Make Thursdays More Musical with Summer Concert Series

The Norwalk Public Library has hosted two of the nine acts so far in this year's Sounds of Summer Free Concert Series, but there are plenty of chances left to catch a concert on the library lawn.

Bring a picnic blanket, a few chairs and some good friends for an evening of live entertainment. The G&G Pizza Bus will be around if you want to grab a slice for the show. Shows will be moved indoors if the weather doesn't cooperate.

Here are the performances you can look forward to in the coming weeks, according to the Norwalk Public Library schedule.

Thursday, June 26
Sheri Miller, guitar and vocals, jazz, oldies, folk and country.  

Thursday, July 10 
Julie Harris, vocalist with guitar bassist Stephen Roane 
Julie specializes in The Great American Songbook and is particularly fond of the music of Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Arlen and Mercer, although she has written her own songs.  

Thursday, July 17 
Nina, ETC, guitar and vocals  

Thursday, July 24 
Neddy Smith, Norwalk musician who performs at Barcelona Restaurant in SoNo who has a duo. Will play and discuss jazz, interactive performance. He is directing a summer music program at the Yale Campus this summer for Lotus Stem Organization.  

Thursday, July 31  
Richard "Cookie" Thomas' career began in Philadelphia in 1960 when he had the opportunity, at fourteen, to open for B.B. King. Richard’s voice is especially suited to well-known classic standards. Richard draws his inspiration from the likes of Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Johnny Hartman. In fact, you can hear a bit of each when Richard sings.  

Thursday, August 7 
Squeaky Clean, Suzanne Smithline and Glenn Manion started their band Squeaky Clean in 1983, with drummer they perform Rock N Roll's Formative years.   

Thursday, August 14 
John Lehmann-Haupt, guitarist with a solo guitar repertoire in which he interweaves classical pieces with his own arrangements of popular and traditional songs, with commentary along the way.