Program Type Music Program
December
Event Details
Don’t have a Blue Christmas or a Silent Night; celebrate the first day of winter break with some Christmas Karaoke at your local library! Come show us how you will
Event Details
Don’t have a Blue Christmas or a Silent Night; celebrate the first day of winter break with some Christmas Karaoke at your local library! Come show us how you will be Rocking Around the Christmas Tree as we have the DJ Play a Christmas Song while we Step Into Christmas.
Time
December 23, 2025 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm(GMT-05:00)
Location
Northeast Branch
1348 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19604
February
Event Details
Part 1 will cover the years from roughly 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs (e.g., from Joe Hill,
Event Details
Part 1 will cover the years from roughly 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs (e.g., from Joe Hill, and the Industrial Workers of the World, Florence Reese, etc.), Dustbowl songs (Woody Guthrie), etc. Audience participation will be encouraged – singing, percussion, insights, dialogue, etc.!
Part 2 starts with Woody Guthrie, and includes commentary about and songs by Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Malvina Reynolds, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Steve Earle, and others. Audience participation is encouraged.
Doug Morris (Ph.D., Penn State) teaches in the world of critical pedagogy at West Chester University, is a former jazz guitarist, is a singer, composer, and performer of “people’s songs,” and has written about Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and others in the tradition of “people’s music.”
Time
February 21, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm(GMT-05:00)
Location
Main Library - Adults
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA
March
Event Details
Part 1 will cover the years from roughly 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs (e.g., from Joe Hill,
Event Details
Part 1 will cover the years from roughly 1840 to 1940, and will include: field songs, dance songs, freedom songs, railroad songs, protest songs, union songs (e.g., from Joe Hill, and the Industrial Workers of the World, Florence Reese, etc.), Dustbowl songs (Woody Guthrie), etc. Audience participation will be encouraged – singing, percussion, insights, dialogue, etc.!
Part 2 starts with Woody Guthrie, and includes commentary about and songs by Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Malvina Reynolds, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Richie Havens, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Steve Earle, and others. Audience participation is encouraged.
Doug Morris (Ph.D., Penn State) teaches in the world of critical pedagogy at West Chester University, is a former jazz guitarist, is a singer, composer, and performer of “people’s songs,” and has written about Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, and others in the tradition of “people’s music.”
Time
March 21, 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm(GMT-05:00)
Location
Main Library - Adults
100 S 5th St, Reading, PA 19602, USA