A Co-Sponsored Concert?????? A Celebration of Mothers and Daughters
A Unique Joint Performance by Author and MusiciansSunday, October 7, 2007 at 7:30 PM
At the Washington DCJCC, 1529 16th Street NW (enter on Q at 16th Street)
A concert, co-sponsored with the Jewish Community Center of Washington DC (DCJCC)
as part of the The Washington DCJCC's Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival(October 6-16, 2007)
You're Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation
and
A Parents' Home Companion CDReception follows program
IN ADVANCE: $15, Discounted Member Price $10
?AT THE DOOR: $20, Discounted Member Price $15
?In a special collaboration of the DCCJC's Literary and Music Festivals, bestselling author Deborah Tannen and Grammy Award-winning musical duo Cathy & Marcy collaborate on this one-of-a-kind program. Brilliantly blending the literary and the musical, they celebrate the complex and often humorous relationship between mothers and daughters.You're Wearing THAT? leapt onto the New York Times bestseller list the day it was published. Tannen captures why conversations with your mother or your grown daughter can be the best or the worst of all possible conversations. In A Parents' Home Companion, Cathy & Marcy sing about the relationship between parents and children, with instant classics like "The Therapy Fund." Deborah Tannen is the author of You Just Don't Understand, I Only Say This Because I Love You, Talking from 9 to 5 and many other books. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University.Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer are celebrating more than 20 years of music together, two Grammy Awards, 11 Grammy nominations in the folk and children's music fields, and 40 WAMMY Awards (Washington Area Music Association) for folk, bluegrass and children's music.Co-sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington and Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.For Tickets: Call Box Office Tickets at (800) 494-TIXS or purchase online at www.washingtondcjcc.org/litfest.
Questions: Call (202) 777-3250.FSGW Members qualify for the discount prices. Have your membership card ready at the door (and your membership ID number handy if you purchase advanced tickets).
