"In a cruel twist, one of those organizers, local musician and influential scene shaper Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra was involved in his own traffic accident in November, which left him hospitalized with serious injuries. Sunday's DHMC show takes place at Tarpon River Brewing in Fort Lauderdale, an all-day music festival beginning at noon with dozens of top local musicians performing."
"A war story: Florida Grand Opera will bring the powerful " Silent Night" to the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale this weekend for performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday. This dramatic retelling of the 1914 Christmas Truce - when enemy combatants on the World War I battlefield paused to sing together, pray together and play soccer together on an extraordinary Christmas Eve - will be performed in three languages (with English and Spanish translations projected)."
An annual benefit festival raises funds for music scholarships in memory of Fort Lauderdale punk-rock guitarist Dan Hosker, who died in 2012 from car accident injuries. Organizers and local musicians created the event to honor Hosker's generous spirit. One organizer, Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra, suffered a serious traffic accident in November and remains hospitalized. The 13th Dan Hosker Music Continuum will take place at Tarpon River Brewing in Fort Lauderdale as an all-day festival beginning at noon with dozens of local musicians performing; proceeds will also support Falestra's recovery. Florida Grand Opera will stage " Silent Night," a multilingual retelling of the 1914 Christmas Truce, accompanied by the FGO orchestra and launching a Voices of Wellness program supporting veterans, first responders and nurses; tickets start at $25.
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