Alumni are cordially invited to come and enjoy WAMFEST 2013: The Appalachian Heritage a series of performances designed to celebrate the contributions of Appalachia to American music and literature past and present, while simultaneously highlighting the need to protect that heritage and mountains that gave birth to these arts. This year’s programming is inspired by the work of two important people in Appalachian history: Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a premier collector of Appalachian songs and preserver of Appalachian culture from the early 20th Century, and Joe Lovett, the contemporary pioneering environmental lawyer who has fought to end mountain-top removal coal mining in Appalachia and around the country. These unique yet thematically integrated events and impressive list of guest artists are scheduled for October 28th at the Metro Campus, and the 29th and 30th at the College at Florham. WAMFEST is an annual series hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s (FDU) Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences and its creative writing program that has received the recognition and partial sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 2009, the Words and Music Festival has celebrated the literary qualities of popular music and broken the barriers between the community and academia. The contributions of past artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Robert Pinsky, Roseanne Cash and Eugene Mirman have helped bridge the gap between the literature in universities and of the people. Your participate in these events and assistance in promoting the programming to a broad base of community, collegial, and student representatives is much appreciated. The attached WAMFEST flyer can be used for broad dissemination as it includes embedded links to the WAMFEST blog and registration. Registration and the latest information (including links to the blog, twitter and the website) can also be directly accessed at fduwamfest2013.eventbrite/. We hope to see you at these fun-filled literary and music events.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:13:25 +0000
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