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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Save the Maple Forest Benefit Concert \nEvent Url: 
 http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441505791/Save_the_Maple_Forest_Ben
 efit_Concert_\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-02-04\nEvent Date End: 2012-02-04\n
 \nThis is a benefit concert and performance to save the Silver Maple Fores
 t.\n\nFeatures: Composer\, guitarist Jim Scott with Ensemble Jose Pienasol
 a\, bass\; Mark Kahler\, percussion\n\nSpecial Guests: Stan Strickland\, S
 axophone\, flute\; Rev. Fred Small\, Songwriter\, guitarist\; Elke Jahns\,
  Native American flautist\; Maya Apfelbaum\, Eco-stilt dancer\n\nJim Scott
  \n\nComposes and strums in behalf of the environment everywhere\, and sin
 gs of peace in the land. bringing  rich repertoire from the Paul Winter Co
 nsort\,  and co-composer of the haunting  Missa Gaia\, an earth mass perfo
 rmed across the country for nearly thirty years. &ldquo\;The Tree and Me&r
 dquo\; is Jim's stage musical about saving ancient northwest forests. &ldq
 uo\;The Earth and Spirit Songbook.&rdquo\; Is about peace and ecology. He 
 performed with Tracy Chapman\, Joan Baez\, Joni Mitchel\, Jackson Brown\, 
 John Denver\, Tom Chapin\, Dan Fogelberg\, Odetta\, and jazz flautist\, Pa
 ul Horn\, and with Holly Near in Nicaragua\, and also in Australia\, perfo
 rming at the Institute for Earth Education. A published poet\, writer and 
 a teacher\, he's also produced instruction books on guitar techniques.  A 
 &ldquo\;world music&rdquo\; group he organized\, explored the convergence 
 of jazz\, classical\, folk and ethnic influences producing &ldquo\;Instrum
 ents of Peace&rdquo\;. \n\n\nStan Strickland\n\nWorld renowned saxophonist
 \, flautist\, singer and actor has performed in Symphony Halls of Boston\,
  New York\, D.C\, with many jazz notables such as Herbie Mann\, Marlene Sh
 aw\, Bob\, Moses\, Webster Lewis\, opening in an earlier era with Miles Da
 vis\, and Sonny Rollins. His repertoire develops from his many passions\, 
 which shine in his films and stage. He took the lead in &ldquo\;Harlem Ren
 aissance&rdquo\;\, and was featured in &ldquo\;Black Man Up&rdquo\;. And p
 erformed at the recent Sundance Festival for academy award\, &ldquo\;Born 
 Into Brothels&rdquo\;. Stan has taught at Tufts\, Lesley\, Longy and Berkl
 ee Schools of Music and is on the staff. He cares deeply about youth\, and
  works with adolescents in art as Director of &ldquo\;Express Yourself&rdq
 uo\; for improvement of health and welfare of youth.\n\n\nThe invaluable S
 ilver Maple Forest\, also known as the &ldquo\;Belmont Uplands\, is the ec
 ological core buffer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation's (D
 CR) Alewife Reservation with its river\, streams and ponds. These features
  benefit the area with natural storm water storage which mitigates floodin
 g and will be needed as a &ldquo\;climate adaptation center&rdquo\; in the
  future\, say its protectors. The 7 acre Silver Maple forested area is als
 o a rich and unique habitat for rare animals and birds including otter\, d
 eer\, coyote\, fox and nearly a hundred bird species\, many nesting\, and 
 some of which require uplands and wetlands to sustain their life cycles. T
 he concert will celebrate these resources and our efforts to protect them 
 for local communities and for future generations.\n\nSponsors :  the Coali
 tion to Preserve the Belmont Uplands\, the Friends of Alewife Reservation\
 , Green Cambridge\, Cambridge Climate Emergency Group\, Coalition to Prese
 rve Belmont Uplands\, Arlington Land Trust\, Belmont Land Trust\, Sustaina
 ble Arlington\, Green Port Neighborhood Association\, Mass. Chapter of Sie
 rra Club- Greater Boston\, Belmont Citizen Forum\, Mass. Peace Action\, My
 stic River Watershed Association\n\nStart time: 7:30 PM
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SUMMARY:Save the Maple Forest Benefit Concert
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