July Burning 2009

***Saturday July 4, 2009
"4th of July on Fire!"
Time: 6 pm
Where: Surreal Estate; 15 Thames; Brooklyn, NY
L train to Morgan Ave Stop
A Benefit Concert for the Brecht Forum & Left Turn Magazine

Mahina Movement, Earthdriver, Rebel Diaz, Young Lady, Koba, Rude Mechanical Orchestra and Mustglow Fuego

~ ~ ~Join your favorite revolutionaries and rebel rousers for a rousting anti-July 4th celebration and concert. Concert! Cookout! Dance Party!
Uncle Sam Piñata! "Not dog" Eating Contest! Counterhegemonic Buffet!
Make your own flag arts and crafts table! Dance off! Fire Dancer & Fireworks!

For more info. www.brechtforum.org
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***July 5, 2009
"Gabriella Callender sings Work Songs @ Queens Museum of Art"
Time: 1 - 4 pm
Where: Queens Museum of Art; Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368

For more info. www.queensmuseum.org
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***Thursday July 16, 2009
"Sisters Oceania Rise"
Time: 8 pm
Where: La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705 USA

An Evening of Poetry & Music from Oceania Feministas of the Diaspora
~ ~ ~Moana will be performing with her 2 Sisters in California!
Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu
Sauliloa Niumeitolu
Vaimoana Niumeitolu
Erica Benton
...and many more fierce women of Oceania!!!

For more info. www.lapena.org
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***Friday July 17, 2009
"WBAI Benefit"
Time: 7 pm
Where: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church; 85 South Oxford Street (Corner Lafayette Avenue & South Oxford) Brooklyn, NY
-C train to Lafayette Ave. Stop
-2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, R, N, Q & M to Atlantic/Pacific Ave. Stop
Admission: $10 donation

~ ~ ~Help Save our most Progressive Radio Station!
Featuring
Mahina Movement (Gabby & Erica will be representing while Moana is in California)
Judy Gorman
The Ray Korona Band
NYC Raging Grannies & their Daughters

For more info. www.wbai.org
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***Sunday July 19, 2009
"Gabriella Callender performs with Kahlil Almustafa, Artists representing QUEENS, NY!"
Time: 6 pm
Where: Cornelia Street Cafe; 29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014
Admission: $10 includes 1 house drink
***Hosted by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer

For more info. click here
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***Thursday July 23, 2009
"Benefit Concert for Motorolla Boycott"
Time: 7:30 - 11 pm
Where: The Brecht Forum

Mahina Movement (Gabby & Erica will be representing while Moana is in California)
"Bard of the Bankers" Wild Bill Bailout, Remi Kanazi, & the Goodbye Moto Players
~ ~ ~A benefit concert for the movement to boycott Israeli colonialism will feature investigative satirist Dave Lippman, Bard of the Bankers Wild Bill Bailout, Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi and music of ruthless compassion from Mahina Movement.

For more info. www.brechtforum.com