David Greenberger and the Shaking Ray Levis will perform
"Mayor of the Tennessee River" at the CTC from June 6-8

The Shaking Ray Levi Society (SRLS) proudly presents artist David
Greenberger in "Mayor of the Tennessee River" at Chattanooga Theatre Centre’
s (CTC) Circle Theater June 6-8, 2003.  Shows are Friday and Saturday at
8pm, and 2pm on Sunday; Tickets are $10.

In "Mayor of the Tennessee River", Greenberger will perform monologues based
upon actual interviews with Hamilton County seniors. This spoken word
performance will be set to original music composed by the Shaking Ray Levis
and will mark the release of the CD, Mayor of the Tennessee River, produced
by Greenberger and the Shaking Ray Levis.

In May 2001, National Public Radio correspondent David Greenberger spent two
weeks in Chattanooga interviewing senior residents at area nursing homes and
collecting their stories for "Duplex Planet", his ongoing publication
project which deals with aging and the issues of the elderly. In the artist’
s own words: "Everyone is aging and everyone must face their own decline and
death. As a culture, we're desperately short of meaningful and real examples
of other people going through these experiences. The Duplex Planet is
designed to provide some resonant characters who are in decline, but all
still very much alive.”

This premiere performance of "Mayor of the Tennessee River" will explore the
shared, human inevitability of aging through the specific stories of
Hamilton County’s seniors whose viewpoints are rarely represented in such a
dynamic context. The original music of the Shaking Ray Levis (Dennis Palmer
and Bob Stagner joined by Kenny Palmer and Frank Pahl of Only a Mother,
Immigrant Suns) will add a powerful resonance to the emotional core of the
characters presented.

“The tales of the Duplex are modern-day versions of Chaucer’s reports from
the road to Canterbury; they resonate with a wry humor and a startling
insight.” - New York Times

“If stand-up sociologist David Greenberger had his way, every school would
post a sign reading, ‘When You Get Old Everything Will Be Different.’” -
Rolling Stone

Please contact the CTC box office for tickets and reservations 267-8534.
For more information about the SRLS, go to the SRLS web site at
www.shakingray.com

***Meet the Author: David Greenberger will also read from his new book "No
More Shaves" this Thursday at Barnes and Noble at 7pm***

"Mayor of the Tennessee River" is funded by a grant from Allied Arts of
Greater Chattanooga and Tennessee Arts Commission.

About the SRLS:
For over 15 years, the Shaking Ray Levi Society (SRLS) has presented such
diverse acts as best-selling author and National Public Radio humorist David
Sedaris, saxophone legend Anthony Braxton, and the famous folk artist Rev.
Howard Finster. Atlanta’s Creative Loafing labeled the SRLS as being
“single-handedly responsible for the creative music scene in Chattanooga,
 TN” (August ’01). The SRLS continues to expand and diversify its audience
by presenting such acts as Vic Chesnutt and Cat Power, and the multicultural
music of the Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Loseling Institute. The SRLS is a
volunteer-based organization.


Andrea Ringenberg
GEAR UP Coordinator
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Metro Annex 110
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403
phone: 423.425.1793
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www.utc.edu/~gearup