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Throughout the year, the Center sponsors workshops, lectures, exhibits,
concerts, and conferences (on its own and in cooperation with other Library
of Congress offices and outside agencies) in order to educate the American
people about the importance of their own cultural traditions and the
traditions of others.
Announcement:
AFCnews Listserv: The American Folklife
Center is providing a new announcment listserv, AFCnews, for people who
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email notification of concerts,
lectures,
publications, and other news items. The list is for announcements
from the Center only, usually about one to three notices per month.
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Events:
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
The American Folklife Center's Concert Series:
For a calendar of Concerts follow this link: Concerts
at the Library of Congress, Folklife Concerts
Homegrown 2004: the Music of America concert series,
monthly from April through November, in cooperation with the Folklore
Society of Greater Washington and the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage.
Lectures:
Thursday
October 21: From Bridge
to Boardwalk: An Audio Tour of Maryland's Eastern Shore 12:00
pm-1pm in Mumford Room, 6th Floor of the James Madison Building,
Library of Congress. From skinning muskrats to often speaking in
a dialect
uniquely their own,
folks from Maryland's Eastern Shore have carved themselves a life
unlike that found anywhere else in the country. As development and
tourism
attracts people from the other side of the Chesapeake, this disappearing
culture has been captured not only in words and photographs, but
in the voices of those who live between bay and ocean. The Mid-Atlantic
Arts Foundation's publication From Bridge to Boardwalk: An Audio
Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore features 2 CD's with
over two hours of interviews with Shore personalities, historical
recordings,
music, and ambient sound. The
accompanying 76-page book includes a pull-out map, essays, photographs,
and tips to finding local arts and cultural treasures. From Bridge
to Boardwalk will be available for purchase at the lecture.
This presentation is part of the American Folklife Center's Botkin Lecture
Series.
More about this publication may be found at: The
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation's Web site
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