LB-50084-12 | Public Programs: Small Grants to Libraries: America's Music | Eastern Illinois University | 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 | Allen | K. | Lanham | | | | Eastern Illinois University | Charleston | IL | 61920-3099 | USA | 2012 | U.S. History | 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 of twentieth-century American popular music. The grantee will present six programs these uniquely American musical traditions: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock and mambo and hip hop. It will also encourage scholar-let discussion about the documentary fils and the project' major humanities themes. |