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Useful Web Sites on Summer Events

                               
                                                   
  Ravinia Festival 2007
Tickets for some of the events can be obtained at the Reference Desk on the 3rd floor of the Maywood Public Library.
http://www.ravinia.org 
 
                                                   
  The 3rd Annual Maywood Jazz Festival
This year, the Annual Maywood Jazz Festival will take place in Veteran's Park on July 14, from 2:00-9:00 pm.
http://www.maywoodrotary.com
 
                                                   
 

The Village of Maywood Homepage
http://www.maywood-il.org 

Maywood’s Parks and Recreation Department
http://www.maywood-il.org/PARK%20DISTRICT.pdf

Maywood’s Photo Page of Past Events
http://maywood.smugmug.com 

The Proviso Herald
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/maywood/entertainment/index.html

Center Stage
http://centerstagechicago.com

                   
                                                     
 

Millennium Park
http://www.millenniumpark.org 

Chicago Jazz Festival
http://www.chicagojazzfestival.org 

           
                                                     
 

Chicago Summer Dance Festival
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/SummerDance 

Navy Pier
http://www.navypier.com/home.html

Chicago Events in general
http://www.chicagoevents.com/csem.html

   
                                                     
 

Books on Historical Festivals, Music, and Performers

               
                                                     
 

Chicago’s White City of 1893 by David F. Burg
977.311/BUR

Illinois State Fair: A 150 Year History by Edward J. Russo
977.3/RUS

Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter
781.644/PRU

   
                              book jacket              
  The Velvet Lounge: On Late Chicago Jazz by Gerald Majer
781.65/MAJ
               
                                           
 

Blues: The Story Always Untold by Sterling Plumpp
811/PLU

Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs by David Grazian
306.484/GRA

An Autobiography of Black Jazz by Dempsey Travis
785.42/TRA

So What: The Life of Miles Davis by John F. Szwed
921/DAV

           
                                                     
 

Reference Books on the History of Holidays and Music
(Reference books cannot be checked out)

Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary: Detailing more than 2,000 Observances from All 50
States and More Than 100 Nations
by Helene Henderson Sue Ellen Thompson
REF/394.26/HOL

The American Book of Days by Jane M. Hatch
REF/394.26/HAT

Holiday Symbols: A Guide to the Legend and Lore Behind the People, Places, Food, Animals, and Other Symbols
by Sue Ellen Thompson
REF/394.26/HOL

The Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard G. Feather
REF/785.42/FEA

   
                                                     
  Music CDs on Gospel, Blues, and Jazz                              
                                           
  Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
CD/783/DAV
               
                                           
 

Jam by The Ohio Players (Recorded live, 1978 at Mantra Recording Studios, Chicago, Ill.)
CD/540/OHI

The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield by Curtis Mayfield
CD/495/MAY

Billboard-Modern Gospel: Traditional
CD/684/BIL

             
                                                     
 

Youth Services

Exploring the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893 by Laurie Lawor
J/LAW

The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson
J/LAW

Farmer’s Market: Families Working Together by Marcie R. Rendon and Cheryl Walsh Bellville
J/635.068/REN

The History of Gospel Music by Rose Blue
J/782.254/BLU

Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord! The Life of Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel Singers by Jesse Jackson
J/921/JAC

Great African Americans in Jazz by Carlotta Hacker
J/920/HAC

Music by Angela Shelf Medearis
J/780.89/MED

   
                                       
  Jazz A-B-Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits
by Wynton Marsalis
J/811.6/MAR
           
                                       
 

The Jazz Kid by James Lincoln Collier
J/COL

Chicago Blues by Julie Reece Deaver
J/DEA

                           
                                                     
                                                     
 

DVDs and Videocassettes on Festivals, Fairs, and Music

Expo Magic of the White City narrated by Gene Wilder
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/EXP 502 

American Roots Music narrated by Kris Kristofferson
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/AME Disc 1

The Miles Davis Story produced and directed by Mike Dibb
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/MIL 303

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music written by Ralph Meyers
VIDEO/DOCUMENTARY/MASTERS

Messin’ with the Blues with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells
VIDEO/MUSICAL/MES

           
                                           
  The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
by Fox Lorber Centrestage
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/WON 67
               
                                           
                                                     
                                                     
 

New Books and Movies

 

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