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Saturday, April 17 at 8 PM
Zabriskie Folk Series
Adults $10, Seniors and Students $8, Children $5
Ruth Ungar (daughter of Jay Ungar), her husband Mike Merenda,
along with Pete Seeger's grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and the rest of the Mammals
present a gleeful mix of old-timey music, vintage pop and contemporary folk,
as sweet and as lively as anything you will hear this year. "The Mammals
play old-time stringband music the way Jack Kerouac wrote novels -- with an
abandon born of a deep understanding of structure and form. Their music is
wild, mirthful and masterful." Boston Globe
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Saturday, May 22 at 8 PM
Jazz 'n Samba
Bossas, Ballads and more from Brazil
Adults $7, Seniors and Students $5, Children $3
Vocalist Denice Peter Karamardian teams up with Doug Robinson,
guitar and vocals, to present a saucy evening of music from Brazil. Enhanced with
bass and percussion, they will coax you through the mountains, beaches and rainforests
of Brazilian melody and rhythms. Delight in the smooth Portuguese cadences, the sambas,
soul poems and melodic stylings that have swept through South America.
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Saturday, June 12 at 7 PM
Adults $7, Seniors and Students $5, Children $3
This quartet from Syracuse has been harmonizing the gospel
since 1961
and they are wonderful. They are sway-full and pray-full. Messrs. Smith,
Thomas, McArthur and Spears perform a mixture of traditional and original material,
both reverent and swinging. Our first ever gospel concert!
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Sunday June 27 at 2 PM
Free Admission
During the summer of 1864 a Pennsylvania regiment, mostly miners,
dug a tunnel under the Confederate lines and detonated an explosion that shook the
world. What followed was a classic fiasco. Charles Snyder, former mayor of
Aurora and serious Civil War buff, will clarify this segment of the movie,
Cold Mountain.
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Friday, July 9 at 7 PM
Creole River
Aurorafest Outdoor Venue
Free Admission; Donations appreciated
Bring the family, and chairs or a blanket and a picnic for an
evening of
rollicking music on button accordion, fiddle, drums, guitar, bass and
rubboard. Admire the scenery as you tap your feet to Creole River's danceable Zydeco,
Creole, and Cajun music guaranteed to boil your crawfish. Dancing encouraged.
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Saturday, August 14 at Noon
Free Admission
Folk musician Lynn Koch will perform Folk Songs of Upstate New York
to culminate the New York is Read, White, and Blue State Summer Reading Program. Lynn will
bring history to life by performing canal songs, lumberjack songs, and what he calls
"musical tomfoolery" accompanied by not-often seen folk instruments including the
mountain dulcimer. Be sure to bring your favorite bear and a picnic lunch to this fun annual
event. Co-sponsored by the Aurora Free Library
and the Morgan Opera House.
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Saturday, September 25 at 8 PM
$4.99 for all but children and they are $1.99
For this Cabinet of Marvels for the 21st Century the MacCormick
Brothers and
their cohort of regular folks draw on sources as far flung as the origin
of consciousness and the latest gee-whiz technology. This one of a kind event
promises to answer the eternal questions and to make you as happy as your five best
birthdays.
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Saturday, October 23 at 8 PM
Adults $7, Seniors and Students $5, Children $3
Enjoy the myriad talents of both professional and amateur performers
from our area. A potpourri of gifted local artists will play, sing, dance and declaim in
this eclectic performance to benefit the lighting fund of the Opera House.
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Free admission
"Four Wells College Writers"
will read from their original works. Cynthia Garrett, Associate Professor of English and teacher
of Fiction Writing will read her fiction. Sarah Roberts, the Victor Hammer Fellow at the
Wells College Book Arts Center and
Bruce Bennett, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing will read their poetry. A
guest student writer will round out the quartet.
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Saturday, December 4 at TBA
Admission TBA
The GeriActors will present "The Second Shepherd's Play " with emphasis on sheep-stealing
and slapstick.
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