Join Arts at the Palace on Saturday, August 25th at 3pm as they host Dar Williams for a book signing and presentation, sponsored by the Colgate Bookstore. Her book, What I Found in a Thousand Towns will be available for purchase at the event. This event is free and open to the public.
Dubbed by the New Yorker as “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters,” Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America’s small towns. She has played their venues, composed in their coffee shops, and drunk in their bars. She has seen these communities struggle, but also seen them thrive in the face of postindustrial identity crises.
Here, Williams muses on why some towns flourish while others fail, examining elements from the significance of history and nature to the uniting power of public spaces and food. Drawing on her own travels and the work of urban theorists, Williams offers real solutions to rebuild declining communities.
What I Found in a Thousand Towns is more than a love letter to America’s small towns, it’s a deeply personal and hopeful message about the potential of America’s lively and resilient communities.
Williams will be performing later that evening at the Earlville Opera House in Earlville, NY at 7pm. For more information or to purchase tickets for the concert, visit earlvilleoperahouse.com.