CDL thanks Paul Burch, Fats Kaplin, and Catie Baumer Schwalb for sharing their insights into Michigan's music and culinary history. Enjoy these recordings of their presentations through December 14!
http://chelseadistrictlibrary.org/songtotable/
Song to Table celebrates Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress’s historic recording trips to Michigan during the Great Depression. Join Catfish & Onion, an education initiative that investigates and celebrates American culinary and musical culture, to explore the close links between the area’s food and music traditions and how they live on in Michigan today.
In the late 1930s, the Library of Congress initiated the Archive of American Folk-Song to capture the sound and stories of America’s diverse population. Led by Alan Lomax, the Archive first documented the populations of Michigan and Wisconsin and recorded hundreds of songs by German, Finnish, French, Polish, Servian, Swedish, and Slovenian immigrants as well as African Americans who had moved north during the Great Migration. Using a mix of archival material, live performances, and cooking demonstrations, Song to Table looks at how Michigan’s food and music traditions have informed one another over generations. Share a picture of your delightful dish and tag it with #STTcooking and #CDLrecipe to Instagram.
AGE GROUP: | Families | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Music, Arts, & History | Food & Cooking |
TAGS: | Paul Burch | Michigan | Folk music | Fats Kaplin | Catie Baumer Schwalb | Cake | Alan Lomax |
The Chelsea District Library is a single branch library serving the City of Chelsea and surrounding townships. The library has 4 small study rooms, one medium meeting room, and the McKune room, our main programming room.