Doug Schmolz
Berkshire musician Doug Schmolze will be performing at the New Lebanon Library on Friday, April 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public, although donations for the performer are appreciated.
Schmolze’s program will include traditional folk songs and sing-along favorites as well as songs from the American songbook from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s from composers such as Harold Arlen, Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hammerstein. He will also perform solo guitar pieces from Latin American and Spanish composers including Flamenco.
Doug Schmolze studied guitar and composition at the Berklee School of Music, classical guitar with Alexander Bellow and voice with Virginia Berry, Michael Diesen-Barrow, Diane Ingraham Barnes and Frank Kelley. He has sung with the Pro Art Choral, the Lorien Ensemble, the Berkshire Bach Singers, Berkshire Choral Festival, Berkshire Opera, and the Cantilena Chamber Choir.
Father And Son Author Team
Local authors Michael and Diego Mongue will appear at the Library on Friday, April 18, at 3:30 pm, to talk about their quarterly comic book series, “Awesome Robot Science Fiction Action Comix.” The talk will be followed by Q&A and discussion, after which Michael and Diego will sign copies of the latest issue.
Awesome Robot started as letters left in Diego’s school lunches. Messages of encouragement like, “Have a great day at school” or “Eat your lunch and work hard” soon morphed into stranger missives, such as “Don’t eat cake from the cafeteria garbage pail.” These notes were accompanied by illustrations that eventually became the Awesome Robot series, the story of Dennis the Robot and his misadventures.
Mongue is an artist residing in Williamstown, MA. His work has been shown at the Left Bank Gallery in Bennington, the Arts and Crafts Guild in Dalton, the Flatiron Gallery in North Adams, the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York City, and the Deborah Davis Fine Art in Hudson, the Firehouse Cafe in Adams. He is the author of M.Mongue: Acrylic Paintings from a Berkshire Artist, as well as the Awesome Robot series which he writes with his son, Diego, who attends the fifth grade.
All are welcome at this free event, which is most appropriate for school aged children although interested patrons of all ages are welcome.
An Evening Of Jazz And Swing With The Limb Shakers
Berkshire band The Limb Shakers will be performing at the Library on Friday, April 18, at 6:30 pm. They will perform a program of old time jazz and swing music at this event, which is free and open to the public although donations for the performers are appreciated.
The Limb Shakers have played swing dances at Club Helsinki and given concerts throughout Western MA and New York.
The band features Allen Livermore on saxophone and clarinet, bassist Seth Travins, and Alfred Brewer on trombone. Allen Livermore has performed at clubs, restaurants, resorts, colleges and arts spaces throughout New England and New York. “Sauerkraut Seth” Travins has toured extensively as bassist for Hudson Valley band The Wiyos. Berkshire-based Alfred Brewer performs on alto, tenor and bass trombones and euphonium. He currently studies with Norman Bolter at New England Conservatory.
Grains on the Brain
Today tremendous attention is being paid to the impact of wheat on the human body. Join Kelly Crine, licensed occupational therapist, for a spirited discussion on this subject on Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 pm at the Library. This program is free and open to the public.
Crine, who has been studying nutrition for the past decade, will share what she has learned about how the consumption of grains can impact health. She will discuss and demonstrate methods for traditional preparation of grains to improve their digestibility
The New Lebanon Library is located at 550 State Route 20, ¼ mile north of the yellow blinking light at the intersection of Routes 20/22.