LB-50061-12 | Public Programs: Small Grants to Libraries: America's Music | Newport News Public Library System | America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway | 8/1/2012 - 12/31/2013 | $2,500.00 | Judith | Stalls | Condra | | | | Newport News Public Library System | Newport News | VA | 23607 | USA | 2012 | Music History and Criticism | Small Grants to Libraries: America's Music | Public Programs | 2500 | 0 | 2500 | 0 |
America's Music is a six-week public program featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions about twentieth-century American popular music. The grantee will present sic programs on these uniquely American musical traditions: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock, and mambo and hip hop. It will also encourage scholar-led discussion about the documentary films and the project's major humanities themes. |