Posted by clegg - Fri, Apr 8, 2011, 5:09 P

Coffeehouse Music Series

Coffeehouse Series
Friday Apr 8, 2011, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
GFDC Friends present Coffeehouse Series: Ramblin’ Red and the Blackstone Riders

Ramblin’ Red and the Blackstone Riders croon cowboy tunes at 7 pm on Friday, April 8, at the Great Falls Coffeehouse. Corralled from across New England, the cowboy musicians are singer and tamboritza (octave mandolin) player Lisa “Red” Abbatomarco, pedal steel guitar player “Prairie Phil” Abbatomarco, and string players Charlie “Chuck Wagon” Moser, Michael “T.R. Wilburn” Nix, and Bob “By Jiminy” Asprinio, with a special appearance by Miss Patricia, a.k.a. “the Schoolmarm.”

The coffeehouse takes place in the historic, handicapped-accessible Great Hall of the Great Falls Discovery Center at 2 Avenue A in downtown Turners Falls. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Coffee and home-baked treats are available, and the Center and gift shop open during intermission. The suggested sliding scale donation of $6 to $12 (free for children) helps the Friends support free nature programming at the Great Falls Discovery Center. For more information, please call the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center at (413)863-3221 or visit greatfallsma.org.