From the Kitka newsletter:

Stand with Ukraine:
DakhaBrakha @ SFJazz
Archival Concert Stream and Fundraiser

Friday, March 4 at 7:30pm &
Saturday, March 5 at 11am
Pacific Time (US)

Learn more, donate, and watch: https://www.sfjazz.org/watch
As an expression of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, SFJAZZ will stream a 2018 San Francisco performance of Kyiv's brilliant and beloved "ethno-chaos" band DakhaBrakha.
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To amplify DakhaBrakha's powerful music and message, the broadcast will be free to anyone. We encourage viewers who are able to donate generously to the DakhaBrakha Fund. 100% of concert stream proceeds will benefit the band's families and neighbors, and organizations aiding civilians in Ukraine.

Read an interview with DakhaBrakha members in today's New York Times. (registration required) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/arts/music/dakhabrakha-ukraine.html


Songs and Sovereignty in Ukraine: An Online Lecture
with Maria Sonevytsky
Tuesday, March 8
5:30pm Pacific Time

FREE / Preregistration required
Learn more and register online https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtc--hqj8iGdVUNJIrdSakwvF2yrGzDQpA
Hosted by the University of Washington

Maria Sonevytsky, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Music at Bard College, vocalist, accordionist, author of "Wild Music: Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine" and producer of the Chornobyl Songs Project, will contextualize Russia's unfolding invasion of Ukraine through the history of traditional and contemporary music and the testimonials of Ukrainians, especially musicians, who have been living in geopolitical precariousness for their entire lives.

"I never pray, but since last week it is all I do. I pray for peace. I pray for de-escalation. I pray for the ordinary Ukrainians--some of whom I know and love--who are displaced, waiting in bomb shelters, etc. I pray for the people experiencing racism at the border. And I pray for the ordinary Russians whose economy and futures are also imploding, who didn't ask for this suicide mission in their names. And I pray for all of us." —Maria Sonevytsky

Watch "Understanding the War on Ukraine through Its Musical Culture: An Introduction in Four Songs", another insightful presentation by Maria Sonevytsky on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex6R1-XGg9s