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SUMMARY:Mavis Staples
DESCRIPTION:Mavis Staples\n\n \nGrim days call for fierce love. And Mavis Staples\, one of the most enduring figures in American music\, is laying it down.\n\nNow 86\, Mavis has been performing since the age of eight. After starting out with her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples\, sisters Cleotha and Yvonne\, and brother Pervis in the Staple Singers more than seventy years ago\, she's the lone surviving member of the group\, still carrying her family's gifts and knowledge with her as a living heritage.\n\nInducted into several halls of fame (blues\, rock\, and gospel)\, a Kennedy Center Honoree\, a winner of multiple Grammys (including a Lifetime Achievement award)\, Mavis is our musical history. She's collaborated with nearly every major figure of her era(s)\, from Dylan to Prince\, Aretha\, and Willie   not to mention countless stars from subsequent generations.\n\nFew people wield the combination of moral authority and the musical artistry that Mavis possesses. The moral authority comes from experiencing the Jim Crow era as a Black woman playing music in the South. With Freedom Highway\, the Staple Singers created the literal soundtrack for the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. They opened for Martin Luther King Jr. at his rallies. Mavis has spent a lifetime standing up for those people the most powerful among us would like to beat down.\n\nShe considered retiring in 2023 but found she has too much left to express through music. And now\, despite our dark days\, as she said in the wake of her 85th birthday party last year\, "You have to stay hopeful and have faith that things are going to get better." She can't keep us from the danger facing the country or magically restore the progress that's being undone. But she knows from her own experience that it's possible to find a path through\, a way to keep going.\n\nShe may be one of the last true ones standing\, but she's not waiting around to be revered for the wisdom she brings. She's too busy still leading the charge\, still showing us how it's done. Steadfast in triumph and adversity\, Mavis Staples is still making music and history just when we need her most.\n\nTickets: $55\, $65\, $75\, $85 + tax/fees\n\nOn-sale Friday\, August 14 @ 10AM\n\nTheatre Member pre-sale Thursday\, August 13 @ 12PM\n\nBecome a $125+ Theatre Member now to get tickets early!\n\nComplimentary vouchers are not valid for this performance
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:18px\;">Mavis Staples</span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">Grim days call for fierce love. And Mavis Staples\, one of the most enduring figures in American music\, is laying it down.</p>\n\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">Now 86\, Mavis has been performing since the age of eight. After starting out with her father Roebuck &ldquo\;Pops&rdquo\; Staples\, sisters Cleotha and Yvonne\, and brother Pervis in the Staple Singers more than seventy years ago\, she&rsquo\;s the lone surviving member of the group\, still carrying her family&rsquo\;s gifts and knowledge with her as a living heritage.</p>\n\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">Inducted into several halls of fame (blues\, rock\, and gospel)\, a Kennedy Center Honoree\, a winner of multiple Grammys (including a Lifetime Achievement award)\, Mavis <em style="box-sizing: border-box\;">is</em> our musical history. She&rsquo\;s collaborated with nearly every major figure of her era(s)\, from Dylan to Prince\, Aretha\, and Willie &mdash\; not to mention countless stars from subsequent generations.</p>\n\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">Few people wield the combination of moral authority and the musical artistry that Mavis possesses. The moral authority comes from experiencing the Jim Crow era as a Black woman playing music in the South. With <em style="box-sizing: border-box\;">Freedom Highway</em>\, the Staple Singers created the literal soundtrack for the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. They opened for Martin Luther King Jr. at his rallies. Mavis has spent a lifetime standing up for those people the most powerful among us would like to beat down.</p>\n\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">She considered retiring in 2023 but found she has too much left to express through music. And now\, despite our dark days\, as she said in the wake of her 85th birthday party last year\, &ldquo\;You have to stay hopeful and have faith that things are going to get better.&rdquo\; She can&rsquo\;t keep us from the danger facing the country&nbsp\;or magically restore the progress that&rsquo\;s being undone. But she knows from her own experience that it&rsquo\;s possible to find a path through\, a way to keep going.</p>\n\n<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">She may be one of the last true ones standing\, but she&rsquo\;s not waiting around to be revered for the wisdom she brings. She&rsquo\;s too busy still leading the charge\, still showing us how it&rsquo\;s done. Steadfast in triumph and adversity\, Mavis Staples is still making music&mdash\;and history&mdash\;just when we need her most.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bold\;">Tickets:</strong> $55\, $65\, $75\, $85 + tax/fees</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;">On-sale Friday\, August 14 @ 10AM<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\nTheatre Member pre-sale Thursday\, August 13 @ 12PM</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bold\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: darkred\;"><a href="https://paramountvt.org/support/membership/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(139\, 0\, 0)\; text-decoration: none\;">Become a $125+ Theatre Member now to get tickets early!</a></span></strong></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 10px\; font-family: sans-serif\; line-height: 1.4em\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: 17px\;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bold\;">Complimentary vouchers are not valid for this performance</strong></p>\n
LOCATION:The Paramount Theatre 30 Center Street Rutland\, VT 05701
UID:e.3464.13689
SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20260819T111445Z
URL:https://members.rutlandvermont.com/events/details/mavis-staples-13689
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