Name: Becoming Geppetto - Award winning Documentary
Start: 2022-05-07T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-05-07T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Tompkins Corners Cultural Center

Becoming Geppetto - Award winning Documentary

Tompkins Corners Cultural Center,  a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, was incorporated in 2014 with the mission to purchase the historic church and grounds at 729  Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY.,  preserve its status on the National Register of Historic Places, and create the only community cultural center in Putnam Valley.

Tompkins Corners Cultural Center

The amazing journey of master guitar builder Bruce Petros and his son, Matt, accompanied by the musicians who make their guitars sing.

Director Dale Lindquist will present his award-winning documentary, Becoming Geppetto. This film chronicles the amazing journey of master guitar builder Bruce Petros and his son, Matt. The film is frequently and delightfully punctuated by wonderful musical performances on these ornate, resonant Petros guitars. Q&amp;A with the Director will follow. Surrounded by farmland in a small town in northern Wisconsin, father and son luthier duo, Bruce and Matt Petros make world-renowned acoustic guitars. These guitars have been played around the world by music giants Like Paul Simon, and this documentary showcases the quiet lives that create some of the most skillfully hand-crafted instruments available. The film received both the Jury’s Choice Award and the Audience Choice Award at the Green Bay Film Festival and was an official selection of the Wisconsin Film Festival. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

Director Dale Lindquist will present his 70-minute Documentary film, Becoming Geppetto. Following will be a Q&amp;A.

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