WESTPORT — “Deeper Than The Skin,” an exploration of issues surrounding race in America, will be performed by Reggie Harris and Greg Greenway on Feb. 20 at Voices Cafe at the Unitarian Church in Westport.

The presentation, in song and words, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, in the cafe, 10 Lyons Plains Road, as well as live-streamed. For tickets to see the performance, in person or online, click here.

It is co-sponsored by radio station WPKN-FM. Proceeds will benefit social-justice programs of the Unitarian Church in Westport.

“Deeper Than The Skin” is described as a “story of racial injustice faced down with creative resistance, friendship, music and joy,” according to publicity for the event. 

Harris and Greenway have been friends for three decades and, “While racial divisions in America brought them into two very different worlds,” the announcement says, “the amazing bonds of music, shared vision and sheer admiration, have brought them together as friends, colleagues and committed pilgrims on a journey that is Deeper Than The Skin.”

Harris is the music education director of the Living Legacy Project, a Woodrow Wilson Scholar and a teaching artist for the John F. Kennedy Center’s CETA program. Over four decades, he has performed African American spirituals, folk, gospel, rock and the music of the civil rights movement around the country.

Greenway is a folksinger with eight solo albums and an additional three as a member of the harmony trio Brother Sun. On the guitar, keyboard or ukulele, he has been described as “one of the strongest, and finest voices in folk music” by the The Boston Globe.

Event patrons, performers and volunteers must be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, according to organizers. People will be asked to show proof of vaccination and masks will be required at all times while in the building. 

For more information, contact David Vita at 203-227-7205, ext. 14, or david@uuwestport.org