Ottawa - Join Dr. Lauren Onkey from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, December 5 at Ben Franklin Place as she presents “The Big Bang! Rock and Roll Begins”.
Dr. Onkey will take you on a journey of one of the most influential times in the history of music – the evolution of rock and roll. The presentation will capture the greatest moments of rock and roll through the musicians, the musical styles, the record labels, radio stations and the symbiotic relationship between the birth of rock and roll and the fight for racial equality in the 1950s.
Date: Thursday, December 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive (The Chambers)
Admission is free and pre-registration is not required. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions following the lecture.
“The Big Bang! Rock and Roll Begins” is presented by the City of Ottawa Archives with the support of the Embassy of the United States of America. This event compliments the exhibit “Ottawa Rocks!” now open to the public until December 31, 2013 at City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive .
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