May 24 Friday
An evening of Folk/Americana/Country music with singer-songwriters, Kelly Hunt & Sara Morgan.
About KELLY HUNT:Memphis-raised singer-songwriter Kelly Hunt paints stories as old and offbeat as her Depression-era tenor banjo and parlor guitar, reimagining traditions of folk, blues & old-time music in a style that hovers beyond the constraints of genre à la Anaïs Mitchell & Gillian Welch. Hunt’s debut album, Even The Sparrow, was released in May 2019 and named as a finalist for the International Folk Music Awards “Album of the Year.” Her sophomore album, Ozark Symphony, was recorded with Grammy-winning musician & producer Dirk Powell and released on Compass Records in October 2023. https://kellyhuntmusic.com/epk
About SARA MORGAN:In a style reminiscent of Dolly Parton, Kathy Mattea, and Nanci Griffith, singer/songwriter Sara Morgan writes and performs poignant, thoughtful, and hilarious tunes which cast back to the timeless country tradition of the second half of the 20th century. Her themes of love, loss, courage, introspection, and irony are a drastic contrast to the current pop-influenced / cross-genre / multi-writer Country Music found on the market today. https://saramorganmusic.com/epk
May 25 Saturday
Caledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based artist and is widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. Callie took to the streets of New York while attending the Pratt Institute of Art in 1999, pasting her paper portraits to the sides of buildings with the goal of making art and the public space of the city more accessible.
In a moment when contemporary art often holds a conflicted relationship to beauty, Callie’s work carries with it an earnestness, treating the beautiful as sublime even as she explores the darker sides of her subjects. Her work has become known for marrying the whimsical to the grounded, often weaving in slivers of fairy-tales, scraps of myth, and a recurring motif of the sacred feminine. Tendrils of her own family history—and a legacy of her parents’ struggles with addiction and substance abuse—recur throughout her work.
While much of Callie’s art plays with the fantastical, there is also a strong element of realism. This can be seen in her myriad social endeavors, including a long-term community revitalization project in Braddock, Pennsylvania and her efforts to build earthquake-resistant homes in Haiti through Konbit Shelter. Her non-profit, the Heliotrope Foundation, was created in order to further support these ventures.
Today, Callie’s work can be found on the sides of buildings worldwide and has been given both permanent and transient homes in more classical institutions, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Tate Modern, and the São Paulo Museum of Art. Most recently, she has begun using film animation to explore the boundaries of visual storytelling and currently is developing a project supported by the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.
William Henry Hamblen was a pioneer with a purpose, a trail blazer, literally. This exhibit chronicles Mr Hamblen's persistence, with no formal training in road building, to forge a usable automobile road that safely traverses the Palo Duro Canyon where none existed except Native American trails. This road connected remote communities, boosting trade and opening the way for the Texas state highway 207 to come into existence, widely known as one fo the most scenic drives in the Lone Start State.
Everhart's, the Concert Series, is a living room concert-style series of family oriented, live music performances. Most are acoustic, Americana, Western, or folk presentations presented 8 times a year. Each show benefits a different local non-profit organization with 90% of door receipts, remainder go towards show expenses. Reasonable prices ($15/person), free refreshments, comfortable listening atmosphere, live music for the whole family (ages 16 and under are free with parent) in a familiar location (Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin Park). Please see venue and schedule at everhartsconcertseries.com.
Everhart's, the Concert Series, is a living room concert-style live music presentation of acoustic Americana, Folk, Western, and other family-friendly music events offered in a comfortable location at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin Park. 8 shows are scheduled through the Winter, Spring, and Fall of the year with complimentary refreshments, benefitting a different local/regional nonprofit organization with each show. Please visit everhartsconcertseries.com for tickets and more information.
An evening of live music with Folk/Americana/Country singer-songwriters, Kelly Hunt & Sara Morgan.
May 26 Sunday
A special matinée show featuring Folk/Americana/Country singer-songwriters, Kelly Hunt & Sara Morgan.
May 27 Monday
Memorial Day Ceremony along with a Columbarium Wall Expansion Ribbon Cutting.