Article: Divergent Worlds Come Together to Honor Daniel Pearl and Call for Peace - 'Fighting for Peace,' Music and the Spoken Word Event at the Knitting Factory, N.Y., Saturday, April 17, 7:30pm; - Celebrated Poet Ishmael Reed Performs Poetry and Works by Buddhist Philosopher Daisaku Ikeda; Music by Patience Higgins -.

NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlikely confluences of worlds intersect on Saturday, April 17, when renowned American poet Ishmael Reed recites his own poetry together with peace poems by philosopher Daisaku Ikeda, to the accompaniment of original arrangements by the Patience Higgins Quartet. Dedicated to the memory of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter slain in Pakistan in February 2002, the event takes place on Saturday, April 17 at the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street in Tribeca, at 7:30PM.

The coming together of Reed's and Ikeda's poetry with Higgins' music to honor and carry on the legacy of Pearl represents a meeting of divergent ...

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