Dawn Avery, cellist/composer/vocalist is bringing her unique musical vision to Christ Church in Alexandria, VA for a concert to benefit The Men’s Home. She creates a contemporary world music soundscape from spiritual, pop and classical elements. Her calmly passionate vocals and soaring cello lines reflect a deep devotion rooted in her Native American heritage and love of sacred traditions. She has many recordings and projects, you can read and hear about them at dawnavery.com and on YouTube at bit.ly/dawnavery
As stated in its charter, the purpose of The Men’s Home is “to provide a home-like environment for alcoholics who are sincere in wanting to recover from alcoholism: to provide food, bed, information, fellowship and the sharing of spiritual values which are a part of that recovery; to expose the alcoholic to other recovering alcoholics so that, together, they can regain self respect, confidence, and a useful place in the community; and to help attain sobriety through the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.”
We are excited and grateful that Ms. Avery and her ensemble are giving of their time to assist The Home in continuing our mission.
There will be a short reception to follow the performance. Talk and light refreshments from 8:30-9:15 pm.
Once again, it’s time for our annual end-of-summer backyard BBQ throwdown. We’ll do burgers, dogs, and who knows what else. There will also be our customary potluck offerings, so feel free to bring your favorite! It’ll be Monday, September 2nd, from 2:30 to 5:30 pm. There is no reason to be hungry, angry, lonely or tired this Labor Day. See you here!
Dawn Avery, cellist/composer/vocalist is bringing her unique musical vision to Christ Church in Alexandria, VA for a concert to benefit The Men’s Home. She creates a contemporary world music soundscape from spiritual, pop and classical elements. Her calmly passionate vocals and soaring cello lines reflect a deep devotion rooted in her Native American heritage and love of sacred traditions. She has many recordings and projects, you can read and hear about them at dawnavery.com and on YouTube at bit.ly/dawnavery
Larry Mitchell is a Grammy award-winning producer, engineer and performer who has toured the world playing guitar with well-known artists including Tracy Chapman, Billy Squier, Ric Ocasek and Miguel Bosé. As an artist, he has released 9 solo records and won a San Diego Music Award for best pop jazz artist.
Kate Freer is a multimedia designer working in theater, film, and installation. Her background in film and computer science combine to generate work that is not only aesthetically beautiful, but pushes the boundaries of conventional theatrical video.
We are excited and grateful that Dawn, Larry, and Kate are giving of their time and talent.
There will be a short reception to follow the performance. Talk and light refreshments from 8:30-9:15 pm.
It’s that time again, our annual Memorial Day Picnic here at The Men’s Home. We do it on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th, from 2:30-5:30PM. It’s burgers, dogs, and whatever else we can think of, along with sides and sweets.
Folks usually bring other dishes that they like (certainly not required), so we enjoy a wide variety of things to eat. It’s an informal day of food and fellowship, bring the families and dogs too!
Dawn Avery In Concert
Saturday, February 27th
8:00-9:00 EST
Virtual concert on ZOOM. Tickets available through Eventbrite. Due to security concerns, the Zoom ID and password will be emailed to attendees approximately one day to the event.
Grammy-nominated world musician, Dawn Avery explores the relationship between music and spirituality, having been privileged to work with luminaries Luciana Pavarotti, Sting, Reza Derakshani, John Cage, the Dalai Lama, Ron Young, Baba Catalkaya and Tawen’te:se, among others. Honoring both the community and its space as sacred, she fosters intercultural and spiritual freedom by creating multi-media concert ceremonies and directing a world music program and festival. Dawn shares contemporary soundscapes often referred to as mystic pop that contain spiritual, pop and classical elements reflecting a deep devotion rooted in her Native American heritage and Sufi experience.
She has led meditation and music workshops and concerts at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Esalen Institute, Open Center, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre and the Kennedy Center. Dawn looks for opportunities to make a positive difference through art and community. Her personable style engages audiences around the world.
Last year’s Spring Event was held virtually, and this one will be also. Like many places, we’re on the verge of re-opening but not quite there.
So we’re inviting you to help support the Men’s Home with one last Zoomed fundraiser. We’ll hold this year’s event on Saturday, June 12th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM EST.
We’ll start at 8:00 but open up the room at 7:30. You can come hang out, say hello and maybe see some friends that you’ve missed at other meetings. Then at 8:00, we’ll enjoy our featured speaker, Steven T. from Wisconsin, for tales of experience, strength and hope from the Badger State.
You’ll be able to donate during the meeting. We’ll have links posted to our Paypal and Venmo addresses:
themenshome@comcast.net (Paypal)
@themenshome (Venmo)
themenshome.org/donate
We hope that you can join us on Saturday, June 12th from 8:00 to 9:00PM. For security purposes, the ZOOM link is in the flyer. If you’d like to download it, just click the button below.
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The dog days of summer are nearly waning, which means it’s almost time for our annual Labor Day Picnic here at The Men’s Home.
On Monday, September 5th, we’ll be grilling up burgers and dogs, and putting out sides and desserts. Some folks bring things that they like too, so it’s usually a big spread of goodness. We’ll start at about 2:30 PM, and go until 5:30 PM:
- 2:30 PM – Hello, talk, eat
- 3:30 PM – Talk, eat
- 4:30 PM – Still talking and eating
- 5:30 PM – We say thanks and goodbye, give you your dishes back
We hope you can join us on Labor Day!
It’s time again for our big holiday event, and we hope that you can join us. From 6:30-8:00PM, we’ll have the famous BBQ and fixins from Sweet Fire Donna’s with a big side dish of fellowship thrown in (you can bring sides too if you’d like). Then from 8:00-9:00PM will be a speakers’ meeting featuring Steve S. from Baltimore. The event is free, but it is also a big fundraiser for us, so we hope that you can help.
We’d be grateful if you could join us:
The Men’s Home
Holiday Party and Fundraiser
Saturday, December 3rd
6:30-9:00PM
If you are unable to join us but would still like to donate for our year-end, please visit our Donors page, and please accept our wishes for a serene holiday season.