BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:ETHIOPIAN MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION CONCERT in New York City at Joe's Pub - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20080531T233000 DTSTAMP:20080531T101655Z SUMMARY:ETHIOPIAN MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION CONCERT DESCRIPTION: Ethiopian Millen Celeb ConcertThe Beta Israel of North Am erica (BINA) Cultural Foundation\, Inc. is dedicated to fostering the continuity of the Ethiopian Jewish cultural heritage\, empowering Ethi opian Jews within the American Jewish community\, providing assistance to Ethiopian Jews who come to the U.S.\, and serving as a bridge betw een the Jewish\, Ethiopian\, and African-American communities. In Heb rew\, BINA means "understanding." Our aim is to promote understanding of Ethiopian Jewish culture and history. We believe that this will hel p us retain and carry forward our traditions and enrich Jewish life as a whole. BINA intends on providing support to the community's artist s\, filmmakers and other creative persons in their preservation of the community's culture and history\, by encouraging their works\, throug h displays\, festivals and other creative showcases In celebration of the 3rd Millennium\, which began on Sept 12th 2007\, BINA will be host ing a variety of cultural and educational performances. The concert co ntinues a series of events that celebrate the role of Ethiopia in anci ent and modern history\, that began at the turn of this new millennium in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Series will ki ck-off with the Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Concert which will fe ature some of the rising stars of Ethiopia\, including Abebe Teka and Asresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi. The concert will feature traditional Et hiopian songs from ancient times to moderns beats and grooves that lea ves the body shaking. To complete the concert\, DJ Sirak will be spin ning World Music as no other can. Accompanying the singers will be Da niel Gebriel on keyboard\, Samson Mitiku on bass guitar and Teshome De nek on Sax. The start of the Ethiopian Millennium\, September 12th\, 2 007\, had special meaning for Ethiopian Jews\, as it also marks Rosh H ashanah. Ethiopians celebrate New Year on the 11th of September and on September 12th during the leap year. The Ethiopian calendar has 12 mo nths of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days or 6 days every fourth year and is seven years back from the Gregorian calendar. This Millen nium Series gives the opportunity to show-case the religious diversity of the Ethiopian people. BINA will celebrate the role of Ethiopia on the three faiths of the book with a panel discussion addressing this topic. For more info visit www.binacf.org/eventsMore Info at Joe's Pu bFeatured ArtistsBINA Cultural FoundationAbebe TekaAsresash Meshesha\, aka MimiGenresWorldOther Ethiopian Millen Celeb ConcertThe Beta Israe l of North America (BINA) Cultural Foundation\, Inc. is dedicated to f ostering the continuity of the Ethiopian Jewish cultural heritage\, em powering Ethiopian Jews within the American Jewish community\, providi ng assistance to Ethiopian Jews who come to the U.S.\, and serving as a bridge between the Jewish\, Ethiopian\, and African-American communi ties. In Hebrew\, BINA means "understanding." Our aim is to promote u nderstanding of Ethiopian Jewish culture and history. We believe that this will help us retain and carry forward our traditions and enrich J ewish life as a whole. BINA intends on providing support to the commu nity's artists\, filmmakers and other creative persons in their preser vation of the community's culture and history\, by encouraging their w orks\, through displays\, festivals and other creative showcases In ce lebration of the 3rd Millennium\, which began on Sept 12th 2007\, BINA will be hosting a variety of cultural and educational performances. T he concert continues a series of events that celebrate the role of Eth iopia in ancient and modern history\, that began at the turn of this n ew millennium in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Millennium Celebration S eries will kick-off with the Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Concert which will feature some of the rising stars of Ethiopia\, including Ab ebe Teka and Asresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi. The concert will feature t raditional Ethiopian songs from ancient times to moderns beats and gro oves that leaves the body shaking. To complete the concert\, DJ Sirak will be spinning World Music as no other can. Accompanying the singe rs will be Daniel Gebriel on keyboard\, Samson Mitiku on bass guitar a nd Teshome Denek on Sax. The start of the Ethiopian Millennium\, Septe mber 12th\, 2007\, had special meaning for Ethiopian Jews\, as it also marks Rosh Hashanah. Ethiopians celebrate New Year on the 11th of Sep tember and on September 12th during the leap year. The Ethiopian calen dar has 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days or 6 days every fourth year and is seven years back from the Gregorian calendar . This Millennium Series gives the opportunity to show-case the religi ous diversity of the Ethiopian people. BINA will celebrate the role o f Ethiopia on the three faiths of the book with a panel discussion add ressing this topic. For more info visit www.binacf.org/eventsMore Inf o at Joe's PubFeatured ArtistsBINA Cultural FoundationAbebe TekaAsresa sh Meshesha\, aka MimiGenresWorldOther Ethiopian Millen Celeb ConcertT he Beta Israel of North America (BINA) Cultural Foundation\, Inc. is d edicated to fostering the continuity of the Ethiopian Jewish cultural heritage\, empowering Ethiopian Jews within the American Jewish commun ity\, providing assistance to Ethiopian Jews who come to the U.S.\, an d serving as a bridge between the Jewish\, Ethiopian\, and African-Ame rican communities. In Hebrew\, BINA means "understanding." Our aim is to promote understanding of Ethiopian Jewish culture and history. We believe that this will help us retain and carry forward our traditions and enrich Jewish life as a whole. BINA intends on providing support to the community's artists\, filmmakers and other creative persons in their preservation of the community's culture and history\, by encour aging their works\, through displays\, festivals and other creative sh owcases In celebration of the 3rd Millennium\, which began on Sept 12t h 2007\, BINA will be hosting a variety of cultural and educational pe rformances. The concert continues a series of events that celebrate th e role of Ethiopia in ancient and modern history\, that began at the t urn of this new millennium in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Millennium Celebration Series will kick-off with the Ethiopian Millennium Celebra tion Concert which will feature some of the rising stars of Ethiopia\, including Abebe Teka and Asresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi. The concert w ill feature traditional Ethiopian songs from ancient times to moderns beats and grooves that leaves the body shaking. To complete the conce rt\, DJ Sirak will be spinning World Music as no other can. Accompany ing the singers will be Daniel Gebriel on keyboard\, Samson Mitiku on bass guitar and Teshome Denek on Sax. The start of the Ethiopian Mille nnium\, September 12th\, 2007\, had special meaning for Ethiopian Jews \, as it also marks Rosh Hashanah. Ethiopians celebrate New Year on th e 11th of September and on September 12th during the leap year. The Et hiopian calendar has 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 d ays or 6 days every fourth year and is seven years back from the Grego rian calendar. This Millennium Series gives the opportunity to show-ca se the religious diversity of the Ethiopian people. BINA will celebra te the role of Ethiopia on the three faiths of the book with a panel d iscussion addressing this topic. For more info visit www.binacf.org/e ventsMore Info at Joe's PubFeatured ArtistsBINA Cultural FoundationAbe be TekaAsresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi Ethiopian Millen Celeb ConcertThe Beta Israel of North America (BINA) Cultural Foundation\, Inc. is dedi cated to fostering the continuity of the Ethiopian Jewish cultural her itage\, empowering Ethiopian Jews within the American Jewish community \, providing assistance to Ethiopian Jews who come to the U.S.\, and s erving as a bridge between the Jewish\, Ethiopian\, and African-Americ an communities. In Hebrew\, BINA means "understanding." Our aim is to promote understanding of Ethiopian Jewish culture and history. We bel ieve that this will help us retain and carry forward our traditions an d enrich Jewish life as a whole. BINA intends on providing support to the community's artists\, filmmakers and other creative persons in th eir preservation of the community's culture and history\, by encouragi ng their works\, through displays\, festivals and other creative showc ases In celebration of the 3rd Millennium\, which began on Sept 12th 2 007\, BINA will be hosting a variety of cultural and educational perfo rmances. The concert continues a series of events that celebrate the r ole of Ethiopia in ancient and modern history\, that began at the turn of this new millennium in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Millennium Cel ebration Series will kick-off with the Ethiopian Millennium Celebratio n Concert which will feature some of the rising stars of Ethiopia\, in cluding Abebe Teka and Asresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi. The concert will feature traditional Ethiopian songs from ancient times to moderns bea ts and grooves that leaves the body shaking. To complete the concert\ , DJ Sirak will be spinning World Music as no other can. Accompanying the singers will be Daniel Gebriel on keyboard\, Samson Mitiku on bas s guitar and Teshome Denek on Sax. The start of the Ethiopian Millenni um\, September 12th\, 2007\, had special meaning for Ethiopian Jews\, as it also marks Rosh Hashanah. Ethiopians celebrate New Year on the 1 1th of September and on September 12th during the leap year. The Ethio pian calendar has 12 months of 30 days each and a 13th month of 5 days or 6 days every fourth year and is seven years back from the Gregoria n calendar. This Millennium Series gives the opportunity to show-case the religious diversity of the Ethiopian people. BINA will celebrate the role of Ethiopia on the three faiths of the book with a panel disc ussion addressing this topic. For more info visit www.binacf.org/even tsMore Info at Joe's PubFeatured ArtistsBINA Cultural FoundationAbebe TekaAsresash Meshesha\, aka Mimi LOCATION:Joe's Pub @ 425 Lafayette Street, New York, New York 10003 Un ited States SEQUENCE:1212229015 UID:E0-001-011770682-5 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-011770682-5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR