RTP-area local music and culture

[MattHedt <DONT_SPAM_MEmfhedt AT mindspring.com>]

Hey Erich!

Erich Peace wrote:
> Whats up matt? 
> 
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> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of MattHedt
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:17 PM
> To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: The Handsome Family: September 14 Chapel Hill NC
> 
> Thanks for the info!
> -Matt
> ansmithers AT yahoo.com wrote:
>> probably something like 3:00 PM, or maybe, and I mean maybe, 5:00-7 PM 
>> or something like that.  Don't worry, I am sure the information will 
>> become available.  It is more likely it will be during the day, sucks 
>> for working folks, as Wilson Library has hardcore security due to all 
>> the special collections, also, although open and inviting to the 
>> general public, as a part of UNC as an academic institution, I would 
>> imagine that funding for such events consider it important that 
>> University community have access.  On the other hand, events like this 
>> are designed specifically for community outreach and enrichment 
>> outside the university, and to promote interest in and knowledge about 
>> the archives.  The building locks up at 6, like don't get caught in 
>> the stairwell or you have to call the cops locks up.  They do have 
>> some speaker based events that start at 6 though on occasion.
>>
>> There is probably no info on the website because no one told the 
>> person who handles such things to do so, and while it is a special 
>> event, the focus of the library is research and preservation.
>>
>> There never have been tickets issued before so I doubt there will be 
>> this time, that is way too much bureaucracy, plus, while they will be 
>> on a stage (a quite lovely miniature stage that I think will frame and 
>> suit the music Mr. and Mrs. Sparks nicely), the Pleasants Room is a 
>> lecture room essentially. I imagine it will be packed though, and 
>> people will be turned away.  Marcus could probably draw 180 from 
>> campus alone, and the Handsome Family as well for that matter.
>>
>> Sorry I can't be more helpful, although I do work at the SFC on 
>> specific projects and have nothing to do with this kind of stuff and, 
>> as seems to be common in deep and dark archives that I have worked in, 
>> I don't see other people too often.  I can say, information will be 
>> forthcoming I have no doubt, newspaper stories and the like.  The last 
>> few music conferences have had articles in the Indy and the N and O so 
>> I don't think this will be any different.
>>
>> On Jul 15, 3:53 pm, MattHedt <DONT_SPAM_MEmfh... AT mindspring.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Any idea what time? Is it general admission with no tickets issued?
>>>
>>> I wonder why there's no info on the website...
>>>
>>> -Matt
>>>
>>> ansmith... AT yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> The performance is in the Pleasants Room on the 2nd floor of Wilson 
>>>> Library on UNC's campus.  It is directly on your left if you enter 
>>>> through the front grand entrance with all the columns and such.
>>>> It is free and it is bizarre that Greil Marcus is moderating a 
>>>> discussion but he loves them apparently.  The SFC occasionally has 
>>>> hosted concerts and speakers and the occasional conference on 
>>>> hillbilly music and/or the politics and practices of cultural 
>>>> conservation.  All have been free and open to the public, although 
>>>> the conferences maybe required some registration.
>>>> here is a link to the sfc
>>>> http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/
>>>> The Southern Folklife Collection is located on the 4th floor of 
>>>> Wilson Library, housed with the Southern Historical Collection and 
>>>> UNC Archives, the North Carolina Collection is on the 3rd floor.
>>>> The SFC has well over 160,000 recordings and lots of other things, 
>>>> video, film, posters, print media, song folio, personal collections 
>>>> and all the stuff archives have.
>>>> Music from the SFC can be heard every Sunday on WXYC at 1pm on the 
>>>> Hell or High Water Program, and Back Porch Music also features music 
>>>> from the collection occasionally.  I believe a podcast from the 
>>>> collection itself is in the works.
>>>> There are often exhibits of interest in the Manuscripts Dept., the 
>>>> last was about protests in the 1960s in Chapel Hill and got a lot of 
>>>> visitors (some teachers must have assigned it) and it was excellent.
>>>> Currently is a random collection of items "discovered" in the stacks 
>>>> by library staff.  Also quite good. a bad ass Monterrey Pops poster, 
>>>> a Ron Liberti and Casey Burns as well, some historical documents 
>>>> about properties in Hillsborough, some letters and stuff from Dean 
>>>> Smith, and some even better stuff but you should go yourself.  hours 
>>>> (open
>>>> 9-6 M-F, 9-1 on Sat).
>>>> hope that helps.
>>
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