Name: Grant Peeples with Erik Alvar
Start: 2022-06-26T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-06-26T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Tompkins Corners Cultural Center

Grant Peeples with Erik Alvar

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

Songs with "Unflinching social insight and cultural acuity."

Tompkins Corners will present Grant Peeples, the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence, which cited the "humor, compassion and wisdom of his songs," and their "unflinching social insight and cultural acuity." His shows are a rolling mix of funny stuff and not funny stuff.Grant tours coast to coast and is a regular performer at The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, the 30A Songwriters Festival, and The Florida Folk Festival. Grant has made eleven studio records, three live recordings, and has published three poetry books, the latest of which is "My advice to Pilgrims," published by Mezcalita Press. He lived on a small island off the Miskito Coast of Nicaragua for eleven years. There he installed the island's first flushing toilet, rescued sea turtles, and built an eco-resort and dive shop. When he returned to the US in 2006, he returned to a homeland whose changes bordered on futuristic. Much of what he writes about today is informed by that experience. Erik Alvar, a brilliant young bass/mandolin player out of Brooklyn, will be joining Grant. Erik has played with many other well-known bands including Billy Strings, Jim Hurst, Tim Easton, and The Roys. This concert will be held on our outdoor stage or in our historic Carriage Shed.

Grant Peeples with Erik Alvar

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