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With special funding from the Wisconsin Humanities Council and the Appleton Library Foundation, the library will present a four-part series on bluegrass music in June. The programs will provide an opportunity to learn about and enjoy this uniquely American roots music. The schedule will be:

June 5th
Lecture: Bill Malone
Malone is a retired professor from Tulane University. His research specialties are Southern folk culture and Southern music. His publications include, Country Music USA and Singing Cowboys and Musical Mountaineers. He currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin and hosts "Back to the Country," a radio show on WORT, 89.9 FM.

June 12th
Film: High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Narrated by Mac Wiseman, this documentary relates the history of one of America's most enduring
musical forms. Includes the music of Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Brothers, and many others.

June 19th
Book Discussion: Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words 1966-1986 by Carl Fleischhauer & Neil Rosenberg
A collaboration between bluegrass music's premier historian and photographer, this book is a journey into the heart of a genuinely American music and the culture and the community that fostered it. Books available through the Community Services office. Discussion led by Elizabeth Eisen, Appleton Public Library

June 26th
Concert: Art Stevenson and High Water
This award winning four-piece bluegrass band from Babcock, Wisconsin is led by Art Stevenson. Art has been playing bluegrass music in the Midwest for 25 years. He was named "Favorite Male Bluegrass Vocalist" and has appeared on a dozen bluegrass, country, and folk music CDs and cassettes. Their repertoire includes the bluegrass classics of Bill Monroe and The Stanley Brothers, early country music, mountain songs, and new material. The band incorporates banjo, mandolin, harmonica, guitar, and stand-up bass. See the official Art Stevenson and High Water web site for more information.

For further information, contact Community Services at 832-1695