Date/Time
Date(s) - 2014/02/23
5:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Location
Art House in Berkeley
Categories
David Rovics & Eric Drooker Benefit Concert for Tristan Anderson
David Rovics, Eric Drooker & Tristan Anderson will perform together on
Sunday, Feb. 23rd at the Art House in Berkeley, 2905 Shattuck Ave.
The event will be a benefit for Justice 4 Tristan. $5-$20 sliding scale suggested donation
Schedule:
- 5 PM Potluck dinner
- 6 PM Welcoming
- 6:15-6:45 Tristan Anderson slide show
- 6:45-7:15 David Rovics amplified set
- 7:15-8:00 Eric Drooker Multimedia Performance
- 8PM-….. David Rovics acoutic set
David Rovics is a great folk singer of songs of social significance.
You can download most of his music at his web site or over at Soundclick and other places.
Eric Drooker is an artist, painter, graphic artist, and animator from New York.
Tristan Anderson is an activist and photographer who was critically injured by an Israeli tear gas canister in 2009 during a peaceful protest. Tristan is hemiplegic- mostly paralyzed on the left (formerly dominant) side of his body. He uses a wheelchair. He has lost sight in his right eye, suffers chronic pain in his paralyzed limbs, and has had pronounced, life changing cognitive and emotional repercussions as a result of the injury that was done to his brain. He has an ongoing lawsuit against the Israeli government.