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Interruption! - Work In Progress at BRIC

Courtesy of Rob Reddy | Posted on March 14, 2017

Where

BRIC
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY
Map
718-855-7882

When

Fri, April 14, 2017
7:30 pm

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Musicians

Rob Reddy
saxophone
Oliver Lake
saxophone

About

INTERRUPTION! is a cross-genre performance project that meditates on some of the key issues facing the United States today, including voting rights, economic inequality, and racial injustice. Co-created by Rob Reddy, Oliver Lake and Meg Araneo, and featuring a 14-piece ensemble of some of the country's most well-respected and versatile musicians, INTERRUPTION! was inspired by a July 2015 sermon by the esteemed Rev. Dr. William Barber II. The sermon was given one day before the historic NC-NAACP vs. McCrory hearing in which the NC Supreme Court considered challenges to the state’s oppressive voting laws. The address was a potent call to action. In it he implored all those supporting the cause to follow words found in the Book of Isaiah – “Cry out loud, don’t hold back, interrupt the nation.”...

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