BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.4.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Dar Williams w/ Crys Matthews X-WR-CALDESC:Portland Downtown X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20211107T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dar Williams w/ Crys Matthews DESCRIPTION:7pm doors – 8pm show\n$45 adv. – $55 day of\n\nDar Willi ams’ lyrics contain bouquets of optimism\, delivered on melodies alter nating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity.\n\nWilliams strongly believes that all of us possess our own power and ability to ac hieve\, and she rejects the exceptionalism that encourages us to “admi re that yonder star\,” while making us feel small and insignificant\; unworthy of shining on our own but hoping to catch enough distant light to inspire some tiny accomplishment. Williams has always been very inter ested in how to control our future and this album has to do with the fac t that at some point\, you just can’t.\n\nLike everyone else\, William s spent 2020 in that state of non-control. She and longtime producer&nbs p\;Stewart Lerman \;tracked most of the album\, her 12th studio reco rding\, in November of 2019. In late February of 2020\, she cut the titl e tune in Woodstock with bassist \;Gail Ann Dorsey \;and \;L arry Campbell\, who produced the track and played guitars\, pedal steel and twangy baritone guitar. When told they had to postpone a mid-March m ixing date\, Campbell said he wasn’t feeling well anyway. Turns out he ’d contracted a serious case of COVID-19. That was a clear sign that a t some point\, you have to meet life where it meets you …the common th read throughout that these songs\, the willingness to meet life as it ar rives.\n\nDar Williams was always in the right place at the right time f or the success she’s had over a 25+-year career. She rose out of the v ibrant mid-90’s Boston scene\, inspired by the eclectic influences of alt-rockers\, Berklee jazz musicians\, slam poets\, and folk artists\, l ike Patty Griffith\, Melissa Ferrick\, the Throwing Muses\, Vance Gilber t\, and Jonatha Brooke. After a year of touring non-stop with her first album\, The Honesty Room\, in 1994\, she was invited by Joan Baez to tou r in Europe and The United States.\n\n“Good and bad things happen\, an d it’s not necessarily a reward or indictment. I’ve just got to meet it.” Williams observes. “Like\, I’m bringing my whole life to thi s moment\; it will surprise me\, challenge me\, show me where I was wron g\, even make a fool out of me\, but my job is to show up and not take a dversity personally. Real happiness doesn't have to feel like Snoopy dan cing with Woodstock\; it can just be knowing you have the resilience to meet whatever comes to you. I will call that a good life.”\n\nAlready being hailed as “the next Woody Guthrie\,”DC resident Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice mus ic-makers. A powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent refl ect her lived experience as what she lightheartedly calls "the poster-ch ild for intersectionality\,"Justin Hiltner of Bluegrass Situation called Matthews’s gift "a reminder of what beauty can occur when we bridge t hose divides." She is made for these times and\, with the release of her new\, hope-fueled\, love-filled social justice album Changemakers\, Mat thews hopes to take her place alongside some of her heroes in the world of social-justice music like Sweet Honey in the Rock and Holly Near. Of Matthews\, ASCAP VP &\; Creative Director Eric Philbrook says\, “By wrapping honest emotions around her socially conscious messages and dyn amically delivering them with a warm heart and a strong voice\, she lift s our spirits just when we need it most in these troubled times.\n\nOLS Covid-19 Protocols:\n\nWe are very excited to be hosting live music show s again in our listening room. OLS is committed to providing a safe envi ronment for all who work\, listen\, or perform live music in our venue. Because our venue is so small\, we will require all staff\, volunteers\, performers\, and patrons to show proof of full vaccination against COVI D-19 when they attend OLS events AND to wear masks indoors unless they a re actively drinking\, eating\, or performing.\n\nProof of vaccine must come directly from the health care provider that performed the vaccinati on and can be a photo or physical copy of the vaccination card or record with an accompanying photo ID. Full vaccination means that the date of the performance you are attending is:\n\n*at least 14 days after your se cond dose of an FDA or WHO authorized two dose COVID-19 vaccine\, or\n\n *at least 14 days after your single dose of an FDA or WHO authorized sin gle dose COVID vaccine.\n\nWe hope we can ease these restrictions once f urther progress has been made reducing transmission of the virus. Until then\, we greatly appreciate your patience and cooperation. One Longfell ow Square does not assume liability\; the ticket holder will assume all risks involved. By purchasing a ticket to this event you agree to assume full liability for any risks incurred before\, during and after the eve nt and agree to the current Terms of Use. URL;VALUE=URI:https://portlandmaine.com/events/dar-williams-w-crys-matth ews/ UID:urn:uuid:2e00a5e1-62dc-4241-8833-3e7042ca423e STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260501T191750Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211227T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211227T223000 LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\, Maine 04101\, US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR