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Follow on Google News | Gloucester Celebrates: "Lookin' for the Sunny Side of the Street: America's 1930s"Gloucester, MA, Nov. 6, 2010, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., the American History & Music Project presents a day-long event:"Lookin' for the Sunny Side of the Street: America's 1930s." Illustrated performances,exhibits, tours,lectures,films,concert. Info: imhct.org
By: IMHCT.ORG DATE OF THIS RELEASE: October 19, 2010 Contact: Jim or Maggi Dalton 978-744- EDITORS please note: 1) GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Celebrate an era filled with challenge and determination to triumph - America's 1930s - in the beautiful maritime port of Gloucester, Mass. - a town which met a difficult decade's challenges with plenty of heart, soul, art and music! On Nov. 6, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the American History and Music Project will present a day-long event in Gloucester: "Lookin' for the Sunny Side of the Street: America's 1930s." The AHMP Nov. 6 event is presented in collaboration with The Cape Ann Museum, The Cape Ann Community Cinema, and the City of Gloucester, and will feature, throughout the day, a series of illustrated performances for children and for adults, in addition to exhibits, tours, lectures, films, and a concert. Events at the Cape Ann Museum The Cape Ann Museum and Historical Association is located at 27 Pleasant Street Gloucester MA 01930 Ph: 978-283-0455 Events at the Cape Ann Community Cinema The Cape Ann Community Cinema is located at 21 Main Street - 2nd Floor Gloucester, MA 01930 (978) Films about Gloucester in the 1930s; other short films of 1930s vintage shown between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Events at City Hall Gloucester's Historic City Hall is located at 9 Dale Avenue Gloucester, MA 01930 Ph: (978) 281-9700 6:30 p.m. FSA photography lecture by Susan Erony 7:30 p.m. "Lookin' for the Sunny Side of the Street: America's 1930s" an illustrated musical performance by Jim and Maggi Dalton TICKETS: Tickets: Tickets are available for purchase online, at the American History and Music Project website; by mail; or on the day of the program at the door. Go to http://imhct.org for online ticket purchase, mail order form or for more information. EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, 11 AM TO 9 PM The day begins at 11 a.m. with a performance for children at the Cape Ann Museum. Step into a musical time-travel "Good Ship Lollipop" and fly back to the playrooms of 1930s children. Maggi and Jim Dalton will share songs from movies and cartoons, from 1930s schooldays, and music you might have learned by listening to the radio or playing an instrument; play a musical detective game (like Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys), more! The program is sponsored by the Goldhirsh Foundation and is free and open to the public. The day continues with docent tours and exhibits at the Cape Ann Museum. Mary Rhinelander McCarl, local historian and CAM volunteer, will present "How Gloucester Kept its Head Above Water During the Great Depression" at 2:00 p.m. in the Folly Cove Auditorium. Programs at the museum continue until 4 p.m. Attendees will be encouraged (via information included with the program, which can be picked up at various locations and which will also be posted online) throughout the day to tour the various WPA murals in the city, especially those at City Hall and at the Sawyer Free Library. Rob Newton of the Cape Ann Community Theater will offer an "open house, donations only" afternoon, showing a planned 15-minute independently- Evening events are designed to place the local history in larger historical context. The evening program will commence at 6:30 p.m. at Gloucester's historic City Hall with a lecture by scholar and artist Susan Erony. Her illustrated lecture will highlight Roy Stryker's Farm Security Administration Photographic Project. " Twenty-two photographers, including Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn and Gordon Parks photographed Americans, their culture, and their land. The images they made between 1937 and 1942 shaped the way we see 1930s rural America," says Erony. Erony's 45-minute lecture will introduce selected work of the photographers and analyze it as cultural documentary and commentary. For two decades artist and speaker Susan Erony has lectured, taught, written, consulted and made art about the role of art in and intersection with society. She has organized exhibitions on subjects ranging from the use of artistic devices in creating prejudice to those showcasing the work of one artist, exhibited extensively and has work in private and public collections in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The lecture will be followed by a short intermission, and then the evening's events will wrap up with a concert/lecture by Jim and Maggi Dalton which will traverse the entire decade of the 1930s in America with music, historical narrative and an illustrated slideshow to accompany the music. Previous audiences found the Daltons to be "engaging, scholarly, delightful, warm, intelligent, flexible, humorous, talented, versatile, enthusiastic, personable, joyful." The couple specializes in American 19th- and 20th-century music, history, and culture from parlor and stage. The Calvin Coolidge Historical Site/Plymouth Folk & Blues Concerts stated, "Simply put, Jim and Maggi Dalton are a national treasure." The Daltons have toured nationwide and have been featured often on commercial and NPR public radio, on television and in major-market newspapers and magazines. More information may be found on their Website: singingstring.org. Praised as "extraordinarily versatile," their performances feature repertoire drawn from the Middle Ages to contemporary music; and popular traditions including blues, jazz and Tin Pan Alley/Great American Songbook programs. The Daltons have released two recordings and compose and perform original material. They have designed a full spectrum of programs which they have performed throughout the United States, appearing at nationally-known historic sites such as Colonial Williamsburg; As artists-in-residence at various community and educational centers, they have presented series which address American history and various other topics in the humanities, using music as the core of each session. The American History and Music Project is a program of The Institute for Music, History, and Cultural Traditions, Inc. a 501c3 Nonprofit Cultural, Educational, & Scholarly Organization # # # The American History and Music Project a program of The Institute for Music, History, and Cultural Traditions, Inc. a 501c3 Nonprofit Cultural, Educational, & Scholarly Organization End
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