Carole Rose Livingston memorial service
Stephen L. Suffet
There will be a memorial service for the late Carole Rose Livingston in
New York City on Saturday, October 18, 2003, beginning at 12 noon. The
service will take place at the Ethical Culture Society, 2 West 64th
Street at Central Park West in Manhattan.
Carole was a Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University
of New York, and was the author of the two volume "British Broadside
Ballads of the 16th Century." In addition to being a scholar, Carole was
also a fine singer, poet, and songwriter who performed many times at the
Peoples' Voice Cafe, as well as at the now defunct Fast Folk Cafe, both
in New York. She was also a long time member of the New York Pinewoods
Folk Music Club and the Peoples Music Network, as well as several
feminist, Jewish, and human rights organizations.
Carole suffered a stroke early in 2002 from which she never recovered,
and had been confined to hospitals and nursing homes from then until her
death on July 14, 2003, at the age of 63.
For further information about the memorial service, please call Lyla
Deis at (212) 533-2429.
--- Steve