Thursday February 9, 2012
8:00PM - - -
Concert featuring Israeli Hip Hop Violinist
Category :: Young Adult
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The Anti-Defamation League, the American Friends of the Israel
Sport Center for the Disabled and American Friends of Magen David Adom are pleased to announce
that they will be hosting a benefit concert featuring Grammy® Award-Winning, hip-hop violinist, Miri
Ben-Ari. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Lincoln Hall, located at
2424 North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. All proceeds from the event benefit the three presenting
organizations.
General admission tickets are available for $45 and VIP tickets are available for $85. VIP tickets include
a reception starting at 6 p.m. with Miri Ben-Ari, appetizers and drinks. Tickets go on sale starting on
November 30, 2011, at www.afiscd.org/mirichicago.
Originally from Israel, Miri Ben-Ari has been recognized as a musical pioneer due to her revolutionary
fusion of classical style with jazz, R&B and hip hop. She has helped sell millions of records by
collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay -Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia
Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Brandy, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson
and John Legend.
Miri Ben-Ari also was honored as an International Jewish Women To Watch of 2007, received the 2008
Israel Film Festival Visionary Award, the American Society for Yad Vashem 2011 Young Leadership
Associates Remembrance Award and she is the first Israeli to receive the Martin Luther King Award
from Israeli President, Shimon Peres. In 2011 Miri Ben-Ari was invited by America's First Lady,
Michelle Obama, as a “Remarkable Woman” Mentor to be a part of the annual celebration of Women's
History Month and to perform at the White House. More information on Miri Ben-Ari is available at
www.miribenari.com.
If you would like to sponsor the event, or if you have any questions, please contact Jenna Benn at
[email protected], Stu Nitzkin at [email protected] or Leemor Dotan at [email protected]. For
more information about the event, please visit: www.afiscd.org/mirichicago.
Sport Center for the Disabled and American Friends of Magen David Adom are pleased to announce
that they will be hosting a benefit concert featuring Grammy® Award-Winning, hip-hop violinist, Miri
Ben-Ari. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Lincoln Hall, located at
2424 North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. All proceeds from the event benefit the three presenting
organizations.
General admission tickets are available for $45 and VIP tickets are available for $85. VIP tickets include
a reception starting at 6 p.m. with Miri Ben-Ari, appetizers and drinks. Tickets go on sale starting on
November 30, 2011, at www.afiscd.org/mirichicago.
Originally from Israel, Miri Ben-Ari has been recognized as a musical pioneer due to her revolutionary
fusion of classical style with jazz, R&B and hip hop. She has helped sell millions of records by
collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay -Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia
Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Brandy, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson
and John Legend.
Miri Ben-Ari also was honored as an International Jewish Women To Watch of 2007, received the 2008
Israel Film Festival Visionary Award, the American Society for Yad Vashem 2011 Young Leadership
Associates Remembrance Award and she is the first Israeli to receive the Martin Luther King Award
from Israeli President, Shimon Peres. In 2011 Miri Ben-Ari was invited by America's First Lady,
Michelle Obama, as a “Remarkable Woman” Mentor to be a part of the annual celebration of Women's
History Month and to perform at the White House. More information on Miri Ben-Ari is available at
www.miribenari.com.
If you would like to sponsor the event, or if you have any questions, please contact Jenna Benn at
[email protected], Stu Nitzkin at [email protected] or Leemor Dotan at [email protected]. For
more information about the event, please visit: www.afiscd.org/mirichicago.
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
Lincoln Hall
Address:
2424 North Lincoln Avenue
City:
Chicago
Contact Name:
Joshua Taustein
Phone:
8473085168
Email:
Web:
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