7:00 - 9:00 PM
Tonight, as part of our F@H series we present a porch concert featuring Nora O’Connor and Steve Dawson. We will also acknowledge our student scholarship recipients while celebrating what would be Hemingway’s 125th birthday.
General lawn seating will be available and feel free to bring your own lawn chair. Refreshments will also be available.
Nora O’Connor has been an in-demand backup singer/multi-instrumentalist for decades, performing around the world with Iron and Wine, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Robbie Fulks, Neko Case, Mavis Staples, and Chicago super group the Flat Five, to name a few. The constraints wrought by Covid limited her to touring the backyards of her hometown alone, and reminded her that she can hold her own on guitar and she can sing the hell out of anything—and she can write a song, too. With time to spare at home, she began recording a series of new home demos that became her third album, My Heart released in October 2022 on Pravda Records. You can learn more about her at : https://www.noraoconnormusic.com/
Chicago Folk / Americana singer / songwriter, Steve Dawson, has been called “one of the most underrated songwriters in American music,” who writes, “graceful, poetic songs akin to a volume of great short stories in their precise, exacting wordplay and soulful heartache.” Dawson has released six albums with his long-time band, Dolly Varden, and six solo albums, including 2021’s “At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree,” and the 2024’s, “Ghosts,” both on Pravda Records. https://stevedawsonmusic.com/