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...These musicians made Club 47 their home,” said Betsy Siggins, Founder and Executive Director of the New England Folk Music Archives and former Director of Club Passim. A tight-knit community of musicians, music-lovers, and songwriters alike formed around Club 47 and the surrounding area, brought together by a shared love for music and passions about social issues...
...unique in the way that it transcended racial and class barriers. When African-American performers came to Cambridge to perform back in the 50s and 60s, Cambridge was still a quietly segregated city. Instead of staying in hotels, artists stayed with Cambridge residents in their houses. According to Siggins, Club 47 filled a gap in American music history—it brought incredible talent and unique voices to the table that would otherwise go unheard. Folk music in Cambridge was also blind to class and social distinctions—that is, the clubs would be concurrently filled with Harvard kids...
...legacy of the folk music revival lives on in Cambridge today, if you know where to look. You can still tune in to WHRB’s “Blues Department” or “Hillbilly at Harvard”, and you can stop by Club Passim on any day of the week to hear some of the top up-and-coming performers...
...Yale Asian American Student’s Alliance, one student group that apparently knows how to do more than just study, is having their “Elixer” party on Friday night. Held in the two-floor, lavishly decorated club, Downtown at the Taft (261 College St), from 10:30 p.m. to 1:45 a.m., the party will feature the dance beats of DJ Bunkey, an open bar until 11:30 p.m., and $3 drinks thereafter. Tickets $5 in advance, pre-order online at www.yaleaasa.org...
...very own Phoenix Club invades Yale on Friday night, setting up camp in the chic club Alchemy (223 College St.) for their party, “The Takeover,” just down the street from the Elixir party. “The Takeover” offers an open bar from 10-11:30 p.m., and tickets are $20 in advance from Phoenix members...