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Delta Blues
Calendar Listing
July 21, 2016
CELEBRATE "JOHN LEE HOOKER MONTH"
AT DELTA BLUES MUSEUM
CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
Special museum events and exhibits running throughout the month of August,
in collaboration with University of Mississippi Blues Archive and
the John Lee Hooker Estate.
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JOHN LEE HOOKER SPECIALTY ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Including the new John Lee Hooker Lane street sign and several titles on CD and vinyl, in addition to boxed sets and the biography, "Boogie Man."
In the Delta Blues Museum Gift shop during normal business hours.
JOHN LEE HOOKER "ARTIST SPOTLIGHT" FEATURE
On the Delta Blues Museum
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| MID-MONTH |
SPECIAL PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: "THE ROOTS OF JOHN LEE HOOKER"
Compiled by Mike Rugel and available on the Delta Blues Museum website.
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11th - 14th |
2016 SUNFLOWER RIVER BLUES & GOSPEL FESTIVAL
Special Museum hours on
Sunday, August 14th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm
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| AUGUST 12th |
DELTA BLUES MUSEUM BAND PERFORMANCE
With a special tribute to John Lee Hooker
On the DBM Main Stage, at 5:00pm.
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| AUGUST 22nd
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JOHN LEE HOOKER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Sponsored by Kroger. Open to the public; cupcakes free while supplies last.
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*All events sponsored by Shack Up Inn, Kroger, MAC, and Friends of the Delta Blues Museum. |
An assortment of JLH merchandise,
available in the Museum gift shop.
About
the Delta Blues Museum
Established in 1979 by the Carnegie Public Library
Board of Trustees and re-organized as a stand-alone museum
in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum is Mississippi's oldest
music museum. A 2013 recipient of the IMLS National
Medal for Museum and Library Services - the nation's highest
honor for museum and library service to the community -
and a 2014 recipient of the National Arts & Humanities' Youth Program Award, the Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to creating a welcoming place where visitors find meaning, value and perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American musical art form, the Blues. The Museum is also recognized as a Great River Road Interpretive Center.
For more information on events or programs, please call (662) 627-6820, or visit the Museum web site at www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
Members of the press may
register in the PRESS
ROOM on the Museum's website to access further
information, downloadable images and related materials.
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This newsletter is supported in part
by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state
agency, and,
in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal
agency.
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