Greener Hills: The Song & Sacrament of Placemaking

201 East Main Street,Rock Hill SC 29730

15 April, 2023

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"When we make our art we are also making our lives, and I am sure the reverse is equally true." Wendell Berry Join us for a lecture and concert on that zone between our local lives and stewarding this world well. Matthew Dickerson - Scholar, writerProfessor at Middlebury College, is coauthor of Ents, Elves, and Eriador; Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: the Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis and author of Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings and The Mind and the Machine: What it Means to be Human and Why it Matters. Lecture: The Shared Agrarian Vision of J.R.R. Tolkein, Wendell Berry, and C.S. Lewis Jason Harrod - Singer-songwriter Jason Harrod is a Carolina-based performing songwriter known for generous melodies and poetic, image-rich lyrics. Jason made his mark as one-half of seminal Boston duo Harrod and Funck before venturing out on his own. Harrod often begins performances by stating that he sings of “God, Women, and Geography.” -- "The only imperative that nature utters is, 'Look. Listen. Attend'" - C.S. Lewis "When spring unfolds the beechen-leaf and sap is in the bough, When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow, When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain air, Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!" -Ent to Entwife, JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings -- Beer, wine & soft drinks available Matthew Dickerson Jason Harrod