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St. John's Coffeehouse Tonight: Fund-Raiser For EATS, Musicians
"DishUP," a virtual fund-raiser at St. John's to benefit Arlington EATS is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8.
Last Updated: 08 January 2021
Written by Victoria Ford
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UPDATED, Jan. 7: "DishUP," a virtual fund-raiser at St. John’s to benefit Arlington EATS is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8.
The event also benefits the church Musician Relief Fund and features Akili Jamal Haynes and Val Jeanty.
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You can donate in advance via Venmo (@PiercePress, memo Dish-UP) or send a check to St. John’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St., Arlington MA 02476, memo Dish-UP.
The donation links will also be posted during the event.
St. John’s Coffeehouse will “dish up” a great lineup to benefit Arlington EATS (formerly the Arlington Food Pantry) and local musicians affected by pandemic cancellations. Click these links for the concert livestream and links to the music of our performers.
● YouTube link to livestream. Feel free to comment in advance or during the livestream.
● St. John’s Coffeehouse Concerts >>
The need is great. Let's join up to support food security and the arts in our community.
The program features the eclectic musical alchemy of multi-instrumentalists and composers Haynes and Jeanty in a special program they’ve designed just for this fund-raiser. Both musicians are affiliated with the Berklee School of Music and many other innovative musical projects.
Opening the show will be Arlington's poet laureate, Steve Ratiner (Red Letter Poems), accompanied by Todd Brunel, a composer and clarinet and saxophone player who is a parishioner at St. John's.
St. John's Coffeehouse is in its ninth year of bringing live music to the greater Boston community. Embodied in our mission is our benefit to regional social-support organizations, such as Arlington EATS, Food Link, Housing Corp. of Arlington, NEAT and Episcopal Development. This online series will continue until we can gather again in person.
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