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Check here for all of the upcoming events at UCPL. If you have questions about any of them, give us a call at 314-727-3150.
Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and “Double Dare Ya” are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from?
Rhythm n’ Books is a book club that explores nonfiction books about music. Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. for an in-depth discussion of Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna.
For more information, email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
Louis Armstrong is widely known as the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century. He was a phenomenally gifted and imaginative artist, and an entertainer so irresistibly magnetic that he knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts four decades after he cut his first record. Offstage he was witty, introspective, and unexpectedly complex, a beloved colleague with an explosive temper whose larger-than-life personality was tougher and more sharp-edged than his worshiping fans ever knew.
Rhythm n’ Books is a book club that explores nonfiction books about music. Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, June 16 at 7 p.m. for an in-depth discussion of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong by Terry Teachout.
For more information, call the library at 314-727-3150 or email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
The remarkable story of a hidden New Deal program that tried to change America and end the Great Depression using folk music, laying the groundwork for the folk revival and having a lasting impact on American culture.
Rhythm n’ Books is a book club that explores nonfiction books about music. Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. for an in-depth discussion of A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America From the Great Depression–One Song at a Time by Sheryl Kaskowitz.
For more information, call the library at 314-727-3150 or email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
The definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1990s alt-rock festival Lollapalooza―told by the musicians, roadies, and industry insiders who lived it. From the New York Times bestselling authors of Nothin’ But A Good Time.
Rhythm n’ Books is a book club that explores nonfiction books about music. Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. for an in-depth discussion of Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour.
For more information, call the library at 314-727-3150 or email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
