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Tanuki

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Wed May 8, 2019, 06:11 PM May 2019

Joe Hill Road Show, May 16

May 16 Thu 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Joe Hill Road Show at Darkhorse Theater (Nashville), hosted by Davidson County Democratic Women and the Tennessee Arts Commission. Location: Darkhorse Theater, 4610 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville TN 37209. Joe Hill Road Show: A Musical History of the Early Labor Movement is an acclaimed educational and entertaining multi-media presentation by Shelby Bottom Duo (Michael August & Nell Levin). Comprised of live music, oral history, a slide show of historical images and a post-concert audience discussion, the Show has been performed 25 times at colleges, labor unions and community groups. Joe Hill was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He was a songwriter who is the precursor of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. He was framed and executed by a firing squad in 1915 and subsequently became a labor icon. This performance is sponsored by the Davidson County Democratic Women and the Tennessee Arts Commission. Free.

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Joe Hill Road Show, May 16 (Original Post) Tanuki May 2019 OP
I would like to go to this presentation. peacebuzzard May 2019 #1
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