Pay What You Want
Doors 7, Music 8
Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out is a concert and discussion series celebrating and exploring protest music. The events will use James Sullivan’s book, Which Side Are You On?: 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs, as a starting point for the presentation of songs that ask listeners to consider how music gives voice to resistance, advocacy, and change. While the series will anchor itself to the book, collaborators will also contribute 21st-century music, both originals and covers.
Scheduled to perform on August 13 are Kemp Harris, Dave Herlihy (O Positive), David Santos (Eddie Japan), Laurie Sargent with Dana Colley, Naomi Westwater, and Judge Milton Wright (Black Nativity). They will be backed by the house band, The Paid Protesters, led by Ed Valauskas, with Anthony Kaczynski (Magnetic Fields), Paul Buckley, Magen Tracy, and Mike Oram. Each performer will do a song inspired by Sullivan’s book, and a song of their own.
The 90-minute show will also feature commentary by Sullivan, and a short panel discussion at the end.
The show is scheduled to begin promptly at 8 p.m.
Admission is pay-what-you-want, with all proceeds going to the musicians and other direct expenses. Tickets can be reserved, but a reservation does not guarantee entry unless you are in the room by 7:30 p.m. If there are people waiting for entry, reservations will be released starting at that time.
If there are any profits after workers are paid, they will be donated to an appropriate non-profit fighting for intellectual freedom in our nation’s courts.
This series is produced by Joyce Linehan, Jon Lupfer, James Sullivan, and Ed Valauskas, with the help of many generous friends.
