Delta Blues E-Vite

Mississippi's Oldest Music Museum celebrates

its 36th year with a weekend of events!

AT DELTA BLUES MUSEUM

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Join us for anniversary cupcakes (while supplies last!) at the Museum

Special performance* by the 2014 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program award-winning Delta Blues Museum Band and very special guests, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm in the Gallery

* Event is free for Clarksdale residents.
Discounted admission is available for Clarksdale film festival attendees and AKA sorority members.

The DBM Band performed at the White House in 2014 for the National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award presentation, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.

Delta Blues Museum Ambassador Charlie Musselwhite participates in a Clarksdale Film Festival panel discussion, 6:00 pm at the Delta Cinema, with a special screening of the film "Take Me to the River" to follow.

2015 Grammy nominee and long-time DBM supporter Charlie Musselwhite.

*PLUS IN-STORE SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND IN THE DBM GIFT SHOP*

About the Delta Blues Museum

A 2013 recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Services--the nation's highest honor for museum and library service to the community--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 seeks $1.2 million for new and enhanced exhibits for its expansion, including the Muddy Waters Addition. Expanded exhibits will enable the cultural organization to better preserve and display the history and work of blues artists from the Mississippi Delta, and advance the Museum's ability to "tell" stories that inspire and educate future generations about this important American art form.

For online donations or 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 on the Museum website to access the PRESS ROOM for further information, images and materials.

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Shelley Ritter, Director

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.