MAY 2 - Friday - 8pm (Music) Zula Presents An Evening with LATIF BOLAT St. James Community Hall in Vancouver 3214 West 10th Avenue (Corner of 10th & Trutch) Phone: (604) 739-9373 Web site: www.sjcommunitysquare.org An Evening with LATIF BOLAT: The Ancient, Healing Sounds and Sights of Turkish Sufi and Folk Music A globally known and revered musician and composer in the genre of Sufi music, Latif Bolat plays saz and sings devotionals by 13th Century mystic-poets Yunus Emre, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi and others, as well as Turkish folk music, rarely heard in these parts. As a scholar of Turkish music, the regions musical and socio-political history, Latif Bolat educates, while moving and entertaining his audience with his musicianship. A typical evening concert is preceded by an all too engaging lecture, story-telling session peppered with poetry and breath-taking slide images of Turkey. Whirlers and other dancers of joy and surrender are common place, as Bolats music is deeply spiritual and unwaveringly authentic! www.latifbolat.com Advance tickets are $12 at Burcus Angels (2535 Main St.), Highlife Records (1317 Commercial Dr.) and $15 at the door. Tickets can also be reserved at $12 by phone (250.247.7123) or email (hey at zula dot ca). http://www.zula.ca/?m=20080502&cat=6