The Towne Crier Cafe
CONCERT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS!
Sunday, October 24, 2021 5:00-9:00 PM
The Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon, NY
The Towne Crier Cafe, 379 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508
Tickets: $20 minimum contribution/ $25 at the door
Special Supporter tickets: $75 - Includes front row seating, complimentary appetizer and drink (please call 845- 855-1300 for reservations).
VACCINATION PROOF REQUIRED.
Climate Solutions Week is a week-long series of events on October 17-24 held throughout the Hudson Valley to raise awareness and educate citizens on solutions to climate change we can all support. It is sponsored by Sustainable Hudson Valley.
This concert is a culminating celebration for the week of events and a meeting point for all concerned citizens in our ongoing collective efforts to educate and take action to address climate change. In addition to the musical performances there will be some short statements by Melissa Everett (Director, Sustainable Hudson Valley) on the “Let there Be Light International” work and Scott Beall (Founder, No Boundary Learning) on the role of education in the climate effort. For more information regarding Climate Solutions Week and a list of events visit: hvclimatesolutionsweek.org .
The performers:
Bruce Molsky is a self-described “street kid” from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water cabin in Virginia in the 1970s. His mission? To soak up the passion that was dramatically upending his parent’s life plan for him – authentic Appalachian mountain music – at the feet of its legendary pioneers, old masters who are now long gone. Today, Bruce Molsky is one of the most revered “multi-hyphenated career” ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music. For decades, he’s been a globetrotting performer and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. He’s also the classic “musician’s musician” – a man who’s received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators like Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler, Celtic giants Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine, jazzer Bill Frisell and dobro master Jerry Douglas, a true country gentleman by way of the Big Apple aptly dubbed “the Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddlers” by virtuoso violinist and sometimes bandmate Darol Anger. More info at https://www.brucemolsky.com/home
For nearly 50 years, through three generations, the Vanaver Caravan Dance and Music Company has been an integral and beloved part of the Hudson Valley community: promoting peace, celebrating our shared humanity, and transforming young lives through the magic of music and dance. Where can you find lindy hop, flamenco, Appalachian clog dancing, the Senegalese “Mama” Spirit Dance, New England contra dances, urban stomp dancing, Romanian stick dances, and Woody Guthrie’s folk tunes, plus reconstructions of Ruth St. Denis’ and Ted Shawn’s classics? Only with The Vanaver Caravan. Learn more at https://vanavercaravan.org/ .
Alberta’s Scott Cook (www.scottcook.net) has been living out of a van or a backpack for a dozen years now, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and elsewhere, and distilling his experiences into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. His fourth independent release, “One More Time Around,” was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and its opening track, “Pass It Along,” won the Folk and Acoustic category in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest, with UK magazine Maverick Country naming him “one of Canada’s most inspiring and imaginative storytellers.” His sixth studio album, “Further Down the Line,” won him his second CFMA nomination (English Songwriter of the Year), and comes packaged in a 132-page book containing a look back, in words and pictures, on a decade of full-time travel. Scott is currently touring in support of his seventh collection, “Tangle of Souls,” which comes in a hardcover book of road stories and ruminations, both personal and political.