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From: John Pietaro <leftmus@earthlink.net>
List Editor: Rachel Bernstein <rachel.bernstein@NYU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: This Saturday -- DISSIDENT FOLK & ARTS in Beacon
Author's Subject: This Sat: DISSIDENT FOLK & ARTS in Beacon
Date Written: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:30 -0400
Date Posted: Sat, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:30 -0400

 Just a quick reminder that this coming Saturday is THE DISSIDENT FOLK
 & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009, occuring again in Beacon NY. If you are in the
 area attending one of the anti-war demonstrations in the afternoon,
 please save up some of your fighting activist energy and bring it to
 us! Let's sing out the danger of the military industral complex as
 well as the need for solidarity enough to combat the Fightened Right's
 ongoing offensives.

  Hope to see you there,
  John
>  ******************************************************

  Beacon, NY: THE DISSIDENT FOLK & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009
  The annual Dissident Folk & Arts Festival will return for its fourth
 season to Beacon's Howland Cultural Center on October 17. The Festival
 ‘s theme this year will be LOOKING FORWARD: IN PRAISE OF ACTIVISM, and
 its goal is to act as a bridge between socially-conscious arts and
 progressive philosophy, toward political awareness and social change.


  Performers:

  -Celebrated progressive Hip-Hop artists READNEX POETRY SQUAD, hailing
 from New Paltz and Newburgh, stand as this year’s headliners. This
 group of four young poets of color offers a revolutionary brand of
 Rap, bringing to the Hip-Hop culture a deep political awareness and a
 powerful message of unity and pride. ReadNex Poetry Squad have toured
 the nation and Europe, bringing their message to embattled,
 poverty-stricken areas and incorporating poetry workshops into their
 performance agenda to offer creativity to working class youth. The
 group has toured with Rage Against the Machine and performed in the
 Rap Against Racism and Rock Against Racism festivals.   ww.myspace.com/readnex

  - Alternative Protest Song ensemble THE FLAMES OF DISCONTENT
 (Festival organizer John Pietaro on vocals/electric banjo and drumkit,
 and lead bassist Laurie Towers, both Beaconites) will be performing
 several pieces, including an improvisation based on particularly
 radical poetry by Woody Guthrie. The duo will also serve as a rhythm
 section for many other performers.    www.flamesofdiscontent.org

  -Folk expansionists HOPE MACHINE (Fred Gillen Jr, Steve Kirkman and
 others), from Peekskill, is a group that began life as a Woody Guthrie
 tribute band but has since widened its repertoire while continuing to
 perform protest-oriented music. Hope Machine has performed at the
 Clearwater and Falcon Ridge festivals, among others throughout the
 region and beyond.    www.myspace.com/hopingmachines

  -Beacon’s ALVIN BELL/CHRIS RUHE FREEDOM SONG REVIEW (veteran Gospel
 singer meets the busy songster). Bell and Ruhe return to the Dissident
 Fest for another installment of their church-heavy music of social and
 spiritual change The band will be comprised of various area musicians,
 with Chris leading the music and sharing vocals with powerhouse singer
 Alvin out front.    www.chrisruhe.com

  -Noted percussionist/poet/vocalist RAFAEL FIGUEROA, also from Beacon,
 will offer an exciting fusion of Latin, Jazz and R&B sounds in support
 of his unique blend of free-form verse. He will be joined by a varied
 ensemble to create a world beat mix for today’s turbulent times.

  -Woodstock’s GREG ENGLESSON AKA “MR. E” is a self-proclaimed Beat Bop
 Punk Pop Poet who performs original, topical, satirical songs. 
ttp://www.iammre.com/fr_index.cfm

  -Radical poets ROBERT MILBY, WILLIAM SEATON and ED FISHER - some of
 the area's best outspoken wordsmiths--will recite powerful, moving
 works of progressive poetry.

  Festival organizer/host: John Pietaro, an area labor organizer,
 musician and writer.
  When?  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7pm - 11pm

  Where? THE HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER, 477 Main Street, Beacon NY, (845)
 831-4988
  Admission: $10. / seniors -  $7../  unemployed: donation

  schedule......
  7- doors open
  7:15 – opening remarks, John Pietaro
  7:20 – 7:30- poet- Robert Milby
  7:30-8- music- Mr. E
  8:00-8:05 – poet – Marina Mati
  8:05-8:35 – music – Alvin Bell-Chris Ruhe Freedom Song review
  8:35-8:45 – poetry- William Seaton
  8:45-9:15- music- Hope Machine
  9:15-9:25 – poetry – Ed Fisher
  9:25-9:55 – music/poetry- Rafael Figueroa
  9:55 – 10:20 - music-the Flames of Discontent
  10:20-11 – ReadNex Poetry Squad

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