Events in August 2019
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Evenings of Engagement with Acoustic Eidolon
Evenings of Engagement with Acoustic Eidolon
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August 7, 2019
Vail Public Library favorite, Acoustic Eidolon, returns. Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire are a tour-de-force of acoustic music, described as “Superb Musicianship” by the News Reporter, Washington, GA! Join us on June 27th at 5:30pm for light refreshments and AMAZING musical harmony.Joe Scott performs on a unique, custom designed double-neck guitjo, a banjo/guitar combination created exclusively by Joe and deemed by USA Today as “a beautiful harp-like sounding instrument…. like nothing they’ve ever heard before.” The double-neck guitjo has 14 strings. Joe can play both necks simultaneously, a technique he developed over time which continues to awe his peers as well as Acoustic Eidolon’s audiences.
Hannah Alkire was classically trained on the cello. She studied with G. Magyar of the Hungarian String Quartet and has won accolades worldwide for her exquisite tone and mesmerizing emotion she puts into each performance. Her inquisitive nature has prompted her to take her cello playing into uncharted territories, risky moves that have continued her reputation as a tour-de-force in cello performance.
Adult Summer Reading Program DrawingAdult Summer Reading Program Drawing
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August 7, 2019
During this summer, adults registered for the Adult Summer Reading Program, have been tracking their reading and visits to Vail Public Library.For every library program attended, a ticket was put in a raffle for one of the three Fire HD 8 Tablets.
Join us! after the Evenings of Engagement concert with Acoustic Eidolon on Wed. August 7th for the drawing of the tablets.
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Sensational & Super Seniors @ your library
Sensational & Super Seniors @ your library
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August 14, 2019
Dogs aren’t just great pets, they’re also amazing workers! There are therapy dogs, service dogs, and Avalanche Rescue Dogs. Learn how The Vail Avalanche Dogs put their canine senses to work! Join us! on our back patio, have fun with puzzles, enjoy light refreshments and music.Books 'n' Bites - “Pigs in Heaven: a novel” by Barbara KingsolverBooks 'n' Bites - “Pigs in Heaven: a novel” by Barbara Kingsolver
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August 14, 2019
Picking up where her modern classic The Bean Trees left off, Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling Pigs in Heaven continues the tale of Turtle and Taylor Greer, a Native American girl and her adoptive mother who have settled in Tucson, Arizona, as they both try to overcome their difficult pasts.
Taking place three years after The Bean Trees, Taylor is now dating a musician named Jax and has officially adopted Turtle. But when a lawyer for the Cherokee Nation begins to investigate the adoption–their new life together begins to crumble.
Depicting the clash between fierce family love and tribal law, poverty and means, abandonment and belonging, Pigs in Heaven is a morally wrenching, gently humorous work of fiction that speaks equally to the head and the heart.
This edition includes a P.S. section with additional insights from Barbara Kingsolver, background material, suggestions for further reading, and more. -
Summer Lecture Series - Eagle County’s Long Agricultural History
Summer Lecture Series - Eagle County’s Long Agricultural History
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August 15, 2019
Presented by Kathy Heicher President of Eagle County Historical Society Eagle County History AuthorDiscover the human history of Eagle Valley and the use of its rich natural resources for food production. Kathy Heicher will take us back in time to what gave rise to local names such as Potato Patch Drive and Everkrisp Trail.
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Evenings of Engagement with Hiroya Tsukamoto
Evenings of Engagement with Hiroya Tsukamoto
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August 21, 2019
Hiroya is a one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up the guitar shortly after.
In 2000, Hiroya received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music and came to the United States. He formed his own group in Boston “INTEROCEANICO (inter-oceanic)” which consists of unique musicians from different continents including Latin Grammy Colombian singer Marta Gomez. The group released three acclaimed records (“The Other Side of the World”, “Confluencia” and “Where the River Shines”). Hiroya has released three solo albums (“Solo”, “Heartland” and “Places”).
Hiroya has been leading concerts internationally including several appearances at Blue Note in New York City with his group and Japanese National Television(NHK). In 2018, Hiroya won 2nd place in International Finger Style Guitar Championship. -
Evenings of Engagement with David Rogers
Evenings of Engagement with David Rogers
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August 28, 2019
Recently termed, ‘a prominent guitarist,’ by the New York Times, David Rogers Fuses classical, jazz, early, and world music elements into powerful, moving and virtuosic performances based on both original and traditional repertoire.
David has studied historical plucked strings with Hopkinson Smith and Eugen Dombois at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland; with Thomas Binkley at Indiana University; and with Lyle Nordstrom at Oakland University. He has studied guitar with Joseph Fava at Wayne State University. David was a musician with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for 18 years and taught at Southern Oregon University for 13 years.
