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After an 1891 homicide near the South Street Seaport\, New York’s coroner announced Jac k the Ripper had arrived. As panic grew\, authorities charged a North Afri can immigrant with murder. He was finally freed over a decade later when a prominent New Jersey resident produced a mysterious artifact. Recently\, author Luke Jerod Kummer discovered new evidence in this unsolved case\, i nspiring his Audible Original drama\, “Takers Mad” (adbl.co/3ttLvrr). O n Saturday\, April 23rd\, the Cranford Historical Society will host a spec ial event for Kummer to present his findings and discuss this strange chap ter in local history.
\n\nWe are thrilled to welcome back Raconteur Radio for another in-person radio play! Join us at the Cranford Community Center on Wednesday May 11 at 7pm. Raconteur Rad io stages theatrical presentations of vintage radio plays\, classic works of literature/film\, and pop culture parodies for live audiences at tradit ional and improvised venues throughout the Tri-State area. They’ve been ca lled “family friendly guerrilla theater” by the New York Times and one of “the 7 best things to do in NJ” by the Newark Star-Ledger. Sponsored by th e Friends of the Library.
\n\nJo in us on Zoom Wednesday\, May 18th at 6:30 pm for a Q&A with Tiffany D. Ja ckson\, a New York Times best-selling\, award-winning author of novels for young adults. Monday’s Not Coming\, a book based on the unexplained\, unr esolved disappearances of Black children in America\, received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent from the American Library As sociation in 2019. Her novel Allegedly\, about the struggle of a recently incarcerated teen girl\, was an NAACP Image Award nominee. In 2021\, she c o-authored “The Awakening of Malcolm X\,” about the activist’s adolescent years in jail\, with his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
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In the spirit of Ken Burns’ br eakout PBS documentary series on American country music\, acclaimed guitar ist and music historian Joey Leone presents “The History of Blues in Ameri ca” a one hour program covering the history\, influence and social impact of American blues music through songs\, stories and historical facts. Joey highlights the influence of blues on virtually all styles of contemporary music over the past 7 decades playing a variety of songs on multiple guit ars from his personal collection.
\nIn addition to the live music se gments\, he touches on recurring themes of how the blues transcended racia l boundaries\, brought people together in times of celebration and times o f healing\, and show the blues followed the migration from the rural south to the urban north. Joey also ties in his upbringing in Brooklyn NY\, and how important the Public Library System was for his discovery\, passion\, and education about music and music history. A lifelong career musician\, he has toured and recorded as a guitar player for many high profile artis ts including Etta James\, The Coasters\, Sam & Dave\, Wilson Pickett\, Cha ka Khan\, and many more.
\nSponsored by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.
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