Music, arts come together at Alvernia University to raise money for Ukraine | Berks Regional News

Looking at, Pa. – The ongoing images of a war-torn Ukraine carry on to influence people today ideal here in Berks County. 

“We can’t allow for this to happen,” said artist and function organizer Lucille DiGiamberardino. “This is war crimes.”

The scenario brought to thoughts a information from her mother. 

“She was like, ‘Lucille, you have a obligation,'” DiGiamberardino recalled. “And I’m like, ‘Mom, I’m 1 person,’ and she mentioned a single human being can make the big difference.” 

Soon after that, DiGiamberardino turned to these at Alvernia College in Reading and artists in our area. 

“So when this took place, and they ended up encompassing Ukraine — the Russians — I figured, ‘OK, what can I do?’ I can do songs,” she said.  

The gain occasion for Ukraine will be absolutely free flowing, employing several areas on the campus of Alvernia, such as the Francis Hall Theatre. 

“We are likely to have folk audio and just persons joining and that form of factor,” DiGiamberardino stated of the party, “and when you appear into this lobby listed here, we have some arts folks, some crafts folks. We also have a caterer that’s likely to convey us coffee and tea.” 

The lineup for the reward Sunday will include things like multiple artists like the Brass Pockets and the Rockman Blues Band. 

The dollars lifted will go to GlobalGiving, an firm that suggests it “will help donors make secure and effortless U.S. tax-deductible donations to vetted, regionally-pushed corporations all over the planet.” 

“If I can carry in revenue for this, I am grateful to anyone that we can do this, and ship it specifically above to the Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugees,” DiGiamberardino stated.

She included, “I imagine that celebration of existence and contentment and dancing is anything that we surely want as we observe this war.” 

The advantage concert normally takes area Sunday, April 24, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.