Round robin song circle led by TRICIA ALEXANDER– (performer, poet, healer, “with a voice, music and lyrics that resonate the heart”) done informally, not from the stage, no microphones. This is a lovely gathering of singers, songwriters, musicians and music appreciators, poets, and storytellers held regularly on the last Thursday of each month (except sometimes). Traditional Round […]
More than 4 decades as a touring professional have found Michigan native CLAUDIA SCHMIDT traversing North America as well as Europe in venues ranging from intimate clubs to 4,000 seat theatres, and festival stages in front of 25,000 rapt listeners. She has recorded nineteen albums of mostly original songs, exploring folk, blues, and jazz idioms featuring […]
The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and the Dwight Foster Public Library are pleased to host 3 local, award-winning poets. Marilyn Annucci is the author of The Arrows That Choose Us, winner of the 2018 Press 53 Award for Poetry, and two chapbooks - Waiting Room, winner of the 2012 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize (Hill-Stead Museum), […]
This special "Women of the Blues" from the 1920's to the 1970's show will cover artists ranging from Ma Rainey and Geeshie Wiley to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt. MARE EDSTROM and KENN FOX have been playing, teaching and researching the blues together for over 14 years; and Kenn has spent his entire life archiving 20th century […]
TIM GRIMM is a bit of a Renaissance man in the performing arts world. He has for the past 15 years blended his love for songwriting, travel, and the storytelling of acting (theatre, film and television). He is appearing her with son JACKSON GRIMM and fellow songwriter JON BROOKS. Tim has toured and recorded with his friend, […]
