On the day recently-elected Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon visits the
White House
for a talk with George W. Bush, Israelis/Jews and Palestinians/Arabs and
their friends
will express their solidarity together at a performance by one of Israel's
foremost
musical peacemakers...Yair Dalal.
March 20, Tues., 7/8 pm., L.A.
***Yair Dalal Performs with Houman Pourmehdi in a Concert Benefit for Peace***
"Yair Dalal takes you on a captivating journey," writes the Jerusalem Post. An
Israeli musician who performs in the Mizrahi tradition, Dalal is a natural
peacemaker
through his cross-cultural collaborations on the world music scene. He was a
featured
performer at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Gala Concert honoring the late
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. Houman
Pourmehdi, cofounder of the Lian Ensemble, is one of the most amazing Persian
percussions now living in Los Angeles. The evening includes a reception with
fine art by Lidia Shaddow, Nahid Hagigat and Daphna Shalom.
A portion of proceeds go to seed Open Tent's UCLA conference on the
Israeli/Palestinian crisis.
7 pm artist reception. 8 pm concert. $25 general admission, $20 members of
Ivri-NASAWI,
Open Tent, Levantine Center, $25 at the door, $30 limited Preferred seating.
Refreshments served.
RSVP (323) 650-3157.
March 29, Thurs., 7:30 pm, L.A.
***Conversations on Roots & Identity: Iraq, with multimedia artist Joyce
Dallal,
fiction author Lev Hakak and essayist Salaam Yousif. At Beyond Baroque
Literary
Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Tix $7 general, $5 members of
Ivri-NASAWI and Beyond Baroque. Refreshments served. RSVP (323) 650-3157.
for complete details visit www.ivri-nasawi.org
also Open Tent's web site at www.opentent.org
Ivri-NASAWI
New Assn. of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers Int'l.
www.ivri-nasawi.org
1033 N. Orlando Ave
Los Angeles CA 90069
(323) 650-3157
Los Angeles
New York
SF Bay Area
Washington, DC-Baltimore
