{"id":4097,"date":"2011-09-20T10:07:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T14:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:08:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:08:24","slug":"the-swing-set-a-new-york-based-trio-is-set-to-perform-thursday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2011\/09\/20\/the-swing-set-a-new-york-based-trio-is-set-to-perform-thursday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swing Set, a New York-Based Trio, is Set to Perform Thursday Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Benny Goodman\u2019s band popularized many tunes from the \u201cAmerican Songbook,\u201d including Irving Berlin\u2019s \u201cBlue Skies,\u201d and \u201cI Got Rhythm\u201d by George and Ira Gershwin. Goodman integrated the big band era when he invited black musicians to join his group starting in 1936. Courtesy of the Library of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Swing Set, a New York-based trio, will perform selected favorites by songwriters featured in the library’s current exhibit, “A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 1910-1965.”<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 22, 6-7:30 P.M.<\/p>\n

Heritage Room– 5th floor of the library<\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n<\/a>Visit Current Exhibits at the Library<\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\n

To RSVP and for further information, contact Michael Knies at 570-941-6341 or kniesm2@scranton.edu<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>“A Fine Romance” is visiting 55 sites throughout the U.S. in 2011-2012.\u00a0 It was curated by David Lehman and developed by Nextbook, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office.\u00a0 The national tour of the exhibit has been made possible by the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation, the David Berg Foundation, an anonymous donor, and Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life.\u00a0 A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs<\/em>\u00a0 is also a book by David Lehman, published by Nextbook\/Schocken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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