Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – Monadnock Center presents ‘A Journey to the White Mountains in Words and Music’

PETERBOROUGHMonadnock Center provides ‘Journey’

Audio in Bass Corridor welcomes writer Howard Mansfield and composer Ben Cosgrove for “A Journey to the White Mountains in Text and Music” Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Monadnock Heart for Background and Lifestyle, 19 Grove St. in Peterborough.

For hundreds of decades, individuals have traveled to the White Mountains trying to find something exclusive. The show, based mostly on a chapter in Mansfield’s most up-to-date e book, “Chasing Eden,” is about how the discovery of the White Mountains influences people today to this day. Groundbreaking artists in the 19th century taught Us citizens how to appear at the wilderness. Us citizens ended up keen for the lesson, and with guidebook in hand telling them wherever to see the views in the popular paintings, they followed the artists. Their artwork designed a marketplace for the sights, loaded lodges with tourists and laid the bounds for nationwide parks across the region.

Mansfield writes about architecture, preservation and historical past in his quest to fully grasp the soul of American sites. He has written about the Monadnock Area in lots of books, such as “In the Memory Home,” “The Bones of the Earth” and “Dwelling in Likelihood.” He edited the anthology about the region, “Where the Mountain Stands By itself.” His most-current ebook, “Chasing Eden,” explores the techniques Us residents seek out their promised land and impressed the collaboration with Cosgrove to create “A Journey to the White Mountains.”

Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose tunes explores themes of landscape, place and atmosphere. Cosgrove has executed across the United States and held numerous artist residencies, which include with the National Park Company, the National Forest Assistance, the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Sitka Middle for Art & Ecology. His latest album, “The Hassle with Wilderness,” is a set of 12 new music that take into consideration the purpose of mother nature and wildness in the constructed surroundings.

Tickets are $24 ($20 for Monadnock Center associates) and $10 for youngsters under 12 several years aged. Advance ticket invest in is suggested. Obtain tickets on the net at monadnockcenter.org or by cellular phone at 603-924-3235.