NOTE: This contribution is for the in-person event only and does NOT include the livestream (CLICK HERE for the livestream page).

Ben is a musical polymath with backgrounds in classical music and ethnomusicology. In addition to his training on the piano, on the cello, in composition, and in conducting, Ben is an independent research scholar of early American hymnody and continues to do work in the contemporary experimental music scene in New York City. He studied vocal performance, composition, and choral conducting at Bard College. Ben connects his music with social and political commitments. To this end, he has formed and led multiple movement-based choirs and ensembles with the goal of uplifting working-class and left-wing musical traditions from around the world.

Dilson is a Dominican-American performing artist from the Bronx. His talents include creative writing, playing various instruments, spoken-word poetry, singing, and digital production. Dilson is in the process of revising his one-man show, Bachatú, and will soon release his first music project, The Bachatú EP. In 2019, Dilson was named the Resident Artist for the open mike series Inspired Word, and made his Off-Broadway debut at the Triad Theatre, where he performed Bachatú. Dilson has composed for a variety of Off-Broadway productions such as Guadalís del Carmen's Bees and Honey (MCC Theatre) and Julissa Calderon's Vámonos! (Intar Theatre). Dilson wishes to change the world with his art and community work, striving for a more progressive and creative future. Toward that end he has taught English in Haiti, built dorm spaces for underprivileged children in rural India, and led music workshops and advocated at courtrooms for incarcerated youth in New York City, via Youth Justice Network.
dilsonmusic.com 

VeraForLove is a singer/songwriter passionate about empowering people within our community to create positive change through music and humility. She is actively involved in the Peace Movement, collaborating with Nevada Desert Experience, an interfaith organization dedicated to abolishing the production of modern weaponry and nuclear weapons. She serves on the board of Pace e Bene, an organization focused on bringing nonviolence education to address social and environmental issues.

Jendog Lonewolf is a Two Spirit Black Native Photographer, Hip Hop Lyricist, and Cultural Worker from Bushwick, Brooklyn, who navigates a myriad of spaces, challenging stereotypes and issues at the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality. She's gracefully shared stages with Harry Belafonte, Nile Rodgers, Desmond Tutu, and Joan Baez, worked with Grammy winner Dan Zanes on two Hip Hop/Folk songs, including a LeadBelly tribute for Smithsonian Institute's Folkways Records, toured South Africa, Sri Lanka, UK, Toronto, US, and Cambodia with YaliniDream as the duo Brooklyn Dreamwolf, and is a proud member of the Peoples' Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle, their Steering Committee, as well as Great Labor Arts Exchange (GLAE) Next Generation Team.

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COVID-19 POLICY
Effective March 23, 2024, the Peoples' Voice Cafe will no longer require that anyone who attends wear a mask. We will continue to keep a supply of masks on hand for anyone who wants one.
Also effective March 23, 2024, Peoples' Voice Cafe will resume the sale of snacks and beverages.
Other covid safety protocols remain unchanged. We will continue to limit in-person attendance to 85, we will continue to use three HEPA filters in the Assembly Hall, we will continue to offer live streaming, and we will continue to recommend (but not require) vaccination and/or testing.

After on-line sales for in-person tickets have ended, tickets will still be available at the door.