Speaker: Matthew Goodman I Entertainer: Rosemary Loar

SPEAKER: MATTHEW GOODMAN

Matthew  Goodman will discuss his recent best-Seller, “The City Game:  Triumph, Scandal and a Legendary Basketball Team.” This is the dramatic story of the unlikely championshipCCNY basketball 1951 team. Mostly  African-American or Jewish, they carried the City’s brightest hopes of racial harmony, social  mobility and the triumph of the underdog, but

their triumph was soon followed by shocking  revelations of involvement of the team in the college basketball point shaving scandal and illegal gambling. The  investigations, headlines and recriminations echoed for years. An intimately familiar portrait of the NYC of the scandal.

ENTERTAINER: ROSEMARY LOAR

Rosemary Loar fell in love with jazz the first time she heard Billie Holiday sing on a scratchy old 78 LP. And sing jazz is what she does when’s she not on Broadway (six times) and Off-Broadway (twice) or on Netflix (Friends From College) or in the upcoming film “Knife Fighter” on Amazon Prime Video. For her work in cabaret she received The MAC Hansen Award in 2013. Ms. Loar is also a a singer/songwriter and will release her 5th CD on April 14th at The Green Street 42 with her 7 piece band.