SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Town Library’s annual Adult Summer Reading program begins June 18. This year’s theme is Libraries Rock!, and will kick off with the Vermont Humanities Council program, “How the Guitar Conquered America” at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at the First Congregational Church.
When the guitar first hit these shores 450 years ago, it was a small, unimpressive folk instrument. Now, more guitars are sold in America than all other musical instruments combined. How did this unlikely conquest take place? Tim Brookes will address that question with demonstrations, displays, and slides. He touches on the rise of technologies and speaks to the guitar’s importance in defining national, ethnic, and regional identity. He also connects the guitar to such utterly unexpected incidents as the importance of the Confederate Steam Ship Shenandoah, Bonnie and Clyde’s life of crime, and the sad demise of Strenuous Lifer, the pig in the Coney Island Zoo.
This program is free, accessible to all, and open to the public. For more information, contact the library at (802) 885-3108 or [email protected].
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