Day After Intl. Women's Day Benefit for RAWA

northern california rawa supporters & fire museum present: (DAY AFTER) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN\'S DAY BENEFIT FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN (RAWA) SUNDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2003 DOORS 7:30PM, SHOW 8:00PM $7-$70 DONATION AT TUVA SPACE 3192 Adeline, Berkeley (MLK & Ashby,across from Ashby BART Station) (Go to the southern end of the block, where Martin Luther King Blvd intersects with Adeline St. - TUVA is a storefront space on the west side of the intersection. Look for the \"ANT\" sign on top of the building.) featuring performances from the following: SAMSARA Samsara is an a capella women\'s trio who unite passionate struggles for justice with extraordinary vocal music. They strive to connect the music of struggle and tradition, creating the new generation of the culture of resistance. Samsara\'s repertoire ranges from old folksongs and spirituals with new arrangements, to satirical parodies and original music on current topics, all with tight, searing, dissonant and bittersweet harmonies. Samsara@riseup.net Danielle DeGruttola & Roberto Morales Manzanares Duo Roberto Moreles Manzanares has been commissioned and participated in festivals in the US, Europe, Mexico, and Latin America, including the Festival International Cervantion, ICMC, and CIM. He was co-founder of the first computer music studio in Mexico in 1998 (Escuela Superior de Musicaan d), and the founder of LIM at the University of Guanajuato in 1992. He has organized festivals including \"La Computadora y la Musica\", \"Callejon del Ruido\", and \"Nuevos enfoques y expresiones en composición y tecnología.\" Danielle DeGruttola, cellist extraordinaire, has performed with other outstanding musicians including Cecil Taylor, Henry Kaiser, Paul Plimley, John Oswald, Buckethead, Lukas Ligeti, and Miya Masaoka. Her sublime sound is adventuresome and exploratory yet maintains concrete form. \"Her contributions are uniformly excellent.\" (Exclaim magazine). www.cs.berkeley.edu/~hodes/danisue/ ERICA BALLINGER Singer/songwriter Erica Ballinger has long touched West Coast audiences with her unique blend of rock, soul and jazz inspired music. Honored by the Northern California Songwriters Association for best song and best performer (1999 and 2000), her music is also featured on \'Rose Street Raw,\' a benefit CD for KPFA community radio and the Rose Street House of Music in Berkeley. Erica is a contributing artist in \'The Ultimate Song,\' a recently released documentary about music and social change. eball8@hotmail.com D\'YARA The female a\'capella ensemble, D\'yara, or \'daughters of the sun\' in the Slavic language, brings together the rich musical traditions of Eastern Europe, West Africa and beyond. D\'yara\' endeavors to propagate the musical traditions of women and cultures throughout the world, whose empowerment, wisdom and creativity is translated into song. The women of D\'yara raise their voices in harmony with the voices of women in all corners of the globe as we strive to break through the constraints of our heritage and revel in the power of the creative Spirit. renjangle@earthlink.net for further information about this performance and other benefit events: (415)273-4681, firemuseum@care2.com