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Zili Misik, What Cheer Brigade @ Workmen's Circle Purim, Mar 22, 2008

Saturday, March 22:
The Gragger/Noisemaker, Workmen's Circle's first annual Radical Purim Party!

This is not just another Purim party. It's a cultural happening:
A concert, dance, and celebration of progressive culture and community!

Saturday, March 22
8pm-1am
565 Boylston Street, Boston ( Community Church )
Cover: $10-20 sliding scale

Featuring two fabulous bands:
Zili Misik - Reconnecting Haitian mizik rasin, jazz, roots reggae, samba, Cuban son, and neo soul, Zili Misik honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own. Zili Misik retraces routes of forced exile and cultural resistance through diasporic rhythm and song.

What Cheer Brigade - A rowdy 19-piece roving brass band, a mobile party with a taste of Bollywood, the Balkans, New Orleans, Samba, and Hip Hop.

Plus:
The Workmen's Circle Gender Liberation Purim Shpiel! A new theatrical creation written and performed by members of the Workmen's Circle, Keshet, Massachusetts Transgender Political coalition, and allies and friends. In honor of this year's Purim theme: Celebrating Gender Justice!

DJ D'hana - local DJ extraordinaire, known from The Neighborhood, Boston's Queer/Trans dance party, and many other rockin Boston shows.

Schedule for the night:

8:00 Doors open! DJ D'hana
8:30 Zili Misik performs
10:00 The Purim Shpiel!
10:30 What Cheer Brigade performs
11:30 - DJ D'hana

Make sure to get there before 10 so you don't miss the Purim Shpiel! Costume contest, cash bar, and more.

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