Real Good for Free: Magpie’s “Sword of the Spirit” @ NYS Museum, 9/5/10

Magpie – the popular folk duo of Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino – are certainly no strangers to the Nippertown music scene having played for many years at such local venues as Caffe Lena, the Eighth Step, Old Songs and the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

In fact, the twosome recently relocated from Maryland to Schoharie County.

On Sunday, the New York State Library will present a double-header performance by Magpie at the New York State Museum’s Huxley Theater.

In conjunction with the State Library’s month-long exhibit, “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” Magpie will present a concert of songs from their 2000 album, “John Brown: Sword of the Spirit,” at 2pm Sunday.

Following the concert, Saratoga Springs historian Amy Godine will deliver a lecture, “John Brown Country: History Enshrined, History Betrayed.”

Then Magpie will wrap up the festivities with a performance of their one-act play, “Sword of the Spirit,” based upon the life and letters of abolitionist John Brown and his wife, Mary Brown.

Admission is free to all of the day’s events and performances.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED: REAL GOOD FOR FREE:

Thurman Summer Concert Series @ Veterans’ Memorial Field, Athol (7pm Mondays)
[email protected] Concert Series @ Hanna Park, Utica (8pm Mondays)
Music in the Park @ Onderdonk Park, East Greenbush (6pm Tuesdays)
SCA Summer Concert Series @ South Glens Falls Historical Park, South Glens Falls (6:30pm Tuesdays)
Tuesday Nights in the Park @ Cook Park, Colonie (6:30pm Tuesdays)
Music in the Park @ Stony Creek Park, Stony Creek (7pm Tuesdays)
Music at Sunset @ Greenport Town Park, Hudson (7pm Thursdays)
Garage Bands in the Garage @ the Albany Public Library, Albany (6pm Fridays)
Improv Records’ Free Fridays @ Shepard Park, Lake George (7pm Fridays)
Concerts in the Park @ Riverfront Park, Athens (7pm Fridays)
Summer Sounds of Salem @ Main Street Gazebo, Salem (11am Saturdays)
Lake George Jazz Weekend @ Shepard Park, Lake George (Saturday-Sunday, September 18-19)
LarkFEST @ Lark Street, Albany (Saturday, September 25)