<html><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; color: #000000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: small; color: #000000;">The Beachwood Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library<br>25501 Shaker Blvd <br>presents</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; color: #ff0000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; color: #ff0000;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs</span><br><br>Sunday June 19th<br>2:00 pm</strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Singers Joan Ellison & Mark Flanders, with pianist Jason Aquila, bring you a companion concert to David Lehmans’s book of the same name, highlighting our greatest American popular songs: "Over the Rainbow," "Let’s Face the Music and Dance," " Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" <br>"I Could Have Danced All Night," "Love Is Here to Stay," and more. </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>Between them, Flanders & Ellison (<a href="http://www.circa1939.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN">www.circa1939.com</span></span></a><span lang="EN">) have presented songs from this golden age at historic Cleveland venues including Nighttown, Stages @ the Cleveland Play House, the Palace Theatre, the Ohio Theatre, and with the Cleveland Pops at Severance Hall. </span></strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong> </strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong>"Ellison caresses ballads with silvery poignancy, nabs the wit in comedy numbers, and emits a belt that Ethel Merman would admire. The ghost of Astaire happens to be present in the vocal grace and friendly appeal of Flanders." ~Donald Rosenberg, Plain Dealer.</strong></div><div dir="ltr"><strong> </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;" dir="ltr"><strong>Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. <br>Free tickets required for admission and are available at the Library<br>or by calling 216-831-6868</strong><br> </div></html>