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An Evening with Kitka to Benefit Ecogardening in Eurasia!

Date:
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Time:
6:45 PM - 10:45 PM
Event Type:
Concert/Show
Organizer/Author:
Carol Vesecky
Email:
Phone:
650-856-9751
Location Details:
St. Mark's Episcopal Church Sanctuary
600 Colorado Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
650-326-3800
http://www.saint-marks.com

An extraordinary film screening and choral concert will be offered on Saturday, April 21 to benefit the work of Biointensive for Russia (BfR)! The proceeds will benefit BfR's partners who teach the GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-Farming method in Eurasia, as well as children with radiation-induced cancer in Belarus. Experiments have shown that Biointensive techniques help to reduce the radiation in vegetables by up to 30 percent.

Arrive at 6:45 for the 7 pm showing of "Chernobyl 20," a compelling 28-minute film that will be introduced by its producer, Yelena Zmushko. The documentary presents the lingering radiation effects of the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at a children's cancer center in Belarus, Zmushko's home country. Revealing the suffering still being experienced twenty years after the accident, it exposes the disinformation provided by the national and international authorities; see http://www.chernobyl20film.com for details.

Next, the Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble will perform a capella songs devoted to vegetable garden themes. The renowned nine-woman choir has concertized nationally and internationally, including on radio and television. It is considered the foremost interpreter of Balkan and Slavic songs in the US. In collaboration with a nonprofit organization in Oregon, Kitka held a concert previously to benefit BfR's Russian partner, the NGO VIOLA.

Proceeds of the benefit will support GROW BIOINTENSIVE workshops and experiments to be conducted by two of BfR's Eurasian partners: the NGO Viola, in and near the Chernobyl radiation zone, and the Agrocenter in Uzbekistan, teaching also in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. The Children's Oncological Center of Belarus, featured in the Chernobyl film, will also benefit.

Tickets may be purchased via Kitka's website (http://www.kitka.com) and also from BfR <cvesecky [at] igc.org>. Advance purchase is recommended!

For more information on GROW BIOINTENSIVE, visit http://www.growbiointensive.org.
Added to the calendar on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 4:18PM
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