Just a reminder that the American Folklife Center is hiring! We have a job for a folklife reference librarian, and two archivist positions for work on our Community Collections Grant materials. Find out all about the positions and apply at the link!
Click here for more information.
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The American Folklife Center invites you to a reception, screening, and panel discussion around "Language is Life," a new film from the PBS Series "Native America."
Â
Thursday, November 9, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:40 pm EST
Thomas Jefferson Building - Members Room (LJ162)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Registration is required. Follow the link for more info and a link to registration.
From Hollywood films on the big screen to sacred writing deep within the Earth, from long-lost voices captured in wax cylinders, Native people are fighting to keep their languages and ways of life alive. Though many of the approximately 170 Native languages spoken across the United States remain at risk today, it is a time of hope. A revolutionary effort to revitalize traditional languages is unfolding across Native America; and Native innovators are applying 21st-century technologies to save a core element of their culture and inspire future generations. “Language Is Life” highlights how Native heroes are using every tool to recover, revitalize and restore their linguistic traditions. This episode from the PBS series explores the use of a laser-assisted needle to recover Passamaquoddy songs recorded over a century ago and housed at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. It shows a team creating digital scans of Cherokee writing hidden under graffiti in a Georgia cave. In addition, Manny Wheeler (Navajo) shares his mission to dub Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars into Navajo. Their successes are changing Native America and the world at large.
Part of the PBS series Native America Season 2.
Presented with the support of PBS, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Providence Pictures
Click here for more information and a link to registration.
At the link, find a guest blog post by Professor Sarah Fouts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on this year's AFC Homegrown Foodways Film Series: Baltimore and New Orleans, which features two films premiering on the Folklife Today blog: "El Camino del Pan a Baltimore" on Tuesday November 7th at noon ET; and "El Camino del Mole a New Orleans" on Tuesday November 14th at noon ET. Then come on back to the blog for the films!
Click here for more information.
Join us for the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award Public Ceremony
Friday, September 29, 2023 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium (LJG45A)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC
Come join us as we honor the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows and acknowledge the 2020-2022 honorees in a live ceremony in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, September 29, 2023, 5:30 pm-6:45 pm. The NEA National Heritage Fellowships is the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each year since 1982, the program recognizes recipients' artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage. The ceremony is free and open to the public to attend in person, and will also be livestreamed on the Library's YouTube channel.
Click here for more information including the livestream link.
Join us for the American Folklife Center's latest Botkin video lecture, starting September 25 at noon. "Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools" by Paddy Bowman and Lisa Rathje.
Note:Â The video won't appear until about noon on September 25, at which point it will be at the link! If you visit the link before that, you can check out our blog...and subscribe!
Folklorists Paddy Bowman and Lisa Rathje present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S. They discuss their work with the influential non-profit organization Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, their visions, and the diverse and dynamic ways that folklorists and traditional artists are currently engaged in K-12, museum, and community education. For 30 years, Local Learning has trained American educators in folkloristics, created opportunities in education for traditional artists, created resources that bridge folklore and education, and developed important partnerships, including an ongoing relationship with Teaching with Primary Sources here at the Library of Congress.
Paddy Bowman is a prominent folklorist, author, educator and Local Learning’s Founding Director; Lisa Rathje is Executive Director of Local Learning and co-edits the peer-reviewed, multimedia Journal of Folklore and Education.
Click here for the premiere!
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Alejandro Brittes Quartet. Join the Library as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of exciting programs and activities, beginning with this celebration of music from Brazil and Argentina. Alejandro Brittes Quartet innovatively explores the traditional, cross-border chamamé musical genre, a confluence of indigenous Guaranà and Iberian Baroque influences, slow-cooked over centuries.
The concert will occur on September 21 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
The unique ensemble, based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, is composed of Alejandro Brittes (accordion) from Argentina, as well as Charlise Bandeira (flute), AndrĂ© Ely (seven-stringed guitar), and Carlos de CĂ©saro (contrabass), all three from Brazil. ChamamĂ©, whose epicenter is northeast Argentina, has been  inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Â
Brittes's musical career spans over 30 years. He has published 100 original compositions and 9 albums, and has performed in 10 nations in the Americas and Europe, collaborating with chamamĂ© legends such as RaĂşl Barboza and Chango Spasiuk. For 2023 U.S. touring, Alejandro Brittes Quartet is supported by IbermĂşsicas/Mid Atlantic Arts´ Iber Exchange program, and the Lei de Incentivo a Cultura – Rouanet of the Federal Government of Brazil. Â
This event is made possible in part with the support of the Embassy of Argentina.Â
This event is supported by the Hispanic Cultural Society.
Click here for more information.
The concert will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
The Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center recently announced the opening of applications for the third round of Community Collections Grants, with a deadline of August 18, 2023 at 2:00PM Eastern Time. Find more information, and instructions on how to apply, at the link!
These grants will support individuals or non-profit organizations in producing cultural documentation–photographs, interviews, audio or video recordings about their community from the community’s perspective. Materials gathered through this program will become part of the Library’s permanent collection, while locally-held copies can enhance (or seed) community archives. This exciting program is part of the larger Of the People: Widening the Path initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation that creates dynamic opportunities for more people to engage with the Library. All activity under the initiative will expand the Library’s efforts to ensure that our historical record reflects a diversity of experiences, thus weaving a more inclusive American story.
Formal Notices of Funding Opportunity can be found on Grants.gov for individuals and for organizations. The due date for applications is August 18, 2023 at 2:00PM Eastern Time. Grants will be up to $50,000, and will support projects of up to 12-months in length.Â
Click here for more information.
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
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Click here for more information.
We're sorry to report that the Reverend Robert Jones has had to postpone his Homegrown 2023 appearance in the Coolidge Auditorium as part of Thursday's Live at the Library festivities. But our friend Christylez Bacon has agreed to perform instead! Bacon's performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When entering the Library, please tell the officers on duty you are there for a concert event.Â
Christylez Bacon (pronounced: chris-styles) is a Grammy Nominated Progressive Hip-Hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast, Washington, DC. As a performer, Christylez multi-tasks between various instruments such as the West African djembe drum, acoustic guitar, and the human beat-box (oral percussion), all while continuing the oral tradition of storytelling through his lyrics.
With a mission towards cultural acceptance and unification through music, Christylez is constantly pushing the envelope – from performances at the National Cathedral, to becoming the first Hip-Hop artist to be featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. He has composed and performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, collaborated with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and created an intentional culture exchange project and subsequent documentary between Washington, DC and BrasĂlia, Brazil.
In Washington, DC, Christylez began a cross-cultural collaborative concert series, “Washington Sound Museum” (WSM). WSM is a monthly intimate celebration of music featuring guest artists from diverse musical genres with Christylez Bacon and his progressive hip-hop orchestra. Since WSM’s inception, Christylez has collaborated with artists from various cultural backgrounds, ranging from the Hindustani & Carnatic music of India, the contemporary Arabic music of Egypt, and the music of Brazil. At the beginning for the pandemic, Christylez saw this socially-distant period as an opportunity to bring international artists and audiences together in an online video series titled, Beatbox Remix Series.
When we contacted Christylez about stepping in, he was on his way to an appearance at the White House! We're excited to see what he brings to the Coolidge Auditorium!
Click here for more information.
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Rev. Robert B. Jones, an award-winning musician and a scholar of African American musical traditions. Jones’s performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. is an inspirational musician and storyteller celebrating the history, humor, and power of American roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American music is shared in live performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs. For more than thirty years Robert has entertained and educated audiences of all ages in schools, colleges, libraries, union halls, prisons, churches and civil rights organizations. As an ordained minister and a Baptist pastor, he has an unwavering faith the cultural importance of sacred and traditional American roots music. At the heart of his message is the belief that our cultural diversity is a story that we should celebrate, not just tolerate.
Rev. Jones makes his home in Detroit, Michigan, and performs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, he is accomplished on guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele. He has recorded six albums of original and traditional songs. In addition to his solo performances, he often collaborates musically with his wife, Sister Bernice Jones, and his friend Matt Watroba. In 2017 Robert and Matt co-founded “Common Chords”, an educational organization designed to create community, cultural and historical connections through music and the arts.
Jones is an award-winning blues radio host, has taught music history at Wayne State University, and serves as a member of the affiliate faculty at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. He has written, performed, and recorded a one man show entitled “An Evening With Lead Belly.” Jones is also a nationally recognized storyteller, and has been featured at many festivals including the National Storytelling Festival.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Rev. Robert B. Jones, an award-winning musician and a scholar of African American musical traditions. Jones’s performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. is an inspirational musician and storyteller celebrating the history, humor, and power of American roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American music is shared in live performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs. For more than thirty years Robert has entertained and educated audiences of all ages in schools, colleges, libraries, union halls, prisons, churches and civil rights organizations. As an ordained minister and a Baptist pastor, he has an unwavering faith the cultural importance of sacred and traditional American roots music. At the heart of his message is the belief that our cultural diversity is a story that we should celebrate, not just tolerate.
Rev. Jones makes his home in Detroit, Michigan, and performs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, he is accomplished on guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele. He has recorded six albums of original and traditional songs. In addition to his solo performances, he often collaborates musically with his wife, Sister Bernice Jones, and his friend Matt Watroba. In 2017 Robert and Matt co-founded “Common Chords”, an educational organization designed to create community, cultural and historical connections through music and the arts.
Jones is an award-winning blues radio host, has taught music history at Wayne State University, and serves as a member of the affiliate faculty at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. He has written, performed, and recorded a one man show entitled “An Evening With Lead Belly.” Jones is also a nationally recognized storyteller, and has been featured at many festivals including the National Storytelling Festival.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
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The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with From China To Appalachia, featuring Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian. Â
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ 119
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that includes music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin.
The group’s repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music from around the world. Unusual combinations explore new arrangements to old music. Cathy and Marcy join Chao in singing Chinese songs, and Chao easily adds her love of American Old-Time music to fiddle tunes and songs.
From China to Appalachia was born of a friendship and mutual love of musical exploration experienced in jam sessions that inspired a show speaking to the power of music to connect cultures. The trio’s inaugural performances include the Music Center at Strathmore (N. Bethesda, MD) and the Ashe Civic Center (Ashe Co., NC). On their own, these awesome artists have performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on PBS and National Public Radio.
You may need a timed-entry pass to enter the Library on May 3. For information on getting a pass, click on the concert in the list on the page at the link. Then find and visit the "Plan Your Visit" link at the left of the page.
For more information, please call 202-707-1743. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Visit our upcoming concerts page for more information.
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Just a reminder that the American Folklife Center is hiring! We have a job for a folklife reference librarian, and two archivist positions for work on our Community Collections Grant materials. Find out all about the positions and apply at the link!
Click here for more information.
|
The American Folklife Center invites you to a reception, screening, and panel discussion around "Language is Life," a new film from the PBS Series "Native America."
Â
Thursday, November 9, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:40 pm EST
Thomas Jefferson Building - Members Room (LJ162)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Registration is required. Follow the link for more info and a link to registration.
From Hollywood films on the big screen to sacred writing deep within the Earth, from long-lost voices captured in wax cylinders, Native people are fighting to keep their languages and ways of life alive. Though many of the approximately 170 Native languages spoken across the United States remain at risk today, it is a time of hope. A revolutionary effort to revitalize traditional languages is unfolding across Native America; and Native innovators are applying 21st-century technologies to save a core element of their culture and inspire future generations. “Language Is Life” highlights how Native heroes are using every tool to recover, revitalize and restore their linguistic traditions. This episode from the PBS series explores the use of a laser-assisted needle to recover Passamaquoddy songs recorded over a century ago and housed at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. It shows a team creating digital scans of Cherokee writing hidden under graffiti in a Georgia cave. In addition, Manny Wheeler (Navajo) shares his mission to dub Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars into Navajo. Their successes are changing Native America and the world at large.
Part of the PBS series Native America Season 2.
Presented with the support of PBS, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Providence Pictures
Click here for more information and a link to registration.
At the link, find a guest blog post by Professor Sarah Fouts, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, on this year's AFC Homegrown Foodways Film Series: Baltimore and New Orleans, which features two films premiering on the Folklife Today blog: "El Camino del Pan a Baltimore" on Tuesday November 7th at noon ET; and "El Camino del Mole a New Orleans" on Tuesday November 14th at noon ET. Then come on back to the blog for the films!
Click here for more information.
Join us for the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award Public Ceremony
Friday, September 29, 2023 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium (LJG45A)
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC
Come join us as we honor the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellows and acknowledge the 2020-2022 honorees in a live ceremony in Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress, September 29, 2023, 5:30 pm-6:45 pm. The NEA National Heritage Fellowships is the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each year since 1982, the program recognizes recipients' artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage. The ceremony is free and open to the public to attend in person, and will also be livestreamed on the Library's YouTube channel.
Click here for more information including the livestream link.
Join us for the American Folklife Center's latest Botkin video lecture, starting September 25 at noon. "Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools" by Paddy Bowman and Lisa Rathje.
Note:Â The video won't appear until about noon on September 25, at which point it will be at the link! If you visit the link before that, you can check out our blog...and subscribe!
Folklorists Paddy Bowman and Lisa Rathje present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S. They discuss their work with the influential non-profit organization Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, their visions, and the diverse and dynamic ways that folklorists and traditional artists are currently engaged in K-12, museum, and community education. For 30 years, Local Learning has trained American educators in folkloristics, created opportunities in education for traditional artists, created resources that bridge folklore and education, and developed important partnerships, including an ongoing relationship with Teaching with Primary Sources here at the Library of Congress.
Paddy Bowman is a prominent folklorist, author, educator and Local Learning’s Founding Director; Lisa Rathje is Executive Director of Local Learning and co-edits the peer-reviewed, multimedia Journal of Folklore and Education.
Click here for the premiere!
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Alejandro Brittes Quartet. Join the Library as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of exciting programs and activities, beginning with this celebration of music from Brazil and Argentina. Alejandro Brittes Quartet innovatively explores the traditional, cross-border chamamé musical genre, a confluence of indigenous Guaranà and Iberian Baroque influences, slow-cooked over centuries.
The concert will occur on September 21 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
The unique ensemble, based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, is composed of Alejandro Brittes (accordion) from Argentina, as well as Charlise Bandeira (flute), AndrĂ© Ely (seven-stringed guitar), and Carlos de CĂ©saro (contrabass), all three from Brazil. ChamamĂ©, whose epicenter is northeast Argentina, has been  inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Â
Brittes's musical career spans over 30 years. He has published 100 original compositions and 9 albums, and has performed in 10 nations in the Americas and Europe, collaborating with chamamĂ© legends such as RaĂşl Barboza and Chango Spasiuk. For 2023 U.S. touring, Alejandro Brittes Quartet is supported by IbermĂşsicas/Mid Atlantic Arts´ Iber Exchange program, and the Lei de Incentivo a Cultura – Rouanet of the Federal Government of Brazil. Â
This event is made possible in part with the support of the Embassy of Argentina.Â
This event is supported by the Hispanic Cultural Society.
Click here for more information.
The concert will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
The Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center recently announced the opening of applications for the third round of Community Collections Grants, with a deadline of August 18, 2023 at 2:00PM Eastern Time. Find more information, and instructions on how to apply, at the link!
These grants will support individuals or non-profit organizations in producing cultural documentation–photographs, interviews, audio or video recordings about their community from the community’s perspective. Materials gathered through this program will become part of the Library’s permanent collection, while locally-held copies can enhance (or seed) community archives. This exciting program is part of the larger Of the People: Widening the Path initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation that creates dynamic opportunities for more people to engage with the Library. All activity under the initiative will expand the Library’s efforts to ensure that our historical record reflects a diversity of experiences, thus weaving a more inclusive American story.
Formal Notices of Funding Opportunity can be found on Grants.gov for individuals and for organizations. The due date for applications is August 18, 2023 at 2:00PM Eastern Time. Grants will be up to $50,000, and will support projects of up to 12-months in length.Â
Click here for more information.
The concert and interview will be at this link at noon on premiere day!
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Click here for more information.
We're sorry to report that the Reverend Robert Jones has had to postpone his Homegrown 2023 appearance in the Coolidge Auditorium as part of Thursday's Live at the Library festivities. But our friend Christylez Bacon has agreed to perform instead! Bacon's performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When entering the Library, please tell the officers on duty you are there for a concert event.Â
Christylez Bacon (pronounced: chris-styles) is a Grammy Nominated Progressive Hip-Hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast, Washington, DC. As a performer, Christylez multi-tasks between various instruments such as the West African djembe drum, acoustic guitar, and the human beat-box (oral percussion), all while continuing the oral tradition of storytelling through his lyrics.
With a mission towards cultural acceptance and unification through music, Christylez is constantly pushing the envelope – from performances at the National Cathedral, to becoming the first Hip-Hop artist to be featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. He has composed and performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, collaborated with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and created an intentional culture exchange project and subsequent documentary between Washington, DC and BrasĂlia, Brazil.
In Washington, DC, Christylez began a cross-cultural collaborative concert series, “Washington Sound Museum” (WSM). WSM is a monthly intimate celebration of music featuring guest artists from diverse musical genres with Christylez Bacon and his progressive hip-hop orchestra. Since WSM’s inception, Christylez has collaborated with artists from various cultural backgrounds, ranging from the Hindustani & Carnatic music of India, the contemporary Arabic music of Egypt, and the music of Brazil. At the beginning for the pandemic, Christylez saw this socially-distant period as an opportunity to bring international artists and audiences together in an online video series titled, Beatbox Remix Series.
When we contacted Christylez about stepping in, he was on his way to an appearance at the White House! We're excited to see what he brings to the Coolidge Auditorium!
Click here for more information.
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Rev. Robert B. Jones, an award-winning musician and a scholar of African American musical traditions. Jones’s performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. is an inspirational musician and storyteller celebrating the history, humor, and power of American roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American music is shared in live performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs. For more than thirty years Robert has entertained and educated audiences of all ages in schools, colleges, libraries, union halls, prisons, churches and civil rights organizations. As an ordained minister and a Baptist pastor, he has an unwavering faith the cultural importance of sacred and traditional American roots music. At the heart of his message is the belief that our cultural diversity is a story that we should celebrate, not just tolerate.
Rev. Jones makes his home in Detroit, Michigan, and performs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, he is accomplished on guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele. He has recorded six albums of original and traditional songs. In addition to his solo performances, he often collaborates musically with his wife, Sister Bernice Jones, and his friend Matt Watroba. In 2017 Robert and Matt co-founded “Common Chords”, an educational organization designed to create community, cultural and historical connections through music and the arts.
Jones is an award-winning blues radio host, has taught music history at Wayne State University, and serves as a member of the affiliate faculty at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. He has written, performed, and recorded a one man show entitled “An Evening With Lead Belly.” Jones is also a nationally recognized storyteller, and has been featured at many festivals including the National Storytelling Festival.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with the Rev. Robert B. Jones, an award-winning musician and a scholar of African American musical traditions. Jones’s performance will be part of Live! at the Library, the special series featuring extended visiting hours and special programming every Thursday night. It is presented in celebration of Juneteenth, in cooperation with the Folklore Society of Greater Washington.
The concert will occur on June 15 at 7:00 pm in the Coolidge Auditorium. The concert is free, but visitors will require a free timed-entry pass to the Library, which can be reserved by following a link from the listing. Live at the Library festivities begin at 5:00 pm and the concert is at 7:00. When reserving your pass, please select the entry time closest to when you think you’ll arrive at the Library. If all advance passes are gone, the Library expects to give away some passes at the door.
Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. is an inspirational musician and storyteller celebrating the history, humor, and power of American roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American music is shared in live performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs. For more than thirty years Robert has entertained and educated audiences of all ages in schools, colleges, libraries, union halls, prisons, churches and civil rights organizations. As an ordained minister and a Baptist pastor, he has an unwavering faith the cultural importance of sacred and traditional American roots music. At the heart of his message is the belief that our cultural diversity is a story that we should celebrate, not just tolerate.
Rev. Jones makes his home in Detroit, Michigan, and performs throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist, he is accomplished on guitar, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele. He has recorded six albums of original and traditional songs. In addition to his solo performances, he often collaborates musically with his wife, Sister Bernice Jones, and his friend Matt Watroba. In 2017 Robert and Matt co-founded “Common Chords”, an educational organization designed to create community, cultural and historical connections through music and the arts.
Jones is an award-winning blues radio host, has taught music history at Wayne State University, and serves as a member of the affiliate faculty at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. He has written, performed, and recorded a one man show entitled “An Evening With Lead Belly.” Jones is also a nationally recognized storyteller, and has been featured at many festivals including the National Storytelling Festival.
Click here for more information.
Click here for more information.
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The American Folklife Center continues the 2023 Homegrown concert series with From China To Appalachia, featuring Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian. Â
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ 119
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Grammy Award winning American Roots artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer join with Chinese classical hammered dulcimer player Chao Tian in a show that includes music from China to Appalachia and beyond. Instrumentation includes yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), gourd banjo, five-string banjo, ukulele, guitars, dumbek, cello-banjo and mandolin.
The group’s repertoire includes traditional Chinese and Appalachian music as well as contemporary and traditional music from around the world. Unusual combinations explore new arrangements to old music. Cathy and Marcy join Chao in singing Chinese songs, and Chao easily adds her love of American Old-Time music to fiddle tunes and songs.
From China to Appalachia was born of a friendship and mutual love of musical exploration experienced in jam sessions that inspired a show speaking to the power of music to connect cultures. The trio’s inaugural performances include the Music Center at Strathmore (N. Bethesda, MD) and the Ashe Civic Center (Ashe Co., NC). On their own, these awesome artists have performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on PBS and National Public Radio.
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