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 milia/
SUMMARY:Family Night Out / Noche de Familia
DESCRIPTION:Event sponsorsSupported by The Oregon Cultural TrustLead Seaso
 n Sponsor Southern Oregon SubaruSeason Sponsor Rogue Credit UnionIn Part
 nership With The Children's Museum of Southern OregonArtist BioA graduate 
 of Amherst College and the recipient of the first songwriting scholarship 
 awarded by Berklee College of Music\, Ben created a curriculum that incorp
 orates songwriting as a learning tool for his Masters thesis. Inspired by 
 his 4th grade students\, he began writing the songs that would comprise hi
 s debut family album while working as a classroom teacher.More than a deca
 de later\, MISTER G has released 14 albums of original\, multicultural mus
 ic and received numerous accolades including a Latin GRAMMY Award and fi
 ve Parents’ Choice Gold Awards. He tours internationally headlining perf
 orming arts centers\, festivals\, and theaters\, and his concerts weave to
 gether a wide variety of musical styles and languages.Selected venues incl
 ude: the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington\, DC)\
 , JazzFest (New Orleans)\, Austin City Limits\, Lollapalooza (Chicago)\, H
 ard Rock Café (Philadelphia)\, the Getty Center (Los Angeles)\, Central P
 ark SummerStage (New York City)\, JW3 (London)\, Parque Chapultepec (Mexic
 o City).Throughout Ben’s career the crafts of music and storytelling hav
 e intertwined seamlessly propelling him as performer and author. Ben has n
 ow published four picture books with Penguin Random House based on his o
 riginal\, bilingual songs. His first book Señorita Mariposa is a biling
 ual telling of the monarch butterfly migration from Canada to Mexico. Now 
 in its 13th printing\, it has been used widely in classrooms\, StoryWalks 
 and featured at the National Museum of Natural History bookstore.Many of B
 en’s original songs and stories are inspired by his love of the natural 
 world. A committed environmentalist\, he’s performed at the National Cli
 mate Rally and headlined multiple concerts for the activist group Moms Cle
 an Air Force on Capitol Hill. As part of his long-standing partnership wit
 h the United States Forest Service\, they have commissioned him to write s
 ongs\, produce a series of virtual Earth Day events and create curricula 
 to be used nationwide.For adults and educators\, Ben offers Musical Keynot
 e presentations and workshops at conferences in the US and abroad\, includ
 ing the National Association of Bilingual Educators (Dallas and Orlando)\,
  Monarch Migration and Multilingualism (Sedona)\, and Limmud (Birmingham\,
  England). His professional development workshops empower teachers to enli
 ven their classrooms by incorporating the arts as a tool to facilitate lea
 rning.Acclaimed as one of the world’s most widely distributed Jewish art
 ists for children\, Ben performs internationally for JCCs\, festivals and 
 cultural institutions. PJ Library commissioned him to create two albums of
  original music\, The Mitzvah Bus (Parents’ Choice Gold winner) and S
 eeds of Shalom. The albums were sent to tens of thousands of families thro
 ughout the world\, as was his picture book\, Lilah Tov Good Night (Pengu
 in Random House\, 2020). His virtual Hanukkah concert was broadcast to all
  the 170 JCCs in North America in 2021 and 2022.Whether writing in English
 \, Spanish or Hebrew\, Ben uses songs and stories as a unifying tool to bu
 ild bridges between cultures and people.Event InfoJoin us at the Medford L
 ibrary for this free\, family-friendly event!Thanks to the Friends of the 
 Medford Library\, families will receive a complimentary MISTER G book. Att
 endees can also enjoy a variety of hands-on activities hosted by local lit
 eracy partners.Refreshments from a local food truck will also be available
 .Bring the whole family and come groove with us!\n
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly Events
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