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Packard Campus Welcomes ELI COOK–Live Concert (Friday, August 18)

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Eli Cook 

River of Blues: a Performance Celebrating the Story of Blues Music in America

The legendary Son House (1902-1988) was known to say “Blues is a feelin’.” Eli Cook’s music expresses that same raw honesty in a unique blend of contemporary and old-school styles, creating an original sound at the fore-front of modern Blues and Rock.

Eli took up the guitar as a teenager in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia. Following the tradition of the great bluesmen, he performed in churches and late-night gospel revivals with only his acoustic and deep baritone voice, while playing every hole-in-the-wall bar that could handle his electric power trio.

Blending the influences of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Fred MacDowell, Bukka White and Lightning Hopkins with the likes of Clutch, Soundgarden, C.O.C, and Rage Against the Machine, he forged a fresh sound, alive with the southern blues tradition.  Eli’s new album “High-Dollar Gospel” will be released in August 2017.

Tickets are required for this free event and can be reserved at http://www.elicook.eventbrite.com beginning on July 19.

 

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 20-22, 2017)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Thursday, July 20 (7:30 p.m.) The Graduate (Embassy Pictures, 1967) Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry concocted a funny and satirical look at a certain slice of Americana and the generation gap that pervaded the era of the 1960s. This coming-of-age […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (July 6-8, 2017)

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The following is a post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 6 (7:30 p.m.) Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros., 1967 – R rated*) Setting filmmaking and style trends that linger today, Bonnie and Clyde veered from comedy to social commentary to melodrama and caught audiences unaware, especially with its graphic and violent ending. Arthur […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (June 29, 2017)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus.  Thursday, June 29 (7:30 p.m.) The Gazebo (MGM, 1959) Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford star as a married couple who are being blackmailed in this offbeat comedy involving murder and a backyard gazebo. Based on the hit Broadway play of the same […]

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (June 22 – 24, 2017)

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The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 22 (7:30 p.m.) Copacabana (United Artists, 1947) Groucho Marx, in his first film without his brothers, stars as two-bit theatrical agent Lionel Q. Devereaux, whose overzealous promotion of his only client — fireball entertainer Carmen Novarro (Carmen Miranda) results in […]

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The following is a guest post by Rachel Del Gaudio of the Packard Campus. Wednesday, June 14 (7:30 p.m.) Behind the Door (Paramount, 1919) Described by esteemed film historian Kevin Brownlow as “the most outspoken of all the WWI vengeance films,” this shockingly graphic drama was directed by Irvin Willat and stars Hobart Bosworth as […]