This December, join songwriters Ali Dineen and Aly Halpert for a special evening of song and comfort in community. In the pocket of time between two avalanching political events, Ali and Aly will share songs for the heart, for resilience, and for all of us doing the work of birthing a different world. Aly will be accompanied by Multi-instrumentalist Rachel Chang.
Come on in, loosen, and hold on:
"Things are not as they seem/
and you are not on your own
cause nobody enters this world alone." - Ali Dineen
Doors @ 7pm, Concert @ 7:30pm
$18-54 suggested donation, with NOTAFLOF (No one turned away for lack of funds)
Ali Dineen (she/they) is a songwriter, composer, visual artist and teacher. Born and raised and currently working in Queens, NY, she has performed at the Museum of Art and Design, the Caramoor American Roots Music Festival, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival, among other wonderful venues. Ali worked as Musical Director for the Stop Shopping Choir for several years, including on their 2024 national Love Earth tour opening for Neil Young. Ali was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in 2020, and is a 2025 NYSCA arts grant recipient. Ali works as the music director for local puppet troupe extraordinaire The Boxcutter Collective. They are currently working on a new music and theater piece about Joan of Arc.
Aly Halpert (she/her) is a queer Jewish musician, educator, and activist living on Lenni Lenape land in Philadelphia, PA, USA. A singer, pianist, and guitar player, Aly writes songs for building community and visioning different worlds. Aly leads music and prayer for Jewish community, including Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, Hadar's Rising Song Institute, Kol Tzedek Synagogue, and Let My People Sing. Her songs have been sung in national gatherings, song circles, and quiet moments of personal prayer, and have moved people all over the world. Her first full-band album Loosen was released in April 2022 with Rising Song Records. Aly believes deeply in the power of music to awaken us to the loss and hope we carry, expand our sense of possibility, and connect us to each other and our collective strength.
Rachel Chang (she/her) is a Jewish musician, songleader, and educator, as well as a music therapist, living in Philadelphia, PA. Drawing from the many communities and identities that have shaped her, Rachel leads with expressive guitar, sensitive listening, and a deep intention to cultivate belonging. She is the director of A Queer Nigun Project, which uses nigunim as a collective healing practice for LGBTQIA+ people, for Jews of Color, and for incarcerated people in Jewish community, and she is the ritual director at LUNAR: The Asian Jewish Collective. As a queer and multiracial Chinese-American Jew, Rachel has spent years grappling with what it means to belong, to take up space, and to be heard in Jewish community, and she has found music to be an invaluable resource.
Doors @ 7pm, Concert @ 7:30pm
$18-54 suggested donation, with NOTAFLOF (No one turned away for lack of funds)