LEO Weekly

Lindsay Ronay has two small children and works part time for Eco-Cell, a company she and her husband started that recycles used cell phones. She has never been to the Darfur region of Sudan, which is ravaged by genocide. Her travels became irrelevant, however, after Ronay heard a BBC radio broadcast about a mother in Darfur who was forced to shoot one of her own children. “For three days, I couldn’t sleep,” she said.Ronay wanted to do something. She knew musicians, public relations and marketing pros, and her background in event planning led to brainstorming. That brainstorming led to Darfur at Dusk. The benefit concert will raise money that in turn will be sent to the American Refugee Committee (www.arcrelief.org), a charity that caught Ronay’s attention because it focuses on gender-based violence. “Their last report shows that 90 cents out of every dollar goes to direct aid,” Ronay said, so she was reassured the donations would make it to Darfur.Collection boxes will be placed on the trolleys at the trolley hops so people who don’t go to the event can help.Drag City recording artists and hometown act King Kong will perform, as will the mighty Love Jones, three of whom are traveling from Los Angeles to be here. Minnow, which features members of Second Story Man, Black Cross and the early Louisville punk band Your Food, performs, as does honky-tonker Johnny Berry.The event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Mellwood Arts & Entertainment Center (1860 Mellwood Ave.). Tickets are $25 for general admission and $15 for students and can be bought at the door or at www.darfuratdusk.org. Maybe afterward, Ronay can get some sleep.