Music

This is the third MAPC annual fundraiser. Please help us raise much needed funds in order to allow MAPC to continue to fight against global war and injustice at a local level. Yid Vicious, The Currach, Claire Norelle, and Stephanie Rearick are currently scheduled to play.

Suggested donation for entry is $10.

Event is to celebrate and raise money for the 39 regular peace vigils that happen around Wisconsin. Live music with Peter Leidy, Judith Williams (Waukesha), Baba Ganooj Band (Waupaca), and Raging Grannies. Video presentation by Jack Tiffany. Guest Appearance by LeAnne Clausen, UCC Seminarian from Chicago and SOA resister. Potluck (bring a salad or dessert). Soup ad cider provided. Open mic for visiting vigilers. Donations are sliding scale at the door. To sponsor one or more peace vigils, send a check to WNPJ, 122 State St. #402, Madison 53703 and not e the name of the specific vigil group on your check. Donations to WNPJ are tax deductible.

Featuring musical satirist Peter Leidy (as heard on Wisconsin Public Television's "Here and Now"!), and guest speakers to be announced. Master of Ceremonies: Lee Rayburn. Refreshments will be served.

"Fiesta Guatemala!": Brazilian Concert and Dance Benefit to aid post-war Guatemalan Refugees

This benefit is being organized to raise money to help post-war Guatemalan refugees obtain water and electricity in their homes and schools in the town of Nuevo Amanecer (New Dawn), Guatemala. Co-sponsors also include Community Action on Latin America (CALA), Latinos United for Change and Advancement (LUChA), Madison-Arcatao Sister City Project, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua, and WORT-FM.

Brazilian/Latin music will be provide by the band Pagee Go Go. Fair trade Guatemalan textiles and crafts, as well as refreshments will be on sale at the event. Suggested minimum donation for tickets is $10. Advance tickets are available at Centro Hispano, 810 Badger Rd.; Williamson St. Grocery Co-op, 1221 Williamson St., and Stony Hill Antiques, 2140 Regent St.

Holly Near – an outspoken activist, singer, teacher and recording artist will grace the stage of the Orpheum Theatre in Madison.

As a prominent talent in American Folk Music for more than 35 years, Holly Near has maintained her commitment to progressive political change and peace at a time when war and reaction dominate the political agenda.

Her songs and her message give voice and hope to the deepest yearnings, of a nation at war, for an end to the bloodshed as she extends a challenge to all of us to show up and be counted.  Show Up is also the title of her latest album.

Holly’s stop in Madison is a part of a nationwide tour to take her message to the people.

Opening for Holly will be Tracy Jane Comer, a talented national touring artist who is based in Madison and has developed a loyal following among Folk Music enthusiasts here.

Proceeds will benefit the Madison Area Peace Coalition, WYOU Community Television, and The Center for Economic and Social Research.

Tickets are $25 at the door and $22 in advance and will be available for sale from the local sponsoring organizations along with:

Room of One's Own Bookstore

Borders Bookstores (East and West)

Orange Tree Imports

Spruce Tree Music and Repair

B-Side Records and

Steep & Brew on Odana Road