................................click here
Tom Prasada-Rao ........................................click here 
Ellis Paul .............................................click here
Pierce Pettis ..........................................click here 
Utah Phillips ..........................................click here 
Earl Robinson ..........................................click here
Phil Rockstroh .........................................click here 
David Rovics ................................ ..........click here
Eric Schwartz ..........................................click here
Pete Seeger ............................................click here 
Martin Sexton ..........................................click here
Martin Simpson .........................................click here 
SONiA ..................................................click here
Trout Fishing in America ..............................click here
Mike West .............................................click here
David Wilcox ..........................................click here
Dar Williams ..........................................click here 
Peter Yarrow ..........................................click here
(+ many more)



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From: American Friends Service Committee <afsc at crocker.com> 
Greetings Friends,

The following has information about the AFSC 2006 MLK Committee’s two-part celebration of the life and work of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first is an announcement about the January 16 program.  The second is an announcement about Circles, which are gatherings that will precede or follow January 16.

This year, we encourage our community to focus both on King’s faith as a source of strength and inspiration, and the role of faith/spirit today in helping our community carry on Rev. King’s legacy of sustained and brave action for justice and peace.

There has never been a more important time to connect with what inspires us -- as individuals and as a community.

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The 21st Annual Celebration of the Life and Work of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Is there space for spirit here? 
Reverend King’s Vision and the Role of Community, Faith and Action

JANUARY 16, 2006, 1:00PM
First Churches Northampton, 129 Main Street 
doors open at 12:30PM

featuring: 
The Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes, Professor of African American Studies in Religion and Theology at Yale Divinity School, the Bamidele Drummers, Julius Ford, Evelyn Harris and George Moonlight

Free Accessible Open to All 
Information:  413.584.8975 /  www.WesternMassAFSC.org

The 2006 AFSC Celebration of the Life & Work of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is made possible by the generosity of members of the wider community.


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You are invited to
organize a Circle
to reflect and act on the question...

IS THERE SPACE FOR SPIRIT HERE? 
moving from faith to action for social justice and peace 

Read on for an opportunity to participate in ­- rather than simply observe ­- a community celebration of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his vision of the role of faith and action 

ORGANIZE AND LEAD A CIRCLE FOR MLK DAY 2006 
>From January 13-16, 2006, our community will celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year, we will focus both on King’s faith as a source of strength and inspiration, and the role of faith today in helping our community carry on Rev. King’s legacy of brave action for justice. 

HOW WILL THIS WORK? 

January 13 to 15, 2006 (or when it is most convenient for you):  Circles -- small groups of friends, faith congregations, or people of  shared interests -- will meet once between January 13 and January 15 to discuss a central query: How do our spiritual/ethical commitments require that we take sustained, brave action toward justice?

The 2006 MLK Committee will provide a guide to convening and facilitating a Circle which will include support material. We need circle leaders! 

Call AFSC (413.584.8975) to register, or register on line at 
http://www.westernmassafsc.org/mlk/MLK.htm
Jo Comerford
American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts
140 Pine Street, Room 10
Florence, Massachusetts 01062
413.584.8975 (W)
413.584.8987 (F)
413.695.6059 (C)
afsc at crocker.com
www.WesternMassAFSC.org

History says, don't hope on this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
the longed-for tidal wave
of justice can rise up,
and hope and history rhyme.

~ Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy
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