Here’s something a little different to do on a Thursday night: The film “Playing for Change: Peace Through Music” will be shown twice tomorrow night at the Domino Room in Bend. Proceeds will benefit Bend’s community radio station, KPOV.
Screenings are at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., with doors opening 30 minutes before each showing. Tickets at the door are $6, and $5 for KPOV members. Children are welcome. Concessions, including beer and wine, will be sold. The Domino Room is at 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave. in Bend.
“Playing for Change: Peace Through Music” is an 84-minute documentary that takes viewers around the world as musicians merge their music into an inspirational tapestry by performing songs such as “Stand By Me,” “One Love” and “War/No More Trouble.” The idea is to gather musicians, singers and audiences to bring peace to the world through music. The film, which was produced over several years with a mobile recording studio and cameras, was the Audience Award winner at the 2008 Woodstock Film Festival and an official selection at 2008’s Tribeca Film Festival and Jerusalem Film Festival.
More info is at Playing For Change’s Web site, and more info on the local screening is at KPOV’s Web site. Below is a taste of what the film’s all about, and you should go poke around the group’s YouTube channel. It’s a treasure trove.
