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[BKARTS] Concert & Reading for Mutanabbi Street at South Florida's Jaffe Center for Book Arts
JAFFE CENTER for BOOK ARTS
at Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library
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LISTENING to MUTANABBI STREET
A Benefit Concert and Reading
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Concert begins at 7:00 PM
Join us for a very special evening of traditional Arabic music and
readings from our Mutanabbi Street poetry broadsides as we transform
the Jaffe Book Arts Gallery into the "Jaffe Athenaeum" for one night
only, Thursday, July 17, at 7:00 PM.
Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music Ensemble will perform in an
intimate concert setting here at the Jaffe Book Arts Gallery. Only 40
tickets are available for what will certainly be an unforgettable
concert and reading. And in the spirit of the Mutanabbi Street
Coalition broadside project, all proceeds benefit Doctors Without
Borders, an organization working to relieve suffering in Iraq and in
other troubled areas of the world.
Harmonic Motion is a music and dance performance group that focuses
on folkloric and ethnic idioms and cross-cultural projects, playing
traditional Middle Eastern instruments. Its core performers are
musician/composer Joe Zeytoonian (ud, darbuka, and voice) and dancer/
percussionist Myriam Eli (darbuka and riqq). They perform with kanun
master Elias Kilzi as the Harmonic Motion Middle Eastern Music Ensemble.
Tickets are extremely limited. The minimum donation per ticket is
$20, though any amount over that will be greatly appreciated as we
support Doctors Without Borders, the important charity that is at the
heart of "Mutanabbi Street Starts Here"--our current exhibition of
broadsides printed in honor of Mutanabbi Street, the centuries-old
center of bookselling in Baghdad that was attacked by a suicide
bomber in 2007. (In fact, why not plan to view this moving exhibition
before the concert begins?)
SPECIAL OFFER: Give $50 or more per ticket, and receive as your gift
a copy of the Convivio Bookworks limited edition broadside "Occident
to Orient" printed by John Cutrone and Seth Thompson. It's one of the
Mutanabbi Street broadsides currently on exhibit--only 100 copies
were printed letterpress, by hand. (Gift broadsides courtesy Convivio
Bookworks: http://www.conviviobookworks.com)
For tickets, contact me at jcutrone@xxxxxxx or telephone my direct
line: (561) 297-0455. Remember, there are only 40 tickets available
for this charity fundraiser, so please act quickly to avoid
disappointment. And I have really wonderful news about parking: the
Wimberly Library actually closes at 6:00 that evening, so parking
will be a breeze! But don't worry--we'll be at the doors to let
concert-goers into the building.
Visit our website for full details, including information on Harmonic
Motion and the traditional musical instruments that will be used in
the performance (and should this link prove to be too long, just
click on the jaffecollection.org link at the bottom of this email,
then click on "About the Collection"):
http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/jaffespecialevents.htm
Mutanabbi Street starts here... wherever a book is opened. It is the
core of the place we call home if we are readers and writers and part
of the exchange of ideas that flows through time. On this very
special evening in July, we look forward to your presence here in a
place where this flow will be honored and celebrated.
John
John Cutrone
Programs Coordinator
The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
http://www.jaffecollection.org
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