Muhammad Ayub posted:

On Saturday, May 5th, Arnove will narrate a performance of dramatic readings from Voices of a People’s History of the United States in a 7PM event at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, in downtown Olympia. Celebrating the enduring spirit of dissent, the program will feature narratives from historical figures including Tecumseh, Sojourner Truth, Mark Twain, Susan B. Anthony, and Winona La Duke. Readers will include actor Brian Jones, Associate Director of American Friends Service Committee’s Northwest Region Nina Laboy, President of the Iraq Veterans Against the War in Seattle Chanan Suarex-Diaz, and local readers and performers Erica Lord, Nomy Lamm, Vaude deVille, Rachel Reclam, Holly Gwinn-Graham, Dr. Muhammad Ayub, Cindy Corrie, and a surprise guest.

Popular Mexican music for Cinco de Mayo will be provided by Hugo Flores, Miguel Perez-Gibson, and Daniel Perez Gibson at 6:40 PM.

The event is part of the Rachel Corrie Foundation’s Peace Works Program and will benefit its Middle East scholarship program.

The program will be wheelchair accessible and ASL interpreted. Doors open at 6:15 PM. General Admission tickets are $10 at the Washington Center Box Office (360-753-8586), at Rainy Day Records (360-357-4755), and Orca Books (360-352-0123) in Olympia. They can be purchased online at http://www.washingtoncenter.org/

Anthony Arnove has, also, edited Iraq Under Seige: the Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, The Nation, Mother Jones, Monthly Review, Le Nouvel Observateur, Z Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Contact: Alice Zillah, Operations Manager

Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice

(360-754-3998

info@rachelcorriefoundation.org