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Leaving a Legacy
We'll talk to Ethiopian music legend Mulatu Astatke, and Russ Gershon, the director of the Either/Orchestra, about Ethiopia's fascinating musical tradition. In the 1960s and 1970s, the music scene in Addis Ababa was one of the richest in the world. But in the 1980s, political forces banned vinyl recordings and pushed musicians underground. Next, Marilynne Robinson tells us about her long-waited new novel, Gilead. Her first work of fiction since Housekeeping, which won a PEN/Hemingway Award in 1982, Gilead takes the form of a letter from an ailing 76-year-old preacher to his young son in Iowa in 1956. Then, Bret Wood and Richard Koszarski look back at the earliest days of film with a new four-DVD collection of Edison’s movies, "Edison: The Invention of the Movies." Finally, writer Adrian Wojnarowski and coach Bob Hurley look at back at the struggles, and unlikely successes, of the 2003-2004 season of a troubled high school basketball team: The Miracle of St. Anthony.
Ethio-jazz
In the 1960s and 1970s, Ethiopia’s music scene was one of the richest in the world. But that all ended in the 1980s. Mulatu Astatke and Russ Gershon of the Either/Orchestra explain why.
Events: Mulatu Astatke & the Either/Orchestra with guest DJ Timaj Sukker will perform on:
Monday, March 14th at 9:30pm & 11:30pm
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette St
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Music:
Ethiopiques: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974: "Yèkèrmo sèw" / "Tezeta"
"Alchalkum" by the Either/Orchestra
Ethiopiques: Ethio Jazz and Musicque Instrumentale 1969-1974: "Yèkatit"
A Man of Letters
Marilynne Robinson channels the spirit of a dying, 76-year-old preacher as he tries to leave a written legacy to his young son in her new novel: Gilead.
» Read an excerpt of Gilead in the Reading Room
Events:
Marilynne Robinson will be appearing on:
Monday, March 14th at 8pm
92nd Street Y
Unterberg Poetry Center
1395 Lexington Ave.
Music: Soundtrack to The Cider House Rules, music by Rachel Portman: "Homer Returns to the Orphanage"
Birth of a Medium
Bret Wood and Richard Koszarski have collected Edison’s films for a four-DVD look at the early days of cinema: "Edison: The Invention of the Movies."
» More on "Edison: The Invention of the Movies"
Music:
Lonesome, The Alloy Orchestra: "Weekend"
Full Court Pressure
Writer Adrian Wojnarowski and coach Bob Hurley look back at the struggles and unlikely successes of a team of troubled high school basketball players: The Miracle of St. Anthony.
Music: M2, Marcus Miller: "Cousin John"
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