What: Benefit Concert for ICPJ featuring Charlie King and Karen Brandow

When: Saturday, March 31. Doors open at 7:30, Concert begins at 8:00

Where: The Ark, 316 South Main in downtown Ann Arbor

How Much: $15 regular admission, $50 benefactor.

Ad Sales: In addition to buying a ticket, we hope you will consider taking out an ad in the concert program booklet. Or consider asking your congregation, a friendly business or a friend to take out an ad. Ad prices are $45 for a business card-size ad, $60 for a 1⁄2-page ad (5”x 4”), and $75 for a full-page ad (5”x 8”). All ads will also be included in the program booklet for ICPJ’s March 25 annual meeting – what a deal: two ads for the price of one!

“Exactly what a folk music recording should be: songs that make you think, laugh, weep and dance.” Matt Watroba, Folk DJ WDET, Detroit MI.

Charlie King and Karen Brandow’s most recent recording is “…On The Journey” about which the venerable SING OUT! Magazine said: “If you think hard hitting protest music is a thing of the past, get current with King & Brandow.” Charlie and Karen also performed at the annual School of the Assassins protest in Fort Benning, Georgia last November, in which several Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice members participated as well.

Charlie King has been at the heart of American folk music for 40 years. Carrying on the tradition of Woody Guthrie, Malvina Reynolds, and Pete Seeger, Charlie is a talented songwriter, storyteller, guitarist, and satirist who has dedicated his career to supporting movements for justice, environmental sanity, human and labor rights, and peace. Charlie is renown for telling stories that touch not only the heart but the conscience as well. He is the recipient of the War Resisters League’s Peacemaker Award as well as the Sacco-Vanzetti Social Justice Award, being nominated for the latter by Pete Seeger. Charlie has been coming to Ann Arbor for over 25 years, and has become a huge local favorite.

Karen Brandow has been performing with Charlie King since 1998. A talented singer and guitarist, Karen performs songs in both English and Spanish. She spent eight years in Guatemala and was heavily influenced by the Latin American New Song Movement. Together, Charlie and Karen perform with the sweet and precise harmonies of life partners. They sing and write passionately about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.

The concert is a fundraiser for the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, which was founded in 1965 so that congregations and concerned individuals could work together for social justice and peace. The work is accomplished by task forces of volunteers, with support from staff members and guidance from a steering committee composed of local clergy and lay leaders.

The concert is at 8:00 pm, Saturday, March 31, at The Ark, at 316 South Main in downtown Ann Arbor. Tickets are $15 and $50 for benefactors. Call Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice at (734) 663-1870 for advanced tickets or for more information.