Serving Up Wisdom Luncheon: Blues History & Live Performance

** Note: If you are registering a group larger than two individuals, please contact Madelyn McCaully at [email protected] or 410-396-5494 **

Space for this program is limited; registration required.

Join us for Enoch Pratt Free Library’s FREE luncheon series, which offers patrons an afternoon of engaging conversations, performances, and activities. Pratt is excited to work in partnership with several community organizations to bring in a variety of dynamic presenters and performers, with rich academic and artistic backgrounds to lead these programs.

What’s on the menu:

The Blues have played a significant role in the foundation of most American musical genres including jazz, rock and roll, R&B, soul, hip-hop, country, and bluegrass styles. The evolution of the Blues can be traced to late 19th century and early 20th century African-American musical and cultural traditions. Those styles included Mississippi Delta Blues, Texas Blues, and Piedmont Blues. They incorporated elements of European musical structures and African rhythms. Importantly, Blues is the soundtrack of African American History including the end of Reconstruction, The Great Black Migrations, and the Modern Civil Rights and the Long Civil Rights Struggles.

For September’s luncheon, Pratt is excited to welcome Baltimore Historian and Baltimore Blues Society Board Member, Bradley Alston for an exciting musical overview of the blues and its times including live music from some of the region's most talented blues musicians.

After the presentation, participants will be invited to participate in our regular book discussion group led by Pratt Librarians from the Fiction Dept.

Lunch will be provided.

Please contact Madelyn McCaully at [email protected] or 410-396-5494, if you have questions about registration or to request accommodations.

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