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Tonight at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, Laurie Anderson and David Byrne

will join a number of artists, including Antony, Blonde Redhead, Bill

T. Jones, Norah Jones, Moby, Lou Reed, Damien Rice, and The Scissor

Sisters, for Speak UP!,

a sold-out benefit concert for peace in Iraq and justice at home. The event marks the

fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, and will also include an exhibition

of photos from Alive Day Memories, portraits of soldiers injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (including the photo at right, of John Jones). Emceeing the evening are actor Richard Belzer and Air America Radio host Laura Flanders. 

The concert will be preceded by Speak Out!, a free event beginning at 4 PM at the nearby powerHouse Arena. Featured speakers include Flanders, author Naomi Klein, and Donna Lieberman, head of the New York Civil Liberties; among other highlights will be the screening of footage from the documentary Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan.

For more information, visit stannswarehouse.org.

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  • Monday, March 17, 2008
    David Byrne, Laurie Anderson Participate in "Speak UP!" Benefit Tonight

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    Tonight at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, Laurie Anderson and David Byrne

    will join a number of artists, including Antony, Blonde Redhead, Bill

    T. Jones, Norah Jones, Moby, Lou Reed, Damien Rice, and The Scissor

    Sisters, for Speak UP!,

    a sold-out benefit concert for peace in Iraq and justice at home. The event marks the

    fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, and will also include an exhibition

    of photos from Alive Day Memories, portraits of soldiers injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (including the photo at right, of John Jones). Emceeing the evening are actor Richard Belzer and Air America Radio host Laura Flanders. 

    The concert will be preceded by Speak Out!, a free event beginning at 4 PM at the nearby powerHouse Arena. Featured speakers include Flanders, author Naomi Klein, and Donna Lieberman, head of the New York Civil Liberties; among other highlights will be the screening of footage from the documentary Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan.

    For more information, visit stannswarehouse.org.

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