The next monthly event in the Notes series at Sunflowers will be held tonight.
The entertainment will start off with singer-songwriter Ethan McBrien at 7 p.m. McBrien is a founding member of Party of the Sun. He has released Lay Low in 2017, Ball of Time in 2018, and Song for You and Slide Away in 2019.
Following McBrien will be Amherst poet Deborah Murphy. Murphy’s work has been published in the Adanna Literary Journal, Connecticut River Journal, Flint Hills Review, Soundings East and Mud Chronicles, a New England Anthology. She is also an editor of Smokey Quartz.
Mimi Bull has just published a book with Bauhan Publishing, “Celebacy, A Love Story : A Memoir of a Catholic Priest’s Daughter”. Bull, of Peterborough, has led a well-traveled life. She was an adult when she learned the life story she had always known was not true. When her mother died, she learned that her named guardian, the parish priest, was in actuality, her father. She also believed her mother was her sister until she was 35 years old.
To close out the evening will be seasoned musician and songwriter, Ed Mottau. Mottau has been an Americana and ragtime guitarist, playing and recording since about 1960. He was born in Boston, was a member of bands: Bo Grumpus, Jolliver, Arkansaw and Mottau and Mottau, Drew and Clark.
Mottau has played as a session musician with Noel Paul Stookey, Yoko Ono, David Peel and John Lennon. He recorded the album Dance for Love in 2004 and is at work on another LP.
Notes usually takes place on the first Tuesday of each month.
Call Sunflowers in advance for reservations at 593-3303.
A light buffet supper including dessert will be presented for a nominal fee beginning at 6 p.m. Reservations are a must.