PORT TOWNSEND — A nonprofit troupe of musicians, presenters and activists will visit Port Townsend on Saturday night for “The Art of Social Change.”
The evening will include singing, learning, dialogue, food, eclectic poetry and music at Rosewinds Common House, 3131 Haines St., between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday.
It’s part of the troupe’s 2017 Salish Sea Revival Tour; Port Townsend is one of 10 cities participating.
Attendees are asked to each bring a dish and dishware for a potluck. The suggested sliding scale donation ranges from $10-$40, though no one will be turned away for lack of money.
The theme, as its name suggests, focuses on social change in light of heightening U.S. political and cultural tensions, according to the Revival tour website.
“It’s about nurturing what’s good and whole,” said tour promoter and Orcas Island resident Ben Browner. “As corporate structures tear apart the fabric of our culture, we pick up the threads and weave an even more beautiful tapestry than before.”
To start, Lydia Violet will lead a “Music as Medicine” song workshop from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., demonstrating the medicinal power of making music on grief, anger, paralysis, apathy and fear.
Following the workshop, a community potluck will include “lightly-facilitated” dialogue and musical accompaniment from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Music and poetry performances will cap the night off. Tannur Ali, a Philadephia native, will read from her environmental/social justice poetry at 8 p.m. Then, at 8:30 p.m., Lydia Violet Quartet will perform a “protest-folk” quartet with four-part female harmonies, stand up bass, violin, banjo, guitar and percussion.
Children are welcome to come, but not pets.
For more information, visit www.backtolife.org or contact Browner at ben@backtolife.org.
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