Benefit Concert For Aleppo At "Invisible Dog' Will Benefit The White Helmets

(photo credit: Invisible Dog Art Center)

A special benefit concert for Aleppo will be held at Invisible Dog Art Center, 51 Bergen Street
on Thursday, February 16th at 7 pm. All proceeds will benefit The White Helmets, the all-volunteer, un-armed rescue teams operating in Syria. These modern day heroes have saved thousands of lives during the conflict in their country.

Organized by Gregory Spock, who will also be performing, the concert additionally features Jamie Ratcliffe, Edwin Driscoll, Esha Datta, Jenny Millsap Crutchlow, and Ross Crutschlow.
On the program are Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, as well as 'opera arias including Un bel di vedremo from Madama Butterfly, O mio babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi and "When I bring to you colour'd toys" a Carpenter piece.'
If you would like to learn more about the White Helmets, you may want to watch the Academy Award nominated  documentary about the volunteers on Netflix.

Mark the date for the concert on your calendar and give generously.
To give directly to The White Helmets, click here.)

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Promenading Silly Invisible Dogs On Smith And Court Streets

We all know the story of the emperor's new clothes, but have you heard the one about the emperor's new dog?

Everywhere around the neighborhood on Sunday afternoon, people were walking 'invisible dogs'. After I passed by the first three people, I asked the fourth what was going on. "I am just walking my new puppy" the young lady told me.
Yes, right! I thought.

I did not get a better answer from the next few people I asked. It obviously was some kind of social experiment or performance art. It was not until I ran into two young men, that I finally got the answer. They had gotten the leashes from the Art Shop at 51 Bergen Street, where they were being handed out, and where they had to be returned by 4 PM.

As we were all three standing in front of the Starbucks on Smith Street, observing the passers-by, who were promenading their "dogs." We had to smile at the surreal scene. One of the two young men had to agree with me that is was all pretty silly and pointless. And he didn't mind saying so. See video below.

Invisible Dogs from Katia Kelly on Vimeo.

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