MDI Historical Society to celebrate the island community with a free concert & potluck
MOUNT DESERT—The MDI Historical Society has been doing a lot -- developing a free digital history tour of the island, offering free monthly programs, developing a new vision for our future, expanding collections, and interpreting current events through a historical lens. On August 21 from 5-7pm at Northeast Harbor's Neighborhood House, we will thank our members and community while celebrating our successes with a public potluck and performance by historic music ensemble Lyracle. Historic places and spaces help us imagine what life for some people in colonial New England might have looked like, but what might it have sounded like? Find out at this performance of historical music ensemble Lyracle’s program, Musick’s Recreation.
In this program, Lyracle focuses on a few documented viol players in colonial New England as well as viol players who were left out of historical records. Lyracle connects what can be inferred about their varied musical experiences to English repertoire that was likely present in 17th and early-18th-century New England. Celebrate all kinds of local historic music-making: the silly, the serious and everything in between.
The evening begins at 5pm with a brief annual meeting then moves to the music and food from 5:30 to 7pm. The event is free and open to the entire community. Bring a dish to share and register at: https://forms.gle/mRSX6UKndgu21y1r6
For more information, visit mdihistory.org/events, call 207-276-9323 or email info@mdihistory.org
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