Musician Caleb Stine Sings Guthrie, Sept. 29
September 19, 2016
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An evening of songs by legendary singer/songwriter Woody Guthrie, as performed by local musician Caleb Stine, will take place at the University of Baltimore on Thursday, Sept. 29 beginning at 6 p.m. The concert will take place in the Wright Theater in the UB Student Center, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. It is free and open to the public.
The performance is an outcropping of "The Language of Protest," a new course in the University's Klein Family School of Communications Design that offers an intensive examination of the country's history of protest movements, and how words, songs, stories, tracts and a host of related methods of communication have advanced a remarkable range of causes—and, along the way, evolved into something like a language of its own.
The course, led by Arthur J. Magida, author of several works of non-fiction and writer in residence in the Klein Family School, will be highlighted with appearances by artists with a deep understanding of the power of protest—singer/songwriter Stine, as well as rap artist and Muslim activist Khalil Ismail. These performances, both free and open to the public, are sponsored by the University's Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics.
Magida says the goal of the course is to show how conscience and ideology are advanced in American writing and music. "Since," Magida said, "this is a nation founded on protest—we call it our 'revolution'—outspoken activism is endemic to our culture. Not a day has gone by since 1776 that someone hasn't embraced a new cause, hopefully in pursuit of justice. It’s time to figure out why this is so, and what accounts for valuable and lasting protest."
"The Legacy of Woody Guthrie: An Evening of Folk Music with Caleb Stine" will begin with free pizza at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 6:30 p.m.
The Baltimore Sun calls Stine "the linchpin of the Baltimore folk scene." He has toured nationally and released a number of recordings, and is widely known for bringing together various musical idioms under the big tent of "folk music."
Learn more about Prof. Magida and the Klein Family School of Communications Design in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.
Learn more about the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the College of Public Affairs, the Merrick School of Business, the UB School of Law and the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.