BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Earl Arnett: "A Jazz Romance" X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260606T202400Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52337503330310 DTSTART:20260609T230000Z DTEND:20260610T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Over the course of his life\, Earl Arnett has been a newspaperm an\, an arts critic\, a cabaret owner\, a cultural ambassador\, and a prof essor. But the role he has loved most is that of husband to the late Ethel Ennis\, Baltimore’s First Lady of Jazz.\n\n \n\nFrom the time of their marriage in 1967—just months after the Supreme Court ruled laws banning interracial marriage unconstitutional—until her death in 2019\, Arnett a nd Ennis were personally and professionally inseparable\, devoting their l ives to each other and to showcasing Ennis’s exceptional talent in forum s from West Baltimore to China\, Los Angeles to Washington\, D.C. Along th e way\, they encountered—and in many cases befriended—fascinating figu res from the realms of politics\, show business\, business\, and the stree ts of their beloved Baltimore.\n\n \n\nNow\, in A Jazz Romance\, Arnett re counts episodes from that life with wit\, incisive clarity\, and the wound ed wisdom of a widower still besotted with his late wife and the quietly e pic life they lived.\n\n \n\nEarl Arnett will be joined in conversation by jazz historian Scott Brown. \n\n \n\nAbout the Author: \n\nDuring his 60- year residency in Baltimore\, Earl Arnett has been a newspaper reporter an d feature writer\, magazine columnist\, TV critic\, music entrepreneur\, c ollege professor\, novelist and essayist\, community activist and cultural ambassador. During most of these years\, he was also married to Ethel Enn is\, Baltimore’s most famous\, living jazz singer. Prior to Baltimore\, Arnett was a military brat in Indiana\, Washington DC\, California\, Aust ria and Japan. He graduated from high school in Tokyo\, matriculated with honors from Wabash College in 1962 and spent three years as an Army intell igence agent in California and Germany. When he married Ethel in 1967—su ch marriages were still illegal in 18 states— Arnett moved into her smal l row house in West Baltimore\, which they used as a home base for musical and personal travels around the US\, Europe and Asia. Over the course of this varied life\, Arnett has edited one book and numerous newsletters\, produced two works of fiction\, written over a thousand articles and serve d as lead writer of a revised\, standard cultural travel guide to Maryland .\n\n \n\nAbout the Moderator: \n\nScott Brown is an independent jazz rese archer. He has written two books on James P. Johnson and has published sev eral articles and lectured widely about jazz. He is a practicing physician and holds a master’s degree in jazz history and research. His most rec ent book is Speakeasies to Symphonies: The Jazz Genius of James P. Johnson . \n\n \n\nAbout the Program: \n\nTo attend in person please register here . Doors will open to registered attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller wil l be on-site and have books available for purchase.Free parking vouchers a re available to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage ( 15 W. Franklin Street) after 4 pm. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the program. This free event will be presented in-person and virtually. This is a seated event with spaces reserved for individuals with accessibility needs. ASL interpretation will also be ava ilable for attendees throughout the event. If you need additional accommod ations to successfully participate\, please let us know at events@prattlib rary.org or 443-768-0762. GEO:39.294601;-76.617302 LOCATION:Central Library\, Poe Reading Room SUMMARY:Earl Arnett: "A Jazz Romance" URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/earl-arnett-a-jazz-ro mance CATEGORIES:Writers LIVE! CATEGORIES:Virtual Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR