Community Corner
Greenwich Library Celebrates Black History Month
Bestselling author and musician James McBride will perform in town later this month; special film screenings also are scheduled.
Black History Month honors the achievements of black Americans and recognizes the central role of African Americans in U.S. history and to celebrate, Greenwich Library will present a month-long series of film, music and literary events in the Cole Auditorium.
Greenwich Library’s Peterson Concert Series is proud to host author and musician James McBride and his Good Lord Bird Gospel Band, Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. for an afternoon of words and music in the Cole Auditorium—guaranteed to have you on your feet.
The afternoon will combine selected readings from McBride’s National Book Award winning novel, The Good Lord Bird, with performances of spirituals and jazz renditions of classic gospel songs inspired by abolitionist John Brown, a key figure in the novel. The quintet includes Show Tyme Brooks (drums), Trevor Exter (bass), Keith Robinson (guitar), Adam Faulk (piano), James McBride (sax) and the whole band on vocals.
McBride is an author, musician and screenwriter. His memoir, The Color of Water, was a New York Times bestseller. McBride studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music and received his Master’s in ournalism from Columbia University at age 22. He is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU.
The Peterson Concert Series is free. Doors open at 3 pm. For more information contact Peterson Music Librarian David Waring at dwaring@greenwichlibrary.org or call (203) 622-7917.
The Friends Friday Film Series will present films in recognition of Black History Month. On Friday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m., Selma, a chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, will be shown.
The Library will continue its celebration of Black History Month with a screening of John Coltrane: Live in ‘60, ‘61 & ‘65 on Friday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. “Trane” was one of the most influential jazz musicians to emerge since the 1950’s. This film shows the saxophone titan at his peak during three performances in Europe, just before his death in 1967 at age 40.
The Friday Film Series is open to all at no charge. Showtime is 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:40 p.m.
Call 203-622-7910 for more information.
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