Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m. ET
Swarthmore (PA) Public Library Zoom event
The Beatles & The Rolling Stones
Ask anybody to name two English rock bands from the 1960s and the response is liable to be, “The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.” This 60-minute multimedia presentation will compare and contrast the two through musical examples and interviews with the band members.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required and limited to 40 people. Register here.
Swarthmore (PA) Public Library Zoom event
The Beatles & The Rolling Stones
Ask anybody to name two English rock bands from the 1960s and the response is liable to be, “The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.” This 60-minute multimedia presentation will compare and contrast the two through musical examples and interviews with the band members.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required and limited to 40 people. Register here.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024⋅1:30 – 3:00pm
Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Education (MILE) Zoom Event
Before They Were Fab: The Beatles Prior to Beatlemania
Before the number one records and the deafening screams, before Ed Sullivan and “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah”, before the shaggy “moptop” haircuts and collarless suits, there were six future Beatles. This 90-minute multimedia presentation will trace the early history of The Beatles from John Lennon's founding of The Quarrymen in 1957, through their five seminal Hamburg residencies, and right up to the precipice of worldwide fame and fortune.
This event is open to the public, but restricted to MILE members. Click here for details.
Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Education (MILE) Zoom Event
Before They Were Fab: The Beatles Prior to Beatlemania
Before the number one records and the deafening screams, before Ed Sullivan and “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah”, before the shaggy “moptop” haircuts and collarless suits, there were six future Beatles. This 90-minute multimedia presentation will trace the early history of The Beatles from John Lennon's founding of The Quarrymen in 1957, through their five seminal Hamburg residencies, and right up to the precipice of worldwide fame and fortune.
This event is open to the public, but restricted to MILE members. Click here for details.
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m. CT (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
Yesterday: The World’s Most Recorded Song
With over 1,600 covers, The Beatles' “Yesterday” is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written, but its origin and development were anything but ordinary. This 60-minute presentation will discuss the classic song's history, illuminating how “Yesterday” came to be the World's Most Recorded Song.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
Yesterday: The World’s Most Recorded Song
With over 1,600 covers, The Beatles' “Yesterday” is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written, but its origin and development were anything but ordinary. This 60-minute presentation will discuss the classic song's history, illuminating how “Yesterday” came to be the World's Most Recorded Song.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
Wednesday, 10 April, 2024,⋅1:30 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Learning (MILE) Zoom event
Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Lennon McCartney Dynamic
Few songwriting teams are as well respected as the duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This 60-minute multimedia presentation will compare and contrast their songwriting over the course of The Beatles' career.
This event is open to the public, but restricted to MILE members. Click here for details.
Middlesex Institute for Lifelong Learning (MILE) Zoom event
Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Lennon McCartney Dynamic
Few songwriting teams are as well respected as the duo of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This 60-minute multimedia presentation will compare and contrast their songwriting over the course of The Beatles' career.
This event is open to the public, but restricted to MILE members. Click here for details.
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 7:00-8:30 p.m. CT (8:00-9:30 p.m. ET)
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
Let It Be: The Beatles, January 1969
January 1969, in which The Beatles recorded what would ultimately constitute the album Let it Be, is paradoxically both the least understood and most well-documented month of the band's entire existence. This 90-minute multimedia presentation will explain what happened during that fractious month through quotes from the band members and “fly on the wall” excerpts from the sessions.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
Let It Be: The Beatles, January 1969
January 1969, in which The Beatles recorded what would ultimately constitute the album Let it Be, is paradoxically both the least understood and most well-documented month of the band's entire existence. This 90-minute multimedia presentation will explain what happened during that fractious month through quotes from the band members and “fly on the wall” excerpts from the sessions.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 7:00-8:00 p.m. CT (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
The Quiet Beatle: The Development of George Harrison
A little younger than his band mates, George Harrison's songwriting matured a bit later than John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's. This 60-minute multimedia presentation traces Harrison's development as a songwriter from 1963-1969.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
Midcontinent Public Library digital Zoom event
The Quiet Beatle: The Development of George Harrison
A little younger than his band mates, George Harrison's songwriting matured a bit later than John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's. This 60-minute multimedia presentation traces Harrison's development as a songwriter from 1963-1969.
The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
