Renowned folk musicians Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy will perform a benefit concert in the Main Reading Room of Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., Brattleboro, on Friday, November 6 at 7PM.
Barrand and Murphy will feature songs and ballads composed by James Atwood and family members during the mid19th century in West Dover, Vermont.
The Atwood collection includes dramatic ballads, romantic and funny songs about domestic life and marriage, and children’s songs. Tony and Keith will sing “Jubilee Jim Fisk,” a song about Brattleboro’s own Jim Fisk, notorious Robber Baron of the Gilded Age.
Advance tickets are available at the Library’s Main Circulation Desk, or at the door on the evening of the event. The ticket price is $10 each and $5 for children under 10. Cash or checks made payable to the “Friends of Brooks Memorial Library” only. For further information, please contact the Library at 802-254-5290. The Library is located at 224 Main Street in Brattleboro.
This is a Friends of Brooks Memorial Library benefit concert. The mission of the Friends is to support the Library through advocacy, public relations and fundraising. Funds raised through concerts and other events help support the
Library’s First Wednesday lecture series, technology updates, Children’s Room activities, and purchase of library materials
