The Consulate General of the in Chicago in cooperation with Klas Restaurant would like to invite you to a fundraising event in order to support the Disaster Relief Fund to West, Texas where the majority of residents is of Czech origin.

It will be our pleasure to welcome you to a benefit concert of Phil Shoenfelt, which will be held on May 31, 2013 at 8 p.m. in Klas Restaurant, 5734 West Cermak Road, Cicero, 60804, www.klasrestaurant.com.

Phil is an English musician and author who lived for many years in New York and who now lives in , Czech Republic. In New York, early 1980s, he founded the post-punk band Khmer Rouge. In 1989 his first solo EP, "Charlotte's Room", was released by Mark E. Smith's label Cog Sinister. The title track and the b-side "The Long Goodbye" were mixed by and Mark E. Smith. Since 1995 Shoenfelt lives in Prague, where he put together his current band, Phil Shoenfelt & Southern. With Southern Cross he recorded by now four albums (Blue Highway, Dead Flowers For Alice, Ecstatic, Paranoia.com) and one EP called "Electric Garden" (2002). Phil Shoenfelt also collaborated with . On Sudden's 1997/1998 tour Shoenfelt was the lead guitarist. After the tour Sudden and Shoenfelt went into a Berlin studio and recorded "Golden Vanity", which was finally released in 2009 by Easy Action Records. As well as being a singer/songwriter, Shoenfelt is a published author. His autobiographical novel "Junkie Love" won a "Firecracker Alternative Books Awards 2002". The novel is available in original English, Czech and Italian language.

The suggested donation: 10 USD and above.