Lincoln Theatre Continues Free CONVERSATIONS Series Tonight

Tonight, October 23, the Lincoln Theatre Association will continue Conversations, a free series designed to generate community discussion on a variety of interesting questions surrounding the arts. The second event in the Lincoln Conversations Series will be "Feeling It: Gospel to Soul."

The subject of the event will be the centrality of gospel music, particularly African-American gospel, to soul music. The conversation will welcome honest discussion about the tension between sacred and secular music epitomized by the career controversies surrounding such legendary performers as Thomas Dorsey, Sam Cooke, and Aretha Franklin, all of which straddled the divide between the two genres.

This 90-minute, multi-media presentation will include a gospel performance by the Paul Laurence Dunbar Choir, a soul performance by T.Wong, and a Q&A panel featuring Dr. Ted McDaniel, professor of African-American music at The Ohio State University and Dr. Keith A. Troy, Pastor, New Salem Missionary Baptist Church. The conversation will be moderated by Lincoln Theatre General Manager Suzan Bradford and Jack Marchbanks, Lincoln Theatre Association board member and co-host of WCBE's "Jazz Sunday."

This event in the Conversations Series will be held at the Lincoln Theatre (769 E. Long St.) tonight, October 23. Doors open at 5:30pm. The presentation begins at 6pm. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Lincoln Theatre General Manager Suzan Bradford at sbradford@capa.com.

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