Thursday May 10, 2018
May 10, 2018 - 6:00 pm Suffolk County Historical Society Museum
631-727-2881 x100 A MOTHER’S DAY-INSPIRED CONCERT & POETRY READING!CONCERT & POETRY READING: Stephen Sanfilippo on "Love of Mother in the Songs & Poems of East End Whalemen"
Date and Time
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Location
300 W. Main St
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Stephen Sanfilippo, Love of Mother in the Songs & Poems of East End Whalemen
Thursday, May 10, 2018 – 6:00 PM.
Members Free; Non-Members $5
Incudes light refreshments and admission to current exhibits!
RSVP Requested: 631-727-2881 x100
Mothers were a never-ending song in the hearts of the East End whalemen! This special Mother’s Day-inspired event will feature live music and poetry readings, along with discussion of the songs and poems about mothers and motherhood that the whalemen of the East End sung and wrote on their long journeys from home. Songs such as “Mother, Kiss Me in My Dreams” and “The Indian Mother’s Lullaby” will be performed and discussed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stephen Sanfilippo, a native Long Islander who earned his Ph.D. at Stony Brook University, has long been performing historic songs of the sea at cultural and educational venues, accompanying his singing with banjo, concertina, and guitar. A founder and past president of the Long Island Traditional Music Association and a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, Stephen has taught American history at Longwood High School, Suffolk County Community College, the University of Maine, and Maine Maritime Academy. His article “I Have Seen the Storm Arise” was published (with audio links) in a recent edition of the Long Island History Journal. Stephen and his wife Susan currently divide their time between the Downeast Coast of Maine and Long Island’s North Fork.