http://www.librarything.com/venue/4942LibraryThing Local events from Forbes Libraryhttp://www.librarything.com/venue/4942/Forbes-Library<b>Wednesday, June 19 (7:00 pm)</b> <p>Join us for a special performance with TOM MCCABE! Parents' Choice Award winning storyteller, educator, and creator and artistic director of Paintbox Theatre. Over his career, he's shared his tales, classroom workshops, residencies and family concerts with more than a million people throughout out the United States and abroad. This show is FREE and appropriate for families and kids of all ages!</p>88e5539654bc41c887aca21953c2d8d1http://www.librarything.com/venue/4942/Forbes-Library<b>Wednesday, June 19 (8:00 pm)</b> <p>We are delighted to present a FREE Midsummer Night's Lawn Concert. Samirah Evans is a highly regarded jazz and blues singer originally from New Orleans, now living in southern Vermont. Together with a 4-piece band, she brings her exciting repertoire which runs the gamut from raunchy blues to jazz smooth as silk. She has often been compared to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, and Etta James. She has toured Europe, Asia, and both North and South America as a headliner, and shared stages with a multitude of legendary artists from B.B. King and James Brown, to New Orleans' own Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas. "Samirah and Her Handsome Devils are amazing, the music is exciting and the energy is burning hot!" - Eugene Uman, Artistic Director of the Vermont Jazz Center "Samirah Evans is an effervescent presence with a mellifluously dynamic voice." - Annie Lawrence Guyon, Rutland Herald Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged. The Sugar Bakers Cake Truck, from Easthampton, will be present selling refreshments off all kinds from healthy to decadent. This event is made possible by the Friends of Forbes Library with additional support from the artists of the Hosmer Gallery. In case of inclement weather, the concert will take place in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum on the second floor of Forbes Library. Samirah's bio, credits and sound samples: http://samirahevans.com/</p>67c4a47fb51355c7296753153970b85f