"Baghdad Benefits"
January 22nd-30th, 2004
Three musical and educational benefit functions:
1. World Music
Unity Day in Cedar Rapids, IA
January 22, 2004
2. Baghdad in Four Days
in Iowa City, IA
January 24, 2004
3. Report From Baghdad &
Flamenco in Cambridge, MA
January 30, 2004
Events
1. World Music
Unity Day
Featuring:
a documentary film by Wafaa' Al-Natheema
With:
Date & Time: Thursday, January
22, 2004, 8-10 PM
Location: Scottish Rite Temple,
616 A Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids, IA
2. "Baghdad
in Four Days"
A documentary film shot in November 2003 and produced by Wafaa'
Al-Natheema.
Featuring: Jazz music
by Peter and Lynne Hart
With: a presentation
by the filmmaker
Westwind Quintet
Gail Williams Quintet
Vanguard Jazz Collective
Date & Time: Saturday, Noon,
Jan. 24th, 2004
Location: At Old Brick Church,
26 E. Market Street, University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA
Donations: are welcome at the
door.
Proceeds go to providing handicapped accessibility at Old Brick
& providing computers and printers for music schools in Baghdad
Music For A Cause Presents:
3. "A
Report from Baghdad"
A dynamic follow up to our June 27 jazz benefit for the Iraqi National
Symphony Orchestra and the Music & Ballet School.
Featuring: Wafaa'
Al-Natheema, presenting her new documentary film "Baghdad
in Four Days" in which she chronicles her journey to Baghdad
and narrates the stories of musicians, family and friends.
With: Grigory
Goryachev, Flamenco Guitarist Extraordinaire, in an enticing
hour of Flamenco/Jazz.
Date & Time: Friday, January
30, 2004, 8 pm
Location: 38 Cameron Ave. Cambridge,
MA
Donations: are welcome at the
door.
Proceeds from this event will go to the Music & Ballet School
and other schools of music in Baghdad.
Cosponsored by The
Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies
Checks may be made payable to "INEAS"
Mail with your registration form to:
Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) P.O. Box 425125
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
