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Public Event

Electronic Music Production with Mike Huckaby

Wednesday September 23, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: Training Center
Adults And Teens In Grade 6 And Up.

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Electronic Music Production with Mike Huckaby

Wednesday September 16, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: Training Center
Adults And Teens In Grade 6 And Up.

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Electronic Music Production with Mike Huckaby

Wednesday September 9, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: Training Center
Adults And Teens In Grade Six And Up.

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Public Event

An Afternoon with The Blue Water Ramblers

Saturday November 14, 2015: 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

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Blog Post

Gorgeous New Country-Rock: Traveller

by eapearce

Chris Stapleton’s first solo album, Traveller, has earned critical acclaim, particularly from NPR Music. Featured on NPR earlier this month, Traveller has now been ranked in the top 25 albums of 2015 so far by the organization. I think this honor is more than well-deserved! Stapleton’s story is a fascinating one. Born and raised in Kentucky, Stapleton dropped out of college and was driving an ice truck and playing music locally in the evenings. After encouragement from friends and fellow musicians passing through, Stapleton finally bit the bullet and moved to Nashville, where he began working as a songwriter for artists like Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker. One of the first songs that he wrote, “Nobody’s Fool,” was ultimately recorded by Miranda Lambert. Stapleton also lent his voice as backing vocals to many songs, but couldn’t seem to break out on his own as a solo act. He even recorded an entire album a few years ago, but his label declined to release it.

Traveller is the result of his final chance in the studio—or rather, what likely would have been his final chance if Traveller had proved a lesser album. Morgan Hayes, Stapleton’s wife, who sings harmony on the album, says that she can tell that Traveller came from a “deeper place” inside of Stapleton. The songs focus on common country themes: heartbreak, homesickness and hangovers, but the lyrics are well-crafted and, to borrow a line from one of the cover tracks, “as smooth as Tennessee whiskey.” Traveller is truly a beautiful album, and worth a listen even for those who don't usually enjoy country music.

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Lectures & Panel Discussions

Poets & Patriots: A Tuneful History of the United States Through The Tale of Francis Scott Key’s Most Famous Song

Monday August 17, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

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Blog Post

Fabulous Fiction Firsts #533

by muffy

The Silver Swan by Elena Delbanco is an intimate, passionate, triumphant story of love and betrayal, centered around a Stradivarius cello and the cast of characters who lust after it.

Mariana Feldmann, only child of world-renowned cellist Alexander Feldmann, emerges as a rising star herself at nineteen and is seen as the inheritor of her father's genius. It comes to reason that Mariana expects that the Silver Swan, Feldmann's a one-of-a-kind Stradivarius will one day be hers. Upon Alexander's death, Mariana is devastated to learn that Claude Roselle, one of his students and a rising European talent about to make his New York debut, will inherit the Silver Swan. As Mariana try to understand her father's decision by getting to know Claude, their relationship quickly evolves into a passionate, if contentious, affair.

Elena Delbanco, recently retired from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has long been engaged in the world of classical music. Her father was the renowned cellist Bernard Greenhouse (of the Beaux Arts Trio), who owned the Countess of Stainlein ex-Paganini Stradivarius violoncello of 1707. The imagined fate of that instrument inspired this debut novel.

The author will be reading and signing at Nicola's Books on June 9th, at 7 pm.

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Public Event

Siusan O'Rourke And Zig Zeitler: Traditional Irish Music And Folklore

Thursday October 15, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

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Public Event

An Evening with John Latini

Thursday September 10, 2015: 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

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Exhibits

Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life

Sunday June 14, 2015: 12:00pm to Sunday August 30, 2015
Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room Exhibit