Events This Week (Part1)

The following item takes place Tuesday March 24 at 7 p.m. in the Hubbard Room of The Russell Library, 123 Broad Street.

“The Life and Times of William Webb: An African-American Civil War Soldier” will be presented by Kevin Johnson. Mr. Johnson will portray Private Webb who was from Hartford and was recruited in 1863 to serve in the Twenty-Ninth (Colored) Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Johnson’s portrayal of Webb is told from an emotional and exciting first-person perspective that vividly illustrates the struggle of the African-Americans in the Colored Infantry during the Civil War. The presentation is based on extensive research in the collections of the Connecticut State Library and the Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford.

Mr. Johnson is an employee of the State Library’s History and Genealogy Unit. The program is co-sponsored by Russell Library and the Middlesex County Historical Society in conjunction with the Society’s exhibit “Hard & Stirring Times—Middletown and the Civil War.” The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 347-2528, extension 135.

Also on Tuesday, Jazz at Public, 337 Main Street, presents vocalist Charmagne backed by a quartet featuring Steven Porter (bass), Doug Porter (guitar), Tim Porter (drums), and Middletown resident David Davis (saxophone). The music starts at 6 p.m. and goes until 9:30.