Lecture/Performance: Dennis Stroughmatt et l'Esprit Creole

The Gentry Lecture Series; Co-sponsors: Department of History, Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Salon, and Performing Arts Department. Free event in the Pillsbury Theatre! Fingers and bow flying, Dennis Stroughmatt takes listeners on a musical odyssey. This is the story of the French Creoles who founded the Illinois-Missouri Country near the Ozark foothills, more than 300 years ago.