SUMMER NIGHTS
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Year 50, No. 27
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Bring a canned good or back-to-school supplies & help RITTER CENTER
7/7
Bluegrass Night
Hot Buttered Rum & Bill Evans on banjo
4RADITIONAL BLUEGRASS WITH MODERN INmUENCES OF ROCK ROLL REGGAE ACOUSTIC $INNERS BY Roadside BBQ
7/14
Cultural Fusion
Rupa & the April Fishes
(YBRID OF INmUENCES &RANCE 3PAIN REGGAE #HANSON KLEZMER -EXICO BEYOND $INNERS BY Sol Food
7/21
African Music Night
Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits
! LEGEND IN !FRICAN MUSIC RETURNS TO THE 53! $INNERS BY Sol Food ˆ 0RE EVENT DANCE LESSON
7/28
Cajun Night
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
(OT #AJUN &RENCH MUSIC FROM THE BACKWATERS OF 3OUTHWEST ,OUISIANA $INNERS BY Roadside BBQ ˆ $ANCE mOOR DANCE LESSON
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