BRATTLEBORO — Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron will perform music for social change, with Namaya Art Rat for Peace opening, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m., at Blue Heron Pond Studio, 773 Guilford St.
Neilson is a storyteller who “weaves an autobiographical sketch of satire and social commentary from his dairy farm roots to the Vietnam War, civil rights, liberation struggles in Central America and East Africa, border crossings, pipelines, guns, breastfeeding, parenting, sexuality, reproduction, humanism, lost loves, and more,” according to a news release.
His work has resulted in his winning several music awards and a 2015 nomination for the United Nations' Nelson Mandela Awards for lifetime achievement in peace and justice. Last year, he received the Arab American Women Association Award for Global Education Through Performance Art.
Nielson will perform with his wife, Lynn Waldron.
All proceeds benefit GRACE Cares (www.gracecares.org), a nonprofit whose mission is to partner with local heroes and communities on small-scale community development projects that make a difference by empowering people to improve their lives, with respect to local cultures and traditions and a focus on being a catalyst for change.