From:  RickUlfik at WeTheWorld.org

Quick Details (Full details below):

Tuesday April 1, 2008
8PM @ Sounds of Brazil (SOBs)

204 Varick Street (#1 to Houston, it’s at West Houston and Varick St.) in Manhattan

The tickets cost $10 if you mention We, The World, The Open Center, The Foundation for Ethics and Meaning, or the Network of Spiritual Progressives.
Dear Friends,

My good friend and colleague, Mark LeVine is making a rare visit to NYC performing Tuesday April 1st at SOB’s in lower Manhattan (see details below). A prolific author, guitarist/composer, activist and Middle East scholar, Mark (with Rabbi Michael Lerner) founded the Foundation for Ethics and Meaning, the precursor to Michael’s current Network of Spiritual Progressives.

For many years Mark has tirelessly advocated for peaceful solutions in the Middle East. He works on many levels to foster understanding and reconciliation between clashing groups. For example, he has often performed in groups composed of both Israelis and Palestinians. And with books like his masterful and comprehensive Why They Don’t Hate Us (438 pages) Mark is one of the leading Jewish public intellectuals today who is raising awareness and understanding about Islam through culture, politics and history in American society and the West.

Besides performing and writing music together, Mark and I co-organized many events for Rabbi Michael Lerner and the Foundation for Ethics and Meaning in the 1990s and went on to work with Ralph White and the Open Center leading a phenemenal team to create the historic multi-conference events of Re-Imagining Politics & Society at the Millennium in 1999 and 2000.

Mark’s performance Tuesday is, in a sense, part of the book tour for his most recent book,

Heavy Metal Islam.

I hope you and/or your NY friends will join me there!

Rick Ulfik
Director
We, The World
www.WeTheWorld.org

TUESDAY APRIL 1, 2008
S.O.B.’s Concerts Presents:

Heavy Metal Islam

FEATURING :

Café Mira

Special Guest :

Salmen Ahmed (of multi-platinum rock band, Junoon) Sabreena da Witch (Palestinian Hip Hop)
Diwon
Mark Levine (Author Of “Heavy Metal Islam”)
Tarantist (Iran’s Best Metal Band)

Music By:
dj Fabian Alsultany

Hosted By:
Michael Muhammad Knight
(Author of the best-selling “Taquacores” about Muslim Punk)
Address: 204 Varick Street
Location: #1 to Houston, it’s at West Houston and Varick St.
Doors: 7PM Show: 8PM

Admission: $10.00 IN ADV $12.00 DAY OF

Reduced to $10 if you mention We, The World, The Open Center, The Foundation for Ethics and Meaning, or the Network of Spiritual Progressives.