Pentiment Series #5 - Rose Thorne

Date: Friday, April 18, 2025

Location: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center

Join us at the beautiful and historic WAH Center for this monthly series showcasing genre defying artists from all corners of the creative, and improvised music world. The mission of this innovative series is to foster a contemporary audience for live performance through unique and thoughtful programming.

Prairie songstress Rose Thorne was born in South Dakota in 1896 and died in Oregon in 1950.

A searcher and a dreamer, Rose Thorne wrote dozens of songs of prairie life, hope, loneliness & love in the 1920’s, 30’s & 40’s.

Towards the end of her life all of her handwritten music, along with all her paintings and poetry were believed to be forever lost in a fire — a fire intentionally set!

After her son Charlie Wollesen died in 2014, a stack of her handwritten music charts were found among letters she had sent to him in 1944.

The surviving charts eventually made their way to a grandson she never knew - Kenny Wollesen - by way of the man who lit the match!

Kenny Wollesen arranged her music and assembled a band of his dear friends for a very special night of Rose Thorne’s music.

Please come hear Rose Thorne’s songs come alive again after 100 years on April 18th at the WAH Center !

Don't you dare miss this show !

KENNY WOLLESEN - drums

VICENTE ARCHER - bass

WILL SHORE - bass marimba

MICHAEL COLEMAN - synthesizer & electric piano

SAMI STEVENS - voice

ELIZABETH PUPO-WALKER - congas & percussion

DIDA PELLED - voice & guitar

JESSE HARRIS - electric guitar & banjo

DOUG WIESELMAN - electric guitar & tenor saxophone

TONY SCHERR - electric guitar

SASHA DOBSON - electric guitar & voice

YUSUKE YAMAMOTO - electric vibraphone & marimba

In addition to the evening's performance, this event will include the opportunity to enjoy drinks and light snacks in the art gallery before and after the show, featuring our latest showcase!

For more information about the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, visit:

https://www.wahcenter.net/about/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, United States