DC LaborFest Today: Ravitch Memoir; Celebrating Craftmanship
Monday, May 12, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)AFL-CIO Book Club: "So Much to Do: The Life of Business
and Politics" (12
noon, AFL-CIO, free) Richard Ravitch has been a prominent figure in
American life since the 1960s, linking the worlds of public service, investment
and labor. Join AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today as he and Ravitch
discuss the rich and varied life that is detailed in Ravitch’s new memoir. AFL-CIO, 815
16th St NW Washington, DC.
Film: Note By Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (7:30p, AFI) One of the most popular
DC Labor FilmFest films returns to the AFI tonight…Can craftsmanship survive
in
an age of mass-production and consumption? The most thoroughly handcrafted
instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique and full of personality
as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers—members of
Local 81-102 of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications
Workers of America—are a dying breed: skilled cabinet-makers, gifted tuners,
thorough hand-crafters. This gorgeous and fascinating documentary follows the
creation of a Steinway concert grand from forest floor to concert hall.
Featuring
interviews with and performances by world-class artists including Chinese
phenom Lang Lang, Helene Grimaud, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and jazz greats Hank
Jones, Marcus Roberts, Kenny Barron, Harry Connick, Jr., and Bill Charlap.
Click here to order tickets online. Presented in
cooperation with the Alliance for American Manufacturing and American
Federation of Musicians Local 161-710