JUNE 2015 Live Music at The Falling Rock Café and Bookstore
Seth Charles
Saturday, June 6, 7:00 p.m.
Seth Charles is a NMU alumni who, has been traveling and performing between the Midwest and West Coast, calling both
Southern and Northern Oregon his home for extended periods of time. His music and lyrics bridge the gap between Bob
Dylan and Stevie Wonder, with a sound that can range anywhere from soulful R&B, to tin-pan alley jazz, to grooving folk,
having a reachable sound made stronger by his soulful lead vocal. He performs mainly on acoustic guitar, utilizing many
fingerstyle techniques as well as employing the use of a loop pedal to add tasteful textures of drums and bass to some of his
funkier tunes.
All Strings Considered
Saturday, June 13, 7:00 p.m.
All Strings Considered has a primary focus on traditional, old time instrumental and vocal music of the Appalachian Region with a bit of Celtic and Scandinavian tossed into the mix from time to time. The group’s
sound is a blend of Jamie Kitchel on fiddle, Rochelle Schuster on hammered dulcimer, Phil Watts on guitar,
Annette Watts on autoharp, and Maggie Morgan on bass. All Strings Considered will get your feet tapping
to those great traditional fiddle tunes, then soothe your day with a gentle waltz or tell a story with an Appalachian song.
Superior String Alliance Chamber Players
Saturday, June 20, 7:00 p.m.
The SSA Chamber Players is a group of energetic classical musicians who play violin, viola, cello, and
bass. The group is derived from the professional faculty who teach at the SSA Summer Music Camp,
which takes place in Michigamme, MI in June and July. The SSA Chamber Players will play a diverse
collection of works for small ensembles, including string quartets, cello trios, viola/violin duets, and
more!
Dakota Wright
Saturday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.
Dakota Wright has played at Falling Rock every summer for years now with his father and brother as part of Full Circle
Band. Branching out on his own for several years now, he utilizes guitar, ukulele, mandolin, violin, cigar box guitar, and
a loop pedal to make his unique sound in the genre of symphonic folk. He hails from Ohio and will have his brother and
father here but only in the audience since tonight will be his first full solo night at Falling Rock!
Pine Mountain Music Festival
Thursday, July 2, 7:30 p.m.
The Pine Mountain Music Festival (PMMF) was founded in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in 1991 and is one of only a few
summer festivals nationwide producing a season of professional opera, chamber music, and other genres of music. UPstarts! is a PMMF program that has been providing performance opportunities for emerging young artists of
the Upper Peninsula since 2012. This year’s UPstarts! season features Marquette artists Paige Graham (soprano),
Alexis Mahler (violin), Lauren Perala (viola, violin) and Iron Mountain native, Audra Hagen (saxophone). Local pianist
Susan Byykkonen, UPstarts! Program Coordinator and coach, accompanies the young musicians.
TICKETS Available for purchase at Falling Rock - $18 Adults, $11 Student or Child
Chris Valenti
Saturday, July 4, 7:00 p.m.
We will have our usual live music on Independence Day! Reserve your space in the park to watch fireworks, then
come in for a hot drink or meal and some great live music while you wait for the best fireworks show in the U.P.!
Chris’s voice, guitar, harmonica, and personality light up the room almost as much as the fireworks. Stop in to say
hello to a favorite musician who is practically part of our family!
Suggested Cover Charge:
$5 Adults; $1 child; $20 Family
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June 2015 Special Events at The Falling Rock Café and Bookstore
BOOK EVENTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Ellen Airgood, author of “South of Superior”,
“Prairie Evers”, and the newly released
“The Education of Ivy Blake”.
Ellen will give a reading, conduct a question and
answer session, and of course, sign books!
Thursday, June 18, 6:00-8:00 p.m. and
Saturday, June 20, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Clif Edwards, author of
“Paths Crossed-Protecting National Parks” and
“Paths Crossed-Villians, Victims, Victors”.
Third Annual U.P. Nature Writing Contest
Sponsored by North Country Publishing and
Falling Rock Café and Bookstore
Deadline June 13, 2015
Contest Guidelines are available at Falling Rock
Café and Bookstore, at the Marquette Arts and
Culture Center, by emailing [email protected],
or if email not available,
by calling (906)942-7879.
Reading with Zoey
Saturday, June 20
1-3 p.m.
Every third Saturday of the month you
and your children can join Zoey and her
handler, Keena Jones. Zoey is a Great
Dane, born on September 19, 2012. Zoey has been
training to be a registered Therapy Dog for Superiorland Pet Partners. Benefits of children reading to
Therapy Dogs are well documented. Research shows
that dogs can actually help children read. Reading
to dogs provides a simple solution – a non-judgmental,
comforting, furry friend, who “listens” and takes the
pressure of a child as s/he stumbles.
Please join us. Bring your favorite book or read
from one of the many books available at the
bookstore and Read with Zoey!!
Hours in June
OPEN ACOUSTIC JAM
Mondays 6:00-8:00 p.m. or 7:00-9:00 p.m.
All types of music welcome!
Until Thursday, June 11th
Sunday through Friday: 9 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
OLD TIME MUSIC JAM and Game Night
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 p.m. or 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Starting Friday, June 12th
Every day: 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.