Peace Isn't Quiet
contact: [email protected]
A Warm and Gracious
Thank You
to our fund contributors:
Young Memorial Fund
Fisher Center
HWS government
HWS Progressive Student Union
Peace is no Utopia. It's Everyday. Everywhere.
Peace.Isn’t.Quiet is an annual day-long music festival to promote peace, community, understanding, and the arts in our communities. Join us for a full day of active and creative peace-building in this noon ‘til dusk fest full of musicians, dancers, slam and other poetry, other performances... recycled art, button making, native-american storytelling, free condoms and safe-sex education, drumming circles, hand-made merchandise, local food and goods... a clothing swap/alteration station... jewelry and other artsy stuff, free hugs, a kissing booth and a confession booth... sidewalk chalk, face painting, bubble-blowing, sparkles... nonsensical fun... and last but not least, maybe even a guest appearance by the 'spice girls' :o) and, NEW this year! We will be kicking off the festival with the annual campus greens/AID sustainable picnic and solar cookie-baking contest at noon!
Peace.Isn't.Quiet is about more than peace. It's about Inclusivity. Awareness. Love. Understanding. Expression. Music. Words. Articulation. Community. Singing. Dancing. Friends. Beauty. Laughter. To quote one of our co-organizers: "So often, we have heard that Peace with the big P is some utopia, the nature of man is war and animosity. Well, we dissent! Our nature wants to come together... We want kindness. We want Change with a big C- the kind that's not attached to a campaign or a president- but to Community and Compassion..." (martini, pg 14).
Local Peace Fest Performances:
-Doc Baker's Traveling Musicological Extravaganza
-Samba Percussion with Mariza
-Music and stories with Prof. Charlie Temple (and others!)
-Poetry by Gala
2009 Performers:
Emma's Revolution
1. Emma’s Revolution is an award-winning feminist/activist duo known for their "bold, profound, moving, hilarious and transformative" songs on a wide variety of topics including (but not limited to!): environmentalism, antiwar and nonviolence, civil rights, women’s rights, immigrant issues, lesbian and gay rights, as well as global international issues. The duo tours internationally and has been featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" and Pacifica's "Democracy Now!" Check it: http://www.emmasrevolution.com/
Dovie Thomason
2. Dovie Thomason is an internationally renowned, award-winning Native American storyteller. She is known for not only her stories connected deeply to the earth and environmentalism, but stories about the necessity and importance of peacemaking. Check it: http://www.doviethomason.com/
Daughters of Creative Sound
3. Daughters of Creative Sound is a Buffalo-based group of “storytellers, dancers, singers, and percussionists whose diversity of talents lends itself to a broad-based level of creative expression” Check it: http://www.myspace.com/daughtersofcreativesound
El Ka Bong
4. El Ka Bong is a local, Geneva-based band that asks: “Do you like unique music that's easy to dance and chill out to? Have you been discouraged and outraged lately with the state of popular music in the United States? Are you tired of mediocre vocals, non-existent bass lines, canned guitars and choruses that repeat 60 thousand times? If so, El Ka Bong is the band for you.” Check it: http://www.myspace.com/elkabong315
God-Des & She
5. God-des & She is a hip-hop and soul duo from the midwest. God-des and She have morphed into an intercontinental phenomenon through touring the U.S and Europe. They got their first big break when they made their television debut on the Season 3 finale of Showtime’s hit series “The L Word” and they haven’t looked back since! God-des & She’s “Love You Better” broke records on MTV’s Logo network holding the #1 most requested spot on the charts for 15 weeks straight! Their video for "Lick it" was banned on MTV, because it was too sexy?! but can now be seen on MTV's Logo channel. But you get to see them live and unfiltered at Peace.Isn't.Quiet! Check it: http://www.god-des.com/video.php
Peace Fest Activities
Yoga!
Activist Sustainability by Chaplain, Lesley Adams
Seedball-making and Origami with Sarah Michalak
Recycled Art
Luminaries
Tea & Poetry
Kissing booth with PRIDE
Confession Booth with Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship
Tie-dying and Solar Cookie-Baking with Campus Greens
DIY Clothing swap/alteration station
Other Amazing Details...
-Enjoy delicious and free coffee from the Coffee Shop!
-Hang out with Rochester's Raging Grannies: http://rochester.raginggrannies.org/
-Enjoy products from Geneva's own Red Jacket Orchards and Normal Breads
-Have your face painted by a member of the Arts and Social Change house
