Book Talk: "The Midnight Special" With Author Colin Asher
An urgent book about the ways music can affirm an individual’s sense of humanity in dehumanizing circumstances, “The Midnight Special” writes the history of prisons into American music—a story as important as it is overlooked. In American popular music, we often glorify rebellious artists and “outlaws.” But in “The Midnight Special,” Colin Asher tells a deeper story about the criminal justice system’s impact on our musicians, explored through compelling portraits of five artists whose careers span the twentieth century.
Ticket fee INCLUDES admission to the jazz piano show Cyrus Chestnut at 6 p.m., immediately following the book talk.
General Admission $20 in advance / $25 at the door — $45 VIP Reserved front row including drink ticket
Presented by Canio’s Cultural Café, Hamptons JazzFest and LTV Studios.
