Local Musician Shares Connection with Martin Luther King

On Sunday, January 19 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm, the Storyteller’s Cottage will host a unique concert by the Lost Acres String Duo, featuring fiddler Gordon Swift and guitarist Paul Howard. In the spirit of diversity, the afternoon will include songs from a variety of cultures, and Gordon will share stories of his family connection with Martin Luther King.

Gordon Swift’s father, David Swift, was a professor of religion at Wesleyan University in the 1960’s. In 1961 he joined the Freedom Riders on their quest to desegregate interstate bus travel, and was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama. Gordon will speak more about his father’s civil rights work during the concert.

Tickets are $25, and can be reserved at https://www.storytellerscottage.com/bookings-checkout/mlk-diversity-celebration-of-music

The Storyteller’s Cottage is located in a vintage Victorian house in the center of historic Simsbury, CT, and hosts all manner of immersive literary events throughout the year, including Agatha Christie inspired live murder mystery parties, Great Gatsby themed Jazz Supper Clubs, fascinating close-up illusions at Fine Parlor Magic nights, a Literary Dinner Party series on select evenings at midnight, and more.

The Storyteller's Cottage is located at 750 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Parking for The Storyteller's Cottage is free, and is available on the street in front of the building, and in the Fiddler's Green parking lot on Wilcox Street (behind the house). For more information, please call 860-877-6099 or visit www.StorytellersCottage.com.