Barry Louis Polisar & Robbie Schaefer to play benefit
Top children’s entertainers Barry Louis Polisar and Robbie Schaefer are teaming for the first time on Saturday, Oct. 16, in a benefit show for Hungry for Music, a nonprofit that donates musical instruments to underprivileged kids. The show, which will run from 2 to 4 p.m., will be held in the Takoma Park Community Center auditorium at 7500 Maple Ave. in Takoma Park. Tickets are $15.
Polisar (“Sesame Street,” The Learning Channel) is a pioneer in the world of books and music for children and a four-time Parents’ Choice award winner. Recently his song “All I Want Is You” was featured in the opening sequence of the Oscar-winning movie “Juno” and its acclaimed soundtrack. Just this year, a group of musicians who grew up on Polisar’s zany songs released a 60-tune CD, “We’re Not Kidding! A Tribute to Barry Louis Polisar.”
Polisar writes books and poems, visits schools and libraries throughout the United States and Europe, and has performed at the White House, the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center. He  began writing and recording for children in 1975; now his unique songs and stories are heard around the world.
Schaefer is the guitarist and songwriter for the acclaimed independent folk/rock band Eddie From Ohio. In recent years he has also turned his musical attention toward solo projects, and he released his first kids’ CD, “Songs for Kids Like Us,” in 2006. The success of “Songs for Kids Like Us” led to his post as music director of XM Radio’s Kids Place Live channel and host of the show “Robbie Schaefer’s Stuck in a Real Tall Tree.”
Washington-based Hungry for Music donates musical instruments to young students, schools and community music programs throughout the United States and in South America, Africa, India and Mexico. More than 3,500 have been placed so far.
Info: 240-582-6193 or 301-891-7100

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Admission

Adullt – General Admission $15.00 Children 12 and under $12.00