This week at Centrum is all about the blues. It’s a well-known fact that the roots of acoustic blues music are in the South. However, columnist and world traveler Cheryl Cashman, of Port Townsend, founder of Adventure Artisans travel concierge services and friend of Centrum, is here to tell us us about another tradition to be discovered…
Quebec City: Charming Gateway to Canada
RéVeillons! is a dynamic quartet that will involve Fiddle Tunes audiences in arrangements steeped in Quebec’s culture. That culture, according to the band’s website, is resolutely urban “with its rush hours and its traffic jams, its terraces and its barbecues.” The musicians describe their tunes as traditional with a crude energy. There’s omnipresent percussion, which…
Lifelong Learning in the Galapagos
Note: this post refers to an event that occurred in a previous year. Please visit our Centrum Gala page for information on the current year’s Gala festivities! Columnist and world traveler Cheryl Cashman, of Port Townsend, founder of Adventure Artisans travel concierge services and friend of Centrum, tells us about a truly special place for…
Brazil: A Visit to The Wellspring of Choro
Columnist and world traveler Cheryl Cashman, of Port Townsend, founder of Adventure Artisans travel concierge services and friend of Centrum, tells us a little about the country where Choro musicians come from. The Choro Workshop at Centrum begins next month, April 26-30, 2017. Five talented musicians are flying from Brazil to teach and perform over…