Gwen Lastor organizes concert and dialogue
Justice for all envisioned through the lens of music will be presented from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon. The organizers of “We Matter: Voicing Justice for Beacon and Newburgh” invites the community to experience a live performance and dialogue about social justice and the relationship between local life and the Black Lives Matter movement.
The free program is funded by a grant from Arts Mid Hudson and organized by violinist Gwen Lastor, who will play her composition Black Lives Matter Suite 1st Movement and Cigarette, the Sandra Bland Story, with her ensemble New MUSE 4tet and special guest Sebastian Bardin-Greenberg, a.k.a. Siba Giba. MUSE fuses progressive, experimental music and jazz. For more information, call 845-831-4988.