Wednesday, September 10, 2008

7pm Douglas Library, Morgan Fawcett’s flute meets Australian Ash Dargan’s Didgeridoo. An evening of music and storytelling. As part of a week of events to celebrate Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD) Awareness Week. This podcast features Morgan playing Home, from his 2007 release, Ancestral Memories. Listen to samples from Ash Dargan’s latest album, or watch a video of Ash performing. If you just can’t get enough, listen to an interview with Morgan which aired on KTOO during Celebration 2008 (scroll to 15:15). For more info call Carol @ 586-0434.

Look out for a future podcast of Ash and Morgan’s performance at the Douglas Library.

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Lisa Miles and students from the HeartStrings Violin studio share the stories of various figures in music history to illustrate how their lives have influenced the music of today.  Stories are followed by a brief violin performance.

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Reviewed and read by JPL staff.  For more reviews written by JPL staff and JPL patrons, visit the Juneau Book Blog.

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Describes how to use Overdrive Audio books, one of the two downloadable audio book services available through the Juneau Public Library.  Part 2 will describe how to get started using Net Library Audiobooks.  If you need further help using these resources try this digital media guided tour or call Jeremy at 907-586-0442.

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