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I am so excited to share with you that I have an opportunity to contribute to the festivities this week celebrating the unveiling of the new MLK Memorial on the National Mall.  At 5:45 p.m. this Thursday I will be singing an original tribute to MLK by Phil Morrison and Ron Zack at the DC Convention Center Exhibit Hall Stage, Exhibit Hall A.  I also plan to sing "Rose of Love," a song I wrote based on two quotations from the Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah.  It is such a special honor to be a part of these events, even for only a few minutes, and I am thrilled to have been invited to sing this beautiful song.  I hope that you will be able to come and share this historic moment with me.

8/25/2011

Here's a video of the performance:

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I can't wait to see my Atlanta peeps!  I'll be in town August 13-18.  Check my "shows" page for info on where I'll be playing.  There may be more shows coming!  Go to my contact page if you want to get in touch with me directly about my visit.

I've been in the studio working on my second album, and I'm jazzed to share some of the new material with you!
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on the road 01/09/2011
 
Hey, The American Baha'i magazine did a feature on my traveling musical firesides. Thanks to the Baha'is in Arlington, Houston, Atlanta, Chattanooga, LA, Orange Country, Seattle, Tacoma, DC, and Dallas for hosting my performances in 2010! It was a great year. I do travel for my day job; if you are interested in hosting something if I come to your city, please let me know. I will be coming to Boston, Durham, Atlanta, and Seattle in 2011, and perhaps other cities as well. And anything within driving distance of DC is fair game for a Saturday night or Sunday morning. Message me at www.justkat.com/contact.html.
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recording!!! 12/30/2010
 
Hey y'all!  I haven't updated this for a while, but I've been busy traveling around, giving house concerts, and playing at local events in the DC area.  This week I'm in the Dallas area recording some new material with the help of my good friend and amazing guitarist Andy Sperandeo.  I can't wait to share it with you.  If you're in the area, you can stop by the Plano Baha'i Center this Saturday night, Jan 1 and hear some of my old standards from "Intone" as well as a few of the new ones we've been working on.  The venue is beautiful, the concert is free, and I'll be accompanied by a full band, so this will be great.  Hope to see you there!  Please invite your friends.
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Did you miss this presentation when I delivered it at Arlington prayer station or Tiny Planet?  Did you go to one of the previous ones and wish you had brought a certain friend with you?  Well, here's your chance to drag yourself out of bed on a Sunday morning and savor it!  I'll be giving the presentation again, perhaps with some new twists, at the DC Baha'i Center on March 28 at 11 a.m. and at the Houston Baha'i Center on April 4 at 10:30 a.m. Y'all come!

And if you're in a Baha'i community reachable from DC within a 6-hour drive and you're interested in having me give this presentation in your community on a Saturday night or Sunday morning, contact me.  I'll consider traveling farther if your community will provide plane fare and lodging.  I also travel for work, so if you're interested, go ahead and let me know even if you're not nearby, on the off chance I'll be swinging through your town some time this year.

If you've attended one of these presentations previously, I invite you to please post your impressions here in the comments section for the benefit of those considering attending the upcoming program.
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Sometimes it pays to be on Facebook.  By becoming a friend of Columbia Heights Day (Columbia Heights is the neighborhood where I live), I got invited to an awesome event organized by a new charitable foundation, CHARTS (the Columbia Heights Arts Foundation), which aims to "unite the different communities that live in Columbia Heights through the medium of art -- by extending outreach to all corners of the neighborhood for constructing dialogue on the arts, cultivating talent through community-based art projects, and allowing outlets of expression that are universal in their audience."  Is that not the coolest?  I've got to meet these people!

Check my shows page for details - I'll be performing at CHARTS' inaugural event, the Columbia Height Salon Series.  
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I will be playing at a dessert, poetry, and music night at a home in DC.  Thinking about playing some of my new originals!  Contact me for more information.
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Please come and join the third quarterly Interfaith Devotional sponsored by the Baha’i Community of the Town of Vienna and the Northern Virginia Family Church on Friday November 20th at 7:30 pm at the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center, 21415 Cardinal Glen Circle, Sterling, Virginia 20164.  The theme for this event is “Gratitude.” 

Representatives from various faiths will share a few words and prayers from their own faiths. There will also be various musicians [including me] who will offer their talents to uplift the spirit of this gathering.
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NoVA Baha'i Center
Please come and invite your friends to this spiritual evening and meet new friends from different faiths and traditions.

For more information please email Rhonda Williams at [music art 2 heal [at] aol [dot] com] or contact me through the contact form and I will email you a phone number you can call.
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I will be performing at the Arlington Prayer Station, 7:30 p.m. on October 12 in a private home.  Contact me for more details or email mitko(at)befriendedstranger(dot)com.

My performance will consist of a musical introduction to grassroots service activities conducted by Baha'is around the world for the spiritual enrichment of their local communities.  I will be playing a mostly acoustic set of my own compositions and a few covers related to study circles, devotional gatherings, children's classes, and junior youth groups.

"Thousands upon thousands, embracing the diversity of the entire human family, are engaged in systematic study of the Creative Word in an environment that is at once serious and uplifting. ... Responding to the inmost longing of every heart to commune with its Maker, they carry out acts of collective worship in diverse settings, uniting with others in prayer, awakening spiritual susceptibilities, and shaping a pattern of life distinguished for its devotional character. ... Aware of the aspirations of the children of the world and their need for spiritual education, they extend their efforts widely to involve ever-growing contingents of participants in classes that become centres of attraction for the young... They assist junior youth to navigate through a crucial stage of their lives and to become empowered to direct their energies toward the advancement of civilization. And with the advantage of a greater abundance of human resources, an increasing number of them are able to express their faith through a rising tide of endeavours that address the needs of humanity in both their spiritual and material dimensions." 

--The Universal House of Justice, April 2008
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